Whitechapel - Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53:07 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295890#Comment_295890 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295890#Comment_295890 Fri, 27 May 2011 04:53:01 -0700 Fauxhammer
I played the single-player campaign of Portal 2, and found it to be exactly what I wanted. It was challenging, but never ball-busting, funny but never jokey. It was one of the most balanced games I've played in years.

I'm on LA Noire right now, and again, it's an astonishing achievement. The technology they came up with to render performances is amazing, and the stories are tight, satisfying, and in some cases, shocking.

I also had a taste of D&D: Daggerfall and Halo: Reach. Daggerfall is buggy as hell; I got stuck behind a dwarf at one point. Be warned if you download the full game.

On the RPG front, my Skype group is still kicking Githyanki ass every Wednesday night. I play a Level 14 Fighter/Warlord.

NOW YOOOOOU ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295891#Comment_295891 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295891#Comment_295891 Fri, 27 May 2011 05:01:39 -0700 phill_sea http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/tortheldrin/seforathii/simple
Guild was supposed to start Black Wing Descent last night, but we'd agreed not to pug, and couldn't fill the missing slots.
(That's what she said!)

That, and going through 30 Rock on Netflix streaming are my nerd outings, at the moment. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295896#Comment_295896 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295896#Comment_295896 Fri, 27 May 2011 06:04:27 -0700 Kelind
Started an EVE trial last night and am enjoying it so far. Chose to randomize my surname and ended up with the first name being the same as the starting star system. The game is starkly beautiful when run on a decent graphics card.

I'm interested in seeing the new dungeon crawler, Hunted. Touted to be for the "gear age". Steampunk dragons anyone? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295901#Comment_295901 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295901#Comment_295901 Fri, 27 May 2011 06:52:38 -0700 Ben Johnson Resonance of Fate on 360. It was challenging, but it's nice to see something so fresh in the famously stagnating JRPG genre.

I started playing Zombie Lane of Facebook "for work." It's not going to change the world or anything, but it's solid enough for a facebook game.

I've got Russian FPS Metro 2033 coming in the mail, and I imagine I'll be grabbing Trenched when it comes out on Xbox Live on the 22nd.

Oh, and fuck yeah Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure, which took over the game developer twittersphere earlier this week. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295905#Comment_295905 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295905#Comment_295905 Fri, 27 May 2011 07:12:59 -0700 oldhat
I'm playing Zelda and the Phantom Hourglass for the first time. I downloaded it ages ago, never played it and finally decided to break out the DS and give it a whirl. Discovered the two different stages I reach in this game and what would most likely be all other Zelda games. 1) Haha YES! Awesome! Getting shit done! 2) FUCK THE PRINCESS AND FUCK THIS GAME.

Also playing D&D. Not the videogame, but the actual pen & paper one. My character is a warlord named High Swingin' Heidi. I like her! ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295906#Comment_295906 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295906#Comment_295906 Fri, 27 May 2011 07:47:53 -0700 Kradlum I've also started playing Zombie Lane on Facebook, but I'm thinking about quitting already as it's a bit too time intensive. I might give it one more burst of play at the weekend to see if I can beat the latest zombie horde mission and get the achievement for using 500 energy in a day.
I just got an Android phone but haven't had the time to hunt out any games to play on it, which makes me think I won't have the time to play any games on it. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295907#Comment_295907 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295907#Comment_295907 Fri, 27 May 2011 08:15:42 -0700 Fauxhammer
And, you know, lived in a vast Tolkien ripoff magic world. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295908#Comment_295908 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295908#Comment_295908 Fri, 27 May 2011 08:21:04 -0700 chiaslut
@oldhat - I'm always playing hand-me-donw or older games. I can never rationalize paying full price with the budget I have to work with.

My D&D group went on hiatus for the summer, so I'll be pen & paper RPG-less for a few months. I'll probably break out the Gamma World game and run that for some folks for my fix.

I just played through the Bulletstorm campaign (I'm not a big multiplayer fan) on the Xbox and it was decent. Best thing about it was the dialog. Delightfully foul mouthed characters. I borrowed it and Too Human from a friend, so that's next.

I am still playing Minecraft, just not nearly as much as I used to. I started playing Lord of the Rings Online with a few friends but haven't logged on in weeks.

Drop7 and Archmage are my go-to games on my phone. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295909#Comment_295909 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295909#Comment_295909 Fri, 27 May 2011 08:56:12 -0700 oldhat
@sleestak I actually bought something that will allow me to *cough* download the games for free and store and play them on my DS. I got tired of having a DS with only three games and an inability to buy more. Nowadays I play my DS much more.

Did anyone ever play Star Trek Online? The hype over that kind of came and went and now there's no mention of it anymore. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295910#Comment_295910 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295910#Comment_295910 Fri, 27 May 2011 08:59:05 -0700 Will Couper
Got jittery when PSN went down.

Went through the 'Portal 2' single player campaign the last couple of days. I only completed the original a few months ago, so all the mechanics were still fresh to me. Spent a good deal of time laughing while still being absorbed in the game play.


Will ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295911#Comment_295911 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295911#Comment_295911 Fri, 27 May 2011 08:59:07 -0700 joe.distort
so im playing all the games that used to error out on me. PORTAL 2, FORZA 3, 'finished' FALLOUT 3 (90+hours) and SUPER MEAT BOY! ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295917#Comment_295917 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295917#Comment_295917 Fri, 27 May 2011 09:39:39 -0700 Flabyo
Workwise it's E3 coming up in just over a week, which means all sorts of pain for those who make games for a living followed by lots of shiny new things being unveiled. Best and worst part of the year for me really.

Duke Nukem Forever is out in a fortnight. That's been in development for longer than I've been a games coder, and I start my 13th year as one this July... ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295918#Comment_295918 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295918#Comment_295918 Fri, 27 May 2011 09:44:13 -0700 Oxbrow "Did anyone ever play Star Trek Online? The hype over that kind of came and went and now there's no mention of it anymore."

A huge Treknerd friend of mine did in the beta, liked the ship creation system and not much else. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295919#Comment_295919 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295919#Comment_295919 Fri, 27 May 2011 09:57:50 -0700 Fauxhammer
Also: it's hilarious whenever the Watch of whatever city we're in shows up. I tell my DM, "I'm rolling Initiative. Fuck these guys." ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295925#Comment_295925 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295925#Comment_295925 Fri, 27 May 2011 10:27:57 -0700 badbear
Portal 2 was amazing of course. Finished the co-op campaign in a weekend (has anyone heard of any DLC coming out for this?) and the single player campaign not long after that. Gods it's good. So unlike anything else. I'm not sure how much replay value it has but it beats another bloody FPS any day of the week.

I forgot about E3! I'm hoping for Mass Effect 3 announcements. I'm caught in a neverending loop between being so excited about that game that I need to calm myself with information about it and not wanting to hear too much so that my experience will be relatively spoiler free. It's a difficult balance to strike. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295926#Comment_295926 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295926#Comment_295926 Fri, 27 May 2011 10:33:39 -0700 ZJVavrek Portal 2, I played when it came out. Haven't coordinated with any of my friends yet to get a co-op game going. Wonderful game, in all respects. Still need to finish my commentary playthrough.

The recurring favorite of mine: Dwarf Fortress. I'm taking a bit of a break just because I want a handful of modifications to the game to play my ideal fort and it's a somewhat tedious task to implement all those modifications. (For fellow players: My idea is to remove the maximum age from dwarfs, as well as skill/attribute rust, so that any dwarf who doesn't starve, die of disease, or get struck down in combat, can eventually become perfect in all things. I'm also wondering how to modify prickle berries into being sun berries, since good/evil plants don't show up in this version.)

I've started playing Left 4 Dead 2 on single player, to learn all the maps. I bought the game last autumn, but didn't have the time or interest to really get into the game. A few friends play, though, and I'd like to play with them without being That Jackass Who Has Never Seen The Map Before (And Doesn't Know What A Witch Is.)

My enthusiasm for Fate of the World is moderate at best. I loved the beta, thought it only needed a few touches to be a good game. The retail product ... it has quite a lot more of everything, except for two areas the beta excelled in: simplicity of use and empty promises.

And, as I have thought for the past year or two, I say again: Need to get back to playing Morrowind. Wonderful game; great fun. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295929#Comment_295929 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295929#Comment_295929 Fri, 27 May 2011 11:10:09 -0700 StefanJ
I'm writing a introductory adventure for Villains & Vigilantes, the olde timey superhero RPG. It has never technically been out of print, but the authors have taken it back from the moribund publisher. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295930#Comment_295930 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295930#Comment_295930 Fri, 27 May 2011 11:14:33 -0700 oldhat Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295932#Comment_295932 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295932#Comment_295932 Fri, 27 May 2011 12:17:46 -0700 Will Couper

Will ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295954#Comment_295954 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295954#Comment_295954 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:52:43 -0700 mojokingbee Enjoying myself in LA noir..maybe the only rockstar game I may actually try to finish.
Also replaying Planscape Torment and my computer can handle it since it's a little old but still just as fun as I remembered when glitch-free and running on a capable comp.
Alas..one of these days I'll get around through my pile of shame if I wasn't busy drawing. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295956#Comment_295956 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295956#Comment_295956 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:57:34 -0700 Beamish
When I am inspired I play NBA2k11, I drafted Michael Jordon to the Cleveland Cavaliers to replace that douche.

@oldhat I have that cough device as well and since my wife has claimed ownership of the DS and I get the dirty look if I try to play. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295967#Comment_295967 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295967#Comment_295967 Fri, 27 May 2011 17:18:39 -0700 magnusisasillyname Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295977#Comment_295977 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295977#Comment_295977 Fri, 27 May 2011 20:20:12 -0700 RenThing
Since then I've been playing Borderlands, SCII (Rank 1 in gold, hoping to move up in the ladders soon), and the original Left 4 Dead.

Table-top gaming I've only been playing Pathfinder, which we converted to after 3.5 moved to 4.0 D&D. It's a great game run by a friend of mine and we've been playing for almost four years. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295978#Comment_295978 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295978#Comment_295978 Fri, 27 May 2011 20:45:27 -0700 chrisanthropic Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295979#Comment_295979 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295979#Comment_295979 Fri, 27 May 2011 21:00:43 -0700 BrianMowrey


GLOBAL. As in the Earth globals.

0 is the people in the world who are better than me in the world. I am like the lion king of jumping around in this inefficient teacup in the cleverest manner. For probably at least today. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295988#Comment_295988 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295988#Comment_295988 Fri, 27 May 2011 21:47:55 -0700 rickiep00h
The wife and I have been playing a lot of You Don't Know Jack on the 360. I can't convince any of my friends to buy it, though, so no awesome XBL games. I used to play the shit out of YDKJ on Playstation back in college, and it's still dick and fart jokes with bizarre, sometimes arcane, trivia. Quite enjoyable.

I somehow ended up buying a DS and Pokemon Black. It was long-distance hype from my brother and some of his friends. I must admit, it's pretty enjoyable for being a JRPG aimed at tweens. I'm slowly grinding up to fight the Elite Four, which is basically the penultimate boss fight in the game. Oh, and I also bought the two previous DS generations, so I have lots of dumb little critters to collect.

As for physical games, there's apparently a new wave of fixed-set deckbuilding games out there, of which Ascension is my favorite. It was designed and playtested by some former Magic pros, and it seems to have a lot of replayability. Plus it's relatively non-competitive, so my wife and I can actually play it without going to bed mad at each other.

So many of our board games are gathering dust. I really need to get a group together, even though it will probably be comprised of my wife's coworkers. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295989#Comment_295989 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295989#Comment_295989 Fri, 27 May 2011 21:49:01 -0700 James Cunningham
I also picked up Terraria, but I've only had time for a couple hours so far. Great 2D Minecraft meets Castlevania type of game, though.

Also loving the hell out of Bangai-O HD. I actually wrote a review for it, so rather than go on about it again here's a handy link.

E3 in under two weeks! Anyone else going to be there? Should I be looking for anyone to say hello to while I'm in LA? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295994#Comment_295994 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295994#Comment_295994 Fri, 27 May 2011 22:42:34 -0700 DavidLejeune
I'm sure a post-E3 LA area Whitechapel meet-up could be arranged. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295997#Comment_295997 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295997#Comment_295997 Fri, 27 May 2011 23:06:29 -0700 Flabyo Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295999#Comment_295999 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=295999#Comment_295999 Fri, 27 May 2011 23:16:00 -0700 InvincibleM
Pretty solid little game with great controls and visuals, plus a nice aggravation vs. reward factor.

Also have been enjoy Mark of the Wolves, an old fighting game for the NeoGeo released via XBL arcade, with a great cast of characters and a really fun, balanced game (in terms of offence vs. defence) which you really just don't see much of anymore. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296002#Comment_296002 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296002#Comment_296002 Sat, 28 May 2011 00:45:18 -0700 D.J.
Section 8: Prejudice is the best FPS since Bad Company 2, and is only 15 bucks, so everyone should play it. The previous poster reminded that Outland is also a very fun platformer, sort of a 2D Prince of Persia meets Ikaruga. Really, I'm just biding time until Duke Nukem Forever comes out. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296015#Comment_296015 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296015#Comment_296015 Sat, 28 May 2011 04:59:33 -0700 arkhamrefugee
We just wrapped a D&D tabletop game a couple of months ago and my roommate and I are putting together a game of the Dresden Files RPG, which uses the Fate storytelling system (if anyone knows what that is. I figure between that and the oncoming threat of our old DM running another game, I should be pretty well entertained for a couple of months at least. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296052#Comment_296052 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296052#Comment_296052 Sat, 28 May 2011 12:40:34 -0700 Pablo
I've also been squeezing in a bit of time with the new Mortal Kombat, which is a decent fighter as well as a great piece of nostalgia. I want to start Mass Effect 2 as soon as I have more time, after which I'll probably look into getting Dragon Age II. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296069#Comment_296069 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296069#Comment_296069 Sat, 28 May 2011 14:46:48 -0700 Yskaya
Too bad Phelps has such a limited wardrobe which only livens up when there's some random bloodspatter sprinkled on by the more fashion minded criminals.

Still casting longing glances at dragon age, but new adobe design package comes first or so I keep telling myself. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296074#Comment_296074 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296074#Comment_296074 Sat, 28 May 2011 18:11:50 -0700 LokiZero Star Trek Online, but have been taking a break from it for a few months because I ran out of things to do. Super fun.

I bought the Orange Box off Steam for old time sake, forgot what a good game Half-Life 2 is, especially Episode 2.

On the pen n paper side, I play Werewolf: The Apocalypse every other weekend or so over Skype. It can be clunky at times, and not the same as being there in person, but it does the job. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296084#Comment_296084 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296084#Comment_296084 Sat, 28 May 2011 20:31:06 -0700 Jamie Heron
Minecraft waxes and wanes, sometimes it's fun, other times it's just rather boring, the map of a whole bunch of Studio Ghibli film locations was pretty for example, but got lonely very fast.

Oh and there's always Team Fortress 2, and for some reason EVE online. I downloaded a free trial and suddenly remembered how much fun it is to mine and explore. Don't like people though, should probably work on that if I want to get any further...

Honestly finding Dragon Age: Origins rather bland. I've almost finished it, and the whole thing has felt like a real drag. I'll probably finish it in the next week or two, but I don't expect anything good to come of it. Really disappointed by it.

-Looks at what I've written-

Fuck I play too many games. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296086#Comment_296086 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296086#Comment_296086 Sat, 28 May 2011 21:15:43 -0700 RenThing Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296092#Comment_296092 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296092#Comment_296092 Sat, 28 May 2011 23:00:04 -0700 taphead
(Well, I gave the first a miss, as it's apparently not really living up to the idea and also not available for Macs, but a friend just bought me AC2. Which was nice.) ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296115#Comment_296115 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296115#Comment_296115 Sun, 29 May 2011 08:49:52 -0700 chainsaw.serenade Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296119#Comment_296119 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296119#Comment_296119 Sun, 29 May 2011 09:58:45 -0700 Darkest
I'd like to get into RPGs on the tabletop but unfortunately my friends are disinclined to play anything aside from 40K. I will have to cast my net a bit wider. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296120#Comment_296120 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296120#Comment_296120 Sun, 29 May 2011 10:06:57 -0700 RenThing
How is Brink? I saw an ad for it a while back and thought it looked interesting. What are your thoughts? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296124#Comment_296124 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296124#Comment_296124 Sun, 29 May 2011 12:05:51 -0700 DowneastDredge Mass Effect 2 a couple of weeks ago and WHERE THE FUCK HAS IT BEEN ALL MY LIFE? Somehow the first never got on my radar and I only picked up 2 on a tip from a buddy. Got for $18 used but would gladly have payed $59.99. Now very much anticipating the third. Better firefight (and squad interplay) experience as a third-person action-rpg than most of the well known FPSs out there imo. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296126#Comment_296126 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296126#Comment_296126 Sun, 29 May 2011 12:38:40 -0700 Darkest
I like it quite a bit. I especially enjoy the emphasis on team work rather than the Halos and the CoDs of the world. Being able to help your team mates to achieve objectives is a real rush. The only problem I have with it at the moment is that the single player AI isn't as good as I would like it to be and the enemy tends to get really irritating when they block certain choke points. But fortunately all the missions are available from the start. Unfortunately I haven't been able to play much multi-player yet but since that's what it was made for it should be quite impressive.

Mass Effect 3 lets you customize your guns again. Yes! ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296133#Comment_296133 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296133#Comment_296133 Sun, 29 May 2011 13:48:51 -0700 D.J.
The AI is pretty mindless, but really you want to be playing multiplayer. The game has some questionable design decisions, but on the whole it's fun, just really vanilla. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296134#Comment_296134 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296134#Comment_296134 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:01:10 -0700 AgentCoop
Also catching up on some old stuff (I only got my PS3 recently): Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. All are awesome in their own way and I'm enjoying them immensely. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296135#Comment_296135 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296135#Comment_296135 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:08:51 -0700 James Cunningham Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296136#Comment_296136 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296136#Comment_296136 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:12:39 -0700 RenThing Someone is redoing X-Com with the same look and feel.

I cannot express how much this makes me happy. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296137#Comment_296137 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296137#Comment_296137 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:14:25 -0700 AgentCoop Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296148#Comment_296148 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296148#Comment_296148 Sun, 29 May 2011 15:44:48 -0700 riotmedic Radiant Historia is really good. I didn't expect to get hooked on it, but I am like a gutted fish now.

Also, 999: 9 People, 9 Hours, 9 Doors was amazing but I think it's a year old now. Both DS games. I don't got any of them newfangled TV consoles, not with my time constraints. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296162#Comment_296162 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296162#Comment_296162 Sun, 29 May 2011 19:56:08 -0700 Corey Waits Regarding Brink:
I don't find the AI as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. Sometimes they do the usual AI sort of thing and don't really do much of any consequence, and then other times they come together as a team and you get served.
And if the AI is blocking a choke point when they're on defense I would consider that to be good AI...
My only real complaint when I'm playing 'single player' is that the ally bots can get distracted fighting over the control points leaving me as the only one trying to go for the actual objective.

Other thoughts:
- On Hard the AI is really fucking accurate. A Heavy with a heavy machine gun is no match for them.
- Playing with real people is awesome. A big part of this comes to the experience of the game developers - your avatars talk to each other so efficiently that you don't even need to talk about what you should be doing. When I play with friends we just talk shit and make jokes whilst working as a team, and when I play with strangers I don't have my mic on, they don't have theirs, and we can still pull together as a team because of the computer chat.
- The objective wheel is awesome. I tried playing the trial of Section 8: Prejudice and the voice over was telling me to go capture this, repair that, etcetera, but I had no idea where I was meant to be going. Splash Damage have had so much experience making these sorts of class-based, team-based, objective-oriented shooters that they've got it down to a fine art with Brink.
- I really love the world & character design. It has such a strong visual style.

If anyone is playing on XBL my gamertag is TailSwallower. Bonus points if you're in or near Australia so we don't have to worry about lag, though I've played with friends from Ireland and Canada and it hasn't been too bad (and they should be releasing a patch that fixes most of the lag issues any day now). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296188#Comment_296188 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296188#Comment_296188 Mon, 30 May 2011 06:31:25 -0700 Ben Klumaster Also recent: Portal 2, which indeed is as good as everyone else says it is. Wasn't too sure about casting Stephen Merchant in it, but he turned out to be spot on for the job after all.
Have been playing Army of Two (and sequel) with the lady this weekend, and it's far, far less shite than I'd been led to expect. The first one is kind of wonky but really drives home the use of its weird game mechanics (whereby the more you fire, the more you drag enemy interest your way, until you glow red and your buddy turns almost invisible) whereas the second is far crisper and better made, but has also smoothed things out so you can play it a lot like any other cover shooter.
Besides that, the ever present attempts to regain SC2 skill, having switched to Terran. I'm now the king of hellion drop into banshee vs Protoss (in gold league at least) and can't play for shit versus anyone else.

Flabyo: I'm so glad you mentioned the British YDKJ - I'd noticed ads for XBox YDKJ and was this close (' ') to getting them, not realising they wouldn't be like the PC one I know and love.

ETA: SC2, anyone wanting to practice versus a somewhat shaky Terran in EU - I'm PaperSnake.327 ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296276#Comment_296276 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296276#Comment_296276 Tue, 31 May 2011 07:12:58 -0700 brittanica The fella and I finished co-op mode in Portal 2 long ago, and I've made it to the boss fight in single player, but for some reason, I haven't picked it back up since then.
Ooh, and I am so happy to see YBKJ mentioned. I played the hell out of the computer games as a kid. I did download the 360 demo, but the fella started getting mad about me answering questions reeeeeally fast and it ended up w/ him yelling a lot during Jack Attack about how he was the only one there who didn't know what the fuck was going on. So I can't see me getting that game, unless I start paying for XBL.
Now I want to play the British version.
I'd love to give Brink a spin, but I don't know about spending money on it yet. Seems like another one of those games I wouldn't get a lot out of w/out online play.

(An aside- it took me five minutes to figure out what SC2 meant. You can tell what kind of games I don't play.) ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296279#Comment_296279 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296279#Comment_296279 Tue, 31 May 2011 08:20:38 -0700 Darkest Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296286#Comment_296286 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296286#Comment_296286 Tue, 31 May 2011 10:42:29 -0700 oldhat ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296318#Comment_296318 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296318#Comment_296318 Tue, 31 May 2011 16:01:28 -0700 Jamie Heron Call of Duty: Elite? Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a pretty good rundown of it.

What bugs me is that while I can (sort of) look at this and go "Hm, poor show Activision" there's another part of me that that's going "I really want to try this" That's the part of me that signed up to the beta, so yeah.

I suppose what I'd like to know is if anyone here would be up to paying extra for some online features that, at the moment, don't appear to break the game. (I particularly like the view of maps, which show you where you've died the most)? I've never played an MMO long enough to actually pay the subscription fee, and since the Playstation Network lets play for free anyway, I don't know how to take it really. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296385#Comment_296385 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296385#Comment_296385 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:16:52 -0700 RenThing
My bar is set considerably higher for subscription games that it is for single-purchase games for the sole reason that with a subscription game, I A) can't continue playing if I don't pay up and B) I then essentially "lose" all progress at that point. So, in order to make it worth it for me to shell out the $40-60 US (or more if it's a special collector's version, which I've bought), I need to be getting a quality game. I have played, owned, and like Call of Duty but this latest move by Activision, and then the bullshit psychology of naming it "Elite"? Yeah, I'll pass for paying extra every month to get cursed out by children whose testicles haven't even dropped yet when they headshot me. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296388#Comment_296388 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296388#Comment_296388 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:27:41 -0700 Flabyo
We'll see if the market wants to sustain it or not, which is why I see this more as Activision testing the waters. They *really* want to go for a full paygate for online play, they've said as much in past interviews. I remember them complaining that they don't get a 'cut' of the money MS make from Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. Their argument being that 'hey, we're providing the content here, we should get some of that lovely subscription fee'.

It's an experiment, and the internet backlash is already swelling.

Activision are in a rough place despite making serious money in the last year. World of Warcraft seems to be just at the beginning of what will be a fairly long tail off, I think it's growth years are over now. They've basically killed Guitar Hero by oversaturating, and they managed to damage their Tony Hawk IP so badly it'll never recover. CoD is their main cash cow, they have to tread very carefully with it, or their fall could be swift and merciless. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296389#Comment_296389 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296389#Comment_296389 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:28:25 -0700 D.J. Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296391#Comment_296391 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296391#Comment_296391 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:19:58 -0700 James Cunningham
Also, the company seems incapable of adapting. What they're doing to their franchises was obvious to anyone paying attention. Oversaturation combined with mediocre sequels may be nice for the short term, for the 2-3 games before the public gets bored and wanders off, but it's just not going to work in the long run. Worse, Activision doesn't seem to have any long-run strategies outside of having Blizzard endlessly retread Diablo, Warcraft, and Starcraft.

I'll admit I'm not Activision's market by any stretch of the imagination. I like new and different, or at the very least new and different within the context of my favorite genres. Activision is only interested in AAA blockbuster generica, with no interest in any kind of experimentation. I think the gaming industry would be better off without them. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296392#Comment_296392 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296392#Comment_296392 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:35:10 -0700 Darkest Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296394#Comment_296394 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296394#Comment_296394 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:31:29 -0700 Fauxhammer Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296411#Comment_296411 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296411#Comment_296411 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:13:19 -0700 Darkest Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296413#Comment_296413 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296413#Comment_296413 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:32:54 -0700 Jamie Heron
'Cause the thing is, I'm the kind of nut-job who would buy (and has bought) $15 DLC map packs, but this doesn't really do anything for me. I'm not that interested in the whole social networking aspect and all I really care about is the breakdown of stats and in game items. (I'm a weirdo that way). So I sort of see myself as the target market, yet all I can think about is how this could fail so bad, if it becomes central to the COD experience. Of course if it does become central to the COD experience (I like saying that, don't judge me) it fund Activision's new moon base (or whatever they make with all there WoW money). I dunno, I'm beginning to see the light that is not playing Call of Duty anymore. Unless there's zombies in it. I'd pay silly money for Modern Warfare 3 zombie DLC.

@Eidos people: I think they have other things to worry about... ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296439#Comment_296439 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296439#Comment_296439 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:56:30 -0700 Flabyo Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296440#Comment_296440 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296440#Comment_296440 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:07:47 -0700 Fauxhammer
VAE VICTUS ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296455#Comment_296455 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296455#Comment_296455 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:35:59 -0700 Ben Klumaster Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296457#Comment_296457 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296457#Comment_296457 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:58:23 -0700 DavidLejeune Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296462#Comment_296462 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296462#Comment_296462 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:37:03 -0700 J.Brennan
Pen and Paperwise I'm running a D&D 3E Planescape game with a bunch of friends and am having fun making them jaunt about getting tangled in the plots of angels and fiends while exposing them to the horrors of the Blood War.

I'm going between raiding with my guild in WoW. We've downed BoT and are now poking at Nef and Al'Akir. Overall it feels like most are progressing far more slowly in Cata than in the past.

Also been working my way through New Vegas. I've worked long and hard building trust with all the disparate factions in the mojave, I'll be damned if I'm handing the reins over to that creepy old man, the Legion or the NCR. Dave Foley and I will preside over a free Vegas. Sadly it looks like Interplay is going down in flames and the Fallout MMO they're working on will never see the light of day. Maybe Bethesday will grab that back up.

On the portable I just finished Okamiden (super fun and cute) and am starting Radiant Historia because I love me some turn based RPGs. The combat is more fun than just lining up on either side and involves the player bashing the enemies around a grid to group them to do max damage and get bonus gold and xp...or you could just turn on the auto-battle. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296468#Comment_296468 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296468#Comment_296468 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:42:12 -0700 D.J. Rayman Origins Debut Trailer

So pretty. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296470#Comment_296470 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296470#Comment_296470 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:22:05 -0700 Fauxhammer Death this time around! ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296512#Comment_296512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296512#Comment_296512 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:12:17 -0700 space scoundrel
So when I get it back in a couple of weeks, it'll be like all of my games are brand new! Man am I going to have a lot of xbox live updates to download. I'm very much looking forward to getting back to Reach multiplayer, Red Dead, NBA 2K11, Borderlands, RUSE... many to choose from.

In the meanwhile, what little play time I have has been spent on Team Fortress 2 on my computer, plus a little Starcraft II and Rome Total War. I haven't been utterly deprived. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296546#Comment_296546 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296546#Comment_296546 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:50:14 -0700 joe.distort Sadly it looks like Interplay is going down in flames
after reading their statement the other day, i kind of chuckled that the (very small) company i run is doing better than INTERPLAY. get it together guys! ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296630#Comment_296630 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296630#Comment_296630 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:57:05 -0700 Corey Waits
I'd love to give Brink a spin, but I don't know about spending money on it yet. Seems like another one of those games I wouldn't get a lot out of w/out online play.


Without online play (or regular LAN parties if you're on PC) it's a rental only. With online play it's fantastic and only gets better the more real people you have in a match. Also the first (and free) DLC should drop in the next few days which adds a couple more maps, more abilities, increased level cap, etc, so I'm excited.

Been playing Project Zomboid. Alpha tech demo only at this stage, but a whole lot of potential. And only 5 pound for a lifetime subscription (full game once it's done and all future updates). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296636#Comment_296636 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296636#Comment_296636 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:24:37 -0700 SBarrett
Also been playing lots of Shogun 2: Total War. Damn is taking over Japan difficult! I love the Total War games and I think this one is the best yet. Though I did skip Napoleon.

Wish I could get a DnD game (or any other pen n paper RPG) going on a regular basis, alas it never happens. I am in a Blood Bowl league now though. Plus am getting into Warmachine/Hordes, so that is a lot of fun. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296658#Comment_296658 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296658#Comment_296658 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:53:33 -0700 James Cunningham
...

What world am I living in again? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296664#Comment_296664 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296664#Comment_296664 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:56:22 -0700 Oxbrow Duke Nukem Forever?

Oh Shit Rapture Math Just A Week Out.

:D ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296669#Comment_296669 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296669#Comment_296669 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:08:40 -0700 James Cunningham http://www.dukenukemforever.com/access The poor thing is getting hammered, I think tomorrow is going to have to be it after all. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296679#Comment_296679 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296679#Comment_296679 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:04:55 -0700 Flabyo 'Games that came out while Duke Nukem Forever was in development' list now I guess.

I like how Team Fortress 2 is in bold, hehe. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296791#Comment_296791 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296791#Comment_296791 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:04:19 -0700 LokiZero
2 Storytellers (DM's, whatever) running two independent games with different players, each telling the same story but from different angles. Eventually the players from one game meet the players from the other, resulting in an rpg crossover.

Obviously this would be easier in DnD since the games come pre packaged in most cases, but I'm thinking of doing it in an old World of Darkness setting. It would take a lot of work for it to pay off, mostly on the cooperation of the Storytellers, but I might have to try it some day soon. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296792#Comment_296792 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296792#Comment_296792 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:10:25 -0700 space scoundrel Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296794#Comment_296794 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296794#Comment_296794 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:54:04 -0700 Alan Tyson
You looking for any volunteers? I've been wanting to run a game like nobody's business, and I'm an old hand at WoD (old and new alike). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296802#Comment_296802 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296802#Comment_296802 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:44:10 -0700 Birds_Use_Stars Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296847#Comment_296847 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296847#Comment_296847 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:08:47 -0700 Oxbrow Vampire and Werewolf, but I've never run it. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296860#Comment_296860 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296860#Comment_296860 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:06:36 -0700 LokiZero Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296876#Comment_296876 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=296876#Comment_296876 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:38:58 -0700 rickiep00h
(who am I kidding I'm just going to play WoW)

In other videogame related news, it seems more and more likely that Bioware is shooting for a late 2011/Christmas release. I'm probably inordinately excited about it, as it's just another third-person MMORPG in the EQ/WoW/Rift lineage, but something about it has me really excited. I mean, it's just WoW in Star Wars clothes from what I can tell, but it seems different, somehow. Maybe it's because it's a sci-fi game in a genre that's solidly high fantasy. I guess what I'm saying is that killing dragons is fun, but I really want to kill dragons IN SPACE. Anyone else going to be lining up for it Day One? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297013#Comment_297013 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297013#Comment_297013 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:32 -0700 Flabyo
MS press event is first, and I'm pretty nervous (as I always am when something I'm on gets shown in public for the first time). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297014#Comment_297014 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297014#Comment_297014 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:11:14 -0700 Fauxhammer
*assuming you aren't under NDA ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297015#Comment_297015 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297015#Comment_297015 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:20:24 -0700 Flabyo Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297018#Comment_297018 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297018#Comment_297018 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:02:32 -0700 Fauxhammer Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297103#Comment_297103 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297103#Comment_297103 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:28:07 -0700 Dovryn
http://www.youtube.com/user/E3 ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297112#Comment_297112 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297112#Comment_297112 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:40:09 -0700 Corey Waits Brink last night. Loving it, and the best thing is there's about to be some free DLC adding a new bit of everything.

Usually I'm slightly above average when it comes to playing shooters online, but last night I topped the leader board for XP earned in each round, playing with three to five other people of the same or higher rank than me.
I also dragged my team kicking and screaming to victory a couple of times (maybe a slight exaggeration, but I definitely changed classes and grabbed the objective at the last minute [last 3 seconds literally one time] because the rest of the team couldn't/wouldn't do it).

Also, Operative is a whole lot of fun. Hacking turrets for kicks, using Comm Hack to give your whole team the location of every single enemy, using disguise to get behind an engineer on his way to repair the bot and then unloading an SMG clip into his back - so much fun. And then occasionally you get to do something useful and actually hack an objective for your team.

If they had dedicated servers for Xbox I'd think about starting or joining a clan, but without them I don't think my internet is fast enough for competitive play. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297123#Comment_297123 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297123#Comment_297123 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:52:25 -0700 agentarsenic
what the fuck is this did michael bay and some 80s guitar squelching mullethead make this trailer?

the subdued electronic stuff in the menu of ME2 is way more suited to the game than this garbage



Still, it's ME3...count me in. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297131#Comment_297131 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297131#Comment_297131 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:36:33 -0700 Alan Tyson
Or... you know, maybe that's just me.

I not all that worried that the actual game will in any way resemble that... thing, up there. I was incredibly impressed with ME2, it was everything I wanted it to be, and I've got a good feeling about the third (and, presumably and hopefully, final) installment. The first guitar riff I hear, though, I'll be very displeased. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297142#Comment_297142 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297142#Comment_297142 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:03:21 -0700 RenThing
That being said, bring on the energy blade. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297145#Comment_297145 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297145#Comment_297145 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:14:25 -0700 Flabyo this

Internet reaction this morning has been... mixed. At best.

@agentarsenic - yeah, for some reason they decided to change the composer for the finale game. I think they're going for a more 'rargh! war!' feel. Shame though, I really liked Jack Wall's mellow sci-fi stuff in the previous two games. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297146#Comment_297146 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297146#Comment_297146 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:37:34 -0700 Corey Waits Nope, I'm with you on the femshep. Rock Paper Shotgun (and the commenters therein) are also pro-femshep. I think her voice acting is far superior to the male version, and I tend to like having a female hero when the choice is offered. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297147#Comment_297147 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297147#Comment_297147 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:45:15 -0700 taphead "Shepherd [sic] is not now, nor has ever been, a man. I don't know who the dude traipsing around in the commercials is; a jerk, most likely."

The trailer left me a bit cold, but I'm hoping that's just been geared to appeal to fans of ARMY MANS type franchises, and not too indicative of the actual game. Please? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297148#Comment_297148 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297148#Comment_297148 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:56:25 -0700 Corey Waits
I'm sure if you went and watched the early trailers for ME1 & 2 they'd be more or less the same. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297150#Comment_297150 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297150#Comment_297150 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:28:12 -0700 Alan Tyson

Aha. Here we go:

Though I remember it being shorter, crammed down to a 30-or-45-second TV spot. Which probably worked in its favor, I think, because this one's a bit rambly.

I would guess that EA's(or whoever's in charge of such things) marketing team is operating on the assumption that, if you bought the first and second game, you're probably going to buy the third. They're not worried about getting those folks interested in ME3. So, they're trying to steal a few people from the Halo, Call of Duty, and Gears of War end of things because that demographic is pretty big, and it tends to bring in loads upon loads of money, and that's what video game companies need to keep making video games. Hence the mindless bullet-spewing, the cliche plot pitch, and the we're-trying-so-hard-to-be-Halo's-more-rockin'-tunes-but-we-can't-quite-make-it music.

And, as most of us seem to be saying, I don't think the trailer, no matter how groan-worthy, has lost them any buyers, so they probably making a pretty safe gamble.

In other news:

I've very nearly finished L.A. Noire. Now, I understand everyone's gripes with it. Yes, the game sort of plays itself a lot of times, up to and including moving your character for you, even when you don't want it to. Yes, it's nigh-on-impossible to lose a case in the investigation-interrogation part. Yes, some of the non-metaplot cases seem to repeat themselves a bit, either in plot or dialogue. And (my only REAL gripe) it doesn't become a TRUE Noir story until way, way later in the game than I would have liked.

I recognize all this.

It's just... I'm having waaaaay too much fun to care. It just hits all the right notes for me - again, I see why it's disappointed a lot of people, but personally, this game was everything I wanted it to be, and just a little bit more. Hell, I have just sat in front of the TV watching the start-up screen, with its beautiful black-and-white, Eisner-like menu, and its sad, haunting trumpet and piano score, narrating my own life in film-noir internal monologue.

If Rockstar made a game using more or less the same system, but have you playing as a private dick instead of a public one, where you could choose which cases you wanted to take (maybe determining which metaplot you play through in that game, perhaps?), where a big game mechanic is establishing contacts that you can use in different cases (an understanding cop, a cowardly mob message-runner, a plucky young girl reporter, for example), and where there was a bit of a character customization element... I don't think I'd ever have to play another game again. That would just be the game I'd play for the rest of my life - and with that choose-your-case thing, it could have a much better replay value than L.A. Noire did (and, sadly, I don't think I'll ever play L.A. Noire again after I'm finished). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297175#Comment_297175 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297175#Comment_297175 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:48:04 -0700 Oxbrow ME3 trailer... what's up with that accent? Australian Sean Bean? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297183#Comment_297183 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297183#Comment_297183 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:38:47 -0700 brittanica
The fella and I are starting to catch up w/ all the games we were wanting to play, but not enough to pick them up full price. He came home w/ Brutal Legend the other day, and even though that car is a bitch to drive, it's pretty fun so far.
And I finally gave Fable 3 a try in a demo (I find it interesting that there's a demo out just now; looks like it coincided w/ it being included in the on-demand service). Going from what I played, doesn't seem that much different from 2, which is a good thing.

But mostly, I've been playing this. Oh, tower defense games, so much reward for so little effort. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297192#Comment_297192 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297192#Comment_297192 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:04:04 -0700 Fauxhammer Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297195#Comment_297195 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297195#Comment_297195 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:47:28 -0700 Flabyo Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297232#Comment_297232 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297232#Comment_297232 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:16:26 -0700 Corey Waits
Really looking forward to ME3 - just hoping I have time for a second playthrough with all the DLC before it's out.

Otherwise the Halo Anniversary game is interesting, and I might pick it up because Halo was always my favourite of the trilogy. Halo 4 is interesting simply because such a huge franchise has changed hands and I'll be interested in seeing if 343 can do a decent job with the storyline (though that said, even Bungie dropped the ball with the storyline after the first book and the first game). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297283#Comment_297283 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297283#Comment_297283 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:27:11 -0700 James Cunningham


Michel Gagne's Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. I got some good hands-on time with it today, it's basically Metroid with a flying saucer in a giant world gone all sorts of wrong. So, basically about as perfect as a game can get, from what I've seen so far. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297739#Comment_297739 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297739#Comment_297739 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:51:32 -0700 James Cunningham
So E3 was a load of fun this year. Every year it's more about the social aspect than the games, getting together with people I'd only know otherwise online, and this year was no different. Except I got to bring my girlfriend along too, for half the show. Much walking, looking at stuff, scoring of swag (Minecraft t-shirt signed by Notch!) and general geekery. Plus writing, much of which I need to get posted now that I'm home and can actually edit.

This is the only article I posted while at E3, and I had to go back and fix its horrible broken-ness the next day. Ick. Well, that and the EA press conference report, but that one hardly counts.

So, super-fun week getting work done in the den of geekery. And now I'm home, and get to sleep in my own bed again. Which I plan on doing very, very soon. :) ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297747#Comment_297747 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297747#Comment_297747 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:43:06 -0700 government spy
Oblivion is fairly engrossing, and I just picked up a guide so I actually have a clue what I'm doing...

Also bought a friend Red Dead Redemption for his birthday because I knew he'd love it, and he's too cheap to buy it himself. Now, for the first time ever, I find myself wearing a headset playing a multiplayer game. Seriously, I've never done that before (with a console). My girlfriend is appropriately embarrassed. I'm ok with it being extremely nerdy, well, because I still get to keep the girlfriend. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297756#Comment_297756 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297756#Comment_297756 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:52:44 -0700 mojokingbee Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297889#Comment_297889 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297889#Comment_297889 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:17:37 -0700 agentarsenic
ALSO

Sesame Street Kinect by Double Fine looks amazing!!
]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297902#Comment_297902 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297902#Comment_297902 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:15:52 -0700 James Cunningham
In the meantime, I'm playing the PC vertical shooter Jamestown. It's just fantastic, feeling like a Cave shooter but with gameplay mechanics you don't need an advanced degree to properly sort out-

]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297904#Comment_297904 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297904#Comment_297904 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:41:42 -0700 D.J.
On an unrelated note, what's up with the Wii U? Aside from being the worst possible name of anything ever, that is. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297923#Comment_297923 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297923#Comment_297923 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:04:28 -0700 James Cunningham Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297960#Comment_297960 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=297960#Comment_297960 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:20:29 -0700 joe.distort Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298071#Comment_298071 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298071#Comment_298071 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:47:38 -0700 IsaacSher Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298075#Comment_298075 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298075#Comment_298075 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:19:57 -0700 oscillateur
And the game I have been working on since last year will be released a week from now (21st in the US, 24th in Europe), previews have been quite positive so far but I'm curious about the reviews now :). ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298076#Comment_298076 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298076#Comment_298076 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:21:04 -0700 Fauxhammer
Some reactions on what was shown at E3:

-I really hope Space Marine can deliver--I'm a big dork for WH40K fluff (though I have little interest in the actual tabletop game, aside from maybe putting together some models some day), and I really want to mess around in that world. Kill Team looks dope, too.
-I'm interested in seeing what another developer can do with the Halo franchise (though I'll be waiting for the reviews on Halo 3).
-I am positively moist for Bioshock: Infinite.
-I'm currently ripshit that the demo for El Shaddai is XBL Gold only right now. That's probably the game I'm most psyched to see right now.
-ME3 is going to rock bells, natch.

@James Cunningham--I like the direction Nintendo's taking here. The WiiU remotes remind me of the Gamecube/GBA connectivity gimmick, but in a good way. I think price is going to be an issue here, though; a lot of the Wii's success came from its price point, and I don't see how Nintendo can keep the price down when each controller is pretty much a tablet PC. It'll be interesting to see how things shake out.

@Flabyo--I really dug the demonstration of Fable: The Journey. The spellcasting what pretty much what I wanted to see from Kinect from the beginning. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298114#Comment_298114 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298114#Comment_298114 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:13:06 -0700 Tango Charlie
@IssacSher - If I enjoyed Infamous 1 except for the sort of miserable, grimy environment, do you figure I'd enjoy Infamous 2? I hear the environments are more varied, which has my interest piqued. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298117#Comment_298117 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298117#Comment_298117 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:37:19 -0700 InvincibleM
Goddamn you Japan. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298130#Comment_298130 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298130#Comment_298130 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:51:56 -0700 Birds_Use_Stars Dragon Age: Origins. Does anyone know if you can smack your companions around anytime they mouth off about the way you want to do quests? How about killing one of them and wearing their head as a hat to warn the others? ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298131#Comment_298131 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298131#Comment_298131 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:56:02 -0700 space scoundrel Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298133#Comment_298133 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298133#Comment_298133 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:57:30 -0700 Darkest Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298135#Comment_298135 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298135#Comment_298135 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:59:29 -0700 Birds_Use_Stars Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298136#Comment_298136 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298136#Comment_298136 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:01:47 -0700 James Cunningham
Next article posted- Quarrel. Think a combination of Risk and Scrabble. The presentation is a bit too family-friendly for my tastes but the gameplay was gold. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298141#Comment_298141 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298141#Comment_298141 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:19:42 -0700 Jamie Heron Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298152#Comment_298152 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298152#Comment_298152 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:01:12 -0700 IsaacSher Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298246#Comment_298246 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298246#Comment_298246 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:12:16 -0700 RenThing PR Firm threatens blacklist for any reviewer giving a too harsh review of Duke Nukem Forever, 2K Games cut ties with firm after tweeted threat. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298272#Comment_298272 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298272#Comment_298272 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:07:15 -0700 Flabyo Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298275#Comment_298275 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298275#Comment_298275 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:03:08 -0700 RenThing Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298283#Comment_298283 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298283#Comment_298283 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:02:56 -0700 IsaacSher
By the by, is there anyone else on here who plays Dynasty Warriors 7? I've been a big fan of the series for years, and the latest version is the best yet. ]]> Miserable Nerd Gaming Thread: Smiting The Wicked of Los Angeles http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298288#Comment_298288 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9897&Focus=298288#Comment_298288 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:35:06 -0700 Flabyo
Made me go back and start reading Three Kingdoms again as well, only got about as far as the death of Liu Bei last time I tried. It's Moss Roberts huge unabridged translation. Just past the battle of Chi Bi in it (chapter 47! of 200 odd!) ]]>