Goddamnit, MQ doesn't release official academic transcripts AT ALL for ANY REASON during the processing time between exams and semester 2 - and that's on the 16th, when clerkship apps have to be in by the 13th. Hoping the companies will take a letter from MQ saying so + my unofficial transcript...
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I wouldn't go so far as to say double plus it also depends on the item. Its at $7.25 with postage at the moment hence why i said 10bucks to give myself some leeway.
There is a CD2 for 10bucks but i have to ask the seller about the disc condition. It just says Acceptable on the page.
May i ask why and what it does better?
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I seem to recall the reviews at the time saying #2 was rushed and took a few steps back.
The interesting question for me is why we automatically assume the later games in a series are by default better? Especially when the opposite is often true for film.
The interesting question for me is why we automatically assume the later games in a series are by default better? Especially when the opposite is often true for film.
It's a lot easier to recognise a good story on paper than fun game mechanics, so it's a lot easier to get a film right the first time.
Game development involving large teams is a complex process and there are of steps along the way where a mistake is recognised, but nothing can be done about it if you're going to stick to schedule. So a feature gets cut, or the framerate suffers, or some jank stays in, or whatever else. If the same team gets the financial opportunity for a sequel, they have learnt a whole lot of technical lessons from the first time that generally results in the follow up being technically better. Note that Crackdown 2 was made by a different team.
If a film gets the financial opportunity for a sequel, maybe the story isn't written yet, and suddenly there's a deadline to pull a compelling narrative around an eventuality that the original story wasn't designed for.
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Not sure I'd totally buy that, at least as the reason, although I think iteration definitely is a part of it. Films have similarly large numbers of people working on them, and a good film is as as much of a miracle as a good game. Content is frequently cut from stories and revisited in sequels with films too.
I'd say it's as much down to gamers tendencies to go for the flashiest graphics (and sound, engines, etc), which are usually improved in games. There are few sequels which look worse than the games that came before them.
With film you would usually suggest someone start with the first in a series while gamers seem more likely to suggest the newest one. I just think it's interesting.
I'd say it's as much down to gamers tendencies to go for the flashiest graphics (and sound, engines, etc), which are usually improved in games. There are few sequels which look worse than the games that came before them.
With film you would usually suggest someone start with the first in a series while gamers seem more likely to suggest the newest one. I just think it's interesting.
I don't buy that one either. There are plenty of game sequels that look no better than their predecessors and yet play a lot better due to mechanical refinements. When you're talking about predecessors that go back to past generations, it's usually not just the visuals that are worse, but the UI, the framerate, perhaps mechanical "problems" that have since been solved and standardised.
I wasn't meaning to argue that a lot of people work on a game, therefore <my argument>. What I meant was, mechanical problems are harder to recognise on paper than script problems. Also, mechanical improvements are easier to put in a series of new levels and call it a new game, than script improvements can be put on new sets and be called a new movie. Other problems can affect both film and games, but game mechanics are really core to a videogame, and a script is core to a movie. You can tell the same story over and over in videogame sequels and no one gives a fuck.
reptilescorpio
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Most of Ruffian worked on Crackdown. It is basically the first game but with Zombies at night time for grinding out your stats, unlike the first game where I never got full stats in driving 
Plus Crackdown 2 was really rushed as Microsoft gave them really shitty terms to keep the IP alive.
They are both cool, play the first before the second.
Plus Crackdown 2 was really rushed as Microsoft gave them really shitty terms to keep the IP alive.
They are both cool, play the first before the second.
codswallop
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Yeah, fair enough. I think we're both saying that gamers probably feel that improvement often comes from iteration thus making later games more desirable.
Except with Crackdown 2. And Dragon Age 2.
reptilescorpio
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And Escape from Monkey Island :/
Just upload the most recent official one that you have for the apps, or the unofficial email one I guess. By the time you get an interview, you'll have your actual transcript with you. Marks are just used for initial screening/culling, they're not that important.
Cr average should make you competitive for most things, maybe even some top tiers.
Wtf? Just as I was changing pages on GAF I noticed the banner ad on top had a picture of a bogan and it said 'bugger off we're full' on one side and something about banning burqas on the other and I've been hitting refresh for ages trying to see what I was about with no luck. Did I just imagine it?
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The my brother hanged himself thread is still going. So damn depressing.
shanshan310
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The my brother hanged himself thread is still going. So damn depressing.
Yeah, going into there was such a bad idea
messed me up pretty bad last night. Organ Donation isn't a for profit business here right?FormallyMegadrive
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Yeah, going into there was such a bad idea
I fucking hope not. If it is I'm taking myself off it asap.
shanshan310
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If you don't, your relatives decide right? Because I've made it clear I'd prefer my organs get donated unless they have any problems (which they shouldn't, unless it gets messy like it did in that thread I guess).
Must have been hallucinating a supermarket car park
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Yessssssss one of my mates is going to pay my way to go see TDKR at the IMAX in Melbourne next Thursday. Means driving up and back in the one night but will be totally worth it! Wish I could fly up to Sydney for it but alas it clashes with some silly even on the Saturday.
Indie Game The Movie is pretty good. Blow and Team Meat are awesome and I appreciate their games much more now. Fez is still off my radar though.
Legend of Grimrock is $7.50 at GOG today! DRM free! George Broussard approved!
Not legally...
Indie Game The Movie is pretty good. Blow and Team Meat are awesome and I appreciate their games much more now. Fez is still off my radar though.
Legend of Grimrock is $7.50 at GOG today! DRM free! George Broussard approved!
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Not legally...
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I'm not sure how I felt about Indie Game: The Movie. I really liked all the Team Meat stuff, but the Phil Fish story felt kind of -- uh -- cropped and refocused to fit a very specific narrative. I really, really, really, really, really, really love the design of Braid, but I feellike Jon Blow is a little more interesting when he's talking inside baseball. I don't learn anything about him or his process from the doco.
But yeah, the Team Meat section was by far my favourite part. I really enjoyed Danielle McMillen's perspective on everything.
But yeah, the Team Meat section was by far my favourite part. I really enjoyed Danielle McMillen's perspective on everything.
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Fuck you Imgur, I gotta work tomorrow
Probably the issue was that Braid was already done and dusted so Blow had kind of moved on in his thinking towards future projects and wasn't as emotionally invested as he would have been during the final days of Braid. I still really enjoyed his discussions and he came across as a great guy to talk about game design with, even if he didn't want to work in a bigger team with you.
Probably the issue was that Braid was already done and dusted so Blow had kind of moved on in his thinking towards future projects and wasn't as emotionally invested as he would have been during the final days of Braid. I still really enjoyed his discussions and he came across as a great guy to talk about game design with, even if he didn't want to work in a bigger team with you.
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/09/steam-summer-sale-leaked/#more-115131 steam summer sale leaked
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Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Yeah, going into there was such a bad idea
I'm fairly certain it isn't, but I won't say for sure. I think organ donation in Australia is government funded and regulated. We only have one organ donor registration database.
Our rules are pretty strict on organ donation too. Even if you sign up to the database, the authority for organ donation after death must be given by a family member. The database acts as a reference tool. Regardless of the choices you've made your family has the final word, no contest.
So if you do want to be an organ donor, don't just sign up to the database. Make sure your family and friends know too, as they'll be the ones making the call.
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Oh god its almost two am, what am I doing? Why am I still awake?!
Seems like the same list as what I read a few days ago.
Anyways most of the indie bundles seem pretty bad, just games that add to steam games list that will never be played. The good one is day 5, only for Audiosurf, Gemini Rue and Ys.
Yep if that list is true my wallet is safe. Seriously only 1 game I would buy.
Can't stop thinking about Prometheus.
It's spectacular, a bit dumb, intense and yet a bit plodding. I'm not sure if it's amazing or contrived garbage. Uncertain if it's a body of work that will be understood within the scope of a continued series of films or whether all the information is there as a singular narrative and will reward the patient viewer.
I knew very little about the film going in and didn't care where it fit in the Alien mythos.
If I'm still thinking about it, maybe that means it's a creative success if it's still worming it's way through my brain. It could also mean that it's completely stupid if I'm having to fill in the holes myself.
Time will tell (maybe), and perhaps that was what Scott wanted.
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Bought a replacement iPad. Got it in black so it feels 'newier' than my forever-lost white iPad 2.
Several weeks ago, on the realisation that I read shitloads of comics on the Comixology app, I considered getting a retina-iPad to make the most of the comics reading experience. I still probably wouldn't have bought it had my other one been stolen.
I'll go through the 'tidy up the whole house and get everything in its right place before opening your new retail therapy toy' ritual later tonight.
SNOOOOOOOOOORE.
It's spectacular, a bit dumb, intense and yet a bit plodding. I'm not sure if it's amazing or contrived garbage. Uncertain if it's a body of work that will be understood within the scope of a continued series of films or whether all the information is there as a singular narrative and will reward the patient viewer.
I knew very little about the film going in and didn't care where it fit in the Alien mythos.
If I'm still thinking about it, maybe that means it's a creative success if it's still worming it's way through my brain. It could also mean that it's completely stupid if I'm having to fill in the holes myself.
Time will tell (maybe), and perhaps that was what Scott wanted.
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Bought a replacement iPad. Got it in black so it feels 'newier' than my forever-lost white iPad 2.
Several weeks ago, on the realisation that I read shitloads of comics on the Comixology app, I considered getting a retina-iPad to make the most of the comics reading experience. I still probably wouldn't have bought it had my other one been stolen.
I'll go through the 'tidy up the whole house and get everything in its right place before opening your new retail therapy toy' ritual later tonight.
SNOOOOOOOOOORE.
Man, I must have hit refresh 50 times waiting for that ad to come back so unless it's buried at the end of some other ad I must be going crazy!
reptilescorpio
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How are we tracking post-wise to the old thread? Seems quiet in here.
I blame the thread title.
I blame the thread title.
Found this
The Legend of Seinfeld: The Ocarina of Nothing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAbh3Q2c_w&feature=related
"WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH DEKU NUTS?"
"THESE DEKU NUTS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY"
haha
The Legend of Seinfeld: The Ocarina of Nothing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKAbh3Q2c_w&feature=related
"WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH DEKU NUTS?"
"THESE DEKU NUTS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY"
haha
GAF > Internet > GAF, but I can't blame anyone for not keeping up with the Steam thread. It gets pretty crazy.
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Aon, your payment got sent back today. Don't worry too much about it, it was only a few bucks
so is your lack of understanding of toilet olives.
Also keep in mind that a certain man whose name starts with C and ends in hoc is banned.
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Sweet. I was always a fan of Pandora. Setting up my own proxy stream was too much to use it regularly.
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My little dog ate a bunch of oreos, and I won't have access to a car until 3:30ish. He doesn't seem too hyper, but should I be worried?
He might vomit a bit...
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