Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:44 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341345#Comment_341345 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341345#Comment_341345 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:35:38 -0700 Flabyo
This leads to too many games for any one person to buy, and often good games will simply fall through the cracks (often taking their developers with them) simply because they decided to go face to face with the Call of Duty's of this world rather than wait until the Spring to launch.

So anyway, holiday madness is upon us.

For me, the first title I'm picking up from this rush will be the XCOM reboot. All signs point to this being essentially my perfect game.

(It's also out on the same day as the game I've spent the past two years on, Fable: The Journey, but there's not exactly much demographic overlap there so I'm cool)

Later in the month I'll be getting Assassin's Creed 3, but beyond that I think I'll let reviews and word of mouth guide me on games like Dishonoured, Black Ops 2 etc... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341359#Comment_341359 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341359#Comment_341359 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:18:45 -0700 Magnulus
I still love and play the original, but I'm ready for a modern take. XCOM looks like the right stuff so far. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341368#Comment_341368 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341368#Comment_341368 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:54:33 -0700 Flabyo This XCOM video from Gametrailers is the first I've seen of someone just playing the game. It'll sell it to anyone who liked the original as it shows boh what they've changed and what they've kept. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341371#Comment_341371 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341371#Comment_341371 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:43:24 -0700 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341372#Comment_341372 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341372#Comment_341372 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:52:34 -0700 RenThing
My brother and I, when they came out, bought all of the original XCOM games (and I just about peed myself when Steam offered them all for $7 a few years ago and I jumped on that in an instant). We're incredibly excited about the new game. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341376#Comment_341376 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341376#Comment_341376 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:57:31 -0700 Fauxhammer
I'll be trading it in for Darksiders 2 or Dishonored. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341381#Comment_341381 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341381#Comment_341381 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:50:35 -0700 joe.distort
NiGHTS, one of my favorite games of all time gets its 16 year HD facelift tomorrow!!!

as far as the holiday rush, HITMAN (another old favorite) and DISHONORED are about the only things on the slate that look up my alley...however i usually get games like 7 -12 months late so those are more like Games Of The Future for me. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341412#Comment_341412 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341412#Comment_341412 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:08:04 -0700 Magnulus FTL lately. It's like a space-roguelike with a time limit, and it's both incredibly compelling and frustrating. You WILL die. A LOT. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341418#Comment_341418 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341418#Comment_341418 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:23:25 -0700 Ben Klumaster It was beautiful. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341420#Comment_341420 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341420#Comment_341420 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:33:14 -0700 Flabyo
Bit of a mixture in the office lunchtimes here at the moment. Lot of people playing DotA and LoL, some playing the new WoW expansion. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341445#Comment_341445 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341445#Comment_341445 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:54:02 -0700 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341452#Comment_341452 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341452#Comment_341452 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:53:49 -0700 James Cunningham
It's also more than a little disturbing, depending on your fondness for animals. I see cats as friendly little weirdo-beasts. Any random carnivore sees them as both a competitor for and a source of food.

Also, I learned that a pomeranian doesn't stand much chance against an alligator. Who knew? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341454#Comment_341454 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341454#Comment_341454 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:07:27 -0700 andycon
I wish I could buy it a few more times just so it will be a success and Sony will see there is a market for weird 'Japanese' games here in the west ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341455#Comment_341455 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341455#Comment_341455 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:18:42 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341474#Comment_341474 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341474#Comment_341474 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:29:56 -0700 agentarsenic
I still need a new gaming laptop after the giant Toshiba I had died, hence all the overtime.

A new baby could factor into both things, as well. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341490#Comment_341490 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341490#Comment_341490 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:59:39 -0700 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341523#Comment_341523 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341523#Comment_341523 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:55:38 -0700 twentythoughts
Neither that nor Resident Evil 2 are currently transferable to the Vita. Boo! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341569#Comment_341569 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341569#Comment_341569 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:20:28 -0700 Flabyo Here's Gametrailers round-up of what's out in October. These are US dates of course, so Assassin's Creed and Need for Speed are both November games here in the UK... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341651#Comment_341651 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341651#Comment_341651 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:24:28 -0700 RenThing Maine GOPer releases campaign flyer criticizing Dem opponent for playing an Orc Rogue in WoW. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341665#Comment_341665 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341665#Comment_341665 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:37:08 -0700 James Cunningham
Still voting Angus King, though. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341700#Comment_341700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341700#Comment_341700 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:49:48 -0700 joe.distort
DEAD ISLAND came in the mail, NiGHTS is out, new track pack for TRIALS EVOLUTION

i really want to just loaf about and recharge this weekend

unfortunately my most out of hand booze hound friend is in town for theee days

i already know how this ends, with me opening my eyes monday morning grunting 'Uuuuugh' ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341702#Comment_341702 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341702#Comment_341702 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:15:29 -0700 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341734#Comment_341734 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341734#Comment_341734 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:14:02 -0700 Corey Waits
Also got into the alpha/beta for a couple of stompy mech games... Not sure where the NDAs are at at the moment, so that's all I'll say.

Chomping at the bit for HOTLINE MIAMI. Can't it just be out already? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341737#Comment_341737 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341737#Comment_341737 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:44:12 -0700 government spy
Never played with any of you WC'ers, but wouldn't mind giving it a shot... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341745#Comment_341745 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341745#Comment_341745 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:38:48 -0700 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341761#Comment_341761 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341761#Comment_341761 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:47:27 -0700 andycon
part of me hates not having a PC back in the day, the other part of me loves that I can get all these games for like $4 a pop ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341793#Comment_341793 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341793#Comment_341793 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:51:06 -0700 Flabyo
And the art style is awesome (reminds me a little of Samurai Jack) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341805#Comment_341805 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341805#Comment_341805 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:13:18 -0700 screaming meat
'Mark of the Ninja' is excellent. It reminds me of a cross between the original Metal Gears, Shinobi and/or Shadow Dancer.... with maybe a little Tenchu (in 2D). Hours of fun. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341817#Comment_341817 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341817#Comment_341817 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:05:55 -0700 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342041#Comment_342041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342041#Comment_342041 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:14:42 -0700 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342042#Comment_342042 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342042#Comment_342042 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:54:36 -0700 Vornaskotti
***

1) Remedy is hiring programmers and animators, you derpers might be interested: http://remedygames.com/extra/job-openings/

2) If not, a pal who's a writer in Remedy had a fun idea - come play in his X-Com squad :D http://community.remedygames.com/showthread.php?t=9366 ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342066#Comment_342066 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342066#Comment_342066 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:23:55 -0700 Vornaskotti
http://community.remedygames.com/showthread.php?p=157094#post157094 ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342101#Comment_342101 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342101#Comment_342101 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:24:30 -0700 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342110#Comment_342110 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342110#Comment_342110 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:45:31 -0700 twentythoughts
I just spent AN HOUR grinding out those last two Chocographs in the first Chocobo forest. AN. HOUR. The main problem was that last Chocograph, the one you need to make your Chocobo walk through rivers. I'd forgotten just how mindnumbing it is to play the same minigame again and again, digging up nothing but Gysahl greens, potions and whatever else piddly items the game tosses at you when each Chocobo location is mostly emptied of good items. It isn't made any better by the occasional fiddlyness of the game when you're a pixel away from where it wants you to dig. It got to the point where I was looking at FAQs to make sure that I'd remembered correctly, that I was supposed to actually, really do this.

No more. I'm 47 hours into the game and I haven't even gotten to Terra yet. I'm powering through the rest, and Choco can go K-K-KWEHHHHH!!! himself. I'm not going through that with three or four more locations.

(Beyond that, I actually still like FF9. The random battles can be a chore at times, since they're annoyingly slow when fighting certain enemies, but I *really* like the story and characters and the world they've built. And when the battle system's at its best, it's actually still really fun.) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342304#Comment_342304 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342304#Comment_342304 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:55:19 -0700 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342305#Comment_342305 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342305#Comment_342305 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:18:15 -0700 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342346#Comment_342346 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342346#Comment_342346 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:47:04 -0700 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342347#Comment_342347 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342347#Comment_342347 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:47:18 -0700 MWHS
Wars of the Roses is also fun, if a bit lacking in depth. Hopefully the developers will add more content/finish the damn game without Paradox pushing them to make everything DLC. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342356#Comment_342356 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342356#Comment_342356 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:11:15 -0700 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342376#Comment_342376 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342376#Comment_342376 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:59:00 -0700 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342388#Comment_342388 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342388#Comment_342388 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:44:42 -0700 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342391#Comment_342391 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342391#Comment_342391 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:01:15 -0700 Ben Klumaster Talking of Thin Men, please tell me I'm not the only person that looks at them and sees Jarvis Cocker meets League of Gentlemen?
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342398#Comment_342398 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342398#Comment_342398 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:01:59 -0700 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342436#Comment_342436 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342436#Comment_342436 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:09:02 -0700 Alan Tyson XCOM is breaking my heart, right at this very moment. Let me tell you all a story about how XCOM is breaking my heart.

Emily St. Albans grew up on the streets of Manchester, U.K., and she grew up tough. The youngest of six children, she was essentially an orphan, and she found a home in run-down houses, boarded-up factories, and friends' flats. Emily dropped out of school and ran away from home at 15, and it took her parents three days to realize she was gone. In her teens, she was fed on a steady diet of punk music, cheap beer, and regular fights with the local gangbangers. Emily was one of those kids who, if you ask just about anyone, just wasn't ever going to go anywhere, or do anything that mattered.

Then the aliens came.

Emily was one of the only survivors of the Manchester Incident, and escaped her city on board an XCOM Skyranger. She earned her seat on the dropship by feeding a Sectoid three cartridges of birdshot, saving the life of an XCOM squad leader in the process. Emily got to keep the shotgun, and XCOM got to keep Emily. Seven months passed, and Emily became one of the most deadly and dedicated squad leaders at XCOM. A veteran of more than thirty operations, she saved countless lives and put down more than sixty alien combatants. As the Great Invasion dragged on, and fewer and fewer things could be counted on, the men and women who fought against the aliens knew that, when they needed a one-woman door breach, a flanking maneuver against a trio of Floaters, or someone to cover the VIP's escape, Emily St. Albans could be counted on to get the job done.

Then came the mission in India. The bad mission. A bomb has been planted, and things had gone wrong - disarming simply wasn't an option. All that was left was to evac the squad back the Skyranger, and try to get everyone home to fight another day. The aliens, of course, had other plans. Emily, who had no problem running and shooting (she'd been doing the former for as long as she could remember, and the latter for as long as she cared to remember), kept up with the squad until the last set of cover. Everyone was wounded, even Emily, and the aliens were hot on their heels, and coming out of the woodwork all around them. Fighting wasn't an option, and running might save two, maybe three people, but not the whole squad. There was a third option - someone could remain behind, keep the aliens busy, and take as many of them down as possible while the squad high-tailed it back to the dropship.

That someone was Emily St. Albans.

Six members of XCOM set down in Calcutta, India that night. Five made it back. One died a hero.

All of that, up there? All of it was the story I told myself while playing through my first campaign of any XCOM game, ever. This game forces you to tell yourself a story, and then it rips you apart when it brings that story to an end. I totally get why people obsessed over the original game back in the nineties. I seriously had to set my controller down and mutter "fuck fuck FUCK" to myself afterwards.

God damn, this is a good game. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342439#Comment_342439 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342439#Comment_342439 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:47:31 -0700 James Cunningham
After Borderlands 2, I think I'll give Unfinished Swan some time. :) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342478#Comment_342478 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342478#Comment_342478 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:44:12 -0700 InvincibleM
I downloaded Tokyo Jungle from PSN and It's fun, definitely different. It's sort of exhausting to try and unlock all the animals though, especially when I know that my score ultimately has a cap, based on the leaderboards.

Going to pick up XCOM tomorrow because once I heard the words turn based strategy, I couldn't resist.

I'll also be downloading the Unfinished Swan when it comes out. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342499#Comment_342499 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342499#Comment_342499 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:40:02 -0700 oscillateur http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342510#Comment_342510 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342510#Comment_342510 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:33:29 -0700 RenThing
The worst, THE WORST, about the original XComm games was when you had a squad member make it through mission after mission after mission and you finally get to that point, the point where no matter what you do, no matter how many times you might reload from your last save point, they are positively fucked.

I know people who stopped playing the game when their squad got wiped out because in some small way they blamed themselves. Harsh. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342512#Comment_342512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342512#Comment_342512 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:40:32 -0700 johnjones
Ultima IV is totally different. Most games want you to become a great wizard or deadly fighter. This one wants you to become a combination of Jesus and Bhuddha, the Avatar, in a quest to become a more and ethical paragon to provide an example for the Britannian people. I'm playing through though this as a Shepherd. Yes, Shepherd, the class of Humility. You know what special powers a Shepherd gets? Nothing. My best weapon is a Sling. Best Armor is Cloth. You're essentially playing someone as weak as a Mage but who has no magic. How did I end up with this? By honestly answering the questions at the started.

See Ultima IV differs from most games in that instead of assigning numbers or random rolling, you pick your character's class (and possibly starting attributes) by picking between a series of moral dilemmas and life choices. You decide which virtues best define you and by doing so, decide what you'll end up playing. It's just a lovely, awesome game that apparently came out in 1985. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342529#Comment_342529 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342529#Comment_342529 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:48:28 -0700 Ryan S Thomason
I think I need to quit sleeping so I can fit in the time for all these games, I'm halfway through RE6 oh and I'm trying to wean myself off Dwarf Fortress as well.

[EDIT] While I'm talking about DF and its insane difficulty, have a nosey at this thing I tried ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342530#Comment_342530 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342530#Comment_342530 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:56:44 -0700 andycon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342553#Comment_342553 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342553#Comment_342553 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:29:48 -0700 johnjones
I got all my Ultima games from Gog. BTW, assuming you get the full series, you should know that you can transfer your character from IV to V and then from V to VI.

Also, Andy, be prepared to set aside a couple of weeks for Ultima V, which is, if anything, even better than Ultima IV. Ultima V takes the idea of the Eight Virtues and deals with them at the societal level. It effectively shows the land of Britannia living under "Buddhist fundamentalism" in which the Virtues, which are meant as guidelines are instead applied as harsh laws with specific behaviors and punishments delineated. "Thou Shalt Not Lie or Thou Shalt Lose Thy Tongue" is the law for Honesty. In Yew, you meet a father and child who are locked up in stocks for violating the Laws. The father broke the second law by not giving enough to charity. The child broke the Seventh law by not turning in his father. More than any game I've played Ultima V brought home the evil of the villains in a truly personal, "in your face" way.

For one thing, the Shadowlords will sometimes be in a town that you visit. While there, they will hunt you if they see you (and they are both extremely tough and impossible to kill permanently until you figure out how). They will also color the interactions you have with the NPCs in the town. Cowardice makes every one there respond conversation attempts with "Please don't hurt me, please go away." Hatred makes them say "Begone, scum!" and they hit you for a small amount of damage. Falsehood allows for interaction but merchant will cheat you and overcharge you, plus anyone speaking to you will steal something from you at the end of the conversation. Also, Ultima V has day and night now - and you can't buy stuff at night because everyone's asleep.

For another thing, there's a scene that can play our if your party is captured by Lord Blackthorn, the overall villain of the game. In this seen he puts one of your party members into a thing with a swinging axe above it and demands to know a piece of information from you. If you don't give it to him (and you shouldn't) the axe splits your party member in two, killing him. And not just killing him, he's permanently deleted from your party roster and you can't get him back without starting the game over or restore at a save point. Despite the primitive, 1987 graphics, the dialogue makes it a harrowing scene that deeply personalizes the villain and your relationship to him, which makes the ultimate win you'll achieve much more satisfying. You're not defeating some generic Dark Kind or Evil Wizard, you're getting that fucker who murdered Iolo and that feels a hell of a lot better. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342560#Comment_342560 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342560#Comment_342560 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:57:33 -0700 Ryan S Thomason
thoroughly convinced :D

I've been trawling through GOG for a good long time now, I think after dwarf fortress I can handle mid-80s graphics again... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342570#Comment_342570 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342570#Comment_342570 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:58:48 -0700 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342612#Comment_342612 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342612#Comment_342612 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:56:57 -0700 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342629#Comment_342629 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342629#Comment_342629 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:04:43 -0700 Flabyo
But the original did that too, and had the disadvantage of not even making it clear what you should be targetting.

Those council missions though, it is weird how those don't get any harder past a certain point. They're good for blooding rookies at least. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342640#Comment_342640 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342640#Comment_342640 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:09:13 -0700 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342644#Comment_342644 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342644#Comment_342644 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:28:27 -0700 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342659#Comment_342659 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342659#Comment_342659 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:58:49 -0700 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342668#Comment_342668 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342668#Comment_342668 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:01:32 -0700 Flabyo
If you see 'Spec Ops: The Line' for a similar price, I can totally recommend that too. Again it feels like a fairly standard shooter at first, but the game is really about how in war everyone loses, and it evolves storyline wise into a massive subversion of the 'America saves the day!' trope.

I do love games that take a chance and experiement with their narratives. Videogames are a unique form, and there are things we can do with them that'll blow peoples minds once we can get properly past the 'kids stuff' baggage. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342689#Comment_342689 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342689#Comment_342689 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:52:12 -0700 andycon
Just remember that it is an RPG, and stats mean something,, when you are shooting at someone from 10 feet away and keep missing ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342691#Comment_342691 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342691#Comment_342691 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:54:40 -0700 twentythoughts
Spent about 65 hours on it. Mainly, I think, since I wasn't powering through like I initially intended to do. I actually let myself get distracted by all those little things, like Chocobo Hot 'n Cold, the card game, poking around the sidequests, etc.

There are bits of the game that drag. In particular the bits where you're walking around trying to solve environmental puzzles that involve walking around and poking at things until they open up, while you're fighting (through random battles) the same two sets of enemies that take too long to kill even though they're not actually much of a threat. The rest is actually pretty awesome, though.

It's a curiously dark story despite the visual style, centered around people dealing with their own mortality (in particular, those given really short lifespans). That's right: The game's theme is people dealing with the fact that they're going to die sooner or later, and how they make their lives count. This is done while fighting turn-based battles against fantasy critters. Well, it IS a Japanese game.

If you've got a hankering for old-school RPGing, I really recommend it. Especially now that you can play it portably. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342874#Comment_342874 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342874#Comment_342874 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:56:56 -0700 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=343944#Comment_343944 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=343944#Comment_343944 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:23:08 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344125#Comment_344125 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344125#Comment_344125 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:39:35 -0800 twentythoughts
This game's obsession with trains borders on the unhealthy. There's a whole race of wise people called Lokomos, whose defining trait seems to be that they're crippled, their life consisting of hanging around in temples while puffing around on steam-powered wheelchairs. Like, whut.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344126#Comment_344126 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344126#Comment_344126 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:41:38 -0800 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344371#Comment_344371 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344371#Comment_344371 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:28:12 -0800 RenThing Baludrs Gate: Enhanced Edition due out in eight days and if there is no Minsk and Boo I will be very, very displeased. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344372#Comment_344372 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344372#Comment_344372 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:32:32 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344375#Comment_344375 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344375#Comment_344375 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:08:25 -0800 InvincibleM
Get Uncharted first. It is a really, really, really well made series of games. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344379#Comment_344379 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344379#Comment_344379 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:54:54 -0800 oldhat
Also plan on getting Mass Effect 2 (was in the middle of it on my xbox when it redringed on me) and LittleBigPlanet because, well, it's adorable. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344380#Comment_344380 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344380#Comment_344380 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:58:06 -0800 James Cunningham
Oldhat- Demon's Souls. *evil laugh* ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344381#Comment_344381 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344381#Comment_344381 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:47:36 -0800 twentythoughts
Special recommendations: Demon's Souls, Dark Souls (both amazing games, and Dark Souls is the spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls). In fact, make sure to get them and play them fast... Some of the most interesting stuff that happens in them depends on online interactivity, and their server life isn't eternal.

Another special recommendation: Valkyria Chronicles. If you have ANY interest whatsoever in strategy games and/or RPGs, this is essential.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344409#Comment_344409 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344409#Comment_344409 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:25:51 -0800 Flabyo
I rather like it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344474#Comment_344474 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344474#Comment_344474 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:02:03 -0800 Magnulus
I'll admit, I've played Civilisation: Revolution many, many times on my PS3, though it looks as if XCOM is replacing that one as my go-to game for when I just want to play SOMETHING for a bit. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344488#Comment_344488 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344488#Comment_344488 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:03:16 -0800 James Cunningham
My review of Far Cry 3 is up. RPS mentioned the mission nagging in their review, though, and now I feel silly for having forgotten to gripe about it in mine. I can't be too harsh on it, though, because damn but I do love Far Cry 3. I'll love it a lot more when I'm playing the PC version, though. :) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344496#Comment_344496 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344496#Comment_344496 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:49:10 -0800 Flabyo
It's actually really rather good. Basically GTA, in Hong Kong, but with combat controls that actually work and an interesting melee combat system that has fancy combos and the ability to perform environment based attacks (like shoving someone into a giant fishtank) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344509#Comment_344509 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344509#Comment_344509 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:54:06 -0800 Morac Steam Sale going on. Must... resist... temptation....

I've already caved and picked up the Walking Dead season pass, as well as Offspring Fling (the latter for only $2!). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344512#Comment_344512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344512#Comment_344512 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:07:18 -0800 oldhat
I'm getting Ticket to Ride at half off, aren't I? Damn it... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344513#Comment_344513 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344513#Comment_344513 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:18:21 -0800 oldhat
Still worth getting? I know there's some rumours going around about the PS4 being released next year...Really don't want to get a console and then they just stop making games for it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344514#Comment_344514 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344514#Comment_344514 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:38:44 -0800 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344515#Comment_344515 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344515#Comment_344515 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:59:55 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344517#Comment_344517 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344517#Comment_344517 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:33:15 -0800 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344522#Comment_344522 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344522#Comment_344522 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:55:47 -0800 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344525#Comment_344525 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344525#Comment_344525 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:59:35 -0800 Flabyo
Do you own a Blu-Ray player?

If no, then PS3. If yes, then 'you really need to have lots of friends already playing 360 to take it over PS3'. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344535#Comment_344535 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344535#Comment_344535 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:55:41 -0800 Morac
Also, I highly recommend naming all of your squad members after people you know. It's a very fun way to play, especially when coupled with Iron Man mode. The odd thing about XCom is that for it to really work, you kind of have to meet it half way, adding in your own personal emotional connections. The game gives you very good tools for exploiting these connections, but offers little to establish them in the first place. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344540#Comment_344540 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344540#Comment_344540 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:01:43 -0800 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344547#Comment_344547 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344547#Comment_344547 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:54:01 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344548#Comment_344548 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344548#Comment_344548 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:55:42 -0800 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344553#Comment_344553 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344553#Comment_344553 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:39:39 -0800 oldhat
Tonight will be playing Uncharted 3 and maybe something free I can find. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344567#Comment_344567 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344567#Comment_344567 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:00:31 -0800 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344574#Comment_344574 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344574#Comment_344574 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:20:47 -0800 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344617#Comment_344617 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344617#Comment_344617 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:15:45 -0800 InvincibleM
Went kind of wild with the Steam sale and picked up:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
Orcs must Die! 2
NightSky
Braid
Spacechem
Aquaria
Psychonauts
Legend of Grimrock
and Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP which looks really cool.

all for under 50 bucks.

I would've picked up Civilization V if I didn't already have it. 8 bucks for that game is insanely worth it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344619#Comment_344619 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344619#Comment_344619 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:48:16 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344650#Comment_344650 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344650#Comment_344650 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:34:53 -0800 D.J.
My life is hard. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344664#Comment_344664 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344664#Comment_344664 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:02:33 -0800 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344670#Comment_344670 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344670#Comment_344670 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:38:12 -0800 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344680#Comment_344680 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344680#Comment_344680 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:33:25 -0800 Will Couper

Will ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344738#Comment_344738 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344738#Comment_344738 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:07:36 -0800 Morac Humble Bundle! From THQ of all people. Currently has Saints Row 3, Company of Heroes 2 and expansions, Metro 2033, Darksiders, and Red Faction: Armageddon. The first three are excellent games, and I haven't played the other two.

Sorry Mac & Linux people, this bundle is Windows and Steam only.

Oddly, I'm seeing some surprising backlash against this bundle on my twitter feed. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344740#Comment_344740 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344740#Comment_344740 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:27:48 -0800 oldhat
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344748#Comment_344748 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344748#Comment_344748 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:06:35 -0800 Ben Klumaster Also, god dang, I bought SR3 only two days ago. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344749#Comment_344749 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344749#Comment_344749 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:28:06 -0800 Morac
@Ben: It is a bit of a departure, sure. But some people are acting like Humble has personally killed their cat, with quotes like "Well, they completely abandoned Linux and Mac gamers. That's 50% of their customers." or "Indie community proves yet again that AAA is the enemy until a lot of $ shows up. Humility can be bought." (These are direct quotes off of my Twitter feed). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344751#Comment_344751 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344751#Comment_344751 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:34:14 -0800 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344754#Comment_344754 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344754#Comment_344754 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:48:06 -0800 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344757#Comment_344757 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344757#Comment_344757 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:00:41 -0800 Magnulus
But, like I said; I think it's great that they're on the bundle. Just disappointed that I'm not joining in the fun. (Because I know I wouldn't be playing the games) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344761#Comment_344761 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344761#Comment_344761 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:15:56 -0800 Morac
I'd definitely like it if there were linux/mac ports of these games, but honestly if there is anyone I'd let lack of cross-platform slide on, it's the bigger companies, because of the phenomenal cost of properly porting a AAA title. Even the Psychonauts Mac port is a bit dodgy, and that game came out in 2005. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344768#Comment_344768 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344768#Comment_344768 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:40:59 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344809#Comment_344809 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344809#Comment_344809 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:07:57 -0800 Will Couper

Will ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344852#Comment_344852 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344852#Comment_344852 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:59:52 -0800 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344861#Comment_344861 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344861#Comment_344861 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:38:51 -0800 oldhat
Otherwise Uncharted 3 is a fun game and the writing is definitely keeping me there. And LittleBigPlanet is just a big bag of adorable and really fills those "stressful day at work don't wanna think much" needs. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344862#Comment_344862 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344862#Comment_344862 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:08:53 -0800 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344871#Comment_344871 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344871#Comment_344871 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:26:28 -0800 twentythoughts
Started playing "Henry Hatsworth" for the DS. It starts off slowish, but it's proving to be a lot of fun. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344872#Comment_344872 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344872#Comment_344872 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:30:14 -0800 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344883#Comment_344883 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344883#Comment_344883 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:45:53 -0800 Vornaskotti
Dayum. Blogspam. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344925#Comment_344925 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344925#Comment_344925 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:03:19 -0800 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344943#Comment_344943 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344943#Comment_344943 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:59:00 -0800 twentythoughts
PSN: T20thoughts.

Levels:

Hobo Wizard
Hobo Warrior (sequel to Hobo Wizard)
Big Darn Wheels Inc. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345034#Comment_345034 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345034#Comment_345034 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:35:21 -0800 oldhat
Turns out EB Games store guy was a lying liar who lies. Mass Effect trilogy DID come out today! And I decided to pick it up.

So starting all over again after my xbox crashed in the middle of ME2. Still don't know the ending, so I'll thank you for no spoilers (even though everyone's stopped talking about it).

EDIT TO ADD: OH SHI-


Twyla Shepard. Near as I can make her to the last one I was playing on Xbox.

Thoughts so far on the crossover: a little buggy with audio sync and a few repeats. Glad that I'm able to mess around with the controller , so my trigger finger lands on the R1 button instead of R2. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345043#Comment_345043 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345043#Comment_345043 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:04:22 -0800 Morac

Shepard is secretly the last of the space unicorns. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345164#Comment_345164 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345164#Comment_345164 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:33:56 -0800 twentythoughts DARK SOULS 2 IS COMING AUGHAUGHAGSFDHSH

Seriously, Dark Souls may be my favorite game of this generation. If this one is even half as good, it'll be worth it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345205#Comment_345205 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345205#Comment_345205 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:10:55 -0800 oldhat ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345225#Comment_345225 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345225#Comment_345225 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:24:12 -0800 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345229#Comment_345229 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345229#Comment_345229 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:04:08 -0800 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345249#Comment_345249 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345249#Comment_345249 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:40:42 -0800 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345257#Comment_345257 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345257#Comment_345257 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:55:02 -0800 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345259#Comment_345259 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345259#Comment_345259 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:13:12 -0800 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345264#Comment_345264 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345264#Comment_345264 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:40:47 -0800 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345266#Comment_345266 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345266#Comment_345266 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:59:27 -0800 Yaboo Chingoa
There was a late-era NES game called Metal Storm, which was a mech run-and-gun. You could reverse the direction of gravity and walk on ceilings. Dig it:



Contrast those graphics with what might have been the first PC game I ever played:



It was awful ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345268#Comment_345268 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345268#Comment_345268 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:31:48 -0800 Yaboo Chingoa
Unfortunately, these were the games in question.

They weren't particularly bad, you understand... but once you'd played for three minutes, you pretty much got the idea, and changed cartridges. Unless those were the only NES game your folks allowed in their home, I guess.


There were a couple of Christian FPS games for the PC, but I never played 'em.

War in Heaven

Catechumen ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345314#Comment_345314 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345314#Comment_345314 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:37:45 -0800 James Cunningham
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345352#Comment_345352 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345352#Comment_345352 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:00:48 -0800 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345353#Comment_345353 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345353#Comment_345353 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:03:37 -0800 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345354#Comment_345354 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345354#Comment_345354 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:19:35 -0800 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345357#Comment_345357 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345357#Comment_345357 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:06:10 -0800 Yaboo Chingoa http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345446#Comment_345446 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345446#Comment_345446 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:02:48 -0800 Flabyo
Maldita Castilla

Most PCs will be able to run it. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345468#Comment_345468 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345468#Comment_345468 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:20:17 -0800 Magnulus this. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345712#Comment_345712 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345712#Comment_345712 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:11:59 -0800 Flabyo
Games of 2011
Games of 2012 ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345729#Comment_345729 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345729#Comment_345729 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:30:37 -0800 DavidLejeune has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Not massively shocking, but a little bit surprising, since the stock seemed to be trending upward in the wake of the Humble Bundle. And despite the news story saying there were 'no layoffs planned' I texted a friend who's still there and she replied that she was 'busy packing.' So layoffs apparently are happening. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345731#Comment_345731 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345731#Comment_345731 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:38:43 -0800 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345794#Comment_345794 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345794#Comment_345794 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:03:05 -0800 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345797#Comment_345797 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345797#Comment_345797 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:39:24 -0800 Morac
Hitman: Absolution, Arkham City Game of the Year edition, Intrusion 2, Cargo Commander and an expansion for Dungeons of Dredmor. I am really glad I got a new job recently. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345801#Comment_345801 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345801#Comment_345801 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:00:52 -0800 DavidLejeune
[edit] Fuckit. The additional tools should make it handier than 2 has been. Boughted. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345940#Comment_345940 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345940#Comment_345940 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:56:38 -0800 Frank
Completed the thing on Normal and now playing on Classic difficulty

(Not on Ironman mode yet though, that'll be next!) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345969#Comment_345969 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345969#Comment_345969 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:14:33 -0800 twentythoughts Santa is nice in Dark Souls, but don't. Fuck. With. Him. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345981#Comment_345981 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345981#Comment_345981 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:01:37 -0800 brittanica