So, what will be entertaining you this evening?
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It's just the big retexture/sound design thing. No actually changed gameplay.Strazdas said:
I'm actually enjoying Call of Pripyat so far, as compared to SoC. Not sure why, but it just seems more intuitive.
I just bought the original Borderlands (GOTY edition), and a DVD of Where Eagles Dare. It will most likely be one of those.
Same as usual, Guild Wars 2 which is fine by me. In saying so maybe I should played that game less as I've been having some sleeping problems.
Well, as it's "visit your grandmother" night once again, it'll be "whatever's on Freeview that fits the venn diagram of what both of us can tolerate". Which is usually something like Springwatch or the like, or Masterchef at a push, though occasionally it turns up some unexpected gems like her enjoying Red Dwarf X or Top Gear...
Now, last night, if you'd asked then, it would have turned out to be a deeply retro evening ... some classic 8-bit Sonic and then a load of really rubbish 16-bit shareware titles as my Grand 2013 Tidying Effort got round to the shelf with the audio cassettes and the Master System on it. The signal from Sega to TV was horrendous, took a lot of fiddling to get it clear enough to play anything. After which, I breezed through Green Hill, held my own on Bridge, and died, continuously and in various pathetic ways, on Jungle, eventually using up all my continues and never reaching Labyrinth. Huh. I coulda sworn it used to be easier than that.
Determined that it was the TV lead, not the console, that was to blame for the poor picture quality by digging out the Amiga 600 lurking behind the set itself (yay flatscreens) and plugging it in that way instead of it's usual RCA triplet. Stuck the first disc I could find from the box into the drive. Turned out to be a "21 in one" compilation that either came with it, or on a magazine cover. Basically all of them were either crap, buggy, or badly lacking in instructions, though Space Invaders, "Kamikaze Chess" (if you're able to take a piece, you MUST take a piece...!) and some kind of not-actually-tetris-despite-the-title-screen tesselating puzzle thing were interesting enough to hold my attention for a while.
And then some demo of a flash-looking 3D semi-strategy semi-action war game where you can send lightsourced trucks and tanks and planes and helicopters (etc) out into a heightmapped play field ... where they sit there like bloody lemons, doing absolutely nothing no matter what key you hit, what you click on, or what you do with the joystick. Yeah, again, lacking in instructions.
(Almost the entire disc collection is a mystery to me, unlike the similar boxes for my TV-hating ST, because the miggy is a foreigner... I only bought it because it came with the RGB monitor I needed for the Atari, and didn't anticipate it would end up plugged into the TV whilst I very slowly worked through the boxes of floppies supplied with it...)
Then I made dinner, watched a bit of random TV (mostly dave) whilst doing so, and derped around on the internet for a bit.
This time a couple weeks ago, an unexpected PS2 binge... In-between times, exploring what my super-cheapo Smart TV Blu Ray player had to offer, including whole series of youtube-exclusive stuff I would normally shy away from watching on the computer because of comfort issues...
Now, last night, if you'd asked then, it would have turned out to be a deeply retro evening ... some classic 8-bit Sonic and then a load of really rubbish 16-bit shareware titles as my Grand 2013 Tidying Effort got round to the shelf with the audio cassettes and the Master System on it. The signal from Sega to TV was horrendous, took a lot of fiddling to get it clear enough to play anything. After which, I breezed through Green Hill, held my own on Bridge, and died, continuously and in various pathetic ways, on Jungle, eventually using up all my continues and never reaching Labyrinth. Huh. I coulda sworn it used to be easier than that.
Determined that it was the TV lead, not the console, that was to blame for the poor picture quality by digging out the Amiga 600 lurking behind the set itself (yay flatscreens) and plugging it in that way instead of it's usual RCA triplet. Stuck the first disc I could find from the box into the drive. Turned out to be a "21 in one" compilation that either came with it, or on a magazine cover. Basically all of them were either crap, buggy, or badly lacking in instructions, though Space Invaders, "Kamikaze Chess" (if you're able to take a piece, you MUST take a piece...!) and some kind of not-actually-tetris-despite-the-title-screen tesselating puzzle thing were interesting enough to hold my attention for a while.
And then some demo of a flash-looking 3D semi-strategy semi-action war game where you can send lightsourced trucks and tanks and planes and helicopters (etc) out into a heightmapped play field ... where they sit there like bloody lemons, doing absolutely nothing no matter what key you hit, what you click on, or what you do with the joystick. Yeah, again, lacking in instructions.
(Almost the entire disc collection is a mystery to me, unlike the similar boxes for my TV-hating ST, because the miggy is a foreigner... I only bought it because it came with the RGB monitor I needed for the Atari, and didn't anticipate it would end up plugged into the TV whilst I very slowly worked through the boxes of floppies supplied with it...)
Then I made dinner, watched a bit of random TV (mostly dave) whilst doing so, and derped around on the internet for a bit.
This time a couple weeks ago, an unexpected PS2 binge... In-between times, exploring what my super-cheapo Smart TV Blu Ray player had to offer, including whole series of youtube-exclusive stuff I would normally shy away from watching on the computer because of comfort issues...
I recall when I first played Minecraft on my old powerhouse PC, it was wondrous. Think I was up till 5am playing it.uchytjes said:
Tonight I plan to play some GTA4 (the other night I rescued Roman but blew up driving back so need to start from the beginning...). Failing that, toying with setting up a new short story website thing, guess it all depends on how proactive Im feeling!
I've been meaning to get around to playing Dead Space 2, but I've been putting it off while playing some handhelds.
The very thought of having to run away from the Ubermorph and having to defeat the Marker in one single life is a bit terrifying, to say the least.
The very thought of having to run away from the Ubermorph and having to defeat the Marker in one single life is a bit terrifying, to say the least.
I will probably faff about for hours trying to decide what game/film/tv show/book will be getting my attention tonight and just end up playing Skyrim again.
I'm at work right now, so I'll finish up with that first.
Then I'm hanging out with my ex. She apparently has some big news. Probably drug related.
After that, it becomes difficult to determine. Might hang out with the girlfriend, might go to my old roommates place to play some cod zombies, or I might go home to play some DarkSouls/Minecraft.
Or maybe none of those things. My life is hard to predict.
Then I'm hanging out with my ex. She apparently has some big news. Probably drug related.
After that, it becomes difficult to determine. Might hang out with the girlfriend, might go to my old roommates place to play some cod zombies, or I might go home to play some DarkSouls/Minecraft.
Or maybe none of those things. My life is hard to predict.
I kidnapped children from an orphanage to reenact the Hunger Games for me. You'd think it'd be cheaper to buy the movie, but....No.
Seriously, though, I'm probably just skyping the GF and watching some bad TV. Or polishing off the novel "I Am Legend."
Seriously, though, I'm probably just skyping the GF and watching some bad TV. Or polishing off the novel "I Am Legend."
I've been writing a bit, but I think I'll finish the evening with the last episode of Sherlock, which is a great show and I haven't seen the last episode yet.
Well, I just bought a sexy new electric-acoustic guitar so I'll be playing that in between sessions of aimless forum browsing and youtubing.
That's pretty decadent that right there. What kind of cider?Johnny Novgorod said:
OT: I played a bunch of Skyward Sword, decided that this weekend I shall update my gaming setup to include a Wii U and also repair my chair. Right now I am sat in my underwear watching anime and eating trifle that i got for dirt cheap because it expires tomorrow.
Yeah. Tonights been a good night.