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Commented 13 years ago2011-01-17 03:08:22 UTC in journal: #6988 Comment #48056
You two are idiots.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-17 01:38:26 UTC in news: Happy New Year! Also, Compo Results Comment #99797
Point is, it's there now.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 22:12:02 UTC in journal: #6985 Comment #34775
I'd like to get another 2GB so there's a gig for each core.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-14 05:00:02 UTC in journal: #6985 Comment #34774
Welcome back!
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-13 20:49:17 UTC in journal: #6983 Comment #62091
I don't think you can be 'turned lesbian', but the new people in her life could've had a big impact on her personality.

Look, I don't think it's the right thing to angrily dismiss this. I can understand if you aren't interested in rekindling the friendship again, but you should definitely be the more mature person here by ending it sensibly. If you're sincere, it may be enough to get her to start looking at herself more deeply and possibly realise the mistakes she's made. Trust me, it does happen.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-13 19:56:17 UTC in journal: #6983 Comment #62090
Ok, so you're the same age as me.

This kind of thing can happen for a few different reasons:

1. You did something to upset her, more than likely not directly. It might have been an offhand comment that was taken out of context, or an innocent joke. In fact, it's probably going to be something that's not offensive at all, but possibly changed her opinion of you.

2. There was more to the friendship than you realise. Again, this ties into point one slightly: if something happened that damaged the possibility of a relationship, she may have reacted poorly to it.

3. External factors. I'm not sure of her story, but someone new in her life may have been influencing her and so on.

In my experience, this kind of stuff is fairly common at those ages, which is why I can't recommend highly enough NOT getting properly involved with someone until, at the very least, your late teens. On a purely chemical level, your bodies are going mental and very easily affect your judgement and thought process. As well as that, there's a critical lack of life experience to guide you wisely through certain situations.

I believe that in this situation you should definitely step up and be the better person here. Contact her, and kindly, but firmly say that it's nice to hear from you again but that you feel that you drifted away and would just like to know why. Provided you don't sound arrogant or angry (and provided she isn't a lunatic), you should get an answer.

And so ends Dr. Ant's relationship chat. Tune in tomorrow when I help a lesbian couple move in with their parents!
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-13 19:40:58 UTC in journal: #6983 Comment #62089
How old are you?

(I've had experience in these kinds of things)
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-13 16:36:48 UTC in journal: #6983 Comment #62088
How old is she?
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-12 21:38:43 UTC in journal: #6980 Comment #49227
That's one bad thing about living in Australia. It does snow here, but not to that extent and only in particular areas. I've never actually seen snow.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-09 23:42:44 UTC in journal: #6977 Comment #55719
They kind of all happen at the same time, don't they? Blue Shift happens at the same time as Half-Life and Decay and Opposing Force is also sort of during it as well...
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-09 23:40:09 UTC in news: Happy New Year! Also, Compo Results Comment #99785
Yeah, cos I did it.

Yeah, I'm awesome.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-07 02:30:56 UTC in journal: #6972 Comment #66310
Every time I read experiences from Minecraft, I always think the author is insane. It just sounds so ridiculous.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-07 02:28:56 UTC in journal: #6973 Comment #48049
Unfortunately, that horrid voice over ruins any semblance of comedic value.

I do agree with it though and I would like to add that there are far too many moronic parents around these days.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-06 03:40:11 UTC in journal: #6969 Comment #63208
Just some text that pops up on screen would've been a fine substitute.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-05 20:19:54 UTC in journal: #6969 Comment #63207
It was well put together but damn, it was seriously hard. I would also say that you need to put in some cues in the game that give the player an idea of what to do, rather than put in help in the readme. Players these days rarely read manuals, so if they get into a game and don't know what to do (like me when I first tried it), it gets very frustrating.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-04 19:06:29 UTC in journal: #6968 Comment #57202
Except Australia. We're manly and we get in fights.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-03 19:28:27 UTC in journal: #6968 Comment #57201
Hasn't Saxton Hale taught you anything about Australia? Ain't no volcano gonna get us, cos we'll be punching it in the friggin' face.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-03 17:08:03 UTC in journal: #6968 Comment #57200
Lucky I'm nowhere near that mountain. Also, you've linked to someone's blog. >_>
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-03 07:20:05 UTC in journal: #6968 Comment #57199
Sucks to be all of you.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-02 12:31:27 UTC in journal: #6963 Comment #45161
Good to see you've invested in a pop filter. ;)
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-01 20:55:01 UTC in journal: #6964 Comment #36087
It does make a difference.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-01 09:59:09 UTC in journal: #6964 Comment #36086
I'm actually still working on it. I'm happy with the edit and the music, but I'm experimenting with an more efficient workflow and trying to integrate colour correction in there as well. I'm also converting it from 25 to 24fps to give it a more film-like feel.
Commented 13 years ago2011-01-01 09:28:05 UTC in journal: #6964 Comment #36085
Helvetica Neue. It's a Mac font.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-31 23:02:26 UTC in news: Happy New Year! Also, Compo Results Comment #99768
Blitz: Compo maps have been reviewed. We're doing the write-ups.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-31 22:16:38 UTC in journal: #6962 Comment #60737
Aww.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-29 21:25:16 UTC in news: Get those entries in! Comment #99763
Like the real thing? ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-29 01:47:25 UTC in journal: #6960 Comment #66303
Yeah, they're supposed to do that.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-26 10:18:45 UTC in journal: #6954 Comment #44642
Looking nice.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-25 10:42:28 UTC in news: Get those entries in! Comment #99757
$1716.84 for me, but it only found 113 games? Steam says I own 155...

The thing is, there's no way I've spent that much on all those games. 80% of them I got during the crazy sales, where they're super discounted. As well as that, I've been on Steam since 2004.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-25 10:33:03 UTC in journal: #6953 Comment #51320
Merry Everything!
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-25 10:30:52 UTC in journal: #6951 Comment #60727
I have the holiday spirit... :<
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-24 12:10:50 UTC in journal: #6951 Comment #60726
Merry whatever!
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-23 21:05:05 UTC in journal: #6948 Comment #57155
Erm, no. Valve moved to episodic content to get games out faster. The first episode was released in 2006 and that was two years after Half-Life 2. It's now four years later and we still don't have a full sequel to Half-Life 2 yet.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-23 19:42:58 UTC in journal: #6948 Comment #57154
Doubt it. Episode 3 is being delayed for reasons we cannot comprehend. The problem is, there's no way in hell it'll ever be as good as the long development time could potentially allow for.

Penguinboy raised a good point yesterday regarding this: if you've ever played Uncharted 2, you'll know what we're on about. That game completely craps all over Valve's stuff in pretty much every regard. Now, Uncharted 2 had a normal game development cycle by a company smaller than Valve. What they produced completely pulverises the Source engine in every way.

The fact that Valve can't get episodic content out the door in a far longer development timeframe (let's face it, none of the Episodes equate to a full game), tells me that something is afoot.

As for the video, I saw that a little while back and was impressed. Because they're video capturing and not doing traditional motion capture, the cameras pick up so much more nuance in the performance. The problem with LA Noire though (aside from the fact that 'noir' is misspelled) is that the bodies are animated with traditional motion capture (i.e. the white ping pong balls) which can't possibly be as life-like as the faces.

I hate motion capture with a passion because every single time I've seen it used, it looks horribly stiff. The animation that companies like Pixar do is done entirely 'by hand' and, despite the fact that it's cartoony, the exaggeration in the animation makes it look far more convincing.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-23 00:21:40 UTC in journal: #6947 Comment #63203
Sure. Lag might be an issue though.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-23 00:11:56 UTC in news: Get those entries in! Comment #99750
Steam takes my money so damn well. :<
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-22 20:57:41 UTC in journal: #6947 Comment #63202
They were awesome fun. I should crack out Opposing Force and play some MP again, I think it's sitting on my Steam list.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-22 19:53:29 UTC in news: Get those entries in! Comment #99747
Dead last, Blitz. :P

I'm on 144146 games, Strider's on 165 and Penguinboy's on a whopping 184.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-22 19:08:10 UTC in news: Get those entries in! Comment #99745
Yeah, but everything is seriously dirt cheap. Penguinboy, Strider and I are racing for the 'Most Games Owned on Steam' award, which PB is winning at the moment. :<
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-22 18:15:13 UTC in journal: #6947 Comment #63201
I rather liked Opposing Force. It had that awesome Deagle in it and the barnacle gun that was brilliant in multiplayer.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 22:24:02 UTC in journal: #6945 Comment #66281
Huntey speaks the truth. PB, Strider and I all own PS3s and PCs. While most of our gaming sessions occur on the PC, we've had great fun playing through Uncharted 2's multiplayer modes.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 22:14:56 UTC in journal: #6946 Comment #42988
Minecraft looks really dull to me, but I haven't played it.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 22:12:22 UTC in journal: #6945 Comment #66280
You clearly didn't see Gabe Newell make his presentation at the Sony keynote at E3 this year. Also, you haven't played Uncharted. ;)

Valve games on consoles just don't work anyway.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 21:22:30 UTC in journal: #6945 Comment #66279
PS3.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 18:59:47 UTC in journal: #6943 Comment #48025
Huntey: Really? 2x Quad Core server CPUs and everything? Also, the entire case is aluminium, so I'm not sure what plastic you're looking at.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 06:08:51 UTC in journal: #6943 Comment #48024
With dual quad core processors.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-21 03:14:56 UTC in journal: #6943 Comment #48023
User posted image
Mine's neater.

(Waits for Apple crap)
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-20 02:06:38 UTC in journal: #6942 Comment #62073
Man, I can see the polygons.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-17 09:37:49 UTC in vault item: Last Christmas Comment #18680
I have to agree. There's some definite potential in this map, but it's let down by a lack of a polish and a poor frame rate. This isn't a computer issue either: you've clearly pushed the engine the wrong way and it's reacting rather badly.

In terms of polish, it's a lot of little things: for example, in some places, you've used a skybox texture for walls and whatnot, which look ultra blurry. Stuff like certain fences don't connect with surrounding walls, so they're kinda just floating in mid-air. As well as that, there is the aforementioned issue of being able to breeze past the map with a pistol. Hell, I nearly got to ten minutes on my own (somehow a Tank came up).

Still, very good effort.
Commented 13 years ago2010-12-16 08:22:31 UTC in journal: #6936 Comment #63197
Christmas means summer for us.