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Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Elder - 11-20-2013
(11-20-2013, 09:19 AM)Nitrous Oxide link Wrote: [quote author=Eschatos link=topic=1507.msg272870#msg272870 date=1383154585]there was a kickstarter for that thing, they were giving out keychains in exchange for funding to build them
[quote author=at0m link=topic=1507.msg272817#msg272817 date=1383062869]
[quote author=Elder link=topic=1507.msg272812#msg272812 date=1383058077]
Clearing landmines
[/quote]
Reminds me of:
Half Life 2 - Rollermine sounds
[/quote]Speaking of Half-Life 2...
http://cinematicmod.com/
Might be time to replay it.
[/quote]
A) what the hell is alex wearing?
B) their eyes look creepy as hell
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - K2 - 11-20-2013
(11-20-2013, 01:33 PM)Elder link Wrote: [quote author=Nitrous Oxide link=topic=1507.msg273720#msg273720 date=1384957144]there was a kickstarter for that thing, they were giving out keychains in exchange for funding to build them
[quote author=Eschatos link=topic=1507.msg272870#msg272870 date=1383154585]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=1507.msg272817#msg272817 date=1383062869]
[quote author=Elder link=topic=1507.msg272812#msg272812 date=1383058077]
Clearing landmines
[/quote]
Reminds me of:
Half Life 2 - Rollermine sounds
[/quote]Speaking of Half-Life 2...
http://cinematicmod.com/
Might be time to replay it.
[/quote]
A) what the hell is alex wearing?
B) their eyes look creepy as hell
[/quote]
I've played through with an older version of that mod. There are a few different models to choose from for each character, or you can use the originals and just have the new map textures. Almost all the new Alyx models are super pervy.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Squishy3 - 11-20-2013
So... this is neat. http://www.hiwiller.com/2013/11/20/the-last-zzt-disk/
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Greatbacon - 11-21-2013
This was posted in a cyberpunk subreddit
http://youarelisteningtolosangeles.com/
It's a collection of atmospheric music overlayed with fire, police, & ems feeds. You can even pick wich city feed you're listening in on.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - rumbot - 12-07-2013
this is the shit I find entertaining: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - spm201 - 12-07-2013
(12-07-2013, 04:31 PM)rumbot link Wrote: this is the shit I find entertaining: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger
Glad I'm not the only one. I have a small hard-on for linguistics sometime. It's a shame that there's not a job in the world that actually pays to study it.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - A. Crow - 12-07-2013
(12-07-2013, 04:31 PM)rumbot link Wrote: this is the shit I find entertaining: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger
Well, its actually been an issue, becuase I'm a real believer in punctuation. Coupled with a habit of terse emails from the military, and I've actually had to get groups of people on the phone to explain that I'm not pissed at them.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - FlyingMongoose - 12-11-2013
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/09/viral-airline-stages-magnificent-christmas-miracle-for-hundreds-of-lucky-passengers/# <-- Canadian company... you wouldn't see US Airlines doing this in a million years... Still pretty cool.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Hobospartan - 12-13-2013
Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum (Cast #043)
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Elder - 12-13-2013
(12-13-2013, 01:35 PM)Höböspärtän link Wrote: Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum (Cast #043)
i would be willing to do that.
Modern art: insecticide
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - FlyingMongoose - 12-18-2013
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/17425221736/cable-industry-finally-admits-that-data-caps-have-nothing-to-do-with-congestion.shtml
Well, about time they admit it, but if they're going to claim "usage" is the reasoning, then they need to change pricing schemes to make use of this claim, provide metering (which their systems already support), and then charge based on what we actually use (like power companies do), this way, it's actually fairly priced between each person.
"oh your cable bill was 120 this month? How much porn were you torrenting?"
"Oh your cable bill was 30 this month? you must not have used it much"
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - rumbot - 12-18-2013
cat people, amirite?
http://youtu.be/AEepVLQjDt8
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - StolenToast - 12-18-2013
(12-18-2013, 06:14 PM)FlyingMongoose link Wrote: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/17425221736/cable-industry-finally-admits-that-data-caps-have-nothing-to-do-with-congestion.shtmlDo they really see 90% profit margins as the article claims? Maybe this is relevant here:
Well, about time they admit it, but if they're going to claim "usage" is the reasoning, then they need to change pricing schemes to make use of this claim, provide metering (which their systems already support), and then charge based on what we actually use (like power companies do), this way, it's actually fairly priced between each person.
"oh your cable bill was 120 this month? How much porn were you torrenting?"
"Oh your cable bill was 30 this month? you must not have used it much"
Quote:<StolenToast> my free google email gives me 15GB of email storage
<StolenToast> and I have two accounts
<StolenToast> my verizon email, which we pay for, gives me 250mb
<StolenToast> hell even my LIVE.COM account gives me virtually unlimited storage
<StolenToast> Microsoft is, measurably, infinitely more generous than Verizon
<StolenToast> how can a company possibly be that evil
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - FlyingMongoose - 12-19-2013
Google Zeitgeist 2013 video posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv-sY_z8MNs
I think 2012 was better...
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Elder - 12-20-2013
Love watching the Shacktac guys play arma II
the year in review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJexCXCJPM
Re: - Dtrain323i - 12-23-2013
RIP Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - KarthXLR - 12-26-2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNN1rZCC7So#ws
Really good video about the industry of games, I highly recommend checking out this guys other videos.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - rumbot - 12-26-2013
(12-26-2013, 05:01 PM)Karth link Wrote: Really good video about the industry of games, I highly recommend checking out this guys other videos.
Why do I ever listen to your recommendations? The first two minutes are an overly dramatic drone without making any substantive point, other than he didn't like 3 games, but refused to say why. You can say a hell of a lot of things negative about Bioshock Infinite and GTAV, but you can't say "they didn't take a whole lot of risks and they weren't very creative designs."
RISKS:
-Infinite some of the most racially and religiously incendiary content of any video game this side of Custer's Revenge.
-GTAV some of the most biting commentary of our surveillance state, the war on terror, and government corruption
DESIGN
-Infinite: Columbia is one of the most gorgeous backdrops ever designed. Add some of the most creative uses of music.
-GTAV creates an entire world of mock brands, from facebook to dasani to scientology, all instantly recognizable but yet subversively different. The cars alone are fun jokes for any car fan, the music channels and famous celebrity DJs delight music fans. The fake facebook page was a riot how it evolved when the game progressed. Show me who else integrated 3 interdependent story arcs in a sandbox game framework.
Only interesting piece of the video was about Papers Please, which I'd not heard much of.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - Eschatos - 12-26-2013
(12-26-2013, 10:43 PM)rumbot link Wrote: [quote author=Karth link=topic=1507.msg274809#msg274809 date=1388095281]
Really good video about the industry of games, I highly recommend checking out this guys other videos.
Why do I ever listen to your recommendations? The first two minutes are an overly dramatic drone without making any substantive point, other than he didn't like 3 games, but refused to say why. You can say a hell of a lot of things negative about Bioshock Infinite and GTAV, but you can't say "they didn't take a whole lot of risks and they weren't very creative designs."
RISKS:
-Infinite some of the most racially and religiously incendiary content of any video game this side of Custer's Revenge.
-GTAV some of the most biting commentary of our surveillance state, the war on terror, and government corruption
DESIGN
-Infinite: Columbia is one of the most gorgeous backdrops ever designed. Add some of the most creative uses of music.
-GTAV creates an entire world of mock brands, from facebook to dasani to scientology, all instantly recognizable but yet subversively different. The cars alone are fun jokes for any car fan, the music channels and famous celebrity DJs delight music fans. The fake facebook page was a riot how it evolved when the game progressed. Show me who else integrated 3 interdependent story arcs in a sandbox game framework.
Only interesting piece of the video was about Papers Please, which I'd not heard much of.
[/quote]
Maybe his specific game critiques were shit, but I felt he was pretty spot on with his comments on the overall state of the industry.
Re: Neat stuff (non-lulz but interesting things) - rumbot - 12-27-2013
(12-26-2013, 11:43 PM)Eschatos link Wrote: Maybe his specific game critiques were shit, but I felt he was pretty spot on with his comments on the overall state of the industry.
Please cite what you thought he articulated.
He sighs a lot. He eyerolls a lot. He inflects a lot. He likes to overly emphasize DIFFERENT words to add interpretive value.
But he doesn't really articulate what he's thinking. And if he can't do that, then he's just sending dogwhistles the the people who already believe what he believes and is not offering anything insightful or transcendent commentary.
He worries deeply about the VGX awards. Jesus, that's like the first TV shows fretting about not getting good radio reviews.
Here's a very specific example of what I mean, and I've watched this 3 times now trying to find some redeeming value. @ 9 minute mark he slags on the Verge, saying
"Polygon's own self-congratulatory documentary was revealed to be sponsored by microsoft" [SO WHAT?] "While the content of the site itself has slope downwards to a level of unreasonable hyperbole" [CITATION NEEDED] "and a very visible streak of arrogance." [the video highlights a quote about the bf lauch on ps4 that doesn't demonstrate how the verge is arrogant.]
mo4r bullshit, @10:49, this guy says "Spike is a cable TV network that's an undeserving bigger brand than anything else gaming has to work with."
REALLY?
Spike's programming reaches approximately 98.7 million pay television
subscribers in the United States.
Battlefield 3, a mediocre game from two years ago, cleared that many eyeballs in the first month.
He engages in the same type of hyperbolic shit that he's flinging at games. He offers no quotes, no citations, no context for his very abstract swipes.
another gem: "TVs are directly competing with video games for people's recreational time." yeah, I spend a lot of time debating whether to farm Onyxia or watch another ep of the Bachelorette.