Keyrock

The SteamBox cometh. Also, on that page, below the blue circle, there are 3 circles.

Do you HAVE TO pvp? Because I'd just as soon "miss out" on that aspect of the game.

I'll help you out, melkathi. Alan Wake will most likely be a disappointment to you. That should narrow down your choice.

At what level did you get the power tokens? I haven't gotten any yet, and I have a few items that require them. I'm lev 5 now.

They talked about switching from <horrific Microsoft "service" that shall not be named> to Steamworks for Dark Souls before <horrific Microsoft "service" that shall not be named> officially bites the dust. When that happens I may scoop it up myself, as <horrific Microsoft "service" that shall not be named> is the main reason I've not gotten it yet.

John Farrell has some decisions to make regarding the postseason rotation. If he goes with a 4 man rotation, then it's cut and dry. Lester, Buchholz, Lackey, and Peavey, in some order. If he goes with a 3 man rotation, then you have Lester for sure, and 2 of the other 3. Buchholz was arguably the best pitcher in the majors before he went down with injury, but he's only had 2 starts since coming back so it's hard to know exactly what you got with him. He looked impressive in his first start back and gave up no runs in a win. He struggled with his control early on in his second start back, but only gave up 1 run and got stronger as the night wore on, and also got a W. He's likely got 2 starts left before the season is over so those will go a long way toward him securing a spot in the postseason rotation. Peavey has been solid since joining the Sawx, he's experienced, and you know he'll keep you in the game and get you to the late innings. He looked straight up dominant in his last outing for the first 4 innings, before giving up 3 runs and ultimately getting a no decision. Lackey pitched a 2 hit, 1 run, complete game gem his last time up, carrying a no-hitter into the 7th. He's been good all year long. I guess the "we've got a rotation full of quality starters we need to choose from to shorten the rotation" decision is a much preferable to "we've got a couple shaky starters, which one do we put in the last postseason rotation spot?"

In happier news, and speaking of Broken Age, in their latest update they announced that the first half of the game has gone into alpha. Basically, they said it was playable from beginning to end, but needs lots of testing and polish.

your party is almost identical to my first one soon Gary will give you 80 slices of pizza to buy a new figurine. don\t repeat my mistake and just buy the one that looks the best. you can only change your figurines with ones of the same race and class. I had to start a whole new party just to have my new skeletal warrior in it I already did. Grizzelda's figurine, in that picture, is the one I bought. The original one had her with an axe and a shield. I bought this one because it looked more cleric-y. Also, because she's got sweet braids. Edit: Also, you need to post some pictures, or at least give me their names.

That does look really good.

Don't expect the guns to change anything. 90% of the time it's hand-to-hand and you don't even get to keep the guns permanently. I love the combat in SD personally. Yeah. You do get guns eventually, but Sleeping Dogs is a love letter to Hong Kong cinema, hence it's highly geared toward martial arts combat. Luckily, I found the combat to be quite satisfying. Sure, you can beat everybody up with 2 buttons, but it's a lot more fun to pull off different moves and combos and beat them up in style. Also, shoving a guy's face into a deep fryer will never get old.

Dark Souls 2 Aching Bones trailer: Now that <Microsoft "sevice" which shall not be named> is officially dead (soon, anyway), I won't have to worry about this being saddled with that abomination and I can look forward to scooping this up.

I got enough AD to upgrade my Acolyte of Kelemvor companion to purple. So now I set out to do the Sharandar stuff and she's gained 2 levels already (the quest reward XP helps a lot). 3 more levels until she's maxed out and becomes a full fledged Doomguide.

Thank you!

I'll take a Bastion if you're still feeling generous. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971335644/

Exactly the reason why I stayed as far as I could from MMO's for years, got the impression from pictures like Agiel just posted that MMO's are aimed at people who use those hentai nude mods on Skyrim and the like. Playing SWTOR did teach me that most players aren't weirdos but still I find it disturbing to see people, who in all likelyhood are men, playing with characters who look like they spawned from some 14 year old's wet dream Sure, MMOs are the place where people run around in their underwear, you'll get that no matter what MMO you play. The stuff Agiel posted I can deal with. Tera, though, also has got some really disturbing furry and loli fetishes going on.

I played it for a short bit. I found it way too creepy for my liking.

Started playing Grim Dawn alpha again since the B12 release came. The B12 release fixes the framerate stutter, introduces new NPC faces, and has a bunch of balancing changes. The beta should be out in a couple of months, and the next mastery is likely only a month away (Squee!). For the time being, I started up a new character. I'm going pure Occultist with this one.

Sawx beat the Os and avoided getting swept at home. Boston has owned every other team in the AL East this year, except the Os. They've been a thorn in the Sawx's side all year. Lackey took a big step toward earning himself a spot in the postseason rotation with an thoroughly impressive 2 hit, 1 run complete game. Also, the Sawx clinched a postseason berth, but that was never in doubt.

Wow, that's... umm... wow. Remember how up in arms and doomsday people got with what happened with Broken Age (aka Double Fine Adventure)? And that was while people got all their physical rewards, and the game is still going to come out, and it's going to be significantly bigger than originally planned, it's just coming out MUCH later. I imagine people are/will be going nuclear over this.

Intrepid adventurers Sven Bjorntorg, Anvilor von Hammerstein, and Grizzelda Lil'Rock encounter a vicious giant goblin After defeating the monstrous beast, they check its corpse for the spoils of war

Counter-point: In a Kojima plotline, out of place technology ranks pretty low on the nonsensical list.

MGS5 gameplay from TGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9imLig0GrQA#t=251 Damn, that does look good and give me a bit of console envy. Not enough to get me to buy a console, mind you, but enough that I would likely scoop this up and deal with the standard ridiculously convoluted Kojima plot to play this, were it ever to come to the master platform. I always get a kick out of red barrels in video games (not just in MGS5), presumably packed with explosive liquid. I can just picture the goon squad form Evil Military Outfit X. Goon 1 - "Hey boss, we got a truck coming in." Goon 2 - "I think it's a shipment full of red barrels, boss." Boss Goon - "Yeah, we ordered a bunch from Explosive Red Barrel, Inc." Goon 1 - "Where do you want us to put the barrels, boss?" Goon 2 - "We have a secure, safe storage cage, over in the corner of the compund, away from heat sources and possible vulnerable str..." Boss Goon - "Shut up smartass! I don't pay you to think, I pay you to walk around, unload stuff, and occasionally shoot innocents. Now, here's what you two are going to do. Take the red barrels and distribute them around the compound. Make sure you put at least one barrel near each guard tower. Try to get some near support columns for vital buildings, and if there are any left, put them near barricades, on the side we would be on, in case we would ever get attacked."

Basically yeah. GTA basically created a genre, GTA3 specifically, and that genre became synonymous with with GTA, and thus GTA became a well known brand name and achieved mythical status. A status not necessarily undeserved, mind you, as I thought all their games were quite good with the exception of GTA4 (can't speak for GTA5 since I haven't played it). It's the same thing with CoD or Halo. Once the franchise gains enough mainstream popularity, it reaches critical mass, then it become a self-sustaining hype machine. At that point, it almost doesn't matter if future titles are good or not, as once the hype machine is in full effect it's very difficult to derail, whether from external or internal forces. Usually once a game series catches fire like that and becomes a popular trend, the franchise will keep raking it in until the trend burns itself out and people move on to the next thing. I would say that Shenmue created the genre and GTA3 just made it about violence. Still I guess the GTA, the COD, and the Halos can be proof of separation between discerning gamers and casual ones, so I'm not so angry about them being successful (though I do get a bit mad when someone credits them with innovation, as is the case in point ) In the end its just evidence of the industry's growth and of how badly managed it is, capitalist nowadays expect opportunities to come to their door, knock, wait for them to answer and then do all the work. My mistake, but GTA3 popularized the genre anyway. Point is GTA was the franchise that became synonymous with the genre, to the point where other games in the genre are commonly known as GTA clones. Once a franchise becomes synonymous with a genre, such as GTA with sandbox, or CoD with modern military FPS, or Diablo with loot em' ups, it's nearly impossible for another franchise in the same genre to take over the top spot, regardless of which franchise is actually better (which is subjective anyway). It would take a massively terrible game to derail the hype machine, and even then, the hype machine may keep functioning on pure hype and brand recognition.

No, it was a typo. Grizzelda is a priest. I changed the post to make it accurate now.

Nice. Mine is: Sven Bjorntorg - Human Warrior Anvilor von Hammerstein - Dwarf Wizard Grizzelda Lil'Rock - Dwarf Priest If I could name the party it would be called Norse & Carnage.