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[Chocofreak13]

why, is she busy? >>;

[LeaflameSD]

why, is she busy? >>;

No, she doesn't live with me and my dad.

Ah I'll get him to do it tomorrow.

[Chocofreak13]

that's both bad and good. :\


in other news, my ipod has whitescreened. since it won't sync with iTunes to restore it and resetting doesn't work, I'm going to let it play down and then try syncing it again.


this is the first time this ipod's had any sort of major problem, but I suppose I'm too tired to freak out. >>;

[Bella]

@Kari: I thought Bella was like 50+; considering she was frozen in 1969 by DEC, only to awaken after the Compaqalypse happened in 2000, with the prophecy foretelling her to help a new DEC rise to glory as Moxie flows freely.

...I just made a plot to a movie, didn't I? -w-;

I lol'd heartily. -w-

Also: OSC, I need game recommendations
Basically part of my programming for games class involves finding a video game I haven't played before, playing it over the course of the week, and then writing up a report about it (platform, genre, manufacturer, synopsis, likes, dislikes, etc.)

There are only 3 criteria:
1) It needs to be cheap, the cheaper the better in fact (since I may not even like it, I'm just playing to review it in essence)
2) It needs to be fairly modern – preferably within the decade, the newer the better though
3) It has to run on either a) OS X (10.6, which excludes newer Mac-compatible games) or b) Windows 7 (bear in mind my only Windows machine is about 4 years old, has a ~2.2ghz processer and 4GB RAM, recommend accordingly)

So far, Kari has recommended La Tale and Stew has recommended Receiver, I'm literally willing to give anything a shot if it fulfills these criteria.

[Nichi]

IDK if this will count or not (It was made in 2005), but Psychonauts. It's avaliable on PC, and I believe it wasn't too expensive on Steam last I saw (I want to say it was under $20 or so). It's a cult classic game that honestly should be played at least once; it's one that will blow your mind...out of your nose.

I'd have other suggestions, but they wouldn't cut it for you due to lacking the needed console to play it (Persona 4), the age of the game (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), or it's simply not out yet (A Hat in Time)

[Chocofreak13]

besides La Tale, I was going to suggest you download an emulator and play something light, or find a free Visual Novel and play it.

flash games don't count in this context, right?

[DustiiWolf]

There's scribblenauts unlimited, but idk how much it is on steam.

Lets see... you could always do Long Live The Queen that we talked about here a few months ago.

If youre into online MMORPGs, and enjoy star trek, There is Star Trek Online (Free To Play), but be warned decent internet is required.

[Nichi]

Bella has probably the best connection of anyone here inside the US, so anything needing a "decent internet connection" is easy for her when she could download the entirety of Wikipedia several times over in less time than it takes for me to download the recent title updates for Portal 2 :\

[Chocofreak13]

her drawback is that her computers can't handle anything too graphics heavy unless it's available for OSX. which is why I suggested La Tale or MapleStory. -w-

she should totes get Scribblenauts on an emulator, that game was easy, quick, and sooooo fun. >w<

[Bella]

Thanks for the tips everyone!

@Pent: Psychonauts is a game I've wanted to play for awhile – I just looked it up on Steam and it's available for OS X and is only $10, so that would fit my criteria and then some.

@Kari & Dustii: I've considered playing and reviewing a visual novel as well, but I'm not sure if they would count. I'll ask my instructor about it tomorrow.

As for Scribblenauts, I remember playing that with my nephew a few years ago and having fun with it ... another one to consider. That is, if I can find a decent DS emulator and get it to work on it.

I generally don't play MMORPGs, but that might not be a /bad/ thing since I'm supposed to try something new and report back on it. La Tale would be a good choice if I decide to go that route, since Kari already plays and could give me a run down of the basic gameplay and whatnot.

Receiver (the game Stew suggested) looks minimalistic but difficult (and it would probably be frustrating for me). That said, the gameplay mechanics sound novel too?

[DustiiWolf]

As for Scribblenauts, I remember playing that with my nephew a few years ago and having fun with it ... another one to consider. That is, if I can find a decent DS emulator and get it to work on it.

I'm speaking of the most recent Scribblenauts, "Scribblenauts Unlimited", for 3DS, Wii U, and Steam (Windows 7+). It's $20 though on steam, but it does have the object creator in the Steam and Wii U versions

[SleepyD]

If you're reviewing a game, visual novels don't really fall much into that category. Games like the Ace Attorney series are the most gameplay you'd be able to find in something that's more reading than gameplay.
Visual novels in general though, are just really long books with multiple endings based on choices. I don't think they would be suitable for a programming class, as it's just too simple.

[Pitkin]

You could try Game Dev Tycoon or Shufflepuck Cantina too. ^^

[Krizonar]

I will concur with Game Dev Tycoon. It is very fun!

[Nichi]

@Bella: I play MapleStory, so if you went with that and make sure you make your character on the server I'm on, I can help you get the hang of it once you're off the tutorial island :3

As for a DS emulator, I typically use DesMuMe, so you can look into that one.