I doubt I'll be of the same opinion. Loving the shit out of 3d land at the moment, and it's even better on the new 3ds. Lack of timers is cool though.
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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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I doubt I'll be of the same opinion. Loving the shit out of 3d land at the moment, and it's even better on the new 3ds. Lack of timers is cool though.
reptilescorpio
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By captain kinopio do you mean Captain Toad?
dishwasherlove
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Baka gaijin please refer to majestic Japanese games with their unbastardised titles.
Heh, gamedude. I bought the parts for my first pc there, back in 2000. It was dodgy then and they are still doing dodgy things now, from what I hear.
First day back at work doesn't feel so bad. I thought I would struggle getting up early, but so far so good.
I heard Netflix has started making it hard for VPNs to work on the service, anyone had any issues?
So I think I'm addicted to "If You Are the One". Been watching it almost religiously over the holidays and loving every awkward minute of it.
Hm. I wouldn't mind checking it out, depends on when it is. Saw them at a festival a few years back and they were pretty nifty and nowhere near as full-on as I was expecting.
Darren870
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Dates in Melbourne are kinda crap, but I am going to try and get to the old school set. I like their older stuff.
Also need to purchase my Sting and Paul Simon tickets too!
Poimandres
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I dunno... based on the level of content $59 seems way overpriced to me. I refuse to pay Nintendo prices!
A price I was happy with was Bayo 1/2 for $55
The dollar is at five year lows! Those sort of prices aren't going to last. To be honest, pricing is miles better now than this time last gen anyway.
reptilescorpio
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It's a great show, I wish I tuned in more to it.
Why do the aliens get free moves? they move, then they have the OMG ALIENSSSSSSS cutscene every damn timeeeeeeee, then they get another free move.
Why does cover not?
Why is every car explosive?
Why is everyone a terrible shot?
Why cant I pick specializations?
Theres like a billion more.
Why does cover not?
Why is every car explosive?
Why is everyone a terrible shot?
Why cant I pick specializations?
Theres like a billion more.
Race for the Galaxy in convenient, computerised (and blessed by Rio Grande) form. Yay! I can suck at it even when playing by myself!
snarkot: have you tried xenonauts?
snarkot: have you tried xenonauts?
Hey AusGAF, help me out a little...I just moved in to my new rental, and trying to figure out what the hell kind of TV plug this is. Any thoughts?
Just an old 2-pin 300 Ohm antenna plug, probably from the 70s or 80s.
Go to Dick Smith or Jaycar and have a chat, or talk to your rental agent.
I agree so much
dishwasherlove
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Captain Kinopio is just a great name
Just poking fun. Yes it is a great name but I had no idea what you were talking about for a second there.
Hey markot have you ever playing the original XCOM? It's the only one I've played and it'll probably make you want to snap your keyboard in half.
It has proper projectile tracking and collision detection though which is insane for an isometric sprite-based game. It also makes your inaccurate guys easy to handle because their inaccuracy is only measured in degrees. So many lives lost to rockets clipping walls though...
It has proper projectile tracking and collision detection though which is insane for an isometric sprite-based game. It also makes your inaccurate guys easy to handle because their inaccuracy is only measured in degrees. So many lives lost to rockets clipping walls though...
YAY! Congrats.
I have a 4 year old daughter and a one year old son.
My one year old can already climb better than his sister could at 3. His latest trick, perfected over the break, is to climb onto the sofa, then haul himself up to the window, pull the insect screen aside and attempt to climb out if the window. His level of physical awareness, precision and general derring-do are SO different to his sister it's amazing.
Incorrect. The tactical layer is great. The strategic layer is what's lacking.
Speaking of New PCs, is this OK for $500?
AMD FM2 A4-7300 4.0GHz Dual Core CPU
ASUS A78M-E FM2+ MicroATX Motherboard
2 x DDR3 4GB (1x4G) Crucial 1600MHz RAM Module PN CT51264BA160BJ
500GB WD 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue HDD PN WD5000AAKX
Integrated Video Card
Aywun MicroATX A1-102 Case Black with 420W PSU
Integrated Power Supply
Integrated Sound Card
Integrated Network Connection
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64bit OEM PN WN7-00614
(I'll be adding my own video cards, monitors, keyboards etc)
AMD FM2 A4-7300 4.0GHz Dual Core CPU
ASUS A78M-E FM2+ MicroATX Motherboard
2 x DDR3 4GB (1x4G) Crucial 1600MHz RAM Module PN CT51264BA160BJ
500GB WD 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue HDD PN WD5000AAKX
Integrated Video Card
Aywun MicroATX A1-102 Case Black with 420W PSU
Integrated Power Supply
Integrated Sound Card
Integrated Network Connection
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64bit OEM PN WN7-00614
(I'll be adding my own video cards, monitors, keyboards etc)
ThoseDeafMutes
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That is an atrocious CPU but I guess if 500 dollars is your absolute upper limit you may not do much better.
What's your total budget?
Darren870
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Locked down the area around Parliament House in Melbourne.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...nding-parliament-house-in-melbourne-evacuated
Was walking past as they were closing it off, cops were pooring out of mini vans and closing the roads.
Someone probably forgot their bag..
http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...nding-parliament-house-in-melbourne-evacuated
Was walking past as they were closing it off, cops were pooring out of mini vans and closing the roads.
Someone probably forgot their bag..
ThoseDeafMutes
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How do you feel about building it yourself?
What games would you need to be able to play on it?
Damn, that blows. I'm kinda busy so I doubt I'd get to one even if it fit into my schedule somehow, but I'm sure it'd be a great gig.
That must've been right after I walked past... I didn't see heaps of cops, just a few here and there, a fire truck and some firies putting some tape around the footpath (they'd already taped off the entrances to the park itself). This was just before 5.
I don't really know what it was, but it just wasn't for me. I wanted to like it, I swear!
Getting lots of USB ports is mostly down to MB selection
Got it this afternoon for $53 at Shintokyo. Haven't decided whether to finish Champion Road before I start playing it though.
100% on 3D World is just that one fucking level away
viciouskillersquirrel
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I got Shovel Knight in the recent eShop sale and thought it might make for a good palette cleanser between cases in Ace Attorney 5.
Oh my goodness, this game is pure joy. The guys who made this must have had so much fun. I just got ripped off (in-game) to the tune of $1000 and the way it happened so abruptly literally made me laugh out loud. The Castlevania themed level with its blatant rip-off of Death and the suspiciously familiar music was another nice surprise.
Does anyone know what the sparkly areas in the bottomless pits are meant to be?
We can't leave him alone in the backyard anymore because he'll climb into the trampoline and not ever want to come out.
Oh my goodness, this game is pure joy. The guys who made this must have had so much fun. I just got ripped off (in-game) to the tune of $1000 and the way it happened so abruptly literally made me laugh out loud. The Castlevania themed level with its blatant rip-off of Death and the suspiciously familiar music was another nice surprise.
Does anyone know what the sparkly areas in the bottomless pits are meant to be?
My son's a climber as well. His favourite thing in the whole playground is the rope castle thing. Even though he physically cannot reach the next level, he will spend hours trying.
We can't leave him alone in the backyard anymore because he'll climb into the trampoline and not ever want to come out.
you can fish the sparkly areas with a fishing rod and get sick potions and stuff.
Also, there's a special something related to that $1000!
I came into shovel knight not really expecting much, maybe I'd play through a level or two and move on to another game. But crap, it's so much fun. It's never too difficult, even when you die the checkpoints are quite forgiving. The music's great and the relics make the game feel really megamanny. The game does an amazing job at subtly teaching mechanics, and it's fun as a designer to go through and spot the little hints they give players about how to take advantage of the game's logic.
It wasn't an earth shattering game, and it still doesn't make it onto my top 10 for the year, but it's an incredibly solid game with too few flaws to mention.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Cool beans. Ran out of money though, so there's one more guys left in the shop. Maybe I'll replay the alchemist level to see if I can't get that music scroll (the jump you have to make is ridiculous).
Box of Bunnies
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Shovel Knight is actually on the fairer side of things as far as those retro style platformers go. Nice difficulty balance instead of going "old games were hard, let's make ours stupid and punishing."
Wizball on the C64 Emulator, Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga Emulator and the occasional go of Civilization 5 if I'm feeling particularly decadent.
Wizball on the C64 Emulator, Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga Emulator and the occasional go of Civilization 5 if I'm feeling particularly decadent.
Is your avatar an homage to the old Zzap!64 reviewer boxes?
Also - Wizball! There's a name I haven't seen for a few eons.
I have similar ages but reversed sexes and the 9 month old girl is progressing way faster than her brother did at the same age. She's crawling fairly slowly, and pulling herself up etc. My son didn't crawl and walk until very late, well after 1. He bum shuffled though, and I'm glad I got that on video because it's cute as hell to look back on. Their personalities are so different too.
Where I work, I sit near three other guys that all have one boy one girl and my conclusion after years of banter is that we tend to overstate sex as a determinant (probably because it's the easy and obvious one). One guy has a girl that is patient, and that's because girls have good social skills. Another guy has a girl that is impatient, and that's because she's bossy "like all little girls are". So I'm trying not to put behaviour into gender buckets.
People with multiple kids of the same sex talk about the wild differences between them too, so I think we're just this weird melting pot of bizarre influences from everywhere and the best we can do is what Fusebox does and:
The main difference between them is when you're changing their nappy, the boy is more likely to pee on you, and the girl is harder to clean.
I didn't find that at all, where did you get stuck?
Poimandres
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Shovel Knight ey? I picked it up in the STEAM sale and I've played a few hours. Pretty good so far but I feel like it's trying a little too hard to be cute/quirky at times. Still, it's pretty solid and I really like the music.
We need Sensible Software back generally.
I've also found what I believe to be the best ZZap! resourse on the web. Its even got the 'missing' episode of Terminal Man I missed from issue 12! Man, Oliver Frey could draw.
OK - here's a test for you Gaz - C&VG had its own comic strip which included a VR game called 'God' - can you remember the name of the strip?
What kind of video card are you adding?
Multiple times throughout the game and I'm only a few levels in. Its just a drain to play because of that so I haven't played it much since I got it.
You built yourself a gaming shed, building a PC is considerably less challenging than that. I'm confident you can do it.
You've got plenty of people here who'd be willing to help if needed, myself included.
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