Everything posted by Gorth
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What you having for dinner tonight?
Put some steak in some marinade in a pan. Left it in the fridge overnight. Going to fry it tonight when I get home. It's going to be interesting. Not quite sure what to add to it, but I think I have a can of mushrooms and some frozen broccoli and cauliflower (and some cheesy sauce for the vegetables). I know, frozen stuff, but who cares? There's plenty of meat. Got a nice bottle of wine too.
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New Scientific Discoveries, Part Deux
Beat me to it... thought about the mouse experiment posted earlier in this thread. Watch this space for computer virus that forces you to do things against your will Speaking of minds, those wacky Austrians (not to be confused with Australians) are at it again. Not just masters of Quantum Communication, they are also putting a different spin on AI. Now growing brains in vats... Yeah, why don't you grow a brain you... Make them big and smart enough and stick them in a cyborg body. Humanity is sooo going to be last years model.
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What are you playing now?
I visited Makeb once by accident. Didn't know touching my ships holo thingy would teleport me there. Fought and killed a number guys and critters, but felt outmatched (everybody seemed 3-4 levels higher than me, being level 46-47ish at the time). Completed a bonus mission but still has the main task ahead of me. Decided to finish the class story first before getting more side tracked by the post level 50 stuff.
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Weird News Stories
They have a hospital called Fish Memorial... seriously (and this wing commemorates the unknown sardine) ? As for the guy, somebody probably said something like you need a shrink and he heard it as shrimp.
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What are you playing now?
Yeah, easy for you to say with your insider knowledge!!!
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What are you playing now?
Still playing SWTor when I get a few spare minutes. Usually 30-45 minutes at a time. Caved in and forked out millions of in-game credits for a big lizard mount. I'm sure my Sith Juggernaut is going to look imposing riding into battle on it. I would have preferred a War Mammoth with spiky armour and a howdah for him to sit on, but it's the next best thing I suppose. Edit: Slightly unrelated, but I checked my Origin client and noticed it was several updates behind. It also started updating a number of games, including DA2. Anybody know what the hires texture pack thing is (it was free)?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
Famous last words in software development: "How hard can it be?..." Not joking (much). One of the few types of comments that makes me foam at the mouth are accusations of "lazyness". You don't get to the top of the food chain in software development by being lazy or incompetent. In my own (entirely anecdotal) experience, when a project turns to a nightmare, it's not a single individual or even a single team that go wrong, it's something much bigger involving the entire synergy of the whole team. Yeah, that was probably a bit off topic
- What you did today
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The funny things thread
Pixar are fantastic at imbuing animated characters with "pesonality".
- What you did today
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Gamescom Previews
I wonder if they have been on some kind of European tour. A number of German language previews popping up lately
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New screens
...and for those who understands German, there is a (just a little) bit of elaboration on some of the combat mechanics
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
Maybe the maker packed up and left eons ago, leaving the universe to its own devices?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
- What are you reading?
Hmm, only books I've read, written by game developers were the Deepgate Codex trilogy (Alan Campbell, former Rockstar employee). I think I made sarcastic comments at the time about the third book, as it could only have been written by a game developer. Great intro, excellent middle part and absolutely sucky deus-ex-machine ending. I think that was even before ME3's ending First two and a half book were great though.- Justin Bell got promoted to Audio Director
Congratulations Justin- SW: The Old Republic Part 5
Can't say I've ever heard of such a thing Have had very few technical issues (not including in-game bugs, most of which are already listed on the known issues list that google took me to once. The few I've had went away with the "repair" option (and Nar Shaddaa is a frequently visited place for most characters, both early and late in the game). Only known and frequent issue (frequent, as in always happens) is the hyperspace crash on Black Talon and what's its name either boarding party or the the one just after which crashes you to desktop. For some reason, the latter is not on the known issues list.- Dragon Age: Inquisition
Bad, bad Orogun... Thread has long since exceeded traditional length. Seems like a good point for a new chapter. Next Chapter- Dragon Age: Inquisition
Start of old thread End of old thread Shamelessly copied from MC's intro post of previous thread: Official Website The Fire's Above - trailer. From IGN: Release Date: Fall 2014 Supported: PS3, PS 4, XBox 360, XBox One, PC Engine: DICE's Frostbyte ----------------------------- Why Dragon Age: Inquisition isn't Called DA 3 - article Open-World Re-Imagining - video interview First Look: DA:I Concept Art - blog DAI Wallpapers A Look Inside Dragon Age: Inquisition's Development Dragon Age: Inquisition Coverage Trailer - Game Informer --- As good a place as any to kick off a new thread I think.- SW: The Old Republic Part 5
Besides my human main guy (my Powertech/tank build), the next in line to reach level 50 is my cyborg trooper The latter (a Commando healer build) is best in a group though (and I also play solo most of the time). I noticed it in particular with the Bounty Hunting event when going solo against the henchmen. He's great at supporting and has some nice area effect weapons, but it's all things that do less damage to more targets rather than taking a single target down fast. Unfortunately, his companions aren't quite geared up yet to do enough damage, so he can just heal those and then let them do the damage. Edit: 3rd in line for reaching "end game" is probably my Chiss sniper at level 38. Edit2: Speaking of bounty hunting, got 2 kingpin contracts (plus 1 kingpin taken down and another that kicked my butt royally, taking the total to 4) and 5 henchmen contracts in my inventory. Not too shabby for a week long event I think- Space Hulk - review
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I'm guilty of supporting the cartel market. Bought two hypercrates. The lizard would have been nice, but wasn't really the goal. Sold most of the content (except a few armour pieces) on the GTN. Made 5 million in-game credits in 24 hours. That's a *lot* of crafting material (and schematics) I can buy from the market. So yeah, it is a "splurge for convenience" thing acting as a money sink for real life money.- Dragon Age: Inquisition
I was sort of the opposite. It took PS:T to get me to eventually warm to BG1. Didn't like BG1 when I tried it at first, but then I picked up that big orange and blue box one day from a store shelf. Gaming was never the same again. Got BG2 when it came out and loved it. Long, long after, went back and completed BG1. The latter is still my "least" favourite of the bunch though. PS:T probably offered the best single session experience and BG2 the most replayability (and IWD the most fun encounters). I'm sure other peoples mileage varies.- SW: The Old Republic Part 5
Turnaround time for fixes *does* seem quicker where the cartel market is concerned- What are you playing now?
Eh, question not quite understood They are a set of missions different from the usual space missions. I.e. kill x number of frigates, destroy battleship and space station and x boss ships (in one mission) etc. The one I finished had you escort a prototype bomber to it's goal, then blow up the bridge of a battle ship, kill 3 jedi (boss) ships while actively dodging ridiculous amounts of incoming fire. The latter is the hard part, because you need to aim the photon torpedo while dodging with your wasd keys The one I didn't complete (yet) has you destroy a space station, a battle ship and 8 oversized defence sattelites while constantly zig-zagging through a 3d maze of cargo containers (while dodging boss ships and heavy fighters). - What are you reading?