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[shanshan310]

Mmm. It's irritating to suddenly remember, from time to time, how comprehensively Qld Labor got wiped out.

I'm curious to see what happens next election. People seem to really hate Newman now, but will they still remember how much they hated labor? Is the labor party - with its 5 MPs - even capable of running the state again at this point?

 

[Shaneus]

direct dry heat makes things crispy!!!!
who would have thought :S
nah what ever
sup shaneus
been a while

hey

 

[Jintor]

I'm curious to see what happens next election. People seem to really hate Newman now, but will they still remember how much they hated labor? Is the labor party - with its 5 MPs - even capable of running the state again at this point?

You guys should secede

 

[midonnay]

Qlders are weirdos..... why only one house of parliament?

anyways probably Democrats or Labor for me....

I'm more aligned to the Greens for the most part but there are too many nutbags that have a religious fervour for some issues for my liking. With Bob brown gone its the beginning of the end. :/

 

[FallbackPants]

I'm curious to see what happens next election. People seem to really hate Newman now, but will they still remember how much they hated labor? Is the labor party - with its 5 MPs - even capable of running the state again at this point?

The LNP's lead is too strong now. There'll be a swing back to the ALP next election regardless just as a swing back to normal. But there would need to be a swing back to Labor as big as there was to the Libs. It's possible, but with so few ALP pollies left it'll be hard for the public to get behind them. I mean Annastacia Palaszczuk? Jo-Ann Miller? Unless someone chucks a Newman and runs from outside Parliament there isn't much to work with.

Qlders are weirdos..... why only one house of parliament?

anyways probably Democrats or Labor for me....

Labor did that in the 20s. They said it was undemocratic. Bet they regretted that during the Joh years.

 

[BananaArnie]

today in the doctors waiting room my mother turned to me and in a very serious manner said
"Arnold, whats cat porn"
apparently someone mentioned it on abc radio and she thought i might know because im on the internet and know everything. suffice to say i was not expecting that. what made it all the more weird was her tone, i was expecting her to follow it with "and why do you have it hidden under your bed" or something like that, as if i was ment to know what the fuck she was talking about.

anyway thats my story.

ps doctor says i need to lose weight. no surprise there though.

 

[Stackboy]

Hey GW2 people.

I was thinking of making the AusGAF GW2 guild so that we can create a community and easily chat cross server etc.

what do people think of this?

I'm keen, I like how you can be part of multiple guilds and across servers. For a non-mmo player, this mmo is pretty great.

Really gotta make a start on The Walking Dead games.

Been crazy busy at work lately and am away for the weekend, but I love you Ausgaf, never change.

 

[Salazar]

I mean Annastacia Palaszczuk?

Not even a half-adequate placeholder.

 

[BananaArnie]

um who in ausgaf got gw2? raise your hand.
i wanted it but then it was off my radar and then i was going to wait because borderlands 2 is expensive and out soon but now i kinda want it again.
what should i do.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

So you've basically Godwin'd yourself out of politics already. Well played

Spoiler

Not that I don't agree ;-)

Their politics are described on the website as being literally national socialist (i.e. conservative social values under a command economy)

Also, I live in what I'm almost certain is deep crimson Labor country (Federal seat of Oxley, State seat of Bundamba). If I stood as an independent, I'd get slaughtered either by Bernie Ripoll or Jo Ann Miller, depending on whether I stood for state or federal parliament.

 

[reptilescorpio]

You willing to show us a copy of your birth certificate VKS?


3 seasons of Telltale adventures for $24 at GOG
EA iOS sale, tons for 99c including Real Racing 2 HD.

today in the doctors waiting room my mother turned to me and in a very serious manner said
"Arnold, whats cat porn"
apparently someone mentioned it on abc radio and she thought i might know because im on the internet and know everything. suffice to say i was not expecting that. what made it all the more weird was her tone, i was expecting her to follow it with "and why do you have it hidden under your bed" or something like that, as if i was ment to know what the fuck she was talking about.

anyway thats my story.

ps doctor says i need to lose weight. no surprise there though.

What was your mum doing there?

Also need to lose weight here too. Making an effort to not have any fast food on my bank statement next month. Been hectic with the wedding and moving so we have been falling back on it when we are exhausted and out of time.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

You willing to show us a copy of your birth certificate VKS?

Sure. And the official English translation of it, too.

 

[bodyboarder]

You willing to show us a copy of your birth certificate VKS?


3 seasons of Telltale adventures for $24 at GOG
EA iOS sale, tons for 99c including Real Racing 2 HD..

Real racing shall be mine when I get home. Any of the others worth picking up?

 

[Lucian Cat]

Get stressed out, not eat, and lose 3kg in a week like me :/

 

[Salazar]

Also need to lose weight here too.

I switched from chocolate to pretzels. Made the world of difference.

 

[Deeku]

Get stressed out, not eat, and lose 3kg in a week like me :/

Don't do this!

I did that a few weeks ago (unintentionally due to workload, not to lose weight lol) and got massive stomach cramps when I started eating normally again. Had to live off Salada and water for 3 days before my stomach went back to normal;.;

Never again!

 

[reptilescorpio]

Imma soooo angry at one of the work guys right now I could explode.

Sure. And the official English translation of it, too.

You have nothing to hide then. Everyone placated! Tea party for all!

Real racing shall be mine when I get home. Any of the others worth picking up?

FIFA 12 is meant to be awesome according to Salazar. If it isn't you can blame him for the loss of 99c. Not a fan of Flight Control.

Get stressed out, not eat, and lose 3kg in a week like me :/

I used to be like that but since starting full time work I now eat more when I get stressed :/

Damn comfort food! Stop being so damn tasty! Actually the causal link is probably the fact that I can't stay in a perpetual drunken cloud 24/7 like I used to. Rather than eat I would just drink a bottle of scotch. Worked well!

I switched from chocolate to pretzels. Made the world of difference.

But they make me thirstyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Taste great though!

But!

You can get chocolate covered pretzels!

 

[hamchan]

There's too much choice in food that I ran out of time while deciding so I skipped lunch today. Now I dunno what to eat for dinner.

 

[Jintor]

Gaf doesn't have colour coding in its BBcode, huh? :T

 

[reptilescorpio]

There's too much choice in food that I ran out of time while deciding so I skipped lunch today. Now I dunno what to eat for dinner.

Tonkatsudon. And salmon handrolls. And scotch.

 

[hamchan]

Tonkatsudon. And salmon handrolls. And scotch.

Will do, without the scotch. Seems I've been eating Japanese every night now.

 

[VOOK]

Just copied this into my mute filter for Tweetbot;

(?i)(politic|republican|election|democrat|obama|romney|biden|\bgop\b|\bama\b)

No more US politics!

 

[Lucian Cat]

Don't do this!

I did that a few weeks ago (unintentionally due to workload, not to lose weight lol) and got massive stomach cramps when I started eating normally again. Had to live off Salada and water for 3 days before my stomach went back to normal;.;

Never again!

Oh it is unintentional, trust me. Although i can stand to lose a bit more weight. Last meal I ate was on Tuesday and that came straight back up :/ been surviving on a few potato chips and water.

But yeah, don't do this. Healthy eating and exercise are the way to go

 

[Lafiel]

Just received a phone call from Camp Australia about the After/before school care assistant position.. and apparently I got the job!!!!

All these months of unemployment and volunteering here and there have finally paid off, best part is the job is a perfect fit for my future career. (studying to become a primary school teacher at uni next year). Feelsgoodman.jpg

 

[Salazar]

FIFA 12 is meant to be awesome according to Salazar.

Well, I like it. I don't get folks' beef with the controls.

First Touch Soccer is also good.

 

[codswallop]

Nope, just took some samples and flew back to Earth.

Landed in South Australia as well =D

Holy shit this actually happened? What was the mission called? Got a link?

 

[Omikron]

Anyone that knows who Andy Harper is will find this amazing: http://www.jay.mx/andyharpergame/

 

[Frawdder]

Torchlight 2 - September 20

This and Borderlands 2 releasing during Uni break. Good times ahead.

 

[Jintor]

Just received a phone call from Camp Australia about the After/before school care assistant position.. and apparently I got the job!!!!

All these months of unemployment and volunteering here and there have finally paid off, best part is the job is a perfect fit for my future career. (studying to become a primary school teacher at uni next year). Feelsgoodman.jpg

Wooooooooooooo! Employment!

/edit anybody know what BBcode is available on GAF? Trying to see if there are hidden colour bbcode settings, since I know strikethrough exists even though it's not even shown in the editor.

 

[jambo]

Holy shit this actually happened? What was the mission called? Got a link?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa

Hayabusa, formerly known as MUSES-C for Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft C, was launched on 9 May 2003 and rendezvoused with Itokawa in mid-September 2005. After arriving at Itokawa, Hayabusa studied the asteroid's shape, spin, topography, colour, composition, density, and history. In November 2005, it landed on the asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010.

 

[endlessflood]

/edit anybody know what BBcode is available on GAF? Trying to see if there are hidden colour bbcode settings, since I know strikethrough exists even though it's not even shown in the editor.

The list entries are available too, but for some reason the buttons for them don't work properly – at least for me – so you have to add them manually. Use list /list with each bullet point line being preceded by a [*]. If you use list=1 /list you'll have the bullet points being numbered.

E.g.

BB Code that's available but not publicised:

• Strikethrough text
• Bullet point list entries
• Numbered list entries

Or for automatically numbered:

1. Strikethrough text
2. Bullet point list entries
3. Numbered list entries

There might be others but I haven't really messed around.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Batman Begins/TDK Blu Ray for $20 at KMart

Just noticed an Australian Gaffer bought the XP unlock packs on Steam for Sleeping Dogs...... I wonder if I will end up doing the same rather than replay missions

Torchlight 2 - September 20

Awesome. Grand Final weekend will consist of this, a bathtub full of scotch and babysitting 4 kids.

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

um who in ausgaf got gw2? raise your hand.
i wanted it but then it was off my radar and then i was going to wait because borderlands 2 is expensive and out soon but now i kinda want it again.
what should i do.

me marsh cookie fappen. theres more but i forget

The list entries are available too, but for some reason the buttons for them don't work properly – at least for me – so you have to add them manually. Use list /list with each bullet point line being preceded by a [*]. If you use list=1 /list you'll have the bullet points being numbered.

E.g.

BB Code that's available but not publicised:

• Strikethrough text
• Bullet point list entries
• Numbered list entries

Or for automatically numbered:

1. Strikethrough text
2. Bullet point list entries
3. Numbered list entries

There might be others but I haven't really messed around.

theres hightlight too.

if you see someone doing some trickery with bbcode, just quote their post to see.

 

[jambo]

Batman Begins/TDK Blu Ray for $20 at KMart

JB are doing the same thing for about $23 from memory.


EDIT:

I just...

I can't...

I...

Just read some of the comments

http://games.on.net/2012/08/steam-g...-light-by-valve-launches-today/comment-page-1

 

[reptilescorpio]

I just...

I can't...

I...

Just read some of the comments

http://games.on.net/2012/08/steam-g...-light-by-valve-launches-today/comment-page-1

They have a Braid avatar, one of the most overrated games of all time usually paraded by people displaying the height of pretentiousness. Of course they are going to be illogical about things.

 

[bodyboarder]

FIFA 12 is meant to be awesome according to Salazar. If it isn't you can blame him for the loss of 99c. Not a fan of Flight Control.

For 99c I'll take the risk.

There's too much choice in food that I ran out of time while deciding so I skipped lunch today. Now I dunno what to eat for dinner.

I'm having Brodie's. Providing there's no line.

Oh it is unintentional, trust me. Although i can stand to lose a bit more weight. Last meal I ate was on Tuesday and that came straight back up :/ been surviving on a few potato chips and water.

But yeah, don't do this. Healthy eating and exercise are the way to go

Maybe you should speak to you doctor or something, that really is not good.

Well, I like it. I don't get folks' beef with the controls.

First Touch Soccer is also good.

Does it have an onscreen game pad?

 

[Deeku]

Ok so I'm just gouging interest here, haven't 100% decided yet...

**Would anyone be interested in buying my used Vita + Wipeout (boxed) + 16gb card for ~$250 posted (is that a reasonable price?)**

Everything in good condition, no scratches, dead pixels etc..

 

[reptilescorpio]

Ok so I'm just gouging interest here, haven't 100% decided yet...

**Would anyone be interested in buying my used Vita + Wipeout (boxed) + 16gb card for ~$250 posted (is that a reasonable price?)**

Everything in good condition, no scratches, dead pixels etc..

Can you promise that it will be supported in 2 years time? Also the freudian slip is concerning :/

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Ok so I'm just gouging interest here, haven't 100% decided yet...

**Would anyone be interested in buying my used Vita + Wipeout (boxed) + 16gb card for ~$250 posted (is that a reasonable price?)**

Everything in good condition, no scratches, dead pixels etc..

Jumping off the sinking ship?

 

[Deeku]

Can you promise that it will be supported in 2 years time? Also the freudian slip is concerning :/

I promise nothing!

Jumping off the sinking ship?

Naww I love my vita! I just wana get dat limited white miku vita, or just a white one.

 

[Yagharek]

They have a Braid avatar, one of the most overrated games of all time usually paraded by people displaying the height of pretentiousness. Of course they are going to be illogical about things.

My man. See also: The Path, Limbo.

General game impressions from this week:

1. Sleeping Dogs demo. Played this yesterday. It's in some kind of limbo between Shenmue and Yakuza for how open and closed the world (within the demo) is. It looks authentic, but you can't go behind the curtains so to speak. Controls are a bit janky - especially controlling the camera. Shooting isn't that accurate but you have a bit of forgiving auto aim and slow-mo is cool. Hand to hand combat is like Yakuza/Spikeout and Batman, but not really that deep. I assume the full game has a lot more combos etc.

The missions you have in the ps3 demo are the one they showed where you have to chase some dude through the streets and over fences (all on foot). Then you have a warehouse shootout/punchup with flames later on. Missions were alright I guess.

I know its unfair to criticise a game or compare it to others, but it really feels like an amalgam of Uncharted shooting, Max Payne aping of John Wu films, Batman combat and quick and dirty Dreamcast era ports by Sega (think Dynamite Cop 2).

I'm sure many people like it, it's not a bad game, but it's not for me. It's still leagues better than GTA4 though.

2. NSMB Wii. Played some more of this for the first time in about 2 years when I stopped my gold coin completion quest. Found heaps more yesterday and wednesday night. What a brilliant game. I think I know why I like this game more than pretty much any platformer this gen aside from SMG. It's because the levels are short, focus on one or two key ideas, and then later on the game chains heaps of the same ideas together in some chaotic symphony of platforming expression.

Braid is a game by a knob who thinks he is saying something important. NSMB Wii is by a development team that actually says something important: play, learn, improve and perfect. Nothing compares to the feeling of digging yourself out of a hole via wall jumps, lucky bounces off Bullet Bills, fucking up again and saving yourself a second time. Then dying from a Goomba who does a little jump in time to the music.

 

[Kritz]

I feel that people forget that Braid actually has a pretty nifty game inside of it, which is a shame. And it did kind of help mold a lot of future games into being these really big things. See stuff like Fez and Limbo and, well, all those arty 2d platformers. And no matter your opinion on the content itself, more games being made is a good thing. Even if they're art games.

Jambo, why did you link that fucking shit. You should know I'm a sucker for arguing on the internet.

 

[lexi]

Subbed. I think I've been pretending the community section doesn't exist or something.

AusGAF is surprisingly big!

 

[Yagharek]

I feel that people forget that Braid actually has a pretty nifty game inside of it, which is a shame. And it did kind of help mold a lot of future games into being these really big things. See stuff like Fez and Limbo and, well, all those arty 2d platformers. And no matter your opinion on the content itself, more games being made is a good thing. Even if they're art games.

Jambo, why did you link that fucking shit. You should know I'm a sucker for arguing on the internet.

Braid is a good example for what's wrong with the art style trend. It has a deliberately obtuse meta-plot, allegedly about the Manhattan Project and unrequited love. It also has platforming with one single solution. No room for alternative solutions, no skill required, just figuring out pretty simple puzzles based on four or five gimmicks.

Portal is a good counterpoint to Braid. It has puzzles of a similar broad structure, but there is a hell of a lot more room to experiment and subvert the intended level solution. (Portal 2 less so).

By comparison, NSMB Wii is much more a case of ad lib performance art.

Briefly on Limbo: It may be claimed as 'art' but its also highly derivative in style. Google 'Blade Warrior' on Amiga. 20 years ago it was dripping with more atmosphere than Limbo has now.

 

[markot]

You just didnt get braid, it was doing too much for you to comprehend, you werent playing it right, its a game within a game of gaming without games.

Braid is braid, you either get it, or you are dumb and should go back to your 'fun adventure games' where you dont have to think about the consequences of your actions and the your position within the time space landscape of meta achievements in gameing and bliss.

Braid is more then a game, its a way of thinking about life itself.

 

[Yagharek]

You just didnt get braid, it was doing too much for you to comprehend, you werent playing it right, its a game within a game of gaming without games.

Braid is braid, you either get it, or you are dumb and should go back to your 'fun adventure games' where you dont have to think about the consequences of your actions and the your position within the time space landscape of meta achievements in gameing and bliss.

Braid is more then a game, its a way of thinking about life itself.

I'm guessing your introduction to philosophy was The Matrix films.

 

[markot]

Hmph, a typical non bradian way of arguing and looking at the world. 10,000 years from now, it wont be BC and AD, it will be Before Braid and After Braid. That right. Year 0 is braid.

 

[Dead Man]

Subbed. I think I've been pretending the community section doesn't exist or something.

AusGAF is surprisingly big!

Welcome!

You just didnt get braid, it was doing too much for you to comprehend, you werent playing it right, its a game within a game of gaming without games.

Braid is braid, you either get it, or you are dumb and should go back to your 'fun adventure games' where you dont have to think about the consequences of your actions and the your position within the time space landscape of meta achievements in gameing and bliss.

Braid is more then a game, its a way of thinking about life itself.

7/10.

 

[Kritz]

Braid is a good example for what's wrong with the art style trend. It has a deliberately obtuse meta-plot, allegedly about the Manhattan Project and unrequited love. It also has platforming with one single solution. No room for alternative solutions, no skill required, just figuring out pretty simple puzzles based on four or five gimmicks.

Portal is a good counterpoint to Braid. It has puzzles of a similar broad structure, but there is a hell of a lot more room to experiment and subvert the intended level solution. (Portal 2 less so).

By comparison, NSMB Wii is much more a case of ad lib performance art.

Briefly on Limbo: It may be claimed as 'art' but its also highly derivative in style. Google 'Blade Warrior' on Amiga. 20 years ago it was dripping with more atmosphere than Limbo has now.

Portal's multiple solutions were kind of by accident, though, and is a pretty enherent trait of physicsy experimental game design. Not that it makes it any less of a well designed game for taking its emergent solutions in stride.

There's nothing wrong with a puzzle game being linear. There should never be any design rules about that stuff. For better or worse. Just because you find it unappealing doesn't inherently make it a bad choice.

And I agree that there is stagnation within certain indie genres at the moment. But that doesn't mean I don't still enjoy games because of it.

And if someone points out spelling or grammar mistakes, I'm typing off a phone.

 

[Shaneus]

The Trio of Cheeses Red Rock corn chips? Meh. Very boring compared to the masterful Jalapeno and Matured Cheddar. I don't know what I was thinking, going on someone else's idea that these were better.

Shit, I reckon I've had Doritos that were better.

4/10