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AusGAF 10 - Node Country for Old Men
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dishwasherlove
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You know if Netflix ever comes to Aus it will be more expensive and worse due to licencing. Hopefully it just says this way.
I plan on getting Goat Simulator in the next Steam sale, it looks hilarious!
Do you have a link to any of these ads? I'm just curious to see how Foxtel combats Netflix
I wait for the day when we get everything else. Prime Video would be pretty great too.
I know that Kritz will agree with me when I say it's the goat goat sim.
Pressuring the companies they license stuff from to pressure netflix to close the loophole of accepting Australian credit cards. Thats one way. And while it wouldnt kill the current practice it would stop a lot of folks.
The other way is them buying up/up bidding Australian streaming rights to stop netflix from starting locally. I'm sure netflix has commented before about streaming rights in Australia being an issue.
teacupcopter
Banned
So I'm picking up a WIi U PAL, I forgot if they were region locked or not? Any game recomendations for someone who is unlikely to get a PS4 anytime soon but has an OK PC? I'm contemplating Ass Creed due to it being unoptimised on PC. Any exclusives I should definitely hit up?
And there used to be links to all the best shops in the OP, where have these gone? Where should I order from?
And there used to be links to all the best shops in the OP, where have these gone? Where should I order from?
Excellent. Been waiting for this to try it out.
Speaking of iOS, just how bad is the price readjustment? as bad as the 30% more that I think the SMH was saying?
I guess you could call News Ltd an ad network for Murdochs agenda, here's a couple of recent ones:
Film studios give up Netflix fight
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/tec...p-netflix-fight/story-e6frgakx-1226850717549#
and my current favourite which calls Australian users of Netflix, pirates...
More Netflix pirates on board
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/med...board/story-fna045gd-1226842998214#mm-premium
There are more, one recent article was about a pirate video/music site using torrents and used a big netflix picture in the header and spun it as a netflix clone.
We're done here. I always laugh a little inside when monopolies cry foul about competition.
That said I'm surprised by all the loopholes netflix has for allowing non us folks to use their service. Can you pay for hulu or amazon prime with an Australian credit card?
Well I can understand why quickflix is upset given their inability to offer the same content at any price let alone netflixes price.
Part of the reason that works is that the US processes credit card payments a bit differently and doesn't check the address so diligently.
Its interesting. When first subscribed within minutes I got a call from the nab (my cc company) asking me if i actually authorised that payment. First time thats ever happened for me.
reptilescorpio
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Buy more Vita games!
Not sure how you class paying customers as pirates lol
Especially when even our government are (or at least were) pro-VPN.
Digitally? Use any store you want I think. I bought a DD code for the UK eStore and the process works the same as on PS3.
'More Netflix pirates on board' by The Australian
Not sure how you class paying customers as pirates lol
Especially when even our government are (or at least were) pro-VPN.
Region locked retail for PAL region so buy from UK with no problem. Can't play JPN or US games.
Digitally? Use any store you want I think. I bought a DD code for the UK eStore and the process works the same as on PS3.
The Australian and Foxtel are owned by the same company. I don't understand where you think this is surprising lol
Well isn't Telstra still majority owner? Not that that matters much. And given the newscorp connection I'm suprised Fox isnt pressuring netflix. Well assuming fox content is on netflix.
They are pressuring them, you just don't see it. Who is gonna report it? Fairfax and the ABC? At this point, Netflix is Foxtel's only real competitor and they are determined to crush them in Australia just as much as they were for Optus and Austar. Too bad for them, it isn't gonna work with the existence of VPNs. So they target the infrastructure instead to make streaming unappealing. Hence the war on the NBN. This is all one big corporate unified front involving Telstra, Foxtel, Newscorp and the Coalition to centralize power to as few companies as possible to maximize profit.
In short, it's a disgrace.
teacupcopter
Banned
I meant physically, although digitally has Nintendo improved at all? Last I heard if your console went bunk you've lost it all. Can I just attach a USB hard drive to it still?
reptilescorpio
Member
Not sure on the hardware thing, pretty sure it's still locked to the hardware unless the NNID merge with the 3DS changed anything.
You can plug in an external USB HDD yeah. Games aren't a huge size thankfully.
You get the odd deal every now and again, mainly through price errors like when I got W101 and Pikmin 3 for $15 each on the UK website lol
In terms of import I'd recommend OzGameShop and eBay really. A lot of eBay stores have gotten really price competitive. BeatTheBomb can be pretty great locally too, although day one prices have been good anyway.
Still have to pay the Nintendo tax though, hard to find games cheap unless they are 3rd party stuff.
bodyboarder
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Yeah a little too good. Wasn't expecting to like it so much, though I'm not looking forward to making decks.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Captain America was good, so much better than the first one. Could have been shorter though, and the antagonist needed more screen time. You can't call the movie 'The Winter Soldier' and then not give screen time to the bloody winter soldier.
Hmm. The first cap film I thought it was mostly excellent ( up until they tome jumped mostly) and probably the only post Iron Man 1 marvel film I've liked.
Am kind of curious to know how much if anything it shares with the comic Winter Soldier story. I guess not much.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I nodded off during the first cap movie, past halfway just lost interest.
Jables Swan
Member
The first Captain America was terrible. I'm glad this is much better. I wasn't going to give this much of a chance but some positive reviews have at least peaked my interest. I'll go check it out on Monday night.
reptilescorpio
Member
I thought the first Cap America movie (well, this rebooted series I mean) was good but ultimately boring. A very 2.5/5 movie for me, just didn't hit the marks right even though the acting/directing/staging was pretty great. Just needed a better script.
Glad to know they've improved upon that.
Glad to know they've improved upon that.
Can't see it until two weeks from now because of work commitments but GOD DAMN I CAN'T WAIT FOR CAP2 GIMME THAT MARVEL
SPEAKING OF COMICS!
Supanova Gold Coast starts today! It runs until Sunday! YOU SHOULD GO THERE AND BUY SOME COMICS FROM THE FINE FOLKS WHO MAKE COMICS THERE.
Let me know if you are planning on going!
Stan Lee will be at Supanova Sydney later this year! FUCK HOW MUCH ARE PLANE TICKETS TO SYDNEY.
SPEAKING OF COMICS!
Supanova Gold Coast starts today! It runs until Sunday! YOU SHOULD GO THERE AND BUY SOME COMICS FROM THE FINE FOLKS WHO MAKE COMICS THERE.
Let me know if you are planning on going!
Stan Lee will be at Supanova Sydney later this year! FUCK HOW MUCH ARE PLANE TICKETS TO SYDNEY.
Poimandres
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Fuck Captain America, I'm going to go see a movie tonight about a real super hero!
Noah
ClivePwned
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I got HBO today. Holy fuck HBO Go means I won't netflix for a few months! So much stuff, plus way better movies.
I don't understand why I had to have a chat with a customer service guy called Ambresh for 10 minutes to upgrade but that's done now.
My problem is I don't know where to start. probably True Detective after I finish rewatching the last season of Mad Men.
I don't understand why I had to have a chat with a customer service guy called Ambresh for 10 minutes to upgrade but that's done now.
My problem is I don't know where to start. probably True Detective after I finish rewatching the last season of Mad Men.
Real?
Poimandres
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Hehe. I'm not religious, but I do like the high strangeness and sheer brutality of the old testament world. I'd love for a HBO series or something with a decidedly non-canonical take on it all.
It's never going to happen though because everyone is so delicate about religious topics.
bodyboarder
Member
I think you should share your hbo go login with ausgaf, and by ausgaf I mean just me.
ClivePwned
Member
Ok, my login is YOUCLINT
If by canonical you mean current church doctrine, yeah, I don't want that. If by canonical you mean sticking pretty close to the source material (the old testament), then yeah, I would love a canonical series, with all the craziness, superstition, and supernatural stuff. It would be awesome. Like GoT crossed with Rome or something.
Planet_JASE
Member
The torture-porn episode devoted to the Book of Job would be glorious.
Glory to god.
Planet_JASE
Member
The episode wrapping up with Job's dead family returning, along with his possession, much to Job's utter, utter confusion, but shrugging it off and almost mechanically looking up into the sky and saying "Sure, whatever..." and then, enthusiastically "Thanks, God! and then cutting to heaven where God just yells "Booyah! Suck it, Satan!!"
Roll credits.
and speaking of Job:
'grats.
Poimandres
Member
Yeah, that's what I meant. Church doctrine tends to have a lot of the rough edges removed from the old testament. Lot's of deeply strange, deeply troubling and deeply awesome stuff in the old testament. Dig into apocrypha stuff as well because there's heaps of cool shit there. A series sticking close to the source material would be amazing!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOA,
Nice man, I bet you feel pretty great!
Also, this is probably life changing considering a lot of JETs end up just staying in Japan forevs
Congrats
reptilescorpio
Member
I highly recommend True Detective.
Sounds like you should enjoy Noah then
Woo! 64GB Vita mem cards for everyone!
Didn't a ton of people from studios in that area get laid off recently?
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Jables Swan
Member
Agreed.
Saw it last night with the missus, amazing film. Looked spectacular and I couldn't stop laughing for most of it.
Poimandres
Member
Sounds like you should enjoy Noah then
My primary concern is that it won't be strange enough!
I do agree that Lego is almost certainly the best movie screening at the moment. Will probably take my girlfriends neices and nephews to see that one and gain bonus family cred.
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