Zeusthecat

One thing to consider. If robots took all of our jobs and left us with a 99% unemployment rate, then nobody would have any money to pay for any of the goods and services that these robots are providing. Which means that that top 1% would only have a total market of 1% of the total population that would actually be capable of purchasing goods and services. Thus there would certainly have to be a guaranteed basic income for all people so that we can continue to do our part to keep the rich people rich.

take a Valium. Trust me, it works.

Well that's just like your opinion man. I disagree. I think having collectibles is a great way to encourage a player to explore a space where they might otherwise see no point in doing so. One of my favorite parts of GTA games is going through and getting 100% of collectibles. So many cool areas and things that I never would have come across if it weren't for some kind of collectible to lead me there. If you're talking solely about a corridor in a non-open world game then sure. Collectibles don't really add much in most cases. But for open world games I think they are better for having them.

I can respect that. Sorry for my strong opinion. As long as you weren't one to drive that car through a quiet neighborhood in the middle of the night then I think we're still cool.

For games like that and Team Fortress I'm just aiming to get at least 10-20 hours logged at which point I'll call it "completed". We'll see though. I can see myself getting sucked into a game like KSP and stalling on that for a couple months. Thanks! And coincidentally, Rage just happens to be the next game on my list which I'll probably start tonight. The Giant Bomb guys seemed to get some enjoyment out of the game so I'm cautiously optimistic that I'll find some of those same things enjoyable.

I finished Mirror's Edge. This game was awesome. The whole concept was so well executed and the game looked and played really well. The only parts that kind of sucked were whenever dudes with guns showed up. Which was a lot unfortunately.

I just hit single digits on my Steam backlog. I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I get crazy cave man rage whenever I hear really loud noises. People driving around in cars or motorcycles with excessively loud engines triggers it worse than anything. Like why the fuck would you purposely want to drive a vehicle that is bound to eventually make you and anyone who rides with you deaf? I guess it's because loud noises are badass and manly? Seriously though, fuck loud noises.

Nah, it's cool. I also do all my messaging through the app. Nothing like being able to swype my replies instead of painfully going letter by letter.

This game looks pretty great. I like the colors. I like the character designs. I like collectibles. But mostly, I like the colors. They are so vibrant and happy looking and not grey and brown. I'm honestly having a hard time seeing what the problem is with these colors and how they are garish. Is it the vibrancy?

I think it's also worth mentioning that the audio quality with PSN party chat is much better than the audio quality of in-game chat. I've noticed with multiple games that it's been really hard to hear people clearly through in-game chat and then it tends to cut out for several seconds during loading screens and whatnot.

In my case, I don't mind if people jump into my party while I'm playing. I'd actually kind of prefer being able to just communicate verbally whether or not I'm available to party up rather than having to respond to messages.

I had the unfortunate experience of watching a bit of Hot in Cleveland. What an absolutely terrible piece of shit show. None of it is funny, the whole premise seems to be about rich white women making fun of fat and poor people, and the whole thing just comes across as very mean spirited. I'm just shocked that there are actually multiple seasons of this show. Is it just because it has Betty White?

That NPD report only covers the US correct? If so, I'd be curious to see global numbers for all this stuff. Definitely surprising though that even with Bloodborne releasing, XB1 still managed to outsell PS4.

That's pretty cool stuff JonCole. I actually really like the way the story is done in this game. With all of the repetition week after week I kind of appreciate that I'm not getting blasted with heavy story stuff over and over. It's just a few sentences here and there from your robot pal to remind you that there is some shit going down for reasons and stuff. Plus there's a fair amount you can infer from the environments themselves. I need to read up some more on that Grimoire stuff. I read through a number of them and it seemed like there was a fairly interesting story under the surface but I'm still missing a lot of entries.

Since there will inevitably be lots of porn on the Oculus Rift after it releases, I wonder if anyone will do the whole "flightstick hand tracking" thing but with your junk instead of a flightstick. And if somebody does manage to make that work, I hope they go the extra mile and allow you to customize your junk. Maybe one day I want to experience having a 13" dong. Maybe the next day I want to see what it would be like to have a fully animated squirrel where my junk should be. I just really hope they fix the nausea issues before this stuff becomes a (virtual) reality.

So I just saw this for the first time and it is possibly one of the greatest jokes I've ever heard.

Seems like there was a pretty decent turnout of Thumbs throughout the weekend. I was on playing with a friend for a good portion of the weekend and also managed to get some HoW bounties and other dailies done with JonCole and CussedCayuse. It was fun! I updated the calendar with my availability for next weekend so I'm hopeful that we can manage to get six of us together this time. I have a friend that will most likely be available to join us as well so maybe that will help. One thing that kind of sucks if you aren't doing raids is the whole 3 person limit. I got a couple invites that I had to pass on because I was already in a full group. I felt bad.

I finished Costume Quest and its DLC. It was another very enjoyable Double Fine game and I liked it quite a lot. The Halloween setting and mix of trick-or-treating, fighting monsters, and collecting costumes was super fun. It all gelled really nicely and I never got tired of the battle system thanks to the infusion of QTE mechanics and the fact that it was a fairly short game. Also, my daughter absolutely loved watching me play and do the trick-or-treating segments.

Right now, me and Cussedcayuse are the only ones showing available around that time on the calendar. So not sure if we'll muster enough people for a raid. But I'll at least be on doing strikes and stuff.

I guess it was just easier for me to notice since my daughter was reading it out loud and pointing at each word as she was reading.

I'll be available to play tonight at the time I posted on the calendar if anyone's interested. So far it looks like I'm the only one available around that time but if anyone will be available who hasn't entered their availability on the calendar, let me know. I'd much prefer to team up over running with randoms.

Sorry, I thought the two glaring errors were obvious. And I wish her name was Perodactyl but every other mention in the book spells it correctly. What's really frustrating is that my daughter was reading the book to me and got stuck in both of those spots because the sentence didn't make sense and she didn't understand why the character's name had changed. This kind of stuff really pisses me off. When a book is only 12 pages and is using very simple language designed to help children learn to read, there is absolutely no excuse for this kind of thing.

This is from a children's 'learning to read' book my daughter brought home from school. The book is only twelve pages. How does something like that go to print? This kind of stuff really bothers the hell out of me.

Full map is unlocked from the start. Just have to get through a couple intro missions. elmuerte, I may be confusing it with the online portion but I thought when you bought a vehicle and parked it in one of your garages, it would always be available to you (or you can just call your mechanic to have it delivered to you). Also, if you want a firetruck I think you can dial 911 and one will show up near your location.