CP3S

Did you recognize those numbers?

A: Alien 3!

Q: What is this fourth Alien film of which you speak? There were only ever three made.

doubleofive said:

 

CP3S said:

doubleofive said:
I had to look up what state Toledo is in. I just knew that some consider it holy.

That amuses me, since you are only a short(ish)* drive away from there yourself (if I am correctly remembering where you said you live).

It was amusing for me as well. And it would be 5.5 hours, which I wouldn't say is close since it takes me just as long to get to TN.

 

It takes me 8.5 hours to get to my precious little off the grid hidey hole in TN, which I still consider fairly close. Guess distance is relative. I am a pretty heavy road tripper, so I am used to ridiculously long trips.

Serial number is 0048151623420. Try them if you like. I don't play the lottery. 

WOW! This is absolutely amazing! I don't think I was ever meant to play ACII with all the trouble I am having with it. My save file just disappeared. I had all the feathers from everywhere but Venice, my town was at 50%, and I had all but two tombs explored. Looked it up online and again I am not the only person this has happened to, and in fact seems like it happens pretty often.

:(

Guess the game didn't like that I found away around the sound problem and was determined not to let me play anymore.

xhonzi said:

Whenever I hear a complaint that a game is "repetitive", I realize it's really a complaint that the game isn't masking the repetitiveness.  All games are repetitive.  It's whether it feels repetivite- whether it is able to distract you from that that matters. 

I think your observations on "challenge" and "it just tells you what to do and then you do it" to be on a similar level.  Isn't that true of almost all of the games we play?

Well, not really. Sure, all you're really doing when playing a game is pressing a series of buttons repeatedly. But it is a lot more than that. With a game like Portal, you're solving puzzles and it might take a a bit of skill or practice to manage to fling yourself across the room to the desired platform. In a game like Super Mario World it might take several tries to finally make your way through that one particularly annoying level so you can proceed onto the next. In a game like Modern Warfare you might need to reply the same section a dozen times or so until you figure out the best way to get through it without dying. Meanwhile through all of that all you are really doing is pushing buttons... but only in so much as driving a car is really just pushing down peddles and turning a wheel.

In Assassin's Creed II I feel like all I am doing is running from one location to the other and frequently fighting guards in-between, which involves using various button combos to best them... but could almost be done by randomly striking buttons without even looking at the screen. As I am getting more weapons (poison blade) and learning more moves, the combat it becoming more fun. 

Best Half-Life adaption of all time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRsexrhbG8&feature=grec_index

doubleofive said:

 

I had to look up what state Toledo is in. I just knew that some consider it holy.

 

That amuses me, since you are only a short(ish)* drive away from there yourself (if I am correctly remembering where you said you live).

RedFive said:

If I'm ever in the area I'll send ya a pm maybe we could read some Vonnegut if you know what I mean.

Absolutely.

Mm, so after playing several hours of ACII, I am realize that it is really about story and making you go through the motions more than anything else. There isn't really any challenge involved whatsoever (except for those damn frustrating tombs)*, it kind of just tells you do to such and such a task, you go do it, and it gives you another task.

Fortunately it is pretty and entertaining and some of the tasks it has you do are quite fun. It is like the Italian Spider-man of the 1400's, a flamboyantly dressed man climbing up buildings and leaping about. Kind of silly to think about, you are suppose to be this great assassin, so you'd think blending and looking as common and ordinary as possible would be key, but instead you wear this super fancy getup that would definitely draw attention to you.

I love that you can go on a guard murder spree and have distressed citizens running around screaming at the brutal acts they witness at your hand, and then they'll never recognize you again. The guards won't even remember what you look like, provided you tear down a couple of random wanted posters. Seems like they could just tell the guards as they are coming in for work, "Okay, there's this bloke out there, 6'2'', crazy outfit, wears a hood, weapons hanging off his belt. Yeah, kill him if you happen across him." 

Ah, but obviously I am forgetting one very important key element here: its a game. And a fun one too.

*I've died four times, so far, and I am pretty sure three of those times were because of an accidental wall kick (hate that move) that has sent Ezio flying off in the direction of nothing while at an incredible height. Well, I had died only four times, prior to last night when I wrote this post in my head, now I've died about sixteen times, and almost all of those are thanks to one particular tomb and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to get down from it. I tried leaping in all directions trying to get a grip on something. Very frustrating. Turns out I was suppose to open a window and exit that way... big Warbler moment for me. *Sigh*

A: What is not to be liked about caramel and pecans?

Q: Who would win in an all out forum war? Ghangis Khan or Total Biscuit?

RedFive said:

Yeah I'm still in Toledo, a few hours away where?  That's crazy. 

Actually, I have to correct myself, I though it was two hours away, but it is actually only an hour away. Eh hem, if you were to hop on 75 N and drive approximately one hour, you'd find yourself in the massive ruins of what was once a city. I live in those ruins.

A: No.

Q: Do you wanna bump and slump with us?

I don't know? Do you want to be unignored? You should realize you have the privilege of being the first and only person I have ever ignored in all my years here. That is quite an honorary position! Do you still live in Toledo? I only live a few hours away from there myself.

I now feel like smoking and reading some Vonnegut...

We the type people make the club get crunk!

RedFive said:

RedFive is really Vince, a 24yo from Toledo, Ohio who recently graduated BGSU with an education degree, focusing on high school English.  I play piano, guitar, drums and a slew of other instruments; I'm a huge movie/tv buff and enjoy almost anything pop-culture related; I don't smoke cigarettes, but I do smoke; I ride a Kawasaki Vulcan; I'm an amateur photographer; I study religion/philosophy/psychology in my spare time; I have ulcerative colitis; My iTunes has over 39 days worth (90GB) of music on it; I go hiking at least once a week and camping at least once a month whenever the weather permits it; I love women, maybe too much (aka I'm Sicilian); My hand is a dolphin.

My favorite things are Superman, Zelda, Lord of the Rings, Vonnegut, Star Wars, Radiohead, Lost, Kubrick, Battlestar Galactica, The Beatles, and anything in the Whedonverse.

Audrey Hepburn is my dream girl.

Whoa! So very much in common! Creepy.

I actually tried changing my Xbox settings from 5.1 to two channel, and it fixed the problem. Obviously it is a glitch in the game though, I tested all my speakers and they're are working, and the problem didn't exist until after the first time I quit playing and loaded a saved game. So now I have to remember to switch my Xbox back to surround after each ACII session.

A: Restless.

Q: How is babby formed?

Nanner Split said:

You don't have to participate if you don't want to, obviously. :P

Phew! Glad that was clarified. These ice breaker things always make me really nervous, always appreciate the "pass" option. 

Do you wanna bump and slump with us?

Ever'body move to the back of the bus!

A: No, I've dabbled.

Q: Is Paul McCartney Dead?

A: Three.

Q:How much does it cost?

A: Oh, absolutely! In fact, it would be wrong not to do so.

Q: Why does a chicken?

Ah ha! Hush that fuss!

Most definitely not. It just sounds stupid.

Q: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?