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[r1chard]

Two enthusiastic thumbs up for The Water Rat Hotel in South Melbourne. Excellent beer selection and $12 parma for lunch that's one of the best I've had in Melbourne.

 

[evlcookie]

I remember trying to get revolt to work online via that .. lan to online thing, started with a K, many moons ago.

You could probably use something like hamachi now instead. Wonder how they implemented the MP into the game on the GoG release.

 

[Arksy]

Depends on what you like, SP or MP.

Cod4 is still the best for both, especially on PC.

Both Black Ops games have decent SP, but only Blops2 has a worthwhile and balanced mp. However, none of them have dedicated servers so host advantage is always an issue in mp.

Plus, both blops games have the zombies mode, which for me is the best feature.

MW2 and MW3 are the worst, esp in the MP department.

No dedicated BLOPS/2 servers on PC? What?

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Sorry, I meant on consoles.

 

[reptilescorpio]

FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU REGION LOCKINGGGGGGGGGGG >_<

 

[Arksy]

FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU REGION LOCKINGGGGGGGGGGG >_<

Atlus and Nintendo...double douchebag there.

 

[HolyCheck]

Anyone up for spontaneous melbgaf beers in the cbd after work?

 

[codswallop]

Anyone up for spontaneous melbgaf beers in the cbd after work?

I love spontaneously fermented beers, but alas I cannot make it.

 

[HolyCheck]

I love spontaneously fermented beers, but alas I cannot make it.

that sounds dirty.

 

[manipulate]

FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU REGION LOCKINGGGGGGGGGGG >_<

i know. i regret getting an australian 3ds so hard. fuck you nintendo (

 

[HolyCheck]

oh hey i have a 3ds that plays that.

pity i dont understand what it is.. or persona

 

[reptilescorpio]

i know. i regret getting an australian 3ds so hard. fuck you nintendo (

Tempted to order a US 2DS as a Christmas present for myself if I can find one cheapish. Hopefully the 4k3DSxl won't be region locked

 

[manipulate]

Tempted to order a US 2DS as a Christmas present for myself if I can find one cheapish. Hopefully the 4k3DSxl won't be region locked

Honestly that's not a bad idea. I bet this situation will come up again for other games. I'm too poor for that sadly

At least we get Bravely Default this year I guess. But fuck, SMT4's been out for SO FUCKING LONG in the US.

 

[Jintor]

i know. i regret getting an australian 3ds so hard. fuck you nintendo (

my beef is lack of rune factory until 2014

spring 2014

I guess it's northern hemisphere spring but still

 

[Deeku]

I've only played like 2hrs of my j-copy of smt:/ I'd buy that if it was like another 15 cheaper

 

[Dryk]

I hate Nintendo region locks, and they don't even do it (officially) for reasons that make sense

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Need some travel tips for Cairns, has anyone been there, or lives there?

I'm planning to go there in December, just need to know what else is there to see/do apart from Great barrier reef and Kuranda/rainforest/skyrail?

It's a short 3-day tour, so want to fully utilise my time there.

I'll also be spending 3 days in Gold Coast, but I know what to do over there.

I'm happy to meet up with anyone from QLD-gaf if you're going to be in Gold Coast a few days before Christmas.

 

[Shaneus]

(probably old)
GET READY TO FIRE UP GONE HOME GAME 'GAIN WITH GAYNOR GLEEFULLY GABBING GRATUITOUSLY WHILE YOU GAME

 

[Fredescu]

(probably old)
GET READY TO FIRE UP GONE HOME GAME 'GAIN WITH GAYNOR GLEEFULLY GABBING GRATUITOUSLY WHILE YOU GAME

Nice, good excuse to give it another run through.

 

[senahorse]

I usually love narrative based experiences, I loved Dear Esther. Gone Home on the other hand didn't do much for me at all, fell very flat and certainly not worth the asking price for me. Oh well you win some you lose some.

 

[Kritz]

(probably old)
GET READY TO FIRE UP GONE HOME GAME 'GAIN WITH GAYNOR GLEEFULLY GABBING GRATUITOUSLY WHILE YOU GAME

We'll finally get justification of why Gone Home has ghosts in it.

 

[Fredescu]

I got mine as a gift, so asking price didn't come into it. $20 does seem pretty steep.

 

[Lafiel]

I hate Nintendo region locks, and they don't even do it (officially) for reasons that make sense

They have a unofficial reason that makes sense most likely though.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

They have a unofficial reason that makes sense most likely though.

I really doubt there's any more reason than "we're the kings of the dedicated handheld gaming scene and can therefore do whatever the fuck we want."

There is no legitimate reason for them to start region locking their handheld systems after this long, it's basically just "we'll fuck people with regional pricing because we know we can", completely throwing out the idea of someone being able to buy a game at an airport or whatever that used to be part of the appeal of the Game Boy.

 

[Jintor]

The unofficial reason is to dick over prices. A quick look at Nintendo history will tell you as much.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

A quick look at Nintendo international market history will tell you as much.

Indeed.

 

[Stackboy]

I still like playing BLOPS2 and look forward to Ghosts. They are fun mindless violence games. Does that make me a bad person?

I like shooting dudes on the internet.

 

[markot]

The unofficial reason is to dick over prices. A quick look at Nintendo history will tell you as much.

Really hitliar?

 

[Dryk]

Dammit the Adelaide CBD broke the Pokemon street date after I'd already gone offline. Now I'm home ;_;

 

[reptilescorpio]

Dammit the Adelaide CBD broke the Pokemon street date after I'd already gone offline. Now I'm home ;_;

Italy broke street date by like 2 weeks!

 

[Dryk]

Italy broke street date by like 2 weeks!

Nintendo Australia is way too useless to ever send out stock that early, most Aussie stores got them yesterday.

 

[markot]

Because companies love having boxes take up inventory that they cant touch for weeks.

 

[Deeku]

so is the general consensus on pokemans a BUY or what?

 

[Jintor]

so is the general consensus on pokemans a BUY or what?

I've skipped 3 generations and this looks kinda fun so I'm ALL IN

 

[Box of Bunnies]

so is the general consensus on pokemans a BUY or what?

It's Pokemon. If you like Pokemon and/or used to like Pokemon but haven't bought Pokemon for a while it's a BUY. If you don't, not.

Furthermore, if iterative franchises irritate you even though there's only one actual new entry every three years or so it's probably a no as well.

 

[Dryk]

Because companies love having boxes take up inventory that they cant touch for weeks.

It's in jest. Truth be told I was very confused when I found out how early Canada and Italy got them.

Also there's a group of Nintendo fans on Facebook complaining about Shintokyo for breaking the street date and it's weirding me out. I'd just assumed that people like broken dates but apparently not... although I guess they all have preorders.

 

[hamchan]

so is the general consensus on pokemans a BUY or what?

It's always been a buy.

 

[Jintor]

Broken street dates have weird consequences down the line. When Serrels was around here more (and Choc) they used to talk about them... I don't recall what they were though.

 

[markot]

HEY HITLERSSSSS

How come with my mother board .del options, I can only select 2 drives to boot from automatically, but can 'over ride' manually to boot into all of my drivers?

Whats sata pm, sata fm.. .etc?

How do I change itttttt?!

 

[reptilescorpio]

Broken street dates have weird consequences down the line. When Serrels was around here more (and Choc) they used to talk about them... I don't recall what they were though.

Usually that store will get a $10k (or something at least) fine and/or not get stock of a/many new releases in the future.

Big W got hit with that a few years back which sucked for me when I lived in Geelong.

 

[Deeku]

hmmm, i know i don't want to play pokemon, but i think i'm still gonna buy it... for the updated graphics at least, they look pretty nice!

 

[shanshan310]

I discovered fire emblem yesterday... I think I may have a slight addiction...

so is the general consensus on pokemans a BUY or what?

YUSSSSS.

Too bad the starters turned out silly I was so looking forward to choosing the fox one...

Spoiler

but the final evolution is a stupid fox in a ball gown.

 

[Deeku]

D:

That's pretty terrible! Actually, i just watched a video review and there was a pokemon that's a floating sword...like, cmon! Hopefully there are some cute pokemon in the new batch cos that's all that matters in my book!

and nice on the FE addiction!

 

[Box of Bunnies]

D:

That's pretty terrible! Actually, i just watched a video review and there was a pokemon that's a floating sword...like, cmon!

I know, right? Next thing you know there'll be Pokemon that are just big Poke Balls or purple puddles of goo, or evolutions that're just three of the one Pokemon together.

 

[Jintor]

Too bad the starters turned out silly I was so looking forward to choosing the fox one...

Spoiler

but the final evolution is a stupid fox in a ball gown.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Greninja's pretty cool, but #teamfennekin reigns supreme. I was a tad unimpressed with Delphox to start with but seeing it more, and in fanart like Jint posted, it's my favourite starter in a couple of gens. Only one of the current batch I'm indifferent to is Chespin.

 

[Deeku]

I know, right? Next thing you know there'll be Pokemon that are just big Poke Balls or purple puddles of goo, or evolutions that're just three of the one Pokemon together.

good point

 

[HolyCheck]

I discovered fire emblem yesterday... I think I may have a slight addiction...



YUSSSSS.

Too bad the starters turned out silly I was so looking forward to choosing the fox one...

Spoiler

but the final evolution is a stupid fox in a ball gown.

WITH A FUCKING WAND

 

[Arksy]

It'll be the frog pokemon for me if i can actually be bothered to get up and get it.

 

[reptilescorpio]

FUCKIN SPOILERS GUYS

NOT ALL OF US ARE ITALIAN >_<