Oh man it's probably too late now but http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/ go go go
Got it, they extended it to 28th. :D

Excellent. Worth it for Meat Boy and PPPPPP alone, if you ask me.

Anybody else remember FatWhitey? Everett? Weird fella, occasionally a little sensitive, but looking back on our conversations he came across a nice enough guy whose heart was in the right place even if his social skills weren't quite up to the challenge.

The last thing he did before he dropped off the map was he mailed me a "spare copy" of Oblivion Collector's Edition he had. This was, I think, two or three years ago. I think that was his way of thanking me for mailing him a copy of the "Smashing... Live!" CD that came with a copy of Nintendo Official Magazine UK back in 2003/2004.

He's been banned from Facebook at least three times, though. Makes one wonder exactly what he was doing to elicit that kind of response from the Facebook admins.

I think I do. If I remember rightly, and I'm remembering the right person, either before W3D or W4, he also spent a lot of time in whichever IRC channel it was.

Must've been quite a long time ago as I can't find any chatlogs or remember it iin any detail.

Yeah I remember him, interesting guy, we always chatted whenever he got on and even played SSBB at some point. I haven't seen him in years now.

He was a bit socially-awkward though, got kinda creepy sometimes and I know that got on the wrong side of a lot of people (even here) so he changed accounts a lot so he could exclude himself from OD and MSN and what not. That's probably what got him banned from Facebook so much too.

Odd fella indeed. Used to talk to him on msn quite a while back, all I can remember is that he was a huge fan of Morrowind and was really looking forward to Oblivion.

That's where I knew him from the most:
http://www.dream17.info/staff.php?id=6

IIRC, he has already faded from T17 forum around the time I joined D17.

Yeah, he used to talk to me fairly frequently. I talked back sometimes. :p... I pretty much agree with the assessment that he was a good guy, but sometimes I had a hard time talking to him because he was really awkward pretty much all the time.

It's possible to get banned from Facebook? ...I want to know more, too.

I think he ended up coming off as a spammer creeping up random girls on Facebook. Should've tried Okcupid instead. :p

Yeah, that sounds about right.

I got along just fine with him back on WormNet, not sure what this talk of socially awkward is all about. Maybe I'm too socially awkward myself to have noticed anything? :confused:

I got along just fine with him back on WormNet, not sure what this talk of socially awkward is all about. Maybe I'm too socially awkward myself to have noticed anything? :confused:

pretty big difference between in-game chat and "just chattin' bout things"

for a while i was pretty weird and creepy but he gave me a run for my god damn money

Actually thinking about it, Ev and I played a game of WA online where my sister joined in, and every time I spoke to him after that he'd ask how my sister was doing and tell me to tell her he said "Hi."

I remember him, don't remember his being too awkward though, guess that was a while ago...


This is the only non-sticky thread left on the front page of OD. :-/



edit: S2K, I entirely forgot we live in the same goddam city. Seriously.

Let's go bowling.

http://www.alexmilburn.com/ooer.png

Hah. Oops.

Actually thinking about it, Ev and I played a game of WA online where my sister joined in, and every time I spoke to him after that he'd ask how my sister was doing and tell me to tell her he said "Hi."Yikes. I... think I vaguely remember that sort of behavior in regards to my at-the-time netgirlfriend, which is almost even weirder. I can definitely picture it, anyway.

http://www.alexmilburn.com/ooer.png

Hah. Oops.

You've got a 1.5TB drive right there. Use that.

You've got a 1.5TB drive right there. Use that.It says "0 bytes free", I'm pretty sure he can't.

I'm in a similar predicement:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/whoops.png

It says "0 bytes free", I'm pretty sure he can't.

I'm in a similar predicement:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/whoops.png

Oh yeah. D'oh.

What the hell are you lot filling your hard drives with??? Actually, on second thoughts... I probably don't want to know :p

The biggest folders on my HD (190Gb free, out of 500Gb) are:
iMovie stuff: 68Gb
PhD Stuff: 54Gb
Photos: 35Gb
Music: 9Gb

The huge drive is mostly full of ripped DVDs - our DVD player broke, our Wii's DVD drive is knackered, but I've installed WiiMC so I can wirelessly play videos shared on the network - it's a very primitive media player, but it works.

It seems almost half of all of my disk space used is Steam, clocking in at 34 Gig of the 77 Gig I'm using at the moment.

I don't have much on my laptop.

I had the same problem, but I removed the optical drive (I use an external USB one instead when I need one) and installed a second HDD in its place, and then bought the hueg external as well.

On the external drive now,
e:\Audiobooks < 40.4GB
e:\ISOs < 4.22GB // Pretty much just WA and AoE2 for the CD music (no drive)
e:\My Videos\Films\ < 218GB
e:\My Videos\TV Shows\ < 902GB
e:\Unsorted Rips\ < 186GB // This is mostly old films or TV shows where I have to manually join and split the videos to get one episode per file. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) was the worst.

What the hell are you lot filling your hard drives with??? Actually, on second thoughts... I probably don't want to know :P

Well you see...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/folder_steam.png


I have...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/folder_jogos.png


A lot...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/folder_games.png


Of games...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/folder_downloads.png

Not that I actually play them, that'd just be silly.
http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/halolz-dot-com-advicesteam-buygamesyouvebeenmeaningtoplay.jpg

I have about 120 GB of music and more than 500 GB of movies and series.
And I don't want to know how large my Steam folder is.
http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/halolz-dot-com-advicesteam-buygamesyouvebeenmeaningtoplay.jpg
That sums up the whole Steam debacle pretty nicely. :p

Anyone else not see the point of 3D cinema/tv? I feel The Oatmeal summarises it nicely: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/3d_movies

The nail hasn't just been hit on the head, its now suffering from rather severe concussion.

I like 3D films. Not every film needs it, but when used apropriately it's a nice effect that really adds to immersion.

Unfortunately most of the time it's going to be stuff COMING RIGHT AT YOUR FACE. Not to mention non-sterioscopic films remastered awkwardly to be in 3D. Episode I in 3d? Really George lucas?

Also if I hadn't seen Avatar in 3D I might have had to pay attention to the story.:p

Also if I hadn't seen Avatar in 3D I might have had to pay attention to the story.:pwhat's wrong with its story? Pocahontas was a classic! :rolleyes:

what's wrong with its story? Pocahontas was a classic! :rolleyes:
A fine member of the 'We're totally sorry about colonialism' genre.

Thank god there was a kind white man availiable or the Na'vi would have been ****ed.

I like 3D films. Not every film needs it, but when used apropriately it's a nice effect that really adds to immersion.

Unfortunately most of the time it's going to be stuff COMING RIGHT AT YOUR FACE. Not to mention non-sterioscopic films remastered awkwardly to be in 3D. Episode I in 3d? Really George lucas?

Also if I hadn't seen Avatar in 3D I might have had to pay attention to the story.:p
There was a story?? I must have blinked and missed that bit.

I've only seen Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland in 3D.
That is, in "Real3D".

It basically felt like one of those flip-open diorama books.
A regular 2D movie was simply rendered on 3 planes, which gave the impression of cut out cardboard figures being moved around.
Only CGI animations looked believably good.

I guess a properly done 3D movie, i.e. IMAX, with professional shutter glasses (instead of polarized ones) could look good.
Not that most movies would need it anyway.

I really would like to be able to afford a good 3D system for computer gaming though...

I'm still waiting for the 3D trend resurgence to die back down. :p

I've only seen Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland in 3D.
That is, in "Real3D".

It basically felt like one of those flip-open diorama books.
A regular 2D movie was simply rendered on 3 planes, which gave the impression of cut out cardboard figures being moved around.
Only CGI animations looked believably good.

I guess a properly done 3D movie, i.e. IMAX, with professional shutter glasses (instead of polarized ones) could look good.
Not that most movies would need it anyway.

I really would like to be able to afford a good 3D system for computer gaming though...
Yeah Alice in wonderland was notorious for it's shoddy, added as an after-thought 3D!

Tron Legacy, now that was a nice looking 3D film.

The last time I saw something in 3D was when I was 8 and at Disney World in Florida. Then again, I've not been to the cinema for almost four years, so that's not really a surprise.

Best 3D effect I've experienced was with nvidia glasses back when you had to use a crt monitor. Tried them out with Rome: Total War and Battlefield Vietnam, both were just released I think. I could consider getting a 3D capable monitor now for gaming, but movies feel pointless. There's just not the same need to feel like being in the same room in a film as with a game.

Killing Floor has updated with new weapons for what I'm pretty sure is the second time ever, and I'm thrilled. Really is a Christmas update for me; it's almost scary how much this weapon pack is almost exactly what I would have designed. It's all the stuff I never knew I always wanted in KF!

For Medic: MP5M, haven't tried it yet but historically speaking I love me some MP5
For Support: Combat Shotgun, a non-hunting-shotgun middle ground between the starter pump-action and AA12
For Commando: M4, same-cost alternative to the AK with less power but considerably greater stability
For Sharpshooter: .44 magnum (hell yes) - can be dual wielded, is exceptionally powerful at a cost of low ammo capacity and long reloads
For Berzerker: Claymore sword, very slow swing but unmatched power
For Firebug: Husk's arm cannon. Chargable! Results in a pretty significant blast.
For Demolitions: M4 203 -- M4 with attached grenade launcher. Not scoped, so I think it's intended more like an M79 that also shoots bullets than it is an assault rifle that also shoots grenades.

I really appreciate KF's business model. The awesome new content feels like a "thanks for playing," and the character skin packs are there for purchase if you want to show monetary support. Speaking of, there's a new steampunk one, if that's your thing.

There is however no new skin to unlock this time, but you have the chance to get the Baddest Santa one from last year.
New achievements for the new weapons though.
I really appreciate KF's business model. The awesome new content feels like a "thanks for playing," and the character skin packs are there for purchase if you want to show monetary support. Speaking of, there's a new steampunk one, if that's your thing.
Indeed.
That's why I buy all those skin packs without a second thought.

Today I learned that if you post an image on the Skyrim reddit you better be damn sure you don't make any typos. Especially don't write Dova Kin instead of Dohvakiin.

I fixed the image again after I got home from work, but there was already like 6 different imaged posted with various corrections and changes. Oh wow, oh internet. :confused:

http://i.imgur.com/yDNme.jpg

I don't even play Skyrim and I'm ashamed to be posting on the same forum as you. :p

I agree. You are a disgrace to this forum, Xinos. :mad:

Also, BEST HUMBLE INDIE BUNDLE EVER.

http://www.humblebundle.com/

"Seven epic games. We're ready to drop seven new cross-platform, DRM-free games down your digital chimney. Bandage your fingertips and prepare your mind for the challenges of Super Meat Boy, Shank, Jamestown, Bit.Trip Runner, and NightSky. If you pay more than the average price, you'll also get two massive, well-loved indie favorites: Cave Story+ and Gratuitous Space Battles."

I feel like a dick for paying only $10. :C

:eek: HOLY HELL THAT IS ONE BEAST OF A HUMBLE BUNDLE! :eek:

it would be cool to see this one break $3 million

I feel like a dick for paying only $10. :C
I paid only €4.90, but I don't feel bad.
I always donate ~90% towards the charities (in this case Child Play and Red Cross) and the remainder for the developers and as humble tip.

It's a pity that Indie Royale doesn't have a charity scheme. :(

Such a great bundle. Annoyingly, I already owned all of them except Gratuitous Space Battles (which I don't really care about) and Shank. I ended up just paying "near full" price for Shank and got GSB for free.

I tried some hard egg nog last night and my body decided in the middle of the night that it was radioactive poison to be purged as agonizingly as possible

This is now relevant: http://gunshowcomic.com/eggnog2010/

At least some of that scene looks familiar, yeah.

http://i.imgur.com/bg4Po.jpg

http://www.instantsfun.es/dramatic

I would worry more about the Vogons.

Cave Story+ got a new soundtrack that doesn't suck! :eek: It's a christmas miracle!

Yeah, it's pretty neato. Still can't touch the original, needless to say, but it's definitely hella better than the New style one. Quite listenable in general. I was at the waterway when it went into effect, and that was a pretty nice introduction.

Edit: Frickin' Wind Fortress timer bug is still there, though.

Apparently it's the Cave Story 3D soundtrack which was remastered by Danny Baranowsky (of Super Meat Boy fame), which explains a lot. The new Hell theme is particularly meatish, and Moonsong is still my favorite track ever. :)

Also if you're like me and you just can't resist having all your favorite game soundtracks nicely packed and tagged in swanky MP3, I took the liberty of arranging that: http://www.somesingawful.com/supsuper/stuff/Cave%20Story%203D.zip

I won a free copy of Terraria on Steam in this giveaway thing, anyone who doesn't own it and would like a copy, it's yours!

I would take it off your hands, but I don't think my crappy laptop can run it. :p

I think pretty much anything can run terraria.

Processor: 1.6 Ghz
Memory: 512MB
Hard Disk Space: 200MB
Video Card: 128mb Video Memory, capable of Shader Model 1.1

What laptop do you have?

It's an old toshiba, around six years old with integrated intel graphics. I don't have it with me at the moment, so I can't check right now. I think it does have 128Mb Video memory, but I'm not sure if it supports shader model 1.1.

edit: I can run Worms Reloaded, tho it lags horribly at anything over the second lowest resolution. Not sure if that helps establish whether I can run this or not. :p

My laptop lags somewhat with Worms Reloaded on levels with 3D backgrounds, but is fine without. Terraria runs super-smooth.

WR demands a slightly slower processor (1.25 instead of 1.6) but demands twice as much RAM, and a similar graphics card.

Next time you're at the laptop check the details or give me the laptop's model number and I'll check for you, I was hoping you'd want it so I could return the favour for W:UR. It's very likely it'll run it though, some people with 8 year old PCs are running it. The new patch added lots of fancy new graphics features but they can all be toggled off.

I'll check when I get home in a couple of hours, I don't remember what model the laptop is.

Apparently it's the Cave Story 3D soundtrack which was remastered by Danny Baranowsky (of Super Meat Boy fame), which explains a lot. The new Hell theme is particularly meatish, and Moonsong is still my favorite track ever. :)

Also if you're like me and you just can't resist having all your favorite game soundtracks nicely packed and tagged in swanky MP3, I took the liberty of arranging that: http://www.somesingawful.com/supsuper/stuff/Cave%20Story%203D.zip

You beauty.:D

if Mtl can't do it, I'm willing to give it a shot. I usually give up on those sorts of games before long, though.

I have a 256MB "Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family".

And I'm still not sure if I can run it. A simple google search doesn't give much concrete evidence either way, some people say they can't get it to run, others say they can. :/

Dungeons of Dreadmor has grown on me pretty rapidly.

I won "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (http://store.steampowered.com/app/15750)" by crafting 7 lumps of coal.
Anyone want it?

Also, I just noticed that I won the Fallout Collection yesterday, which contains Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics.
Nice! :D

How much fun am I having in Dungeons of Dreadmor? This much!
http://i.imgur.com/pMJMa.png
http://i.imgur.com/pMen5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QcaYt.png
http://i.imgur.com/VVhBG.png
http://i.imgur.com/iC4VB.png

Man, it turns out I'm, like, all about sushi.

I won "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (http://store.steampowered.com/app/15750)" by crafting 7 lumps of coal.
Anyone want it?

Also, I just noticed that I won the Fallout Collection yesterday, which contains Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics.
Nice! :D

I just won the Fallout Collection as well, after completing that ridiculously insane Super Meat Boy achievement(The Golden Gift!)! I feel pretty awesome right now. :cool:

I .. I don't know what to think about the Binding of Isaac. It's terribly offensive (I'm not personally offended, but .. it's extreme really, and even if it doesn't offend me it feels odd to play something so over the top), but .. by jove it's so much fun.

Also, I have the following vouchers available if anyone wants them (none are golden):

Valve: 25%, 25%, 33%, 33%, 50%
Renegade Ops 33%
GTA: Vice City 50%
Worms Ultimate Mayhem 50%
Meridian4 10%
ARES Extinction Agenda 50%
Monday Night Combat 50%
Cthulu Saves the World & Breath of Depth VII 50%
City Interactive 33%

I have a 50% for something called SolSurvivor. Assuming you know what that is and are interested, you're welcome to it!

I have a 50% for something called SolSurvivor. Assuming you know what that is and are interested, you're welcome to it!

It's funny because that game is 75% off right now, and you can't stack the coupon as they can't be used before jan 2, when I assume the current offers will be gone.

I also have an equally useless 50% off coupon for Garshasp: The Monster Slayer, if anyone is into collecting these useless coupons. :p

A friend traded me some coupons he won't use, so here's my list now:

-50% SolSurvivor
-50% Recettear
-25% Serious Sam 3
-25% Any Valve Game (x3)
-33% Any Valve Game (x2)

Woo! Terraria works great!

Thanks a lot, Sarge! :)

It's funny because that game is 75% off right now, and you can't stack the coupon as they can't be used before jan 2, when I assume the current offers will be gone.

I also have an equally useless 50% off coupon for Garshasp: The Monster Slayer, if anyone is into collecting these useless coupons. :p
I'm collecting useless coupons, feel free to throw them my way if you don't want'em, or if you want any of mine (http://steamcommunity.com/id/supsuper/inventory/). :p

any of mine (http://steamcommunity.com/id/supsuper/inventory/). :pgood lord! :eek:

Is it even possible to gift coupons? I can't find the option to send as gift... :p

I now also have a 33% Valve coupon. And I discovered that I can run TF2, albeit with a lot of concessions. :p

But it runs rather smoothly! :eek:

This year has a nice ring to it in Roman Numerals!

Is it even possible to gift coupons? I can't find the option to send as gift... :pyou have to trade it as if it were an item in TF2.

I have this:

Games

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Osmos
Half-Life 1
The Ship (gift)


-50%

Arcania: Gothic 4
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Disciples 3 Franchise


-33%

Valve x2


-25%

GSC Games


-10%

Meridian4

you have to trade it as if it were an item in TF2.

I know, but I was hoping to be able to give them away without having to get another useless thing in return. :p

You can do a trade and have one person's offer be nothing.

I usually try to avoid treating this forum like tech suport, but this is the dumbest problem ever and google has been no help!

Here's the thing, I've got a Mictrosoft lifechat LX-3000 USB headset, but windows Vista has identified it as speakers. This results in the highest possible volume being barely audible (stronger signals would presumably blow out a pair of powered speakers) and the headset is basically useless. Reinstalling the drivers didn't help.

I tried them on my laptop, and they worked fine for ~half an hour before suddenly developing identical isssues.

Is there any way to force windows to recognise them as headphones?

The fact that the stupid things are manufactured by Microsoft just makes it even more agrivating. There's even a button that starts up MSN, handilly positioned just beneath the mic mute button.:p

Did you try installing the drivers from the CD that came with it before plugging it in? Even those might be outdated, though, so I guess give these a try, but first make sure you're uninstalling the device from the system completely:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/lifechat-lx-3000

This support thread might be of some use as well:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistahardware/thread/11772089-61df-409d-bd69-f4588cff42ee/

I usually try to avoid treating this forum like tech suport, but this is the dumbest problem ever and google has been no help!

Here's the thing, I've got a Mictrosoft lifechat LX-3000 USB headset, but windows Vista has identified it as speakers. This results in the highest possible volume being barely audible (stronger signals would presumably blow out a pair of powered speakers) and the headset is basically useless. Reinstalling the drivers didn't help.

I tried them on my laptop, and they worked fine for ~half an hour before suddenly developing identical isssues.

Is there any way to force windows to recognise them as headphones?

The fact that the stupid things are manufactured by Microsoft just makes it even more agrivating. There's even a button that starts up MSN, handilly positioned just beneath the mic mute button.:p
What do you mean they're detected as "speakers"? Windows Vista/7 shows any sound device as "speakers" in the Sound panel if they only have one output, regardless of what the device physically is, so that isn't the problem. The only time you will see something as "headphones" there is if you have a soundcard with different jacks for speakers/headphones or something.

Does the device have the correct name in the Device Manager? If yes, then either the headset or the drivers are s***. If the issue wasn't present from the start, then probably something broke like a damaged wire (these mess up easier than you'd think), jack or channel that's messing up the volume output. Or if you think it's the drivers you can take it up with Microsoft.

Did you try installing the drivers from the CD that came with it before plugging it in? Even those might be outdated, though, so I guess give these a try, but first make sure you're uninstalling the device from the system completely:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/d/lifechat-lx-3000

This support thread might be of some use as well:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistahardware/thread/11772089-61df-409d-bd69-f4588cff42ee/

Naturally, it didn't come with a CD and I've already re-installed the driver (after uninstalling from the device menu).

What do you mean they're detected as "speakers"? Windows Vista/7 shows any sound device as "speakers" in the Sound panel if they only have one output, regardless of what the device physically is, so that isn't the problem. The only time you will see something as "headphones" there is if you have a soundcard with different jacks for speakers/headphones or something.

Does the device have the correct name in the Device Manager? If yes, then either the headset or the drivers are s***. If the issue wasn't present from the start, then probably something broke like a damaged wire (these mess up easier than you'd think), jack or channel that's messing up the volume output. Or if you think it's the drivers you can take it up with Microsoft.

My soundcard does indeed label things correctly, and headphones get a completely different configuration menu. 2 in fact, one through my soundcard's software and another through the regular windows audio manager.

I can't believe this is how it's actually suposed to work! the settings or my Microsoft branded headset shouldn't ask me where the speakers are positioned on my desk. Arrg Vista is so ****ing dumb.

The device manager has the correct name, and the drivers are freshly re-installed so you might be right about the wires being buggered. :(

Getting easier to draw parallels between the business models of Spiral Knights and TF2, I guess. First, randomly awarded lockboxes which have to be unlocked with expensive keys to win a random accessory which are sought after on varying levels. Now, in-game bonus items for purchasing other games.

To be fair, though, the latter is for another Sega game, and it's badass as hell (http://www.spiralknights.com/), and can also be gotten by purchasing a noticeably more expensive energy pack. And also Spiral Knights is still updating in order to make itself better, and doing a good job of it, instead of stacking hats and buggy overpowered weapons and every other imaginable type of bull**** on top of itself in a further effort to dance the game's bloated purple corpse on puppet wires to wring more money out of the squealing masses.

I was going to link screenshots of myself wearing the suit, but Steam seems to be rather crunked at the moment.

Unrelated: I'm very disappointed that my machine can't seem to keep up with Dustforce. It seems incredibly up my alley.

does anyone else live in the washington dc area these days

I'm pretty sure Obama still lives there?

Nonsense, we all know he lives in Muslimistan. I read it on Fox News!

I'm impressed.
I didn't know people into Fox News could actually read.

So. I have to do a project for uni in a group. It has to involve hardware and software. Our project is a GPS tracker for a bicycle. My thoughts are that making one small enough to fit into the bike frame would be very expensive, and the metal of the frame would block the GPS signal anyway. Solution: buy a large bike light, strip out the insides and put a GPS device in (along with a few LEDs).

We've not got much electronic experience, so building all the chips from scratch is I think not an option. I'm thinking of using an Arduino with a GPS shield.

We need to be able to transfer data too, of course. My thoughts are to get a GSM shield for the Arduino and send/receive data via SMS. This also adds the benefit of GSM tracking if GPS fails to lock on.

My only worries are battery life, size (although a complete Arduino chip with the shields shouldn't be much bigger than a matchbox), and managing to mount everything (especially the GPS module) in the bike light safely. Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?

So. I have to do a project for uni in a group. It has to involve hardware and software. Our project is a GPS tracker for a bicycle. My thoughts are that making one small enough to fit into the bike frame would be very expensive, and the metal of the frame would block the GPS signal anyway. Solution: buy a large bike light, strip out the insides and put a GPS device in (along with a few LEDs).

We've not got much electronic experience, so building all the chips from scratch is I think not an option. I'm thinking of using an Arduino with a GPS shield.

We need to be able to transfer data too, of course. My thoughts are to get a GSM shield for the Arduino and send/receive data via SMS. This also adds the benefit of GSM tracking if GPS fails to lock on.

My only worries are battery life, size (although a complete Arduino chip with the shields shouldn't be much bigger than a matchbox), and managing to mount everything (especially the GPS module) in the bike light safely. Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?
Why not using an external GPS antenna?

As for battery power, how about using a self-winding rotor coupled with an electric generator, like the ones used in automatic watches?
Maybe you could also utilize the pedal's cranks to fit a generator.
Or maybe even convert a wheel hub motor into one.

Problem is we've got a very small budget, and those things are all things I've looked at but would be out of our price range (and time constraints).

There isn't a huge need for a GPS antenna though - an internal one in a bike light would be fine (a thin layer of plastic doesn't ruin GPS). It's the battery that's the problem. I mean, we could run it on a 9V battery, but it'd die in a matter of hours, if not less.

Mmm. I suppose the smart thing to do is to ignore the battery problem for now, get it working and check what the power drain is, and determine the battery based on that. If we have to go over budget we'll have to, but that'll come out of our pockets.

Would Bluetooth be a better alternative to GSM?

I've got an external bluetooth GPS receiver to track flights when I go flying. That way I can tether it to my iPhone and not slaughter the battery by using the phone's onboard GPS chip. The bluetooth deeley lasts about 10hrs off its own battery.

Wouldn't work though - bluetooth's range is far too limited. You'd pretty much have to be able to see the bike to lock on.

Ah sorry, I misunderstood what you were after! I thought you meant a data logger, not a tracker.

My only worries are battery life, size (although a complete Arduino chip with the shields shouldn't be much bigger than a matchbox), and managing to mount everything (especially the GPS module) in the bike light safely. Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?

Does it have to be able to fit on any bike, or could you put it all in a reasonably large box and mount that on a carrier rack on the back of a bike?

If you really need it small you might be able to use a bare AVR rather than one in an arduino and use that to talk to the GSM shield. Have you got budget to produce your own PCBs?

What range do you need to be able to track it? There are other wireless solutions (don't know much about 'em mind) that might be simpler to interface with than GSM.

From the actual-solving-the-problem point of view: cheap android phone + app? I presume that would rather defeat the object of your project though.

I think the purpose of this is an anti-theft device, hidden in the bike, which is able to get the location of the stolen bike via GPS and transmit it to you via GSM, wherever there is coverage.
A big box mounted on the bike is the first thing that a thief would break open. :)

I've seen tests of such commercial devices (hidden in the bike's frame) on TV and it seemed to work very good, but of course, they never mentioned the battery issue.

IMO, the only solution to have maintenance-free, fit-and-forget device that is hidden in the bike and always operational is to have an independent power supply.

A battery couple with solar panel comes to my mind, but that would also look suspicious on a bike, if not done properly. Maybe a small wind turbine, but that has the same problem on a bike as a solar panel.

See if you can find a used wheel hub motor (or the whole wheel assembly) from a cheap/broken electric bike somewhere.
Here in Austria you can buy such bikes at supermarkets nowadays, for a few hundred Euros. There are also retrofitting kits available.
Try looking in the small ads or at a scrapyard!

Here are hub motors for $89:
http://www.goldenmotor.com/

Maybe you'll find something here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_hardware_projects

Bonz is quite right. It's supposed allow the owner to find their bike if it's been stolen, hence needing to "hide" it (and why I like the idea of hiding it in a light - everyone has a light on their bike!)

Obviously this means we need to be able to communicate from anywhere - I can't think of anything other than SMS/GSM other than say, 3G, which would be far too much work, too power intensive and too expensive.

It's just supposed to be a prototype - it can obviously be rough around the edges and have problems (especially ones caused by the budget).

Having it be maintenance free would be the aim of a real solution, but I'm not sure if we'd manage in time. I'm currently just thinking we should get as large a capacity LiIon battery as we could fit into a bike light (I'm thinking one like the image below - that's a lot of space, and a few LEDs at the top would enable it to still be a light, albeit a poor one).

Solar'd be great, but yeah, very obvious (and too easily damaged, bikes get knocked over all the time).

Our entire budget is roughly €100, and just the various components for GPS tracking and communication would take up most of that, cannibalizing an electric bike is out of our league. :<


We could make our own PCBs if we wished, definitely. However, we can get an Arduino very cheap, and I can get an entire GPS system that is designed to work with an Arduino for less than €25. The expensive part, and the one we should maybe think about making, is the GRSM bit. There's a perfect one that would hook into our Arduino (and make the dimensions of the complete thing about 70x55x35mm, GPS, Arduino and all), but it's about €70. Ugh.


I've myself thought about just buying a cheap android phone, yeah, but it would be cheating. :<

The main problem I have is that we're a group of people (7 in all - four are studying various business/economy degrees, and the other 3, myself included, are doing comp.sci and/or electronics), but they're all incompetent. None of them have ever done any work with electronics apart from just sticking wires into places following tutorials (no soldering or anything), none of them have ever done any android programming, and they don't seem to have any good ideas, which means I'm going to end up having to do everything. Which is fine in a way, excluding the budget & power problems this will be easy, but I'm not allowed to do everything, so I'm going to have to tell them what to do.

I know! I'll make them do all of the UML diagrams for my code. I hate UML. Excellent!


(Edit: here's the bike light image)

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxm84nnqTgXdobfEtz07rt4qB5iqfHi 4dqDwxcpBj_YX0M6BKa

I know! I'll make them do all of the UML diagrams for my code. I hate UML. Excellent!

Hah! Poor buggers :P

Vibration-powered generator thing comes to mind as a possibility, specially for a bicycle. Suspect it might not have the power to drive much, but if the entire device was in an extremely low power stand-by most of the time, and turned on every few hours to send a text it might work. Amusingly, looking them up most links point to some research my own uni did!

It doesn't even need to turn on every few hours - it'll be activated by an SMS sent from the android app. Mmm.

Get your business/economy dolts to scrounge off some of these from Brother Industries:
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20100716/184262/

Vibration generator of the size of an AA battery.
several of these coupled with Li-ion batteries would probably do the trick and fit into the bike frame, together with the electronics.
(Edit: here's the bike light image)

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxm84nnqTgXdobfEtz07rt4qB5iqfHi 4dqDwxcpBj_YX0M6BKa
Hmm, ugly, large lights like these might be a perfect anti-theft device by themselves. :D

IMO, nowadays tiny, detachable LED lights seem to be the trend, as they can be removed to not get stolen, more so for popular mountainbikes and similar.
Lights like these you would only find on grandmother bikes, that also have a shopping basket attached.

If a thief finds these on a trendy mountain bike, he'll most likely rip them of and throw away.
(And steal tiny, detachable ones from another bike.)
;)

Welp, my sister's laptop crashed during a boot-time virus scan and now it won't boot.

Agrivatingly, it lacks a CD drive so I can't just stick in the windows XP install CD. I tried using a USB CD drive, but it didn't see it. I also tried writing the disk image to an SD card and a USB Stick, but no dice.

Any advice?

Just writing the XP disk image to a USB drive won't make the actual drive a bootable device. I haven't created bootable XP media in a while but I imagine something like this (http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/08/27/make-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-windows-xp-vista-7-with-wint/) will work.

(Sorry if you did make it a bootable drive, just going by your wording it doesn't sound like it)

Alternatively, remove the drive and put it into another laptop that does have a CD drive to do the repair on?

Get your business/economy dolts to scrounge off some of these from Brother Industries:
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20100716/184262/

Vibration generator of the size of an AA battery.
several of these coupled with Li-ion batteries would probably do the trick and fit into the bike frame, together with the electronics.

Hmm, ugly, large lights like these might be a perfect anti-theft device by themselves. :D

IMO, nowadays tiny, detachable LED lights seem to be the trend, as they can be removed to not get stolen, more so for popular mountainbikes and similar.
Lights like these you would only find on grandmother bikes, that also have a shopping basket attached.

If a thief finds these on a trendy mountain bike, he'll most likely rip them of and throw away.
(And steal tiny, detachable ones from another bike.)
;)

Yeah, tiny lights are the trend, but again, this is just a prototype. I mean, as we've already said, it'd be cheaper and easier to buy a tiny smartphone and just store it on the bike than to do this. We just need some way to get it working, and I can't think of anything you can attach to a bike that isn't obvious except for a light - and storing it all inside the bike really isn't an option because the metal frame will ruin the GPS.

Those battery-generator things would be great. Hah.

Can't you put it inside the seat?

Just writing the XP disk image to a USB drive won't make the actual drive a bootable device. I haven't created bootable XP media in a while but I imagine something like this (http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/08/27/make-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-windows-xp-vista-7-with-wint/) will work.

(Sorry if you did make it a bootable drive, just going by your wording it doesn't sound like it)

Alternatively, remove the drive and put it into another laptop that does have a CD drive to do the repair on?
I tried a few methods to make the USB bootable nothing seemed to work, but a WinToFlash looks nice and foolproof, cheers!

The life story of 95% of the competitive fencing population: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUp42EiunbI
I... I suddenly feel depressed...

This has been doing the rounds on FriendFace, Facetube and whatever:

http://www.vismaya-maitreya.pl/zakryte_zagadki_the_scale_of_the_universe_2.html

Kind of makes us seem pretty totally completely insignificant!

Kind of makes us seem pretty totally completely insignificant!
Makes us exceptionally, ridiculously irrelevant.

Also, maximum size of the Minecraft world. :)

Speaking of Minecraft, does anybody else here play Terraria?

Speaking of Minecraft, does anybody else here play Terraria?
I got it as a gift and tried it out for a few minutes, until I the doors confused me.
Guess I should play some more and actually find out how to play.

I was gifted a copy last year and I didn't see the point of it, but I came back to it earlier this year and I love it. There's so much to do, and it pretty much caters to whatever style of play you want.

My girlfriend and I play on a LAN server I've created, but I can easily bring in outsiders using Hamachi.

Kind of makes us seem pretty totally completely insignificant!

You say that as if it were a thing.

Speaking of Minecraft, does anybody else here play Terraria?

I do! With the wife, LAN. Great fun.

I was gifted a copy last year and I didn't see the point of it, but I came back to it earlier this year and I love it. There's so much to do, and it pretty much caters to whatever style of play you want.

My girlfriend and I play on a LAN server I've created, but I can easily bring in outsiders using Hamachi.
I have it but never really figured out what I like to do, that's my problem with sandbox games. :p

I have it but never really figured out what I like to do, that's my problem with sandbox games. :p
One approach would be "Get One of Everything, Kill One of Everything".

Terraria is great. I don't know how but I always manage to fill my inventory with stuff that I really don't want to throw out before I'm done exploring a cave system... even when carrying a piggy bank and a safe box inside that piggy bank for additional storage. It's nuts.

I was into it for a while, but I'm really hesitant on the idea of going back to it for some reason.

Most of the updates seem to read to me like:
-Noticed you were enjoying something; nerfed it
-Noticed you were enjoying something else; removed it
-Ultimate Hell Revenge Slimes now spawn every 2.3 seconds instead of 3; disgorge 10 tiles of antimatter when killed
-Chests now have a chance to contain Eater of Worlds

Aw yeah. Thin-Ice Pirouette (http://steamcommunity.com/id/ZeorDangerpants/stats/KillingFloor?tab=achievements)! I brag!

Click the squares! (http://asteptaticumva.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/click-squares-game-from-am-laboratory.html)

I did and they made me smile:)

NO! BAD! HOMEWORK MUST BE DONE! :mad:

Hooray! Big Spiral Knight update. Missions and stuff!

Please I know you are all excited but try to contain yourselves

I've finally got back into Age of Empires Online. I was in the beta for quite a while, loved it. It's fantastic.

Anyone here play? I'm on Marathon if you are.

If you don't play, you should! They've dropped all the prices of everything except the decorative packs by half, so you can get all 3 civs at premium + the Defence of Crete pack for £16.74 (just under $20 in the US I think). The two "main" civs (Egypt + Greece) have estimated 40 hours gameplay each just to level 1-40, nevermind "endgame" content. Cheap as chips!

Whenever I read Age Of Empires, I immediately remember the voice lines of the stone age tribesmen of the first game.

Gas Powered Games developing this new title is also good. I like Chris Taylor's work since the Total Annihilation/Cavedog days.

Might try this out soon.

Are you feeling sad? Blue? Miss all the rush and excitement of sweet Steam discounts? Well wait no more, The Super Coupon Giveaway (http://www.somesingawful.com/supsuper/coupons/) is here!

Too quiet in here.

So I shall show off what I made when I got bored:

http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/raytrace/1331052247tiny.jpg (http://www.lukewallin.co.uk/images/raytrace/1331052247small.jpg)

Caustics coming soon. Then trees. Click for bigger one.

I don't suppose anyone here's done any Android programming? I'm calling sendTextMessage in an SmsManager once, but it's sending two text messages. Can't figure it out for the life of me.

I don't suppose anyone here's done any Android programming? I'm calling sendTextMessage in an SmsManager once, but it's sending two text messages. Can't figure it out for the life of me.
Do you happen to have a HTC Tattoo? (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2015259/android-1-6-sms-problem-older-app-code) Try using sendMultipartTextMessage instead.

Samsung Galaxy S2 with ICS (the new official Samsung release).

Tried using sendMultipartTextMessage, no luck. Ta anyway.

I suppose I'll set up an emulator and see if it's my phone (my wife has an Android phone too, but it's the same model and has ICS too). Ugh.

http://www.alexmilburn.com/error.png

Thanks Windows. That's terribly helpful.

http://www.alexmilburn.com/error.png

Thanks Windows. That's terribly helpful.
So... there was an error that stopped the file from being copied but the operation (which I assume was copying the file) was completed successfully?

:confused:

The way it's written, it looks like the error was that the operation completed successfully. :p

So... there was an error that stopped the file from being copied but the operation (which I assume was copying the file) was completed successfully?

:confused:

That was how I read it. Very bizarre.

I'm pretty sure I just won Happy Wheels (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17230082)

That was... novel.

Looks like a crazy game! I can see why it's called Happy Wheels.

Dammit everytime someone links Happy Wheels I feel like playing it again, but drop it shortly after realizing most levels are terrible. :p How do you guys find the good ones?

Indeed most of the user-submitted levels of today are awful, so I mostly replay the featured ones or the ones I favorited a long time ago. I'm gonna friggin' beat Booster Hill (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?levelid=863) one of these days.

Can't get past the top of the hill, but I did get amazingly lucky (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17486564) at one point.

WidgetLocker's ICS theme in the beta app finally supports up to 8 icons rather than up to 4. Hooray!

http://www.alexmilburn.com/android/Screenshot_2012-03-24-15-50-48.png.png http://www.alexmilburn.com/android/Screenshot_2012-03-24-15-50-57.png.png

Can't get past the top of the hill, but I did get amazingly lucky (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17486564) at one point.Haha, nice!

e: ALMOST HAD IT THAT TIME (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17599702)

How do you get the replay link once you save the replay?

How do you get the replay link once you save the replay?

It shows up on your profile.

Also, -_-: http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17698287


edit: I don't think I can make it any further than this: http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17699223

Ok, found it! The best part is how well I hit the demolition ball though.
http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17677141

rofl oh my god, the new featured level Happy Wheels' Futur[sic] is fricking perfect. I can't rate it 5 enough.

rofl oh my god, the new featured level Happy Wheels' Futur[sic] is fricking perfect. I can't rate it 5 enough.Haha that is terrific. :D The OMG NEON pretty much murdered my laptop.

Here (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=8973944) was a pretty amusing result of mine from one of those levels, at least.

(maybe we should make a thread for these. or hell with it this thread practically is the forum. w/e)

e: TOTAL VICTORY (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17970945)

e: TOTAL VICTORY (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17970945)

My attempt at replicating that: http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17980671

My attempt at a lawnmower drama moment: http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17980396

Game breaking completely: http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17980215

I quit.

edit: I don't think I can make it any further than this: http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=17699223
THE TORMENT NEVER ENDS (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18062085)

THE TORMENT NEVER ENDS (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18062085)

I wonder if being legless is a prerequisite to getting there. (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18065822)

But yeah, now I definitely don't think I can make it further than this... :p

HELL YEAH. (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18068479)

Suck it, ladies. :cool:

Thunderous applause.

Boy I wish this replay list showed uploader comments. (http://www.totaljerkface.com/profile.php?id=1247)

I've become addicted. Made my 1st Happy Wheels level: Downhill Dissection (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?levelid=3231258)

Anyone else made any?

Swoosh! (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18302369)

You inspired me to finish my level I started working on a few days ago: Adventure Ramp City (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?levelid=3235941)
Try waiting the first time to see what happens. Only really tested this with the Bike Man and Son character, so I recommend using him.

I made a level called YOU WIN and the description was YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN YOU WIN and it was just a booster that sent you flying through a bunch of goal points so the fanfare played a bunch of times. I think it received two votes, one of which was 5 and one was 0. But I baleeted it.

Pretty good levels, guys.

I've become addicted. Made my 1st Happy Wheels level: Downhill Dissection (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?levelid=3231258)

Anyone else made any?Nice, specially liked the collapsing building bit. :)

Swoosh! (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18302369)

You inspired me to finish my level I started working on a few days ago: Adventure Ramp City (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?levelid=3235941)
Try waiting the first time to see what happens. Only really tested this with the Bike Man and Son character, so I recommend using him.I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing in your level, but I did manage to contort my body into brand new bizarre shapes (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18361092), which I guess is what really matters? :p

Try waiting the first time to see what happens.
Hilarious! Too bad you didn't put some text there like "don't move if you dare".

Ridiculously chaotic level. Didn't have much luck with the bicycle, but I got santa to a finish despite 3-key lock at work. Will have to play it more at home.

I just placed an order for a Henry lever-action rifle, old-fashioned octagonal barrel and all! Neat.

Nice, specially liked the collapsing building bit. :)

I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing in your level, but I did manage to contort my body into brand new bizarre shapes (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18361092), which I guess is what really matters? :p

Oh man, you were so close to the goal! Amazing!

Yes my level has some problems. The goal is to the right but there are multiple paths to get there. The main path is to get tossed up by the wrecking ball (the coins are supposed to be a clue). But since this was so unpredictable and requires more luck than skill, I turned the death trap to the left into an alternative route. I wanted each area to be fun to explore and to die in, but it's more fun when in editor mode since you can just spawn wherever you want :p

Oh man, you were so close to the goal! Amazing!

Yes my level has some problems. The goal is to the right but there are multiple paths to get there. The main path is to get tossed up by the wrecking ball (the coins are supposed to be a clue). But since this was so unpredictable and requires more luck than skill, I turned the death trap to the left into an alternative route. I wanted each area to be fun to explore and to die in, but it's more fun when in editor mode since you can just spawn wherever you want :p
Ah, that explains it! Some kind of signage might be clearer. Also from my experience, once you fall off the main path it's nearly impossible to get back on because all your boosters point practically straight up, so you just keep bouncing up and down without being able to move sideways onto the path.

Still, here's some more fun replays:

friends forever (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18440728)
KABLAMMO (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18440827)
look ma, no hands (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18442739)

I've become addicted. Made my 1st Happy Wheels level: Downhill Dissection (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?levelid=3231258)

Anyone else made any?

I decided to finally give this game a go:

http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18446903

edit: that didn't go as planned, but seemed to work! http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18447617

Dammit everytime someone links Happy Wheels I feel like playing it again, but drop it shortly after realizing most levels are terrible. :p How do you guys find the good ones?
By churning through the bad ones I guess. I've tried thinking about what would make a good level and then searching for keywords.


Only really tested this with the Bike Man and Son character, so I recommend using him.
It's quite fun with lawnmower or shopping cart too. I've (http://www.totaljerkface.com/profile.php?id=1480642) added replays completing it with most of the different characters.

Time for a thread rename, methinks?

The 17% Davidson Revolution Thread

The 2nd% Coming Thread?

The 100% Happy Wheels Discussion Station

The 100% Happy Wheels Discussion Station
Hot dog, we have a wiener!

On-topic: did i win (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18625775)

The toilet is not amused (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18626268)

Yay! (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18626607) Missed a couple of coins, though.

On-topic: did i win (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18625775)nope . avi (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18627294)

Segway Guy in: Go Go Power Toilet (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18642123)

FREAKIN' KARMA (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18643901)

Oh my blog, too many hilarious replays to reply to them all.. "Go Go Power Toilet" was just insane. Made my day seeing all of these :).
Zero, you may have missed a bunch of coins but you came really close to hitting all 17 pineapples! :p

I found it more fun to figure out and build a level than to play pre-made ones, so I hope you guys try it out.

Merry Christmas! (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=18649542)

What do I see in Playstation Home?

It's dumb but I like it anyway.

I tried it once. I just walked around doing the "crouch and point" pose to try and poke people's asses. No one seemed amused.

I tried it once. I just walked around doing the "crouch and point" pose to try and poke people's asses. No one seemed amused. AHAHA! Best way to start a new page EVER! :cool:

I tried it once. I just walked around doing the "crouch and point" pose to try and poke people's asses. No one seemed amused.lol, awesome.

I think the best thing I've done recently is buy a snappy new suit, then leave the store and dance like a retard in front of it.

(joke) (http://i.imgur.com/V1JEg.gif)

edit: HA HA HA HOLY CRAP (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=9069751)

e: Also, back on Home, I got to witness an Internet Argument between a transformer and an 80's action flick star.

Pictured: merica. (http://i.imgur.com/WOypO.jpg)

Ah, that Zombie Preparedness Kit you ordered finally came in, I see.

so i was at the smithsonian art museum today, and they had an exhibit on video game art. guess what series was among those with concept art on display?

http://i.imgur.com/Jpwq1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iibqG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SEOLY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GyOBr.jpg

That is quite excellent. I only recognise the first two, pretty sure I'd never seen the third one either.

I can stream (http://www.twitch.tv/zeor72) things now! This is exciting. I will probably mostly stream SNES games, and may or may not pester some of you to consider watching if you are bored for some reason. I'm gonna want to show a UN Squadron playthrough to some people at the very least, and probably also Actraiser at some point, and I've gotten a couple of levels into Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers too. Fun!

Edit: Apparently you can even view my maiden broadcast by clicking on the Videos tab underneath, bearing in mind that it wasn't very professional in any way and I was reacting regularly to things Munkee was saying in Steam chat. But there's still some reasonably entertaining gameplay mixed in there.

edit again: rofl though I do have to recommend tuning in at the Final Fight 3 part at somewhere around 17:30ish for the hilarious noises I made.

That's all pre-Worms 2 artwork. Some of it appears in the installer for W2. I believe a modified, de-costumed version of the top one appears in the Worms 2 GUI itself.

Wwhhhoooaawhoops it looks like OD shows up in my Firefox history for a moment in that video. I'm gonna actually assume it isn't a big deal for right now since nobody really knows about this channel and might not even care if they did, but I'll take it down if you guys want.

I can stream (http://www.twitch.tv/zeor72) things now! This is exciting. I will probably mostly stream SNES games, and may or may not pester some of you to consider watching if you are bored for some reason. I'm gonna want to show a UN Squadron playthrough to some people at the very least, and probably also Actraiser at some point, and I've gotten a couple of levels into Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers too. Fun!

Edit: Apparently you can even view my maiden broadcast by clicking on the Videos tab underneath, bearing in mind that it wasn't very professional in any way and I was reacting regularly to things Munkee was saying in Steam chat. But there's still some reasonably entertaining gameplay mixed in there.

edit again: rofl though I do have to recommend tuning in at the Final Fight 3 part at somewhere around 17:30ish for the hilarious noises I made.It's a dream come true.

That's all pre-Worms 2 artwork. Some of it appears in the installer for W2. I believe a modified, de-costumed version of the top one appears in the Worms 2 GUI itself.

according to the smithsonian this was all w:a concept art

I'm fairly confident that they're wrong about at least three of those pieces.

I'm fairly confident that they're wrong about at least three of those pieces.
i don't doubt that. it could be that they displayed it as w:a concept art because w:a (the n64 version, for some bizarre reason) was a game featured in the exhibit, but no other worms games were

Weird. I know exactly one thing about the N64 version of WA - the Teamsters had a lot of trouble coding projectile-based weapons (Bazooka, Grenade, etc.) into the game.

i don't doubt that. it could be that they displayed it as w:a concept art because w:a (the n64 version, for some bizarre reason) was a game featured in the exhibit, but no other worms games were
Worms Armageddon was the winning game (as voted by from www.artofvideogames.org) for their 'Era 4: Transition' on the N64 under the 'Combat/Strategy Genre' :)

I only recognise the 2nd and 4th ones. I guess all W2 concept art is also WA concept art by default.

Worms Armageddon was the winning game (as voted by from www.artofvideogames.org) for their 'Era 4: Transition' on the N64 under the 'Combat/Strategy Genre' :)
it makes no sense whatsoever to curate an exhibition by popular internet vote. they should have just left the game selection to a team of people who actually know what they are doing. it was part of the reason that the exhibit was so scattershot in terms of quality

by popular internet vote.
Don't let anything be voted for on the internet...

Because of that, a bridge in Slovakia was voted to be called "Chuck Norris Bridge" and a swimming bath in Germany "Bud Spencer Bad". :rolleyes:

And EA was voted worst company of America next to stuff like PayPal and Bank of America.

And EA was voted worst company of America next to stuff like PayPal and Bank of America.I dunno, I think that sounds about right.

Even without comparing videogame publishers to banks responsible for a global recession, there's no way EA is worse than Activision.

Or Shell? There's lots of companies that deserve to be on that list but weren't.

I'm going to go with Valve for not releasing HL2:E3 yet.

I'm going to go with Valve for not releasing HL2:E3 yet.

This .

Possibly relevant (http://www.develop-online.net/news/40575/Newell-opens-up-on-Half-Life-3-dev-issues).

But I really don't mind too much. I want them to make the game perfect.

But I really don't mind too much. I want them to make the game perfect.That's pretty much what they did with 2.

Possibly relevant (http://www.develop-online.net/news/40575/Newell-opens-up-on-Half-Life-3-dev-issues).

But I really don't mind too much. I want them to make the game perfect.

But can a game really be perfect if no one ever gets to play it? :p

But can a game really be perfect if no one ever gets to play it? :p
Yes, it will forever live in my head as the bestest thing that no company can spoil, along with the real DNF. :p

Indeed. It's kind of like the crystal glass shop owner in The Alchemist who doesn't want to go with the protagonist to Mecca, because he is afraid he won't have anything to dream about once that journey ends. :p

Indeed. I'm almost hesitant to keep poking Andy about that new build of WormsDC, because what then? Where do I go from there?

So like. SCP Containment Breach. (http://scpcb.wordpress.com/) The highly alpha survival horror game based on the SCP Foundation Wiki.

I haven't played it yet but I'm going to.

Basically what I'm trying to say here is that I'm pretty sure this'll be the first ever game to be scary as balls on purpose.

Indeed. I'm almost hesitant to keep poking Andy about that new build of WormsDC, because what then? Where do I go from there?
That's easy.

He'll do a sequel, called WormsDC 2, followed by a very successful WormsDC Armageddon.
Then a less successful venture into the third dimension with WormsDC 3D, the spin-off WormsDC Forts and WormsDC Mayhem.
Later, he'll do a revival with WormsDC Reloaded, which is heavily rejected by the original hardcore fan Ben.
Followed by that, he'll make everyone happy with WormsDC Revolution, after being back at his former employer iBar.

I nominate this post for Hall of Fame status.

So. Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v1bQSw7FOUQ#!)

Doesn't at all surprise me that Sony would want a bit of the Smash Bros. pie. But I figured they could at least tweak the idea somehow, do something different in some way or another to make it their own, rather than just a carbon copy of the obvious.

They didn't.

This is so utterly identical that it looks like they ganked Brawl's source code.

it looks pretty startlingly mediocre, too. I love their choice of completely random characters from one-off games that are only moderately popular.

I thought the same, but then I couldn't really think of other, better characters for them to use. :P

In any case, as long as Solid Snakes makes it in there, I'm golden. :cool:

The fat princess even has the same mother****ing hip-check as Peach.

It's almost as if it was being made by Gameloft. :p

I thought the same, but then I couldn't really think of other, better characters for them to use. :P

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/04/30

So. Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v1bQSw7FOUQ#!)

Doesn't at all surprise me that Sony would want a bit of the Smash Bros. pie. But I figured they could at least tweak the idea somehow, do something different in some way or another to make it their own, rather than just a carbon copy of the obvious.

They didn't.

This is so utterly identical that it looks like they ganked Brawl's source code.
But but but there's health bars... yeah I got nothing. :p

I'm sure it's just a sign of early-in-development that they don't have much to show, but... yeah I can't think of many characters that make me think "Sony". I mean recently there's... God of War and LBP? Maybe Uncharted I guess? They haven't really focused on marketable mascots since the PS1 days, and I dunno if they wanna dig that deep.

Rathcet and clank, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Nathan drake, sack boy, the guy from infamous, patapon, loco-roco, Ico, the guy from shadow of the colosus and about a billion characters from the Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Crash and Spyro went multi-platform, but they're still PS1 icons.

That they announced the game with such a lackluster lineup seems pretty telling of it's overal quality though! Although I guess unlike Nintendo, Sony don't actually own many of the characters their console is famous for.

Still points for including Parapa, even though they made him 3D.:p

Still points for including Parapa, even though they made him 3D.:p
Hatatatacha!

Got to love Parappa :)

I definitely called Sweet Tooth as soon as I heard about this, anyway. Twisted Metal was sort of a big deal for a while there, and they have a new one out. Or coming out. I don't know.

And yeah I'm a bit surprised I don't see Cole McGrath in there anywhere yet.

Of course I've pretty much mentally boycotted this thing already.

Pogo Guy is actually pretty fun (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=21397014)

e: Exhibits B (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=21398310) and C (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=21398586)

Surprised there isn't a thread for the new Portal 2 DLC. Would be nice to create a T17 forum map pack.

myth busted (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=22255026)

Damn this is awesome:
http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/04/28/there-is-a-company-which-makes-toys-based-on-childrens-drawings/

Armless Victory! (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=22489295)

That was awesome, Zeor.

Damn this is awesome:
http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/04/28/there-is-a-company-which-makes-toys-based-on-childrens-drawings/oh man. That IS awesome.

Damn this is awesome:
http://todayilearned.co.uk/2012/04/28/there-is-a-company-which-makes-toys-based-on-childrens-drawings/
This is amazing.

myth plausible (http://www.totaljerkface.com/happy_wheels.php?replayid=22631854)

I love you all, OD. Especially you.

(Note: Unless you're Zero, the you isn't you.)

(Second note: Unless it is you.)

(Note: Unless you're Zero, the you isn't you.):((Second note: Unless it is you.):)

ghfsfdssgs

:(:)

ghfsfdssgs

Hah! I actually intended the exact opposite - I meant that unless you are Zero then I don't love you (and the final message was a slither of hope for everyone else).

In all seriousness everyone, I "met" most of you when I was 13/14, and this is the only Internet community from that time I have remained in. I've known many of you almost half of my life now. There's been a huge pile of laughs, and it's been bloody marvellous. If any OD-er wants to say hello, PM me for my email/msn/google talk/steam (not clear if this is private again yet).

Odd. I made this post, it accepted it but it didn't appear. Moderation queue perhaps? I dunno. If so, delete the first one please mods!

Anyway, I just wanted to add that this was inevitable, I am sure we all knew that Team17 couldn't keep hosting a subforum just for us forever. Sadly, times change and things end. This will be my last ever use of SargeMcCluck!

For anyone who didn't notice, there's a new 100% Off-Topic (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=57152) thread. Make it glorious!

RIP, thread.

.....
The hell?

*shrugs*
*returns to the space in between dimentions*

Free Steam keys! Got them from the latest humble bundle, already own the games. Didn't want them posted in public so I've put them here instead.

Quote if you take one or both of them so people know they're gone.

The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC Steam Key
5YAZ2-BZW0Y-CTZNG

Cave Story+ Steam Key
INXF4-8DIT4-B7VKR

Last. :cool:

Nuh huh. :p

What's with the contest, guys?

What's with the contest, guys?

Who can stay away the longest time from this thread. You guys are winning so far, keep at it!

Who can stay away the longest time from this thread. You guys are winning so far, keep at it!lol, such a silly contest.

It has its merits.

It's all AT's fault. I honestly hadn't thought about it but now I'm totally stalking this place on judgement day and trying to get the last post in. For great justice. :cool:

My goodness, it's still open.

Feels like the last days of steam on BR (not that I was around for those, but y'know...)

Give 'er a new title Paul, will ye.

Or are you waiting for the final moments before midnight to squeeze something obscene in too?

Last

*Locks thread*

*runs* :p

Not last because someone else is bound to get in there, and I'll be gallavanting around the tube network on Tuesday.

Last

*Locks thread*

*runs* :pNo fair using the mod powers for evil, Thomas!

No fair using the mod powers for evil, Thomas!

Psh, he's been doing that for the best part of the last decade.

:p