BusbyBerkeley

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  1. Other podcasts

    Dang, I wish I could do that. I'm limited to about the 40 minutes each way of my commute.
  2. Other podcasts

    Spawn on Me is great, but I just can't really handle the length of the thing. I don't think I've ever listened to a full episode.
  3. Damn it, but computers have become really complicated

    I use a pair of Sennheiser cx200s for music and podcasting on my commute. They sound fine and have servedd e well for over a year at this point. They do have a tendency to get tangled easily, but that may be my own fault. You can get them for around $20 on Amazon. Though it looks like you can get the next step up from those for less than $30 right now as well, so maybe look into those?
  4. Movie/TV recommendations

    I have yet to see birdman but I will contribute anyway! I've no doubt the movie is good, but hoo boy is it naive to assume that that's why it won. You should read this piece on the Hollywood reporter about an academy voter.
  5. Frozen Cortex

    One of my steam friends gifted me this. I loved Frozen Synapse but haven't had much time to try this out yet. In game name is Douchetoevsky. Start a game with me!
  6. Idle Thumbs 198: Missing Molyneux

    Sure but what about if you don't buy it but also leave comments that you aren't buying it even though you want to simply because Brad Wardell is a big fat garbage man. Because that's my strategy so far. I think it makes it clear that his involvement directly loses sales. And also I feel like a big bhole knowing that Soren posts on here. Sorry Soren!
  7. Idle Thumbs 198: Missing Molyneux

    Wardell is an entirely noxious piece of trash, and I'm not buying that game entirely because of his involvement. It stinks.
  8. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Isn't wardell involved directly in Mohawk games at some level? Its such a shame because that game looks really cool, but yeah, not buying anything associated with that trashbag.
  9. Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarter)

    Fucking rad. Will definitely continue to pester my friends to try this game out.
  10. Nintendo 3DS

    Fairly certain Kid Icarus won't be very good, or if it's even compatible with the New 3DS nub.
  11. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Honestly those tweets could perfectly fit in with Bioshock Infinite's "truth is in the middle, both sides are bad" take on racism.
  12. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Jesus. Does anyone have a handy list of devs throwing their support behind gamergate? I'd love to know who to not buy from, besides Brad Fuckin Wardell.
  13. Project Godus: Don't believe his lies

    I'm kind of baffled that people have any affection for Molyneux. I thought he was widely regarded as a joke at this point. He continues to shoot for the stars and make less than stellar games and somehow people keep giving him money. I first knew of him around the time the first Fable game was coming out and I remember reading the previews and then the actual reviews and how far apart they were. Then he kept on doing it. There's optimism and then there's delusion. It's fun when someone talks about how great the game they are making will be. it's less fun when they continue to do so in the face of massive amounts of evidence pointing to the contrary.
  14. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    Honestly I loved that RPS interview. Molyneux really shouldn't have been allowed to do a kickstarter and it's nice to see someone just fucking call him on his shit. I don't think I've ever read a games interview that was just so deliciously hostile. Plus I love me some schadenfreude.
  15. The Dancing Thumb (aka: music recommendations)

    What does "thoroughly empty" mean in this context? They aren't exactly subtle in their politics I guess, but it's all over their tracks. For content: I've been listening to Screaming Females a lot lately. They've got a new album due out this year I'm pretty sure!
  16. Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarter)

    What's the penalty for failing to complete a mission? Also if I want to be a bounty hunter do I need to buy a scanner for that and then I guess chill in populated areas? And I should probably practice flying without flight assist huh?
  17. Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarter)

    So I took on a courier mission last night that was farther than I could travel. Ran out of fuel and decided to just self destruct and restart in a new free ship now that I have a better grasp on things. On my second ship I took on a cartel mission and recovered a black box for my first profit in the game! Another noon question, how do I communicate with other people? I saw some ships and locked onto them and tried to type out a hello but it said no communication target in range or something like that? And are there any other common questions or tips that I should keep in mind?
  18. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    That's also a false dichotomy. This could easily result in the death of a "swatting" victim. All it takes is one wrong move and an itchy trigger finger. They need to crack down HARD on false reports that waste time and resources.
  19. Feminism

    It took me a couple re-reads to parse this, but yeah I totally agree on that point. As cool as the Daily Show was (kind of cool) they had a lot of lazy and straight up shitty jokes in most episodes.
  20. Dota Today 16: Blitz

    Woof, those stories about running into assholes at TI are hilariously awful and the exact reason I don't think I'll ever cough up the money for tickets/airfare/lodging to attend. I ought to watch his stream more regularly, watching Purge really helped me get a lot of basic knowledge down. One thing I couldn't help but wonder in regards to Blitz's notebook is how does he handle balance patches? Throw out all the old notes, or does he have pages of outdated information?
  21. Feminism

    Yeah infowars is largely paranoid delusions. And regardless, if that story were true what would posting it in the feminism thread accomplish? Everyone saying, yeah we don't think that all men should be murdered/aborted?
  22. Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarter)

    Rad, thanks. Yeah I'm not one to min/max in any game, and this one is just so gorgeous and fun to fly around in! Will try to scan this star when I get home tonight, and then look for courier missions. I'll probably just sell back the goods I bought and eat the loss to try a more fun/easy way to get upgrade funds. Also I was interdicted yesterday and it went on for like five minutes. I was in the escape vector for a solid 30 seconds and got bored so I turned my throttle down and aimed the wrong way and it never pulled me out of my jump or whatever. I guess it was a bug? I had to log out and log back in.
  23. Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarter)

    So I just look at it and I don't need to use my charge scanny BWAAAAMP thing on it? How do I know when I get the data? I fiddled around next to the star for like five minutes before logging out last night.
  24. Elite: Dangerous (Kickstarter)

    Bought this over the weekend and have put an hour or two into it. Have yet to turn a profit at all though. I found some kind of star that it says was undiscovered. Is that something I can scan and upload at a docking station? I try shooting my scanny thing at it but it seems like nothing happens. I also bought some goods for cheaper than the average thinking I could sell them, but I'm guessing I'll have to travel farther than the closest station to profit, huh? Anyone have any tips to get started making bank? Is there a thumbs group in game?
  25. Movie/TV recommendations

    John Wick was a lot of campy fun. The action was pretty sweet too, but both The Raid movies have ruined cool looking fight scenes for me. They are just too fucking good. Watch those if ya like brutal mayhem.