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AusGAF 2.0 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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fappenmeister
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Nemesis556 said:
Yeah, remind me tomorrow evening at some stage. What's the magic word though mister?
fappenmeister
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CryptiK said:
About bloody time someone gave you a break, congratulations. Now you can afford anything you ever wanted!
I've been wanting to post more here but I haven't been getting much gaming or, anything, done lately.
I've had such a shit week so far, I'm still down with a nasty flu and my dog had a stroke (but survived thank God). Top it off with the random-encounters-hate-thread in Gaming which is the system I'm using in my indie RPG due to how easy it is for a one-man-team to implement. (I originally didn't want it that way but, you know, schedule...) :lol
I've had such a shit week so far, I'm still down with a nasty flu and my dog had a stroke (but survived thank God). Top it off with the random-encounters-hate-thread in Gaming which is the system I'm using in my indie RPG due to how easy it is for a one-man-team to implement. (I originally didn't want it that way but, you know, schedule...) :lol
Hey Adelaide-AUSGAF, where, if anywhere, are you getting 360 RB3 from? I checked everywhere in Tea Tree Plaza today (plus the JB nearby), and the only place that had it was EB. And I refuse to pay EB premiums for a game that if its anything like the other Rock Bands here (which it will be), will have a significant price drop very soon.
I'd like to drive down somewhere nearby and get it tonight, but I refuse to drive too far, because I'm lazy.
I'd like to drive down somewhere nearby and get it tonight, but I refuse to drive too far, because I'm lazy.
BanShunsaku
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Got my Giant Bomb shirt today as well. Huzzah for casual Friday!
hamchan said:
Not that BttF doesn't have plot holes, but I consider this to be explained via the bit about leaving Jennifer on the doorstep in the "bad" 1985.
Mar said:
Google Listen does use the iTunes tags. I'll try compare it with another feed to see what happens.
Also that iTunes page doesn't let you download without iTunes. Need to link people to the xml feed.
fappenmeister
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You may need to pay a fee as well but yeah.
(Tis the code on the back of the manual)
(Tis the code on the back of the manual)
FormallyMegadrive
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Syth_Blade22 said:
so there's hope for me to get mine back? yay! what did you have to do before they eventually caved and gave you the account back?
Megadrive said:
I just rang up (was on hold for like 1 hour, but I called at 9am which was like 4pm there time) and said hey my accounts locked, and the email says I have to send a copy of my drivers licence, and I really dont care enough to do that and will just make a 2nd account if theres no way around it, so i thought id call to see if i can get my account unlocked
then basically said if they cant i probly wont bother playing as i was just gonna join a group of friends who were re rolling on cataclysm, and he's like nah! we want you to play! then read thru all the notes attatched and unlocked it, was pretty simple once i got through to them.
My JB Hifi at Parramatta had the Keyboard and copies of the game in stock. But I ordered from amazon yesterday (want to export my 400 song library including RB 1 and 2). Was so tempted to just bugger it and have two copies. But stayed strong.
Drowned my sorrows in Back to the Future and Spaghetti Western trilogy on Blu-ray.
Drowned my sorrows in Back to the Future and Spaghetti Western trilogy on Blu-ray.
Castlevania Lords of Shadow is a terrific game. I've been playing it for most of today and tonight, and I'm still not out of the second area yet. It's also possibly the most beautiful game I've ever seen. The environments are incredible.
Confirms once more, that I should never listen to any impressions from the Giant Bomb guys. Love their podcast and quicklooks, but their preference for video games couldn't be more opposite to me.
Confirms once more, that I should never listen to any impressions from the Giant Bomb guys. Love their podcast and quicklooks, but their preference for video games couldn't be more opposite to me.
I've stopped listening to game discussions on podcasts. By the time the game is out on shelves (and certainly by the time I'm in a position to buy it, since I don't really do the day one thing) the game has been discussed to death and most of the discussion deals with what's "wrong" with the game, souring me completely on the purchase.
I've been turned off so many games that could well have been great in the past year.
Oh and to add to the RB3 discussion - apparently (according to the guy working there) only the top 22 JB stores in QLD got the game. What exactly "top" means nobody knows. Meh.
I've been turned off so many games that could well have been great in the past year.
Oh and to add to the RB3 discussion - apparently (according to the guy working there) only the top 22 JB stores in QLD got the game. What exactly "top" means nobody knows. Meh.
Bernbnews- I bought Mass Effect 2 today. The Collector's Editions. From EB. For $99.
First CE I've bought since the cat helmet. If I'm gonna read novels and trawl the wiki, I might as gobble up everything else that universe can offer me.
First CE I've bought since the cat helmet. If I'm gonna read novels and trawl the wiki, I might as gobble up everything else that universe can offer me.
Apart from Brad Shoemaker - I don't really gel with the GB writers, and even then Brad plays a bunch of stuff I don't care for. I still listen to the Bombcast - it has some great moments, but the actual game discussion never sticks with me. That's what made the Idle Thumbs appeal so much - they would discuss gaming concepts and then use game titles as examples where appropriate.Mar said:
They're ranked in order of gross metallic content embedded in the faces of their adolescent counter staff.Gazunta said:
The Mass Effect games are still my games of the gen, never can find any copies of the novels around though.
I need to get the comics too....man, I'm such a Mass Effect whore.
If I had any skills I'd recreate Shep's quarters or make a Quarian outfit to display.
I was bummed there was no Mass Effect stuff at Armageddon, but there was a chick dressed as Mad Moxxi, so it evened out.
I do hope they never Wing Commander this series.
I need to get the comics too....man, I'm such a Mass Effect whore.
If I had any skills I'd recreate Shep's quarters or make a Quarian outfit to display.
I was bummed there was no Mass Effect stuff at Armageddon, but there was a chick dressed as Mad Moxxi, so it evened out.
I do hope they never Wing Commander this series.
BanShunsaku
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Mar said:
As much as I enjoy listening to the Bombcast every week, I try not to pay any attention to their opinions on what they are playing.
I was listening to Brad discuss Fable III yesterday and although he did say that the UI stuff was what he didn't like, I just got an overall "meh" feeling from his impressions. I went home last night and played a bit of it and there was nothing meh about it in my opinion, the game seems great.
And their discussion of Fallout New Vegas was so fucking negative! At the end of talking about how the only way to play it was on PC with console commands Ryan is like "SO what you're basically saying is that the game is hell broken". I'm like WTF, I know it has bugs but I've spent 30 hours in the last few days playing the thing. Seems pretty damn good to me!
Looks like WoW Cataclsym is available for pre-sale on battle.net. It ends up pretty much just under $41, Which is cheaper than retailers here. Game.com.au has it for $49 and i think in store is $59. Considering the standard box only comes with the disc and fuck all else these days, it might be worth grabbing it online.
Unless you want the CE then it's retail only.
Unless you want the CE then it's retail only.
commanderdeek said:
They've been very negative on it, Castlevania or non. Which is fine, I don't expect them to like it (they shat all over Mirror's Edge too), but I listen to these guys a lot and sometimes I need to remind myself that their opinions are in stark contrast to my own.
Also, it 'not being Castlevania' is neither here nor there in my opinion. In fact, I'd say LoS is more Castlevania than any of the metroidvania titles. There's no doubt it's more fantasy rather than classic horror from what I've played so far (goblins and werewolves instead of zombies and vampires), but the series needed a really big kick in the pants anyway so I don't see it as a problem. To me, classic Castlevania is a fantasy horror game dripping with atmosphere and brooding emotions. Castlevania LoS has that in spades. It's completely ripped out the cartoony almost comedic style of the Iga anime titles and firmly, almost shockingly, pulled it back into the mature serious themes. I'm only past the first 2 chapters and already there's been a major development amongst the characters that I found kind of confronting.
Also, I never expected full frontal nudity in my Castlevania.
BanShunsaku said:
Yeah, he really gripped that issue by the horns and just wouldn't let it go. During the quicklook he was constantly trying to point to the map and inventory thing as a big deal but I thought it was incredibly exaggerated. You press the start button and boom, the map is there in front of you. As accessible as it would have been being on a button on the controller anyway. I really don't see what his problem with all of that was.
This internet plan thing is driving me up the wall.
I called up iiNet and they said they can't have me as a customer since I'm with Optus.
Who should I go with? I'm currently on Optus' $99 cable fusion plan. Does that mean I can't get ADSL? What's DSL naked? I don't get any of this stupid shit I just want internet and to get away from Optus because fuck them and their stupid filter. Meh so over it.
Actually let me be clearer about what I want. I basically want what I have now - broadband, home phone, and a monthly paper bill sent to me. But not with Optus. What are my options?
I called up iiNet and they said they can't have me as a customer since I'm with Optus.
Who should I go with? I'm currently on Optus' $99 cable fusion plan. Does that mean I can't get ADSL? What's DSL naked? I don't get any of this stupid shit I just want internet and to get away from Optus because fuck them and their stupid filter. Meh so over it.
Actually let me be clearer about what I want. I basically want what I have now - broadband, home phone, and a monthly paper bill sent to me. But not with Optus. What are my options?
Gazunta said:
What do they mean they can't have you as a customer as you're with Optus? Are they referencing the cable plan you're on now, as you can't "churn" from cable to ADSL2. You should just call again and ignore your existing plan, give them your phone number and see if they can start the process to enable ADSL2+ on your line. Then if they can, cancel your Optus plan.
Your options (with iiNet) are either to bundle a home phone line and ADSL2+ connection, or get naked DSL. In order for normal ADSL to work, it needs an active phone line (aka a phone line with dial tone). Naked DSL works around this, so it costs slightly more than the equivelant ADSL plan but you save money as you pay no line rental fee. You can then add a VOIP phone plan to get your home phone.
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yeah, TPG was the same in that they couldn't use Optus either.
Gaz, http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/
Throw your phone number in there and see what your exchange is along with what ISPs are offering services. Go from there.
Throw your phone number in there and see what your exchange is along with what ISPs are offering services. Go from there.
BanShunsaku
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Gazunta said:
That's weird, never heard of that before..
Mar said:
Are we talking minge or wang?
When that guy in Gay Tony got his junk out it really took me by surprise. With so much nudity on TV these days, it's funny how surprising it is when its in a video game.
BanShunsaku said:
The former. Though, there was a bright light down there obscuring the extremities. I'm pretty sure on a HD TV you could probably see that though.
The nudity in the game is done very tastefully and maturely. It doesn't draw attention to itself at all and fits contextually. It's more 'here's some boobs' rather than 'FUCK YEAH TITS IN YOUR FACE' *electric guitar strum.
Gazunta said:
You should at least be able to get Naked DSL and I can't understand why they couldn't switch your phone line at their hardware. Should post on Whirlpool, usually someone there who can give you a straight answer.
Edit: Ok so apparently Optus use cable to provide the home phone line when you have cable internet, but you should still have a deactivated copper phone line running to your house.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/758505
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