Planet_JASE
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Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
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Mistborn the Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.
shanshan310
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That's true
I'm not getting anywhere near that thing, much less engaging it in combat. As creepy as it was I'd rather be able to see it, but it's disappeared over night. Gonna be looking over my shoulder all weekend.
The Storyteller
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And this is what's wrong with politics. Popularity over policy reform.
Planet_JASE
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I hope that's not true. By that I mean that I would prefer politicians to make their decisions based upon who they want leading the party, based off their leadership skills, the way they conduct themselves and their suitability to the role.
I know that at the end of the day, it all comes down to what the people want and this should inform their decision but... yeah. Politicians looking at polls to find out who they should vote for give me a mental image of contestants from The Price is Right looking helplessly at the audience to find out which order to place the products in.
"Swap? Swap? Ok, I'll change my decision."
Gah. Instead of betting on the outcome, we should all be putting money go into a pool that will be given to the politicians once they cut this shit out.
codswallop
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That $100 ($110) Double Fine Kickstarter tier is looking mighty tempting.
Also, I asked Rudd via Twitter last night if he can scull a beer on camera since that's how we break ties in Australia. No response; updates as they occur.
Also, I asked Rudd via Twitter last night if he can scull a beer on camera since that's how we break ties in Australia. No response; updates as they occur.
Planet_JASE
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reptilescorpio
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$110 you mean$100 pledge is looking even better
Best money I have spent all year has been these kickstarters. And The Witcher 2 on 360 of course.Hope it is a one off for you. Horrible living near that all the time.
(alternatively this cool looking Norwegian (I think?) edition)
shanshan310
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That dog/sheep/lion's face on the shining cover looks hilarious. He's so grumpy.
Currently reading this:
Its huge, but my god its interesting. Really really thorough and informative.
Currently reading this:
Its huge, but my god its interesting. Really really thorough and informative.
Whole Mistborn Trilogy is $21.70 at http://www.bookdepository.com/Mistborn-Trilogy-Set-Brandon-Sanderson/9780765365439
You should probably read it.
You should probably read it.
Planet_JASE
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Other suggestions:
Edit: changed links to Kindle Editions (unless not available)
The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern as told by William Goldman (not available on Kindle)
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
(reading 1984 and Brave New World back-to-back makes for some nice contrast)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (not available on Kindle)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (not available on Kindle)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Edit: changed links to Kindle Editions (unless not available)
The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern as told by William Goldman (not available on Kindle)
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
(reading 1984 and Brave New World back-to-back makes for some nice contrast)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (not available on Kindle)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (not available on Kindle)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Whole Mistborn Trilogy is on Kindle for $8 each book, $24 all up: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002GYI9C4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
You should probably read it.
You should read the entire Sherlock Holmes collection if you haven't already. It's free.
Planet_JASE
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You'll have to do some chicanery in order to buy them:
This title is not available for customers from:
Australia
Shop titles available for Australia
Edit: My mistake, you can buy it, but this is the Australian version page.
I think I'm getting stuffed with regional pricing. It says $14.
shanshan310
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Wow screw that. How are they justifying the higher price on e books as welll?
Planet_JASE
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It's further to send it. Those webcouriers need to be paid and they have a fantastic union.
The same reason they justify it on all other digital content.
i.e. they don't and are knob heads.
Man, all of these sound great! I need to learn to speedread :/
I am currently reading Eisenhorn, starting to really like the Warhammer 40k universe even if I have no interest whatsoever in the tabletop game.
The Storyteller
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Disappointing decision by Albo, but he's such a class act that I still love him. His colleagues should take not.
reptilescorpio
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Zavvi/TheHut sale on again, this time 360 focused (although PS3 prices may be the same)
Some are cheaper at Zavvi, some at TheHut. Both have coupons that float around every now and then. Zavvi can bundle for cheaper postage, extra one pound per game at TheHut I think. I have included an extra pound in all the below prices anyway.
Final Fantasy XIIIIIIII-2 for $31 (TheHut)
Dark Souls for $24 (TheHut)
Bulletstorm for $10 (TheHut)
Resonance of Fate for $16 (TheHut)
Tony Hawk Shred WITH Fully Sick Skateboard Controller for $24 (Zavvi)
Shadows of teh Damned for $18 (Zavvi)
Binary Domain for $38 (Zavvi) FUTURE CULT CLASSIC
Dreamcast Collection (Crazy Taxi, Space Channel, Fishing, Sonic Adv) for $11 (LOGS)
So, what have I done today?
Not slept.
Screwed up my laptop.
Pretty fucking productive so far :/ The laptop *may* be covered under warranty (it's imported, which is normally okay but it's also a refurb, which I suspect may make it not so. But, the issue was with IBM's/Lenovo's POS BIOS upgrade tool (there's a heap of people with exactly the same prob) so hopefully I can fanagle a warranty fix here in AU because it wasn't really caused by something I shouldn't have been doing. So I'm desktoppin' it up in this bitch for the time being) so the day may not be a total wash.
reptilescorpio
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Can you make a US account and use a fake US address? That is what I did for the DD games I grab from Amazon from time to time.
shanshan310
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Your Kindle has to be attached to your account. If I switch accounts I'll lose my books.
Planet_JASE
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I'm fairly certain it doesn't work that way. Firstly, you have to register a country for your Kindle, and when you gift a book, you have to select which Kindle it is being sent to. Amazon then uses the regional setting for that Kindle to work out pricing and restrictions.
The difference with DD games is that you are not really allocating that CD Key to a physical product, you're taking it outside of their shop and using it elsewhere.
Edit: You can change your device settings to make it a US one, but it needs to be bonded to a US address, which may cause issues if you ever need to use the warranty on it.
fappenmeister
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hey look, The Age has something about the Russian Stalker film
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/a-necessary-diversion-20120223-1toru.html
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/a-necessary-diversion-20120223-1toru.html
reptilescorpio
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Everyone should watch this movie. Tarkovsky is one of my all time favourite directors. Ivan's Childhood is one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen.
oipic
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Two recent reads, both highly recommended:
I've been spruiking Ready Player One heavily to anyone who will listen, and those who have humoured me and given it a go have loved it. It's my go-to birthday gift of choice recently.
(this is titled The Postmortal in some markets)
I've been spruiking Ready Player One heavily to anyone who will listen, and those who have humoured me and given it a go have loved it. It's my go-to birthday gift of choice recently.
(this is titled The Postmortal in some markets)
You can have multiple addresses on your amazon account I think. I have no problems switching to a US address when buying Kindle books from the US store then changing back to my Aus address if I want something from the Au store.
Partway through it atm. Not really far enough to say a lot about it to be honest (been pretty slack about reading lately), but I'm liking it a lot so far.
This will be the only way to do it, it seems.
I just tried my plan of:
- Create US account.
- Buy gift card from regular account, redeem on US account
- Use US account to gift book to regular account
Two problems:
- For some reason they wouldn't let me use the gift card funds on the book gift. EDIT: Scratch that, it just took some time to update.
- You can't redeem the book gift if it's not available in your region. They give you an option to exchange it for a gift card.
So now, I've got an $8 gift card on my regular account and an $8 gift card on this newly created Amazon account.
lol
Good stuff.
reptilescorpio
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What a day! Ron Gilbert & Tim Schafer school every game designer in the world on how to make entertaining confusion and how adventure games never died, along with the Idle Thumbs DOTAcast.
Why am I at work?
Power through this shit and grab some fancy beers for the DOTA cast time.
Why am I at work?
Power through this shit and grab some fancy beers for the DOTA cast time.
shanshan310
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I tried to once. It wasn't very interesting, just lists and lists of family trees and which people went to which places.
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