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Minecraft confirmed for smash folks. No, this isn’t a joke. It was on Nintendo Direct just this morning.
They weren’t kidding when they said that everyone is here,
Faithful... Enlightened... Ambitious... Brethren... WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD!
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
I don't know if anyone else has been but I've been playing Among Us every night this week with a group of 10 friends. It's supremely enjoyable and it was only 3.99 in the steam store.
Began yet another new game of Fallout: New Vegas. Love it, even without the mods I was once using. Still crashes and freezes my laptop, though.
"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.
The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?
SkavenLord wrote: Minecraft confirmed for smash folks. No, this isn’t a joke. It was on Nintendo Direct just this morning.
They weren’t kidding when they said that everyone is here,
You'll never master the game, only suck less is what I gathered from my experience! Just don't scum save all the time, enjoy the narrative
Ha, that seems to match what I've seen of people streaming it. Like Dwarf Fortress in that regard, I think.
after 4 Hours, a tutorial, and going full pragmatist (rip that one wild human ) i managed, to survive, add 2 colonists and have successfully made a parka and some headwear so my starter pawn isn't naked anymore and have sorted out food more or less...
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https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/766717.page A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units." Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?" Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?" GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!" Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.
I've gone a bit mad with Crusader Kings 3. I wasn't too sure about it at first but unlike CK2, 3 is much more intuitive and has way better Tutorial.
All I gotta say is OMG! I didn't think I would have this much fun. My ruler just died at the ripe old age of 72 while on Crusade. Funny, he didn't even die in battle, just old age. I expected him to die when he went off, but not like this!
Anyway now that I have the hang of the way it works I'm probably going to start a new game with some random dude somewhere and see where I end up.
Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!! The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage
Yeah, CK3 is a good one. Put quite a few hours in at first, but took a bit of a break. Now that the first patch is out (which hopefully reigns in the rampant adultery a bit), I'm getting ready to dig back in.
Voss wrote: Yeah, CK3 is a good one. Put quite a few hours in at first, but took a bit of a break. Now that the first patch is out (which hopefully reigns in the rampant adultery a bit), I'm getting ready to dig back in.
Man if only I had an adultery problem. Instead my Wife stabbed my Steward in the face. He was a good steward too...
Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!! The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage
Voss wrote: Yeah, CK3 is a good one. Put quite a few hours in at first, but took a bit of a break. Now that the first patch is out (which hopefully reigns in the rampant adultery a bit), I'm getting ready to dig back in.
Man if only I had an adultery problem. Instead my Wife stabbed my Steward in the face. He was a good steward too...
The adultery problem was a bit out of hand, both due to actual adultery, and due to a scheme that the AI seemed to be using far too often. As an example of the former, I seduced my wife into becoming my lover, and then romanced her into becoming my soulmate. And then out of the blue she revealed that our next child (the third, iirc) was really my brother's.
Okay...
There was also an issue with the AI grossly overusing a scheme that would accuse your wife of infidelity, and "proving" that one of your kids was illegitimate. IIRC, the developers completely cut off AI use of this scheme.
Yeah, there were a couple contributors. That scheme was one, but also the AI was just spamming seduction attempts behind the scenes, against anyone it could.
The problem was the way it did it- just percentage checks for success, so inevitably characters would get seduced, just by the tyranny of statistics. This patch added some loyalty factors as a resistance (positive relationship with spouse, plus character traits) so characters at least had a base unwillingness to be seduced, rather than being open targets for a successful seduction roll, when perhaps dozens of characters were making attempts every single year against every single character.
Played a game of Steel Division (1st one) with a friend. I suppose i realized usa airborne was much, MUCH better in phase A. I had been thinking phase A was what i should probably focus most of my units around both due to income per phase A being the best airborne had as well as a huge section of the game was phase A anyway. Planes were expensive so i just used less of them in my game. My force was mostly machine gun jeeps, artillery, tanks, infantry and a few planes but not much. I skipped AA emplacements entirely and didn't really use AT ambush teams or AT guns much. If enemy AT fire was an issue i'd either use spammed machine gun jeeps to fight them (most anti-tank in this is short ranged, on a vehicle or on stationary AT emplacements) or i'd shoot some smoke screens around the AT emplacements so they couldn't do anything to hurt my vehicles.
Machine gun jeeps are great because a lot of anti-tank seems to lack high rate of fire so you can suppress anti-tank emplacements and mortars fairly easily and they're cheap enough that a destroyed jeep isn't a huge loss. Machine gun jeeps are fast so a mobile force can really help in phase A.
In the couple previous games i played i was getting destroyed reasonably badly but in the latest game i got a handle on things and even pushed so hard on my side that i practically reached the edge of the enemy's map in a smaller part before the game ended. It's a bit good the game did end because i started to run low on vehicles. I could still have held the enemy at bay for a while but i imagine phase C would've gotten ugly the longer it lasted.
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Outside of that i played more xcom 2: war of the chosen and was doing really well. I pretty much have full tier 3 weaponry and even armor is almost researched and most of it is built as well. I might play it more tomorrow. We'll just have to see. I may have to prep pretty hard but i'll probably have enough to assault and kill off the assassin soon which feels like it's being done in record time honestly.
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Commodus Leitdorf wrote: I've gone a bit mad with Crusader Kings 3. I wasn't too sure about it at first but unlike CK2, 3 is much more intuitive and has way better Tutorial.
All I gotta say is OMG! I didn't think I would have this much fun. My ruler just died at the ripe old age of 72 while on Crusade. Funny, he didn't even die in battle, just old age. I expected him to die when he went off, but not like this!
Anyway now that I have the hang of the way it works I'm probably going to start a new game with some random dude somewhere and see where I end up.
I wish I could have gotten into CK series, idk but I’ve felt like if I wanted to play a strategy game, I’ll just play Warhammer total war 2. Was never a fan of not being able to actually control the battles in CK
Been playing some Outward with a friend. This game really isn’t great to play on your own but with a friend it’s amazing. The world is so uncarring and we frequently run From more fights then we battle. There’s just something about this huge creative fantasy world and surviving togheter. Planning on what to bring on an expedition, setting up camp to take turns sleeping and guarding, cooking food and so on. The game is a broken unbalanced buggy mess but it has so much heart and a great setup for co-op gameplay.
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His pattern of returning alive after being declared dead occurred often enough during Cain's career that the Munitorum made a special ruling that Ciaphas Cain is to never be considered dead, despite evidence to the contrary.
Grabbed the Mafia remastered trilogy the other day. Been bouncing between the 3 games.
Mafia I: Yes, its been remastered, so the graphics are about up to par, or at least how youd expect for a game of its age. I keep putting it down however because there are elements of the game that are very much showing their age. That, and many of your fellow gangsters have comically bad voice acting (like, one main goon you run around with has the typical 1940s nasally movie gangster voice).
Mafia II: I dont know if its just a much slower burn than the other games, but I'm having difficulty getting into the story on this one. I'm hoping it becomes an open world game, but the way they are introducing things, man, I hope it picks up.
Mafia III: well, its the one in the series I've actually played the story through completion before, so I knew what I was getting. . . After such a long break, man is the replay on this one high right now.
Commodus Leitdorf wrote: I've gone a bit mad with Crusader Kings 3. I wasn't too sure about it at first but unlike CK2, 3 is much more intuitive and has way better Tutorial.
All I gotta say is OMG! I didn't think I would have this much fun. My ruler just died at the ripe old age of 72 while on Crusade. Funny, he didn't even die in battle, just old age. I expected him to die when he went off, but not like this!
Anyway now that I have the hang of the way it works I'm probably going to start a new game with some random dude somewhere and see where I end up.
I wish I could have gotten into CK series, idk but I’ve felt like if I wanted to play a strategy game, I’ll just play Warhammer total war 2. Was never a fan of not being able to actually control the battles in CK
They are two different genres ultimately. I do see what you mean by that. Having just some off a Warhammer 2 campaign I was looking for something easier? I guess? There is a minor element of strategy with army placement and composition. But CK series is ultimately drama simulator. You make what decisions you can and just ride whatever happens.
I mean its a story generator. Man can some of the stories get wild. I mean I had my rivals only heir forcibly marry my daughter, who was a dwarf mined you, and make the succession matrilineal just to wipe him our of existance. But my Daughter got killed, and I knew that bastard did it so I had his son killed. Only 34% chance to pull it off and it worked! They are really two completely different beasts.
Also, speaking of Mafia. I respect anyone who managed to beat the first game and get past that stupid driving level. Screw that stupid level! To this day never beaten that game.
Commodus Leitdorf Paints all of the Things!! The Breaking of the Averholme: An AoS Adventure
"We have clearly reached the point where only rampant and unchecked stabbing can save us." -Black Mage
Not to mention that late game Total War campaigns often become an autoresolve fest anyway
The strategy in the CK games comes from politics and subterfuge. And not even just against external kingdoms but your own as well.
I mean, when your current heir is an inbred, hunchbacked dwarf but their younger brother is a herculean genius and also betrothed to the daughter of the current Holy Roman Emperor with claims to that title? Time to find a way to get the former out of the way.
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
On which note... I really wish demos were a normal thing again. I get that it's added dev time, but frankly there are quite a few games out there that I'm sure I'd try a demo of, but I'm put off from paying full price for something I'm not sure about.
Diablo 3 is the last example I can think of, you could play the entire first Act for free - not long after finishing that, I got the full game. I doubt I would have otherwise. Crusader Kings is another one I'm not sure if I'll like or not.
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"Hard pressed on my right. My centre is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I am attacking." - General Ferdinand Foch
Now I'm back to being addicted to Solitare, due to being nostalgic I guess about the hours I spent playing it on my old, old PC. Managed to win it in Vegas Rules with 3 draw every like, 1 in 20 games or something back in the day lol. Should be writing lol
"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.
The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?
I've started up a playthrough of Bioshock Infinite, a game I picked up ages ago and never played, like most of my games in my Steam library. A painting pile of shame but for video games!
So far it's fun, I haven't gone that far into the story but like Bioshock 1 and 2, the world is jam packed full of fluff and storytelling that I love about the games. The game doesn't feel overly difficult right now, I'm playing on medium but I had a way harder time with the older games.
Just put in two more hours of Among Us, where we first played the game vanilla, then switched over to serial killer / stalker where one there's one impostor with a ten second cooldown timer who announces their role from the start and hunts down the rest of the crew, who get a ten second head start to run and hide, until only one remains, who wins. The only catch is that everybody, including the impostor, has limited field of view, resulting in some tense cat and mouse games. So much fun.
Super Ready wrote: If it's any consolation - I found a version of Minesweeper for my tablet so I can play it in bed at night.
Ah, but has anyone found this bad boy?
Now THAT brings back memories! I used to play that pinball game all the time! The sound effects were certainly very memorable.
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2023: 40 | Total models painted in 2024: 12 | Current main painting project: Dark Angels
Mr_Rose wrote: Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
Tyranid Horde wrote: I've started up a playthrough of Bioshock Infinite, a game I picked up ages ago and never played, like most of my games in my Steam library. A painting pile of shame but for video games!
Don't make the mistake that many did and finish the main story and then turn it off. the DLC (burial at sea part 1 and 2) are must-plays and help to explain the ending and tie the series in together.
Been playing a lot of Tyranny lately, and just finished the first act. I’m loving this game more and more as I continue to play.
I’m not entirely certain whether dialogue choices actually do have consequences (heard it becomes less relevant as the game progresses), but the writing and atmosphere seem to build it up in such a way that I feel as though I am walking on eggshells with everything I say.
I think I like the party members here too, since it feels less like a band of loyal travelling companions and more like an unstable alliance of convenience that can fall apart at any moment. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them turns on the rest of the party at some point.
Faithful... Enlightened... Ambitious... Brethren... WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD!
Tyranid Horde wrote: I've started up a playthrough of Bioshock Infinite, a game I picked up ages ago and never played, like most of my games in my Steam library. A painting pile of shame but for video games!
Don't make the mistake that many did and finish the main story and then turn it off. the DLC (burial at sea part 1 and 2) are must-plays and help to explain the ending and tie the series in together.
I happen to have the DLC so I'll definitely be playing it as I'm keen to get back to Rapture!
Faithful... Enlightened... Ambitious... Brethren... WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD! 
"Hard pressed on my right. My centre is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I am attacking." - General Ferdinand Foch 
~15000 Astra Militarum: 
~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: 
~2000 | Sisters of Battle: 
~3500 | Leagues of Votann: 
~1200 | Tyranids: 