Erkki

Sorry for declining any requests, I really don't have much time for synchronous games right now. If you want a longer game (couple of days+), I'll bite. BTW. Isn't it completely stupid that you can't message Game Center friends (or in Ascension). Or maybe I'm completely stupid and you can do that?

I wish it was the concept art for something, not sure if a BGE sequel in particular.

I will challenge you guys to some games when I've got less on my mind (=next week maybe). I'm T4ffer, I think.

I'm using mostly my dad's tools so far. Haven't done much myself here, yet, besides painting the walls/ceiling and related stuff. But doing that really gave me a desire to do more DYI. I've been creating mostly only software for years, it's nice to make something physical again. For some reason I'm not really into power tools, though.

Yeah, I'm with you there. I didn't actually like Ascension (the physical game) that much, until I got the iOS version, which is nice to play just to kill 5-10 minutes. I don't even know if it qualifies as a strategy game. Sure, you make a choice of what kind of deck to build, but the game really depends on what cards are available in the centre. Usually there's enough to support your "strategy", but sometimes there's not. So you might have to adapt. Maybe it's more of a tactics game, but you also can't always respond very well to what's on the table -- depending on the number of players and your deck size. The game is a bit random for me and I think Dominion is a much better game, if we'd compare the physical versions. Oh yeah, I think this is when the AI has to think about banishing something, or if it has a lot of constructs. And it seems to do it before every move -- sometimes the slowdown even happens between playing two Mystics or something.

Hey, those are my glasses!

Wow, Ascension for the iOS received a number of great improvements and became 99,999% awesome! The new expansion Storm of Souls. ( I don't care for the look of those cards though). For a while I couldn't figure out where the event cards where, I guess maybe there wasn't any or there's a bug. Better animations, now you can actually follow what the other guy is doing without slowing the game down too much :tup: Selectable victory point pool size (up to double the normal and only for offline). I wanted this so bad since I often feel that just as I get my awesome deck going, it's game over. The AI seems really weak for larger pools, though, although it beat me a couple of times. Selectable themes You can now select if you want to draw a card when it says "You may draw a card". This is important on a few occasions.

Thanks!

Awesome episode. I haven't played any wargames (is Pacific Typhoon a wargame?), but I love hearing game designers talking about their craft. Also it's interesting that Lee is working on Far Cry 3. Hehe. I noticed that too.

If you meant me, that photo was a joke -- I don't play games there, it's just my temporary office at my new apartment where I have to work on some days while I wait for some delieveries or workmen.

Yeah, it did. The volume thing wasn't a really big deal, just had to adjust my Minecraft volume

Oh. I guess I indeed didn't notice that difference near the end so it was just some part that felt off.

Loved the interview. Steve's voice was a bit low on the volume, though, compared to yours. You should probably have the other end record their end of the audio for Skype calls, if they can be arsed.

My "office"

Probably not. In my case, I saved for quite a few years (I believe 7+) for an apartment. I also don't spend very much generally and don't travel a lot so it wasn't very hard (but I don't know, maybe I'll start travelling more once I've payed off most of the mortgage). I didn't want to rent for similar reasons as you and real estate prices were quite high for most of the time I was looking, so I actually lived with my parents all that time (well, still am for a week or two). I almost bought a big apartment a couple of years ago that had an almost ideal layout and features and a good location, but cost so much that I would have had to take a 30-year loan and put my parent's summer house as collateral (insert better word). Thankfully I decided not to. So instead, I delayed my plans a bit... prices fell somewhat and meanwhile I was able to save enough money to only need a short mortgage for a really nice new apartment that I like a lot, but is maybe less attractively situated, somewhat smaller, and doesn't have all the things I was at first hoping to have (the one I almost bought seems extravagant to me now). After fewer years than I spent saving the money, I'll have hopefully payed off the mortgage. Quite happy about that, as I also don't like to be in debt, but for some reason I like the idea of renting even less. The apartment is getting close to habitable. Still missing a lot of small pieces of furniture, but the kitchen should be done in a couple of days, and then I can finally move in next week or so! Can't wait.

Ok so I'm lazy and didn't bother going beyond the default thread limit to look for the DFA thread, and since it came up here as well: I haven't read a single thread on the Double Fine Adventure forums. Should I? Will I miss any of the rewards if I don't go there? I don't really care about having early access to the game or documentary -- like Toblix, I'd prefer to experience it all when it's polished and released.

Modern Art: The Card Game is a somewhat poorer variant of the original (and awesome!) Modern Art game, but still ok from what little I've played. It's also on the iOS, but has a somewhat crappy interface. Still, might be worth a look if you like the card game.

Thanks for sharing

Wow! I counted 6. I'm assuming he is the Level Designer Marc-André, though.

Amnesia without horror(?) Amnesia with guns without guns

Awesome interview!

I loved that. Didn't know it was cancelled early, though.

Woohoo!

So, it's out. Is anybody Rising Harder yet? I doubt I will buy this in the short term, since I don't have much time to play right now and still have lots of unplayed/unfinished games from the 2011 holiday sales.

I guess I will get the Napoleonic DLC then.