William McNee

I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
party so there!
I feel now my life's just beginning...

Okamiden turned up today so that was a nice birthday present for me. And
it came all the way from Greece, undamaged, within 7 days! Wow!
However, I'm going to be going through Okami again and am determined to
finish it this time before starting Okamiden. I've waited several months
for a copy to become available so more waiting won't hurt any.

Also be playing Skyrim (PC) and possibly Sword of the Stars 2/Galciv
Ultimate Collection. I feel an urge for massive space battles coming on.

Also won a prize in a local football club's raffle yesterday. A hamper
full of grub, so I'll be well fed over the festive period.
I expect many of you will be imbibing in the festivities over the next
few days so might not be in a fit state to play anything...

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Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <8cGIq.73439$E17.41481@newsfe22.ams2>,
William McNee <wullie@hame.the.noo.invalid> wrote:
>I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
>party so there!
>I feel now my life's just beginning...

Happy birthday, mang. The white-collar American worker has tomorrow off,
so technically the weekend has started for those of us who live in
daylight. So in that spirit:

Skyrim (360) - I may start a new character. I didn't know until recently
that it was possible to follow Ulfric out of the prison instead of the
imperial guard (that you never see again after the first mission) so I'm
likely to try that on for size. I wonder if that variant of the opening
sequence is further divided if you play a race other than a Nord.

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce (PS3) - It seems wrong that Zhuge Liang's
wife, who was repotedly smart as a whip but very plain, is portrayed in
the game as a leggy blonde with a short skirt and a crossbow with a
ten-foot bayonet.

Nier (360) - Just bought it. Looks nice. This is the one with the
hermaphrodite, right? "Hermaphrodite Right" is now the name of our punk
band.

Devil Dice (PSX) - Didn't take my PSOne on the work trip with me (as I
usually do, oddly enough) so I didn't get a chance to pop that in. I now
have no excuse not to check out jochta's hints web site.

Six Atari Lynx carrying cases - Not a game, really. But at a dollar a
piece, it seems a shame not to do something entertaining with them. Ooh,
they have belt loops. I shall have a utility belt to make Batman jealous.

-KKC, working from home and still busy as hell.
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jochta

On 22/12/2011 13:24, William McNee wrote:
> I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
> party so there!
> I feel now my life's just beginning...
>

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Welcome to the ugvm 40+ club

> Okamiden turned up today so that was a nice birthday present for me. And
> it came all the way from Greece, undamaged, within 7 days! Wow!
> However, I'm going to be going through Okami again and am determined to
> finish it this time before starting Okamiden. I've waited several months
> for a copy to become available so more waiting won't hurt any.
>
> Also be playing Skyrim (PC) and possibly Sword of the Stars 2/Galciv
> Ultimate Collection. I feel an urge for massive space battles coming on.
>
> Also won a prize in a local football club's raffle yesterday. A hamper
> full of grub, so I'll be well fed over the festive period.
> I expect many of you will be imbibing in the festivities over the next
> few days so might not be in a fit state to play anything...
>

I WILL finish Just Cause 2 before Sunday

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John Dow

William McNee the Monkey was never naughty:
> I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
> party so there!
> I feel now my life's just beginning...
>
> Okamiden turned up today so that was a nice birthday present for me. And
> it came all the way from Greece, undamaged, within 7 days! Wow!
> However, I'm going to be going through Okami again and am determined to
> finish it this time before starting Okamiden. I've waited several months
> for a copy to become available so more waiting won't hurt any.
>
> Also be playing Skyrim (PC) and possibly Sword of the Stars 2/Galciv
> Ultimate Collection. I feel an urge for massive space battles coming on.
>
> Also won a prize in a local football club's raffle yesterday. A hamper
> full of grub, so I'll be well fed over the festive period.
> I expect many of you will be imbibing in the festivities over the next
> few days so might not be in a fit state to play anything...

After today I'm on holiday until the 4th of January so I intend putting many
hours into:

Phantasy Star Universe (360)
Dark Souls (360)
Hearts of Iron III (PC) (Currently 3.19 on steam)
Skyrim (360)
Whatever Matts wants to play multiplayer on his new xbox (360)

J

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hurricanepilot

Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:

> Nier (360) - Just bought it. Looks nice. This is the one with the
> hermaphrodite, right? "Hermaphrodite Right" is now the name of our punk
> band.

Sort of, but not really I think. I've only done the one playthrough and
at no point does the girl with the massive bojangles get her dick out.
It's a game that's meant to be repeatedly beaten (subsequent
playthroughs take a fraction of the time and start well in to the main
story in order to facilitate this) but as is always the case, something
shiny and new took my fancy and forgotten it became. I think that on
about the fourth playthrough, there's some intimation that she might be
packing heat, but I get the impression that it's really just gamers with
active imaginations. Probably the same ones that are seeing lambda
symbols and 3's all over the Australian Christmas team fortress images.

And for my amusement, can you please let me know when you're going to
go fishing so as I can watch the status updates. Can you also please
fish from the wrong beach for an hour so as I don't feel like quite such
a massive tool.

Remember to back up your saves somewhere safe as well as the game will
delete them for you after either the 3rd or 4th play through...not sure
which one.

hurricanepilot

William McNee wrote:

> I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
> party so there!
> I feel now my life's just beginning...

Happy merry new birthday cheer!

> Also be playing Skyrim (PC) and possibly Sword of the Stars 2/Galciv
> Ultimate Collection. I feel an urge for massive space battles coming on.

This for me as well. I have a rapidly shrinking quest log, and a
gameplay counter that's just about to tip over the 90 hour mark...and
that doesn't count the first day of play which I was necessarily
offline for.

I'm going to interleave the guild and main quests now until they're
done, which means one companion quest, one mage quest, one brotherhood
quest and one main quest until the game is done. Then I think I'll be
leaving it to ferment while I wait for some DLC.

Aside from that, while I've been almost good at ignoring the steam
sales I wll be playing:

Tropico 4 (PC) - As close as I could get to a citybuilder type thing for
a price I was willing to part with. I'm hoping that the "Cities" games
appear on a daily deal soon so as I can pick up one of those as well.

SW:TFU2 (PC) - In the closing stages of this now. Well worth the £3.74 I
paid for it. The fact that I'm near the end of it and the steam counter
is showing 3 hours is fairly damning though.

VVVVVV (PC) - 2 left to find.

X3: Albion (PC) - If I can be bothered. I've had to make up a whole new
category for games on my gaming list to cover all the shit I'm buying
on steam (with my Vita fund!!). The categories "Playing" and "Wanting"
have been joined by "Asides". I find that being able to categorise games
under the new heading helps me stop worrying about probably never
completing them.

I may also play some more Cave Story+, Bit.Trip Runner and some of the
other stuff from the humble bundle if I have the time...probably not.

jochta

On 22/12/2011 13:35, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> In article<8cGIq.73439$E17.41481@newsfe22.ams2>,
> William McNee<wullie@hame.the.noo.invalid> wrote:
>> I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
>> party so there!
>> I feel now my life's just beginning...
>
>
> Devil Dice (PSX) - Didn't take my PSOne on the work trip with me (as I
> usually do, oddly enough) so I didn't get a chance to pop that in. I now
> have no excuse not to check out jochta's hints web site.
>

Glad to know that site still gets used

http://www.oocities.org/timessquare/7893/dd/dd.htm

That was started in 1999, that's a lifetime ago...

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MerseyMal

In article <8cGIq.73439$E17.41481@newsfe22.ams2>,
wullie@hame.the.noo.invalid says...
>
> I know I'm a day early with this thread, but as I turn 40 today it's my
> party so there!

Happy Birthday, but I'll save my actual PWGing until tomorrow :P


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Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <jcvf4k$5n9$1@dont-email.me>, hurricanepilot <h@g.c> wrote:
>Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>
>> Nier (360) - Just bought it. Looks nice. This is the one with the
>> hermaphrodite, right? "Hermaphrodite Right" is now the name of our punk
>> band.
>
>Sort of, but not really I think. I've only done the one playthrough and
>at no point does the girl with the massive bojangles get her dick out.

That's a relief? I've honestly completely forgotten why this was on my
list of games to buy, but it was free (free!) with two other 360 games so
I'm not complaining. The other two were Two Worlds II and Resonance of
Fate, if you're curious. I don't think I'll touch them this weekend, but
you never know.

>And for my amusement, can you please let me know when you're going to
>go fishing so as I can watch the status updates. Can you also please
>fish from the wrong beach for an hour so as I don't feel like quite such
>a massive tool.

A fishing minigame, really? I expect there'll be one in the next Call of
Duty game now.

>Remember to back up your saves somewhere safe as well as the game will
>delete them for you after either the 3rd or 4th play through...not sure
>which one.

Thanks for the tip. I've neglected the 360 data recovery system since the
PS3 came into the house, so this is probably a good excuse to start the
rotating backups again.

-KKC, evaluating the Mazda 2 as a commuter car.
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Koalaboy

On 22/12/2011 16:06, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:

> A fishing minigame, really? I expect there'll be one in the next Call of
> Duty game now.

That would be CoD fishing then....

Yeah. Coat Get !