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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.


NoiseDesign - May 22, 2008 11:06:03 am PDT #636 of 26132
Our wings are not tired

My impression though was that the drum kit was just redesigning the game pad into a drum kit form. An X or Triangle button press is still just a button press, yes? I mean, when you hit one of the drum pads, you're just sending button press information to the console, right?

You would think this is the case, but the companies have not been playing well with each other. It's Guitar Hero that refuses to work with other controllers, Rock Band works fine with Guitar Hero controllers. They've shown pictures of the Guitar Hero drum set and it is configured differently so that a few of the pads are cymbals and I think it might have more pads as well.


Miracleman - May 22, 2008 12:51:24 pm PDT #637 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

All right, FG II installed. Just need to figure out how to, you know...

...use it.


Polter-Cow - May 22, 2008 12:53:27 pm PDT #638 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm waiting for Fantasy Grounds to become sentient and develop artificial intelligence, just for the "I'm playing AIFG AIFG!" posts.


Sean K - May 22, 2008 1:48:27 pm PDT #639 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

All right, FG II installed. Just need to figure out how to, you know...

...use it.

Using it is pretty simple. I've been looking over the documentation for programming it (located at the FG website), and it's now very clear that reprogramming it to handle Shadowrun or Serenity will take...

... some work.

Oi.


omnis_audis - May 22, 2008 11:17:48 pm PDT #640 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I tried to re-install bootcamp so I could install FG. No luck (some details in technology). Uggg. Me wants to play!


Jon B. - May 23, 2008 10:59:26 am PDT #641 of 26132
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Would this be the right thread for this?

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omnis_audis - May 24, 2008 11:28:54 am PDT #642 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

that is awesome. The ladies comments, HILARIOUS!


Sean K - May 25, 2008 6:10:18 am PDT #643 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

So megan is in town for a visit, and there is supposed to be game playing today.

I have two shows today. I'm not sure I'll be seeing megan for more than about five minutes.

Sad now.


Sean K - May 26, 2008 11:14:29 am PDT #644 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

A little bit last week, and now some more today, I've been playing Tomb Raider: Anniversary, finally.

I haven't done more than complete Croft Manor, the training level (and that was with walkthrough). The graphics, movement and animation are all absolutely stunning. And if the training level is any indication, the levels are al going to be pretty huge. The jumping/climbing is all very similar to previous Tomb Raiders.

Basically on the positive side, this game really fulfills the promise of all the earlier titles, using the full extent of today's hardware.

On the negative side, the controls are also pretty much the same as previous versions of the game, which means that, while functional, they're not always great, and sometimes they just flat out suck.


Pix - May 26, 2008 11:19:36 am PDT #645 of 26132
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Sean, it's a really fun game. I finished it when it first came out, and though the controls do suck at times (especially with some of the ridiculous jumps you have to do), it's well worth it.