My parents got me Far Cry 2 for Xmas. Any fellow Buffistas got it?
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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Kevin - Dec 21, 2008 8:50:03 am PST #1429 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Polter-Cow - Dec 22, 2008 7:00:00 am PST #1430 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I beat Mirror's Edge on Friday. It was pretty fun, but I thought it could have stood to be cooler.
Right now, I'm almost done with Dead Space, which is AWESOME. I keep marveling at how good this game is.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2008 8:13:04 pm PST #1431 of 26132
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Dude, Ben Browder was gushing about it in the previews months ago. Unlike most actors in sci-fi, when he talks about how great something is you know it's because he's spent 40 consecutive hours wrapped up in playing the beta version, not because some game company exec handed him a check.
Polter-Cow - Dec 23, 2008 9:51:29 am PST #1432 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ben Browder was gushing about Dead Space, Matt? Cool! I'm on the last chapter now, and it's still freaking my shit out hardcore. There are few things scarier than casually walking TO A SAVE SPOT and having a giant unkillable monster jump down through the ceiling.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 23, 2008 10:12:32 am PST #1433 of 26132
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, they ran a preview infomercial on SciFi back in the late summer, and Ben was one of the people they cut away to between game clips.
Pix - Dec 23, 2008 10:14:41 am PST #1434 of 26132
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
BE bought me a Wii Fit for Christmas and I love it! I voluntarily exercised for 45 minutes after I got up today!!
Kevin - Dec 23, 2008 10:50:17 am PST #1435 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Dead Space looks stunning. I shall get. I have HDTV and surround sound now, which I am presuming will work.
Farcry 2 is sorta like Fallout 3, except without talking-to-people missions. You mostly just go around the land (all 50km of it) and blow shit up. But, man - it's highly enjoyable, and it's different to anything I've played before. The graphics are awesome, and it's the first time I can recall a real time, 24 hour clock (and world) in a shooter.
NoiseDesign - Dec 23, 2008 12:49:01 pm PST #1436 of 26132
Our wings are not tired
BE bought me a Wii Fit for Christmas
Um, should I be asking who this BE person is?
megan walker - Dec 23, 2008 12:51:07 pm PST #1437 of 26132
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Biggest Ego? Beautiful Entity? Billytea's Emu?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Dec 23, 2008 12:53:24 pm PST #1438 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Um, should I be asking who this BE person is?
Clearly, yes. Just for hilarity.
I've tried several times to rent Left 4 Dead so I can test whether it will screw with my eyestrain but Blockbuster - the asshats - took it upon themselves to stock each store with one single copy. Someone needs to be given a severe lesson in what games are expected to be popular, fuckers.