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I don't think it ever gave me that option, but I only have one harddrive installed.

I upgraded by downloading the media-tool. I didn't use a usb or nothin. Just downloaded the thing, went through the upgrade-path, then once Windows 10 was set up I went into the settings>update&security>recovery>reset pc and the chose the one that erases everything. It went smoothly until I took some advice online about how to make it so I wouldn't have to log in everytime. The login is an annoyance to me, I like turning the pc on when I get home and having everything warmed up by the time I get settled; now I have to come back to the computer and type in a pin during start-up. Anyway, I adjusted account stuff and somehow lost admin permissions. I had to do the recovery/reset again. Now everything is fine (except my external webcam isn't compatible).

Work that pays based on commision feels like a direct insult to a whole portion of being which I value and that I haven't been able to define yet. ------------------------------------ I just heard Bulit To Spill's Untethered Moon for the first time. I've listened to it a few times, but I never heard the mix before. --------------------------------- My intoxication is an excuse to say this: I'm annoyed that Windows 10 hasn't sent me a notification to upgrade after I backed everything up last night on external harddrives. I'm looking forward to a clean install since I've been having graphics-card errors and my shit done got bloated in the past 5 years. But I don't feel comfortable enough starting computer projects until I do the install because I don't want to re-back anything up. My WindowsBT$ folder is 5.95 gb full, but still no cue from Microsoft. I don't want to rush the job because that's the kinda thing that encourages long-term system instabilities imo. uhg. Also, I really enjoy being drunk on Carlo Rossi burgundy sometimes. I was playing Rocket League, the rest of my team was replace by the bots "Sabertooth" and "Heater" and I started paying attention to them and trying to figure out if they have individual, consistent behaviors. I considered the possibility of getting to know the bots well enough that I would be able to form team-dependencies. I like that idea.

PSA: don't just sit there in a ranked match when your team has 3 players and they only have 1. I got kicked for idling. I'm not complaining, I understand the need. Still, it's good to know.

I've been banging my head against Construct 2 on a few evenings and when I was looking over this thread, this phrasing from comments on page one of the thread helped me figure out what was wrong with my approach. Construct 2's system seems to be based on having assignable, pre-made behaviors that you can attach to sprites. Then it's a matter of choosing conditions from a menu of them. I like the idea of getting familiar with the constraints of default behaviors in the engine and then focusing on writing messages in the dialect that default-use of Construct 2 tends towards.

When I download a hobbyist game and run the .exe is that an "installed program"?

I'll just go ahead an throw illustration in here as something people attribute to talent even though it's a learnable skill.

Privatize gains, socialize losses.

It's so nice when I can tell the cook what I would like to eat, they hand it to me, I pay the menu-prive and I can fill up my own water. I prefer those restaurants.

I work in rural Appalachian area. The other day this guy I have seen regularly for years but never had a need to speak with came in and asked a question. He has some asian features like a darker skin-tone. Hearing a Hawaiian accent was really nice having lived there for 2.5 years 8 years ago and not hearing one since (besides what my wife and myself had picked up). I asked if he used to live in Hawaii. He seemed defensive, explaining that he has lived here for 30 years and he had only been stationed on Oahu for a little while. I thought the defensiveness was a bit odd, but just told him that I was excited to hear a little bit of a Hawaiian accent because I miss it sometimes. We made some small-chat about living on the islands and then he left. Today I came into work and a older caucasian man who has lived here all his life said that someone said to give me a hat. The hat says "Hawaii" on it. The co-worker described the gift-giver as "some foreigner or something, I don't know." I was like "Ah, this must be why the fellow was defensive when I asked if he had lived elsewhere."

These two observations are related. Consumer interactions are more efficient because there is an arrogant expectation of professionalism (in the cities). I can see two very different perspectives emerging, one from visiting any place as a consumer and one from existing in the same place as a worker. I'm not defending it, I am interested in more leisurely work-environments where a person can enjoy themselves at their job rather than produce as much as they can as fast as possible. With that comes having to wait a week or two for an appointment and not being able to buy your favorite brand of dish-soap.

I recorded a short game to show people how long match-making typically takles for me (an important thing to me for online multiplayer) and I go into the basics of my playstyle.

I don't really know. It's a useful search term to find things of a particular sensibilities that I want more exposure to. From what I've read net.art was a specific collective of artists in the 90's, but here I'm trying to use it to refer to something more broad. I've been looking for another perspective on things made with game-engines that games-criticism has a really hard time with, searching for "net.art" is providing me with some helpful links to groups and attitudes that seem to come from something distinct from game-centric cultures. The debate over the definition of net.art or net art or internet art seems to be as common of a hobby as defining "games" is among gamers. That said, I'll provide my uneducated attempt: I think net.art typically attempts to highlight symptomatic aspects or inherent effects of digital networks. There is net.art that I'm interested in and net.art that I have no interest in. The stuff that resonates with me tends to be exploration of digital aesthetics, subjects such as social-media crowds, and things that resonate, inform, and are informed with experiences similar to my own experiences using digital, networked interfaces. Here is another attempt by someone more invested in net.art as a term: http://rhizome.org/editorial/2015/jul/17/notes-definition-net-art/

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No, I may be using the terminology wrong, but I'm referring to the same thing.Edit: Oh I think you may be asking thecatamites.

The only issue I ran into with the html-versions was that some of the games close themselves and that doesn't happen in a browser-version. I didn't go back and play many of the html-versions of the games that we discussed before the html-versions were available though. I'm thinking of editing the older posts to link them in case anyone ever goes through this from the beginning.

For the week of July 27th, 2015 we will be playing the last game in the 50 Short Games collection: Auf Wiedersehen, Mogey by thecatamites You can play the game in your browser here. You can download the single game from here for free Or you can buy the entire collection of 50 games from here.

You know what is worse than accidentally scoring on yourself? -Getting mixed up and defending their goal for 2 minutes. I just did that. It's embarassing. My team managed to score on me after I made a few saves and then I realized what was up. ---------- Also, ranked matches are a lot more susceptible to my bad internet connection so I can't play them during neighborhood-is-watching-Netflix time.

I just discovered that something exists called "tracker modules". I'll be looking into OpenMPT when I get home. https://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Manual/TrackerModules.html

Chiptone seems like a neat tool for sound effects.

Apparently, Forest Ambassador has had a podcast going for Patreon subscribers (I did not know this). They just announced that the podcast is going to be freely distributed. I haven't heard it yet, but I'm excited to try it out since Forest Ambassador highlights the games I want to hear talk about. http://forestambassador.com/post/124964885537/the-future-of-forest-ambassador-woodland-secrets

I enjoyed going for strolls in GTA4, usually it ends up turning into an attempt to get onto a roof from a train-platform or something like that. I cruise around the GTA games and just listen to music, paying attention to traffic laws and people watching. In Civ5, I tend to just try and build a nation that I like and maintain it. I don't like the win-states or trying to reach them.

I don't want to discourage noobs but... If you are under the ball, you are in the way of my shot. Please move. This isn't "How many times can I touch the ball" the game. If you don't have a shot, someone else probably does so line yourself up for the next one by putting yourself between the ball and your own goal. Having a strong opinion about this type of thing probably means that I should start playing ranked matches.

Many of the games in this collection seem to be motivated by the fantasy of role-playing a perspective within a ritual of fiction. Cowboy Living allows us to be the child watching or a host producing some cowboy-themed children's show. Creamerz allows us to role-play the naive, blissed-out dessert-treat as they exist in the world extrapolated from the anthropomorphisation their marketing-campaign designed. Glory Days Of The Free Press allow us to be the early 20th century newspaper-editor imagined by mid-century American films. Which Way allows us to be the apprentice/mentor relationship between two detectives during a fun-house chase. And The Quiet Man allows us to perform the role of an austere icon of western-films for movie-goers. Seeing these particular fantasies within a context more full than their fictional world (they are often presented in the additional context of their typical media) highlights the associated framing as part of the fantasy. It's more true that I want to star as a cowboy than be an actual cowboy. I didn't think about that until I played The Quiet Man. The screen's composition is like an animated infographic in its simplistic and powerful structure. A stack of the audience, their reactions, and the imposing screen, centered in darkness makes the ritual feel monolithic. The stylization of the characters and props on the screen are simplified, and script-like. This logographic quality gives the subjects on the screen an amplified sense of symbolism compared to the rough sketches of the audience themselves. Everything on the screen seems more intentional. That contrast adds to the glamor as you control the silent protagonist. The musical track is composed of a dramatic beats, serrated chimes for the protagonist to encounter, and the reverb puts it all in the majesty of the theatre.