So quitting coffee turned your body into a gigantic pussy. Interesting and one more reason to never give up.
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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes
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CyanideFuse
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Nothing was found with me and I don't really do caffeine. I think they come on when I have too much time to myself to think. Keeping busy stops my bloody brain from causing me problems.
And thanks for your insight; a sensible non-shitty reply to boot. I hope things are better for you as it is a horrible problem to have. You know your own body and you know patterns as to when things occur. Are you able to drink coffee to any extent now?
I never once pushed an agenda to her; I politely offered a possible reason. I just said that they come on when I have anxiety. My problem is her bloody response to me: she doesn't know my life and why or why not I would have anxiety in my life.
I have lived with this for a few years to some extents but it was so bad at Christmas that I was pretty scared about having a heart attack.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Weirdly, she's a friend of mines housemate. He also lives two doors down from Josie Long.
Veep?
You said you were anxious, she smiled (probably trying to put you at ease) and asked what made you anxious. I don't know seems like basic doctor/patient interaction to me *shrugs*
CyanideFuse
Member
Yes it has to be Veep. The UK-based episode in series 3 I think.
You had to be there; I know my message can be construed as confrontational regarding the situation (smiling) but smiles don't always have to be 100% positive - they can be used in an almost belittling way (not always intentional but that is how it can come across). That is that on the matter anyway otherwise we will go on forever and a day about something only I was experiencing.
show me your skeleton
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is THIS britain's funniest street?
screaming meat you've done it again! just as my finger hovered above the 'unfriend' button on xbox live, a guillotine edge ready to sever the silver coard that connects us betwixt the ether(net).
no, i kid. i'd never delete you bro. unless you
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I've only seen a few episodes myself.
Nah. You see, I live on a road called *teehee* Richard Street, right? But I like to *snigger* tell people it's actually *guffaw* it's actually called DICK street! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAaaaaaa...! DICK STREET! GEDDIT?!
u guts a purdy mouf.
I think so yes, but I actually don't like it any more, tastes minging. /sips chai latte. We are talking very strong espresso, I can take caffeine from other sources just fine (coke etc...)
Pretty much, maybe it's to do with being mid 30's now. I can still drink booze of vast quantity's though so I won't kill myself just yet.
I'm not sure if I'm reading a joke or the opening to some porno here.
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CyanideFuse
Member
Perhaps that is the best way to handle a doctor's appointment! I also misconstrued it as something wrong with certain parts of you.
I have hit an all time low. Whilst working I am running an idling program to get Steam cards to drop. It does all the work and I don't have to play the games. I can then sell the cards for bugger-all 4p.
Plus I made a spreadsheet of my Steam games last night so I can print it out to see what games I own.
I may print the Steam grid thumbnails so I can make a little card index (seeing as I have no physical boxes). What a sad ****er I have become.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
You've crossed over, maaaaan. You've sold out!
Did you listen to that Richard Dawson track?
Will somebody please listen to Richard Dawson? Not the soft rock dude, the caustic Geordie who plays wrong guitar and sings about Tynemouth college. Please?!?! Think about the children!!!
Also, you know
Bioshock is fancy
First Light is speedy (and no Delsin, huzzah!)
The Swapper is absorbing-y
Titanfall is underrated-y
Gears of War is MANLY
NinjaBoiX
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sploatee, Gears of War 1 is one of my favourite games, it's just so chunky, satisfying and well designed. Brilliant (if a little derivative) mix of weapons and enemies, active reload is an ingenious mechanic (the risk/reward balance of hitting the sweet spot to buff your bullets, the bigger/easier window to simply speed up your reload and jamming your weapon if you mistime it altogether is basically perfect, especially as you can choose ignore it entirely), it's a technical marvel given its age and still nobody has emulated the cover system with quite the same level of success.
Yeah, it's big, dumb and "dudebro" as hell, but it's an exceptionally well crafted game.
Yeah, it's big, dumb and "dudebro" as hell, but it's an exceptionally well crafted game.
Screaming Meat
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CyanideFuse
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Gears was the last game that genuinely impressed me in terms of graphics. I hadn't been into gaming for many years prior to the release of this game and we had just got a 360 and an HD TV so it was a real eye opener. Plus I really enjoyed the game so that helped too.
It was just dumb stupid fun.
It was just dumb stupid fun.
NinjaBoiX
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Campus Grinder though, sheer genius.
I don't often replay sections of games, but that combat bowl was perfection, I would often reload it three and four times just to have another go at it.
I remember soloing the game on insane, the final enemy in that area happened to be a common grub, he was chasing me while I was in cover against one of those circular planters in the middle of the courtyard until I got a blind-fire headshot while still moving with the Gnasher to end the skirmish.
*melon pop*
*guitar riff*
*cheese eating grin*
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I think I played Gears for roughly five minutes. Bullet sponge enemies, testosterone-ridden 'muricana, clunky gameplay... I found it pretty awful and dumb. Looked nice though.
Not my cup of tea at all.
Not my cup of tea at all.
GOD DAMN IT NOBODY READS MY DAMN POSTS DAMN IT
He's only the Wire's no.2 album of the year and just utterly fabulous only just amazing that's all sigh. yes, I put stock in Wire.It's so so good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQVlNt6DAxY
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Ninj, you're goddamn right about the active reload.
Cyfu, it still looks great today.
Banofy, what level design? Do you mean the placement of chest-high walls?
Meat-o, I just imagine that the aliens are [minority] and I feel good. I'll be honest, I dislike the military-masturbation a bit, but I did actually smile when I had a "gun" called the "hammer of dawn". Is that what happens to blokes in the morning?
I quite like how even the aliens are supersteroided manhulks. I'll see how I get on. I've just finished the first act and there were a lot of things to like. Nothing wrong with "dudebro" in itself. It's a bit like Saving Private Ryan but with aliens, isn't it? I can't help thinking that it's way way better in co-op though. Missed the boat with that one a bit!
ALSO SIDE EDIT - CAN PEOPLE PLEASE STOP NAMING SHADOW OF MORDOR AS GAME OF THE YEAR IT SETS A BAD EXAMPLE. That game basically plays itself. I tried again to play it but its just sooooo easy! Am I mad? Does it become interesting at any point? All it is is button mashing in the world's most brownest world. I'm putting it on my "Everyone else is mad" list with Persona 4 Golden. These games are rubbish, wake up sheeple!
Most of Act 2 was fucking poor. The end of Act 3 was a bit crap. Act 4 was the best part of the game though.
Had fun co-oping it on insane though. Good stuff.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I'M ILL GODDAMN U
MY TONSILS ARE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF CATHERDRAL DOORS
I'M SWEATING SO MUCH I LOOK LIKE AN ALBINO SLUG
I MAY BE DYING
CyanideFuse
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I can't remember if they made an appearance in the first game (don't think they did?) but Tickers are my favourite. Cute little destructive creatures.
It would be nice to have a modded version of one so they are posh. Like posh mudcrabs in Skyrim.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Same. It completely nails the look and feel of what it wants to achieve, but it just isn't fun for me. I'd rather just play RE4 again.
On other game related notes, GTA V in first person is fantastic. I don't like open world games and haven't enjoyed a GTA since Vice City, but damn is this one amazing. It engrosses you in the incredibly city in a way that nothing has ever matched for me. Incredible game. The story is puerile nonsense (but better than 4's poorly executed rubbish) and the jokes/tone of the game is lowest common denominator, but that feeling of soaring over glittering lakes or chasing someone down Mt. Chiliad on a bmx...
Oh and buy Wolfenstein: The New Order, it is so solid and chunky and full of great details. It's very silly but still manages to get some decent emotional moments and, well, killing Nazi robots (and doing other, weirder, brilliant but spoilery things) is just raw and fun.
NinjaBoiX
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There is no denying this to be fair, but if you were practiced in reloading properly so you got the buffed bullets they weren't that bad. Plus, the idea was often to shoot the enemies legs out from under them so you could either get an easier headshot as they crawl around, run over and grab them as a meatshield or simply stamp on their skill.
Plus, I loved the glowing white hot muzzle and meatier sound to your weapon when you fired buffed bullets, and the hollow, empty rattling sound that accompanied the ending of a clip, a fantastic audio cue to reload.
The game is littered with wonderful little design flourishes, it really is. It's deceptively nuanced that game.
CyanideFuse
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I have my copy of GTA V pre-ordered for the PC. Looking forward to playing it through again but choosing the different approach to the heists. It better be a competent version; GTA IV's performance issues leave a bit of a nasty feeling.
I am really intrigued, to experience for myself, just how big of a gameplay difference the first-person view brings.
Wolfenstein was in my top 5 games of 2014. I expected little from the game but it was so solid in terms of gameplay and story. I will do a third run through at some point. It was nice to go to sleep and play Wolfenstein 3D too.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Yeah if I had a good enough PC, that should be the version to go for. Honestly I found V on the PS3 unplayable and no fun. A little because of the performance but mostly because the 3rd person controls are bad and also having to look at one of those horrible player characters takes you massively out of it.
Oh god the Nightmares LOL. That was amazing, 3d was the first game I ever played so that was a lovely moment for me.
CyanideFuse
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It is odd because I had been gaming on a high-end PC for well over a year and went back to the 360 to play this game. I got on far better than expected; I think I just accepted that everything would be paired back. I still think it was a technical marvel in spite of the frame rate issues. It was hard to believe the hardware was capable of portraying the scale of the city and environment.
GTA has always felt a bit rough in regards the controls. It would be nice if it can perform like Max Payne 3 did as that felt smooth and responsive. A different game but the more consistent and higher (hopefully) frame rate would go a long way to help.
Screaming Meat
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Michael and Trevor are awesome characters. Franklin was tragically undercooked.
They were all undercooked because the game is over before they can do anything with the characters. Though, Trevor and Michael are like, soft toast while Franklin is still dough.
show me your skeleton
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if people are buying the same game three times, it's not falling for a ploy that is the problem.
says the man who would definitely buy another version of final fantasy xii or bioshock infinite, two games widely regarded as 'hmm...'.
CyanideFuse
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The game might be delayed according to an ongoing thread in the gaming section. The lack of news was beginning to make me think this.
They could have cut Frank out and it make zero difference to main plot (thankfully didn't so we could have the glory of Lamar). The story focus is Michael and Trevor it all about relationship between them all the chaos is because of them two
BLOODY GET WELL SOON THEN YA OISEAUX!
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Wolfenstein was fun. I went and got the platinum and everything. I think it's overrated by GAF but it's a lot of fun and nice to play a game written by actual human beings.
Screaming Meat
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Nah, I disagree. The plot is half baked, sure; but I think Michael and Trevor have a very well developed and interesting relationship. They may not be likeable (it's GTA), but both of them have more depth and complexity than probably 90% of videogame protagonists.
Then again, it's R*, isn't it? Most people will take potshots at their output for the sake of it, regardless of the actual quality.
I DUN'T KNOW WIT THAT MUNS BUT THANX I GO DOCTOR NOW
It gets harder layer on but only if you decide to never run away from battles. Doesn't get interesting, alas. Real chore to finish.
man shadow of mordor.
I can honestly say I have never sucked as hard as I did with that game.
I leveled up the enemies too high in the starting section and was fucked as they'd then mob me.
I then went back to destiny and remained there to the current day.
Fuck I need games to come out!
Does anyone else feel evolve will plain and simple suck? I love the idea and the times I have played it, but as a long lasting experience I think it's going to really suck.
I can honestly say I have never sucked as hard as I did with that game.
I leveled up the enemies too high in the starting section and was fucked as they'd then mob me.
I then went back to destiny and remained there to the current day.
Fuck I need games to come out!
Does anyone else feel evolve will plain and simple suck? I love the idea and the times I have played it, but as a long lasting experience I think it's going to really suck.
I agree with the thread that it's over-hyped / over-exposed. It looks pretty simple, light on content and terrible if you are not playing with a core group on voicecomms....
But then so are most MOBA's and they print money, so what the fuck do I know.
It still could have done a lot more with them, I really wanted to see more interaction between Trevor and Michaels family.
CyanideFuse
Member
I liked Shadow of Mordor. Getting involved in huge fights and finding ways of dispatching them all differently was good fun. It was a solid game and a good graphics card overclocker test so win/win.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I really need a PS4 game to play. I haven't used it except for blu rays since GTA 5 came out.
That's why I went and got a 360. As I missed last gen it's great to play loads of games people talk about and figure out what the fuss is.
I am going to try Alien Isolation at some point though. geometry wars too. And this months ps+ games are alright too. Youve tried Resogun, right?
show me your skeleton
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you're talking to a destiny player, they don't care about amount of content.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I have. I bought hotline miami and another world on the PSN sale as well, but I haven't played them yet.