#14026 storyyeller Sat, 11th Aug '12 10:08:41 PM from Appleloosa

I've never heard of that one. But I guess there are lots of memes I've never heard of.

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#14027 Sixthhokage 1 Sat, 11th Aug '12 10:16:54 PM from Fort Worth, Texas

I finished Portal today on a (low-quality due to Xbox setup) livestream. I bought Portal 2 (well, mom did, but I paid her back :P) and started playing the first few chambers~

#14028 Super Gex Sat, 11th Aug '12 10:37:11 PM from Connecticut

If I wasn't saving my money, I'd get both Portals.

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#14029 storyyeller Sat, 11th Aug '12 11:38:22 PM from Appleloosa

How much have you had the plots spoiled?

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#14030 Pykrete Sun, 12th Aug '12 12:11:14 AM from Viridian Forest

I wound up getting both Portal games on Steam a while back for like $8 total.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've spent more than about $6 on a single game since I went on Steam.

#14031 storyyeller Sun, 12th Aug '12 6:46:08 AM from Appleloosa

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@ed That brings up an interesting point on the subject of magical hybrids. Many fantasy settings simply have hybridization simply be a function of the creatures being inherently magical. This setting doesn't really have much of a precedent for that kind of hybrid, though... Except for the Griffins. They are half eagle, half lion, after all. Do we take their existence as an indicator that magical hybrids are possible, or do we simply assume that they occurred naturally?

Edit: Forgot about the Manticores and Cockatrices, though I forget what their classical mythological origins are.

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#14032 Sky Strike Sun, 12th Aug '12 7:04:59 AM from Trottingham

@Gex Glad you enjoyed Kid Icarus. If you stay on that screen after the credits for a few minutes, Hades starts talking about the afterlife and threatens to delete your save.

@Portal My friend got me Portal when he bought Portal 2, and I beat Portal 2 at his house.

I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.

Element of Indecision.

#14033 Sixthhokage 1 Sun, 12th Aug '12 7:49:26 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

@ Story

Considering in WAAPT we had a miniarc based on Portal 2, the main story is pretty much completely spoiled, though I don't know all the details. Also, it runs rather poorly on this laptop :|

#14034 storyyeller Sun, 12th Aug '12 8:32:14 AM from Appleloosa

Pretty much everything more taxing than Spelunky runs poorly on my laptop.

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#14035 Carciofus Sun, 12th Aug '12 8:52:28 AM from Canterlot

Hi everybody!

I started playing Super Mario World again. It is incredibly hard, even using an emulator and saving liberally.

How did I even manage to win it when I was ten or so, and on a SNES?

edited 12th Aug '12 8:53:48 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#14036 crowlover Sun, 12th Aug '12 8:55:45 AM from Name & Address Withheld

Did you have much else to do back then?

Or maybe you just played more video games back then.

edited 12th Aug '12 8:56:23 AM by crowlover

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#14037 Diurnal Brocolli Sun, 12th Aug '12 8:57:27 AM from Meganekko University

Maybe you're off your game?

Do it, Rockapella!

#14038 Seraphem Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:06:38 AM from Delamare

Are you using a controller or the keyboard?

I find some games are just a lot harder to play using the keyboard instead of a normal controller.

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#14039 Super Gex Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:11:08 AM from Connecticut

@Mario World I actually beat that game on an SNES recently, but I had to save scum using the ghost houses and 1up grind to do that. Not to mention I was 2 levels away from 100% completion, but the save data got lost, along with my interest.

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#14040 Seraphem Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:14:12 AM from Delamare

I beat that thing fully on the orignal SNES, including the Special world.

Ok I beat the hardest world in that via a blue Yoshi, but still.

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#14041 storyyeller Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:39:21 AM from Appleloosa

Ever played Ecco The Dolphin? If you take the 'normal' route, City of Forever is basically impossible, even on an emulator. I wonder what people did back in the day.

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#14042 Veni Vidi Pony Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:40:52 AM

Threw their controllers at the TV?

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#14043 Carciofus Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:48:42 AM from Canterlot

Did you have much else to do back then?

Or maybe you just played more video games back then.

Yeah, that's probably it. Ten Years Old Me is very much disappointed in myself today, though

The Second Reality Project sounds cool, in any case. Perhaps I should give it a try.

edited 12th Aug '12 9:53:31 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#14044 Super Gex Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:56:39 AM from Connecticut

Ecco is a bit too cerebral for my tastes.

Also, I remember someone back in the WA thread asking why I (13 years old at the time) was so interested in games that were older than I was. I have to cite the answer as "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection". A gateway into a great, much different era of gaming for a mere $30.

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#14045 Veni Vidi Pony Sun, 12th Aug '12 9:57:33 AM

Well for me at least the week has been full of good news and bad news.

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#14046 Super Gex Sun, 12th Aug '12 10:05:21 AM from Connecticut

What do you want us to hear first?

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#14047 Veni Vidi Pony Sun, 12th Aug '12 10:07:50 AM

The bad news is my aunt is dead. The good news is also my aunt is dead.

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#14048 Sky Strike Sun, 12th Aug '12 10:09:11 AM from Trottingham

I take it you didn't like her?

I feel like I could touch the heavens, and sock angels.

Element of Indecision.

#14049 Veni Vidi Pony Sun, 12th Aug '12 10:10:03 AM

No. Didn't know her. She was in a bad car accident about 20 years ago. She had the mental capacity of a two year old.

Saw her once. Creepy as hell.

edited 12th Aug '12 10:10:52 AM by VeniVidiPony

Can you see the world like I do? Can you smile away the pain? Can you feel the cool wind blowing? Can you smell the coming rain?

#14050 Super Gex Sun, 12th Aug '12 10:15:18 AM from Connecticut

Well...

I don't even know what to say about that.

I guess I'll say that I can emphasize, since I was volunteering in a retirement home/care center for two days, and I saw some Down Syndrome victims.

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