MrHoatzin

Aw, crap, I still haven't sent you that birthday present...

That's the spirit! Great way to get friends in college.

He can lurk all he wants.

Don't mind if I do.*skanks* We totally need a skankin' smiley.

This is totally front page news.

So good to know that you're moving the Communal Diary over here, to the dark side certified Evan-free lands.

This is totally front page news.

I played Beyond Good and Evil back-to-back twice. Hardly ever have I done that. I don't think I played Grim Fandango that way. Longer games may more ofthen than not leave a drawn-out aftertaste in my mouth so that I just don't want to play them twice.

I totally wanted to say that... even though I hate Magritte... French bastard that he is...

Who are you trying to interrogate?

I've had this problem for two weeks now (that is why the Thumb preview hasn't been forthcoming), and just the other day I called up Elixir Studios to ask them. Apparently, you have to RIGHT CLICK on the interrogation device. Makes sense in retrospect.

That's just beautiful.

We'll never become totalitarian as Evan is not with us here...

I hate bureaucracy. I hate aristocrats. I hate plebeians. I hate the middle class. I especially hate the upper middle class -- moreso if they are diehard Christians unaware of the cognitive dissonance behind having both Christ and a shitload of money. I hate involved preview builds with a single, totally debilitating bug at the very beginning. I hate the internet not working in my room. I hate the tech help motherfucker who tells me I am incompetent. I hate the fact that the university is in the middle of nowhere. I hate the downright inconvenient San Antonio public transportation system. I hate friends who are twats. I hate not having a car. I hate lacking supplies. I hate art supply stores. I hate logistics. I hate the stamp machines that are being put to sleep for lack of revenue. I hate the weather. I hate you all. And last but not least, I hate myself. Why am I so tense when merely NONE of the things I HAVE TO DO are working out, you may ask? Well, fuck you!!

Even though I have given at least four away, to Huz, AGA and some other people who escape my recolection I still have six to give away....

The collective invitation count of our group grows exponentially, does it not? Kinda funny.

Disclaimer: If any meatbag, in the name of law, order and meaningful titling, changes the title of this thread he, she and/or it will suffer my dreadful wrath. I dreamed of nail clippers and jumping in the Knights of the Old Republic. I dreamed of these things because I missed them. I lost my nail clipper while moving from Galveston back to San Antonio and there is no jumping in KotOR. The whole level design in this game is swimming in the annoying waters since it feels like one of those Diablo or Baladur's Gate isometric RPGs, only in this one the camera is locked on your avatar's ass. Discuss.

I don't think it is possible to play Morrowind for 15 minutes and not notice its flaws. You have to make peace with the flaws to play for any period of time longer than 15 minutes.Black and White on the other hand...

A lot more assets are needed for an adventure game than for a regular game. An example of FPS asset recycling that Tim Schafer mentioned once: you're walking down the hallway in Half-Life, you hear gunshots, you run around the corner and you see a dead scientist with a headcrab and a guard crawling towards the first aid. He reaches up and passes away. A story was told with two meshes, some sound, and a corridor -- all of which are re-used all over the place.Whereas in adventure games, for richness sake, most items you make are one-hit items, to appear only once and be used up.

Capitalism is evil. Yay. It is interesting how the whole Star Wars universe is divided where hedonism is EVIL, while spirituality is GOOD. Hemingway will be with the Sith, Tolstoy will be a Jedi. Katherine Hepburn is with the Sith, Audrey Hepburn is a Jedi. George W. Bush is a bantha, and Buckminster Fuller is a Hutt (as personalities go, these two are not represented). If we called upon this thing, Artisans would be the true Sith, Idealists would be the true Jedi. While Rationals and Guardians would figure in in both; Rationals would feel more at home with the Sith (even though gratuitous torture is not their thing) as Guardians would feel more at home with the Jedi (even though abstract thought pains them). Erm... Is there a cheat code that could stop the time or something so that I may glide through the finish line at like 1.23 seconds? Edit in red.

Also, is there a way to play a good guy and not be totally broke all the fucking time?! Between all the computer slices I need and giving money away to the destitute, nothing remains for splurging on beer and hookers. Oh, and how in the hell's name am I to win the last Tattooine race? The closest to beating the record I have gotten is like five hundredths of a second -- after spending three thousand dollars on repeated entering the fucking race -- and Motta the Hutt treats me like I was a day late. Can I somewhere fix my bike up a little or something? All the shopkeepers that claim they sell racer parts never have anything but robot gear in their inventories. Help...

The levels are too flat. So much could've been done level-wise if only jumping, even fake jumping à la Beyond Good and Evil were instituted. The barriers that constitute the boundaries of levels are really superficial as far as boundaries go. Also, for an expansive universe the game promises to be, it sure feels claustrophobic.

133: Last Rule of Politics Kingdoms are good. Empires are evil.

ERm, I thought I had clicked new thread when in fact I had not. I clicked new reply. The post had been there a whole half a second it took me to realize my mistake -- it freaks me out you managed to see it in its wrong place.

Trying to provide Psychonauts news...