After all, this is a gaming forum.

As for me: GTA San Andreas. (yes I finally got it) Riding a mower down the highway while looking like Mr. T ftw!

At the moment I'm playing Battlefield 2 (with all the expansions and booster packs), Counterstrike Source, The Ship, HL2 Episode 1 and Re-Volt. The frequency is in the same order.

Another "WHAT ARE YOU _____" thread?! WHAT HAVE I DONE! :(

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess


I play it again, and again, and again, and again. :cool: :(

Elebits.
And I'm probably going to play Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney all the way through again soon.
That game is very high on my Favorite Games list.
And the sequel is due out this very month!
HAPPY.

Dungeon Crawl. Even though I suck at it.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2251729 is a good thread if you have any interest in rougelikes.

Megaman X Collection - Whee...
WoW - Waiting on BC...
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past - Nostalgia Ahoy!
Final Fantasy 5 Advance - Insert something here...

That's right. I'm playing 4 different games. What are you gonna do?

GTA:SA for me too. PHUN!
Can't get enough of messing with the army :P

Twilight Princess, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Nethack, The Sims 2. In no particular order.

I've been playing a lot of Meteos lately, and I'm pleased to report that I've broken the 400,000 points barrier in Deluge mode with Smogor (Grannest) and Aetheria (Brabbit). Also, precisely half my planets now have top scores past 200,000, and only four still haven't passed 100,000 - Pyros (Hotted), Vortinia (Gigagush), Hevendor and Gravitas.

I got Civ IV and Lego Star Wars II DS for Christmas, and I've played both of them a fair bit too.

Well, well, I didn't know Lego Star Wars came out on the DS.

I've been playing mainly Defcon, Red Orchestra and Open Transport Tycoon recently, I'd forgotten just how addictive TTD was.

Elebits.
And I'm probably going to play Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney all the way through again soon.
That game is very high on my Favorite Games list.
And the sequel is due out this very month!
HAPPY.
I imported the japenese version back in november.

You will not be disapointed.

Anyway, I'm currently playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team.

..What?

For DS i am playing:
Advanced Wars (though less now)
Yoshis Island
Castlevania Portrait Ruin (though not really startet yet)

PSP:
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

PC:
World of Warcraft
Halo (on Legendary, gotten halvway into the Library so far)
San Andreas, (ocationally)

I got way to much on my hands..

Flat Out 2 for PC, great fun. :cool:

ftw!
please don't

"Pimping completed! Prostitutes will now pay YOU to have relations with them!"

...I don't care how useless it is, I can't stop laughing at that sentence.

I'm currently in full finalfantasy mode as I've finaly tracked down a coppy of IX and my imported copy of III for the DS arived today.

I've been playing the original Escape Velocity (http://ambrosiasw.com/games/ev/) on my Mac Emulator (http://www.ardi.com/win_download.php).

I'm currently in full finalfantasy mode as I've finaly tracked down a coppy of IX and my imported copy of III for the DS arived today.

Yess, Final Fantasy IX is a great game. First FF game I've beaten.
I want FFIII for DS tooooo >=(

I'm having a pretty decent nethack run as a Male Valkyrie.

Mario 64 DS

I really don't like the fact that you have to use other characters. :/
Yoshi can go die.

Jump Ultimate Stars, Yoshi's Island DS and Super Princess Peach are all vying for my attention. Never mind that the first game on that list is in Japanese. I will figure out what the dialogue says if I stare hard enough at the screen.

please don't

Like you're one to talk.

As for myself, PHOENIX WRIGHT IS AWESOME I MUST PLAY IT UNTIL MY EYES BLEEED (see also: lack of updates to Sims 2 thread)

Like you're one to talk.

I have never ever ever used "ftw" in a discussion-related context in my entire life and I never ever will

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Trackmania Sunrise and (still, obviously) GTA San Andreas.

Trackmania SunriseAs happy as I was to find a rare boxed copy of that and as beautiful as the graphics are, I had kind of a hard time fully getting into that. Is it just me, or is there really not a lot of content to it?

Civ IV - firstly for my not-very-well-thought-through thread, and secondly with Dan and Ben over t'Internet.

As happy as I was to find a rare boxed copy of that and as beautiful as the graphics are, I had kind of a hard time fully getting into that. Is it just me, or is there really not a lot of content to it?Well it's still just a racing game, you can't get it much further than that. You might have more fun online.

But I still have great fun playing the only racing game that I find that's actually any good, even if it's just playing through tracks beating times and what not.

As happy as I was to find a rare boxed copy of that and as beautiful as the graphics are, I had kind of a hard time fully getting into that. Is it just me, or is there really not a lot of content to it?

I think a big part of Trackmania is making tracks, as you can spend hours on that, even without getting into the MediaTracker side of things.

The game between Ben, Dan and I came to a halt around 1800 when Dan got wiped out after picking a fight with Julius Caesar and losing. I was declared the winner on the basis of sucking the least of the three of us, despite all four AI opponents getting the better of me.

I can play the game quite well. On Settler difficulty... :p

Pheonix Wright: Justice for All.

And god, is it wonderful.

I have been playing Guitar Hero 2.

I find Medium easy and Hard very hard. I think they should have had a less steep learning curve but then how would they seperate the heroes from the zeroes?

Other than that... phwwooooaaaarrrr... it's the best game I've played in at least a year. I'm tempted to say the best game ever but that's just plain wrong. Mega Man X is the best game ever. Ever.

Mega Man X is the best game ever. Ever.

I take it you've never played Nethack:mad:

Dan's got me on The Incredible Machine 3.

AAARGH

I take it you've never played Nethack:mad::mad: Vader speaks the truth.

I'm playing Fight Night Round 3. Boxing! Yay!

Bit of a learning curve, with the right analog stick controlling all punches, but I'm finding it extremely fun.

Edit: Well damn, I chose Philadelphia as my hometown because it looked like the only one in Pennsylvania, and now, upon glancing back through the list again, Brockton, Massachusetts is listed -- my birthplace. :p Won't let me change it, either, the jerks.

Got hooked on The Ur-Quan Masters (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/) (free Star Control 2 remake) through Bob the Angry Flower (http://www.angryflower.com/).

Final fantasy 3 and 9 (still).

I've also Picked up wild arms 3 again.

I love my JRPGs, But I seriously suck at playing them on any kind of regular basis.

Dan's got me on The Incredible Machine 3.

AAARGH

Have fun. Definitely up there on my top 5 games ever list.

Right now, since I just picked up a PS2, I'm mostly into Metal Gear Solid 3 and Burnout 3. Kingdom Hearts, not so much. I should've known better than to get another RPG when I never even finished Tales of Symphonia.

Also sort of getting back into Diablo II.

Final fantasy 3 and 9 (still).

I've also Picked up wild arms 3 again.

I love my JRPGs, But I seriously suck at playing them on any kind of regular basis.

I'm playing through FFVII at a fairly leisurely pace, myself.

I've had strong urges to start playing Dawn of War again...

Got hooked on The Ur-Quan Masters (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/) (free Star Control 2 remake) through Bob the Angry Flower (http://www.angryflower.com/).
AGHGHGH That game is fantastic. I'm addicted.

And it just so happens that I should be doing homework instead of playing that. :(

I'm now playing TrackMania United. Had it for over a month before I installed it, since I was playing other games. :cool:

Got hooked on The Ur-Quan Masters (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/) (free Star Control 2 remake) through Bob the Angry Flower (http://www.angryflower.com/).

I tried that a while ago and kind of drifted away from playing it after I found I needed to track down a specimen of that one dude's favourite species and bring it to him whilst the descrption he gives of its star system is incredibly vague at best.

Played enough of it to get a good laugh out of this (http://www.angryflower.com/moreco.html), though.

I tried that a while ago and kind of drifted away from playing it after I found I needed to track down a specimen of that one dude's favourite species and bring it to him whilst the descrption he gives of its star system is incredibly vague at best.

Played enough of it to get a good laugh out of this (http://www.angryflower.com/moreco.html), though.I didn't really consider it a priority to check that out, though I think it means it's one of those spots with a huge star in the middle of lots of little stars.

I keep playing it for the hilarious conversations with the aliens. "We're the Ethics police. Justify that costume... Immediately!"

And yes, planets in combat and Sylandro Probes are incredibly annoying, they both pop out at the worst times.

And yes, planets in combat and Sylandro Probes are incredibly annoying, they both pop out at the worst times.

I made it a priority to find out what their deal was, and I tracked down the Slylandro not long after the Zoq-Fot-Pik. (Hint: it's well worth your time.)

To get rid of the probes you have to examine a planet at one of the stars in the very top-left.
And the planet is one that you usually don't examine, since you can't mine them.

I tried that a while ago and kind of drifted away from playing it after I found I needed to track down a specimen of that one dude's favourite species and bring it to him whilst the descrption he gives of its star system is incredibly vague at best.

The system is at the top, above Ur-Quan space. It's one of the 2 yellow stars that is somewhat surrounded by other stars (the other stars sorta look like a snake opening its mouth really wide to eat the yellow ones)

The most significant annoyance I've had was letting the Zoq-Fot-Pik (my favorite race so far) die because I ignored their distress signal because I'm stupid.
So I started over from an old save and wasted a day of work. Bleh.

The most significant annoyance I've had was letting the Zoq-Fot-Pik (my favorite race so far) die because I ignored their distress signal because I'm stupid.
So I started over from an old save and wasted a day of work. Bleh.I've allied with them, but their ship is rather crap imo. Plus I can't figure out how to get the Ur-Quan and Kohr-an to stop fighting to "save" them.

On the good side, I can defeat nearly any ship with my BUTT. :D

Pretty much the whole Mega Man Zero series.

Just to remember why I named myself after such a badass.

I've allied with them, but their ship is rather crap imo. Plus I can't figure out how to get the Ur-Quan and Kohr-an to stop fighting to "save" them.

On the good side, I can defeat nearly any ship with my BUTT. :D
Yeah, their ship isn't too great. I just like the species.

You can save them if you go to their planet and kill a Khor-Ah when the Earth captain tells you that he received a distress signal.

After that, the Kzer-Za & Khor-Ah will keep fighting, but the Zoq-Pok-Fik won't dissapear.

In other news, I just beat this game.

We Love Katamari is perhaps the greatest game ever.

Yes. Let it consume you.

I just finished GTA: San Andreas...

Dammit, now what am I gonna do with the rest of my life? :(

Dammit, now what am I gonna do with the rest of my life?
Start playing Battlefield 2 and found a clan with me.

Start playing Battlefield 2 and found a clan with me.But Battlefield 2142 is all the new rage. :p

I'd have to check if either of my copies work online, anyways.

I hate BF2142. Not that I've played it, but just the fact that it excists. How dare it stear attention from BF2? I refuse to start playing it since it make me give up on my BF2 unlocks and awards and try to get the ones the ne BF has instead. Bah! Can't let it happen.

Hmm, San Andreas is acting strange on Windows Vista. Whenever you go into the menu, mouse look stops working so you need to click "confogre controlls" and re-toggle it to get it back D;

But Battlefield 2142 is all the new rage.
Not really. There are many more people playing BF2.
I'd have to check if either of my copies work online, anyways.
Well, if you want to play online reasonably you need a legit CD key to be able to play on ranked servers to get promotions, awards and unlocked weapons.
Without that, the game would only be half the fun.

I suggest you get this:
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3308819/Battlefield_2_The_Complete_Edition/Product.html
Game with all expansions and booster packs for a low price.
I hate BF2142. Not that I've played it, but just the fact that it excists. How dare it stear attention from BF2?
It really is a pity that EA game just wants to squeeze out money and released BF2142 only 1.5 years after BF2 and only 4 months after the latest booster pack.

I've played the demo and read some info and think that it has some nice new smaller features and improvements that would have better fit into a patch for BF2.
The whole futuristic weapons & warfare has been done to death with games like Unreal Tournament and Quake.
Boring.

I just traded in Yoshi's Island 2...and Sonic Rush.

Two games that I nearly made me vomit with hatred. So I got the New Super Mario Bros.
I like it, but I think the levels are too short. :/

True, it's great in all aspects except longevity.

BF2142 also sucks for using malware to monitor your internet activity in the name of finding the most relevant in-game ads to be shoved in your face. I actually downloaded the Battlefield 2 demo ages ago but haven't bothered to even try it out. 1942 was just fine, I don't see why I need to switch.

1942 was just fine, I don't see why I need to switch.
Well, I've tried out BF1942 and BFV too and must say that BF2 is better in any way.
The commander and squad features alone make it a great game and the unlocks, ranks and awards keep it a steady challenge.

Also, the nightvision, teargas, gasmasks and flashbangs from the Special Forces expansion are awsome and the night maps are one of the best in the game.

The W2, W:A and WWP triple pack thingy I ordered is waiting for me at the post office. I might pick it up this morning. :)

I have BFV, BF2 and BF2142 and like them all in their own way.

Must... Collect... 1,000,000... roses...

Must... Collect... 1,000,000... roses...
Please use the rubber band trick instead of wasting away your life at that. :p

I just got the Civilization Chronicles box set from CompUSA for $55 including tax. The set includes every Civ game and expansion pack ever made (except for Civ4 Warlords), as well as a card game. In conclusion, sweet.

I just got the Civilization Chronicles box set from CompUSA for $55 including tax. The set includes every Civ game and expansion pack ever made (except for Civ4 Warlords), as well as a card game. In conclusion, sweet.Bast.

Been playing Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars! :D :D :D

Oh and some Peggle. (damn you Bob (http://www.angryflower.com/)! My replays made it up there)

Bast.

Do you own Civ4? I'd love to play you online sometime.

Do you own Civ4? I'd love to play you online sometime.Civ4 and Warlords, just chat me up anytime.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/803/pangya057sm0.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pangya057sm0.jpg)

That is an amazing shot. Amazing, I tell thee. One of the best I have ever seen, and it was mine.

I did it in single-player practice mode.

I get nothing for it. According to the game, it never happened.

:-/ :( :-/ :(

I'm playing Medieval II: Total War

If anyone wants a game on Civ 4, message me on Xfire.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/803/pangya057sm0.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pangya057sm0.jpg)

That is an amazing shot. Amazing, I tell thee. One of the best I have ever seen, and it was mine.

I did it in single-player practice mode.

I get nothing for it. According to the game, it never happened.

:-/ :( :-/ :(
What game is this?

What game is this?
I think it's that Something Albatross internet golf game thingy

That'd be Albatross18 (http://www.albatross18.com/season2/).

That'd be Albatross18 (http://www.albatross18.com/season2/).
Played that for a while, then got bored because you have to play for a few months to even get beyond the regular equips. :rolleyes:

Now I'm playing LoZ:TP and FFVI Advance.

DEFCON.

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/defcon/

I'm playing...

Final Fantasy VII & XII
Battlefield 2
Call of Duty 2
Supreme Commander
Chrono Trigger
WoW, but I havn't played for weeks O.o
Castlevania Portrait Ruin and Symphony of the Night.
And a ton of stuff that I have less ambition of finnishing.

All in no particular order. I really need to learn how to beat a game before starting to play the next..

Excite Truck and WarioWare Smooth Moves.

The former is genius.

The latter is also damn good.

C&C3, Darwinia, Geometry Wars.

GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (+The Secret Files +Christmas Chronicles), Battlefield 2 (+Special Forces + Euro Force +Armored Fury), Superfrog, Gish, Supreme Commander, CS:S

I'm starting to really enjoy Liberty City Stories.

I don't really play anything much anymore D:
I'm bored HEEELP MEEEE D:

Current SupCom record against Daniel:

Me 4 - 1 Dan

(Dan won the fourth of the five games with a clever punch through my defences with Siege Bots and an Air Superiority sweep-and-lure to take out my patrolling Interceptors, followed by a Tac. Bomber run on my Commander)

The genetics thing really is pretty cool.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1715/snapshotf1966ff1b19d1f0dz8.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9655/snapshotf1966ff1b37f71ckx7.jpg

Edit: That was, in fact, her natural hair color, and I'm treating the hat as a sort of heirloom to be passed down among the prominant members of the bloodline.

I can see up your "wifes" dress. :o

Excite Truck.

Thanks to Paul (http://www.realvg.org/display.php?type=reviews&id=88) for convincing me to get this. If I went by the other reviews I read I would've missed on on a damn fun game.

When I replaced the generic rock with my own music, it was weird how the game went from "okay" to "wonderful". Music really does have an impact sometimes.

Vice City Stories has been pretty entertaining so far.

Excite Truck.

Thanks to Paul (http://www.realvg.org/display.php?type=reviews&id=88) for convincing me to get this. If I went by the other reviews I read I would've missed on on a damn fun game.

When I replaced the generic rock with my own music, it was weird how the game went from "okay" to "wonderful". Music really does have an impact sometimes.I have influence! :p

Anyway, one of my Cambridge friends, Alun, has been soundly whooping me and Daniel at Civ 4 over the past few days.

I picked up and breezed through the Castlevania Double Pack (Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow, GBA) recently. Good stuff. Also picked up Loco Roco, but I'm determined to wait for another price drop before I consider getting a PSP. $260 (CAN) is a wee bit much for a handheld for me.

MegaMan ZX.



... I'm hooked again.

MegaMan ZX.

Goddamnit I still don't think that's available over here. I even had to download Megaman X Collection so I could play it. I don't know whether to blame Sony or Capc- no, wait. Capcom can do no wrong. Sony on the other hand...

I got Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s recently. It's better than the reviews made me think simply because it's a whole new set of songs. I don't mind not knowing or liking the songs if they're still challenging enough (which they are).

I've also been playing Twilight Princess but I'm playing it in short bursts so it lasts as long as possible. I'm in the Goron Mines just now. I like the blue stuff.

I got Pokémon Ranger for my birthday. I played it for a while but haven't gone back to it. I enjoyed it, it's just that I have less spare time these days. :(

Goddamnit I still don't think that's available over here. I even had to download Megaman X Collection so I could play it. I don't know whether to blame Sony or Capc- no, wait. Capcom can do no wrong. Sony on the other hand...

damn straight, they even made a series of fantastic pinball machines back in the day that nobody remembers

Drawn to Life
W:OW2
:cool:

F-Zero GX, Mega Man: Powered Up, Albatross18, Balloon Duel (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/177120). :p

The last one might just be the most technically impressive Flash object I've ever seen. Which isn't to say that I really know about these things.

The last one might just be the most technically impressive Flash object I've ever seen. Which isn't to say that I really know about these things.As technical as it might be, it also feels needlessly complicated to me.

Little Big Adventure 2
Airfix Dogfighter
Mad Tracks

Little Big Adventure 2
Airfix Dogfighter
Mad TracksRetro much? :)

- BioShock *hell yeah*
- Halo 2
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
- Overlord
- Quake 4
- Star Wars: Empire at War

Pure awesomeness!
http://www.golfquestionmark.com
It's even multiplayer capable over the net.

That was going to be for the mac.

And then it wasn't.

I just finished Phoenix Wright 3.

Pokemon will be returning to my DS now.

I'm also slogging through Rouge Galaxy which has a very fun battle system and a pretty cliche plot.

Also one of the characters is some kind of wierd alien called simon, who fights with a flamethrower, a rocket launcher and a thick Scotish acent.:)

I just finished Phoenix Wright 3.

Damn you. :mad:

Some of us want to support the official English version. :p

Just got a genuine copy of MOTHER3 from Play-Asia. :cool:

Of course, just after I ordered it, I learned that the fan-translation will be incompatible with the actual cartridge due to the large amount of hacking involved. P!ss.
So I had to print the 74-page script translation, which pretty much emptied out my black ink cartridge.

A small price to pay for finally having MOTHER3 in my hands. WOOTANG.

Damn you.

Some of us want to suporting the offical english version.;)

Damn you.

Some of us want to suporting the offical english version.;)

Hell, if they make one, I'll buy it. :p
I heard a rumor (one that might actually have some official backing) that SSB:B is going to have Lucas in it. Hopefully that would get people interested in it. And also hopefully they won't put any spoilers in.

Super Paper Mario

I am having a pretty good time with this but I am going up against a boss and I only have 1 hit point and no real easy way to heal so there's a difficulty element here but it's still fun

Team Fortress 2 and WoW....need to play Metroid more, but been preoccupied.

soon I'll have Crysis and Hellgate Betas, with any luck.

God Hand.

This game is simply fantastic. The videos of gameplay don't do it justice. You really need to play it to see how awesome it is.
This has to be one of the most entertaining games I've ever played.

Clover Studios definitely picked a good game to go out on (only now I'm even more pîssed that Capcom disbanded the team. You can't disband a team after they deliver games like Okami and God Hand. It's against the law or something.)

This... is an article.
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/godhand/godhand.htm

MYSims.

Why is this game fun?:-/

Everything becomes fun on the Wii. ;)

Woot. I finished HL2, and bought the orange box :D

Episode 2 has just finished pre-loading, and Team Fortress 2 rocks!

WoW, too addicted :confused:

http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Aggramar&n=Svenn

Feel free to come say hi if you play :)

WoW, too addicted :confused:

http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Aggramar&n=Svenn

Feel free to come say hi if you play :)dear god! you play WAY too much :p

edit: and also, go kill yourself, you alliance ******* :p

Albatross18: Season 3.

Compulsively.

I recently got addicted by the board game "Carcassonne" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_%28board_game%29), which I currently play with the expansions "Inns and Cathedrals", "Traders and Builders", "The Princess and the Dragon", "The Tower" and the mini expansion "The Count of Carcassonne".

I still need to get hold of the mini expansions "King and Scout" and "The River II".

I also play the computer game version.

Settlers of Catan.

I lurve eet :cool:

Albatross18: Season 3.

Compulsively.Only 5 more courses to go!

Also, Portal.

Settlers of Catan.

I lurve eet :cool:

:cool:

I only played one game of it and I already know that I love it.

the companion cube would never leave me

Half-Life 2. If I can get past the flaming first level.

Also, Puzzle League DS and Sonic Rush Adventure. Busy, busy, busy...

Half-Life 2. If I can get past the flaming first level....yeah, I still claim shooters aren't your thing.

I've borrowed Far Cry for the Wii from one of my friends.
It's not spectacular, but it's a good bit of fun to to play.

Half-Life 2. If I can get past the flaming first level.

hahahahaha are you serious

hahahahaha are you seriousHe couldn't get out of the apartment.

Observation is not my forté.

Incidentally, I hope I'm not the only person who was scared witless by their first sighting of a headcrab/human coupling.

I'm actually stuck on HL2. I'm past the trains and I'm in what appears to be an underground water-processing facility that is doing a remarkably bad job of processing water in any manner. I get to this point, there there's a pool of water separated by wall and gates, and I can't get any further. I have to walk along a huge pipe to get there. That's as best as I can describe it without posting screenshots, and I can't do that from work.

Observation is not my forté.

Incidentally, I hope I'm not the only person who was scared witless by their first sighting of a headcrab/human coupling.
have you gotten to ravenholm yet because seriously that is going to scare the bejesus out of you

oh wait you haven't gotten past the first level lmao

I'm actually stuck on HL2. I'm past the trains and I'm in what appears to be an underground water-processing facility that is doing a remarkably bad job of processing water in any manner. I get to this point, there there's a pool of water separated by wall and gates, and I can't get any further. I have to walk along a huge pipe to get there. That's as best as I can describe it without posting screenshots, and I can't do that from work.

Hey, that's where I was stuck for ages! I'm not the only one! I eventually got through it, though, after much head-slapping by Dan.

Okay, the first thing you need to know (and the thing I kept missing) is that, back in the room with all the exploding barrels, the ladder goes down below grating level to this tunnel lit with a red light. This leads through to the room on the other side of the bars that are in the pipe room. Trouble is, there's no way up to the actual exit, which is on the far side of the room to where you came in. But while you're here, break all the planks and boxes in that hole in the ground with your crowbar, so that only the round cable drum things remain.

Now go back to the room with all the pipes (i.e. through the red tunnel, up the ladder, along that big horizontal pipe onto the platform with the high voltage warnings and down that short corridor). There's a little red release wheel on the big yellow vertical pipe in the middle, on the far side from where you are now. Pipe-hop down to it (it may take a little while to work out) and twiddle the wheel to fill the room with water. Now, get back to the surface (try not to drown, there are some medikits in a box in the room if you get stuck) and back to the now flooded "exploding barrel room". Go down the ladder there, and through the red tunnel. You are now in the room on the other side, and there should be some floating cable drums in there with you. If not, go down to where they are, and poke them a bit until they float loose. Now, usinging the cable drum(s), scramble and jump your way on to the far side platform. Yay! On to the bit where they introduce headcrabs (not counting Lamarr) for the first time.

That's an awfully long explanation for saying "go up the ladder, across to the next room, down the pipes, pull the valve, backtrack".

Anyways there's still ye olde Half-Life 2 thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=20899) with lots of stuck/solution posts.

Incidentally, I hope I'm not the only person who was scared witless by their first sighting of a headcrab/human coupling.

I take it you don't play many horror oriented games then?

Although I've never played HL2. I didn't like the first one much.

I take it you don't play many horror oriented games then?Not really, no.

It was the sudden shock of the roar that got me most. Literally sent shivers down my spine.

That's an awfully long explanation for saying "go up the ladder, across to the next room, down the pipes, pull the valve, backtrack".If it was that simple, I wouldn't have spent the best part of an hour receiving cryptic hints from you.

Although I've never played HL2. I didn't like the first one much.
:eek:
I can't believe I voted for you to have access to OD. :(

No, seriously, Half-Life 1 was awesome. :mad:

:eek:
I can't believe I voted for you to have access to OD. :(

No, seriously, Half-Life 1 was awesome. :mad:

Convince me to find a copy of it and I may possibly change my mind.
I was about... 10(?) when I last played it.

I actually hated Half-Life. Half-Life 2 proves to be rather enjoyable so far, though.

You plebians, Half-Life 1 is awesome, and you can get it from Steam.

If it was that simple, I wouldn't have spent the best part of an hour receiving cryptic hints from you.Well I'm not gonna go out of my way to ruin the game for you.

You plebians, Half-Life 1 is awesome, and you can get it from Steam.

Well I'm not gonna go out of my way to ruin the game for you.

It was one puzzle. One. Puzzle. Not even a particularly clever one. I only had so much trouble because of poor observational skills.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7572/ppiy8.png

I already posted this in the fanart forum, but hell, it fits here.

(I have no idea what half life 2 looks like.)

And see the FotM thread for my response.

Although the general gist is :D

:eek:
I can't believe I voted for you to have access to OD. :(

No, seriously, Half-Life 1 was awesome. :mad:I'm currently playing it since I hadn't before. the first 4 hours are tedious, pointless, boring and overly challenging. they are the most horribly mundane FPS experience I have ever had and how the game got so many rave reviews with that much crappiness is beyond me.

now, I'm something like 7 or 8 hours in now, and I can honestly say that NOW it's deserving of all the awards it got, but the rest of the game better be a hell of a time considering how it started.

I'm currently playing it since I hadn't before. the first 4 hours are tedious, pointless, boring and overly challenging. they are the most horribly mundane FPS experience I have ever had and how the game got so many rave reviews with that much crappiness is beyond me.

now, I'm something like 7 or 8 hours in now, and I can honestly say that NOW it's deserving of all the awards it got, but the rest of the game better be a hell of a time considering how it started.
I entirely disagree with you Aku.
I loved the game from the start all the way trough to the end, it was the most inmersive game I had ever played and it had the most awesome graphics I had seen by that time.
In some ways I liked it more than HL2.

I was most impressed with Half-Life 1 since I played HL1:S before I got into HL2. Of course, HL2 was even more of a godsend after playing through such a dated game.

I'll certainly have to pick up the Orange Box as soon as I can find it.

I really enjoyed Half Life 1, and in fact I got to the alien planet but got stuck and never finished it.

I've never played Half Life 2, because my small laptop isn't capable of running it very well.

Once I've finished uni, I'll probably buy a big desktop, THEN I'll get to play a PC game that isn't at least 5 years old.

I've gotten back into Mega Man ZX in preperation for next month's sequel.

ok, I just beat HL1 and I'm confused.

are you SUPPOSED to know who Kleiner or Vance are in HL1? cause I never ran into them. or Barney? any idea about him?

how about why the vortigants decided against slaughtering everyone? is there an explanation for that or did we just take that as fact upon playing HL2? I mean, I kinda killed their queen brain thing that worked all the portals there. shouldn't they hate humans?

hell, what even HAPPENED in HL1? an experiment blew up, but what was the experiment? what was the purpose of Black Mesa?

where the hell did the Combine come from?! how about the guy with the white hair and the beard who runs the combine in HL2? where the hell was he at all?

I'M CONFUSED!!

ok, I just beat HL1 and I'm confused.

are you SUPPOSED to know who Kleiner or Vance are in HL1? cause I never ran into them. or Barney? any idea about him?

how about why the vortigants decided against slaughtering everyone? is there an explanation for that or did we just take that as fact upon playing HL2? I mean, I kinda killed their queen brain thing that worked all the portals there. shouldn't they hate humans?

hell, what even HAPPENED in HL1? an experiment blew up, but what was the experiment? what was the purpose of Black Mesa?

where the hell did the Combine come from?! how about the guy with the white hair and the beard who runs the combine in HL2? where the hell was he at all?

I'M CONFUSED!!Having done some serious reading around on Wikipedia last night, I have some answers.

1. Barney was a security guard at Black Mesa. He also stars in his own game, Half-Life: Blue Shift. Kleiner doesn't appear in HL1, but Eli Vance does (although he has dark hair rather than grey).

2. The Vortigants were slaves to that queen brain thing, so they're quite glad you killed her (although sometimes they get a bit melancholy when they see you, given you also killed a ton of them). They also hate the Combine because one major theory is that the Combine took over their real home world, forcing them into refuge in that Xen dimension thing. So they've allied with the human resistance against the Combine.

3. The jury's still out on what Black Mesa was actually for, but rumour is that it's all part of the G-Man's mysterious plot.

4. After you defeat that queen thing, a whole lot of dimensional ripping and stuff happens. This allows the Combine through.

5. Dr. Breen is The Administrator from Half-Life 1. He negotiated Earth's surrender to the Combine following the Seven Hour War, which occurs right after the end of HL1. As a reward, the Combine made him the guy in charge of Combine interests on Earth.

where the hell did you get all of this?!

where the hell did you get all of this?!

Wikipedia. Duh.

I think Kleiner actually does appear in HL1.
He's one of the 3 generic "professor" guys in a white labcoat.
Look here:
Kleiner & Eli Vance, I'd say.
http://yannick.fleurit.free.fr/Culture/Screenshots/Half%20Life/Half%20Life%20(1).jpg

Barney is the first security guard you meet in HL1, after exiting the intro train.
He's opening the door for you and babbles something about you owing him a beer.

Wikipedia. Duh. well I'd certainly like to know where teh wiki info comes from :p I see the occassional tidbit, but most of it I have no idea where to find :-/

well I'd certainly like to know where teh wiki info comes from :p I see the occassional tidbit, but most of it I have no idea where to find :-/

I suggest you try here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Half-Life_characters)

Finished Portal a few days ago. That was the best ending of any game, ever. Currently chipping away at Episode 2, just got the new car and the upgraded physics are nice, though the thing still steers like a toy wagon.

The first localization of a 15-year old series in Japan, MLB Power Pros (aka Power Pro-kun), has come out of nowhere and landed on Wii and PS2. I'll be picking it up for Wii today. IGN's review here (http://wii.ign.com/articles/825/825828p1.html), it's seriously worth checking out if, say, the Mario sports games and/or Albatross are the only types of sports games you generally like. It's great stuff.

http://img.waffleimages.com/1fcde9c8e9dc93e2e5a6582cf3246fa154680eff/powerpro_guide.jpg

I'll just give up :p

I'm going to assume that the HL1 expansions also have more info and that more scattered news clippings in HL2 uncover even more.

can't be bothered to do research

Does anyone know if the version of the original half-Life up on Steam includes the enhanced graphics pack at all? I know that Half-Life: Source is based on the original graphics, which suck.

Does anyone know if the version of the original half-Life up on Steam includes the enhanced graphics pack at all? I know that Half-Life: Source is based on the original graphics, which suck.

I'd read that you could apply the hi-definition pack to HL:Source, but I can't remember how because I never got around to doing it. I don't know about the original HL through steam.

Moving away from HL, my Dad bought a copy of Deus Ex. After losing his legs in the training, I grabbed the CD.

I'm installing it now.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7572/ppiy8.png

I already posted this in the fanart forum, but hell, it fits here.

(I have no idea what half life 2 looks like.)I love this to death.

It's funny because it's true. :p

I really enjoyed Half Life 1, and in fact I got to the alien planet but got stuck and never finished it.I'll admit the final bit with the alien dimension is pretty damn well f***ed. It's the hell of all jumping puzzles.

Does anyone know if the version of the original half-Life up on Steam includes the enhanced graphics pack at all? I know that Half-Life: Source is based on the original graphics, which suck.It's not included but you can get it for free here: http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=105708

Moving away from HL, my Dad bought a copy of Deus Ex. After losing his legs in the training, I grabbed the CD.

I'm installing it now.Deus Ex is also very much awesome.

just noticed I'm gunna be broke in about a month's time.

TimeShift 10/30
Hellgate London 10/31
Call of Duty 4 11/05
Fire Emblem 11/05
Mario Galaxy 11/12
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 11/15
Crysis 11/16
Assassin's Creed 11/??

so....MY holiday's packed....

just noticed I'm gunna be broke in about a month's time.

TimeShift 10/30
Hellgate London 10/31
Fire Emblem 11/05
Mario Galaxy 11/12
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 11/15
Crysis 11/16
Assassin's Creed 11/??

so....MY holiday's packed....

Man I know we have our own thread in OO but I seriously cannot wait until the new Dwarf Fortress comes out :D

I have just been watching videos of new features and looking at screenshots and I'm already getting a ton of ideas for things to build and attempt

Now that I have the Orange Box, the only thing I think I have on my immediate agenda is MMZXA. But I'm probably forgetting something. I always am.

Ooohhh yes, I need to get around to picking up one or the other of the W:OW2's. Mmmboy. I'd really rather not bother myself with buying both...

Ooohhh yes, I need to get around to picking up one or the other of the W:OW2's. Mmmboy. I'd really rather not bother myself with buying both...In a turnaround from WOW1, it looks like the DS version is rather better.

Screw it.

*buys Orange Box*

Hmm. Now all I have to do is work out where to put all this. Portal and TF2 comes to about 8GB. C drive has about 11GB left. I want to leave 7GB spare to aid defragging and stuff.

I guess I should uninstall SupCom and reinstall it on D drive, but then I'd have to patch it all over again...

new hard drive ftw.

new hard drive ftw.
i told you please don't

i told you please don'tyou're going to have to be more specific then.

you're going to have to be more specific then.
i thought the only people who said "ftw" seriously were 13-year-old script kiddies

Just imagine he's pronouncing it "Feh-tew".

F'tew tew tew tew! Brrrraaakakakakakakakaka! Vwweeeeeeeeaaaaaauuuooooooooor BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM Swooooooeeeeiiish...

Just imagine he's pronouncing it "Feh-tew"."Fuh-tuh-wuh" here.

new hard drive ftw.Laptop.

One of the girls across the hall says "That's not for the win."

One of the girls across the hall says "That's not for the win."I hate her.

Oh joy, Portal level 14 has a jumping puzzle.

Does anyone know if the version of the original half-Life up on Steam includes the enhanced graphics pack at all? I know that Half-Life: Source is based on the original graphics, which suck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_High_Definition_Pack#Steam_release

I hate her.

ten characters

sorry, but saying "ftw" is just for script kiddies is kinda retarded. tons of people use the phrase. sure, ok, I may use it more than most, but it's hardly restricted to just idiots who don't know how to post.

Just imagine he's pronouncing it "Feh-tew".that sounds even worse :p

One of the girls across the hall says "That's not for the win." I hate her

sorry, but saying "ftw" is just for script kiddies is kinda retarded. tons of people use the phrase. sure, ok, I may use it more than most, but it's hardly restricted to just idiots who don't know how to post.

actually it's a probatable/bannable phrase on SA and a lot of other forums

actually it's a probatable/bannable phrase on SA and a lot of other forumswell then the place is far overzealous about things like that.

don't get me wrong, people who go around spamming it need to be shot, but the occassional use is hardly a problem.

I played a bit of Team Fortress 2 on some random server against some random people (although it did have good map rotation).

I think that so far my best class is the Medic. It has a certain "find someone who looks like they know what they're doing, and follow them" appeal to it.

I like the Heavy. Even if I don't kill anyone I cause huge amounts of damage and can use my inherent slowness as an excuse for always dying.

I like Medics and Engineers the best. I like Spys too, but I suck at them. :(

Portal level 14 finished. I found a way to solve it using portals.

And now I'm stuck on 15. I know what to do, but it's another timing-based puzzle.

Despite myself and my usual disposition... I'm playing Guildwars.

*hangs head in shame*

Despite myself and my usual disposition... I'm playing Guildwars.

*hangs head in shame* why is that a bad thing? Guild Wars is quite fun. or at least the original is. good for a long while of gaming, if nothing else. I beat the story in about 100 hours, and then stopped playing, but it was definitely worth the money.

I'm really warming to Pyro.

*b'dum-tsch*

But yes, it seems to be a great class for both the way I prefer to attack and the way I prefer to defend. Attacking, I can just run into a group of enemies and twirl around manically, setting people on fire, without really needing to aim. Defending, I can hide behind a corner and torch anyone who runs past.

EDIT: He also has relatively high health compared with everyone bar the Heavy and the Soldier, and runs at a decent rate so you can get to the contested control point(s) in time.

I'm really warming to Pyro.

*b'dum-tsch*

But yes, it seems to be a great class for both the way I prefer to attack and the way I prefer to defend. Attacking, I can just run into a group of enemies and twirl around manically, setting people on fire, without really needing to aim. Defending, I can hide behind a corner and torch anyone who runs past.yeah, I'm kinda lovin pyro myself :) ambushing is fun

edit: oh, and Paul, you're required to be the Pyro! what with your inflammable baby lotion and all :p

It took me a good several hours because I was distracted a few times, but I just finished Portal. It rocked completely from beginning to end.

Last night Matty, Dan and I had an absurdly epic game of TF2 on some custom map (We were all on the same team, with some random people against some other random people. Something about the map made it very difficult to close out, and the creator had failed to impose a time limit, so we were fighting for what felt like an hour over this one map. The five control points kept going back and forth: we'd get them down to one control point, then they'd get us down to one control point, and so on. Eventually, after a titanic effort, we won.

Incidentally, it was here that my new love for the Pyro class was kindled *gets shot*

I don't think I'll be flaunting this little episode in the OO Dwarf Fortress thread, but it's definitely worth publicizing in here.

While adventuring around, I found, in a dwarven fortress on the very northern edge of the map, surrounded by haunted wasteland crawling with zombie predators...

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1547/dieguana1mi1.png
To put it in his native tongue: Y HELO THAR.

I chased him around the fortress for a bit.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4524/dieguana2yl0.png
OOPS! MY SPEAR SLIPPED INTO YOUR FACE!

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5619/dieguana3rp1.png
STAB STAB STABBY STAB STABBITTY STAB STAB
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8449/dieguana4rv4.png
STAB STABBY STAB STAB... stab. Phew! Stab, stab.

Now for the incredible part.

Nobody cared.

Seriously. This whole fortress is packed to the brim with other dwarves, more than a few of whom are other survivors of the Forum Fort, to include even AndrewTaylor the sheriff. They all looked the other way on my messily killing Iguana in the middle of their hallways. A marksdwarf even decided to accompany me on my adventures.

How... utterly perfect.

Nobody loves the Masons. :(

So THAT'S what happened to Iguana!

I knew we'd killed him.

I don't think I've found myself in the world yet. I'd remember if I had because all of the awesome would have momentarily paralyzed me.

I've just discovered the Hidden:source mod. It's absolutely brilliant, especially when played at 4 in the morning with 9 other people who've never played it before either.

On to Portal Level 17, then.

(No-one said you had to complete it in three hours...)

I'm playin' me some of that newly updated Dwarf Fortress, yo! (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=619653&postcount=319)

* ditto *

well, I WAS playing Sin & Punishment, the greatest and most awesomely written game EVAR!!!!

later today I hope to snag a copy of TimeShift from somewhere.

Been playing the Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction demo... over and... OVER... OH MAN *fap fap* So sexy. :cool:

I brought my N64 and Super Smash Brothers (the original) to uni with me when I came home for the weekend, so now my roommates and I, and practically the entire floor now, have been playing that... Which is pretty much awesome, but the room is so frikin' small that when people are playing I can't even access, let alone sit at, my desk...:p

I'm done now, but I did play Phoenix Wright.
:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Got ZX Advent.

The voice acting makes me want to stab things, and it's too hard.

Just finished HL:S and now I'm bored again. :(

A few things.

Team Fortress 2 (kicks major ass, and looks amazing)
Crysis Demo (Fun, but I need to get used to it more)
Oblivion (Also fun, very very vast)
Unreal Tournie 04 (Just had a quick blast on it, still one of the best FPS's, but TF2 is better)

And Half Life 2, Episode 2 (whenever the duck it decides to freaking download it all, it's taking ages!)

I'm enjoying MMZXA a lot more now that I've gotten more into it, although I still have to skim through major dialogue exchanges faster than I want to just to make the voice actors shut the hell up so they don't ruin every single line (I mean, even something like "Oh, there it is") with their horrible, horrible... er, voices.

Still, I've unlocked some pretty friggin' sweet transformations.

Edit: Also, Toribash, some Soldat, still slowly chipping away at HL2ep2, and the occasional bout of one of my old favorites, Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com).

By the way, the new version of Toribash is free, so if you don't have it, get it BOY. (This message is directed at everyone)

Call of Duty 4 is seriously rocking my world right now.

Hellgate: London is starting to prove a bit bland, though still plenty good enough to play until I beat the story of the game, at least.

By the way, the new version of Toribash is free, so if you don't have it, get it BOY. (This message is directed at everyone)Oh yes, oh yes. I have saved 200+ replays. I don't remember the exact count at the moment, but it's a lot.

By the way, as long as I'm talking to Pigbuster, I think Kingdom of Loathing is totally right up your alley. :p Its sense of humor really reminds me of yours at times.

Viva Piñata, since it was finally released for PC. Rare's first PC-ported game, how about that?

HOOKED. That's all I have to say. Addicted, even. Addictive. Addad ad addd ad I have to go play some more before work.

By the way, the new version of Toribash is free, so if you don't have it, get it BOY. (This message is directed at everyone)
i downloaded that a while back and just didn't get it

I nabbed a Gameboy micro of ebay for 20 quid.

I'm currently marveling at how dinky my GBA games now are.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Again...

Super Mario Bros 3

Again... :D

I nabbed a Gameboy micro of ebay for 20 quid.

I'm currently marveling at how dinky my GBA games now are.
nice catch, what color is it

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

I started playing it at about 9:30 am and I stopped 10 minutes ago (5:30 pm).
My arm hurts :(.

My arm hurts :(.

You're not holding it out in the air, are you?

it's possible to just rest it on something and swivel it around to point.

You're not holding it out in the air, are you?
it's possible to just rest it on something and swivel it around to point.

I know that, it's just that constant tiredness and generic arm pains start to take their toll.

nice catch, what color is it
Pink .:D

http://e.photos.cx/splat-c72.PNG

That new graphics option in Toribash is just delicious, although it makes some of the stuff in certain mods harder to see, and, oh, runs like uphill molasses. Shame. It's still nice to watch some of the messier replays with it on, though.

http://e.photos.cx/candybat-a2f.png

My Sherbat kicks ass.

Toribash has the silliest ragdoll physics I've played. I can punch my own arms off.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8994/yihaaaun9.png
YIHAA! :D

Wish i had those shaders... i hate my old mac... :(

Nice ones, guys.

Here are some of me own.

Super Mario Galaxy.

It is absolutely FANTASTEEK.

I hope I'm not the only person who spent 5 minutes making long jumps on some of the smaller planets to see how many times I could loop around them.

Super Mario Galaxy.

It is absolutely FANTASTEEK.

I hope I'm not the only person who spent 5 minutes making long jumps on some of the smaller planets to see how many times I could loop around them.I never spent any large amount of time on any one planet, but I continuously played with that mechinc throughout the entire time I played the game :p

I love how the game doesn't babysit you at all.

It actually gives the basic concept that is required to beat the boss in the level the boss is in, so by the time you reach the boss, you have the concept down pat. You just need to figure out how to apply it to the bigger enemy.

It's a much better way of doing it than, say, having someone send you a message through a communication headset saying "YOU HAVE TO JUMP ON HIS WEAK POINT DO YOU THINK THE WEAK POINT MIGHT BE THE BIG FLASHING BALL I'M NOT SURE I THINK YOU SHOULD TRY IT DID I MENTION YOU HAVE TO JUMP ON THE WEAK POINT!?"

LEGO Star Wars II.
Only this time I managed importing a save game from the first one, so now I can play with all the episode 1-3 characters too in free play mode.

Also yay! They took out the high-jump ability in the second game, so now Jar Jar Binks is completely useless - just like in the movie.

I love how the game doesn't babysit you at all.

It actually gives the basic concept that is required to beat the boss in the level the boss is in, so by the time you reach the boss, you have the concept down pat. You just need to figure out how to apply it to the bigger enemy.

The bits of Super Mario 64 that I've played relied on the same principle.

Unfortunately, being the sort of person who tends to avoid enemys when he can rather than actually kill them, this leaves me a bit stumped when it comes to the boss battles. "Oh, ground pound the plaster on his back..."

(I can't help but feel sorry for Big Whomp. All he wants is equality for mineral-based life-forms...)

Knytt Stories (http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories)

Curse you KRD for introducing me to this. I don't have much free time, and the free time I do have would be better spent on getting better at Albatross 18.

Arg!

Knytt Stories (http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories)

Curse you KRD for introducing me to this. I don't have much free time, and the free time I do have would be better spent on getting better at Albatross 18.

Arg!

Why didn't I recommend that? :(


Now I feel disappointed in myself for not recommending the work of Nifflas.

damn you! I spent forever playing Knytt to completion and now you give me a new version of it.....I hate you....

LEGO Star Wars II.
Me too. I have most of Episode IV mastered, save one minikit piece and a few of the Story Mode True Jedi things. Why, oh why did they decide on separate True Jedi meters for Story and Free Play modes? Why, I ask?!?!?!?/1

It is really cool that you can carry over LSW1 characters, yeah, but Jango Fett isn't all that useful anymore, and I usually end up using one of my custom characters anyway. Bobman Ultrabob and General Gray are both just too cool.

Knytt Stories (http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories)

Curse you KRD for introducing me to this. I don't have much free time, and the free time I do have would be better spent on getting better at Albatross 18.

Arg!
I got hooked on Knytt stories a couple of weeks ago. Once you exhaust the expansions it becomes really hard to find decent levels to play.

I've played a lot of the levels at www.knyttlevels.com and they range from great to horrible.

I recomend Colours, Station 07, Scrolly Polly and Gaia (makes sure you get the latest version) from that site.

I also recomend 'Don't eat the mushroom', although it's not on the site I linked. Google it. And set your 'internet humour' tollerance high before you play it.

Anyone else know any good levels?

Don't eat the mushroom (http://nifflas.ni2.se/forum/index.php?topic=1451.0) can be found here

If you want to grab the official expansion pack "A Strange Dream" then it's here (http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories&sub=04Get_More_Levels), It has a level called "An Underwater Adventure" and it's fantastic. The 3rd party levels expansion pack is OK to, although I wasn't a fan of "Afar".

Otherwise, there's not really any that philby hasn't mentioned already that I'd advise. I thought I'd have a shot at making my own, and I made a small test level that works a bit like the game Soul Reaver, whereby you have two dimensions and can swap between the two. Works OK, but the big mass of switch objects creates a small lag when moving between rooms.

This week I have mostly been playing Phantom Hourglass.

I found a nice little exploit. When you've got the yellow beacon in the Temple of the Ocean King, instead of proceeding into the next room, each time you use the beacon to enter the temple just come back out of the door you drew the Tri-Force on. Now draw an hourglass on the big red door, go in, collect the contents of the yellow jar, come back out of there and draw a Tri-Force on the door again. Now you are 30 seconds better off than you were when you stepped into the beacon to enter the temple. Unfortunately, doing this and then stepping into the yellow beacon again doesn't reset your time with the extra 30 seconds, though I have a theory I am yet to try; if you go from the start of the temple to the red door and collect the yellow jar prior to stepping into the light to set your time you will already be 30 seconds better off. If you then repeat the above after re-entering the temple through the yellow beacon you could potentially add a whole minute. I'm very tired so I don't know if this makes much sense.

This may be well known but I have made an effort not to read anything about this game online yet as I heard it was quite easy.

Guild Wars.

It's gotton worse, I bought Factions and Nightfall too.

Elite Beat Agents.

It's both awesome and amazing.

I also fished Lemmings (PS2) and XIII out of a bargain bin. XIII best feature so far is Adam West.

switching off between W:A, Ocarina of Time, and Crysis.

Elite Beat Agents.

It's both awesome and amazing.

I also fished Lemmings (PS2) and XIII out of a bargain bin. XIII best feature so far is Adam West.
xiii rules but the ending is such an awful cliffhanger and they never made a sequel

xiii rules but the ending is such an awful cliffhanger and they never made a sequel
Don't worry, I've played Beyond Good and evil. I can handle it.

Seriously, WTF ubisoft, stop not making sequels:(

Elite Beat Agents.

It's both awesome and amazing.You know, there were some damn good ones in Majora's Mask, but I have to say the Christmas mission of EBA is the single most tragic thing in gaming I've ever seen. They executed that one perfectly.

It's nice that they softened up the tapping noises for that one.

Failing the third section on my first successful run made me so sad.:(

Huh, I don't think I ever failed any portions of it, come to think of it... it's sad enough when you're successful.

You know, there were some damn good ones in Majora's Mask, but I have to say the Christmas mission of EBA is the single most tragic thing in gaming I've ever seen. They executed that one perfectly.

For some reason I can't remember many other heart-rending gaming moments right now. I know MOTHER3 has a couple, but I know there are others.

For some reason I can't remember many other heart-rending gaming moments right now. I know MOTHER3 has a couple, but I know there are others.

Man I can't wait until MOTHER3 gets fully translated

The fan translation is coming along pretty well.
http://mother3.fobby.net/
They finally got variable-width font working in essential areas.

Huh, I don't think I ever failed any portions of it, come to think of it... it's sad enough when you're successful.
You're either a lot better than me, or you didn't try it on sweatin' or above.

If any of you can beat Jumpin' Jack Flash on Hard ROCK! mode in less than 100 tries, I will be sad. :(

You're either a lot better than me, or you didn't try it on sweatin' or above.The second one.

I got a PSP Slim & Lite for Sigmamas and a copy of Gitaroo Man Lives, which is awesome!

Unfortunately I don't have a Memory Stick so the fact that I got to the final level in one sitting is of no consequence. Also, I thought the drum & bass shark (Ben-K) was far too easy. :mad:

Incidentally, I am currently posting from my PSP; why I'm using words like "consequence" and "incidentally" is beyond me.

If any of you can beat Jumpin' Jack Flash on Hard ROCK! mode in less than 100 tries, I will be sad. :(

If that's the 4-star difficulty with the Divas, I didn't bother getting to the end. I failed JJF about 32 times on 3 Stars, but suffering through Canned Heat just isn't worth it on 4 Stars, and September was proving next to impossible as well.

I got a PSP Slim & Lite for Sigmamas and a copy of Gitaroo Man Lives, which is awesome!

Unfortunately I don't have a Memory Stick so the fact that I got to the final level in one sitting is of no consequence. Also, I thought the drum & bass shark (Ben-K) was far too easy. :mad:

Incidentally, I am currently posting from my PSP; why I'm using words like "consequence" and "incidentally" is beyond me.

To you and anyone who owns a PSP who has some spare cash or gift cards now that Christmas has rolled around, I'd recommend tracking down a copy of Monster Hunter Freedom 2 if you can. Not an exceptionally hyped game, but you play as an adventurer and go out slaying monsters and you get to use their hides in making armor and stuff. You also get to wield BIG-ASS HAMMERS.

It's kind of like Diablo II if you cut down on the adventure element and ousted random maps in favor of adding an actual in-depth combat system. Definitely my favourite game on the system so far. But yeah, might wanna invest in a memory stick first.

If any of you can beat Jumpin' Jack Flash on Hard ROCK! mode in less than 100 tries, I will be sad. :(

Hoo boy, I'm currently brickwalled by JJF on sweatin', but I think I've almost got it, as long as there isn't another section after the hell that is the bit with the three spinners.

Zero, if you haven't played above the standard difficulty, you've only played half a game. Sure it's hard, but it fells so good once you finaly nail a level. Also, Is it even possible to unlock all three extra songs on one and two star alone?

Zero, if you haven't played above the standard difficulty, you've only played half a game. Sure it's hard, but it fells so good once you finaly nail a level. Also, Is it even possible to unlock all three extra songs on one and two star alone?I didn't really give up so much as temporarily lose interest to other games. Last time I played, I think I was grappling with the tier of songs right before the final one, making slow progress.

Is it wrong that La La is actually one of my favorites?

As for what I'm playing now? I'm playing WII SPORTS! On my WII!

...Ow! Yeah, I'm taking New Wii Owner's Syndrome pretty hard, but I just can't help myself!

BIG ASS-HAM.

Yeah I was thinking about grabbing a copy of that. I have a copy of Infected I earned from testing it to death which I'll have to play through (again... ugh) to see if I'm in the credits and I also want Maverick Hunter X and Warhammer 40K.

As for what I'm playing now? I'm playing WII SPORTS! On my WII!

...Ow! Yeah, I'm taking New Wii Owner's Syndrome pretty hard, but I just can't help myself!*high-five*

I picked up Super Mario Galaxy today and found it amazingly enjoyable, and also Monster Hunter 2 Freedom, in which I was able to read some of the instructional magazines and complete one tutorial mission before developing a headache.