I have some friends coming in from out of town at the end of the month. I'm seriously considering attmepting to run a game starting the first week of April.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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.
Laga - Mar 08, 2010 2:12:32 pm PST #5915 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
DeathQuaker - Mar 08, 2010 4:16:48 pm PST #5916 of 26134
Illigitimi non carborundum
I am not interested in GMing, for the record. I would be interested in playing again--but am also cool with waiting until omnis or Laga or another willing GM feels s/he has time.
All my run-the-game energies go toward a RL Pathfinder game I've been running for a little over a year (well, it's only been Pathfinder since October, but I've been greatly enjoying the changes).
omnis_audis - Mar 08, 2010 5:44:14 pm PST #5917 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
And no, no way in hell can I GM. I was all too aware of hoe much effort it took before I ever jumped into the BSG game and it is why BT has my admiration for doing it so wellFirst, who you calling a "hoe"!? Second, Yes, bt has a ton of admiration. Which is why I want to see him play.
Hmm, I wonder if MiracleMan is available? He was an awesome GM for our Serenity game. Alas, he doesn't frequent in here.
Sean K - Mar 11, 2010 8:01:34 am PST #5918 of 26134
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Portal 2
So, the latest issue of Game Informer magazine (Game Spot's magazine) has an extensive cover spread on Portal 2. Where the first Portal was kind of a mini-game, which is why it was included in the Orange Box. Portal 2 will be a full size game, released on it's own. There are almost no details I can include that are not major spoilers for the end of the first Portal, but I feel like I can say that in Portal 2, you will be playing Chell again, and your main antagonist will again be GLaDOS. And she does remember you.
The article includes the text of GLaDOS' speech when she first sees you early in P2, and it's chilling. But of course, I smiled as I read it, because I can't wait to hear that chirpy menace again.
Other non-spoilery bits: Portal 2 includes many new ways of interacting with portals and affecting your environment, and features a similar progression of levels teaching how to think with portals and your new toys. However, in the new game, the types on conditions of your environments will be vastly varied and different from the first game.
Also, while GLaDOS remains the primary antagonist of the game, aided by both familiar and new drones, there will also be other AIs you encounter during your travels.
I really can't wait.
Dana - Mar 11, 2010 8:16:51 am PST #5919 of 26134
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Exciting!
Sean K - Mar 11, 2010 8:19:48 am PST #5920 of 26134
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It will also include a co-op campaign.
Dana - Mar 11, 2010 8:25:36 am PST #5921 of 26134
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
EVEN BETTER.
Gudanov - Mar 11, 2010 8:41:10 am PST #5922 of 26134
Coding and Sleeping
Crap. Now I need to finish Dragon Age, and then Mass Effect. I've been too busy to play computer games, maybe I need to reprioritize.
amych - Mar 11, 2010 9:35:54 am PST #5923 of 26134
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It will also include a co-op campaign.
IT WILL ALSO HAVE A MAC VERSION
Sean K - Mar 11, 2010 1:54:03 pm PST #5924 of 26134
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
A couple of choice, spoilery bits of GlaDOS dialog from the Portal 2 article:
When you meet GLaDOS for the first time in P2:
"Oh, it's you... It's been a really long time. How have you been? I've been really busy being dead. You know... after you murdered me? Okay look, we both said a lot of things that you are going to regret. But I think we should put our differences behind us. For science. You monster."
From a later Aperture Science Labs Test Chamber introduction:
"We're a lot alike, you and I. You tested me. I tested you. You killed me. I -- oh, no, wait. I guess I haven't killed you yet. Well. Food for thought during this next test."