elmuerte

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  1. Gone Home from The Fullbright Company

    I get the feeling that he hasn't played the game (myst or gone home). It's a common response from people, when they are challenged and they don't know something, they lie instead of simply saying they don't know it. Because saying you don't know counts as a personal foul. How can you be so stupid to not know something... So instead they lie, and be even more stupid. Myst and Gone Home are nothing alike. Myst is about puzzles, Gone Home is a pure "walking simulator"1. No puzzles in the latter. 1I like this term as a new genre. There's a bunch which I didn't like, I did love a few and I see a great future. FYI, I consider Stanley Parable and Journey as walking simulators, just like Gone Home, Continue?987654321, Dear Esther, Dream (so far), Mirron Moon, To The Moon, ...
  2. New Forums! Post feedback, notes, etc here

    Idlethumbs is patched up. Doug is a good admin and fixes that stuff asap. Not sure if the certificate is fresh, because it's a StartSSL cert and they are being serious jerks with re-issues. But chances for compromised private keys (for the cert) are relatively low.
  3. A bit late to the this party. Luftrauser wouldn't have been a problem if they did not use a German name. Art style has nothing to do with it. If it was called Airraiders with the same style it would have been "ok". Or if they adopted a Russian sounding name and used a soviet era font (instead of a font style which exists more that 100 years before WW2 happened) then it wouldn't have been a problem!? People freak out when something is remotely associated with Nazis, especially via symbols and art style. Yet they completely ignore the Nazi-Germany activities which are happening right in front of their eyes. The Gestapo never went as far as the NSA and similar organizations from other countries. Bitching about luftrauser is just a distraction from the real problems that we face. I am Dutch, and I'm fully aware that this country has been a great contributor to misery in this world. The Dutch made a good deal as slavers, there's a reason why we call it the golden age. The Dutch government helped Nazi Germany to locate the Jews, by the simple means of mandatory registration of religion until after the WW2. To be honest, I think we're returning to our bad habits. You may have heard about a guy called Geert Wilders, but he isn't even the problem. We've got proponents of mass surveillance and thought crime in our government, just like the UK and USA has. The Gestapo would be proud of what the NSA and partners accomplished. But no... the problem is with a small game company making a Sopwith style game using a Germanic Art style which was used a lot of propaganda in the WW2. WW2.... Never forget. But blind to the same shit which is happening today.
  4. Plan 9 was NOT amusing, it was horrible.
  5. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    This was really stupid. I did clear the mothership for the first time though.
  6. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    I've got a shitty week going on
  7. Post your face!

    smugtm
  8. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    the black market started wrong
  9. Typing and House of the Dead: Overkill

    I'm better with the mouse than typing. I think sometimes the cinematics were annoyingly long.
  10. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    This escalated quickly
  11. Backed it. I never played the original even though I do own a copy of it. It aged really bad, so I would love to play a higher detail remake.
  12. Games giveaway

    No, I am not.
  13. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    Not fair. He should have been hit.
  14. Games giveaway

    75% OFF Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals 2x 50% OFF One Finger Death Punch 50% OFF Monster Loves You!
  15. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    Wanted to make sure I didn't miss the eye, but positioned myself rather stupid so I couldn't escape the ghost.
  16. Recently completed video games

    Type:Rider I think it's best described as Limbo meets type faces. It's a platform game where the different levels are created using and in style of different type faces. It's a journey through the development of fonts. In the levels you can unlock pages which tells the history. It's a fun platform game, and informative. The later levels get more challenging obstacles which can be quite frustrating because you keep missing that one jump or timing. It's like Limbo, because at the end of the game you will unlock the Comic Sans level. If you are interested in this game you should pick up the current Humble Bundle while it lasts.
  17. Recently completed video games

    Goat Simulator This game is just stupid It's basically a physics sandbox where you control a goat. There's a few special things in the world. There are some goals to complete. It's a bit like a 3D version of "Achievement Unlocked". It's only rather short, there's only 1 level where you can mess around. And after 2 hours I more or less have seen it all. Sure, I didn't find all hidden items, and completed every cheevo.
  18. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    why stop at time, why not track least number of jumps, least number of lost HP, least steps take, time, etc. in the end, everybody can be a winner
  19. Recently completed video games

    Shadow Warrior (2013) I actually completed this one a while ago, but never reported it. The game is loosely based the 3D Realms Shadow Warrior, but quite different. It's not a straight up FPS game. In fact, you will probably use your katana a lot in combination with some powers you have. During the game you get upgrade your powers, upgrade your weapons and acquire some perks. You won't be able to get everything, unless you play an almost perfect game I guess. The game became quite tedious at some point, fighting again through some dark corridors. A bit more variation in level design would be nice. The boss battles are quite boring, it's pretty much the same battle every time, and it's just running around shooting at the guy until he's dead. The powers you've got are pretty much unlimited. So you can keep using the shield while slashing away with your katana, and sometimes heal yourself. The shield doesn't stop 100% of the attacks, and you can't heal yourself to 100%. So despite these powers you can still get into a really tough spot. The humor is worse than in the original game. The original game had terrible humor, which made it funny. This one simply had bad puns and jokes which aren't really funny due to its terribleness. So that's a shame. Castle of Illusion (2013) Another remake of a classic game. But unlike Ducktales: Remastered this does it not completely true to the original, it's based upon the original. So the levels have the same style and the bosses are similar. But it's all different layouts and battles. It's quite ok. Except for the final boss level it was quite easy. The final boss level was really annoying, it was made more annoying by the fact that every time you die you had to sit through the 1 minute unskippable intro. Stopping the game meant that you also had to do the climbing of the tower before the battle. The game is quite gorgeous and the controls are great. Between Ducktales and this, Ducktales is the better remake.
  20. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    I completely missed the eye, I have no idea where it could have been. I died in 2-1 because I screwed up too much.
  21. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    Called it! Although I though I would last at least a bit longer than this
  22. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Swedish? Like the fish or the chef?
  23. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Swedish fish?
  24. Idle Explorers (Spelunky, um, thumbs)

    Everything gold looks the same, stupid tikitrap :/