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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.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.


Polter-Cow - Apr 29, 2008 8:01:32 am PDT #253 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

So the big GTA news is that some copies of GTA - on both PS3 and Xbox - are locking up right at the start of the game.

Rockstar has absolutely no idea why.

Those are the people who have been flagged as Most Likely to Go on an Actual Killing Spree After Engaging in a Fictional Killing Spree.


Gudanov - Apr 29, 2008 8:11:06 am PDT #254 of 26132
Coding and Sleeping

Does anybody here play Oblivion on the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3? It's amazing.

I play it on the PC where I've modded it up a bit. It's great. I've made two characters and may start a third, but not for doing the same quests. I'm only planning on using one to do the main quest. I'll probably be playing it on and off for a few years.

I just got The Orange Box with a gift certificate I got for Christmas. I got it mostly because I wanted to play Half-Life 2 since I haven't played any of them, but so far I've played Portal (short but great) and Peggle. I'm itching to try Team Fortress 2, it looks like fun even if I'll be annihilated.


Dana - Apr 29, 2008 8:14:41 am PDT #255 of 26132
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Portal!

That is all.

(Weighted Companion Cube is love.)


amych - Apr 29, 2008 8:17:47 am PDT #256 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Interesting approach, Gud -- I had a second character for a while (until I, umm, accidentally overwrote her only save file. Le sigh!) but rather than use different characters for different quests, I went for two totally different styles of character: my main girl is all about the stealth, and the second one was made expressly for mindless banging of heads. Great fun, and an utterly different way of playing the game.


Gudanov - Apr 29, 2008 8:19:47 am PDT #257 of 26132
Coding and Sleeping

Unfortunately it's hard to talk about Portal goodness without spoiling.

I can say that ending song got into my head.


Gudanov - Apr 29, 2008 8:22:33 am PDT #258 of 26132
Coding and Sleeping

I went for two totally different styles of character: my main girl is all about the stealth, and the second one was made expressly for mindless banging of heads.

Almost exactly like my two. The stealth and sniping character is a whole lot of fun, but I get through places a lot faster with my brute.


SailAweigh - Apr 29, 2008 8:38:05 am PDT #259 of 26132
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

My favorite character creation game is Warlords. Warlord 4 gives so many different options for hero creation, 'tis ridonkulous. I've got characters who combine brute force with nature magic, nature and fire magic, dragonlords, dark elves, demons, endless possibities. I've run the main campaign through once with one of my heroes after I built him up to about level 20 (he's now at level 54, I don't play him anymore, there's no challenge.) I've got 5 other heroes that I'm in process of beefing up with smaller scenarios until I think they're ready to hit the big time.


amych - Apr 29, 2008 9:24:41 am PDT #260 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Apparently, the GTA4 has landed. That, or knave is teasing the hell out of me by SMS.


Polter-Cow - Apr 29, 2008 9:44:28 am PDT #261 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

(Weighted Companion Cube is love.)

The cake is a lie.


Atropa - Apr 29, 2008 9:51:56 am PDT #262 of 26132
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Apparently, the GTA4 has landed. That, or knave is teasing the hell out of me by SMS

Yep. Pete called me to let me know he has purchased his copy.

The cake is a lie.

Ha! Portal was the only game Pete played in recent memory that I enjoyed listening to.