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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits & Bobs XII |
Zardoz wrote: It's a game that everyone should play though. I wonder how it holds up today? The graphics will have dated obv (although there are texture packs now) but I'm sure the gameplay and story will still be good. http://www.blackmesasource.com/ I'm not sure if they've given up or not, though. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:30 ] |
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Meh. My view on Half-Life 2 is that for every excellent bit there's two terrible ones. Some of the levels go on far too long, some of the weapons are a bit weedy, and after all the emphasis on physics early on they seem to forget about it. Someone here observed that in many sequences they felt like Valve were sitting next to them, laughing and nudging and chattering about how clever they were with this next bit, look! The best things about Half-Life 2 are the wonderfully atmospheric and decayed cities, and the sound. Also, I DEMAND Black Mesa Source. For the WIN! |
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| Author: | The Rev Owen [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:33 ] |
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MetalAngel wrote: Meh. My view on Half-Life 2 is that for every excellent bit there's two terrible ones. Yes, yes, yes! A version of Half-Life 2 half the length of the original game would be twice as good. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:33 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: It's a game that everyone should play though. I wonder how it holds up today? The graphics will have dated obv (although there are texture packs now) but I'm sure the gameplay and story will still be good. It looks pants on the PS2, even with the texture pack and component cable. I started playing it again, but for some reason it just left me cold. It's one of my top ten games, too. I just think we've been spoilt with how far FPS games have come in the last ten years. I'm a shallow bastard. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:37 ] |
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I suppose the blandness of the graphics worked to HL1's favour, given Black Mesa was almost entirely concrete, doesn't take much to render that. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:42 ] |
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MetalAngel wrote: I suppose the blandness of the graphics worked to HL1's favour, given Black Mesa was almost entirely concrete, doesn't take much to render that. I remember being very ZOMFG about the lighting effects like your torch and suchlike at the time. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:42 ] |
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MetalAngel wrote: Someone here observed that in many sequences they felt like Valve were sitting next to them, laughing and nudging and chattering about how clever they were with this next bit, look! Yeah, that was me, and it's an annoying feeling that I can never shake when playing any of the HL games. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:45 ] |
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myp wrote: MetalAngel wrote: I suppose the blandness of the graphics worked to HL1's favour, given Black Mesa was almost entirely concrete, doesn't take much to render that. I remember being very ZOMFG about the lighting effects like your torch and suchlike at the time. The flashlight was weird. If you use one in total blackness, you tend to get a lot of ambient light and then the main focus of the light really bright. Unlike Half-Life, where you get all the light super-concentrated in one spot, and everything around it impenetrable blackness. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:45 ] |
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Craster wrote: Yeah, that was me, and it's an annoying feeling that I can never shake when playing any of the HL games. But yet I don't feel that about L4D or TF2, etc, which is odd as they're made by the same people. Though, perhaps if they didn't push the boundaries with the HL series, we wouldn't get those games. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:46 ] |
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Push what boundaries? |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:47 ] |
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Craster wrote: Push what boundaries? Dimrill's patience. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:47 ] |
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I like the feeling that they're wanking off next to me. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:48 ] |
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The ones of gaming that both Valve and their sycophants like Gillen are convinced that they're pushing. I thought L4D and TF2 were both even more extreme cases of 'look how clever we're being, ooh, hehehe, we're fucking geniuses'. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:50 ] |
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Really? TF2 is basic, but works. L4D is clever, but I'm not convinced it trumpets that fact. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:50 ] |
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Craster wrote: Really? TF2 is basic, but works. L4D is clever, but I'm not convinced it trumpets that fact. Keep in mind Meaty only played a little TF2 and has never played L4D.
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:52 ] |
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Craster wrote: Push what boundaries? Technology. Not just the physics engine, but everything it runs on. Remember, the other games all use the Source engine, and without the amount of time and money they pump into making Tech Demo 3 Half Life 3 etc, those games wouldn't benefit from it. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:53 ] |
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Craster wrote: Really? TF2 is basic, but works. L4D is clever, but I'm not convinced it trumpets that fact. You've never played a match where both sides are deadlocked with three turrets in the intelligence room, then. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:53 ] |
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I've still not played anything off Orange Box except Portal and TF2. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:55 ] |
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MetalAngel wrote: Craster wrote: Really? TF2 is basic, but works. L4D is clever, but I'm not convinced it trumpets that fact. You've never played a match where both sides are deadlocked with three turrets in the intelligence room, then. No. I've played a good 100 matches where they aren't, though. |
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| Author: | NervousPete [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:56 ] |
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I love TF2, even if the server list system is infuriatingly orderless and can't be filtered. I love L4D as well, and believe that it is fairly innovative, but not really pushing boundaries. It is great though. I also don't think Valve are immodest, it's just that the press tend to slather over them too much. I have never played a dead-locked match in TF2 - maybe I'm lucky. Haven't played HL2 since release, though I am replaying Episode 2. |
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| Author: | sinister agent [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:36 ] |
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The press go on about them largely because Valve's marketing is second to none, and I don't just mean within their industry. They're one of extreeemely few companies whose marketing people might not be immediately skewered on big rusty spears were I to get round to taking over the world. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 15:24 ] |
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My nan sent me some lovely orchids today.
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| Author: | Mimi [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 15:36 ] |
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This thread requires more kalmar. |
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| Author: | TheAlbin0Kid [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:13 ] |
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Where's everyone gone? Oh, I remember. I just got my first payslip since my paycut, it was bigger than I had been expecting. My wages were bigger I mean, not the paycut
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:15 ] |
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Is that because you can't do maths? |
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| Author: | TheAlbin0Kid [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:19 ] |
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Craster wrote: Is that because you can't do maths? No, it's because of tax and wotnot. Was a 20% paycut, but my take-home pay after tax and NI seems to have only gone down by about 16%, which perhaps should have occurred to me before but SHUT UP. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:21 ] |
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ouch 20% that is grim |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:22 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: ouch 20% that is grim Fuck you, buddy. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:23 ] |
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not you. You big cuddly beast.
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:26 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: You big cuddly beast. That's almost as cute as Andy Bear. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:34 ] |
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Aww. Andy Bear x |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:37 ] |
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Malabar Front wrote: KovacsC wrote: You big cuddly beast. That's almost as cute as Andy Bear. Don't even think about thinking about it. |
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| Author: | TheAlbin0Kid [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 16:59 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: ouch 20% that is grim For what it's worth, I turn up 20% less frequently too now. Wednesday is poker and xbox day
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 17:01 ] |
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how come they cut it. They tried 5% at our place |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 20:45 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: It's a game that everyone should play though. I wonder how it holds up today? The graphics will have dated obv (although there are texture packs now) but I'm sure the gameplay and story will still be good. It's not like I wrote something on it for the top 50 games ever, or anything... |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 20:48 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: Malc wrote: KovacsC wrote: Malc wrote: Still sitting here in shorts and T-shirt with the window open! Malc It is nice and toasty in the office, just not outside.. where are you, you mad man? 10 miles outside Plymouth, the sun is shining, although the car said 7 Degrees earlier. Malc I am down in Portsmouth on Suday, I hope it is warm Stop in on your way down then. You're more than welcome. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 20:49 ] |
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What are you talking about? I see no evidence. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 20:52 ] |
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I'M BORED! Why hasn't anyone bought Halo ODST yet? EH!? |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 20:56 ] |
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I've got it! and so has Robajon... and some other people. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 23:27 ] |
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Then why aren't you all online to get a legendary campaggen going?! It's the year 2009 and I'm STILL having to hop and jump up mountains in open-world games. What the fuck is wrong with games developers?! I'm pretty fucking sure that Sir Edmund Hilary didn't fucking jump up Everest. |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 23:32 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Stop in on your way down then. You're more than welcome. You're so gay for Kovacs these days. Who isn't, mind. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 23:35 ] |
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Dimrill wrote: I'M BORED! Why hasn't anyone bought Halo ODST yet? EH!? It was £38.47 in Tesco, and can thusly can fuck right off. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 23:46 ] |
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MetalAngel wrote: Dimrill wrote: I'M BORED! Why hasn't anyone bought Halo ODST yet? EH!? It was £38.47 in Tesco, and can thusly can fuck right off. I had to use a Tesco earlier. This distressing experience was made worse by a girl bounding up to me in a headset telling me that I should use the self service till not wait in the queue. Listen love, I'm a fucking customer, it's not my job to take items and make them go "beep". I did give it a go as it happens. I did think about accidentally not swiping some items but then remembered the video I made about EPOS fraud systems and decided against it (hundreds of miles away on a some god forsaken windswept industrial estate a video will be being recorded of you swiping which also knows what items you are swiping). |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 23:53 ] |
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MetalAngel wrote: Dimrill wrote: I'M BORED! Why hasn't anyone bought Halo ODST yet? EH!? It was £38.47 in Tesco, and can thusly can fuck right off. Really? it was only £35 in GAME. |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Fri Sep 25, 2009 23:54 ] |
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chinnyhill10 wrote: I did give it a go as it happens. I did think about accidentally not swiping some items but then remembered the video I made about EPOS fraud systems and decided against it (hundreds of miles away on a some god forsaken windswept industrial estate a video will be being recorded of you swiping which also knows what items you are swiping). They won't do anything if you make a mistake anyway. I managed to miss off some curtains when I last shopped at Ikea. I had my receipt checked by security on the way out, noticed the mistake, and had to pay for it. In supermarkets, the staff will happily override any errors without checking into it at all, so I doubt you'd ever get caught unless you were acting very suspiciously. I'm not condoning stealing, mind. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sat Sep 26, 2009 0:05 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: MetalAngel wrote: It was £38.47 in Tesco, and can thusly can fuck right off. Really? it was only £35 in GAME. Yup. But then, Tesco are touchers. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:58 ] |
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Malabar Front wrote: MaliA wrote: Stop in on your way down then. You're more than welcome. You're so gay for Kovacs these days. Who isn't, mind. What what??? |
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| Author: | Nik [ Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:14 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: What what??? 
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| Author: | Nemmie [ Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:33 ] |
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Can someone remind me the name of utility you can use to resize animated Gifs? I know it was mentioned but can't find it. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:11 ] |
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Finally I get to watch Question Time! |
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