Korax

FUCK I've heard that music used somewhere else, and now I'm going to be going crazy until I can figure out where I heard it.

That's right, fuck your un-American chips! You bastards will eat French Freedom Fries like the rest of the God-fearing, democracy-loving free world! I only know two things about the Olympics: - That logo looks like it was a backdrop option for my third-grade school photos (right after that sweet one with the lasers). - Last week, two idiots on my local sports radio station were talking about all the counter-terrorism measures being taken and were completely baffled by the idea that some countries don't like each other while wondering how things "these days" could get so bad. Oh, and they're in London. So three, I guess.

And now today's update: OH GOD WHICH ONE IS WHICH?

Oh man, I forgot that Contracts even existed.

If memory serves, you have to actually resist him once or twice, then fail the last impossible one for things to keep going. I also kept that one going for a decent amount of time after realizing I was supposed to fail to see if it would just time out or something, but it didn't.

QUICK! WISH FOR ALL THE GAMES TO BE ON SALE!

Half-Life: Uplink is installed on my PC at this very moment. I should play it again sometime soon.

According to today's Summer Sale Group announcement, that black one with the magnifying glass is named Cyl, but that's the first I've ever seen them called anything.

You can also post a screenshot, comment on a friend's profile/screenshot, or recommend a game and then immediately delete the post and it will still count.

That was pretty good, but I think it would have been even better if he had tried to play it off as if nothing had happened.

TELL TO ME GAMES WHICH I SHOULD BUY, AND I WILLST CONSIDER THEIR PURCHASE I tend to buy games I want right when they come out, so these sales are a good chance to minimize the risk and try games I wouldn't normally play. What sorts of not-usual games do all of you recommend?

Or spend $0 and install an ad-blocking plugin!

I started it yesterday, and it's a great way to have fun so far. I like how chill most of the music is. It just lets you relax and play a weird game. I also like the way clothing works. You can layer on up to three (I think) different pieces, so you could wear a normal shirt, a vest on top of that, and a bowtie. Also, you can take off your pants and underwear and run around naked. So I've been doing that.

Yeah just finished it myself, and I loved how much they just went for action/sci-fi cliche. It's very well done, played straight and without apology, and I found my self actually smiling and enjoying it when an extremely obvious thing happened. And look, Amazon's selling Steam codes for $10 right now, so it's not a big investment. That was sweeeeeeeeeet!

I bought it, told my friends they should buy it, and haven't played it myself. But I hear tell there's a weekend on the horizon, so that'll give me some time.

Sid M Toblixel

Just finished Episode 2, and it didn't disappoint.

If I'm not too late, me too!

Well, if you're really desperate to play original TF2, you could go and find a copy of the Orange Box on X360 or PS3. I mean, it would be weird if the console multiplayer wasn't thriving, right?

Already announced few weeks ago:

When/where did Famous talk about his home barrel. I don't know why, but I have a sudden craving for barrel stories.

The last patch mitigated the problems with low character caps by adding a way to train characters into the next level cap tier (or something like that, haven't played it again since the update). That pretty much takes care of my biggest early-game complaint.

I'm having a good time with it so far, but there's a bit of a problem with the game not explaining things to you. I'm okay with having to figure out some things, like crafting and using implants/boosters on characters. Those are easy enough to understand after a minute of digging around the character menus. Then there are things like how characters have a max level (5 or 10) that's not the game's true level cap (15, I think). Nothing came up to tell me this. I just noticed that character's hadn't leveled in a while, and that they weren't gaining any more experience when killing things. Now, it's easy enough to hire a new guy with a higher level cap, and doesn't really take much grinding to bring them up to speed, but the system wasn't explained or presented in an obvious enough way that I could figure out what was happening until I had pretty much hit the wall where enemies became to strong to defeat without heavy losses. Another thing I really like, though, is the music. It's some great old-school sci-fi synth that fits, but is also kind of dissonant when playing behind the brightly-colored art style. [media=] [/media]