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AusGAF 6 - Ricki Lee is awful. Everything else about Australia is AMAZING [Free hugs]
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Ohh... because non-eastern states weren't getting it live at all so it was pushed to One, but only there? What a clusterfuck.
Either way, I just hook my PC up to get one of the many feeds direct from either Sky or BBC (the latter being preferred) and I'm done. I'm praying that it maybe comes to some pay channel and then even if I have to pay for it, it's at least convenient and I don't have to fuck with the PC.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Farrrrk that's tempting. I have a 570 already, and could totally SLI.
Guuuuuuuuuuuh.
Good question
. I know it will be on the Channel 31 page for the program after it airs. Not sure if it will be there.GTX 570s in SLI are mighty tasty!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Okay, scratch that idea. I'd have to buy a new power supply. The lure of extra POWA was almost too much.
EDIT: But my birthday is coming up, and I could score myself a PSU...
Goddamn you jambo.
reptilescorpio
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I ended up canceling several orders with them because they just weren't ever going to bother getting the stock to ship them since I bought them on sale. One record I pre-ordered a month before release still had a big green tick of available and said AWAITING STOCK even 3 months later when I finally gave up and cancelled the order. On the other hand I have one outstanding order for a CD from Zavvi where they have emailed me several times letting me know that they were not allocated stock from the distriubtor (as it was a special release EP) and were currently waiting on the next print run on X date and letting me know I would be a part of the first allotment. Fuck buying locally.
You guys have a monthly segment right?
If you weren't in another state I would be tempted.
Wait, picking zavvi over jb? What is this I dont even...
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Yep, I think it's monthly. That sounds about right.
I predict a bunch of vapid big budget low gameplay cinematic games will be shown, alongside some pandering gimmicky motion controlled games that demo poorly.
I hope someone announces something that really pisses off a large percentage of gamers, so at least something entertaining comes out of it.
I hope someone announces something that really pisses off a large percentage of gamers, so at least something entertaining comes out of it.
I play video games on a PC. I am looking fwd to seeing the ports I will be served.
I want to see new wii u details, and see how far the pad works from the console... the thing is, I dont see many usages for the pad that would be that great for single player games, which are my favourite player games. I can think of things, and tricks, and doo hickeys, and the dreaded Gimmicks! but outside of that, the pad seems to me like a portable device more than a controller, which I like actually but still!
And since valve isnt going that explains your malaise?
I'm assuming most of the games will be playable with wiimotes too, for mutiplayer capable games at least.
Poimandres
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Anyone here watch Review with Miles Barlow?
I've been watching it on iView and I think it's pretty hilarious!
I've been watching it on iView and I think it's pretty hilarious!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Interesting stuff from Nintendo. I'll be grabbing the Wii U the day it comes out anyway, so I'd like them to have something more than shitty third party ports and other junk. I'm hoping they've got some cool new stuff to show, and it will be nice to see their franchises on half decent hardware for once. Also keen to see some 3DS support. It's way too dry at the moment.
Otherwise there's not a whole lot that interests me. Dishonoured is up there, because it might be Human Revolution 2 before Human Revolution 2. Hoping Thief 4 finally makes an appearance. Metal Gear: Revengeance is a big one, because Platinum can do no wrong and it looks ludicrously stupid in the best way possible. Rayman Legends, but I already know that will be dope.
That's about it. A few things I'm mildly interested in, but all the above excites me most. It would be nice to be surprised for once.
No one is going to try on PC until the new gen is in the wind. It isnt because of stupid msoft and sonysoft, so we are stuck with great graphics cards that are stuck at 50km/ph.
Valve has already fallen victim to the dumbification of consolitis. Portal 1 had much harder puzzles, and needed the agility of a mouse! Portal 2? Nein! Nyet! Ne! IIE!
Also I hope Nintendo doesnt do a 'room for third parties' thing with wiiu. Also I hope Ubisoft falls down some stairs. Behind EA.
Valve has already fallen victim to the dumbification of consolitis. Portal 1 had much harder puzzles, and needed the agility of a mouse! Portal 2? Nein! Nyet! Ne! IIE!
Also I hope Nintendo doesnt do a 'room for third parties' thing with wiiu. Also I hope Ubisoft falls down some stairs. Behind EA.
God damn console ports. God. Damn.
viciouskillersquirrel
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I'll make a few bold predictions:
- Microsoft announces Nextbox somehow. Has OnLive esque streaming service as well as retail games.
- Sony's conference is all empty promises and broken dreams. Move is apparently still a thing. Vita missing in action. FFXV announced. Nobody cares.
- Wii U is ignored wholesale by the gaming media. No multi touch or capacitive touch screen.
- Star Fox x Metroid isn't real. Wii U will not launch with Mario, Zelda, Metroid or Pikmin 3. Animal Crossing is the Wii U's big 1st party launch game.
- Microsoft announces Nextbox somehow. Has OnLive esque streaming service as well as retail games.
- Sony's conference is all empty promises and broken dreams. Move is apparently still a thing. Vita missing in action. FFXV announced. Nobody cares.
- Wii U is ignored wholesale by the gaming media. No multi touch or capacitive touch screen.
- Star Fox x Metroid isn't real. Wii U will not launch with Mario, Zelda, Metroid or Pikmin 3. Animal Crossing is the Wii U's big 1st party launch game.
Wii U.
That is all.
Don't care about the rest, I really don't there's nothing out there anymore in gaming's wonderland of crap. Oh another Eastern European RPG is out this week? Bethesda and Bioware are releasing another bugfilled piece of shit? Another first person shooter set in either, space, WW2 or sometime in 2020 with rail guns. How about some more generic open world crap?
That is all.
Don't care about the rest, I really don't there's nothing out there anymore in gaming's wonderland of crap. Oh another Eastern European RPG is out this week? Bethesda and Bioware are releasing another bugfilled piece of shit? Another first person shooter set in either, space, WW2 or sometime in 2020 with rail guns. How about some more generic open world crap?
E3 is a bit of a dinosaur from the days when people thought it was a good idea to make huge budget games and that budgets would increase forever. Now that most of those developers are dead and their ex-employees are making iOS games, the only thing E3 is good for is console manufacturers and the megapublishers with their small handful of predictable profitable sequels.
I am just trying to think of the business case where it makes sense to 'show off' at E3. Apart from those that you describe.
EDIT: HYPE!
EDIT2: Back to watching this WW1 doco thingy.
Microsoft won't announce but they will do what sony did with ps3
have some guy come out and shit on about CELL processors for hours that no one cared about
MS isn't going to have a lot of games guys i hear in the traps.
They will show
-Black Ops 2 live demo
-Halo 4 live demo
-Forza Horizon live demo
and maybe 1 more. Huge focus on connected services.
They will announce another tier of XBL that goes after PSN Plus (full game trials, cheaper downloads, beta testing)
I strongly predict:
1. The UI of Xbox Next will be based on Windows 8 Metro and MS will talk a lot about Windows 8 convergence. Microsoft may even use the conference to announce the consumer release of the final Win 8 preview ESPECIALLY if it can hook into Xbox 360. It's due out first week of june remember and that date has been known a long arse time. Long enough to be an E3 thing.
2. There will be ridiculous connectivity mentions between Mobile, Windows and Xbox via Metro.
I predict in one of the 3 conferences we will hear about a console only MMO.
Expect a strong focus on Vita. Microsoft are going to try and take Nintendo head on whilst Sony is going to focus on handheld a lot.
have some guy come out and shit on about CELL processors for hours that no one cared about
MS isn't going to have a lot of games guys i hear in the traps.
They will show
-Black Ops 2 live demo
-Halo 4 live demo
-Forza Horizon live demo
and maybe 1 more. Huge focus on connected services.
They will announce another tier of XBL that goes after PSN Plus (full game trials, cheaper downloads, beta testing)
I strongly predict:
1. The UI of Xbox Next will be based on Windows 8 Metro and MS will talk a lot about Windows 8 convergence. Microsoft may even use the conference to announce the consumer release of the final Win 8 preview ESPECIALLY if it can hook into Xbox 360. It's due out first week of june remember and that date has been known a long arse time. Long enough to be an E3 thing.
2. There will be ridiculous connectivity mentions between Mobile, Windows and Xbox via Metro.
I predict in one of the 3 conferences we will hear about a console only MMO.
Expect a strong focus on Vita. Microsoft are going to try and take Nintendo head on whilst Sony is going to focus on handheld a lot.
Sure there are lot of 'miss' games, but I think there is still room for big budget games, Skyrim showed it's still viable.
The metro being more a 'platform' is a complete no brainer. Been obvious for a long while that they are moving towards that future.
Cool. I guess, this I didn't know.
Cool. I guess, this I didn't know.
Half-Life 3, Versus XIII release date, new Sony and Microsoft consoles, new name for Wii U.
The fifth sequel to a popular series certainly showed that sequels to popular series are still viable.
I hope this isn't a reply to what I was saying because it's pretty irrelevant.
Box of Bunnies
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Lord Nomura-sama is going to announce that Final Fantasy Versus XIII secretly switched to Vita some time back and will be available worldwide these holidays. In addition, he will be developing the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts 3 exclusively for Sony's handheld, as well as The World Ends With You Too, a sequel also packed with an enhanced remake of the original.
Also Capcom will be there with some adorable puppies and kittens and a localised Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Also Mega Man Legends 3 was "cancelled" so that development could be moved to the Vita. It was then cancelled again so they could instead make an awesome Protoman game that features stylised 2D artwork and plays like a missing link between the Classic and X series, with a soundtrack composed entirely of blues tunes.
Really thought I just want a release date for Luigi's Mansion 2. Interested in Wii U details but whatever. Some Vita stuff would be nice because looking ahead the only game I want for it is Gravity Rush but I'd expect most of that shit to go down at TGS.
Also Capcom will be there with some adorable puppies and kittens and a localised Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Also Mega Man Legends 3 was "cancelled" so that development could be moved to the Vita. It was then cancelled again so they could instead make an awesome Protoman game that features stylised 2D artwork and plays like a missing link between the Classic and X series, with a soundtrack composed entirely of blues tunes.
Really thought I just want a release date for Luigi's Mansion 2. Interested in Wii U details but whatever. Some Vita stuff would be nice because looking ahead the only game I want for it is Gravity Rush but I'd expect most of that shit to go down at TGS.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
You can diss the shooters. You can diss the the open world. You can diss the buggy crap from the usual suspects.
But my precious Eastern European RPGs?
Enough talk. Have at you!
I bet yours is the closest to reality.
Pretty much where I stand I have to admit. Aside from Nintendo, Treasure/Valve/Platinum and the PES Wii team are the only devs who actually impressed me this gen.
But its also something of a comfort food like a new james bond film. You dont expect brilliance, but sometimes it really surprises.
Anyway, my predictions and hopes:
Predictions:
1. Wii U Zelda new demo shown, ends up being nothing like the final version
2. Pikmin 3 is the system selling application for the tablet, but it has Mii integration
3. NSMB Mii is a pack in game
4. 3DS XL revision is real, but no second stick
5. All media focus is on UE4 games in lieu of a lack of concrete PS4/720 info. And it will look stunning.
Hopes:
1. Starfox x Metroid is real, but it is more like an IntSys humorous take on the games a la Paper Mario.
2. Zelda Wii U confirmed to use motion plus a la skyward sword again.
3. Full transfers of virtual console/wiiware detailed and confirmed.
4. More games from Q Games announced for Wii U/3DS
5. A new Batman game is announced with a return to Metroid-esque exploration rather than full city gameplay.
OK, Gears of War and Uncharted are two new series from this current gen that have sold gangbusters.
My E3 prediction is that in ten years there will still be new James Bond films.
Uncharted didn't sell gangbusters at all, and both games were heavily subsidised by exclusivity contracts. Both games also come from before the period that I'm talking about. I think big budget stuff started to die in the arse around 08/09. How many new IPs from the last 3-4 years have gone on to sell 2 million+?
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Watch next week, share prices after each conference of the 3 major companies. And then watch EA shares after theirs
they have a material impact on the markets sometimes
FFXIII Versus Vita: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I'm not jaded, I love video games at the moment. I have way more great games than time to play them. I'm specifically jaded about E3 and big budget console games.
Good example, but may not be the type of game X3n is talking about.
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