Justin Leego

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    I think I might take this opportunity to upgrade my dual boot Ubuntu 12 to Ubuntu 14 and transition over to that.

    Like Windows 10 is (for the moment), it's free, I don't feel that its parent organization needs to aggressively exploit my data as part of its business plan, the PlayOnLinux application can deal with most Windows games I would want it to, and Ubuntu itself can do everything else that I'd need. I'll keep a gradually reduced Windows partition for anything else.

    The major hurdle is redownloading games in Linux form which is going to take an age on my connection.

    Are there any massive flaws with that approach that I'm overlooking? Better to know now...

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    If you like these kinds of stories, Anthony Burch from Gearbox runs a tumblr about playing different games "wrong" called No Wrong Way to Play.

    Also, I think the most recent post on it might be tegan writing in with some super obscure Pokemon correction, which is pretty great.

    Yessss tegan!!! I'd seen the original post and thought Hmm, I wonder if those ratios have been independently verified.

  5. Posted

    Plus, I'd love to see these folks take their design and do something besides soccer. Give me some sort of weird, objective based racing game or something and I don't know how much time I'd sink into it.

    Weirdly, Psyonix is also the named dev on Nosgoth. That Legacy of Kain multiplayer spinoff.

    It's objective based racing in that your objective might be to join a race of vampires?

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    Our new director was genuinely distressed when he found out about the way that big changes were being communicated to the workforce.

     

    Apparently the entire deptartment was to be shut down in September and everyone was being given (slightly) less than a minimum notice period with otherwise no warning beforehand. The message was being distributed through green 'fortune cookie'-style slips inside unsealed envelopes.

     

    Contrary to the manager's response, I felt elated and relieved. I'd never have to work there again and would receive state support, the backing of a nation, in dedicating myself to finding a new job. I visited my parents' home to share the good news and started decorating the exterior brickwork like so many Minecraft blocks. Then I woke up. It was all a happy dream.

     

    ...it's probably time to find a more appropriate employment.

  11. Posted

    Ooh! I'd be up for playing Left 4 Dead 2 with you and any other L4D2-backloggers, whenever you get to it.

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    Also, also, how about a Thumb Fortress 2 night as a way of crossing that off your list? What with last week's big Gun Mettle update it'd be a good time to check it out.

  12. Posted

    What hasn't? Working more, deadlines looming. Eating less, exercising more. Less sex as I'm always tired. Haven't had the time or energy to go out with friends. Weekends feel like they shoot past because I use them to catch up on sleep.

    I was gonna ask, how is your sleep?

  14. Posted

    I'd love some advice on interesting things do to/nice places to drink and eat in the following places:

     

    - Dover

     

    What's the occasion, are you cycling the country or something?

     

    Asked around and had The Green Room on Cannon Street recommended. Real name is La Salle Verte, but it's not in France so the locals have translated it. Good teas, cakes and sandwiches, wine bar in the evening. If you don't mind being into that.

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    Jesus fucking christ on a cracker.  How?  How do you look at all that and see conspiracy?

     

    Out of all of that, what surprised me most was the theory's third pillar:

     

    I was not surprised to hear that Tale of Tales game Sunset flopped really hard (both when it comes to grades and sells), nor the fact that Tale of Tales actually had to shut down their studio because of this, and this is the reason why:

    – Sunset was made especially with Anita Sarkeesian in mind

    – Leigh Alexander was the consultant for the project

    – No advertising in the whole world can save a mediocre game

  21. Posted

    At some point they have to trust in their past selves having raised you well enough to make good decisions.

     

    Are you moving to Davis / Sacramento?

  24. Posted

    I don't know, I guess I'm a little hesitant to expect pertinent insight from a retail company (whose data is there to remind consumers to make pre-orders) and a marketing consultancy (whose data is there to remind retailers to order industry reports).

    Is Fallout 4 not there because it was announced before E3 (in which case, Doom 4 was hardly an unknown), or because it's not in demand despite releasing soon?

    The pie chart as a whole represents 20% of overall E3 chatter so maybe we could just as easily conclude that 80% of surveyed don't care about hardware platforms. To stretch a point.

    But yeah maybe Nintendo should consider a Wii 2 or something. It's about time.