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Just imagining the Youtube-comments under this one makes me shudder. (I think I've read too many Youtube-comments in my time. I can hear them voices.)

Some interesting people say some interesting things in this PC Gamer-piece.

Yeah, you guys are right. I probably just don't like "evil, calculating bastard [brian Fargo]"* as much as Tim Schafer. And I don't know either, isn't it silly! *Thunderpeel2001

Happy that they got funded. I'll most probably put down some money as well. But somehow the tone of this kickstarter bugs me a little bit. Stuff like: or especially It seems so - calculated. Okay, I understand the logic behind it, the necessity, and being professional about this is a good thing, but somehow I feel that it already - 'it' being the idea of a crowdfunded, middlesized game - lost its innocence, its 'magic' (which it most certainly only had in my head and regarding Double Fine). Kickstarter is another option for seeking funding for developers, a place where ideas need to be presented, pitched, and the buzz has to be orchestrated. Mh, still, it is a good thing. On a lighter and more silly note (via Eurogamer): A lottery-winners game-Kickstarter. Quote of choice: *Both quotes from their second Kickstarter-Update. **The FAQ on Ellwood Bartlett's Kickstarter

How did that happen? You wrote, or did you meet him? Regarding the sequel - at the end of the game the characters all had grown on me like maybe only Planescape managed to achieve (games-wise), just that in Planescape the story came to an end. Anachronox on the other hand ended with a cliffhanger (kind of). What made it even worse is that I finished the game years after it was published, when it was already clear that there won't be a continuation of the story. It even seems they took the unofficial patches (made by an Anachronox-team-member) into the GOG-version, patches that tweaked and fixed some issues the game had and made it overall more comfortable to play, so it should be all right. And here's a trailer (I'm pretty sure I linked to before in these forums) for the game. I think it represents the game pretty well. isdE2R-j0CI

Anachronox is in GOG now. (via RPS) So now the two or three people who haven't played it yet don't have an excuse anymore - go play it! Everybody buys it (again), twice, THEY see it and finally make the sequel. Via Kickstarter. I'm in.

Where'd you get that number? In the DF-Action-News it says: "Raised on Kickstarter: $3,335,355 Premium Backers: $110,000 Total raised for Double Fine’s Kickstarter Adventure: $3,445,355!!!!!!!" The more the better, I'm just curious where the additional $300.000 come from. Btw, I wonder whether there will be a clean end result published (the number on the kickstarter-page minus bounced cards, etc). I'd be interested.

Damn, I just upped my pledge. Now I need to liquidate some assets. (What does that even mean?)

(I'd say it's 'Hire orphans') Thanks for the link Nachimir. God, 'The bottom half of the internet' makes me angry.

Somehow, I'm okay with his reaction. Not smart, not classy, but sometimes raging might be better for oneself than self-censoring. I can get behind that.

All the Valve some-percentage-off-coupons are expired, no?

In case anybody missed it, it's out on Steam now. (And on the third 'Top Sellers'-spot, which is cool.)

5WJmxi3vYRU (Underneath it says that the landing was okay and the cat ran away afterwards. I hope it's true.) Yeah, a gif video with a cat, the internet's most unoriginal combination, and probably very old, but for me it was new and it somehow cracks me up like nothing else in a long time. Sue me!

Fantastic read, thanks Rodi! And yeah, it deserves a spot on the site someplace.

Heard this one during a local shortfilm-festival and it's one of my favourite songs since then. Floggingy Molly - Float D2W1Y5hxR40

(While I did donate and I do kind of think the stereo-idea is interesting I in no way, shape and/or form request anything from anyone. But I want my postcard. And several podcasts. Good podcast. I mean, great ones. What, 120.000$ bought me a string of bad jokes and 30 minutes of silly ramblings? Oh, okay, good, go on.)

No, you are stupid! And mean! The moose is totally still jumping around, doing moose-stuff, kicking bad guys, exploring!

I like that picture! (Yeah, Rodi's right. Just look at it, totally not concerned about the authorities, looking out the window. What a moose!)

I can imagine this sounding great. I actually don't understand why some people are so (angrily) opposed to it - the ability to localize sound should indeed help with understanding and differentiating the speakers. And it won't be/should be (at least as I understand it) that noticeable - very very small differences in timing and volume between left and right, no? And our fantastic brain does the trick in the background. If you only have one ear, you just miss out on one dimension of the soundscape, but nothing else (mono again, but not like you don't hear someone - or notice the mono-ness). Or am I completely wrong with my understanding of stereo here? (Worst idea? I mean, what about: Lets use dogs instead of people to moderate the cast. Dead dogs. And put the mikes underwater. Those are bad ideas. At least for a podcast about video games.)

Mh, now I have 17 days left to get enough money/carelessness together for the 60$ tier. I'd love to get the actual book, but 500$ are flat out impossible for me - I'm not that rich/generous/reckless by a long shot.

Ha, games are such a fun business. Or rather business is such a fun business. Silly people! So, that would mean the pseudo-hidden message ( ) comes from Interplay...? I just read something about Interplay not being allowed to use the name "Baldur's Gate" anymore, because Atari has, as you said, the D&D rights, and I BG is D&D (I guess). Which leaves me even more bewildered than before.

Great! One small mistake on my part. For Planescape, Wisdom and Intelligence are the important stats. Charisma comes third.

When you have never played one of the Infinity Engine-games, yeah, you should save often.* Think about lowering the difficulty. If you have the resources (time!), stick with the games, learn their ways, it will be rewarding! They tell wonderful stories, have a great cast and nice tactical battles. BG2 is a huge game, very long, lots of great quest - sometimes it feels like the last game Bioware went a bit outside their box creatively. Planescape, mh, I even envy you a little playing this for the first time. Anyway, you probably heard all the sweet talk about the games, or you wouldn't have bought them. One thing regarding Planescape. Don't bother much building a fighter. Put your points into Intelligence and Charisma, go with magic - you want a talker in this game. As Planescape-modding goes, there is a great and very useful guide by this forums Thunderpeel2001: Planescape: Torment - Best Mods/Increase Resolution Guide There are most probably similar mods and guides for BG2. *More experienced players might play without ever loading (except for their avatars death), even when the background-dice rolled especially cruel, but I never could see one of my party die, so, yeah, maybe even continue to save often. But if you stick with it you will get better and dying will become less and less of a problem.

Wait, what? Oh boy, just hearing that music, memories, and most of them good! It is BG 1, no? (Maybe it's buzz for the upcoming Obsidian-Kickstarter. I wonder where the BG-rights rest.)

Great news! I'm just rewatching what's been aired till now and while some episodes are a bit just-okay, might even seem a bit forced, other episodes are so incredibly awesome, deep, touching, funny, human that this is my favorite comedy series. Happy+1.