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Title: Games
Post by: Tru on February 16, 2010, 05:54:10 AM
WTF have you guys been playing?


I'm half way through  Call Of Juarez2 (http://callofjuarez.us.ubi.com/agegate.php?destURL=http%3A//callofjuarez.us.ubi.com/)

Trips me out because I have a Vietnam era buddy I lost contact with for over 20 years  and the older brother Ray in the game Sounds exactly like him.

Oh, I have contact with my friend now and the game still sounds like him.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on February 16, 2010, 07:49:04 AM
I'm playing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on the DS while I commute to work. The whole game is controlled with a pen on the touch-screen, fucking brilliant
Title: Re: Games
Post by: mosh on February 17, 2010, 02:18:18 AM
I dont play games....

SimCity is a way of life!
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Nitya on February 17, 2010, 05:32:35 AM
ive been meaning to get back into morrowind and okami. i want to finish those.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Drugmoth on February 17, 2010, 05:48:02 AM
edit: reading things wrong is stupid
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on February 17, 2010, 07:32:35 AM
I was going to try use my commute for something constructive, like learning some financial stuff that would help at work etc, but I think I'll just play gameboy
Title: Re: Games
Post by: mosh on February 18, 2010, 02:33:21 AM
down times important dude
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Thrash on February 18, 2010, 03:16:29 PM
Agreed; I have little of it and cherish when I do have it ...
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on February 18, 2010, 11:23:42 PM
Dam, I got BioShock II and it wouldn't run. So I upgraded my video drivers and moved up to DirectX 10 and bingo. It runs great now.
But, Call Of Juarez2 which I was about half way through then refused to run. So I had to do a reinstall on that one and replace my save games but it worked out. Crisis, Crisis Warhead, and Call Of Duty - Modern Warfare all still ran fine.

I've got a version of windows 7 on a DVD, it supposedly has DirectX 11 but I'm not sure I want to go there just yet.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Nitya on February 20, 2010, 06:16:56 AM
ive been meaning to get back into morrowind and okami. i want to finish those.

finished okami, now I'm back to the beginning.
Started zack and wiki, that's alright.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Thrash on February 20, 2010, 06:22:38 PM
Lives, people ....
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Phaedrus on February 23, 2010, 03:44:35 PM
E3 09: Bioshock 2 Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIopXUPVGFE#normal)

Borderlands Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai7pMPCDHpo#normal)
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Libertine on February 23, 2010, 10:50:33 PM
I got a bunch of stuff around xmas and nothing really held my interest very long.  Even that though, gaming is just efficient cash for hours hobby.

I played MW2, L4D2, Borderlands, and now Global Agenda.

Now that school/work/teaching schedule is back again I'm hardly playing shit.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: ttfg on February 23, 2010, 11:27:43 PM
That reminds me. I finished Half Life 2.  I was impressed with the new (at the time of release) game level design.

Thanks for the steam invite, Mr. Lib.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Phaedrus on March 04, 2010, 02:39:15 AM
Im posting this from my new PSP this is neat as shit but frustrating because it enters text like a cell phone number pad aaaaarrrgghfucklewtjmkg,a@!. <:}
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Libertine on March 04, 2010, 12:21:10 PM
Plants vs. Zombies is only $3 on the iPhone/iPod Touch.  I spent a fuckton of time doing that this last week.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: 13chemicals on March 05, 2010, 12:36:00 AM
Shut up.  My boyfriend plays Plants vs. Zombies instead of doing his job... drawing characters for real video games.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Nitya on March 05, 2010, 03:16:19 PM
I've seen that game in the store so much but fuck if I'm going to pay for any of my apps. Srsly.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on March 05, 2010, 03:28:03 PM
I finished CoJ-BiB a few days ago and started it over on hard. I played as Thomas all the way through the first time (where allowed) and now I'm playing as Ray. Slightly different story lines. Good game though.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Emperor Reagan on March 05, 2010, 03:34:23 PM
I am currently successfully resisting the call of Bioshock 2.

Even though I have a boner for anything that shits on the objectivists.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Daddy on March 05, 2010, 06:21:23 PM
I am still on Madden 10 and Romance Of The Three Kingdoms VIII.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Phaedrus on March 05, 2010, 10:40:12 PM
I am currently successfully resisting the call of Bioshock 2.

Even though I have a boner for anything that shits on the objectivists.

This one shits more on communists, really, but it doesn't focus on the politics as much as the first one did, mostly just on Sofia Lamb's craziness.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on March 05, 2010, 10:49:59 PM
Yep I've started that one but haven't really been playing it yet.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on March 14, 2010, 01:12:50 AM
So whats the deal with this "new" Alien Versus Predator game?

Seems like I played that exact same game title quite a few years ago.
Is this a remake or a different story?

Finished Perseus Mandate this morning. Short game for 7 gb, Have "F.E.A.R. 2 : Project Origins" on the way.
May arrive sometime tonight, or not ... we'll see.

Title: Re: Games
Post by: Emperor Reagan on March 14, 2010, 04:51:40 PM
 am ready for the new Dragon Age Origins expansion.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: mosh on March 15, 2010, 05:26:13 AM
(http://plus4world.powweb.com/dl/screenshots/j/jack_attack_main.gif)
Title: Re: Games
Post by: communist twat on March 15, 2010, 07:04:59 AM
Plants vs. Zombies is only $3 on the iPhone/iPod Touch.  I spent a fuckton of time doing that this last week.

Oh god oh god oh god! loved the shit out that game but i beated it. now my life has no purpose.

I've been playing World Of Warcraft a lot lately. mmo rpg's ftw!

 :D
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on March 18, 2010, 04:04:22 AM
I really want to just plug in a game and relax. grrrrr
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on March 18, 2010, 11:28:54 PM
On the super spiffy modern age 2600 ???
Title: Re: Games
Post by: FAH-Q on March 20, 2010, 05:07:48 PM
A couple of friends of mine recently discovered that I have GTA4, so I've been watching quite a lot of it, but haven't really felt the urge to play. It's like I've gone off video games for the moment.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Drugmoth on March 21, 2010, 03:56:49 AM
I've been playing No More Heroes 2....and it's fucking awesome.  That's all.  If you have a Wii, buy it.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Daddy on March 22, 2010, 10:53:44 PM
I may just pick that up.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 22, 2010, 11:10:11 PM
gaming is just efficient cash for hours hobby.
That's exactly how I look at it. Retirement is going to rock. I'm stockpiling shit I have no time for now.

I've been playing No More Heroes 2....and it's fucking awesome.  That's all.  If you have a Wii, buy it.
Actually anything suda51 touches is pure gold. Check out Contact next.

I'm currently playing FF1 believe it or not. I'd gotten through 80-85% of it just before college and now I'm starting it from scratch. Cartridge-based gaming is the only way to be, guys. Fuck this compact disk technology blah. Cartridges!
Title: Re: Games
Post by: FAH-Q on March 23, 2010, 03:32:57 PM
No More Heroes

whatever happened to all the heroes?
all the shakespearoes?
they watched their rome burn
whatever happened to the heroes?
whatever happened to the heroes?

no more heroes anymore!
no more heroes anymore!
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Thrash on March 23, 2010, 05:45:04 PM
I've seen that game in the store so much but fuck if I'm going to pay for any of my apps. Srsly.

She really needs her lunch money ...
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Nitya on March 23, 2010, 05:54:00 PM
I have packed lunches. ^.^
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on March 23, 2010, 06:08:36 PM
Currently playing Borderlands, already at level 23. Just did the booze run for Crazy Earl.
It's more fun than I thought it would be when I first started it.  Now I have to go after some asshole named Crom.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 23, 2010, 06:52:04 PM
I've seen that game in the store so much but fuck if I'm going to pay for any of my apps. Srsly.

Yeah my deal is why pay money when it's free here
http://www.popcap.com/games/free/pvz?mid=pvz_pcweb_en_full (http://www.popcap.com/games/free/pvz?mid=pvz_pcweb_en_full)
(or http://www.popcap.com/games/free/pvz?mid=pvz_macweb_en_full (http://www.popcap.com/games/free/pvz?mid=pvz_macweb_en_full) for us macfags)
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Phaedrus on March 23, 2010, 07:08:13 PM
Right now I'm playing FF13.  It's better than I thought it would be.  Really fast-paced combat that makes you have to pay attention or die, but it has some of the crap from recent JRPG's that I don't really like, but it's not so off-putting as Star Ocean was.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 23, 2010, 07:59:05 PM
Oh OK, Mr. Fancy-pants. Do you think you're 13 times better than me then? Is that it?
...

But yeah, I actually heard FF13 is quite good though.

Out of curiosity, have you played all the previous FFs?
I cast no judgment on others in this area. I know there's no continuity of storyline involved or anything, but for me personally I'll play them in order or not at all. Most people I know who are fans of the series started with FF7 (or sometimes FF6) and never were interested enough to go back to the earlier games. I'll be playing an English translation of FF2 next.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Phaedrus on March 23, 2010, 08:29:12 PM
Yeah, I was around when the original Final Fantasy was brought over on NES, and I've played every one of them since, though I only played FF11 for a month because I hate MMO's.

You're right, there is NO continuity of story line between the games at all, which is part of the theme of the series, the only exceptions being the FF7 spinoffs and FFX-2 (which actually was a better game than FFX, gameplay-wise).  But playing them in order is good, too, for getting into the feel of the series, though If I were you I'd only bother with the ones that were brought to the US (1,4,6,and 7-13) and I might skip over 9 and 11 altogether.  Nine was completely banal and forgettable, and 11 was a freaking MMO that every one of the worst qualities of the genre, in spades.

Edit:  For clarification's sake, let me show you Cloud, the protagonist of FF7:  (http://www.jlcideas.com/Image/FF7-adv-CloudStrife.jpg)

Squall, from FF8, my favorite of all the FF games.  Yes, that is a .44 Magnum made into his fucking sword. (http://ralloonx.nomadchronicle.com/Misc/ff8-squall6.jpg)

And this is the protagonist(fag) of FF9......... 
 (http://ff.munkyisland.com/images/ff9/zidane5.jpg)
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on March 23, 2010, 10:14:54 PM
Looks sort a like the Kick Ass bitch.


(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_38S3GvMLsqg/SfBnCDT5-PI/AAAAAAAAAEM/6z5iKdYdXbs/s400/Kick-Ass+The+Movie+Hit+Girl.jpg)
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 24, 2010, 01:43:42 AM
Yeah I've seen a lot of FF7 through my brothers' playing the game. I actually played the demo as well. That's what I keep reminding myself of as I wade through battle after battle after painful level-up battle against BONEs and GrWOLFs. It's all worth it eventually. Anyway FF1 isn't that bad. It gives me nostalgia for Dragon Warrior. In fact I think I may finish that series up after I'm finished with Final Fantasy.

Speaking of such 8-bit joy, by the way, have you heard of the game "3D Dot Game Heroes"? It looks fantastic. It hurts me as a Nintendo fan to say it but the PS3 really has some quality games. I've been drooling over Heavy Rain for months now. Quantic Dream puts out a SOLID effort every time.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on March 24, 2010, 12:01:13 PM
I downloaded and played ff1 and ff2 on my old cell for $1, yay.

Also this thread made me get Plants vs Zombies, it's fucking brilliant
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 24, 2010, 03:03:19 PM
And by "get" I hope you mean "play for free at Popcap," yes?
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on March 24, 2010, 10:49:24 PM
nah, I downloaded it onto my iphone. I think it was about $3, pity I clocked it in only a few days. Good idea for a game though and I'll buy any expansion levels.

I don't have time to pirate things, if I want to watch, listen or play something I'm willing to pay for it to work instantly with no dithering around. I'm happy with this arrangement because it means I have more money than time, which is more fun than the opposite used to be. I think the only thing I've pirated since leaving university was a copy of the Adobe suite for my now wife, and even then I took beer over to a mates house who owed me a favor and he got it for me while I sat on his couch playing nintendo and talking to his girlfriend. Likewise I wont jailbreak my iphone because why would I tinker with something that makes calls, does email, plays music and games and Apple updates the software for me?

You'll enjoy not being a student I think.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 25, 2010, 03:10:35 AM
I actually have grown more interested in getting the legit copies of things as I've grown older. I have strange prejudices. Console games, especially cartridge-based games I want in the hardcopy. Some music I want in the hardcopy version too. I really like LPs for instance. But PC games or most movies/TV shows... I'll pirate those often.

No question I'll be happier when school is fucking done though.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: mosh on March 25, 2010, 03:48:10 AM
'd you ever lay your hands on that weird Russian game you were after?
Title: Re: Games
Post by: mosh on March 25, 2010, 03:49:19 AM
I just scored 5 games for the Commodore C16 from some dude in Germany... pretty happy, coz they all be rare as.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 25, 2010, 11:54:27 AM
'd you ever lay your hands on that weird Russian game you were after?
Nah, I found a site that claimed they'd ship to the USA but then when I actually tried to pay the people canceled my order and told me they don't ship abroad. I asked them if there were any places they knew that did ship to the USA and the guy gave me a list of places. I tried them all and none ship to the USA. I considered getting stuff shipped to relatives in Hungary, but the whole thing is such a hassle I started to lose interest. Just recently I started to search again though. My current strategy is to get the game through Lithuania where it's sold in hard-copy under yet another name. The game has no dialogue so it's not like it'll be unplayable regardless of where I get it from.

I've actually played the game after purchasing it via Steam despite my internal revulsion, but my hard-drive died this X-mas and so I've lost the game again. I fucking hate video game DRM. It's shocking to me that I've paid money for a game and now I have to go cringing back to the sellers to get it again. Give me the physical game. If I break it then I'll buy a new one. I don't like any of this long-term rental/subscription bullshit that we have today.

Anyway my current madness takes the form of trying to get a game from Brazil. Again, I speak no Portuguese and the kid I'm trying to buy from is writing to me in Portuguese slang and 1337-speak which makes my job as a translator triple-hard. It's the steal of a life-time for the game - a rare undumped SNES ROM - that he's selling for only 40 reals. The thing is that he's also unwilling to ship to the USA so I need a contact in Brazil. I'm trying to work something out right now but it's beginning to get tricky.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on March 25, 2010, 07:22:36 PM
There are companies in the world that re-ship, mate. People us them to package purchase to look like gifts and avoid duty, or bundle several items together and save on shipping.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on March 25, 2010, 09:41:20 PM
Every time I do this I think it's the last time forever, though. Nobody in their right mind would make a habit of dealing with people of so many different countries. The first interaction I had like this was in trying to buy a bottle of Loch Lomond from Germany. That ended in disaster as the German dude marked the bottle as whiskey and it was summarily "destroyed" (read drunk by customes officers) at the Canadian border. I should have learned my lesson then. Now I have a spam box overflowing with Russian garbage and nothing to show for it.

I just sent payment to the guy in Brazil. Hopefully this ends well.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Tru on April 06, 2010, 02:42:13 PM
Battlefield - Bad Company II is fucking intense.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Doormouse on April 07, 2010, 03:12:54 AM
I just sent payment to the guy in Brazil. Hopefully this ends well.
For the record, this ended in disaster.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: underclass on April 07, 2010, 04:00:18 AM
hahaha
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Phaedrus on May 28, 2010, 04:31:42 AM
Ok, I don't get all the hype about that Batman Arkham Asylum game.  I've been trying to play it for two days now and it's boring as shit.  I guess if you're really mega-into Batman or something and stain your pants every time you see the batman logo it might be good, I've just never really been into Batman.

I also bought a cheap 1st Gen Ipod Touch on Ebay last week and I've been playing around with apps.  I downloaded the GTA:Chinatown Wars app for iphone/itouch but it was nigh unplayable so I deleted it.
Title: Re: Games
Post by: Nitya on May 28, 2010, 05:32:51 AM
I dont pirate a lot but i dont always see the point in paying for things unnessecarily.sp. especially on the ipod. Srsly.

When we first got oblivion, elder scrolls, we pirated it from a friend. And I loved that game enough to actually go out and buy it.


Edit: I'm on half term now as well (hence I actually have time/the patience to post on forums and soon to play on the computer.) soo i'm gonna work on completing the mr bean game i got for my bday. xD