show me your skeleton
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gaffing, brit-style. obviously.
anyway my joke of the day is: just had some furniture delivered, sofa so good.
clearly i can be then podcast's chris morris. or roy chubby brown.
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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes
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gaffing, brit-style. obviously.
anyway my joke of the day is: just had some furniture delivered, sofa so good.
clearly i can be then podcast's chris morris. or roy chubby brown.
That seems like a poorly thought out idea, you'll dehydrate and die.
show me your skeleton
Member
I'm good thanks, being married is pretty cool (I get say "wife", how very grown up), house hunting right now.
How's the off-spring? are they as anti-gaming time as I keep hearing?
Games and that!
I thought I was on ignore for a bit then
/drys eyes
Steve! Congratulations on the marriage!!! How was the big day??
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So is this Halo game meant to be good then? Was it good back when it came out? I'm giving up. I just can't wander through another square blue room into a square blue corridor and into a square blue room. It was fun for the first few levels but I'm just not having fun anymore. These middle levels seem so padded. I'm baffled. Doom was better. Is the terrible dialogue meant to be part of the charm? And why is a Cortana basically naked? . Is this plot meant to be good too?? Do they get better? grumble grumble grumble it's no Dark Souls / Ikaruga.
roundabout
Banned
Oh no
Halo is great, you've just been turned into a massive weeb by too much Japan.Are you starting with Halo 1? Maybe give 3 a shot and see how that one feels to you - I think 1 suffers from too many early-FPS issues. Very repetitive design (which works if you consider the Halos are supposed to be unmanned Dyson-Sphere slivers - function over form) really lets the game down. IMO H1 is massively overlong and a bit dull, combined with having some huge difficulty spikes. H2 is much better, 3 is nearly perfect. 3 has some of the greatest set pieces in gaming, they're burned into my memory forever.
I will say this for Halo too, it's utterly unlike any other shooter to play. The jumps, the reliance on grenades and melee. Headshotting with the CE pistol (and later the Battle Rifle / DMR).
Looking at these games between 1 and 3 shows the massive leaps that gaming made between those gens as well.
Thanks!
It was pretty awesome actually, I was bricking it in the morning (not sure why) and nearly lost it when the wife walked in resulting in some great "groom reaction shots".
At one point, after the ceremony, they opened the double doors into the garden (see below) and the sun flooded in just as the strings played "Here comes the sun", which we couldn't have planned if we tried.
This was the place:
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Sploat shut your brain off & Halo is a lot more fun. Though most of my fond memories consist of playing through the first two games in co-op mode and the multiplayer, so YMMV doing it solo all the way.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Beautiful venue regardless.
Hello britgaf, don't know if i'm in the right place, but i'm travelling to London on monday and i'm looking for a place to sleep without spending all my Euros
I've seen shared dormitory are the cheapest solution, but i'd like to have my own room with my own toilet.
Any advice?
Best place would be to ask Off topic honestly and make a thread.
Hello britgaf, don't know if i'm in the right place, but i'm travelling to London on monday and i'm looking for a place to sleep without spending all my Euros
I've seen shared dormitory are the cheapest solution, but i'd like to have my own room with my own toilet.
Any advice?
Premier inn's, Holiday Inn's are pretty cheap no-thrills hotels
Search for local B&B's (bed and breakfast) on tripadvisor
toythatkills
Member
Still probably looking at fifty quid a night, at least.
We've been married for, um, 3 months now and the novelty of saying 'just gonna text the wife' hasn't worn off. Glad you're enjoying it
She's fucking amazing. I never thought I'd be moved to tears by another human being eating a breadstick. Shit's just amazing. I could sit and watch her little concentration face for hours.
She's certainly putting the squeeze on gaming time now she's a bit older, but I hear it'll get better again as time goes by. Not that I'm too bothered, being a dad is the most fun I've ever had.
Adorable, I am very fond of my nephews / niece so I can imagine how soft I will be when they are mine.
dapperbandit
Banned
I would be very interested in the britgaf podcast. It would take a bit of work but would obviously be more feasible than an rpg. Plus I can provide my razor sharp wit and deliver it in a multitude of amusing voices.
Games.
Other entertainment.
News/current affairs
Plus we can answer questions posed by listeners/non participants.
A bevvy of things to talk about.
/night owl post
Games.
Other entertainment.
News/current affairs
Plus we can answer questions posed by listeners/non participants.
A bevvy of things to talk about.
/night owl post
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
That's sweet.
You're going to kidnap them??
TommyTosser
Member
Thanks but i'm nowhere near an alcoholic. It's just became a habit for me and my friends to just go for a drink friday and saturday nights. Never drink through the week. But it got to the point where i'd wake up Sunday afternoon or something and wonder where the weekends gone cause i've not done anything with myself. Then before i know it im back in this chair in work.
But yeah living above a pub, i've seen enough to put anyone off for life. Nevermind some of the awful fights i've seen too.
...yes.
toythatkills
Member
The "the members of video game forum 'NeoGAF' who also happen to be from Great Britain and/or plan to visit or are visiting said group of countries in the near future talk about things possibly relating to their lives and other related lines of conversation" podcast
BritGAF Podcast you say? I'm in.
Gonna be going to watch Birdman and that Stephen Hawking film at some point this week.
Oh and not been involved on gaf or whatsapp as much because I had to send my phone in for repairs :/ sucks but if it's still within warranty then I better take advantage of that.
oh and who kept posting Royal Blood stuff? Ninj? It's good stuff. Cheers!
Gonna be going to watch Birdman and that Stephen Hawking film at some point this week.
Oh and not been involved on gaf or whatsapp as much because I had to send my phone in for repairs :/ sucks but if it's still within warranty then I better take advantage of that.
oh and who kept posting Royal Blood stuff? Ninj? It's good stuff. Cheers!
roundabout
Banned
If Brit GAF did do a podcast it would need to have sploatee or Cyanide Strike on it because conversation dries up without them around.
Where is Cy anyway, I hope he's ok.
Where is Cy anyway, I hope he's ok.
roundabout
Banned
I didn't think Juniors could get banned and come back? I've been being super careful not to incur mod wrath!
I keep forgetting about Birdman looks great and everytime I'm reminded of it, I really want to see it.
I imagine that's someones alt account or someone who is very, very lucky since every junior I've known to be banned was permad. I don't really think that's right, but it's not my forum so whatever.
QuicheFontaine
Member
It's brill. Keaton is the perfect actor for that role. I'd go and see it soon though, I think it's been in cinemas for quite a while now...
roundabout
Banned
Came out in the UK this week IIRC. It's been out in the states for a while though, all my podcasts were talking about it last year.
NinjaBoiX
Member
We should def do this podcast thing, right after we release the BritGAF RPG and form the BritGAF band.
Focus - Hocus Pocus
But good lord, what a pile of shite. Way to entirely miss the point of the original!
Yeah man, they're pretty good! Loose Change and Ten Tonne Skeleton are the best tracks on the record for me.
Keaton almost managed to save that train wreck of a Robocop reboot, along with this on the soundtrack:
Focus - Hocus Pocus
But good lord, what a pile of shite. Way to entirely miss the point of the original!
QuicheFontaine
Member
Oh really? I was just going by Wikipedia, and I remember seeing a RedLetterMedia review of it last year so I though it had been out since October.
Now that you mention it, I saw it on Friday and it was sold out. I thought it was just because it was a small cinema. Doh!
Come on, let's do a podcast thing then! Let's do a rotating chair thingy with like 3/4 people at a time. All we need to do is have a rough list of broad things to talk of, a stopwatch, Skype and a tape recorder.
I think I was getting irritated because I was feeling ill, bizarrely. I went back last night after having a nap and a bowl of soup and it was better. I think I'm being a bit unfair on it for not taking it on its own merits. If you did a chart of attention span, I thought it was pretty high up until I went into the Flood chamber, then low and now it's going up again now there are the sentinels and 343 Guilty Spark being a lot more interesting than "LET'S GET THEM MARINES!". I also thought there was a tonal problem - the Big Epic Sci-Fi stuff seemed a bit conflicting with the silly grunts, but seeing them mutated and horrific has justified that design choice for me. I think I'll see it through, thanks for the boot.
That's amazing. So gorgeous and very serendipitous! Congratulations again from me and E. x
Hello! Are you still playing Destiny? The box sits on the shelf looking at me like "why u no play me no more!?" but the manner of the raising of the level cap has soured me a bit. I feel like although it was really great while it lasted, it's going to be a never-ending treadmill and that the game won't really respect the time I give up to play it.
Oh no
Are you starting with Halo 1? Maybe give 3 a shot and see how that one feels to you - I think 1 suffers from too many early-FPS issues. Very repetitive design (which works if you consider the Halos are supposed to be unmanned Dyson-Sphere slivers - function over form) really lets the game down. IMO H1 is massively overlong and a bit dull, combined with having some huge difficulty spikes. H2 is much better, 3 is nearly perfect. 3 has some of the greatest set pieces in gaming, they're burned into my memory forever.
I will say this for Halo too, it's utterly unlike any other shooter to play. The jumps, the reliance on grenades and melee. Headshotting with the CE pistol (and later the Battle Rifle / DMR).
Looking at these games between 1 and 3 shows the massive leaps that gaming made between those gens as well.
I think I was getting irritated because I was feeling ill, bizarrely. I went back last night after having a nap and a bowl of soup and it was better. I think I'm being a bit unfair on it for not taking it on its own merits. If you did a chart of attention span, I thought it was pretty high up until I went into the Flood chamber, then low and now it's going up again now there are the sentinels and 343 Guilty Spark being a lot more interesting than "LET'S GET THEM MARINES!". I also thought there was a tonal problem - the Big Epic Sci-Fi stuff seemed a bit conflicting with the silly grunts, but seeing them mutated and horrific has justified that design choice for me. I think I'll see it through, thanks for the boot.
That's amazing. So gorgeous and very serendipitous! Congratulations again from me and E. x
We've been married for, um, 3 months now and the novelty of saying 'just gonna text the wife' hasn't worn off. Glad you're enjoying it
She's fucking amazing. I never thought I'd be moved to tears by another human being eating a breadstick. .
Hello! Are you still playing Destiny? The box sits on the shelf looking at me like "why u no play me no more!?" but the manner of the raising of the level cap has soured me a bit. I feel like although it was really great while it lasted, it's going to be a never-ending treadmill and that the game won't really respect the time I give up to play it.
show me your skeleton
Member
re: podcast, i can write the themetune, sing the themetune.
Yeah I just love the grind too much...
My playtime is now insane levels... I am level 32 but missing the new raid helm and still hawkmoon and bjallerhorn escape me.... The new crota raid we can do in 25 mins now.
Which is about the same time as templar section in VOG....
To be honest the grind isn't so harsh now, level 32 is fairly easy as raid gear drops are really common as there are no primary weapons on normal mode.
looking forward to Hard Mode Crota and the new content on March 10th.
Hope you had a great festive season!
roundabout
Banned
Anyone ever play Super Cup Football as a kid?
Its the best table sports game ever, so much fun was had playing with my older brother.
That is until I beat him 3 times in a row once and he threw it down the stairs.
No but my older cousin had Subuteo and I never could figure out how to play it so I would get trounced every time. He was a right dick, that guy.
dapperbandit
Banned
Probably rehashing something I said before but I think me and sploatee are in the same camp when it comes to the grind. I think of playing it again and the word "relapse" flashes before my eyes.
The thing is I'm not averse to a bit of grind. Things like the camo challenges for weapons in CoD had me hooked in completely, even entirely pointless challenges like the ones for dog tags in BF4 give me something to work towards. But I think it's the random nature of it I can't get behind with Destiny. Any other grind I can deal with but when you're doing it for the chance of a reward, I lose patience. Another game that did this for me was Ni No Kuni. The chance of even the option of capturing a monster appearing was like 2% or something ridiculous. And to really get into the post end game stuff you needed to craft weapons and armour for yourself, to do that you had to find rare monsters which might appear and might drop the materials you need. The idea of wasting my time infuriates me.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Glad you are finding some value in Halo, sploatee. I always found the flood origin and the way they handle those levels very interesting, even if I also thought they were sometimes very derivative in their initial design (very similar to Half-Life headcrabs and other Sci-Fi creatures).
Genius.