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[Jintor]

You still at MQ, Rahk, or already out?

So Jintor, did you photoshop the Diablo 3 beta?

You can tell by these pixels and by seeing a few 'shops in your time...

 

[reptilescorpio]

Crikey, you guys talk a lot.

If I have fun playing a game I don't give a flying fuck who endorsed it or who the target audience. Fuck off with this video game snobbery, it's as bad as music snobbery.

"Oh, you like that? Ugh, you should like this instead."

Wait. What's wrong with Gears 3? And who is this reggie guy getting his knickers in a twist? It isn't a bad game at all, just one that knows what it wants to do and focuses 100% on it. If you like giant men cover shooters it is pretty much the pinnacle of that dudebro genre. If you play co-op with another mate who like shooting things you pretty much need to own it unless they only like FPS games.

Speaking of Zoo Weekly, whatever happened to Krystal from Big Brother? Now those were some boobs

Silicon poisoning.
Knocked into a coma by her boobs when she did a cartwheel.
Soaping it up on Neighbours/Home & Away with all the other reality TV rejects.
Porn?

Spoiler

Links please!

Would like to see her in zoo weekly. Would increase their reputation 10000 fold.

SURELY they must have offered her by now. The more magazines with her on the cover the merrier.

Are there Gears of War novels? Like the Halo ones? That all the fans point to as an effort to show the series is all deep and stuff?

There are indeed several books, a new one was just released and I saw a hardcover version in EBgames yesterday for it. They also have a few series of comics which I actually enjoyed. Liam Sharps artwork really worked for me.

The first rule of AusGAF is DO NOT PLAY OR TALK ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

For example, I am not playing Burnout Crash.

Don not tell me how it is as I do not wish to purchase it for 800 points as it does not perk my curiosity. I do not love the hell out of crash mode and would not love another Burnout focused on it.

I hate it when people do this. GoW is God of War. Gears of War is GeoW. Know your abbreviations!

Using Gears would be easier as there are few other games that would be mistaken for it.

Gears of war is a mainstream game made for the masses. All these statements of "dudebro" and "zoo weekly" move away from the idea of gameplay being first and foremost on every gamers mind.
If you pass up a game based on cheese dialogue I feel sorry for you.
I dont think Gears of War has ever been a game know for it's story and dialogue. However what it does well is gameplay

Rez and Child of Eden have actually been pimped pretty hardcore here in AusGAF, you might have even seen the numerous people posting about how they even BOUGHT the damn game and how much they enjoyed it.

Gears for me did indeed have good gameplay, but Gears 2 did not improve enough to be anything other than repetitive for me. I appreciate it but wish they had changed a lot of things to move it forward. It isn't a bad game, it just isn't what I want to play. The cheese actually makes it more worth playing for me than if they tried to go with a deeper story (like Homefront or something) as it was a good laugh with my mate while we played. It was just that compared to other games it became tedious for us. We dropped about 100 hours into Borderlands and had a great time doing it and I have the same concern that Borderlands 2 will see us hit a wall of tedium if they don't mix it up enough to make it worth buying again. Gears 2 made us wish we had just chucked the first game back in the tray rather than hand over another $80. The game was great and had more variety in enemies which was needed, but it just wasn't for us. That is not a slight against the game. It deserves great scores in the same way that people complaining that Uncharted 2 wasn't original enough were missing the point. If people enjoy it then it is a good game.

If Ivan Drago beat Rocky, the Soviets would have won the Cold War and then we'd have no choice in video games. Count yourselves lucky.

At least then we wouldn't be having any damn discussions about refugees, no one would want to fucking live here! Or if they did come Giant Statue Of Stalin would melt them with it's laser beams coming right out of its freaking head!

Gow is softcore Spacemarine is hardcore >.<

Space Marine totally ripped off GoW!!! They stole the cover and the big armour and the shooting and the chainsaw and everything!!!

Wayne Swan for next PM.

Can he speak Chinese? If so then he will save us.

Insects, Star Wars lego, appropriate times to shower.

Once a week? Just spitballing here...

Also ignore lists are for pussies and weaklings.

They are good for productivity though. Just add all the trolls and morons and that way you never have to spend any more seconds reading their drivel.
Well, unfortunately as a mod you have to read everyone's drivel but at least the GAF Gold membership and sexy weekend retreat for mods makes up for it!

Fuck doing the right thing.

Did you have to sign for it? If not put the container out the front on the lawn. Kick the shit out of the bottles. When they arrive to pick it up say that some punk kid must have done it and that they were morons for asking you to leave it out the front. Karma realigned.

Spoiler

Joke of course. Leave the bottles out the front for them and tell everyone how poor their service is.

...if you knew who it was supposed to go to, and they were only a street over, why didn't you go tell him?

If Bunnings refuse to fix there mistake in a timely fashion why should it fall to him to do their job? Especially after telling them in the first place? The customer has not received the goods so the only one who is penalised is Bunnings as they still need to deliver the goods to the right customer.

Also just saw someone carrying a Gears related box on the train. It was fucking huge. Like 3/4 his height. Console bundle?

Replica Gold Lancer maybe.

I remember getting spit-roasted in this thread where I went out and said that I didn't enjoy the Bombcast because it skewed too dudebro for my tastes.

I just don't find it entertaining. Maybe I am getting old.

 

[Doncamatic]

I think I might go insane soon, had this high pitched ringing in my ears 24/7 for the last few days. Thought it was just my Tinnitus spazzing out but this is different, probably an ear infection :/

But seriously, hope it isn't anything major. Tinnitus is already unbearable as is.

 

[Jintor]

If Bunnings refuse to fix there mistake in a timely fashion why should it fall to him to do their job? Especially after telling them in the first place? The customer has not received the goods so the only one who is penalised is Bunnings as they still need to deliver the goods to the right customer.

I wasn't being a lawyer about it. It just looked convenient to at least tell the guy 'hey, your shit's at my house because Bunnings are a bunch of screwballs'.

 

[reptilescorpio]

I wasn't being a lawyer about it. It just looked convenient to at least tell the guy 'hey, your shit's at my house because Bunnings are a bunch of screwballs'.

Yeah, Bunnings should be capable of passing that message along though since it is meant to be their responsibility.

 

[Agyar]

I ignore people the old fashioned way.

 

[Deeku]

Really? I did manga and anime 123, 223 and 323 and she taught all of those, so I assumed she would teach the actual japanese too D:

LOL how did that go? There were already enough strange japanophiles in the language classes, can't imagine what the manga units were like.

And yeah, as Rahk said, I think she's like the culture expert. I had Chavalin sensei for lectures and a visiting teacher for tuts who I forgot the name of.

Btw, do you know this guy called kentaro? He's like writing a thesis on ninja manga or something.

 

[Jintor]

LOL how did that go? There were already enough strange japanophiles in the language classes, can't imagine what the manga units were like.

And yeah, as Rahk said, I think she's like the culture expert. I had Chavalin sensei for lectures and a visiting teacher for tuts who I forgot the name of.

They were pretty good actually. I made a generic shonen for 223, it was fun and I got to draw for University credit. 323 was actually fairly tricky, I wrote an essay about anime fandom and western distribution utilising it. It's difficult to comment though without being in the US though :<

Hmmm, I might just do some Japanese units over this break...

 

[Rahk]

LOL how did that go? There were already enough strange japanophiles in the language classes, can't imagine what the manga units were like.

And yeah, as Rahk said, I think she's like the culture expert. I had Chavalin sensei for lectures and a visiting teacher for tuts who I forgot the name of.

Chavalin sensei is also great.

She went to Okinawa with a few of us for the 3 week exchange trip.

 

[jambo]

They are good for productivity though. Just add all the trolls and morons and that way you never have to spend any more seconds reading their drivel.
Well, unfortunately as a mod you have to read everyone's drivel but at least the GAF Gold membership and sexy weekend retreat for mods makes up for it!

Productivity? But AusGAF is supposed to be the pinnacle of procrastination!

 

[Rahk]

You still at MQ, Rahk, or already out?

Finished mid last year.

 

[Echoplx]

http://i.imgur.com/BZnAR.png

But seriously, hope it isn't anything major. Tinnitus is already unbearable as is.

Yeah worse case I may actually be going deaf but I highly doubt it

I can deal with my normal Tinnitus as long as I have some background noise like a fan or something playing on my PC but this new shit has just been overbearing the last few days, can't focus on anything and even blasting white noise doesn't help Getting some ear drops tomorrow so hopefully that helps.

 

[Deeku]

Chavalin sensei is also great.

She went to Okinawa with a few of us for the 3 week exchange trip.

Whoa that would have been awesome! They had a similar thing last year but it specifically said that they preferred students majoring in Japanese so I didn't apply since I'm a finance major.

 

[Jintor]

Finished mid last year.

Aww, we were going to mq it up

 

[reptilescorpio]

Yeah worse case I may actually be going deaf but I highly doubt it

I can deal with my normal Tinnitus as long as I have some background noise like a fan or something playing on my PC but this new shit has just been overbearing the last few days, can't focus on anything and even blasting white noise doesn't help Getting some ear drops tomorrow so hopefully that helps.

Sounds like a doctors visit would be a great idea. I would hate to lose my hearing if there was something they could do early to fix it.

 

[hamchan]

I've been to Macquarie Uni. It has a train station and large shopping mall right next to it. Already better than UNSW.

 

[Fredescu]

large shopping mall

The Macsenna.

 

[Echoplx]

Sounds like a doctors visit would be a great idea. I would hate to lose my hearing if there was something they could do early to fix it.

The going deaf part was just a joke I'm still young and this really does seem like an ear infection going by some of the other symptoms I have.

Though if it persists after tomorrow then I shall go to a doctor, any recommended ones in Holland Park/Greenslopes area (Brisbane)?

 

[Choc]

I've been to Macquarie Uni. It has a train station and large shopping mall right next to it. Already better than UNSW.

only since 2 years ago

before that it was a fucking prick to get to

 

[shanshan310]

At first, I thought you were making a k-on reference, but then it finally came to me lol. I've actually never seen Mio before:/

Just do what I did and do extra extra units during summer/winter break.



Woo indeed! She's such a nice teacher.

Do you guys learn Japanese together or something?

EDIT: UQ does an "anime Japanese" course for advanced students. I'm trying to avoid taking it, it truly looks awful. The whole semester is based around Kiki's delivery service apparently.

 

[Jintor]

The Macsenna.

:lol :lol :lol

Do you guys learn Japanese together or something?

EDIT: UQ does an "anime Japanese" course for advanced students. I'm trying to avoid taking it, it truly looks awful. The whole semester is based around Kiki's delivery service apparently.

Me and Deek (and Rahk used to) go to the same uni and interact with the Japanese languages department.

The anime courses were just cultural units, so no japanese language knowledge required. I enjoyed taking them but i'm wondering if I should've done more intensive language learning (or any language learning) instead.

 

[Deeku]

Do you guys learn Japanese together or something?

EDIT: UQ does an "anime Japanese" course for advanced students. I'm trying to avoid taking it, it truly looks awful. The whole semester is based around Kiki's delivery service apparently.

We go the same uni.

I avoided those units because they just seemed dumb to me. Same thing why I avoided the videogame units that our uni has.

Also, what you got against Kiki? lol

 

[shanshan310]

We go the same uni.

I avoided those units because they just seemed dumb to me. Same thing why I avoided the videogame units that our uni has.

Also, what you got against Kiki? lol

lol nothing! I like it! I don't want to ruin my enjoyment of it by watching it over and over for a whole semester. I don't really consider it "anime" though.

Its probably better than "Korean Drama" which my friend is taking. That one is a culture course (no Korean required), while the Anime at least is language intensive (you need to translate a scene from an anime for one of the exams).

That's pretty neat. One of my good mates from high school got me into gaf, and he still posts sometimes. I only remember his avatar though, so if he's changed it I won't know who he is -_- I think he went to one of the brisgaf meetups (which for some reason are always on during exams). I don't know anyone else here though.

 

[BanShunsaku]

Silicon poisoning.
Knocked into a coma by her boobs when she did a cartwheel.
Soaping it up on Neighbours/Home & Away with all the other reality TV rejects.
Porn?

Spoiler

Links please!

It's not pr0n, but a visit to dailymotion and a search for Krystal BB06 should work if its cans you're after.

Not that I've ever looked for that kinda thing.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Just got home, ozgameshop stuff arrived. Deus ex hr and resistance 3. Took 7 days...not bad at all.

Also, the latest game informer issue....zelda skyward sword cover.

 

[markot]

Anyone get their Kirby from Myer online yet >_<?

 

[Deeku]

lol nothing! I like it! I don't want to ruin my enjoyment of it by watching it over and over for a whole semester. I don't really consider it "anime" though.

Its probably better than "Korean Drama" which my friend is taking. That one is a culture course (no Korean required), while the Anime at least is language intensive (you need to translate a scene from an anime for one of the exams).

That's pretty neat. One of my good mates from high school got me into gaf, and he still posts sometimes. I only remember his avatar though, so if he's changed it I won't know who he is -_- I think he went to one of the brisgaf meetups (which for some reason are always on during exams). I don't know anyone else here though.

A Korean drama unit sounds even more ridiculous than an anime unit.

You should meet salazar and be friends with him!

 

[shanshan310]

oh yeah, he lives on the gold coast right?

we should totally have a big meet up. Was there something happening with the EB convention?

 

[Salazar]

A Korean drama unit sounds even more ridiculous than an anime unit.

A Korean variety show unit would be amazing. I've never got into the dramas, but the variety shows are just a bizarrely wonderful cultural one-off.

 

[BanShunsaku]

Big Bang Theory has started again? I'm totally going to watch the new episode.

Fuck you all, deal with it snobs

 

[Jintor]

I avoided those units because they just seemed dumb to me. Same thing why I avoided the videogame units that our uni has.

The videogame units are great, I chill with Adam Ruch one of the unit conveners all the time. The media department is pretty chill generally, one of the music guys Alex (not Munt) lent me Okami even

 

[evlcookie]

Big Bang Theory has started again? I'm totally going to watch the new episode.

Fuck you all, deal with it snobs

Starts on friday.

 

[evlcookie]

Pretty sure I'll get one, will be so much better for downloading stuff over night, 150W PSU compared to 850W PSU (yes I know it's less when idle). Plus we can have 1 queue and my housemates and I can all access the server!

Everywhere is pretty much sold out at the moment and i think one of the distro's is getting more in early next month.

There's a huge fucking thread over at OCAU that you could read up on if you are bored - Link

It should use like 40w maxed out otherwise it's half that? That's why i'm thinking of one as well, as you said a download / storage box instead of my 150w 24/7 gaming pc.

 

[BanShunsaku]

Starts on friday.

Excellent. New Community this week too

 

[Jintor]

Casegear stuff has shipped! Will be here either tommorrow or friday, I guess. And by 'here' I mean 'delivered to work'.

 

[Fogz]

Anyone get their Kirby from Myer online yet >_<?

Yep I got mine last week. Also my $10 Ratchet & Clank

 

[Shaneus]

Excellent. New Community this week too

You like BBT but you also like Community. Now I feel conflicted about you, bro!

Crikey, you guys talk a lot.

Wait. What's wrong with Gears 3? And who is this reggie guy getting his knickers in a twist? It isn't a bad game at all, just one that knows what it wants to do and focuses 100% on it. If you like giant men cover shooters it is pretty much the pinnacle of that dudebro genre. If you play co-op with another mate who like shooting things you pretty much need to own it unless they only like FPS games.

I thought I liked giant men cover shooters, but fuck me dead if athletic men in robot suit thingys aren't better. Come to think of it, other than a few notable exceptions (mostly sims), far too many games these days take themselves far too seriously.

Vanquish > Gears
Saint's Row > GTA (for now)
Lego Star Wars > Actual Star Wars

Rant ovah.

 

[Jintor]

Was there something happening with the EB convention?

Depends if everybody else is going really

Vanquish > Gears
Saint's Row > GTA (for now)
Lego Star Wars > Actual Star Wars

Rant ovah.

I can't disagree with any of these points

 

[Box of Bunnies]

I thought I liked giant men cover shooters, but fuck me dead if athletic men in robot suit thingys aren't better. Come to think of it, other than a few notable exceptions (mostly sims), far too many games these days take themselves far too seriously.

Vanquish > Gears
Saint's Row > GTA (for now)
Lego Star Wars > Actual Star Wars

Rant ovah.

There's also Bayonetta > God of War if you want to get into that.

 

[BanShunsaku]

You like BBT but you also like Community. Now I feel conflicted about you, bro!

Well I'm definitely a bigger fan of Community than BBT, if that helps.

I find BBT great to watch when I've had a fucked up day at work and I just want to switch the brain off for 22 minutes.

I also enjoy the work of the girl who plays Penny.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

There's also Bayonetta > God of War if you want to get into that.

Darksiders > Zelda.

 

[Shaneus]

Well I'm definitely a bigger fan of Community than BBT, if that helps.

I find BBT great to watch when I've had a fucked up day at work and I just want to switch the brain off for 22 minutes.

I also enjoy the work of the girl who plays Penny.

Good man. I found the same, but I also find it's really only good in short bursts. The lack of a deep/long story arc also pleases me.

There's also Bayonetta > God of War if you want to get into that.

Still kind of trying to get into Bayonetta. Bought it, played it, did enjoy what I played but never got back into it.

 

[BanShunsaku]

Darksiders > Zelda.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Darksiders > Zelda.

I haven't actually tried Darksiders yet. I hear good things, but the hideous art is a turn off.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Big Bang Theory has started again? I'm totally going to watch the new episode. Fuck you all, deal with it snobs

Oh snap, didn't see it in the usual places. New Glee and Raising Hope today too which made the gf very happy. Also Castle for those of you who like that stuff.

I thought I liked giant men cover shooters, but fuck me dead if athletic men in robot suit thingys aren't better. Come to think of it, other than a few notable exceptions (mostly sims), far too many games these days take themselves far too seriously.

Vanquish > Gears
Saint's Row > GTA (for now)
Lego Star Wars > Actual Star Wars

Rant ovah.

Oh shit! That was totally my train of thought while writing that post but I forgot by the end of it. Vanquish is indeed the evolution of the cover shooter done right. Plus the cheese! CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!

There's also Bayonetta > God of War if you want to get into that.

Bayonetta > DmC

Darksiders > Zelda.

Less of an evolutionary replacement and more of change in taste. I had gotten sick of the setting in Zelda so Darksiders was a fantastic change of pace and the sequel looks to change up a lot of things thankfully to avoid me getting bored with the IP.

 

[BanShunsaku]

Oh snap, didn't see it in the usual places.

As Cookie informed me, its not actually out yet. Friday apparently!

In other news, making a salad with grilled chicken, roast pumpkin, feta, caramelised onion and toasted pine nuts. And I'll probably throw in some green leafy stuff. Bitches don't know bout my salads

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Bayonetta > DmC

Haha, of course. DmC is that kind of low-level thing where you don't even consider it, though.

Bayo >DMC > Ninja Gaiden > GoW (?) DmC

 

[Yagharek]

Speaking about growing out of games that take themselves too seriously: Halo.

My god, bungie story writers must think they are the heirs to Asimov, Clarke, Brin, Bear and Herbert. In truth they come across as incoherent as Card.

I used to watch and enjoy Power Rangers as a kid. I think Halo belongs in the same category.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

but the hideous art is a turn off.

Box of bunnies. Makes sense.

Darksiders has superb art. Not for Bunnies and Ponies though.

Also 'Skyward sword' is such a dirty name. Always makes me think of a boner when I read it.

There is only one true Skyward Sword:

 

[Box of Bunnies]

I used to watch and enjoy Power Rangers as a kid. I think Halo belongs in the same category.

I take offence to that, good sir!

Spoiler

At least Power Rangers knows it's goofy shit for kids.

Box of bunnies. Make sense.

Darksiders has superb art. Not for Bunnies and Ponies though.

Can't say I have anything against Ponies, but it's a crime against the Lord Tim Schafer that you invoke them when referring to my username.