I’m not one to troll :)
I’m not that much of an FPS player so I never really got into the Half-Life series.
Their naming convention is weird with HL2E1 and HL2E2, I initially thought they were like parts of HL2 or something.
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Jan 2011
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It’s the definition of “expert” in the post that’s throwing me off. By that definition, the only people who can be considered experts have to be playing FPS, RPGs, Platformers, and every other genre that has one of the “must play” video games.
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Not everyone plays FPS.
Not everyone plays RPGs.
I guess Super Mario Bros. is a given though.
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A newlywed couple moves into their new house. One day the husband comes home from work and his wife says, “Honey, you know, in the upstairs bathroom one of the pipes is leaking, could you fix it?” The husband says, “What do I look like, Mr. Plumber?” A few days go by, and he comes home from work and his wife says, “Honey, the car won’t start. I think it needs a new battery. Could you change it for me?” He says: “What do I look like, Mr. Goodwrench?” Another few days go by, and it’s raining pretty hard. The wife finds a leak in the roof. She says, “Honey, there’s a leak on the roof! Can you please fix it?” He says, “What do I look like, Bob Vila?” The next day the husband comes home, and the roof is fixed. So is the plumbing. So is the car. He asks his wife what happened. “Oh, I had a handyman come in and fix them,” she says. “Great! How much is that going to cost me?” he snarls. Wife says: “Nothing. He said he’d do it for free if I either baked him a cake or slept with him.” “Uh, well, what kind of cake did you make?” asks the husband. “What do I look like,” she says, “Betty Crocker?”
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What if I don’t really play FPS games in general? The only one I really play is L4D2
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So, if tomorrow will be repeats, these are the last day of new sales?
Dec 2010
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Reply to 'I beat Demon's Souls this week. The game fulfilled me in ways not even my wife has.' on /r/gaming:
You might just need a new wife! Try telling her a PS3 game was more satisfying than her, it might work!
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before 20 seconds ago impossible to buy online as a digital download. Great game.
What do you mean, was it not available on Steam before today?
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Posted on r/gaming: DA:O Ultimate Edition is not available in my region, but DA:O and DA:O Awakenings are
I find this quite ridiculous!
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Apparently I am already qualified to get something called a Bounty Hat, but I do not have Team Fortress 2. I would like to see what the fuss is about and why there are hats, so if anyone could spare the cash to gift me TF2, it would be great! My steam id is same as my reddit username :D
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I’m probably not the only one who’s going to come in here expecting one base Zerg with 3 Queens
Nov 2010
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Ralph Wiggum would approve of this game.
Oct 2010
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it’s bad if you do drugs, period.
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Just curious, what laptop do you have?
To reduce the freeze, kill off the opposing players so they don’t get their turns :D
Sep 2010
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Posted on r/gaming: Telltale Games has Tales of Monkey Island (all 5 episodes) on sale for $4.95
Link: http://www.telltalegames.com/playlikeapirate
Are these as good as the first two Monkey Island games? I enjoyed them as a kid but haven’t played the newer ones.
Also, is Telltale Games ok? Do they work like Steam?
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It is not like Age of Empires, the gameplay is turn-based instead of real-time, and much more massive scale.
Reading through the manual might help you decide whether to buy or not. Or maybe look for videos of Civ 4 gameplay (I remember seeing some introductory videos to Civ 4 on youtube) to get an idea of what a Civ game is like.
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Reply to a comment by [deleted] on 'What game are you most looking forward to in the next year?' on /r/gaming:
upvoted, but isn’t that this year though? like, soon?
Aug 2010
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They probably didn’t bother making a child corpse model just for this. You can’t kill kids in the game right? (I forget if this was fallout 3 or an earlier fallout)
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It’s harder than you’d expect!
Jul 2010
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Finished the Wings of Liberty campaign! Secret mission was exciting.
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Now installing: Starcraft II Wings of Liberty
Jun 2010
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Finished Dragon Age: Origins!
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Finished Uncharted!
Apr 2010
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Super Street Fighter IV!
Sep 2009
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finished Batman Arkham Asylum!
Aug 2009
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finally finished Professor Layton and the Curious Village! (Nde na kinumpleto ung puzzles)
Jul 2009
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finished Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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finished Dragon Quest V!
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finished Ninjatown!
Mar 2009
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For the record, I purchased an original R1 copy of Street Fighter IV for the PS3 last Tuesday, and we’ve been pretty much playing it whenever we had free time at home. The one time I came in late to work during the month of February was because of Street Fighter IV. Street Fighter IV came in with ridiculously high reviews for both the XBox 360 and PS3 versions, the PS3 version garnering a 94 (universal acclaim) on Metacritic It can’t be denied that it’s an awesome game, although not everyone agrees.
Feb 2009
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Fun little widget from Capcom allows you to put yourself into an SFIV battle video. Here’s me as Ryu! Street Fighter IV is out next week, hopefully we’ll be slinging fireballs by next weekend!
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Amazingly, despite my work schedule I still managed to finish a rather old-school RPG. I finished Star ocean: Second Evolution for the PSP today, clocking in 30 hours of playtime. I have to say I quite enjoy playing RPGs on handhelds. RPGs are usually rather long games so it’s nice being able to handle them in bite-sized chunks while commuting, et cetera. Star Ocean: The Second Story was probably one of the best Japanese RPGs to come out of the Playstation era, despite the lackluster translations of that time (hey, it was pre-year 2000, all translations were pretty bad then!
Jan 2009
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Finally finished Valkyria Chronicles last Saturday, clocking in at around 25 hours. Quick Review: Beautiful, beautiful game, even on my SD TV; it’s like watching a flowing watercolor painting When you start the game, all the dialogue/cutscenes seems a bit draggy but eventually you get used to the pacing and then you don’t mind because the battles are really engaging. Speaking of battles; I’m not sure if it would be good for beginners to tactical games.
Dec 2008
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I wanted to make a calendar of game release dates in 2009 (so I won’t forget), but apparently details are sparse. The only games that I’m remotely interested in that already have release dates are: 20 Jan 2009: Mana Khemia: Student Alliance (PSP) Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PSP) 17 Feb 2009: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS) Street Fighter IV (PS3) 17 Mar 2009:
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I purchased a PS3 last week! As is typically with me making large purchases, a was wishy-washy about it for a whole two weeks (although Alvin had been egging me to buy one for months). To show how indecisive we are, here’s the conversation we had at the store: Saleslady: Sir, anong kulay ang gusto nyo? Black, silver or white? Me: Alvin, ano gusto mo? Alvin: Kahit ano, silver na lang siguro.
Aug 2008
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I’ve been submerged in work for the past two weeks or so, not having much time to do anything else aside from work and the DS, which lets me sneak in some Professor Layton, FFTA2 or Civilization Revolutions while waiting for bug fixes to be confirmed. So I took a break this weekend and won’t be reporting back to work until Wednesday. No plans really, just some unplanned downtime to unwind a bit…
Jul 2008
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Wait to see the screenshots at the end! Embedded Video Blogged with the Flock Browser
May 2008
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I was neglecting the NDS a bit, so I decided to look for some fun homebrew stuff to do with it. Here are some I tried (You’ll need some sort of flashcart to use these. Mine is an R4.): Pocket Physics – a neat little toy app that allows you to draw diagrams on the touch screen that would then become affected by physics. It’s a bit like a free-form The Incredible Machine that’s portable.
Apr 2008
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates is an action-RPG by Square Enix. The original Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles came out on the NGC. Ring of Fates is a different game for the NDS, though I guess it’s sort of a spiritual successor. I finally managed to get some NDS time and finish this game last night.
Mar 2008
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On my way home today I passed by Megamall as usual, and there was a Scrabble tournament going on. I stopped for a few minutes and watched. I realize a lot of people would probably find watching Scrabble games boring, seeing only two geeky people spelling out words at random, not even making any sense. But watching the Scrabble games brought me back to a time when I didn’t have the internet to keep me up at nights.
Scrabble is a game close to my heart, me and my brother Kerwin practically grew up with the game.
Feb 2008
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Eagerly awaited, the fourth installment of the Ace Attorney series has arrived, with a brand-new leading defense attorney. Of course, not one week after I got my copy, I’m done. It kept me up at nights and made me come in to work late; well worth it.
To those who are not familiar with the Ace Attorney games, it’s hard to explain the appeal of the game; with all the thinking and reading to be done, it’s definitely not exciting to watch. Anyone who’s finished one of them knows what it is though. There’s that feeling you get when you all the testimony and evidence finally come together, and you figure out how it was done but you still have to figure out how to prove it!
Detailed review (and spoilers) follow.
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Despite the allure of Final Fantasy Tactics PSP, I was still decided on finishing Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. This was only the second game in the series that I was playing, although I had greatly enjoyed Advance Wars: Dual Strike, so my hopes were high for Days of Ruin. Pros: – Still Advance Wars, battles are fairly good and challenging enough – New units: Bike – infantry on wheels, can capture as well; Flare – helps in Fog of War situations; Carrier – revamped from the AWDS Carrier, this one can now create its’ own Seaplanes; Antitank – a ranged unit that can counterattack, strong against Tanks, surprisingly; Duster – a hybrid air unit that has a weaker ground attack than a Bomber, and weaker air attack than a fighter
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Bought one last week, had not had time to log it until now. It was not so much planned and maybe a bit more of an impulse buy. Something like a cellphone conversation with my brother who’s standing in a store in Singapore pressuring me with “Well? Should I buy one or not?” I don’t like pressure, so obviously I just said, “Ok, whatever!” The inevitable question arises: which one is better, PSP or NDS?
Jan 2008
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Despite it’s age, I’ve only recently gotten around to loving Advance Wars: Dual Strike on the DS. It’s just the sort of game I enjoy: challenging enough not to bore me but not so difficult that I give up in frustration and has enough extras to keep me coming back. A bit of a learning curve though, and probably not for casual gamers. I beat the normal campaign last week (just barely – winning on Day 28 of a 28-day target), and I’m hoping I can finish the hard campaign before the release of Advance Wars: Days of Ruin next week.
Nov 2007
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2 days ago: My brother Alvin and Brian report suspicious activities on the computer in their room. Random Chinese popups appearing, mysterious processes in the taskbar. As needed, virus scans and adware scans are done. Trojans are identified and quarantined, but keep reappearing. Brian plays WoW on the machine despite the issues. Yesterday: Alvin decides to reformat the machine and begins backing up. Brian plays WoW on the machine in my room instead.
Oct 2007
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The game was not as long as I had hoped, although I finished without completing stuff. (Only had 11 hearts when facing the final boss). I told a friend that the current Zeldas are too easy compared to the Zeldas of old. There are a lot more hints this time around on how to get past stuff, etc. He told me that the 3d Zeldas are even easier. One of the sacrifices they had to make to become popular I suppose.
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Can holding a stylus cause carpal tunnel syndrome? Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for a few days now; the controls are purely-stylus driven so my wrist aches a bit after a few hours of play. Of course the game has been consuming a good number of my waking hours (I didn’t even play any Magic this weekend), but that’s not what this post is about. This post is about the original Legend of Zelda.