And Dead Space 2 is... eh. It's certainly not bad. But I'm not really feeling it. It definitely suffers from Rollercoaster Syndrome, it's so determined to show me its story and its set pieces and all its little tricks that it feels like the game doesn't care if I'm involved or not. The third time it tried to scare me while I didn't have control of my character I just sighed, and I'm really sick of bosses picking me up and holding me upside down while I shoot at them. That's happened I think four times now, and it's never very scary or difficult so I don't know what they're trying to do with it.
I guess I just feel they'd be more comfortable making a movie at this point.
I don't know what this is or why I bought it, but Vegan posted right after me so I picked something that I think might involve hunting a pig? I don't know.
Oh.
Also this:
PM me the kind of cybernetic enhancement you will eventually get when they become mainstream to get the URL. This is for the Augmented Edition.
SteevLWhat can I do for you?Registered Userregular
Oh man, Battlefield 1942 was so good. That and the first Call of Duty were basically my first real online multiplayer shooters. Sure, I played a little bit of Doom 1 and 2 in the 90s, but that was over dialup. Not the same at all.
Does anyone want some strategery tonight? I bought Indie Gala 10 during happy hour and have a duplicate of everything in it...steam keys for Majesty 2, East India Company, Lead and Gold, Europa Univeralis Rome - Gold, Knights of Honor, Hearts of Iron II, Elven Legacy, the Kings' Crusade, Commander Conquest of the Americas and direct downloads of Omegalodon and 2 copies of Praetorians.
Just PM me - first come first serve and I'll be crashing shortly so some might wait until morning...
Majesty 2 and Lead and Gold are taken - everything else is still available. I'm sending out keys when I get home tonight from work/voting so just PM me if you'd like something.
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RandomHajileNot actually a SnatcherThe New KremlinRegistered Userregular
Man, BF1942 was a staple at LAN parties, along with Quake 3 and RTCW. And then the Desert Combat mod hit. Whew, nostalgia.
Congratulations dude! The key has been sent to your email.
Garry: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
Maybe nobody uses Linux because you can't use Steam on it.
Just speaking for myself, really the only reason I still spend a lot of time booted into windows is games. It's the only area left really that I can think of where linux doesn't provide equally good or better alternatives to applications I use on windows based boxes. Honestly I don't see a lot of reason for the low market share of linux for desktops anymore other then public perception, oem deals, conventional inertia, and lack of gaming support (which I actually believe can do a lot to drive a systems popularity - particularly over time). My last distro was gentoo (which I love). It was a great distro however I definitely see why it would prevent mass adoption by the public as a desktop environment... its tailered for the nerds. Distros like ubuntu have done a lot to simplify and hide the complexities (which annoys me at times) but installing and setting it up was just as easy if not easier then windows. I personally hope valve porting steam to linux will help give the desktop a shot in the arm and help move more devs to thinking about engine choices that make a linux port more viable. It's all little steps:) I'm just glad that pretty soon I'll be able to run steam natively on my linux boot and hopefully have access to all my hib and old id games relatively soon.
It hasn't (and won't) pick up steam because it's not a user's OS. Even the "easy" distros are for people who like computers - not people who just want to use facebook and youtube. Hell, I like computers, and I fucking hate my Ubuntu netook because, for the life of me, I can't get the damn thing to play youtube videos. Installing updates doesn't help, and trying to install the firefox add-on always results in failure.
I like to think I'm a pretty smart guy. If I can't get my browser working (the one that came with it - I can't even get Chrome installed) then I'm sure as hell not going to recommend it to my mom or my coworkers. For individual users it's a hobby OS because it's just not very good when compared to Windows or MacOS.
It hasn't (and won't) pick up steam because it's not a user's OS. Even the "easy" distros are for people who like computers - not people who just want to use facebook and youtube. Hell, I like computers, and I fucking hate my Ubuntu netook because, for the life of me, I can't get the damn thing to play youtube videos. Installing updates doesn't help, and trying to install the firefox add-on always results in failure.
I like to think I'm a pretty smart guy. If I can't get my browser working (the one that came with it - I can't even get Chrome installed) then I'm sure as hell not going to recommend it to my mom or my coworkers. For individual users it's a hobby OS because it's just not very good when compared to Windows or MacOS.
We shall agree to disagree:) I think I was watching a youtube on ubuntu 12.10 about 5 minutes after removing the install media:)
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Zxerolfor the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't doso i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered Userregular
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To be fair, that's pretty much because Adobe is ass and their Linux support has been fuckin horrible since forever.
My friend, in a fit of not wanting to constantly unbreak his mom's Windows install all the time, once pulled the nuclear option and installed Ubuntu on it, to my great skepticism. Surprisingly, it went well for months until she had to use a Windows only app. So, the experiment was mostly a success.
So it can be viable, I think. But the platform's inherent fragmented nature and the support and inertia Windows enjoys will ensure it's not ready for general, everyjoe home use in the forseable future.
e: seriously Flash is such a goddamned POS. I have an ION-based HTPC that can playback BluRay rips at 1080p using XBMC, but a fuckin 360p Flash video full screened lags to hell
As someone who spent years fixing Windows computers for people who had broke them and as someone who just installed Ubuntu yesterday on one of his computers only to have it work just as well out of the box as any Windows install ever has, I think Linux's desktop problems might be a little overstated.
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Gear GirlMore class than a state universityRegistered Userregular
Maybe I just found the one thing that isn't easy, but it has made me absolutely loathe how clunky Linux is as soon as something doesn't go right (and it doesn't help that even doing it the clunky way doesn't work for me). I understand why it makes sense for some things - I just don't think that it makes sense as a real option for the typical computer user.
testsubject23King of No SleepZzzzzzzRegistered Userregular
Back when I was dual-booting Ubuntu & Windows, the only reason I'd load Windows was to play games. Everything else, with rare exception, had an analogue in the Linux world that would suit my needs.
But of course, half the reason to power the system was to play games, so I would always find myself in Windows anyway, which defeated the purpose.
If Steam on Linux takes off, and inspires enough developer buy-in, it could lay the foundation for breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on PC gaming.
Bit of a longshot, but I like to hope.
As someone who spent years fixing Windows computers for people who had broke them and as someone who just installed Ubuntu yesterday on one of his computers only to have it work just as well out of the box as any Windows install ever has, I think Linux's desktop problems might be a little overstated.
I "work with computers" and spend time in Windows (XP/Vista/7), OSX, and Linux (Ubuntu). For email and web surfing, I think they all work well enough. Windows has a difficulty curve that's fairly linear, but at least Google can solve pretty much anything since the OS is so common. OSX has a very flat difficulty curve that spikes at the end with most things being really easy to do, but trying to bend the system to your will quickly get into WTF territory. Most users won't have to worry about it, though.
Linux has a difficulty curve with spikes all over the place. Common enough things can involve editing config files that have changed location and/or format since someone wrote a how-to three years ago. Then again something that should be complicated can be done with a few mouse clicks or keystrokes. If you want full control over your system, Linux is the way to go, but I can understand why it hasn't been more widely adopted.
I think that the internet has been for years on the path to creating what is essentially an electronic Necronomicon: A collection of blasphemous unrealities so perverse that to even glimpse at its contents, if but for a moment, is to irrevocably forfeit a portion of your sanity.
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It's not really a competition as far as I'm concerned. I've used both and despite the issues Microsoft has, for most people (myself included) being able to run most every piece of software out there, being able to run Netflix, having iTunes, and generally better/more current driver support is worth paying for Windows.
With that said, I am interested to see what becomes of Steam for Linux.
Bioshock 2 finished. I liked it, other than gathering adam. But it ended up having the same problem that bioshock 1 had, in that a combination of ice and melee made EVERYTHING trivial. I was walking death by the end, with full ammo for everything, hundreds in cash, Two security robot buddies max on both medkits an d eve hypos, and did any of that matter? No, because all I needed was the drill, the ice storm plasmid, and some drill based support tonics.
So apparently the mobile vanilla version wont let me awesome posts so apologies for that, missing all the gifting ones.
Secondly, fuck you adventure chat, you and your clippity-clops! Seriously, I went to bed way too late. We should do it again tomorrow morning when I get back from work.
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SerukoFerocious Kittenof The Farthest NorthRegistered Userregular
As someone who spent years fixing Windows computers for people who had broke them and as someone who just installed Ubuntu yesterday on one of his computers only to have it work just as well out of the box as any Windows install ever has, I think Linux's desktop problems might be a little overstated.
You are vastly underestimating your general computer knowledge.
If you can understand why an exe (hell if you even know what an exe is) wont
run on a mac or a linux box you are already in the top 5% of computer users.
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"In the grim darkness of the future, we will all be nurses catering to the whims of terrible old people." -> Hacksaw
"In fact, our whole society will be oriented around caring for one very decrepit, very old man on total life support." -> SKFM
I mean, the first time I met a non-white person was when this Vietnamese kid tried to break my legs but that was entirely fair because he was a centreback, not because he was a subhuman beast in some zoo ->yotes
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
I have two dota keys available, but I'm getting the impression most of the PA denizens who want one have one...so I'm gonna wait about an hour, and if I don't get any responses here, I am going to stick them up on Reddit.
To be fair, that's pretty much because Adobe is ass and their Linux support has been fuckin horrible since forever.
e: seriously Flash is such a goddamned POS. I have an ION-based HTPC that can playback BluRay rips at 1080p using XBMC, but a fuckin 360p Flash video full screened lags to hell
From what I can see, Flash is starting to slowly die. HTML5 is helping but we probably won't know for sure for some time. Many video sites already support HTML5/WebM video players, including Youtube.
I had a hankering to play Neverwinter Nights 2 and the expansions, so I searched Steam. Turns out not only are they no longer on Steam, they're essentially impossible to buy digital copies of. They aren't even on Atari's own website. Bizarre.
Odd. It used to be on Steam, my NWN2 Platinum is from Steam. Not a code, but an actual bought on Steam copy. Wonder why it was taken down.
I remember some rights shenanigans involved. Last time they were on sale I bought NW2 Platinum, and I remember some people were warning that it may not be available later on, so get them while they were.
I didn't realize there were two midweeks going - I had only seen Magic. I had been waiting for it to go on sale...
I very nearly bought the expansion last night just because I finished all of the normal campaign stuff.
I thought to myself "Self, we should buy that." And I agreed. But then I thought "Self, what if it goes on sale literally hours after we buy it, like what happened with Jade Empire? Winter is coming, we can wait."
I still play 2012 from time to time just because Archenemy is so much fun.
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I guess I just feel they'd be more comfortable making a movie at this point.
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Also, the BF1942 theme is pretty good:
Majesty 2 and Lead and Gold are taken - everything else is still available. I'm sending out keys when I get home tonight from work/voting so just PM me if you'd like something.
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Congratulations dude! The key has been sent to your email.
Just speaking for myself, really the only reason I still spend a lot of time booted into windows is games. It's the only area left really that I can think of where linux doesn't provide equally good or better alternatives to applications I use on windows based boxes. Honestly I don't see a lot of reason for the low market share of linux for desktops anymore other then public perception, oem deals, conventional inertia, and lack of gaming support (which I actually believe can do a lot to drive a systems popularity - particularly over time). My last distro was gentoo (which I love). It was a great distro however I definitely see why it would prevent mass adoption by the public as a desktop environment... its tailered for the nerds. Distros like ubuntu have done a lot to simplify and hide the complexities (which annoys me at times) but installing and setting it up was just as easy if not easier then windows. I personally hope valve porting steam to linux will help give the desktop a shot in the arm and help move more devs to thinking about engine choices that make a linux port more viable. It's all little steps:) I'm just glad that pretty soon I'll be able to run steam natively on my linux boot and hopefully have access to all my hib and old id games relatively soon.
I like to think I'm a pretty smart guy. If I can't get my browser working (the one that came with it - I can't even get Chrome installed) then I'm sure as hell not going to recommend it to my mom or my coworkers. For individual users it's a hobby OS because it's just not very good when compared to Windows or MacOS.
We shall agree to disagree:) I think I was watching a youtube on ubuntu 12.10 about 5 minutes after removing the install media:)
My friend, in a fit of not wanting to constantly unbreak his mom's Windows install all the time, once pulled the nuclear option and installed Ubuntu on it, to my great skepticism. Surprisingly, it went well for months until she had to use a Windows only app. So, the experiment was mostly a success.
So it can be viable, I think. But the platform's inherent fragmented nature and the support and inertia Windows enjoys will ensure it's not ready for general, everyjoe home use in the forseable future.
e: seriously Flash is such a goddamned POS. I have an ION-based HTPC that can playback BluRay rips at 1080p using XBMC, but a fuckin 360p Flash video full screened lags to hell
Thanks a lot!
But of course, half the reason to power the system was to play games, so I would always find myself in Windows anyway, which defeated the purpose.
If Steam on Linux takes off, and inspires enough developer buy-in, it could lay the foundation for breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on PC gaming.
Bit of a longshot, but I like to hope.
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I "work with computers" and spend time in Windows (XP/Vista/7), OSX, and Linux (Ubuntu). For email and web surfing, I think they all work well enough. Windows has a difficulty curve that's fairly linear, but at least Google can solve pretty much anything since the OS is so common. OSX has a very flat difficulty curve that spikes at the end with most things being really easy to do, but trying to bend the system to your will quickly get into WTF territory. Most users won't have to worry about it, though.
Linux has a difficulty curve with spikes all over the place. Common enough things can involve editing config files that have changed location and/or format since someone wrote a how-to three years ago. Then again something that should be complicated can be done with a few mouse clicks or keystrokes. If you want full control over your system, Linux is the way to go, but I can understand why it hasn't been more widely adopted.
If you ever need to talk to someone, feel free to message me. Yes, that includes you.
With that said, I am interested to see what becomes of Steam for Linux.
Secondly, fuck you adventure chat, you and your clippity-clops! Seriously, I went to bed way too late. We should do it again tomorrow morning when I get back from work.
You are vastly underestimating your general computer knowledge.
If you can understand why an exe (hell if you even know what an exe is) wont
run on a mac or a linux box you are already in the top 5% of computer users.
"You can be yodeling bear without spending a dime if you get lucky." -> reVerse
"In the grim darkness of the future, we will all be nurses catering to the whims of terrible old people." -> Hacksaw
"In fact, our whole society will be oriented around caring for one very decrepit, very old man on total life support." -> SKFM
I mean, the first time I met a non-white person was when this Vietnamese kid tried to break my legs but that was entirely fair because he was a centreback, not because he was a subhuman beast in some zoo ->yotes
Not bad deals, seems like it's been a little while since a few of those were on sale. Obivously all register on Steam.
From what I can see, Flash is starting to slowly die. HTML5 is helping but we probably won't know for sure for some time. Many video sites already support HTML5/WebM video players, including Youtube.
oh man
Probably licencing issues
You can get NWN2 in this package it appears still. http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DDNWNC/dungeons-and-dragons-neverwinter-nights-complete
I remember some rights shenanigans involved. Last time they were on sale I bought NW2 Platinum, and I remember some people were warning that it may not be available later on, so get them while they were.
I am totes buying the expansion for DotP2013 when I get home. Needs to get my Ravnica on!
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Thanks for the link! 20 quid is a bit much for a game I was only curious about so I'll just see if it ends up in a bargain bin some time.
I didn't realize there were two midweeks going - I had only seen Magic. I had been waiting for it to go on sale...
I very nearly bought the expansion last night just because I finished all of the normal campaign stuff.
I thought to myself "Self, we should buy that." And I agreed. But then I thought "Self, what if it goes on sale literally hours after we buy it, like what happened with Jade Empire? Winter is coming, we can wait."
I still play 2012 from time to time just because Archenemy is so much fun.
twitch.tv/Taramoor
@TaramoorPlays
Taramoor on Youtube