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Video Games / Frozen Synapse

« on: May 27, 2011, 01:53:02 PM »

Just a heads up to all you forum folks, a few of us have picked up Frozen Synapse. It's a turn-based strategy game that should appeal to people who liked X-Com or the planning stages of Rainbow Six.

If you're looking for an opponent, just send me an invite. My game handle is the usual, Mollarom.

Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOlV_9DYnOw&feature=player_embedded

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Way of the Game / Re: The 2nd WotG Assbrodeo

« on: May 24, 2011, 02:28:20 AM »

Ah, I just realized that the 28th is a Saturday, not a Sunday. I won't be able to play until after 9pm Eastern. Can we move it to the 29th?

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Way of the Game / Re: The 2nd WotG Assbrodeo

« on: May 23, 2011, 03:25:06 PM »

Godfather Brak says he'll be good to play on the 28th until 6 pm Eastern.

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Way of the Game / Gaming moments of suck

« on: May 21, 2011, 07:45:48 AM »

It's the evil twin to Brad's excellence thread.

I'm in a 100,000 chip ranked tournament on Full House Poker. Over the course of 90 minutes, I manage to knock out three people. It's just me and this other dude, and we're battling back and forth. He goes all in, I call with a pair of aces. I win. Then I get a pair of sixes in the hole, and he's obviously on tilt. He's betting very aggressively, but the sixes prove to be the winning hand. I have a decent 4 to 1 chip lead, and he's on the ropes.

And then my modem loses connection.

I worked my way up to the top two of a 100k tournament, and a dropped connection means I lose everything, including the money I paid to get into the tourney.

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Way of the Game / The WotG Prize Vault

« on: May 20, 2011, 04:25:08 PM »

There's some stuff at my place and some stuff at Jonathan's place. Here's what I have.

1. God of War III strategy guide, hardcover.
2. Zelda Spirit Tracks collector's edition guide, hardcover (probably the sweetest thing I have in the Vault)
3. Two Splinter Cell Conviction strategy guides
4. Mass Effect 2 strategy guide.
5. Naruto black and orange baseball cap

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Way of the Game / Re: Way of the Contest #3!

« on: May 20, 2011, 10:17:15 AM »

We'll get a prize list compiled for ya.

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Way of the Game / The 2nd WotG Assbrodeo

« on: May 20, 2011, 07:19:48 AM »

Thanks to plasma walrus for reminding me we should have another assbrodeo! Let's set it up here.

We need at least six players.

If we want to do this sooner than later, I may be able to swing this tonight or tomorrow starting at 9 pm eastern... otherwise, we could try for the 28th?

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Way of the Game / Re: Gaming moments of excellence

« on: May 19, 2011, 09:42:15 PM »

And then, of course, there was the time when I was chasing down Godfather Brak in Brink as he fled with my team's vaccine. Two light body types, parkouring like crazy to a waiting security chopper. He gets there and finds out he has to spend time delivering the vaccine, and that's when I dump a clip from my machine pistol into him and finish it off with the knife.

He got his revenge, though. Not long afterwards, he was repeating his run for glory, only I wasn't able to sidestep a mine fast enough...

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Way of the Game / Re: Next on the Way of the Game

« on: May 19, 2011, 01:23:37 PM »

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Way of the Game / Re: Gaming moments of excellence

« on: May 19, 2011, 07:18:01 AM »

I'm sure I'll have more than a few moments of gaming excellence to list on this thread, but one always stands out.

Command & Conquer: Renegade. For those not familiar with it, it's a base vs. base FPS based on the C&C series. As you fight, you earn credits, and with those credits you can upgrade your weaponry, buy yourself a tank, that sort of thing.

You can also buy yourself a superweapon beacon. About a minute after it's planted by an engineer class, a superlaser will blast down and obliterate any structure and opponent in the immediate area.

The map I was playing on had each base separated by a series of mountain passes. There was the base, the high ground, and then the other base in a separate valley. My team had a control point on the high ground, but the Brotherhood of Nod was winning the tank war down below.

I chose to go for my favorite tactic. If I could plant the beacon at the Hand of Nod and destroy it, the game would be over. I choose the engineer class, which is very weak by itself compared with any other class one-on-one, I bought a beacon and headed down to the enemy base.

If memory serves correct, you're supposed to plant the beacon INSIDE the Hand of Nod, but planting it outside the building was still a valid tactic. I sneak over to the building, plant the beacon, take cover and withdraw my only weapon, a pistol, ready to defend it.

A Nod engineer comes out to defuse the beacon. I burst out of cover and take him down with three headshots. Another engineer rounds the corner, and somehow I take him down in a duel. Then THREE Nod brothers come out, and at least one of them is a soldier. I'm screwed. I start withdrawing and zigzagging, trying to make myself a hard target, when BOOM, the soldier goes down. The snipers on the high ground have seen what's going on and are giving me cover! BOOM, another one Nod brother goes down to a sniper, and I take care of the last engineer.

I'm critically low on ammo and HP now, but I give the beacon one last repair boost and head out. Four Nod engineers come out of the Hand of Nod to try to defuse the beacon. The snipers take one out, but then the sky lights up, the superlaser fires, and the Hand of Nod has been destroyed.

One engineer. One pistol. One beacon. Two snipers. Done. Teamwork FTW.

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Video Games / Re: LA Noir

« on: May 16, 2011, 03:26:12 PM »

Here's the WotG review.

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Way of the Game / Re: WOTG 68 In Which we Disparage RPGs

« on: May 12, 2011, 01:25:58 PM »

I'm on vacation next week. In that time, I'll come up with a treatise more accurately defining my objections to video game RPGs in general. Until then, I'll just wish I was contributing to this conversation.

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Video Games / Re: Brink - release day

« on: May 08, 2011, 08:38:08 PM »

I think you're right on the 8 on 8. I think we're going to be talking Brink on the podcast to be released that week. Still forming my opinion of it. So far: team fortress with fewer classes, more guns, clearer objectives, and of course, parkour.

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