-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
AusGAF 7 - We hang out IRL now and be social and shit. (Also, Adrian's Revenge)
- Thread starter HolyCheck
- Start date
- Status
Reposting for new page 
I'll try and take as many notes and maybe even record audio with my phone if I can, if anything interesting pops up. I honestly can't say that I'd have anything for him to sign of any significance (never did find a boxed DC copy of Rez ) but hopefully there'll be some merchandise of some kind. I'm guessing I'm not going to be the biggest fanboy there, though... some of those weird Japanophiles are nuts for the Genki Rockets-style music!
Reasons why you should see Tetsuya Mizuguchi talk:
*He's a cool looking dude:
*He was behind Lumines,
*Rez,
*Every Extend Extra,
*Sega Rally Championship,
*Space Channel 5,
*Meteos and of course
*Child of Eden.
*He's also the main creative mind behind Genki Rockets (whom featured exclusively in Child of Eden)
Genuinely surprised I'm the only GAFfer going to it. You people are weird. Tickets are $20, you can still buy them from the ACMI website. Starts at 6:15pm tomorrow (Thursday).
I can't fucking wait. As far as music and aesthetics in modern games, he's definitely one of my all-time favourite developers.
Edit: He's also done a TED talk, which I had no idea about. Could be an interesting watch, regardless of whether you go tomorrow or not.
Yeah, to be honest if I hadn't signed up for the ACMI newsletter (I think the last time a game expo was out here, actually) I'd never have known. It was by chance I'd heard that Tim Schafer and someone else (gah, can't remember his name... did Epic Mickey) were doing a talk, let alone hearing Mizuguchi was doing one quite some time later (I think it's been almost two months since Tim was here?). At least he's here, though. His titles pretty much embody the true sense of "audio-visual" more than anyone else currently in the industry and deserves massive points for continuing to integrate sound and visual elements so closely in his games. Being someone who's very much into electronic music and how it integrates with games (especially Rez... I'm yet to see a game do it so perfectly) I'm just super pumped.
I'll try and take as many notes and maybe even record audio with my phone if I can, if anything interesting pops up. I honestly can't say that I'd have anything for him to sign of any significance (never did find a boxed DC copy of Rez
) but hopefully there'll be some merchandise of some kind. I'm guessing I'm not going to be the biggest fanboy there, though... some of those weird Japanophiles are nuts for the Genki Rockets-style music!This is for those that recently ordered board games, and perhaps to some experienced board gamers who might not be aware.
This guy makes some awesome rules summary/reference sheets for some board games. It makes it nice and easy to check out some rules at a glance, especially for those bloated behemoth Fantasy Flight rulebooks, since they're presented in a clear and concise manner.
Here's a link to the Lost Cities and Pandemic PDF's for the recent buyers.
This guy makes some awesome rules summary/reference sheets for some board games. It makes it nice and easy to check out some rules at a glance, especially for those bloated behemoth Fantasy Flight rulebooks, since they're presented in a clear and concise manner.
Here's a link to the Lost Cities and Pandemic PDF's for the recent buyers.
shanshan310
Member
maaaaaaan I want a kebab. and a drink. and a launch party.
Boyfriend is trying to rope me into playing borderlands now and what seems to be all through the night. =/
Good luck with said lady!
BananaArnie
Member
my copy is maybe not even in queensland yet
i will check the post box at 930
jintor does sound drink
i also had a kebab
BananaArnie
Member
at what point does a fence become a wall?
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
It's alright I guess.
reptilescorpio
Member
I don't live anywhere near Melbourne Shaneus, you know that :/
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...rs-doesnt-add-up/story-e6frerc6-1226477517911
Doesn't really get more cynical than that.
Doesn't really get more cynical than that.
bodyboarder
Member
Everything is better with a kebab.
SydGAF, I had another idea about board game venues. Once we have our other venue/s figured out, what if we do the meetups fortnightly, but switch between East and West/North each time, so you only have a long distance to travel every second time we meet? That way, we can make this thing regular and people shouldn't get sick of traveling as much...
I know
It was more a call out to other MelbGAF folk who I know exist and should go. But I guess they're too busy playing their RPGs to go see a designer talk about games that do something other than focus on loot collecting Urgh, I am not having any luck with game releases lately. Going by my current track record, I might be able to play Borderlands 2 in about 3 weeks. Doesn't do anything after preparing to launch, verifying game cache comes up with 1 file failed and downloads it, every time, tried re-installing all my .NET packages and VCredist files, and directX. Tried un-installing and re-downloading the whole game. I am at a loss. Might just have to wait it out and see if whatever it is gets patched.
codswallop
Member
The only games I've played that Mizuguchi's made are Sega Rally and Child of Eden, and I didn't "get" Child of Eden so seeing him talk is probably wasted on me...
Also I want a kebab.
Also also last call to AusGAF for anyone wanting on in a Torchlight II 4-pack.
Also also also Games Paradise just refunded the difference for the mistake with Pandemic. The cynic in me wonders whether they purposefully left a few games without the discount active to catch people out.
Also I want a kebab.
Also also last call to AusGAF for anyone wanting on in a Torchlight II 4-pack.
Also also also Games Paradise just refunded the difference for the mistake with Pandemic. The cynic in me wonders whether they purposefully left a few games without the discount active to catch people out.
reptilescorpio
Member
Wait, you have to pay to plead guilty? That doesn't seem right. :/
I'll shoot them a quick email today then, just to make 100% sure they will refund me.
Doncamatic
Member
If you choose to repair the .net package later you should be able to start the game on your first go.
You are a bad person and you should feel bad.
Actually (and no offence intended) you don't strike me as the sort of dude who gets involved with games that place heavy emphasis on things like how visual aesthetics integrate with sound design. There's nothing wrong with that, but you'd be more likely to get something out of a talk by Will Wright than Mizuguchi
The only person in AusGAF that springs to mind (at least, immediately) is reptile, which is why it sucks he can't go
codswallop
Member
True on both accounts (OK, maybe all three, I am a bad person). When at the Game Masters expo I could've just sat down all day with the design document from The Sims. I'm more interested in how systems and mechanics work than creating an interesting visual and aural experience.
reptilescorpio
Member
Somebody really needs to offer me a job in Melbourne. Sooner rather than later.
I get to work in the hustle and bustle, which I like.
The wife gets to live out in Lara so it is only 20 minutes into Geelong, less than an hour into Melbourne for work and hangouts, which I like.
We get out of Warrnambool and I get out of this depressing job, which I like.
Win win.
I get to work in the hustle and bustle, which I like.
The wife gets to live out in Lara so it is only 20 minutes into Geelong, less than an hour into Melbourne for work and hangouts, which I like.
We get out of Warrnambool and I get out of this depressing job, which I like.
Win win.
They didn't. They had blocked games that were already on sale from being eligible. Unfortunately, in doing so, they also blocked games that had been on sale recently in the past. At least, that's what their Facebook explanation was, and it makes sense.
Mizuguchi. Like.
It doesn't even ask me any of that. If I verify the files it does a "Completing Installation" and then prepares to launch, then just disappears, otherwise it just Prepares to launch and then disappears. Even when I deleted local files and re-downloaded it.
BananaArnie
Member
at least you have your game.
mine has been kidnapped by auspost
they are demanding a ransom of 24 hours or more
at least you have your game.
mine has been kidnapped by auspost
they are demanding a ransom of 24 hours or more
Damn, that sucks. Stupid Auspost. Hopefully it works for you when you get it.
Maybe I should get Torchlight 2 instead, the beta for it worked fine on my PC...
codswallop
Member
Fourth person found!
reptilescorpio enabler mode: activated
BananaArnie
Member
you jerk where were you went me ham and orbi needed more people.
i dont really think your a jerk
codswallop
Member
Trying to convince myself I didn't want it. Then I succumbed and now I do.
It's OK, I'm a jerk
reptilescorpio
Member
Only a few hours until Torchlight 2 unlocks! Tempted to take tomorrow off and game it away.
It's my son's birthday this weekend but hey, Torchlight 2! He will understand!
EDIT: Work just added JB Hifi to the 5% discount list. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...
It's my son's birthday this weekend but hey, Torchlight 2! He will understand!
EDIT: Work just added JB Hifi to the 5% discount list. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...
reptilescorpio
Member
Is ASOS good stuff? I don't really buy clothes much but I seem to have some discount stuff I should use with them.
I prefer the first book
Let's completely fucking forget the fact that I was looking for people for WEEKS to join my four-pack. Apparently now it's cool to preorder a game merely hours before it comes out, rather than months.
tsk tsk
codswallop
Member
I had a few people who wanted the game at the same time and IIRC you were only looking for one by the time I knew about it, and I didn't want to leave them in the lurch.
Also I hadn't come to a decision whether to buy it or not until yesterday!
Also I hadn't come to a decision whether to buy it or not until yesterday!
BananaArnie
Member
i was waiting for runic to sell it
then for a bit i thought it was steamworks anyway and said might as well get it now
im probabaly getting it twice
BananaArnie
Member
FUCKING WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked