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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Today I Die Again is one of those pixelly arty indie things that you either love or love to hate. Takes all of 20 minutes to dick about and find your way to the end so you'd be annoyed if you paid for it even if it is quite clever. Good job it's free for today then!
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    I played the Flash version of this awhile back. It is... eh. The ending is very wtf and the whole thing reeks of art-wank.

    Looks good though.

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  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    ocious wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_8rrcsYK4k&feature=player_embedded

    Only available in Finland right now. I saw this on a TechCrunch article.
    http://www.shadowcities.com/

    Sooo not into this whole location based stuff.

    Sorry, I don't want the Internet to know where I am. I will tell you if I wish.

    I never even touched that thing in the facebook app.


    That said, the glyph drawing looks pretty cool for spells.

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  • AmpixAmpix Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    zilo wrote: »
    Today I Die Again is one of those pixelly arty indie things that you either love or love to hate. Takes all of 20 minutes to dick about and find your way to the end so you'd be annoyed if you paid for it even if it is quite clever. Good job it's free for today then!
    mzl.aoethnxy.320x480-75.jpg

    I played the Flash version of this awhile back. It is... eh. The ending is very wtf and the whole thing reeks of art-wank.

    Looks good though.

    I like it a lot, but I can't figure out what to do after I get the word 'fight'. There's these blocks at the top of the screen that I have to get rid of somehow (I think) but I can't get rid of them.

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  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Got Ascendancy last night. Plays just like the old one. Feels soooo good to play it again. What a great game.

    I imagine it could be difficult to play in larger galaxies since it can be tricky to select some things like planets, ships, and stars. AI is better than it used to be. I am kinda impressed. It took some work to out tech and out fleet the AIs. I think I have a good lead now. Put it on the harder atmosphere setting next.

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  • BloodfartBloodfart Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Gamedev Story question:

    I got my company running well now. I have a surplus of almost 100 million and the latest gaming console is the Gamebox (Gamecube).

    Will more consoles open up later? like more advanced imitations of the ps2, xbox, etc?

    I seem to have run into a hole where my crew can do everything so whats the point in continuing.

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  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Bloodfart wrote: »
    Gamedev Story question:

    I got my company running well now. I have a surplus of almost 100 million and the latest gaming console is the Gamebox (Gamecube).

    Will more consoles open up later? like more advanced imitations of the ps2, xbox, etc?

    I seem to have run into a hole where my crew can do everything so whats the point in continuing.

    Make your own console.

    Also there is a console that gets release that is also a space probe. Kinda cool. I think it comes out after the 20 years game time, though.

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  • EQDuffyEQDuffy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    The console releases (at least the Jupiter) are a bit random. I've had the Jupiter become available in year 8 or 9, and had it not show up in the first 20 years at all.

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ampix wrote: »
    zilo wrote: »
    Today I Die Again is one of those pixelly arty indie things that you either love or love to hate. Takes all of 20 minutes to dick about and find your way to the end so you'd be annoyed if you paid for it even if it is quite clever. Good job it's free for today then!
    mzl.aoethnxy.320x480-75.jpg

    I played the Flash version of this awhile back. It is... eh. The ending is very wtf and the whole thing reeks of art-wank.

    Looks good though.

    I like it a lot, but I can't figure out what to do after I get the word 'fight'. There's these blocks at the top of the screen that I have to get rid of somehow (I think) but I can't get rid of them.
    Drag the chick at RAMMING SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED into each of them while you have fight in the poem.

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  • AmpixAmpix Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ampix wrote: »
    zilo wrote: »
    Today I Die Again is one of those pixelly arty indie things that you either love or love to hate. Takes all of 20 minutes to dick about and find your way to the end so you'd be annoyed if you paid for it even if it is quite clever. Good job it's free for today then!
    mzl.aoethnxy.320x480-75.jpg

    I played the Flash version of this awhile back. It is... eh. The ending is very wtf and the whole thing reeks of art-wank.

    Looks good though.

    I like it a lot, but I can't figure out what to do after I get the word 'fight'. There's these blocks at the top of the screen that I have to get rid of somehow (I think) but I can't get rid of them.
    Drag the chick at RAMMING SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED into each of them while you have fight in the poem.

    Awesome, thanks! I got confused because you can also
    tap the blocks to make them dissapear, but then they respawn, but if you keep doing it sometimes they stay away.

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  • RothgarrRothgarr Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Dungeon Defenders update is out today and is only 99 cents until tomorrow.

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  • RothgarrRothgarr Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Sweet, at $0.99 i'll definitely check out Dungeon Defenders.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    So I got this Dungeon Defenders game, cause hey, a buck!

    Aaand it won't run. It crashes. Yes, I restarted the phone. Apparently that's the main peeve with it too given the reviews.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Which phone are you using?

    (I can't help, I'm just curious)

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    An iPhone 4!

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  • DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    An iPhone 4!

    Well you said you reset it, but: which method did you use? Hold the lock button, or hold the home+lock buttons?

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  • RothgarrRothgarr Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Weird that it doesn't run on yours.

    I, too, downloaded it today to my iPhone 4 and it fired right up. I even had Aralon and Real Racing 2 running in the background (and I didn't restart my phone, either). I only played through part of the first map, though.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I restarted it. I did not do a hard reboot. I turned it off like you're supposed to. It's still on 4.1, maybe that's why?

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Are there any good asynchronous strategy/board games that people (particularly anyone on here) actually play?

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  • WeedlumWeedlum Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    admanb wrote: »
    Are there any good asynchronous strategy/board games that people (particularly anyone on here) actually play?

    Carcassonne is amazing. You can find me on there using my username at gmail.com. It is the gold standard for awesome asynchronous play on iOS and I consistently have 5 or 6 games going at once. Though, I turned off the sound for the notifications. The voice says "It's your turn now!" and scared the shit out of me when it went off one night at 2 in the morning.

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  • eobeteobet 8-bit childhood SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Weedlum wrote: »
    admanb wrote: »
    Are there any good asynchronous strategy/board games that people (particularly anyone on here) actually play?

    Carcassonne is amazing. You can find me on there using my username at gmail.com. It is the gold standard for awesome asynchronous play on iOS and I consistently have 5 or 6 games going at once. Though, I turned off the sound for the notifications. The voice says "It's your turn now!" and scared the shit out of me when it went off one night at 2 in the morning.

    Golden. :D

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    Heard the proposition that RIAA and MPAA should join forces and form "Music And Film Industry Association"?
  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Dungeon hunters works great on my iphone4. Picked it up for $4 and regretted it. For a $1 it's probably worth it. Seems like a solid game, just not fun.

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  • bobmyknobbobmyknob 3DS Friend Code 4553-9974-2186 Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I don't know if this is news to you guys, but iDOS is free (and re-released on the App Store?).

    Check it out.

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    bobmyknob wrote: »
    I don't know if this is news to you guys, but iDOS is free (and re-released on the App Store?).

    Check it out.

    It no longer allows iTunes file transfer, which kind of ruins it for me, but it comes with some decent freeware games.

    I'm not updating so I can continue to play Dungeon Hack on my phone.

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    *ahem*
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/idos-emulator-back-on-app-store-requires-hack-to-load-games.ars
    http://www.macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/

    You can still load your own games on.

    [edit]
    I just dragged xcom over from my steamapps folder, and it works perfect.. That's awesome.

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  • InkSplatInkSplat 100%ed Bad Rats. Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    If anyone is interested in Shadow Cities, if you make a quick Finland iTunes account you can download it and use it no problem.

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    And how do you do that without a finland credit card?

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  • DrHookensteinDrHookenstein Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Does Galaxy on Fire 2 (GoF2) have an option between tilt controls and the on-screen joystick?

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    "He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it." -Moby Dick
  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Does Galaxy on Fire 2 (GoF2) have an option between tilt controls and the on-screen joystick?

    Yes.

    BTW, combat gets super hard later on. I kinda wish it had a physical joystick.

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Yeah, in the trial, I decided the joystick was a piece of crap that I just couldn't use.

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  • RothgarrRothgarr Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tommatt wrote: »
    Dungeon hunters works great on my iphone4. Picked it up for $4 and regretted it. For a $1 it's probably worth it. Seems like a solid game, just not fun.

    It seems VERY cramped on my iPhone 4. I'll give it a try on my iPad -- hopefully the extra real estate helps

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  • InkSplatInkSplat 100%ed Bad Rats. Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Xaviar wrote: »
    And how do you do that without a finland credit card?

    When you go in to Create New Account, there is a payment option of "None" on the far right of the options list. Then just pick a random Finland address and download it.

    I'm not sure if the in-app purchases work once its on a device signed in to your American account, but when I switched back to my US account, it converted the prices of the mana potions to US$.

    I'm an Animator, account name is Inksplat if anyone else joins up and wants to add me.

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Blast. Can I delete my account and start over? I picked architect, as I figured it out before I saw your post X_X

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  • InkSplatInkSplat 100%ed Bad Rats. Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Xaviar wrote: »
    Blast. Can I delete my account and start over? I picked architect, as I figured it out before I saw your post X_X

    Not seeing any way to do that yet. Looks like you'll have to either make a new account or just stick with Architect and add me anyway. :P

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Well.. Sent you a friend request.

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  • InkSplatInkSplat 100%ed Bad Rats. Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Xaviar wrote: »
    Well.. Sent you a friend request.

    Whoops. Accepted you then deleted you accidentally!

    Sent you a friend quest in return. :P If you expand my friend thing, don't hit the little minus sign!

    Have to go to the same place where you sent the friend request to accept it. Hopefully they'll add in push notifications, or at least something that shows you have a request from the main menu.

    Not sure if we can use eachother's Beacons since we're not on the same team, but feel free to try using mine if you need any red spirits.

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I can see you, but I can't see any beacons. I don't have any up yet, btw.

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  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    edited January 2011
    zilo wrote: »
    bobmyknob wrote: »
    I don't know if this is news to you guys, but iDOS is free (and re-released on the App Store?).

    Check it out.

    It no longer allows iTunes file transfer, which kind of ruins it for me, but it comes with some decent freeware games.

    I'm not updating so I can continue to play Dungeon Hack on my phone.

    you can still transfer files in using a piece of external software, and they did a bunch of bugfixes.

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    Let's play Mario Kart or something...
  • kalkal Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Cover Orange is a pretty good game in the same vein as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in that its a physics based puzzler where the object is to move oranges (with faces of course) into some area where you can cover them up before the rain cloud comes to kill them. The quicker you do it the more points you score. Comes with 120 levels out of the gate so it isn't short and is free right now.

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  • MetallikatMetallikat Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Xaviar wrote: »
    *ahem*
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/idos-emulator-back-on-app-store-requires-hack-to-load-games.ars
    http://www.macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/

    You can still load your own games on.

    [edit]
    I just dragged xcom over from my steamapps folder, and it works perfect.. That's awesome.

    It works, but the mouse control is... wonky.

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