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My head... It hurts so much.
So, with BF3 currently down in price will any other TWHL members be joining in the fun? The TWHL platoon on Battlelog only has a lowly 10 members? Just think, you could be a part of that AND you get to shoot people in the face.
I'd say about 50% of my working day is spent rendering. It still counts as working hours despite the fact I'm merely sat here twiddling my thumbs and browsing TWHL so I'm still getting paid for it and nobody bats an eyelid because everyone in the GFX department who uses After Effects is completely used to it.
TL;DR, I am currently being paid to browse TWHL. About time.
TL;DR, I am currently being paid to browse TWHL. About time.
Hey TWHL-ers! Anyone getting Torchlight 2? I finished pre-loading it last night, I have a friend who might play it with me, but anyone else wanna group up for the Co-Op? The game looks like it's really going to be great. I can't wait to see what mods people come out with for it. Just add me on Steam or something, we can have a little 4 man TWHL Torchlight 2 group!
Christ I'm buzzing for borderlands 2 to come out. My friend and I have both booked off of work to play the absolute shit out of it when it comes out.
I'm surprised I have a social life
I'm surprised I have a social life
This is probably the longest article I've written in a while.
Black Mesa Source review.
Warning: lots of images.
Black Mesa Source review.
Warning: lots of images.
In 18 hours I will be sitting on a plane headed towards the US. I will be computerless while there, I will be back on 4 OCT. And now I am going to sleep.
Over and out.
Over and out.
BMS download complete. Installation completed.
Opening game now.
I think I'm spending more time looking at props and admiring walls than actually progressing the game. I'm like a laughing baby right now!
[EDIT] SPOILER ALERT!
[EDIT 2] Seems like when I start the Apprehension campaign the mod crashes.
Opening game now.
[EDIT] SPOILER ALERT!
[EDIT 2] Seems like when I start the Apprehension campaign the mod crashes.
As of writing, there are now less than 24 hours before Black Mesa is released. After losing and regaining interest a couple of times during it's development, I am now pretty psyched to think it will be available in less than a days time.
BLACK MESA
Do you have any plans? Are you just going to sit and power through it in a single session or play a bit at a time, savoring every moment. Are you having a day off work or school to play it? Are you going to record a let's play, or are you planning to review it?
Personally, I will be going to work as normal since the countdown ends at 15:45 for me. Little point in skipping work to wait around all day. What I will do however is give my wife a call in order to start the download as soon as she can.
As for playing it, I will no doubt play through it in large chunks, maybe 3 sittings, and I plan on recording gameplay in order to do either a "Gentleman plays" series of 10 minute vids or 3 or 4 short highlights videos with captions and whatnot.
So... do tell...
BLACK MESA
Do you have any plans? Are you just going to sit and power through it in a single session or play a bit at a time, savoring every moment. Are you having a day off work or school to play it? Are you going to record a let's play, or are you planning to review it?
Personally, I will be going to work as normal since the countdown ends at 15:45 for me. Little point in skipping work to wait around all day. What I will do however is give my wife a call in order to start the download as soon as she can.
As for playing it, I will no doubt play through it in large chunks, maybe 3 sittings, and I plan on recording gameplay in order to do either a "Gentleman plays" series of 10 minute vids or 3 or 4 short highlights videos with captions and whatnot.
So... do tell...
For the past week I was:
2. Played 4 hacks (or mods, same idea) of super mario world. I was able to beat none of them. One had a coding problem where bowser's castle opened but the path didn't so I couldn't go there; the hack was riddled with a bunch of other problems as well (such as levels being blurry because the transition effect screwed up)
In another hack, it was so difficult (imagine playing mario with NO MUSHROOMS AT ALL anywhere) that I gave up. I'm too lazy to play a game with savestate spamming.
In yet a third hack, I was able to beat this boss but the boss room didn't register its defeat because a lone goomba was left in the room. I was unable to get rid of the goomba because in SMW you can't kill goombas directly; you can only throw them into other enemies. I gave up on that one.
In the 4th hack I got all the way to Roy's castle where you must get thru THREE AREAS, two of which are AUTO SCROLL LEVELS. In both autoscroll levels, you must run like a mofo to jump from springer to springer avoiding spikes and landing on 1-unit long ledges. It was getting boring. I made it into Roy's room but STUPIDLY DIED when he only needed one more bop.
3. I tried out a demo of E.Y.E Divine cybermancy, a source engine FPS-RPG game on steam. All I can say is, it's a bit too complicated for me. Theres too many skills and no quick way to access them: Theres super jumping, super sprinting, cloaking, healing, and about 10 others, with a possibility for maybe 30 more skills. While your menu is open you are VULNERABLE to enemy fire. The weapons have iron sights and multiple fire modes, and unfortunately aren't very strong. I keep getting killed by these armor clad samurai creeps armed with better weapons. And what's worse, they have a respawn point right outside my starting room, so there's pretty much an endless stream of them. I couldn't go 1 block without getting swarmed by like 5 samurai creeps.
There's a money purchase system that's quite widespread in the game, with many possible ways to develop your character. The focus of this game is obviously on skills and abilities development rather than on weapons loadouts. I'd recommend this if you are good at micromanagement of about 30 or 40 odd skills. Otherwise it might be too overwhelming for you. (By comparison, borderlands had 1 skill per character.)
Yeah, so, not particularly thrilled today.
- getting scammed in games
- watched a game about ditching a girlfriend (see #1 below)
- played a bunch of super mario world hacks, none of which I could beat legitimately (see #2 below)
- watched an anime about an MMORPG only to find out later that it gets explicit and R-rated
- Tried out E.Y.E Divine cybermancy (see #3 below)
2. Played 4 hacks (or mods, same idea) of super mario world. I was able to beat none of them. One had a coding problem where bowser's castle opened but the path didn't so I couldn't go there; the hack was riddled with a bunch of other problems as well (such as levels being blurry because the transition effect screwed up)
In another hack, it was so difficult (imagine playing mario with NO MUSHROOMS AT ALL anywhere) that I gave up. I'm too lazy to play a game with savestate spamming.
In yet a third hack, I was able to beat this boss but the boss room didn't register its defeat because a lone goomba was left in the room. I was unable to get rid of the goomba because in SMW you can't kill goombas directly; you can only throw them into other enemies. I gave up on that one.
In the 4th hack I got all the way to Roy's castle where you must get thru THREE AREAS, two of which are AUTO SCROLL LEVELS. In both autoscroll levels, you must run like a mofo to jump from springer to springer avoiding spikes and landing on 1-unit long ledges. It was getting boring. I made it into Roy's room but STUPIDLY DIED when he only needed one more bop.
3. I tried out a demo of E.Y.E Divine cybermancy, a source engine FPS-RPG game on steam. All I can say is, it's a bit too complicated for me. Theres too many skills and no quick way to access them: Theres super jumping, super sprinting, cloaking, healing, and about 10 others, with a possibility for maybe 30 more skills. While your menu is open you are VULNERABLE to enemy fire. The weapons have iron sights and multiple fire modes, and unfortunately aren't very strong. I keep getting killed by these armor clad samurai creeps armed with better weapons. And what's worse, they have a respawn point right outside my starting room, so there's pretty much an endless stream of them. I couldn't go 1 block without getting swarmed by like 5 samurai creeps.
There's a money purchase system that's quite widespread in the game, with many possible ways to develop your character. The focus of this game is obviously on skills and abilities development rather than on weapons loadouts. I'd recommend this if you are good at micromanagement of about 30 or 40 odd skills. Otherwise it might be too overwhelming for you. (By comparison, borderlands had 1 skill per character.)
Yeah, so, not particularly thrilled today.
Normal Mapping Tutorial - I probably made this for the community, but I'm sure I also created it for me. I tend to forget how to work with textures and how to make bump maps, so this video will be a useful reference in the future.
I've used GIMP, the normal map plugin for Gimp and VTFedit. It's 7 minutes long.
For those of you who lack a good internet connection, let me warn you: it is available in glorious FullHD resolution. I am just normally linking the video here, so it will probably take you to the 480p version :P.
Source Normal(Bump) Mapping Tutorial
I've used GIMP, the normal map plugin for Gimp and VTFedit. It's 7 minutes long.
For those of you who lack a good internet connection, let me warn you: it is available in glorious FullHD resolution. I am just normally linking the video here, so it will probably take you to the 480p version :P.
Source Normal(Bump) Mapping Tutorial
If you pour liquid into a klein bottle you will explode.
I recorded the unboxing of my new GTX 680 this morning.
A very generous friend gave it to me. I have taken care of his daughter a few times.
A very generous friend gave it to me. I have taken care of his daughter a few times.
An idea came up to my mind today.
Let's see if you like the pilot "news": TWHL News.
[EDIT] Published new "news": Uncontrolled experiment on the verge to cause an unnatural disaster?
I disabled the access to search engines, so the site is pretty much private unless it's linked to.
I'd like some tagline suggestions.
I said this is a "pilot news" because I suspect some people won't appreciate this. If this things proves to be entertaining, I'd like to add more authors( I still have to study the art of making news, especially... pamphlets, which require a vast knowledge of quotidian culture).
Let's see if you like the pilot "news": TWHL News.
[EDIT] Published new "news": Uncontrolled experiment on the verge to cause an unnatural disaster?
I disabled the access to search engines, so the site is pretty much private unless it's linked to.
I'd like some tagline suggestions.
I said this is a "pilot news" because I suspect some people won't appreciate this. If this things proves to be entertaining, I'd like to add more authors( I still have to study the art of making news, especially... pamphlets, which require a vast knowledge of quotidian culture).