toxicitizen
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Yeah, it's very possible to bypass regional restriction for digital games on Amazon. I bought the Bioshock/Spec Ops bundle a couple months back. If I remember correctly, the trick is to put your real address for billing but a US address for shipping. I used a website where you log in through paypal and it provides you one. Normally your package gets sent there and they forward it to you, but since it's digital you just use the address and that's it. edit: here's the website http://www.hopshopgo.com edit2: Holy shit, this game is awesome.
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The new Indie Royale Halloween bundle. Man, feels like the last one was only about a week ago... Anyway, this one packs amazing value simply because it has the third season of the Sam & Max series, The Devil's Playhouse. I've also been interested in Home but other than that I'm not too familiar with the other titles. I'm pretty sure I saw Evilquest on Steam Greenlight, though.
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Got the answer to my application for the comp sci program today. And as long as I don't fail the prerequisite classes I'm currently taking AND can maintain a GPA that's equal or above the group average, I'm in! Goddamn, that is a weight off my shoulders. Now I just gotta make sure not to screw up on any of the 5 exams I have over the next few weeks.
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Ah cool. The comp sci course I'm doing has a common first year and branches into systems management, software development and IT support in the second year, with most of those have the option for further years. I'm taken the Software Development honours path which is 4 years, and might return after a year of working to get my masters.
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Nice. Most of the options I mentioned have a common first year as well, but beyond that it's mostly about how fast you wanna get through the rest of it.
My university's CS department is very oriented on research, so the curriculum kinda reflects that. But, normally, you've done all your mandatory classes by the end of the second year and for the last two semesters you pick your classes from a long list of options. So at that point you can focus on whatever the hell you...
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...like.
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The Darkness II. A bit on the short side but I really enjoyed it. Also, I thought it looked pretty great. The cell-shaded/comic book-style aesthetics were a much better fit for it than the original's more photo-realistic approach. It was kind of an impulse purchase but I'm really glad I got it. Hopefully they'll make a third one. In the meantime, I think I just might try and hunt down a used copy of the original so I can finally beat it.
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I've been hesitant to get it since I never finished the first one, but it's currently 75% off on GMG, bringing it down to 7,49$. Which I then knocked another 20% off of using the current voucher. So, yeah, 6 bucks. I was tempted to just use the 10$ credit I got from my XCOM pre-order but I think I'll just keep that for when I want to buy something more expensive.
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Yeah, I find that it really depends on the game. Some games I'll get stuck and ragequit fairly quickly while others I'll just keep retrying indefinitely without getting frustrated (the Splinter Cell series being a good example of the latter). Likewise, lately I'm having a blast playing XCOM on Ironman classic and desperately trying not to get massacred. But getting crushed in StarCraft II before I can manage to build a decent army makes me want to hurl my monitor across the room.
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So, I found out last night that Muse's sixth album came out a few weeks ago. I knew it was coming but it sort of got off my radar, I guess. Downloaded it last night and listened to it on my way to class this morning. I'm not the kind to turn on a band at the slightest sign of a change in style so I'll give it a few more listens before forming a final opinion, but I have to say I'm a bit confused as to why they felt the need to go dubstep on some tracks. :/ The sound that I like them for is still there, they just added added some wub-wub to it and I'm not sure why.
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Same for me only replace Oil Rush with To The Moon. I've also been interested in the Blackwell games for some time but the 4th one isn't exactly the best entry point into the series. Still kicking myself for not getting the Indie Royale that had the first three in it.
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Yeah, I played something like 20+ hours of Oblivion on PS3 when I first got the system and nothing ever broke. Well, except for the leveling system, but that's just how the game is.
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Yeah, the game has cheated on me once before. In my current Ironman normal game, during a terror mission, I sent one of my guys in the next room to save a civilian and brought him right back into cover because there were enemies there. Next alien turn, couple of mutons and a berzerker spawn right in the area my guy had just crossed. They're right on top of me and just destroy my squad. At that point I said "fuck this shit!", ctrl+alt+del'd and killed the task before the alien turn finished. When I reloaded, I backed the fuck away from that room.
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Not only that but there's also all that cliché crap about the Roswell crash and Area 51. Oh man, I love that movie so much. I was so glad when Roland Emmerich starting talking about sequels again last year. Really hope something comes of it this time. Actually, if he ends up making the sequels to ID4 and Stargate, my life will be complete.
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While XCOM doesn't really strike me as something that's begging for a movie adaptation, I get what you mean. I used to be really into X-Files as a kid and, even though it's insultingly stupid, I'm a big fan of Independence Day
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I usually only launched mine when I needed to lower panic levels but that's mostly because I kept forgetting to build uplinks so I launched most of them much later than I should've. The income boost was pretty helpful once I got a few of them up, though. Also, started my second campaign just now. Ironman Classic. Entire team got obliterated on the first fucking mission.
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So, I finished my first run. Pretty much every single second of free time I've had the past four days has been dedicated to this game. 26 hours total and I'm already thinking about my next run. Definitely going to be playing on Ironman next because, as the game progressed, I realized I'm a very weak man and I found myself reloading more than I would've liked. I didn't necessarily reload every time someone died but there were a few times where if I hadn't reloaded then I would've been royally screwed. Like losing my main sniper when half my squad is rookies because my main line-up is injured. Or just rushing in like an idiot and getting 2 of my best guys brutally torn to pieces by Chryssalids. I think the problem is early on I focused too much on the same soldiers and ended up maxing them out quickly while all my other units were underpowered. Next time, I'll try having a more rotating line-up early on. I'm not sure if I wanna jump to classic difficulty yet, though.
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Well, I just beat XCOM on normal difficulty and holy shit is this game fucking fantastic. By far the best game I've played this year. Actually, the last game I enjoyed anywhere near as much was Deus Ex: Human Revolution and, considering I'm a complete fanatic of the original Deus Ex, that's fairly high praise for XCOM.
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Yeah, I got lucky and realized my lack of satellites was a problem just in time. Launching a few more of them both solved my money problems and prevented a bunch of countries from dropping out. Things aren't looking as grim right now. I did lose Mexico and France, though. Any idea how many it takes for the game to end?
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I try to avoid reloading because, knowing myself, at some point I'll just get bored from the lack of consequences if I just reload my way out of every mistake I make. The only times I reloaded so far were when I wanted to try something I knew was probably stupid. I'm playing on normal mode for this first run while I'm learning everything, but after this playthrough I'm planning on switching to iron man mode (game autosaves, so no reloading). Might even switch to classic difficulty because so far I'm finding the game fairly easy. That being said, I did lose two men tonight. Neither were high-ranked, though, so no big loss.
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You're a terrible commander, Spork! I've yet to lose a single soldier. They do tend to get injured a lot, though... Like, half the squad out of action after every single mission. Also, I can't progress through the plot because I'm a bit short on resources and a bunch of countries look like they're about to leave the council Oops. I get the feeling I'll have to start over because this run seems doomed to fail.
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Well, had to pry myself away from it at 2AM last night but this morning I somehow woke up an hour ahead of my alarm and instead of just going back to sleep I jumped at the chance to get up early and play some more Been a while since any game actually got me to turn down more sleep. And Ethan, the game hardly punishes you. There are simply consequences to failure. You can always "cheat" by saving and reloading but losing soldiers is part of the thrill. The last mission I played about 20mins ago ended with one of my soldiers getting shot down and starting to bleed out. I didn't have any medkits to stabilize her so the mission became a race against the clock to kill all the remaining enemies before she bled out (something like 3 turns). I was successful on the very last turn but now she's out of action for a while. It was awesome.
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Well shit, turns out XCOM unlocks at 1AM tonight. I have classes all day tomorrow but my first one is only at 1PM. I'm sure there's a way to make this work that's not entirely irresponsible...
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I hate you, Spork. But I like the way Ethan thinks.
Unfortunately, that's not an option.
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Yeah, I get out of class at 8:30, short bus ride home, then nothing but Xcom.
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I was originally planning on not touching it until wednesday since I'm busy all day tomorrow and only got one morning class on wednesday.
But because of the way the Steam timers update, it's now looking like the game might unlock at midnight, after all. If that's the case, then I should be able to play for a couple of hours before bed
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Well, this morning I filled out the application to transfer to my uni's computer science department next semester. I spent more or less the last two years working towards this and I have no idea what I'll do if I don't get in. So, yeah... I expect the next few weeks are going to be slightly stressful. :/
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Good Luck! Hopefully they get back to you soon and you get in!
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Best of luck! What area you heading for? General Comp Sci, CSM,Networking?
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Thanks.
At this point, mostly general Comp Sci. My first choice is the standard BSc.
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The bits where you see what happened to Altaĩr after AC1 are pretty good, too. They're mostly relegated to being a side-quest (think the Assassin Tombs from AC2 or the Romulus Lairs from ACB) but they were the most interesting part of ACR for me. The Desmond stuff is mostly about his past. I enjoyed it because I'm really into the AC lore but it's not really important to the overall story. The gameplay in those sections is horrible, though.
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Oooh, looks like they kept the ziplines. Nice. That was the one really great thing Revelations added. Hopefully that wasn't just a cutscene bit.
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I'm mostly interested in the single-player stuff as well, but I really like the AC multiplayer and always ended up regretting not playing more of it before it died. So getting a season pass just might force me to do just that.
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Did you read the article I linked? There's a single-player DLC campaign spread across three episodes.
