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I find it hard to believe that Stranger in a Strange Land is that popular
they probably picked it up from the fat middleaged UNIX dude with bulging utility belt who used to work there
I am pretty sure it is largely popularized by a unix dude named Eric S Raymond who maintains the "jargon file" of nerdy terms he uses and likes to pretend are widespread, which l33t linux doods then use to seem like they are in-the-know
For reference, he looks like this:
and is a libertarian gun nut
hahaha he looks pretty much exactly like I expected.
how long has he been around? because just in KC I have met like three or four separate UNIX admins who are in their fifties or sixties, are gun nuts, chubby, libertarian etc.
did there used to be like an alt.lifestyle.fat-unix-dude newsgroup or something
Dead Space's controls are intentionally weighty and off because Isaac's center of movement is actually a foot to the right and ahead of him. It works really well, but you need to get used to the fact that you are controlling a terrified engine mechanic in a dog-ass-slow repair suit, not a space marine.
Also FEAR is not really a scary game so much as an exercise in being a Hollywood badass. The first one was fantastic for that.
Yeah, I get that shitty controls are a Thing(tm) in survival horror.
I still don't like it.
How else are you supposed to find shambling zombies super scary?
I mean, RE5 was a piece of shit out the fucking gate because it still used terrible controls and restrictions as a crux for fear and adrenaline instead of being an actually scary game.
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American states are unable to execute their prisoners by lethal injection, thanks to an end to US production of sodium thiopental. Foreign health authorities prohibit selling sodium thiopental if it is to be used in lethal injections, and they will not buy drugs from pharma companies who sell sodium thiopental for that purpose. As a result, the sole US manufacturer, Hospira, has discontinued production of the drug, and no foreign manufacturer will sell to the US. Executions in California and Oklahoma have been delayed as a result of the shortage.
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edited January 2011
Are you guys referring to the PC version of Dead Space when you say it had shitty controls? Because I played it on the 360 and it most certainly did not. Like not even close.
I seem to remember the controls for the PC being bugged but that there was an easy fix that turned them into working again.
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American states are unable to execute their prisoners by lethal injection, thanks to an end to US production of sodium thiopental. Foreign health authorities prohibit selling sodium thiopental if it is to be used in lethal injections, and they will not buy drugs from pharma companies who sell sodium thiopental for that purpose. As a result, the sole US manufacturer, Hospira, has discontinued production of the drug, and no foreign manufacturer will sell to the US. Executions in California and Oklahoma have been delayed as a result of the shortage.
oh come on
when we do that it is proof of US cultural imperialism etc etc
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edited January 2011
Basically, I want a survival horror that doesn't rely on these devices:
Limited ammunition
Forced Perspectives (Dead Space's zoomed in over the shoulder, or Resident Evil's "security camera" views)
The inability to run.
So, Amnesia with a gun is what I want. But not necessarily FPS.
hahaha he looks pretty much exactly like I expected.
how long has he been around? because just in KC I have met like three or four separate UNIX admins who are in their fifties or sixties, are gun nuts, chubby, libertarian etc.
did there used to be like an alt.lifestyle.fat-unix-dude newsgroup or something
he's old school enough that he is universally recognized by his initials because that was his email address like 4 decades ago on usenet.
American states are unable to execute their prisoners by lethal injection, thanks to an end to US production of sodium thiopental. Foreign health authorities prohibit selling sodium thiopental if it is to be used in lethal injections, and they will not buy drugs from pharma companies who sell sodium thiopental for that purpose. As a result, the sole US manufacturer, Hospira, has discontinued production of the drug, and no foreign manufacturer will sell to the US. Executions in California and Oklahoma have been delayed as a result of the shortage.
instead they're just using veterinary drugs'
Instead of capital punishment, we should just pump them full of ketamine.
Drop them down a k-hole. Forever.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
The controls on PS3 aren't so bad. What I'm not liking all that much is when I turn around and AAHHH A MONSTER and then I empty a clip on it in surprise and horror. I got a Trophy for marksmanship, which I feel must be the game mocking me, or its criteria is simply ammo expenditure.
American states are unable to execute their prisoners by lethal injection, thanks to an end to US production of sodium thiopental. Foreign health authorities prohibit selling sodium thiopental if it is to be used in lethal injections, and they will not buy drugs from pharma companies who sell sodium thiopental for that purpose. As a result, the sole US manufacturer, Hospira, has discontinued production of the drug, and no foreign manufacturer will sell to the US. Executions in California and Oklahoma have been delayed as a result of the shortage.
Florida and Texas have commenced shooting prisoners in their cells or just beating them with a club until they go limp
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AriviaI Like A ChallengeEarth-1Registered Userregular
The controls on PS3 aren't so bad. What I'm not liking all that much is when I turn around and AAHHH A MONSTER and then I empty a clip on it in surprise and horror. I got a Trophy for marksmanship, which I feel must be the game mocking me, or its criteria is simply ammo expenditure.
your ways to clear space when you're freaked are melee and stasis
American states are unable to execute their prisoners by lethal injection, thanks to an end to US production of sodium thiopental. Foreign health authorities prohibit selling sodium thiopental if it is to be used in lethal injections, and they will not buy drugs from pharma companies who sell sodium thiopental for that purpose. As a result, the sole US manufacturer, Hospira, has discontinued production of the drug, and no foreign manufacturer will sell to the US. Executions in California and Oklahoma have been delayed as a result of the shortage.
instead they're just using veterinary drugs'
Instead of capital punishment, we should just pump them full of ketamine.
Basically, I want a survival horror that doesn't rely on these devices:
Limited ammunition
Forced Perspectives (Dead Space's zoomed in over the shoulder, or Resident Evil's "security camera" views)
The inability to run.
So, Amnesia with a gun is what I want. But not necessarily FPS.
I also like making a game about tension relatively toothless
come on. there is nothing wrong or weird with thinking that if a game wants to scare you, it should do so fairly without recourse to failing as a game.
the two Thief games are incredibly tense and scary as fuck and they play completely fair with controls, camera, ammunition, et cetera. they accomplish the scares with atmosphere and sound design and a lot of hard work instead of just making you not able to get away from lumbering mummies or whatever.
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HonkHonk is this poster.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
edited January 2011
Why do people want to hang on the phone for fucking ever while nothing is going on, and trying to end the call won't be accepted?
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she is making hella nerdy references to things
also
laaaaaaaadies
yehp, still hilarious
I'd heard it before but only recently worked it into my vocabulary after seeing this sweet video
^Totally worth watching. Really bright, reasonable dude talking Mindfulness at the Googleplex.
hahaha he looks pretty much exactly like I expected.
how long has he been around? because just in KC I have met like three or four separate UNIX admins who are in their fifties or sixties, are gun nuts, chubby, libertarian etc.
did there used to be like an alt.lifestyle.fat-unix-dude newsgroup or something
How else are you supposed to find shambling zombies super scary?
I mean, RE5 was a piece of shit out the fucking gate because it still used terrible controls and restrictions as a crux for fear and adrenaline instead of being an actually scary game.
instead they're just using veterinary drugs
the usa: land of killin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G8anqUfm0E
I seem to remember the controls for the PC being bugged but that there was an easy fix that turned them into working again.
oh come on
when we do that it is proof of US cultural imperialism etc etc
Limited ammunition
Forced Perspectives (Dead Space's zoomed in over the shoulder, or Resident Evil's "security camera" views)
The inability to run.
So, Amnesia with a gun is what I want. But not necessarily FPS.
Robert Heinlein and eastern philosophy.
Somewhere Irond Will just got really bad gas and has no idea why.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
except for the long recovery on anything to do with melee (read: isaac throwing his entire weight behind every swing) he's fast and precise
compared to silent hill 1-4 it's a breeze
Back when eveyone on usenet was a fat unix dude
Instead of capital punishment, we should just pump them full of ketamine.
Drop them down a k-hole. Forever.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Yes
now update more
and more!
I also like making a game about tension relatively toothless
Florida and Texas have commenced shooting prisoners in their cells or just beating them with a club until they go limp
is that like the world's longest rat tail or what
and we will have bro-time
You need to cut down on expenses in this economy.
your ways to clear space when you're freaked are melee and stasis
then bam bam the arms off
The first 48 hours of L4D were the epitome of horror games. Super fun, super scary.
Then you learned the system, saw that multiplayer was broken, and the game got super super super super super boring.
Playing Resident Evil 2 for the first time in years.
It really is rather good, in a fairly unique fashion. Easy to see why it became such a cult hit.
Staged camera views, and slow placed horror needs to come back as a thing.
How was multiplayer broken?
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
So you have to have those things for the game to be tense? I'm surprised at your lack of creativity.
hella sites not working right now
ladieeeeeeeeesssssss!
STALKER?
come on. there is nothing wrong or weird with thinking that if a game wants to scare you, it should do so fairly without recourse to failing as a game.
the two Thief games are incredibly tense and scary as fuck and they play completely fair with controls, camera, ammunition, et cetera. they accomplish the scares with atmosphere and sound design and a lot of hard work instead of just making you not able to get away from lumbering mummies or whatever.
vacuum them all out into space
and away from me
far far away from me forever
boooorrrrriiiiing
waaay waaay waaay too slow and plodding. Too much brown. Too much walking around being bored.
What would you do oh lord of gaming.