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Copy-Pasting "Oh my god I JUST missed S2 DAMNIT!"

Yes I stole that from someone
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donsanderson: As long as you 'maso' with us. ;)
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CarrionCrow: No worries there. Example - thought I'd run out of money. Okay, can't buy anymore, obviously. But still hanging around because the conversation's good, the people are cool and figured I could throw freebies to people if I got 'em. But for the last hour, there's a voice in my head telling me I need to hang around and spend what is literally my last 1.50 on Shadow Man of all things, just so I can feel more invested in the torture. If that doesn't cover masochism, I don't know what does.
i enjoy dying in games. sometimes i just jump off cliffs with my characters. Then i laugh. Is that normal?
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donsanderson: As long as you 'maso' with us. ;)
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CarrionCrow: No worries there. Example - thought I'd run out of money. Okay, can't buy anymore, obviously. But still hanging around because the conversation's good, the people are cool and figured I could throw freebies to people if I got 'em. But for the last hour, there's a voice in my head telling me I need to hang around and spend what is literally my last 1.50 on Shadow Man of all things, just so I can feel more invested in the torture. If that doesn't cover masochism, I don't know what does.
Yep, you're covered. ;)
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CarrionCrow: No worries there. Example - thought I'd run out of money. Okay, can't buy anymore, obviously. But still hanging around because the conversation's good, the people are cool and figured I could throw freebies to people if I got 'em. But for the last hour, there's a voice in my head telling me I need to hang around and spend what is literally my last 1.50 on Shadow Man of all things, just so I can feel more invested in the torture. If that doesn't cover masochism, I don't know what does.
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nuketakuler: i enjoy dying in games. sometimes i just jump off cliffs with my characters. Then i laugh. Is that normal?
Probably not, but who needs normal?
Post edited May 16, 2014 by donsanderson
Damn, you people never sleep? Good morning all :)
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CarrionCrow: No worries there. Example - thought I'd run out of money. Okay, can't buy anymore, obviously. But still hanging around because the conversation's good, the people are cool and figured I could throw freebies to people if I got 'em. But for the last hour, there's a voice in my head telling me I need to hang around and spend what is literally my last 1.50 on Shadow Man of all things, just so I can feel more invested in the torture. If that doesn't cover masochism, I don't know what does.
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nuketakuler: i enjoy dying in games. sometimes i just jump off cliffs with my characters. Then i laugh. Is that normal?
I took all the drugs I had saved in Fallout Tactics and started feeding them to one guy just because. Kept feeding them to him after he started convulsing, until the poor guy finally keeled over.
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Tarnicus: That's the rumour going round...I dunno, I've got 207 on my shelf and the last time I finished one of them was back in the 90s, before GOG existed. I thought this was a back-up service for all the boxed copies of games my mother threw out when I was younger? I didn't realise we were meant to actually play them. I think I prefer the chattiness of the forum/gifting game but I'm still not sure how I can "win" it?
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bluey83: I daren't think about the number of games I have on virtual shelves around the various portals, I do know I have nowhere near enough years left to play them all. Still we continue to collect them though *sigh* lol
I'm reading back to see what I missed whilst I was out and had to respond to this one! Between all the sites I use to purchase games, I have well over 1000.

Likewise I couldn't possibly finish the games I have in my collection, but I do like having the variety of choice and hoarding nostalgia in particular. I'm definitely focusing my purchases on DRM free where I can now, as I'm a bit unhappy with myself for how much I've supported Steam and the potential difficulties that may cause in the longrun for game development and publishing. Yes I can see how it's done some "good" but I'm concerned about the changes to the internet that have been going on since I started using it it 1996/7.

To put it simply, I'm starting to feel that I've sold out a bit in favour of cheap games and accessing stuff on the net that once upon a time I wouldn't have gone near.

What are those changes?

Everything being monitored - why just because I wish to access my email, social media, favourite gaming platform, watch a movie or listen to music or simply use an internet browser(W3C changes), is so much information about my browsing and computer usage practises sent to people? Yes I realise within so many user agreements(which don't supersede the law, at least in this country) I am "agreeing" to this, but seriously the choice to opt-out is becoming more and more difficult unless I ignore the internet.

DRM is mandatory - legislative changes influenced by corporations with more money than many governments has changed the definition of owning something to basically mean renting or using a service. Once upon a time not a word was said about maxing mix tapes, copying games, installing games on multiple computers etc.

Freedom - this is what it links back to. And as much as I loathe to use a term that I see as being misused or used to justify harming others, the freedom of ownership of people of the internet is eroding. In this country we are taking many steps backwards, and this is following the lead of the US power brokers unfortunately. I was reading proposed(or passed?) legislation a few weeks ago where government employees are not allowed to criticise the government, even anonymously via social media. Seriously WTF? 1984...

I went on a tangent almost unrelated to the initial post :D Er yes, I have lots of games! lol
Just wake up.
Left with Symphony.
What do I miss?
Only 30 left. Light at the end of the tunnel
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vulchor: I also highly recommend playing the game at a lower resolution, 1280x720 max. You'll miss out on a lot of the detail and emotional connection if you play it at 1080p in my opinion.
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odbo255: I've never played PS:T at high res, sounds like you have. What is it that you miss?
PS:T was designed to be played at a much closer perspective than any other inifinity engine game and it shows when you play it in high res. The characters are small, the maps are suddenly very small and open, which causes the senses of wonder, amazement, confusion, disorientation, and mystery that come with a first playthrough to be greatly diminished. I found that because of this, I was not nearly as emotionally attached to the characters. I didn't feel as though I WAS the Nameless One anymore, I felt that I was a presence looking down on him. When the game is up close, you feel his dread and torment.

The other reason is that the characters, animation, and backgrounds are so incredibly detailed and gorgeous in that way that only an Inifinity Engine game could be, and scaling back on the scenes makes you miss so much detail. This is just all around such a masterful game, that playing it as originally intended (widescreen is fine, but I played at a customer resolution that was as close to a 16:9 version of 800x600 as I could get) is well worth it. The mods on the mod spotlight I feel give that experience, as long as you don't overdo the resolution.
you mean like the people that play rollercoaster tycoons just to make rollercoasters with no tracks that fly into a crowd of people? hah, i saw some of that on youtube, too funny.
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nuketakuler: i enjoy dying in games. sometimes i just jump off cliffs with my characters. Then i laugh. Is that normal?
My ex-wife liked to kill people in The Sims just so she could have decorative urns and gravestones to decorate her house.
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nuketakuler: i enjoy dying in games. sometimes i just jump off cliffs with my characters. Then i laugh. Is that normal?
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CarrionCrow: I took all the drugs I had saved in Fallout Tactics and started feeding them to one guy just because. Kept feeding them to him after he started convulsing, until the poor guy finally keeled over.
HAHAHA geezus. i dont think ive done that
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goldenwyrm: Just wake up.
Left with Symphony.
What do I miss?
Here's THE LIST
I asked once but will try it again. Does someone have spare code for LBA2? Or for trade? If ye I'll celebrate it with buying a copy of S2 :)
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bluey83: I daren't think about the number of games I have on virtual shelves around the various portals, I do know I have nowhere near enough years left to play them all. Still we continue to collect them though *sigh* lol
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Tarnicus: I'm reading back to see what I missed whilst I was out and had to respond to this one! Between all the sites I use to purchase games, I have well over 1000.

Likewise I couldn't possibly finish the games I have in my collection, but I do like having the variety of choice and hoarding nostalgia in particular. I'm definitely focusing my purchases on DRM free where I can now, as I'm a bit unhappy with myself for how much I've supported Steam and the potential difficulties that may cause in the longrun for game development and publishing. Yes I can see how it's done some "good" but I'm concerned about the changes to the internet that have been going on since I started using it it 1996/7.

To put it simply, I'm starting to feel that I've sold out a bit in favour of cheap games and accessing stuff on the net that once upon a time I wouldn't have gone near.

What are those changes?

Everything being monitored - why just because I wish to access my email, social media, favourite gaming platform, watch a movie or listen to music or simply use an internet browser(W3C changes), is so much information about my browsing and computer usage practises sent to people? Yes I realise within so many user agreements(which don't supersede the law, at least in this country) I am "agreeing" to this, but seriously the choice to opt-out is becoming more and more difficult unless I ignore the internet.

DRM is mandatory - legislative changes influenced by corporations with more money than many governments has changed the definition of owning something to basically mean renting or using a service. Once upon a time not a word was said about maxing mix tapes, copying games, installing games on multiple computers etc.

Freedom - this is what it links back to. And as much as I loathe to use a term that I see as being misused or used to justify harming others, the freedom of ownership of people of the internet is eroding. In this country we are taking many steps backwards, and this is following the lead of the US power brokers unfortunately. I was reading proposed(or passed?) legislation a few weeks ago where government employees are not allowed to criticise the government, even anonymously via social media. Seriously WTF? 1984...

I went on a tangent almost unrelated to the initial post :D Er yes, I have lots of games! lol
HERE, HERE! Well said good sir. A bit melancholy to contemplate, but the truth nonetheless.