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FormallyMegadrive
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From my understanding. It should only take 1 guy a few weeks to actually integrate steamworks into a medium to large game.
But it does make sense to try and pump out a console port as quickly as possible, So GFWL makes sense, As much as PC gamers hate it.
Would it really take 6 months to integrate it in to the Steamworks framework?
reptilescorpio
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They lost a sale from me unless it is less than $20 or has some incredible improvements.
FormallyMegadrive
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I thought Dark Souls was like Demon's Souls in that there's online functionality, not just DRM. If it was just for DRM + achievements (+testing), then why not. Programming achievements + testing will take 2-3 months for one man. It'd take about 1-2 weeks of hardcore programming to integrate Steamworks functionality (just getting the thing working) then 2-3 months for programming in the achievements, testing believe it or not, takes the longest to do.
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Look at that res! oh baby. I love that they're looking for a gameboy.
codswallop
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well?
I finally finished Perdido Street Station last night.
A semi-rambling review of it as follows.
I thought this was one of the strangest, dank, corrupt and creative worlds I have come across in a book. It's set in a city with humans, chimera type species, mutated and created remade characters (all sentient) and they live in a corrupt, crime-ridden dystopia of sorts.
It seems to have its roots in steampunk in a weird perverted take on shadowrun, or at least my cursory understanding of it. This is all just backdrop.
The story is basically a stranger turning up in town, who needs something and he finds someone to help him. Another main character is some mad scientist type (mad ideas, genuine personality) who is playing with ideas well outside of any kind of normal science.
Beyond that, there are several factions at play. Some corrupt, some criminal, some despotic and a few that are just completely unique to any kind of fiction Ive read. So whilst you have a gestapo type faction, they dont necessarily behave as such all the time. There is a slight dose of familiarity, but this just makes the unexpected stuff stand out more.
Somewhere along the way, what I thought was going to happen does not, and something completely incidental becomes far more pressing. Almost as if the first part wasn't really necessary except to set the scene. Turns out it is still important, but ideas get put on the backburner through necessity, and then you see why all the other stuff was put there.
I think the only fault I can find is in the very last act. It was something that changes quite a bit of the perspective of some events and characters. It didnt sit right with me for some reason - not because of what it was but because of how it was presented. I was still reacting along the lines of "no. no. no, dont do it, dont do it oh shit theyre going to do it" up until the 'resolution'. So I was very much invested in the characters and events.
It ends on what I guess is a downer. There is one moment I would call a minor deus ex machina that was pretty much inconsistent with the lore, or at least not clearly telegraphed. I guess that may have been due to characters being painted into a figurative corner.
All in all though thats a minor complaint as the story was wonderfully imaginative and it hints at much more to be told in the world (apparently there are 3 books in the series, but not connected directly).
I haven't enjoyed a story like that in a very long time, and it is very difficult to compare it to anything else because it feels so unique in terms of atmosphere, scenario and whatnot.
I'm more keen to read its follow up than ADWD, to be honest.
A semi-rambling review of it as follows.
I thought this was one of the strangest, dank, corrupt and creative worlds I have come across in a book. It's set in a city with humans, chimera type species, mutated and created remade characters (all sentient) and they live in a corrupt, crime-ridden dystopia of sorts.
It seems to have its roots in steampunk in a weird perverted take on shadowrun, or at least my cursory understanding of it. This is all just backdrop.
The story is basically a stranger turning up in town, who needs something and he finds someone to help him. Another main character is some mad scientist type (mad ideas, genuine personality) who is playing with ideas well outside of any kind of normal science.
Beyond that, there are several factions at play. Some corrupt, some criminal, some despotic and a few that are just completely unique to any kind of fiction Ive read. So whilst you have a gestapo type faction, they dont necessarily behave as such all the time. There is a slight dose of familiarity, but this just makes the unexpected stuff stand out more.
Somewhere along the way, what I thought was going to happen does not, and something completely incidental becomes far more pressing. Almost as if the first part wasn't really necessary except to set the scene. Turns out it is still important, but ideas get put on the backburner through necessity, and then you see why all the other stuff was put there.
I think the only fault I can find is in the very last act. It was something that changes quite a bit of the perspective of some events and characters. It didnt sit right with me for some reason - not because of what it was but because of how it was presented. I was still reacting along the lines of "no. no. no, dont do it, dont do it oh shit theyre going to do it" up until the 'resolution'. So I was very much invested in the characters and events.
It ends on what I guess is a downer. There is one moment I would call a minor deus ex machina that was pretty much inconsistent with the lore, or at least not clearly telegraphed. I guess that may have been due to characters being painted into a figurative corner.
All in all though thats a minor complaint as the story was wonderfully imaginative and it hints at much more to be told in the world (apparently there are 3 books in the series, but not connected directly).
I haven't enjoyed a story like that in a very long time, and it is very difficult to compare it to anything else because it feels so unique in terms of atmosphere, scenario and whatnot.
I'm more keen to read its follow up than ADWD, to be honest.
bodyboarder
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Had the worst honey chicken for lunch. Am not going back to eat there again.
Wish I could make it >.<
Mmm honey chicken. This restaurant near me does an awesome honey chilli chicken. Sticky, sweet, but with a spicy kick. Maybe I will get some tonight.
reptilescorpio
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Best Chinese? Best Chinese.
codswallop
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Hell yeah.
The fuck?
The texture is weird too. All part of the fun.
You can get fish done a similar way, although not from there. A large fish cooked in such a way that you can eat the entire thing. Texture also weird.
You can get fish done a similar way, although not from there. A large fish cooked in such a way that you can eat the entire thing. Texture also weird.
Incorrect. Mirasa was nice too, but pretty bog standard.
Well, I can walk there from uni. Might as well try it.
:O
Ok, Mirasa fried rice was OK, and there was also this meatball and tofu noodle soup thing. But everything was just too oily, which is something I'm really picky about when eating. The ghetto-ness of the place was also worrying at times lol.
Avoid the salty egg one.
The fried rice was some of the best in the area. Pinangsia is probably the only one I would consistently put above it.
Hey man, some of the most ghetto looking places have the best food.
Retweet.
I was just reading the about page on the blog fred linked - "dodginess is next to godliness." lol
I can tolerate dodginess only to an extent. If I feel the place is unclean, I bail.
I went to this tapas bar in Madrid, and you got a plate of food whenever you bought a drink. The bigger the drink the more food you got. Anyway, it was massively packed, and the policy is you just dump your uneaten food/serviettes on the ground. Away from the walking areas of course, just tucked up next to the wall. Needless to say it was pretty gross and not cleaned up all that often, but the beer was cheap, the food was tasty and pretty much free. So awesome.
reptilescorpio
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There are a lot of nice, clean, tasty Chinese places in Geelong relative to its size. Especially in Belmont. YUM YUM.
One decent place here but nowhere near as good as the place next to Hungry Jacks in Belmont
One decent place here but nowhere near as good as the place next to Hungry Jacks in Belmont
It's a loooong walk. Get the 303 from anzac (nida) and it will drop you right in front of it. Then when your done, it's a 5 min walk back out to anzac for the city buses.
D:Rezbit said:
Maybe. I have different standards for foreign countries.
codswallop
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Eating out at Glen Waverley, it's almost exclusively Chinese places.
shanshan310
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I've created an AusGAF Tipping Comp on the afl.com.au tipping site
The code to access it is RYCC2YUH4D
The code to access it is RYCC2YUH4D
I googled it and it came up with "GameHouse Saints & Sinners Bingo"
Someone download some shit on your PC without your knowledge?
I don't know. I just need a way to fuck off this plug-in.
This is a mac.
Can't find anything that is obviously it in Internet Plug-ins.
Just stuff like nslQTscriptableplugin.xpt and NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave. Fuck knows.
Yeah, so do that and do the same for the hd folder.
Or just type it in spotlight and find the plugin that way.
Edit: oh ok I don't know. You've been hacked!
Editedit: unrelated, you should probably check if you downloaded that mac trojan that's been around recently.
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