Hey let's catch up on some video gaming in the sandbox

the "no defending while dual-wielding" thing got me killed multiple times as I was running around with an axe in one hand and balls of flames in the other

~ remap shouts to the d-pad or R3
~ RB is defend in all cases

bethesda do you hear me

re: badness of dialogue, i do kind of wonder when this will improve. even top-tier character driven games like rockstar's have woeful speechifying by any standard. post-writers' strike you'd think there'd be resources enough to bring in some "real" writers to polish things up or give things a little zip. as i understand it, the writing is up to the directors (right?). i wonder if any division of labor in this will ever happen. if the audience doesn't measurably care then probably not, i guess.

I thought the dialog in both Arkham games was outstanding

reading that thing made me imagine a huge open-world game like skyrim where you're a ghost and so can't directly interact with other characters and it's all about exploration and maybe you can move objects which can become an indirect mode of communication/influence. i would play it, talking in video games does pretty much always suck.

it ought to be convention to make your selections indicative and not quotation i.e. [ask to buy something] and not "hey, what do you have?"

a lot of games have a problem where you're given sarcastic options and it turns out they weren't meant that way (or v - v)

it ought to be convention to make your selections indicative and not quotation i.e. [ask to buy something] and not "hey, what do you have?"

this is why conversation in Mass Effect is so good

a lot of games have a problem where you're given sarcastic options and it turns out they weren't meant that way (or v - v)

sometimes i wonder if this is a social skills issue where ppl writing the dialogue aren't very attuned to the way ppl talk + how things sound. i can't think of a specific example off-hand, but numerous times I've been playing a game and heard or said a piece of dialogue that was just totally aspie.

i.e. HIRE A WRITER

lol I was trying to think of a good example of this and the first thing that came to mind was GLaDOS, which is pretty much the exact opposite of what you're talking about

anyone who's still playing glitch, did you hear they're putting the game back into beta to improve it? i was about ten minutes from canceling my subscription out of boredom, so that's cool. they also added some skills, but i've been on my phone and haven't seen 'em yet.

40 hours on skyrim guys and i still wanna call in sick every morning

btw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4z9TdDCWN7g

skyrimmmmmmm

***wipes away manly tear, all old school canklestyle***

seriously though whenever I hear the DOVAHKIIN DOVAHKIIN bit I seriously want to go fight a dragon, they should totally bring back the draft and just blast that at malls across america

Dovahkiin! Dovahkiin!

Naal ok zin los vahriin!

Wah dein, vokul, mahfaeraak ahst vaal!

ahrk fin norok paal graan,

fod nust hon zindro zaan,

Dovahkiin fah hin kogaan mu draal!

the controls in skytim are still p terrible and all ive really learned is that everytime a stonefaced aryan dude asks me to join his band of outlaw warriors and help cast off the dark skinned oppressors and restore the land to its original purity i take the other option

also that there are bandits everywhere and angry skeletons for some reason

also i dont really get the constellation of skill upgrades

it reminds of me of old snes rpgs for some reason... like some sultry pixelated gypsy crowding the menu screen, your FATE awaits amongst the STARS young warrior...

call me back after you've done twenty hours padawan

BTW, here are two awesome things I have found:
http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/to-sum-it-up/
http://prequeladventure.com/2011/03/prequel-begin/

4.50 for the REALLY BIG BUNDLE - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/38770/Indie_Royale_Debuts_Third_Really_Big_Bundle.php
Breath of Death VII/Cthuluhu Saves The World/Eufloria/Runespell and Really Big Sky plus whatever they'll throw in later; this looks worth it.

so if any of you still ive by a surviving lol blockbuster, you might want to check and see if they are doing the same sale mine was (any 5 games/movies priced at $15 or less for $30).

as a result and because obv i dont have enough stuff to play already, i now have

spiderman: shattered dimensions
blur
fable iii (yeah i know)
dead space 2
and a season of curb your enthusiasm

it is too damn bad that there is no Curb Your Enthusiasm game

like some sort of awkwardness simulator

X - get defensive
O - gesticulate
square - insult
triangle - jump

quick time failed apology events

Theres been about a dozen times Ill switch from Skyrim to BF3 and Ill throw a grenade right on the ground in front of me at the onset of a match because Im trying to sprint..

btw that spidergame so far is way way better than it deserves to be, although it seems like kind of a way more lighthearted version of the wolverine game. not looking forward to the noir dimension stealth thing tho because stealth games suck and i suck at stealth games.

nobody on a skyward sword tip?

i know you all hate the tedious side missions in gta, but i was very ANGRY at gtaIV for making a big thing about simulating NYC and then actually not letting you become a yellow cab driver. whas dat all bauot?

Forced my friend to get the New Vegas offer last weekend, when it was £3.75. anyone else grab it?

And yes Minecraft. been playing lots of Minecraft. Decided I want to create houses on a beach, in Minecraft.

i am getting skyward sword for xmas

'from santa'

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first half of res evil 4 was harder than i remember - i think i missed some ammo dumps and got through the section with the two chainsaw ladies with my last bullet (also found next to no shotgun shells in this part, when i remembered using it constantly). then the fun really starts at the castle, when you can buy the riot shotgun + the semi-auto rifle.

almost every boss i encountered in re4, i would sell everything just before and buy a rocket launcher. then spend the next level suffering with no basic weapons. yeah i was bad at it.

http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/12/01/skyrim-what-were-working-on/

Continued Game Updates – This week we released update 1.2 across all platforms, and we’ll be releasing an incremental update next week. We anticipate it will be up on PC first, and then hit PS3 and Xbox 360 later in the week. Among other things, the update will fix issues like magic resistance not calculating properly and the rare, amazing backwards flying dragon. Once the update is released, we’ll share the full release notes.

After the holidays, we’ll continue to release regular updates for the game — through full title updates, as well as incremental “gameplay updates” to fix whatever issues come up along with rebalancing portions of the game for difficulty or exploits. We plan on having a lot of these, not just a few. Overall, you should expect updates to be hitting the PC and Steam earlier and more often, as that’s a process we control. Console updates will follow, as they must be certified and processed by those manufacturers.

We all know this is a huge game, and everyone has a different experience. We’ll continue to do everything we can to make the game better and better for as many people as possible every day. We’ve also realized that with the millions upon millions of people playing Skyrim, we need to treat our updates with greater care. If we get too aggressive trying to fix a minor issue, we run a risk of breaking something larger in a game like this. To be safe, we are prioritizing code side fixes right now over data fixes. Quest and balance issues are usually data, and those will start rolling in a large way with the January updates.

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I had probably my most satisfying Skyrim session last night. Can't wait to go home. Why do we have to have a dumb office party tonight, argh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVABQuSAm1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPtVdK7OzpE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAnQQcIncq0

you are one of the best posters

why do people do things like that

why because of

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Back on RDR. Fucking sick of load screens.

Finished the latest Assassin's Creed and it wasn't very good. Easily the worst since the first (somewhat fitting that the first game is a free bonus on the PS3 version). Hopeful ACIII will have some more interesting ideas and less bullshit additions that clutter up the core gameplay. If you stripped it down and refined the good parts it could be an amazing game (though you can say that about most any game).

(i am pretty awesome btw)

Bought Deus Ex. Waiting for it to d/l from Amazon which is bleah FOREVER.

Played Junk Jack and Oh! Edo Towns on my phones over the holiday. Good times.

So if I go ahead and get Skyrim should I care what platform I get it on? And can I download it or will I have to go to a fucking shop! Of all places!

Mario Kart 7 has some good online features. anyone else gonna get this so we can set up an ILG Community invite code thing?

looks like console is nice and 360 is best image.