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AusGAF 2.0 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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FormallyMegadrive
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Last post on page, fucking hell. Repost:
Guys I really want an AusGAF shirt. So, I think we should have a brainstorm and then people make some prototypes and then a vote on which to make. My prototype is the first one I posted yesterday...
Would anyone consider wearing this except me? It's an AusGAF shirt, with the AusGiraffe on it. I think it symbolises AusGAF without being too obvious to how geeky we all are (ie: the other options).
Guys I really want an AusGAF shirt. So, I think we should have a brainstorm and then people make some prototypes and then a vote on which to make. My prototype is the first one I posted yesterday...
Would anyone consider wearing this except me? It's an AusGAF shirt, with the AusGiraffe on it. I think it symbolises AusGAF without being too obvious to how geeky we all are (ie: the other options).
It is not a design I'm keen on, but granted I'm not big on giraffes in general.
The Reach 360 is pretty spiffy and I have a new copy of Red Dead Redemption. Need to figure out what to with this unopened copy of Halo Reach though.
The fact it comes with a fucking SD video cable blows my mind though.
In other news Armageddon is going to feature the 8th and 7th Doctor, his companion, Major Kira, Drusilla, Ron Marz, Kyle Reece, Bud Bundy, Daniel Jackson, Parker Lewis, Raven, Bender and Jason Voorhees. That's a bloody good lineup and features more people I'm interested in seeing than the ComicCon I went to.
Gonna have to wear my final season Tom Baker scarf.
The Reach 360 is pretty spiffy and I have a new copy of Red Dead Redemption. Need to figure out what to with this unopened copy of Halo Reach though.
The fact it comes with a fucking SD video cable blows my mind though.
In other news Armageddon is going to feature the 8th and 7th Doctor, his companion, Major Kira, Drusilla, Ron Marz, Kyle Reece, Bud Bundy, Daniel Jackson, Parker Lewis, Raven, Bender and Jason Voorhees. That's a bloody good lineup and features more people I'm interested in seeing than the ComicCon I went to.
Gonna have to wear my final season Tom Baker scarf.
Tntnnbltn said:My first box has arrived!
http://imgur.com/NCYT2.jpg
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http://imgur.com/r9zzE.jpg
Ohnoes textbooks
Ohyays textbooks! They are part of my tax-deductable professional library.hamchan said:Ohnoes textbooks
Edit: Plus when you are a teacher, highschool textbooks automatically become awesome. They are so absolutely vital in determining what level of detail to teach the curriculum to. That's why I have to many versions of the student texts and study guides.
Don't think VPN will work. You used to be able to just use a credit card with no VPN but it looks like they've fixed that. Just get it gifted from a US Gaffer or something. Steam gifting thread.Omi said:
Its frustrating, need to investigate VPN again much like how I obtained L4D2 uncensored.
Megadrive said:Last post on page, fucking hell. Repost:
Guys I really want an AusGAF shirt. So, I think we should have a brainstorm and then people make some prototypes and then a vote on which to make. My prototype is the first one I posted yesterday...
Would anyone consider wearing this except me? It's an AusGAF shirt, with the AusGiraffe on it. I think it symbolises AusGAF without being too obvious to how geeky we all are (ie: the other options).
Why does ausgaf need a shirt?
FormallyMegadrive
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I didn't think you guys would be so grumpy about a joke. Nobody's saying you have to buy or even care, but being obviously annoyed at a joke is pretty pathetic.evlcookie said:
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what an odd page
I seem to have a very tiny scratch on the back of my iPhone 4. Not sure how it happened but it's making me second guess my decision to go without a case. The annoying part is I can deal with scratches on the back but most cases don't protect the screen, which is where I'm worried about now. My old case was a leather one that covered both sides, considering something similar again but it's so nice in my pocket without the extra bulk.
What2do.
Edit: This is the only case I would consider, thinking I'll just order one then decide when I get it.
Edit 2: I bear no ill will towards giraffes but I ain't wearing no giraffe tshirt, for the record.
What2do.
Edit: This is the only case I would consider, thinking I'll just order one then decide when I get it.
Edit 2: I bear no ill will towards giraffes but I ain't wearing no giraffe tshirt, for the record.
Agyar said:
I don't carry my Magic in a case. You just have to get very pocket disciplined. Nothing in the same pocket as your phone, that could scratch it. I keep keys and change (right pocket) in a different pocket to my phone (left).
I'm so used to it i do it even whilst drunk now.
Megadrive said:
I like the design, I like the name. But I don't think I'd wear a shirt that's in relation to a forum I frequent. I mean, there's nothing terribly wrong with that, I wear game shirts occasionally. But a forum shirt doesn't do much for me. It would be like being in a team or something. Could you imagine us having an AusGaf meet and everyone turning up in the same shirt? Girls would run for miles.
Kritz said:
Get out.
Agyar said:
Hah, so much stress over a scratch, on the back! It has no functional issue, and the very nature of phones means you're going to get many more. Relax! The back of my phone resembles... Ok, I can't come up with any good comparisons here. But let's just say it's scratched to such a degree you can hardly read the print.
Mar said:
The stress comes more from the prospect of getting a scratch on the front. As I said, scratches on the back don't concern me but getting one on the screen itself would be really shitty. The iPhone 4 glass seems a lot tougher than previous models it's obviously not completely impervious to these type of scratches.
Edit: TGS shit:
Dead Rising 2: Case West: DLC, if I end up playing DR2 I will buy it.
Shadows of the Damned: Trailer was really good until the main character spike and didn't sound like Bruce Campbell.
DmC: Trailer has awful music, new Dante is ugly but judgement reserved until I see some real gameplay.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Day Looking forward to it, even if it is new Team Ninja.
Ni-oh: Looks cool, will keep an eye on this one.
Alice: Madness Returns: Day one perch.
Dead Rising 2: Case West: Bort.
Shadows of the Damned: Awful trailer, terrible art direction. However the combat looks good and will buy.
DmC: Liked the art direction, but I don't particular care about DMC.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Apathetic.
Ni-oh: No idea what this is and have no interest in finding out.
Alice: Madness Returns: Perch confirmed
The next few months are going to be insane for me game wise. I need to finish Silent Hill before Dead Rising 2 next week, then Castlevania the week after, then NFS Hot Pursuit soon after that.
Shadows of the Damned: Awful trailer, terrible art direction. However the combat looks good and will buy.
DmC: Liked the art direction, but I don't particular care about DMC.
Ninja Gaiden 3: Apathetic.
Ni-oh: No idea what this is and have no interest in finding out.
Alice: Madness Returns: Perch confirmed
The next few months are going to be insane for me game wise. I need to finish Silent Hill before Dead Rising 2 next week, then Castlevania the week after, then NFS Hot Pursuit soon after that.
Mar said:
I was getting a sweet B-grade Army of Darkness vibe from it until the guy spoke, then he over-the-shoulder third person shootered some guys with a weird sci-fi gun with a skull on it. The illusion came crashing down and it felt like another silly Japanese game about girly men.
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I'm sure that was the entire reason. A guy must have told them and someone at Capcom hit the big red 'green-light' button and sent their devs into over-time to cater the whims of game journalists. It seems like a very likely scenario.
http://www.vg247.com/2010/09/15/dead-rising-2-case-west-announced/#more-118052
Capcoms just announced an epilogue for Dead Rising 2, which is similar to Case Zero, known as Case West.The epilogue has Dead Rising 1 protagonist Frank West team up with Dead Rising 2s Chuck Greene, and the story takes place after the events of Dead Rising 2.The reason for Wests return is journalists asked for the character
Seems like you want to continue your schoolyard bullshit rez, i got over it long ago
Capcoms just announced an epilogue for Dead Rising 2, which is similar to Case Zero, known as Case West.The epilogue has Dead Rising 1 protagonist Frank West team up with Dead Rising 2s Chuck Greene, and the story takes place after the events of Dead Rising 2.The reason for Wests return is journalists asked for the character
Seems like you want to continue your schoolyard bullshit rez, i got over it long ago
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It's not schoolyard bullshit, it's the ability to parse how the industry works versus what's announced via a press release.
Yesterday I listened to the very last Idle Thumbs remaining on my playlist- Episode 50: "Farewell Video Games" or "The Shitty Wizard".
I had only started listening to the Thumbs at the start of the 'Podcast' season that started this year in February and loved it instantly. As I stayed up to date with the 2010 pods, I decided to listen to the entire back-catalog in tandem, sometimes listening to several episodes at once per day. 'Refreshing' is possibly the best way to describe why I took to the show so quickly- throughout every episode, regardless of the tone of discussion, the hosts showed a genuine love for video games and a reluctance to get tied down by irrelevant minutia or have the 'obvious' discussion. I think what they valued most in gaming was the experience- whether it was a story-rich game or a rhythm-based puzzler, it was always about how they felt about the experience and never the technical aspects of the game. They had a glass half full attitude towards games, even the hokey jock-marketed stuff and I think that by listening to the Thumbs so much, it influenced how I play games and what I choose to play
Anyone listening to the show could tell the guys were great friends- it didn't matter if the discussion wheeled wildly off-course, or got saturated by memes and in-jokes, it's like they were doing the podcast for themselves but were happy to share it with others. My first interest in the podcast was for entertainment- I had an awful time trying to lose my shit and crack up in front of people at work or on the train, but the serious game discussion was just as worthwhile.
Anyway, the reason I'm telling y'all this is that the bulk of my time listening to the back-catalog was when I was out in the bush and playing Torchlight on my MacBook. The mental association between that game and the thumb's voices grew pretty strong, and I found it incredibly fitting that Torchlight discussion came to dominate the podcast for the last few episodes or so.
The interview they had with Max Schaefer about Torchlight is one of the most engaging conversations Ive ever heard anyone have about video games. It was encouraging to listen to someone with a wealth of experience developing top-shelf games and to learn his priorities as a developer and his interest for the communities that played his games. All the Idle Thumbs hosts are now directly involved in the development side and it's clear they sought out folk like Schaefer to join them on the show. Hopefully there's plenty of people like Schaefer and the Thumbs guys throughout the industry and not schmucks like your Koticks etc...
What a swell guy.
/dumb story.
I had only started listening to the Thumbs at the start of the 'Podcast' season that started this year in February and loved it instantly. As I stayed up to date with the 2010 pods, I decided to listen to the entire back-catalog in tandem, sometimes listening to several episodes at once per day. 'Refreshing' is possibly the best way to describe why I took to the show so quickly- throughout every episode, regardless of the tone of discussion, the hosts showed a genuine love for video games and a reluctance to get tied down by irrelevant minutia or have the 'obvious' discussion. I think what they valued most in gaming was the experience- whether it was a story-rich game or a rhythm-based puzzler, it was always about how they felt about the experience and never the technical aspects of the game. They had a glass half full attitude towards games, even the hokey jock-marketed stuff and I think that by listening to the Thumbs so much, it influenced how I play games and what I choose to play
Anyone listening to the show could tell the guys were great friends- it didn't matter if the discussion wheeled wildly off-course, or got saturated by memes and in-jokes, it's like they were doing the podcast for themselves but were happy to share it with others. My first interest in the podcast was for entertainment- I had an awful time trying to lose my shit and crack up in front of people at work or on the train, but the serious game discussion was just as worthwhile.
Anyway, the reason I'm telling y'all this is that the bulk of my time listening to the back-catalog was when I was out in the bush and playing Torchlight on my MacBook. The mental association between that game and the thumb's voices grew pretty strong, and I found it incredibly fitting that Torchlight discussion came to dominate the podcast for the last few episodes or so.
The interview they had with Max Schaefer about Torchlight is one of the most engaging conversations Ive ever heard anyone have about video games. It was encouraging to listen to someone with a wealth of experience developing top-shelf games and to learn his priorities as a developer and his interest for the communities that played his games. All the Idle Thumbs hosts are now directly involved in the development side and it's clear they sought out folk like Schaefer to join them on the show. Hopefully there's plenty of people like Schaefer and the Thumbs guys throughout the industry and not schmucks like your Koticks etc...
What a swell guy.
/dumb story.
Hang on, whether or not it's BS - did the 'we did it for you game journalists!' line actually work with the crowd?
Because man, if it did:
a) I totally have to use that line for our next game
b) If I ever go back into games journalism I am gonna demand the FUCK out of Capcom for a new Forgotten Worlds game.
Because man, if it did:
a) I totally have to use that line for our next game
b) If I ever go back into games journalism I am gonna demand the FUCK out of Capcom for a new Forgotten Worlds game.
It should also be noted that we scared Bern away from steam chat forever last night. I'm sure that was a fun time as well.
I still haven't gotten around to the pax idle thumbs, Waiting on the video footage so i can watch these guys talk, to see how they interact with each other.
I still haven't gotten around to the pax idle thumbs, Waiting on the video footage so i can watch these guys talk, to see how they interact with each other.
Bernbaum said:
Yeah, Idle Thumbs was something special. What's great about it is that they are infinitely re-listenable too. I still go back and listen to an episode for the 10th time or whatever, as opposed to every other podcast I really like, where once is enough.
I say without a word of a lie, Idle Thumbs was the best thing I consumed over the last few years of any entertainment medium.
Hahah!evlcookie said:
Entering the AusGAF steam group chat is like showing up to a party where you don't know too many people but everyone is still pretty friendly- you might hear a few weird things yelled out and find yourself unwillingly asked to do something you don't feel too comfortable doing (like download Railworks DLC).
Someone mentioned something about a paddle and I was too scared to find out what that meant so I grabbed my shit and left...
Have fun kids, let me know when y'all are playing some Left 4 Dead 2!
viciouskillersquirrel
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Give me a controller to try and explore a 3D space and I will spend half my time spinning in random circles. Never happens with KBAM or Wiimote / Nunchuck.Agyar said:
But then, I have extremely specific needs as a gamer.
viciouskillersquirrel
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I'm waiting to see if they end up patching some of the games I own / want. If this thing bombs, that's less likely to happen.Shaneus said:
FormallyMegadrive
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Kritz said:
shut up you like minecraft.
i should make you a shirt that simply says "EMERGENCE GAMEPLAY" with the 4chan smiley thingo on the back.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Who to the what now?Agyar said:
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I already miss the Thumbs.Bernbaum said:
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I still haven't bought Reach! Granted, my 360 is in Melbourne and I'm not back in the city until the weekend. I'm not, you know, super-hyped, but I have that quiet, expectation-less excitement that usually leads to me enjoying games a whole lot more than usual.
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