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I occasionally shill for other completed games that manage to capture a gameplay loop without necessarily being the prettiest things around. I have also occasionally gushed about the Trese brothers; https://store.steampowered.com/app/370020/Templar_Battleforce/ Five bucks for some top-down not space marine action without any Tyranids. It’s entirely not like a kind of WH40k turn-based affair with surprising depth.
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Daztek posted:Star Citizen in twitch clip form: https://clips.twitch.tv/StrongAlertDogFloof amazing
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Oct 30, 2018 03:47
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AngusPodgorny posted:They've invented a new paradigm for A. Old-fashioned QA are pessimists who'll hold up a project any time something goes wrong, because if something broke during testing, it might break for a customer. New and exciting QA is about being an optimist. If something ever works during testing, maybe it'll work for a customer! Old-fashioned QA also knows what results they should expect when they're testing the project. New and exciting QA is free of those limiting preconceptions about what might be the game -- there's no plan, no design document, and no coherent leadership, so anything could happen! Even fun!* *NOTE: any fun should be submitted as a bug, flagged as a showstopper, and escalated to a lead developer immediately
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Oct 30, 2018 03:51
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Hav posted:I occasionally shill for other completed games that manage to capture a gameplay loop without necessarily being the prettiest things around. I have also occasionally gushed about the Trese brothers; These the same guys that did Star Traders?
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Oct 30, 2018 03:57
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iospace posted:Hey Beet iospace posted:Post more he's mad he dropped part of his bedtime biscuit in between the crate and the wall, so now I have to get it for him 
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Oct 30, 2018 04:03
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I'm sorry I missed the Neal Stephenson discussion. I'm a person who loves nerdy digressions, so most of his books are strong, real, and my friend Cryptonomicon great, the Baroque cycle Great (admittedly the first book is a slog because it is mostly setup) but Baroque is all point, counterpoint, harmony and that's what the series is, I mean c'mon Diamond Age commits hardcore to the structure of a Victorian novel. Then it becomes a modern novel for a little bit and is very gripping, but then it goes back to Victorian form and you miss the modern take, also Judge Fang. Falls apart somewhat as it goes on Anathem recommended without reservation Reamde is something of a airport novel, but one that is constantly dunking on the stupidity of evo psych and econ theories that try to reduce everyone to perfectly self interested game players. All the antagonists subscribe to these views, and are in the end defeated by people who explicitly do not hold those views Seveneves is trash garbage - filled with ideas that in the abstract are quite interesting, but as a novel it **really** doesn't work. Basically humanity sucks and dies in a catastrophe that should be called 'Deus Ex Grimdark' to get eight women together in a room to have a conversation, and after humanity constantly making plans and being crushed like especially dim bugs, everyone's all "you know what we need? More of those half-assed plans." So I'm interested in Ian Banks, what book should I start with?
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Oct 30, 2018 04:09
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My favourite is Walking on Glass.
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Oct 30, 2018 04:15
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Love that doggo. Please post more Kayak.
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Oct 30, 2018 04:17
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Nebakenezzer posted:So I'm interested in Ian Banks, what book should I start with? Oh! Here's a topic I can definitely jump into. Other than general background on the Culture, there's not really any canonical order to his series. Some of them take place before, during, or after a big war, but it is always a background set piece and not terribly critical to the immediate narrative so you can jump in anywhere. I would say his mid and late stuff is best- his early stuff can be a bit pulpy. Do not spoil yourself with plot synopses, it's best to discover what he's getting at by reading it and just trust that he's got something to tell you. Be prepared for devastating endings and pretty much every character you love dying. My favorite Banks, from top to bottom: Use of Weapons Excession Surface Detail Look To Windward Matter The Player Of Games The Hydrogen Sonata Consider Phlebas Inversions
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Oct 30, 2018 04:30
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Here is doggo and daughter.
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Oct 30, 2018 04:34
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Cryptonimicon was one of the most flabbergasting literary experiences I've ever had and I really liked the Diamond Age and Snow Crash
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Oct 30, 2018 04:35
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Frog Act posted:Cryptonimicon was one of the most flabbergasting literary experiences I've ever had and I really liked the Diamond Age and Snow Crash Cryptonomicon's pretty great but you have to have an interest in cryptography and its origins in the WW2 Enigma program and also possibly messianic knowledge cults with magic powers.
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Oct 30, 2018 04:43
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Sarsapariller posted:Oh! Here's a topic I can definitely jump into. Other than general background on the Culture, there's not really any canonical order to his series. Some of them take place before, during, or after a big war, but it is always a background set piece and not terribly critical to the immediate narrative so you can jump in anywhere. I would say his mid and late stuff is best- his early stuff can be a bit pulpy. Do not spoil yourself with plot synopses, it's best to discover what he's getting at by reading it and just trust that he's got something to tell you. Be prepared for devastating endings and pretty much every character you love dying. Almost every banks fan puts Use of Weapons near the top of their lists, but i tried reading it and found it to be one of his worst. I agree Excession is one of his best. Player of Games is also one of my favourites.
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Oct 30, 2018 05:28
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Here is doggo and daughter. That is one content dogge and the face of a daughter who is well loved. Don' let either of them buy starter packages 
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Oct 30, 2018 05:43
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Here is doggo and daughter. That is a good dog and a cute daughter.
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Oct 30, 2018 05:51
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https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1056907726998118401 Once again Sean Murray is beating CIG to the punch (submarines), oh and free as well. This is actually a big thing now because Murray is giving out free updates for things that weren't promised in release, CIG on the other hand is making sure that you will have to grind for 100 hours for a starter ship. I know that NMS is grind central as well, but the fact that they are releasing all this content for free puts them well above CIG.
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Oct 30, 2018 05:54
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Oh and obligatory weird Clifford tweet: https://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/1057044447287013376
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Oct 30, 2018 05:56
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Amazing Zimmo posted:Oh and obligatory weird Clifford tweet: just a normal man making 3d rape tentacles for a game populated by children hell ya
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Oct 30, 2018 05:59
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Morphix posted:just a normal man making 3d rape tentacles for a game populated by children So I clicked there because, hey! tentacles! and ended up in PapaFlinch's stream, who was being hosted by Miku with me as the only viewer. So... um... that was kinda awkward.
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Oct 30, 2018 06:28
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Amazing Zimmo posted:https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1056907726998118401 Subnautica comes to NMS? Pretty nice. Also, NMS doesn't have to be grind central. For those who don't want you can play in a creative mode. IIRC, there are like 4 different modes? One day i'll probably get around to buying it.
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Oct 30, 2018 06:32
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Here is doggo and daughter. Doxxer!
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Oct 30, 2018 06:33
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Solarin posted:amazing actual lols at that clip
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Oct 30, 2018 06:37
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Morphix posted:just a normal man making 3d rape tentacles for a game populated by children when the police finally start excavating mikus backyard and find all those missing women none of his neighbors or aquintances are even going to try the ”such a nice man” routine, they’re all going be like ”oh yeah that makes total sense, we could have told you this ages ago”
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Oct 30, 2018 06:45
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Oct 30, 2018 06:49
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Erenthal posted:when the police finally start excavating mikus backyard and find all those missing women none of his neighbors or aquintances are even going to try the ”such a nice man” routine, they’re all going be like ”oh yeah that makes total sense, we could have told you this ages ago” Nah, they are going to be "women? we were expecting something weirder to be honest"
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Oct 30, 2018 06:56
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So, funding tracker is normalizing again. Dropped below 1000/hr for first time in a while. Looks like the whales have sated themselves after an orgy of spending.
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Oct 30, 2018 07:23
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Let it be said, this guy is fine.
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Oct 30, 2018 07:35
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Erenthal posted:when the police finally start excavating mikus backyard and find all those missing women none of his neighbors or aquintances are even going to try the ”such a nice man” routine, they’re all going be like ”oh yeah that makes total sense, we could have told you this ages ago” they're all going to be embalmed and stuffed into his anime body pillows Miku won't understand why everyone's upset, all he wanted to do was to preserve their essence and purity, and to accurately model their genitals into his vr chat thing as he's being led away in a Hannibal Lector style outfit, he will repeat 'what about my spaceship pledges', a great weight finally being lifted off his shoulders
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Oct 30, 2018 07:53
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Grubby Hobo posted:Something that has been bugging me: does the House of Roberts actually have any QA employees? We get patch after patch that is filled with obvious bugs, bugs that anyone could find trying to do the most basic things. It could also be that 10 seconds after a dev says he will fix what QA found, Croberts comes in and orders that dev to implement something from a movie Chris saw the day before, and to do it right now. "But sir, I am a programmer, not a concept artist...." "I SAID NOW! I want it done two hours from now or you are fired."
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Oct 30, 2018 08:27
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Beet Goblin posted:
I think Fandred1 has deleted the account 
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Oct 30, 2018 08:28
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Here is doggo and daughter. Adorable 
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Oct 30, 2018 08:31
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Hello CIG thread intern! This is your friendly reminder that CIG has 9 weeks to
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Oct 30, 2018 08:55
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Here is doggo and daughter. Reported for doxxing. both are adorable
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Oct 30, 2018 09:47
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TheAgent posted:the start of red dead redemption 2 is rough (and by start I mean the first 30 or so loving hours jesus christ) but when you start getting shitloads of money and making cool guns do cool things in your cool person clothes it kinda clicks This nails it on the head imo. I've only managed to play a dozen hours or so, but I have to think about SC quite often. The game has so much stuff where I am not sure if it actually adds "fun". It's a drat good game, and I like the pacing as it is chill as gently caress, but there is so much you have to think about. Clean yourself, shave your beard, eat, don't get overweight, don't starve, clean you gun, clean your horse, feed your horse, feed the camp, bring money to the camp, don't run into people, don't make people run into you, don't accidently shoot people because you misremembered the controls, remember how to setup a camp, remember how to cook etc. pp. It gets better after couple of hours once you had to deal with each mechanic couple of times, and the game itself is absolutely beautiful. It's a hardcore cowboy simulation, and perfect at that, but hard to swallow at first. Playing it, I often chuckle and think "and these SC morons want to add ten times of [imo] unneeded simshit to their virtual space-cowboy simulator". RDR2 is at - or slightly past - the limit of how much mechanics you can and should cram into a game. It's still good though, but I am quite sure I'll never finish it as there is so much going on I sometimes don't even know what to do first. *scratches 8/10 beard which refuses to grow longer because I need beard tonic for that
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Oct 30, 2018 10:22
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Midnight Voyager posted:Let it be said, this guy is fine. 
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Oct 30, 2018 10:43
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Grubby Hobo posted:Something that has been bugging me: does the House of Roberts actually have any QA employees? We get patch after patch that is filled with obvious bugs, bugs that anyone could find trying to do the most basic things. I worked on a project that was in perpetual alpha, we had a couple of 'bugs' (limitations of the engine, memory leaks, etc) which were used to close off the majority of other bugs as symptoms of the big issues. Imo they have QA but the devs can't fix the bugs they report because they're a symptom of a bigger issue which is that the core of their project is rotten. Unsurprisingly that project went through several iterations, millions of pounds and three engines then got cancelled. It was basically the transformers version of star citizen.
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