osmosisch

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  1. Programming in General

    Great stuff Erkki, thanks. I definitely agree that trying to think functionally is very helpful even if you're not necessarily working in a functional language.
  2. This sums my feelings up in a nutshell.
  3. Lords of the Fallen: Clunky Souls

    Killed a couple more bosses, accidentally fulfilling the secret condition on them it seems - the weapons I got are orange and do cool extra things. I like how the challenge portals make you backtrack a fair amount because it makes your power curve really noticeable - I can just dash through areas that gave me trouble earlier. They've also taken the trouble to change the monster spawns a bit here and there as you progress the story.
  4. malkav11, did you listen to the recent talk about castle defender games on 3MA? They might have some tips.
  5. Books, books, books...

    I didn't read that as a lamentation, it's more clinical than that to me - a description of his flaw. A description of foolishness.
  6. Books, books, books...

    Just finished Wolf in White Van - man, what a trip. Fascinating, though I feel I missed a bunch because I was a bit tired, but I couldn't put it down.
  7. anime

    Clearly a fez
  8. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    I remember TB from when he was just getting his WoW podcast going and dropping in on the SA forums. He's basically a laughingstock there because of this thread. Apparently he was so annoying back then that I had him on ignore. Huh.
  9. Doing anything besides hitting the windows key and typing the name of the thing I need is just alien to me.
  10. Lords of the Fallen: Clunky Souls

    I knew that, but I think there's a substantial difference between applying that system to XP (always useful) and liquid humanity (can't spend more than 1 usefully unless you're doing covenant stuff). e: nevermind, didn't refresh
  11. I Had A Random Thought...

    You say that like he wasn't
  12. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    I have a memory of a discussion about Torchlight's enchanter who has a chance to just straight up remove all enchantments when he works on your items. The D3 version might predate that though.
  13. Life

    Glad to still have you with us Cine. I appreciate your passionate posts.
  14. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    I thought it was Torchlight
  15. Lords of the Fallen: Clunky Souls

    Apparently today's update fixes a bunch of stability issues. The devs appear to be quite active which is nice to see.
  16. Lords of the Fallen: Clunky Souls

    For what it's worth, I really feel I got my money's worth. There's a lot less imagination on display than Souls in many way,s but what there is is very pretty. It's reminding me of Space Marine more than anything in the visuals. Very Warhammery shoulderpads etc. As a lover of Warhammer Medieval that's no bad thing. There's a lot of interesting little innovations as well, for example banking your XP rather than spending it on character upgrades nets you an item-drop and xp multiplier, and bosses drop a better version of their reward item when you fulfil a special condition as you kill them.
  17. I Had A Random Thought...

    Congrats, you're either young or eat well!
  18. Video Game Baby - Idle Parents

    I hate it but I hate platformers in general so meh.
  19. Feminism

    Man, you aren't kidding. My twitter feed has become so much more interesting since this whole thing started. I'm also a bit poorer every month due to some Patreons, but I'll gladly tkae that exchange.
  20. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    It's very sad to me because Stardock has (or at least used to have, I stopped keeping track since Brad became unredeemable) its heart in the right place in a lot of ways. I used to be proud to have bought their games due to their anti-DRM stance and consumer advocacy.
  21. I seem to recall Brian Reynolds saying that he did a lot of the reading when he was on 3MA: http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2011/09/15/three-moves-ahead-episode-134-the-alpha-centauri-show/ That was a good 'cast. e: I've started noticing Chris' bad boy 50s finger-snapping recently, it's cracking me up picturing him getting ready to throw down with the Sharks.
  22. Photos of things

  23. Idle Food - Cooking!

    That's the type you fart in right? I'm loving autumn, so far I've made pumpkin risotto, pumpkin chili soup and last night's highlight: thai pumpkin curry
  24. emote me

    M- maybe Bart-senpai will notice me today... *sweat drop*