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AusGAF 10 - Node Country for Old Men
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ThoseDeafMutes
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ClivePwned
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To be fair, the one and only time you're not being ironic
ThoseDeafMutes
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Tried it ages ago, didn't work for me, and even if it did there is no menu support so you're still rummaging through folders to find crap on a blu ray disc.
I agree that the situation is a bit bullshit. There are ways of using MakeMKV to decrypt the blu-ray files on the fly so you can watch them, but it's not a complete solution.
Sucks data like there is no tomorrow. I tried that when I gave Dig music a shot.
I feel the same way. Need to see what MS has to offer.
None of us are.
It certainly isn't an elegant solution. I have a blu-ray drive and powerdvd installed on my mini-itx PC but I still just use the PS3 for blu-ray playback. I just use active HDMI switching so that the current device I turn on takes over output to the TV.
It is bullshit. Radio apps that use days are useless too as data is generally poor when thousands of others are using the same towers. Something as simple as sending a tweet in such situations seems like mission impossible.
Some crazy bugger could probably write a radio emulator that could solve all our issues on phones. Headphone jack provides the antenna for FM. No coil for AM, but that's no great loss to anyone that doesn't care about the horses or dogs.
I've tried to find a decent pocket radio that is both good quality and value. No such luck yet.
I jumped straight into 8.1 and have very few complaints. Most are due to things that only crop up on a multi monitor setup.
I have read that the traditional start menu is making a return and it wasn't April fools when I did. The new Windows search has kinda made that redundant for me, it's much quicker.
That's been me since vista. All I ever used the start menu was to get to the search box. So I have not been impressed by the falling back. And I guess they won't give me an option to not have the start menu.
bodyboarder
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Nope. Will wait for gaf to recover from crashing then just catch up via the OTs.
reptilescorpio
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So it's Contact but it's not about the Contact wars, this could get messy when they do a prequel! I assume the council of races come in CONTACT with a new unknown race.
Hopefully the new race are mysterious but nice, rather than aggressive like the Reapers. Would love to see a Star Trek style story where there is a ton of paranoia but once they can understand the new race they turn out to be really nice and have a great range of tasty cocktails and marinades for steaks.
It's a ton of fun. My GOTY last year.
Yeah LinkedIn is terrible for it, I can usually google up a link into peoples profiles even if they are private.
Nothing sinister! Just checking game dev accounts to see where they are/what they are working on/etc.
I think everyone's been flat out with work or school. I would kill for a holiday at this point.
First SSD?
Yeah I forgot that was a hack. Stupid fucking DRM system. I don't get much use out of my Blu Rays since I downloaded rips instead, much prefer to be able to access it on the fly.
Probably. I always do despite saying I won't >_<
Give him a big hug from me!
Mine are my backups. I don't actually play mine just rip them to put on my media server.
Yaaay, another idiot!!
I've taken the week off, because I never get any work done during E3.
reptilescorpio
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I started making backups of DVD's but it took longer to rip and convert them than it did just to download them lol
Yeah I might take a few days off, have a ton of leave saved up and can't really take it towards the end of months so it would work out perfect.
ThoseDeafMutes
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So Reptile, how regular are Dick Smith storewide sales like that?
Coz if we get a pricedrop post E3 and maybe a bundle with a game I want to play, I might jump on one of those 11-12% discounts. Sub 500 for an xbone won't seem so bad... assuming they update it with the ability to play fuckin' files off a HDD.
Coz if we get a pricedrop post E3 and maybe a bundle with a game I want to play, I might jump on one of those 11-12% discounts. Sub 500 for an xbone won't seem so bad... assuming they update it with the ability to play fuckin' files off a HDD.
I'm getting some great mileage out of this pic.
I did it for the first time last year or the year before I can't remember. For Nintendo of course.
Well I don't convert them. Just do a straight rip to mkv. Takes about 15 minutes for a bluray. Not that I buy many these days. Unless its special, I just make do with a netflix (or crunchyroll in the case of anime) stream.
I can kinda understand it when new consoles are being unveiled, but in the off years when it's just a bunch of game announcements using fake trailers and features that end up being cut, I'd much rather sleep in and then just read the GAF summary and watch the highlights on YouTube.
Also the devs I really care about either don't go to E3, or have a small presence.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Me, unless I'm at Mt. Buller for the long weekend.
Steam AusGAF has been doing E3 mumble chat for the past few years. It's usually is just being hyper cynical and cracking wise while the conferences are showing white men in suits talk about bullshit, but we keep doing it so surely were getting something out of the tradition.
I wonder if banana still has the recording of last year? Contains me guessing the name "Xbox One" as the console name.
I wonder if banana still has the recording of last year? Contains me guessing the name "Xbox One" as the console name.
Origami Superman
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Maybe Nintendo's. Just so I can have my heart broken again.
ClivePwned
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which number would be less convenient at 3am, the number ending in 3151 or 2233?
Obviously a Windows Phone 8 game.
reptilescorpio
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I think that's the 4th or 5th time this year they've had a 10+% sale. Every single sale has included the X1 so far, compared to the PS4 only twice.
As long as there isn't a shakeup at Dick Smith I would expect this kind of sale to happen once a month!
Hmm I should jump on this year. E3 is a ton of fun when you are watching the stupidity unfold in real time in front of you. Hoping for another Mr Caffeine or "comedian"!
ThoseDeafMutes
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I don't think I can do E3 anymore, I'll be working ;_;
That it is. Make sure you get those Bit games or whatever they're called... boss as fuck.
How much did you pay for it? I've been keeping an eye out for one for ages.
Yeah but not really that playable imo since the screen is...well, micro. It's a cool little thing to have just for the sake of having one though!
Now I remember, they were called bit Generations. The sound one in particular was awesome, because it barely relied at all on the screen.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I'll fuckin bash yer ed in
BananaArnie
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yeah really jambo, enoughs enough
I'll stay up to watch a conference when something remotely interesting is even rumoured to be showing. As it is right now, I know Driveclub is coming in October and there's no such thing as Project Gotham Racing 5 (and never will be, apparently). So E3 can go fuck itself.
But seriously, you go ahead and enjoy it though!
and post all about it here so I can save some time 
codswallop
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Yeah! A couple of mates and I played it for a couple of hours last night, most of that on the AusGamers server (there's tons of servers still online!).
Also: I could never understand why people took days or weeks off for E3. It's just not that interesting to me. I'll read wrap-ups in the morning and maybe a couple of articles, and that's that. It's a nice news week but that's about it for me. I can understand people who are really excited getting up early for press conferences, but to me that's the extreme, not taking time off...
reptilescorpio
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People take time off for tons of stupid shit. I take time off at E3 to laugh at the stupid shit video game producers spend their money on. Mr Caffeine, Jaime Kennedy, Ravi Drums, all that shit is hilarious and entertaining on fuck all sleep!
reptilescorpio
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Clocked 2 games this week!
Resogun is fucking awesome. Love it even more than SSDHD. No complaints here. Even plays great at 30fps on Vita.
5/5
Stick it to the Man is fucking great. Dialogue is by the Dinosaur Comics dude, it's hilarious and droll and really enjoyable. Everything about the game is super nice and cuddly, aside from 1 poorly structured stealth sequence which threw up a red herring at me out of nowhere and pissed me off to no end. Had to change tactic under the assumption my game had glitched out and the illusion of a second win path was evidently false. Controlling the quick move/sticker slap can be messy too during these segments since it's all on one button press.
Totally feels like an old school Lucasarts game though. Nice basic platforming with super easy puzzles but it's all quietly hilarious and adorable. Really nice game overall, a joy to go through. The voice acting really is fantastic, I hope they can pull together another project like this as it radiates love and happiness in such a way that few games do these days. It's not trying to say something, just give you a quirky adventure game. We need more of games like this.
Uses the speaker on the DS4 for all the mind talking which is a really nice touch.
4.5/5
Resogun is fucking awesome. Love it even more than SSDHD. No complaints here. Even plays great at 30fps on Vita.
5/5
Stick it to the Man is fucking great. Dialogue is by the Dinosaur Comics dude, it's hilarious and droll and really enjoyable. Everything about the game is super nice and cuddly, aside from 1 poorly structured stealth sequence which threw up a red herring at me out of nowhere and pissed me off to no end. Had to change tactic under the assumption my game had glitched out and the illusion of a second win path was evidently false. Controlling the quick move/sticker slap can be messy too during these segments since it's all on one button press.
Totally feels like an old school Lucasarts game though. Nice basic platforming with super easy puzzles but it's all quietly hilarious and adorable. Really nice game overall, a joy to go through. The voice acting really is fantastic, I hope they can pull together another project like this as it radiates love and happiness in such a way that few games do these days. It's not trying to say something, just give you a quirky adventure game. We need more of games like this.
Uses the speaker on the DS4 for all the mind talking which is a really nice touch.
4.5/5
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