Mirificus posted:

The essence of Wesha





Edit: Yes, it's real.

orcinus posted:

Burgal Turds, Burgal Turds,
Does whatever a Burglar can,
Meltdowns of any size,
Catching everyone by surprize.

Look out! *PAAAAARP*
Here comes the Redux maaaan!

Decrepus posted:

I have a million dollars please lycan (heh) me to Elon Musk or Bill Gates unironically.

AP posted:

Meanwhile at CIG.

https://twitter.com/RayRoocroftCIG/status/733773565410037760

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/RayRoocroftCIG/status/733679727207174144

Further office visits have been cancelled after Sandi saw that guys chin.

Daztek posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6TUHscJsk

From Reddit

RattiRatto posted:

i think we should actually reflect on this, as we got kind of used to it but it's still insane.
At least that's what happened to me. I kind of got used to the fact that there are megawhales. But then i don't think about it anymore, i forget, and one or two months later i realize it again, and it makes me shaking everytime
Let me say it again just make it clear:

There are supposedly 1000 people who decided to pay at least 1000$ for a virtual asset which doesn't exists. And 200 who went for 10000$. This is outside any acceptable level, this is scientology kind of money.

It's interesting to reflect on how the human brain works.
NO ONE, and i say no one, would have ever thrown 10000$ to a finished game, no matter how perfect it is. No actual flyable shiny ships which actually play would ever raised that much, no matter how close to my dreams they are. That's because, as everything out there, perfection is always in someone's mind, but not in the actual thing in front of your eyes.
The fact that is actually not there makes people believe. And the believe is always stronger than the fact

quote:

"Never Forget Your Horse Armor

Ten years ago today Bethesda defined bad downloadable content with two dollars and fifty cents’ worth of horse barding.

Downloadable content was a relatively new thing back in 2006 when my favorite Elder Scrolls game was released, and players and publishers alike were still getting a feel for what worked and what did not work. Then came Oblivion’s Horse Armor DLC, blazing a trail of badness for all to see.

Players could spend $2.50 worth of Xbox Live points to deliver decorative armor for their mount to an NPC in virtual Tamriel. The first set was free, subsequent sets cost 500 in-game gold.

Bethesda quickly discovered that people did not think $2.50 was a fair price for a cosmetic item that no one else but the player could enjoy. Were it an online game such an item might act as a sign of prestige. “I had $2.50 laying about,” it would say. But Oblivion is an offline game, and the whole affair was just silly.

Bethesda marketing and PR VP was on top of the situation, issuing a statement the day after Horse Armor’s release (via Engadget).

“We tried to find a spot for [the download] that fit with what other things were out there. A Theme costs 150 points. The Kameo thing was 200. We’re trying to find the right spot that fits... We’re not even a day into this right now. We’ve got a couple more [downloads] we’re working on finishing... We want to put some different things out there and find out what folks want and what they don’t want. These are optional things, not requirements, so if you don’t want to get them you don’t have to.”

The lesson Horse Armor provides is a simple one: some DLC is dumb and overpriced.

Three years after its release Bethesda celebrated April Fool’s Day with a special sale on Xbox 360 downloadable Oblivion content. Everything was half-off except for one thing. They bumped the price of Horse Armor to $5.00."

Daztek posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6TUHscJsk

From Reddit

G0RF posted:

Just so there's no real confusion for any casual visitors here... (I assume you know this Risc but since the paywall is down and we do get occasional outside visitors...)

The Facebook shot quoted above is a satirical retouch. Photoshop retouches of official CIG communications is a recurring satirical gag in this thread -- and a legacy more broadly of Mr.Lowtax's ancient humor website.

First, someone pastes in an official CIG tweet, RSI letter from the chairman, FB update, or what have you in the thread. Then others modify it, usually to make a satiric point. Both the gameplay screenshot on that monitor and the Facebook wall update text are modified.

What Sandi is really doing - besides taking her self-declared "first vacation" since CIG started - is unknown to us. We know it's not her first since she's tweeted and Facebooked other vacation photos. Nobody even cares if she takes vacations but why does she act like she hasn't sent out other vacation pics via those same channels? Ski trips with Chris or pics of her on a yacht in Monaco or whatever? It's just so

Danknificent posted:

Chris never fails to inspire confidence

Risc1911 posted:

i knew the photo was shopped, i just did not expect the text to be too. I actually think she would tweet poo poo like that because she does not care what the spergs think.

orcinus posted:

Have a fantastic weekend, my pikeys!



http://www.epcivic.com/index.php?/topic/31-ma-best-mate-pikey-bhoys-old-type-r/

Daztek posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6TUHscJsk

From Reddit

Sunswipe posted:

It's still amazing to me that 900 years in the future, people are still using what look pretty much like Heckler and Koch G36 assault rifles. The lack of imagination that's gone into this game is incredible. 1930s sci-fi serial rayguns would be an improvement on this half-assed tosh.

G0RF posted:

And yet-- here we are, 5 years into this thing, and with rare exception, the normalization of CIG's outrageous business model-- selling IOUs for DLCs is no big deal at all. The $2500 Javelin? It doesn't even come with weapons-- it was decommission for active military service, therefore after buying it for literally 1000x the price of Oblivion's Horse Armor, you're still going to have to cough up some dough.(Plus you'll need to hire 16 crew members to fly it. Alone. In your very own instance...)

Alan Smithee posted:

Wait so is sandi in fact going overseas to Moviefilm

Kilmers Elbow posted:

G0RF posted:

Nobody knows. She said she's taking her first vacation since they started CIG and also said she's working on a "secret squirrel" project. So maybe she's in "Alvin and the Chipmunks 5: Nuts in Space".

Who knows?