AusGAF 7 - We hang out IRL now and be social and shit. (Also, Adrian's Revenge)
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bodyboarder
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Same here. Nothing worse then using a computer all day at work, then coming home and doing the same thing again.
codswallop
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Of course it does. The laid-back position with (usually) larger screen vs. the desk layout makes a difference. Just like going and seeing a movie in a little run down cinema and one other guy in the audience or a large cinema with a packed house*.
* Usually they're all jerks who talk throughout.
Games are work?
I never get this argument...
bodyboarder
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I suppose I never tried the "comfy couch" pc setup. Have always been happy with consoles anyway.
It's just the seated position. You sit in roughly the same position at home playing games, as you do (or I do) when you're at work.
It just feels too familiar.
On the couch, I'm a ways back from the tv, can stretch out on my massive couch.
I'm getting a new pc gaming rig in about 2 weeks and I'm entertaining the idea of hooking it up to the tv, but the idea of having to use a cordless keyboard and mouse and somehow balance them on my lap, perhaps on a tray to play pc games is really offputting.
Don't get me wrong, there are some games that I have to play on PC. But for everything else I would rather have a comfy couch.
Not saying it is an incorrect position to have, what I am getting at is that, I have yet to find because I was sitting on a couch over a PC desk or even vice versa that I enjoyed a game more.
Also, I am a massive multi-tasker, so comfy couch gaming is fucking terrible for me.
Lower resolution, lower fidelity controls, speculation and also a fallacy.
reptilescorpio
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Wife was the same when she worked admin, had zero interest in sitting in front of a PC.
As a stay at home mum she has gotten over that now though obviously :/
Also how big is your TV Omi? Would he a big factor, I played a shitload more console games when I got my 50 inch plasma.
As a stay at home mum she has gotten over that now though obviously :/
Also how big is your TV Omi? Would he a big factor, I played a shitload more console games when I got my 50 inch plasma.
codswallop
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PC doesn't have waggle!
Also couch gaming leads more to social gaming, I'd say. Playing Guitar Hero on a desk-bound PC wouldn't be terribly exciting.
IMO it's more about having a better experience, than enjoying a game more. If I could be bothered to set it up, comfy couch PC gaming would be perfect for me.
Also couch gaming leads more to social gaming, I'd say. Playing Guitar Hero on a desk-bound PC wouldn't be terribly exciting.
So if I abuse you via Steam chat, I will likely annoy your wife?
Consoles are definitely better for party gaming.
Honestly I find the opposite of this, because I'm generally closer to the screen, the screen size doesn't matter so much. A 24" monitor covers as much of my vision as a bigger screen would from further away, plus the resolution is the same. I prefer the controls on the PC, and if not there's always the X360 controller. Reclining office chair = more comfortable with more support for me than couch. And personal preference for me is enjoying fiddling around with configuration, or at least with the ability to Mod games and make them run way smoother and look a lot nicer than console versions.
Also, I sit at a computer all day at work, and find the argument of not wanting to sit at a computer when you get home puzzling. It's still two completely different things for me. I guess that's a personal preference thing as well.
Disclaimer: The above is personal opinion as is your opinion. Just sharing for the sake of sharing.
reptilescorpio
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I'm into my 85th hour of New Vegas on the 360. I have a small room for an office with a 50 inch plasma so it is nice to sink into the couch and get lost in the world for the night.
Anything that requires precision I vastly prefer the PC experience by when it is relaxing stuff that I play for the story I will grab a console version. Bulletstorm on 360 was great fun but it was WAY more fun to play on the PC with the more accurate controls and sharper graphics.
Between the hours of 11am-1pm (when the little guy is usually down for his nap) most likely! Although I do get home 2-3 times a week and find someone tried to start up a conversation with me that went unanswered :/ Sorry guys! It is a friggin hassle changing the status to Away compared to my memories of Facebook/MSN.
Also f u x3n05. That is stilly fast. I didn't know Steam was even capable of that!
Anything that requires precision I vastly prefer the PC experience by when it is relaxing stuff that I play for the story I will grab a console version. Bulletstorm on 360 was great fun but it was WAY more fun to play on the PC with the more accurate controls and sharper graphics.
Between the hours of 11am-1pm (when the little guy is usually down for his nap) most likely! Although I do get home 2-3 times a week and find someone tried to start up a conversation with me that went unanswered :/ Sorry guys! It is a friggin hassle changing the status to Away compared to my memories of Facebook/MSN.
Also f u x3n05. That is stilly fast. I didn't know Steam was even capable of that!
don't like, you play for achievements.
reptilescorpio
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I think the point was that people who feel anonymous are racist on the internet still, highlighting that you can see peoples real names and pictures of themselves yet they express such a disgusting disregard for a group other than their owns emotions.
Also that there was a larger than usual amount of schadenfreude than usual eminating from some Americans.
I loved Saints Row 3 on PC but I think I would have enjoyed it more on console, just one of those games. I can see Sleeping Dogs the same way but all the PC features and low low LOW price to get into it Day One means that the PC will still be an incredible experience for it.
I think Saints Row 2 is a worse game than SR3 but I have fonder memories of playing SR2 on the PS3 in the lounge room on a bean bag. Maybe it is the isolation, not being able to tab out and check NeoGAF or check your emails. There is nothing but the game and the game only.
Another factor in why I play so many 360 games! It all adds up. My inate desire to boost my gamerscore regardless of the fact that it means nothing at all to me is bundled along with all the other nice things about console gaming (plug and play, comfy couch, big screen, controller) All these things are NOT exclusive to the 360 but they ARE guaranteedout of the box all together. Console gaming is a lot of little things that add up to making it worthwhile, same with PC gaming.
I will admit my current job has diminished my desire to game on a PC as much as when I was a uni bum
Only legitimate advantage consoles have over PC here is ease of use. Everything else the PC can easily match if one were so inclined.
Thats the point.
Anyway, to me the old adage about not doing for work what you enjoy for a hobby applies. I work with PCs enough at work and dont like sitting in front of them when playing a game. It's also the end result of years and years of experience with frustration with them, and no such hassle with amigas/consoles.
I cant help it if they dont work as well, so their reputation is of their own making.
This is a fallacy where pointer controls are concerned. Play PES Wii. It's like playing football orchestra.
Picking one niche example in an attempt to prove your point doesn't really help you.
reptilescorpio
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PS Move has higher fidelity than the Wiimote. Mouse beats all though.
Implementation still can make a game wildly fun though, fidelity is more important when comparing titles in a specific genre (like FPS or 3D Puzzles).
There was some block game on PSN that I couldn't imagine playing with anything other than the Move controller.
Implementation still can make a game wildly fun though, fidelity is more important when comparing titles in a specific genre (like FPS or 3D Puzzles).
There was some block game on PSN that I couldn't imagine playing with anything other than the Move controller.
It does when its a demonstration of capability. Its cannot be helped that other developers rarely attempt to use pointer controls. But of the others that do (World of Goo, Swords and Soldiers, Lost Winds, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Icarian for example) do an excellent job.
Skyward Sword's motion controls are pretty swish too.
I can agree with that, but what is it exactly that makes you think that? I'm of the mind that they can never seem to get anything done, and whenever they try to, something stops it and it ends up being a huge waste of money, then they inflate their staff more.
But they are right...
reptilescorpio
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I never should have doubted the people who loved the first single off the Bloc Party album. Still not a fan of that track but the rest of the album is FANTASTIC.
EDIT: I didn't read that the right way >_<
Basically any news that has come out of QLD since the election.
EDIT: I didn't read that the right way >_<
Newman, Joh.
Personally, taking out the idiocy of some states at times, I prefer states to have more power then the federal parliament, because generally they are closer to us.
It all goes back to world war 2 and the Feds shanghaiing the income tax from the states and not giving it back.
I think states have a good purpose.
Personally, taking out the idiocy of some states at times, I prefer states to have more power then the federal parliament, because generally they are closer to us.
It all goes back to world war 2 and the Feds shanghaiing the income tax from the states and not giving it back.
I think states have a good purpose.
reptilescorpio
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Well my vote is for Communism, as long as I am in charge.
Yeap.
Agreed, especially since some of that news has pertained to my employment, and a pretty huge restructure of the IT department I work in. Honestly I think that a lot of the things the government controls should be commercial companies(like IT support) because it would be more efficient than a public service IT department.
Politics is a bit of a bitch though, communism doesn't work in reality because people are innately greedy. Democracy and Capitalism only barely work in reality, and tend to create corrupt oligarchies.
Pretty demoralising isnt it.
Maybe a spaceocracy would work. Like Carl Sagan said, exploring the cosmos is the "moral equivalent (or alternative?) to war"
The PC is patient. After all, generations mean nothing to the PC.
When we were all small and playing NES, there was the PC.
When games became cool on the PlayStation, there was the PC.
When games stopped being cool on the Wii, there was the PC.
When the current consoles are silicon tombstones, there will be the PC.
There will always be the PC.
There will always be the PC.
I seem to remember a lot of arrogance and whatnot from 3Dfx back in the day proclaiming there was.
No, there was C64 and Spectrum. And Amiga.
About the same time that the reputation for bodgy hardware configuration hassles became the norm.
Wii games were never cool.
They already are, just try turning one on.
Pffft, PC gamers are just the fake bandwagoners who think theyve outlasted Commodore and Amiga. Just you wait.
EatChildren
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PC gaming or no gaming at all.
There can be only one.
There can be only one.
ClivePwned
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I think i just spat up in my mouth.
bodyboarder
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fixed.
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It's okay to be jealous, no need for aggression.
reptilescorpio
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Well I guess the issue is whether or not a device can play Curse of Monkey Island right now for me.
So basically anything but the 360 and the 3DS. Those two suck. PC still wins, Android devices second as they have official support for ScummVM, partial credit to the Wii and PS3 for homebrew support.
So basically anything but the 360 and the 3DS. Those two suck. PC still wins, Android devices second as they have official support for ScummVM, partial credit to the Wii and PS3 for homebrew support.
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