Parading Windsor Birthday (PWBE 15 Jun 2015)

[Kendrick Kerwin Chua]

Nothing confuses my American countrymen more than the notion that every UK
head of state since the 18th century has had the exact same birthday
celebrated on exactly the same date. :)

Play:
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Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) - Woo, 285 hours. Spammed one of the guild missions
all the way up into an HR8 requirement, which means that I can no longer
run it because I haven't cracked rank 7 yet. I've also picked up about a
dozen guild cards, which means my hall is full of newbie hunters who can't
bring home meat, and one or two G-rankers who keep proposing that they do
the easy entry-level missions for me. I haven't been back to that hard
Brachydios fight yet, mostly because I can't find a full fifty minutes to
give it my attention. Maybe later in the week.

PSP Go (PSP) - I forgot that this little thing can be paired with a PS3
controller, and that the screen-sliding function can be used to put it to
sleep reliably. That makes certain other charter-breaking subject matter
functions more appealing suddenly. I can't find my tiny little M2 memory
card, which probably means that I swallowed it accidentally or something.

Transformers: Human Alliance (ARC) - A standard Sega rail shooter in the
style of Gunblade NY, with mounted weapons and a crosshairs the same
colour as the warning indicators on the screen. Like the Transformers
movies it's based on, the action is distracting and not at all suited to
gameplay that makes any sense. The design of the enemies and the 120
frame-per-second graphics mean you can't tell what you're shooting at, and
so the whole thing becomes an exercise in finding the green target icon
and ignoring everything else.

Gunblade (ARC) - Speaking of which. On three credits I made it all the way
to the last level of the city liberation mode, but I got tired of the boss
level after just a few minutes because it's full of those acrobatic robots
that jump around and dodge your crosshairs icon before you've even fired a
shot. I note with interest that this version of the cabinet lacks the
Gunblade NY branding, which indicates it's pretty old.

Time Crisis 5 (ARC) - Ooh, three player Time Crisis? Oh wait, cover pedals
(plural) that allow you to jump between different barriers, but are
reversed from previous games. Stepping on the pedal now takes you out of
cover, rather than being the signal to duck. While that makes sense with
multiple pedals and a default-off on the switches, I found it confusing
for the first half hour of play. Sadly the cab I was on only had two
working guns, and I'd love to see the full three player mode in action
some day.

Airline Pilots (ARC) - Pro tip: Do not play expert mode unless you
actually know how to fly an aeroplane. You will crash repeatedly and the
game will give you a humiliating ranking.

Marvel vs Capcom 2 (ARC) - I forgot that I forgot how to play fighting
games. Also, the hard kick button was stuck down, so I kept switching
characters when I was trying to do the hurricane kick. I shouldn't blame
the tools when my skill is obviously lacking, but I'm way better at this
game with a Dreamcast controller than I ever was in the arcade.

Licensing Expo (RL) - The arcade in question was located in the Excalibur
resort in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. I spent the last week in multiple MGM
resort locations playing personal assistant to the woman of the house, who
has been negotiating business and licence arrangements with various
intellectual property owners. As many of the entities attending were game
companies, I thought the group would like to see some pictures.

Namco/Bandai deftly dodged news of their recent discrimination lawsuit by
making everybody remember that they love Pac Man:

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Nintendo has their usual giant presence:

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Activision/Blizzard was there as well, promoting Warcraft and a bunch of
other properties that most really wouldn't care about:

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Sega was there to promote Sonic Boom, but as a company they are both
licensor and licensee, since they secured the Aliens licence for
themselves:

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Ubisoft was all Assassin's Creed, all the time. They even brought a mess
of banners to hang all over the exhibition hall:

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Sony was there too, and their game division was located a diplomatic
distance away from their movie division:

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The Pokemon company, as you know, is a separate entity from Nintendo and
had a booth three times the size of their parent company's:

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There were also a number of other non-game licensors there, promoting
their brands and doing business:

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Also, you may be aware that Las Vegas is essentially the Gretna Green of
America, so there was a little of this too:

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Want:
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To have played more arcade games - There's another casino further north on
the Vegas strip that calls itself Circus Circus, which I assume was named
by the same lunatic who discovered Mahi Mahi, Bora Bora and Boutros
Boutros Galli. It's a slightly lower-rent casino, that caters more towards
families and actually allows you to park caravans and motor homes on their
property rather than renting a room. What's interesting is that the place
has an arcade four times the size of that at the Excalibur, and is home to
a number of Model 2 Sega cabinets I've never seen in the wild before. The
Ocean Hunter, the WWF game, Ghost Squad Evolved, and a pile more that I
just can't remember right now. I've got to get back there next year.

Bin:
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Credit card companies - I can't wait for chip-and-PIN to make it to the
United States finally. This elaborate maze of human intervention and
honour-system verification is no substitute for an actual fraud prevention
program. On the other hand, the inconvenience meant that I didn't spend as
much money in Las Vegas as I might have otherwise.

Expenditure:
=--=--=--=

Balance forward - $532

Brooktown High (PSP) - $7
Flying Nightmares (3DO) - $15
Gangster Town (SMS) - $10
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (SMS) - $7
Genghis Khan 2 (MD) - $15
Wargames (CLC) - $10
Subroc (CLC) - $7
PSP Go (PSP) - $60

Total year-to-date - $663

-KKC, who has had no opportunity to try his other new games yet.

[gunthergloop]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Credit card companies - I can't wait for chip-and-PIN to make it to the
United States finally. This elaborate maze of human intervention and
honour-system verification is no substitute for an actual fraud prevention
program. On the other hand, the inconvenience meant that I didn't spend as
much money in Las Vegas as I might have otherwise.

Huh?
I've not used my credit card in a "bricks & mortar" store since the
introduction of chip & pin. For one thing, I have too many numbers in my
head and refuse to remember another. For another, cc companies pass on
the responsibility for any problems to the user if a cc payment is made
illegally. For another, I haven't seen any sign that it cuts down credit
card fraud -merely cuts down the cost to the issuing bank since they no
longer pay for stolen cards.

-Kevin.

[Zomoniac]

Post by gunthergloop

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Credit card companies - I can't wait for chip-and-PIN to make it to the
United States finally. This elaborate maze of human intervention and
honour-system verification is no substitute for an actual fraud prevention
program. On the other hand, the inconvenience meant that I didn't spend as
much money in Las Vegas as I might have otherwise.

Huh?
I've not used my credit card in a "bricks & mortar" store since the
introduction of chip & pin. For one thing, I have too many numbers in my
head and refuse to remember another. For another, cc companies pass on
the responsibility for any problems to the user if a cc payment is made
illegally. For another, I haven't seen any sign that it cuts down credit
card fraud -merely cuts down the cost to the issuing bank since they no
longer pay for stolen cards.

It might not cut down fraud here where signatures were usually checked,
but in my numerous trips to the US I've never once seen somebody check a
signature. Usually the card is handed back before the signature even
takes place. You could sign it with a picture of Batman eating a biscuit
and nobody would bat an eyelid.

[hurricanepilot]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Also, you may be aware that Las Vegas is essentially the Gretna Green of
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Um... congratulations? ;o)

I take it putting that at the end was a test?

Thanks for all the images, and thanks for lowering the res on that last
one...

:D

[hurricanepilot]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Credit card companies - I can't wait for chip-and-PIN to make it to the
United States finally. This elaborate maze of human intervention and
honour-system verification is no substitute for an actual fraud prevention
program. On the other hand, the inconvenience meant that I didn't spend as
much money in Las Vegas as I might have otherwise.

Stick with what you have. I had to cancel my chip-and-PIN Debit Card
on monday as someone was using it to buy stuff, in USD, from google.

I don't use it online and never have. Someone just magicked the number
out of their arse and as the sums were small none of the "security
measures" you're looking forward to kicked in, especially the ones
involving the chip an the...um...pin.

Good job I'm the sort of loser that regularly checks his expenses
spreadsheet against his bank statement or I'd likely never have
noticed.

[hurricanepilot]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Nothing confuses my American countrymen more than the notion that every UK
head of state since the 18th century has had the exact same birthday
celebrated on exactly the same date. :)

It think you'd be surprised by how many of /our/ countrymen would need
it explained to them if they ever took a moment to join the dots.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Sony was there too, and their game division was located a diplomatic
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo010-Sony.jpg

Isn't that the same banner they used last year, just printed at a higher
res?

The Witcher 3 (PC) - Still awesome. I'm in novigrad at the moment, doing
stuff for everyone else, as you do. I'm still finding it hard not to
just play everyone at gwent. I wonder if there are any statistics at
at the end of the game that detail how many of the hundred or so hours
were spent playing the in-game distraction?

Magrunner: Dark Pulse (PC) - Decent puzzler, though not a patch on the
games it's aping (Portal/Quantum Conundrum).

Star Trek (PC) - Started playing this in co-op with a mate. It's pretty
terrible, but not so much that we aren't getting our money's worth ($3)

Gauntlet (PC) - Very briefly. Bought this in the flash sale yesterday
night and played the first level. It's exactly what I was expecting, and
maybe a bit better than that.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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More time to play games!

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Nothing game related.

[Kendrick Kerwin Chua]

Post by hurricanepilot

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Nothing confuses my American countrymen more than the notion that every UK
head of state since the 18th century has had the exact same birthday
celebrated on exactly the same date. :)

It think you'd be surprised by how many of /our/ countrymen would need
it explained to them if they ever took a moment to join the dots.

"It's ceremonial" would make sense to a Briton though, whereas Americans
would get tripped up on the part where it's not actually the anniversary
of her birth. We don't really get ceremony right in the US, as you can
tell by watching any of our sporting events.

Post by hurricanepilot

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Sony was there too, and their game division was located a diplomatic
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo010-Sony.jpg

Isn't that the same banner they used last year, just printed at a higher
res?

You mean at E3? It wouldn't surprise me if that were the case. You could
tell which exhibitors at the show had built booths specifically for the
licensing show, and which ones were recycling displays and banners from
other events. The really impressive setups included private offices, so
that conversations could be had behind closed doors, presumably to protect
trade secrets. That artwork on the wall was really the only interesting
part of the Sony booth, which was as generic as it could possibly have
been.

-KKC, who is still jet-lagged.

[Zomoniac]

Post by hurricanepilot

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Nothing confuses my American countrymen more than the notion that every UK
head of state since the 18th century has had the exact same birthday
celebrated on exactly the same date. :)

It think you'd be surprised by how many of /our/ countrymen would need
it explained to them if they ever took a moment to join the dots.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
=-=-=
Sony was there too, and their game division was located a diplomatic
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo010-Sony.jpg

Isn't that the same banner they used last year, just printed at a higher
res?

Unlikely, GoW3 was only announced a few months ago.

[hurricanepilot]

Post by Zomoniac

Post by hurricanepilot

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Nothing confuses my American countrymen more than the notion that every UK
head of state since the 18th century has had the exact same birthday
celebrated on exactly the same date. :)

It think you'd be surprised by how many of /our/ countrymen would need
it explained to them if they ever took a moment to join the dots.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
=-=-=
Sony was there too, and their game division was located a diplomatic
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo010-Sony.jpg

Isn't that the same banner they used last year, just printed at a higher
res?

Unlikely, GoW3 was only announced a few months ago.

Yeah, that was just a poor attempt at a joke referencing the fact that
Sony currently have a penchant for repeating themselves at a higher
resolution. GoW3 being a case in point.

[Russell Marks]

Very little of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS) - I think this is
finally on the back burner for me now. So I got right on with tackling
my backlog, by ignoring it and buying three more games. Yay!

VVVVVV (Linux) - finished then got 20/20 trinkets. The gog.com sale
had this for not much more than a quid, and it's a good match for my
rather retro Linux setup, which lacks hardware 3D and currently still
uses a 4:3 CRT. (!) Not a bad platformer, and the no-jump-button
gimmick works well. It mostly reminded me of Knytt (and/or Knytt
Underground) and Jet Set Willy.

A Little Bit of... Puzzle League (DSi via 3DS) - finished a few modes.
Such a crappy name, NoA calling these cut-down DSi versions "Express"
seems like genius in comparison. It's actually a fairly complete
version if you don't miss the static puzzle mode (which I never liked
much personally) or the multiplayer (I doubt I ever would have played
local MP, and Nintendo's Wii/DS-era online has been and gone of
course). It can get quite amazingly hard, the "Vs. COM" Hard
difficulty on this is properly tough. I've cleared up to the 5th stage
on that IIRC, but I don't know if I'll ever clear stage 10. The key
reason for the difficulty I think is that the computer has far better
defensive play than it used to - in Tetris Attack and Pokemon Puzzle
League the AI could sometimes beat me in terms of all-out attack but I
would tend to win overall with more defensive counterattacking play.
In this it seems to defend so well that it makes Hard brutal. The
rebalancing may be intended to compensate for the optional touch
controls with their much lower seek time and faster multi-column
movement, but I don't feel you have enough precision playing that way.
Timing skill chains in particular gets too hard IMHO.

Also, as this is the first DSi game I've played on the 2DS, I'll just
say how surprised I am at how well the screen scaling works in this
case. For some reason it seems much less noticeably blurry than GB/GBC
games. Those get (if you consider a single direction) one pixel scaled
to 5/3 pixels while for DS it's doing one to 5/4, which doesn't seem
like a huge difference... maybe more of the original pixel staying in
a single screen pixel is helping, or maybe it's just the game itself
all being quite high-contrast.

The Amazing Spider-Man (PSV) - this is a case of one PSN sale too many
I suppose, it's been on sale a number of times now. Not a lot to say
here, it's a fairly bad port of a mediocre game which is so heavily
automated it comes close to playing itself at times. Still, some of
the stuff copied from the Arkham games isn't done too badly, and at
least it has a basic implementation of webbing around Manhattan which
is only *somewhat* worse than Spider-Man 2. And the Vita isn't exactly
hip-deep in such things.
Actual backlog tackling, at least to some degree. If nothing else I
really do want to try South Park and Dishonored somewhen.

Oh, Deer! (PSV) - this may be the really properly last PS Mobile game
I get, assuming it gets a release in time. Looks a bit like the
cone-hitting challenges from Outrun 2 or whatever, with deer playing
the cone role. And with graphics more along the lines of the original
Outrun.

Hotline Miami 2 (PS3/PSV) - aside from that and backloggery this is
likely the next thing to be getting around to.
The Veni Vidi Vici bit in VVVVVV. It may be optional but I "had" to do
it, and I died So. Many. Times.

The Amazing Spider-Man making you press the Vita's awkwardly-placed
Start button after every lengthy load screen. And making you wait for
a load every time you die.

Some quite busy animated backgrounds in Puzzle League. Kind of
excessive, even if I luckily don't find them too distracting in
practice.

Puzzle League showing the title screen in book orientation even if you
have the game set to run normally.

-Rus.

[Zomoniac]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Just a bit of Destiny. Level 33 now, should be 34 after the PoE reset.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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It to be the end of the day so I can go home and start watching press
conferences because it's E3 WEEK!!

A Gjallarhorn.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Nowt.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
=--=--=--=

£30.87 on £35 PSN Credit. £28 of which was used for the Telltale bundle.

[Chris Stevens]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Also, you may be aware that Las Vegas is essentially the Gretna Green of
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Congratulations! :)

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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To have played more arcade games - There's another casino further north on
the Vegas strip that calls itself Circus Circus, which I assume was named
by the same lunatic who discovered Mahi Mahi, Bora Bora and Boutros
Boutros Galli. It's a slightly lower-rent casino, that caters more towards
families and actually allows you to park caravans and motor homes on their
property rather than renting a room. What's interesting is that the place
has an arcade four times the size of that at the Excalibur, and is home to
a number of Model 2 Sega cabinets I've never seen in the wild before. The
Ocean Hunter, the WWF game, Ghost Squad Evolved, and a pile more that I
just can't remember right now. I've got to get back there next year.

I stayed at Circus Circus when I had a night in Vegas a couple of years
back. To say it's 'slightly lower rent' is a pretty generous assessment.
:) But I agree, it did have an excellent arcade.

[Kendrick Kerwin Chua]

Post by Chris Stevens

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Also, you may be aware that Las Vegas is essentially the Gretna Green of
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Congratulations! :)

Sankyu. I'm a little ashamed to say that we finally did it only because we
were going to be in Las Vegas for other purposes anyway. The wife has been
threatening to take me there for years now since I'd never been before.

Post by Chris Stevens

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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To have played more arcade games - There's another casino further north on
the Vegas strip that calls itself Circus Circus, which I assume was named
by the same lunatic who discovered Mahi Mahi, Bora Bora and Boutros
Boutros Galli. It's a slightly lower-rent casino, that caters more towards
families and actually allows you to park caravans and motor homes on their
property rather than renting a room.

<snip>

Post by Chris Stevens
I stayed at Circus Circus when I had a night in Vegas a couple of years
back. To say it's 'slightly lower rent' is a pretty generous assessment.
:) But I agree, it did have an excellent arcade.

I'm glad that we plumped for the better accommodations, because that made
for a good first impression. Seeing Las Vegas first at its best meant that
I was more forgiving and generous of the not-best qualities of the place.
Although to be fair, even the priciest resorts still had their share of
the loud, uncouth and underdressed. I note that nobody was turned away
from the casinos though.

-KKC, who now has a week of workplace catching up to do.

[gunthergloop]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua

Post by Chris Stevens

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Also, you may be aware that Las Vegas is essentially the Gretna Green of
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Congratulations! :)

Sankyu. I'm a little ashamed to say that we finally did it only because we
were going to be in Las Vegas for other purposes anyway. The wife has been
threatening to take me there for years now since I'd never been before.

Missed that. Photo too small. Post a bigger one. Congratulations!

[Toby Newman]

Post by gunthergloop

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua

Post by Chris Stevens

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Also, you may be aware that Las Vegas is essentially the Gretna Green of
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Congratulations! :)

Sankyu. I'm a little ashamed to say that we finally did it only because we
were going to be in Las Vegas for other purposes anyway. The wife has been
threatening to take me there for years now since I'd never been before.

Missed that. Photo too small. Post a bigger one. Congratulations!

Congratulations! The photo looks a bit like you've been comped into a
scene from an Unreal tech demo. Great bump mapping on the bricks.

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:09:12 -0500, Kendrick Kerwin Chua

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Yay! Or is this the new job you were talking about, and you've gone into
the marriage officiating business?

Cheers - Jaimie

[Kendrick Kerwin Chua]

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:09:12 -0500, Kendrick Kerwin Chua

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Yay! Or is this the new job you were talking about, and you've gone into
the marriage officiating business?

In Las Vegas that might not be an unreliable way to make money. The day we
went to get our paperwork there were about eighty or so people in line
with us, and the only reason we were seen first is because we filled out
the form online ahead of time. Outside the clerk's office there were
crowds and crowds of hucksters and salesmen asking if we had set up a
service yet and if we wanted their business. At only our resort, there
were six other weddings scheduled for the same day as ours (although none
happened in the shark reef, as we had snagged that reservation back in
January). And apparently that was a slow day for them, because there were
tuxedos and white dresses at all hours every day we were there.

New job starts next week. More boring details about that later when it's
not problematic to share. :)

-KKC, who hates non-disclosure agreements.

[deKay]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Puzzle & Dragons Z (3DS)
ALmost half way through now, I think. Based on the map in the game, mind.
I really should pay more attention to the colours used in each dungeon
*before* starting it though. Was a bit frustrating to get through a
dungeon with 5 different colours when I could have won easily tripling up
my fire monsters. Tch.

Mega Man X2 (Wii U)
Completed! I'd got as far as just before the final boss rush previously,
and then finished it off over the weekend. It was bloody good too. Not
quite as great as X, but still awesome. The end boss was strangely very
easy though.

Mega Man X3 (Wii U)
Obviously. Only a couple of levels in so far though. Seems... more of the
same. As you'd expect.

Splatoon (Wii U)
Whichever team I'm on for ranked battles is the worst team. I don't even
thing it's me - it's that most people don't seem to know how to play. Off
they go painting everywhere, rather than taking over and then, most
importantly, defending the splat zone. So I have to do it by myself. It
basically means it's 1v4. Sigh. Still, it's great anyway and I went back
to normal mode where people know what they're doing and won nearly every
match.

Dishonoured (PS3)
Forgot all about this. Played it for an hour or so, working my way across
the bridge and shutting down the spotlights. It is very lovely.

HuniePop (Mac)
No you shut up. It's actually really good. So there. And boobs.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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FALLOUT 4 PIP-BOY EDITION HOLY FUCK NAOOOOOO

Actually, I think I want that more than I actually want the game.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
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Nothing game related. Tinnitus in one ear and perpetual crisp packet
scrunching in the other can both fuck off though.

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
=--=--=--=

On Rainslick Precipice of Darkness 3+4 (free)
HuniePop (free)

I had a lot of Steam credit due to selling all my trading cards. Most of
which I've made back by selling more trading cards earned from the games I
bought with the money. Infinite free games! In fact, I only got the Penny
Arcade games because I knew I could sell the cards I got from it for more
than the 32p it was on sale for. And I did - 34p. So I *made* 2p out of
buying them.

deKay

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

Post by deKay

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Nothing game related. Tinnitus in one ear and perpetual crisp packet
scrunching in the other can both fuck off though.

Are you infested with insects?

Cheers - Jaimie

[deKay]

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh

Post by deKay

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Nothing game related. Tinnitus in one ear and perpetual crisp packet
scrunching in the other can both fuck off though.

Are you infested with insects?

I'm infested with something.

deKay

[deKay]

Post by deKay

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FALLOUT 4 PIP-BOY EDITION HOLY FUCK NAOOOOOO
Actually, I think I want that more than I actually want the game.

Well that's that sorted then. Phew.

deKay

[HarpingOn]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Gadzooks! Congratulations :)

I think. Reading between the lines and all.

[Kendrick Kerwin Chua]

Post by HarpingOn

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Gadzooks! Congratulations :)
I think. Reading between the lines and all.

My thanks to you as well. We managed to sneak the remaining wedding cake
onto the aeroplane, but I imagine it's impractical to share here.

-KKC, who should have taken the day off work to recover.

[deKay]

Post by HarpingOn

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo017-Also.jpg

Gadzooks! Congratulations :)
I think. Reading between the lines and all.

It's the lowest res wedding ever! :)


deKay

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:09:12 -0500, Kendrick Kerwin Chua

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Nothing at all. Sob.

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Time and energy.

To unwrap Splatoon and play it.

=-=

Remote working using up all my time and energy. Getting used to it, but
when I get home all my attention is either vegging out, exercising or
lady-shaped, and she doesn't game.

Cheers - Jaimie

[Toby Newman]

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Beyond Two Souls (PS3)
Playing co-op with my wife. I'm the entity, she's the human. Actually
really enjoying it. The challenge is about perfect for this type of
play, the story is interesting, the graphics fantastic and by golly
it's fun being a poltergeist.

Capitals (ios)
Playing Niaz.
After a dud start while I was working out the mechanics I'm doing OK
now. The endgame seems difficult to pin down.

=-=-=

Transformers Devastation
Based purely off the rendering style (80s comics)
It will succeed or fail based on the animation style for me.

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AC4: Wolfpack mode (360)
After two co-op sessions where we failed to complete a tutorial level
because we had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what we were doing wrong my Thursday
crew and I have uninstalled this game. We're getting Fuse next.

Doom 4 Cookie-cutter chainsaw animations
Maybe I was naïve but I was hoping that the chainsaw would work like
Metal Gear Solid's sword, but apparently not.

[Toby Newman]

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
There were also a number of other non-game licensors there, promoting
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo015-DangerMouse.jpg

Did I miss something? I like Dangermouse as much as the next guy but
what's to promote? VHS sales?

[Kendrick Kerwin Chua]

Post by Toby Newman

Post by Kendrick Kerwin Chua
There were also a number of other non-game licensors there, promoting
http://www.prismnet.com/~kkc/lu2015/Expo015-DangerMouse.jpg

Did I miss something? I like Dangermouse as much as the next guy but
what's to promote? VHS sales?

ITV now owns the property and was shopping it around to licensee
manufacturers and other potential users of the IP. The Expo is for people
who make action figures, T-shirts and other items that aren't directly
produced by the owners of a property, who may be primarily making only a
show or a video game. What you see at an Expo is generally two or three
years in advance of actual product making it to shelves, which is what
made it so interesting to attend.

-KKC, who thinks he likes his new corporate masters.

[Monkey_with_a_chainsaw]

Post by Toby Newman
Did I miss something? I like Dangermouse as much as the next guy but
what's to promote? VHS sales?

Last year, a new series with Alexander Armstrong as DangerMouse & Kevin
Eldon as Penfold was announced as going into production. It might
be coming out some time this/next year?