Jargoneerrr

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    I just finished watching the stream, and was looking for a place to comment about it, I suppose this is it?

    1. It was great, and I'm glad it exists.

    I fired up Xcom via steam and played for a bit, but my squad was just not as enthusiastic about hunting down aliens as Carl Winslow and the Shumi(?) twins.

    I last played the CD version on a 386 my dad put together from buying parts at "computer fairs". It's crazy being able to load it up out of thin air and have it run flawlessly (in a window, hidden behind an Illustrator document, each time my boss walks by... just kidding, I'm a model employee).

    I'm surprised at how functional the interface is, despite first glance. I suppose having just watched J.P. navigate through almost every menu made things easier than if I was jumping in cold.

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    I agree, best sounding - "hey this is bad sounding" podcast of 2012.

    Whizzo, did you stop your commute to post on a message board, or are you forum-posting-while-driving? (edit: Doh, I get it now. Your commute is probably like 20 minutes. But I like the image in my head of someone stopping on the side of the road to write a forum post.)

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    Did you crash your jeep into a ditch yet? Don't leave Far Cry 2 Africa without it!

    Mistakenly did not crash a jeep, but there were plenty of people playing with fire. And in a turn from lightheartedness to brash reality, there was a grenade attack.

    I think so. Definitely first map. The bit I'm recalling has a river quite close, too.

    When we were driving near that photo location I was settling into a confident mood for the first time "in-country", and as soon as I saw that tower - my brain told me "you've been here before".

    There is a river near where that was taken! I was reading the wiki entry for FC2 and it does say that the team visited Kenya for inspiration, perhaps we took the same road. At that point we were following near the Tsavo river (featured in the book The Man-eaters of Tsavo and movie The Ghost and the Darkness), where we then met-up with this fellow who showed us around a bit:

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    Definitely got my share of Far Cry 2 LARPing in. I hope you'll all join me next time.

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    If you wrote us we'll make sure you get the right tier of stuff. There are a few funky edge cases like yours and its not a big deal. Thanks for the heads up.

    Thanks Jake, and others who may have to do a bit more recollecting/work because of people like me.

    I took this in Kenya while thinking of you fellows, and I wanted a bit of proof to show I was there - a cell phone assassin mission tower as seen in Far Cry 2:

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    And Ostriches (not seen in Far Cry 2):

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    I probably didn't get Malaria.

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    Cross-posting from the Kickstarter page because I'll be out of the country for awhile starting tomorrow:

    I don't mean to ask you guys to deal with shitty customer service related issues. But what happens if some idiot selected the wrong rewards tier?

    I did it, I selected the tier below what I pledged and paid for, and I feel dumb (and I want the sweet sweet rewards of the tier which I paid for but didn't select). But I have an excuse. I'm seriously, literally, leaving for Africa tomorrow. I have anti-malaria pills in a backpack, a backpack that is currently sitting at my feet. Last week I was a little sleep deprived preparing for this week, and was a moron and selected the wrong thing at the last second.

    I contacted Kickstarter and they told me to ask you guys directly. I sent you guys a message on kickstarter with the details last week.

    If you can help, thanks. If not, I accept the consequences caused by my flawed non-cyborg-ed human body.

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    As we were ushered into the VIP room and urged into leather-bound chairs, a voice in my head exclaimed:

    "When reading 'Idle Thumbs Meetup' a few days ago -- this is exactly what I imagined."

    My wife won a game! A game I had not heard of until this evening... Dirty Dancing by Say Design. PC Gamer UK gave it a 9 out of 100 and had this to say about it: "You're just here for the Swayze puns, you filthy slut. [July 2008, p.89]" I'm left wondering how this item came to be in Chris Remo's possession, mind you, it has a price sticker on it. The sticker leads me to believe that someone at some point purchased the game.

    We enjoyed talking with several listeners, learning about the Canadian health care system, and playing some of listener Thom's self-developed iPhone games.

    Thanks guys, this event makes the "holy-shit-65,000-game-nerds" experience of PAX that much better.

  12. Posted

    I'm posting just to list myself among those whom, after hearing the name repeatedly whispered in their ear during sleep, got this game and enjoyed it.

    I liked the combat quite a bit, many times I'd make a save in one of the "unh-uh-no-no-not-here combat" zones -- and then play "sniper in the church tower" or some such game with all lingering faction members.

    I agree that it's a pretty high-quality game. I was drawn into it immediately, unlike many people whom have said "wait a bit, it'll get you." From spawning in the slaughterhouse to obtaining the first safe house to setting fields on fire for the first time.

    And yes, those sunsets are just dandy.

    As others have mentioned - the enemy Ai, including their spawn cycles, was something that repeatedly "took me out of the game".

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    I am a person! I'm alive! I was here (not here), once, don't forget me.

    Speaking of once, I once designed boxes in a box factory. I worked with men named Alexie, Poncho, Jorge, and Chip. No wonder I play video games :tup:

    Hello friends, my close, dear, friends.