Author Topic: I've got your Miscellaneous Links for ya, 2012! RIGHT HERE! (Read 38200 times)

Captain K. · « **Reply #125 on:** February 22, 2012, 02:00:35 AM »

Ah, I see Grefter has played Perfect World. *thumbs up*

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #126 on:** February 22, 2012, 03:22:35 AM »

Honestly, that is more or less EVERY Korean MMO. Check out the vast majority of Nexxon or Aeria's portfolio.

Captain K. · « **Reply #127 on:** February 22, 2012, 04:24:19 AM »

Yeah, but Perfect World is Chinese, not Korean. It's Communism-approved Capitalism!

metroid composite · « **Reply #128 on:** February 22, 2012, 05:09:15 AM »

http://www.gabbysplayhouse.com/?p=1444

Sexism on the internet....

EDIT: also, for the Grefters, here's a game made by gay people, and call me stereotypical but I'm noticing the characters have a lot of fashion sense:

http://thearkhproject.tumblr.com/

NotMiki · « **Reply #129 on:** February 22, 2012, 05:14:28 AM »

Turns out internet comments are dumb.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #130 on:** February 22, 2012, 06:07:05 AM »

Quote from: Captain K. on February 22, 2012, 04:24:19 AM

Yeah, but Perfect World is Chinese, not Korean. It's Communism-approved Capitalism!

Shockingly when they bought STO, the first new piece of content not already underway when they bought the company was boxes you can only open with keys that cost $3 each.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #131 on:** February 22, 2012, 06:19:49 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on February 22, 2012, 05:09:15 AM

EDIT: also, for the Grefters, here's a game made by gay people, and call me stereotypical but I'm noticing the characters have a lot of fashion sense:

http://thearkhproject.tumblr.com/

Gotta say. Nice designs. Like, seriously. Gorgeous art.

Grefter · « **Reply #132 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:28:49 AM »

I have not played Perfect World. What I do is pay attention to game content and trends. Lineage 2 is kind of the ur example I have built up.

Aaaaand Tumblr is down so all I can do is read depressing terrible comments on Feminism thread instead of writing about FF9 character design or eat dinner I have sitting in front of me.

superaielman · « **Reply #133 on:** February 28, 2012, 11:31:36 PM »

http://www.pokemontowerdefense.net/

Captain K should appreciate this.

Captain K. · « **Reply #134 on:** February 29, 2012, 01:15:47 AM »

I'm not a fan of tower defense in general. I prefer strategically setting up positions in turn-based combat rather than real-time aps button clicking. However this wasn't too bad... up until the point that I clicked the stupid League of Legends ad and lost EVERYTHING.

Shale · « **Reply #135 on:** March 01, 2012, 01:53:19 AM »

http://baldursgate.com/

Something is happening at Beamdog, home of the original BioWare people (and architects of MDK2 HD, BioWare's real claim to fame) with regard to the Baldur's Gate franchise. What? Nobody knows.

Also, viewing the page source reveals a comment about using Raise Dead on the Infinity Engine, which makes me sad because even 14 years later, humanity cannot recognize how fucking horrible that thing was.

Grefter · « **Reply #136 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:11:40 AM »

Why you have to hate Shale. Don't you want more games that are good in spite of everything used to make them?

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #137 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:59:24 AM »

I liked the Infinity Engine, broken as it was. =(

Seriously though. Don't tease me like this, bro. I need this. They need to set up a pre-order on the page right now. I don't care what this could be (remake? BG3? teasing?). I'll pay for it.

Shale · « **Reply #138 on:** March 01, 2012, 12:09:02 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on March 01, 2012, 06:11:40 AM

Why you have to hate Shale. Don't you want more games that are good in spite of everything used to make them?

I've tried three or four times to play BG and BG2 and can't bear the terribleness of the combat long enough to even meet Minsc. So yay for good games, but BG ain't one of them.

Grefter · « **Reply #139 on:** March 01, 2012, 12:33:52 PM »

That is pretty rough considering Minsc is in the first room in BG2.

Edit - Not that I can blame you still!

Shale · « **Reply #140 on:** March 01, 2012, 12:38:05 PM »

Okay, then possibly my memory sucks too. This has been known to happen. I know I got BG2 from somebody at the first DLCon (possibly you), I know I installed it, I know it didn't go any better than the first one. My point is, the only way to make D&D: The RTS into a playable experience was to go the Planescape route and have fighting basically be "click on the guy, oh look he is dead."

Grefter · « **Reply #141 on:** March 01, 2012, 12:54:36 PM »

Oh for sure, totally acceptable. It is only really fun when you know it well enough to put up with its bullshit. There is fun in there, but it is more effort than it is worth.

The RTS isn't even the sole problem. As much fun as it was, 2nd Ed rules are fucking impenetrable unless you know them to well.

Shale · « **Reply #142 on:** March 01, 2012, 12:57:31 PM »

This is an entirely fair point. A best-selling genre-making videogame used THAC0. THAC0. There's something fundamentally wrong with a universe that would allow such a thing to happen.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #143 on:** March 01, 2012, 02:57:19 PM »

Hey man. Subtraction based systems are TOTALLY intuitive. It is not BG's fault that you do not possess the BRAIN POWER to comprehend something as simple as THAC0. Go back to playing WoW.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #144 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:42:45 PM »

http://kabooooom.com/2012/03/sean-von-gorman-the-magic-of-promoting-comics/

Friend of mine I worked with at the theater is now a comic artist. He does not do things halfway and is awesome.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #145 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:49:12 PM »

Holy Crap, Pokemon Tower Defense!

While CK may not be a huge Tower Defense fan, I pretty much find them to be my favorite non-RPG genre of games ever since PvZ took over my life the first day I returned to the States.

Now... add RPG levelling, Monster-collecting, colorful sprite-art, Nintendo chip tunes, and a fairly fun humorous story to it and you've got a recipe for Djinn-bait.

My Pikachu is level 24. I chose a Charmander, but I totally need to trade in a Bulbasaur and Squirtle.

Yeah, I'm addicted, I can't wait until its available on iPhones~

Grefter · « **Reply #146 on:** March 04, 2012, 09:31:51 PM »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/04/killer_warp_drive/

Weaponising theoritcal physics well before it can ever be manufactured.

SnowFire · « **Reply #147 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:37:38 PM »

http://io9.com/5890410/watch-the-simpsons-game-of-thrones-intro?tag=gameofthrones

I thought this was amusing enough, if you've seen the HBO series intro.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #148 on:** March 06, 2012, 07:47:28 AM »

Hopefully that shows up.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #149 on:** March 06, 2012, 02:05:24 PM »

That is amazing.

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