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volvocrusher wrote:I had an issue with my Wii and 360. Fortunately with both of those, I got a replacement one sent back for free that worked like a champ. Unfortunately the 360 one happened on my birthday when I got Gears 2 and Left 4 Dead as presents, I was so pissed.

I quit using the 360 after I had 3 of them break within 2 months and then Halo 3, which had just come out, wouldn't work. Just remembering how I reacted to those things all breaking and the shit my mother and that poor customer service adviser had to deal with... Nothing but pure cringe and embarrassment, especially when part of my job is now dealing with customers on the phone.

I've emailed Sony to try and find out how much a replacement may cost. If it's over £100, which it more than likely will be, they can suck my dick. If it's less than that then I may consider rolling with it because in all honesty there's more chance of it being fixed from a drop out the window than me opening it up and replacing parts. PS3 repairs, dentist appointments, all in the same pay month I was planning to go to Germany. Apprenticeship wages only go so far goddamn it!

Xillia is great and all but I want to get to Awakening and Bravley Default. I also have a hankering for some MGS and FFix. When X hits I'm fucked. And even though I said I can live without it, I'll probably jump on the new MGS retail. Le sigh...

I'm hoping to beat Xillia before FFX releases. Shouldn't be a problem since I'm getting the Vita version, but I know I'll just be laying in bed playing FFX on my Vita and ignoring Xillia if it isn't done by then, which it probably won't be.

^this^

First world problems, eh chaps?

I finished God of War Ascension. They have some neat ideas like the new grapple and buttonless minigames. But for every good idea there is one I dislike like the change to the parry system. And it just feels lacking in a lot of what I really love about the series at its best and overall feels a bit underwhelming.

Played a bit of Strider. So far it's fantastic, really knows how to nail the Metroidvania formula.

Trip, were you super excited to kill Hermes in God of War 3? I swear I'm the only person that loved chopping off that taunting dick's legs.

"You can't get me Kratos! You're not quick enough Kratos!" One of the best feelings ever playing a game when I finally caught that little bitch.

Because what better way to answer the question of "What am I doing with my life. I've achieved nothing in these 19 years and I still live in this boring as fuck town. I'm wasting my life and learning nothing" than getting addicted to DOTA 2 again. Started playing Nyx Assassin just because Persona 3. He's fun as hell, having to creep around and sneaking up on enemies to just wombocombo the shit out of them with high damage and stuns is awesome seeing as I usually play full no damage support 90% of the time

After watching Greenie play Strider, I decided to bust out my Game Gear and play that iteration. It sucks. Screen-tearing and slowdown are unacceptable by any standards. But my NGPC is in the same storage box so I played some SNK Vs. Capcom. The ONLY way to play a fighting game -or action like Strider, for that matter- is on the digital stick of the NGPC. If it were backlit I'd declare it my favorite handheld device. But then it would weigh a bazillion metric shit-tons.

It was disconcerting to watch Greenie play Strider and say it didn't have a d-pad option. Some people just want to watch the world burn.

Renting Killzone Mercenary. Hopefully it goes better for me than Shadow Fall.

BretBaber wrote:Trip, were you super excited to kill Hermes in God of War 3?  I swear I'm the only person that loved chopping off that taunting dick's legs.  

"You can't get me Kratos!  You're not quick enough Kratos!"  One of the best feelings ever playing a game when I finally caught that little bitch.

Not as much as you I guess... haha. He was being a cock, so it was pretty satisfying. Not really one of the standout moments in the series for me though.

His annoying voice and constant nagging was like listening to a younger brother that got something that you wanted. Oh man, he was annoying. And to finally get him and cut off those legs that move so fast was just comical and gratifying way to defeat him.

I'm a sucker for scale so the Cronos fight was amazing for me despite being pretty easy. But as I said, I'm a sucker so...

Would people participate if I whipped up one of those questionaire type threads for God of War?

DOTA is funny. Ended up laning with a Bristleback who almost got himself killed right at the start yet had the balls to bitch at me for missing a stun trying to save him (Which I still did) which would of lead to us getting a kill. Guy started shit talking and telling me to go to a different lane so I told him to fuck off. I stuck around and let him get last hits because he called lane first while I was focusing getting some creep denies up in that bitch, then I started pulling out the stuns and we had a dinner fit for kings which led to our entire team snowballing like crazy.

"See Bristle, we're doing good"
"Yeah man, thanks to you! Ty man!"

And then we had fun casually joking about with each other when I missed a stun. It's not often you meet decent people on DOTA but when you do it's great.

I'd participate Mr. Trip.

Playing DOTA with friends is one of the best multiplayer gaming experiences I've ever had. Playing DOTA with randoms can be the worst. It is always such a huge and pleasant surprise when you randomly come across someone, or a group of people who are fun and decent. Normally its just angry Russians yelling at you telling you that your mother is a mother fuck. DOTA has its charms, you gotta take the good with the bad!

ALMOST done with Devil Survivor 2 I think but it's done that annoying thing where the boss battles are WAY harder than the free battles so it's impossible to grind. And even if I just need demons to fuse, I still have to grind for money to summon back demons after fusion so BLEH. Enjoying it but still annoyed.

I feel like I'm the only person that doesn't know what DOTA is. I don't even know what DOTA stands for.

DOTA = Defense of the Ancients. It is a MOBA, Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. Think of it as Diablo mixed with MMO PvP.

Watch some of it on Twitch or youtube. I watched my little brother play it for a week and it was fun. Not something I'd play, but I really liked watching him play. Even if I did have to get on to him for being the little online ass he is.

DOTA is home to some of the best and worst online experiences with friends. There are times where you're all laughing and making next level tricks happen but to balance that there are the times you'll spend 30 minutes over Skype arguing because one of used an ability in the match-deciding fight a little too late causing you all to end up losing.

I haven't lost a match since going back to DOTA yet, just waiting for the losing streak to start any match now...

@Bret, it's an extremely addictive game with a ton of depth where split seconds have the ability to decide entire hour long matches. It's like League of Legends but without the casual safety net bullshit for scrubs thus making it a million times better.

I have flirted with going back to DOTA. I've played a few games here and there in the past couple of weeks. I like all the new heroes they've added. A lot of my friends on here who I played with have moved on to other things. No one really seems to interested in picking it back up again... so that has a lot to do with it. We really didn't have any bad experiences, except for those games where you play a group of semi-pros and we would get steam rolled. But even that is fun in a comical, we are horrible, kind of way.

Yeah, it's difficult to get back into without friends. My mate who is the only one I really enjoyed playing it with was dangerously addicted to it so he's trying to avoid it for now, which is made much easier due to his new Persona addiction.

Ordered some replacement parts for my PS3 in the hopes of fixing it. I've got my PS3 all laid out on the side and I have the end of this week off from work so gonna fix it then. Really, really, really, REALLY REALLY REALLY hope this works otherwise I just wasted quite a bit of money and time. Had to resist the urge of purchasing an Asuka figure I saw on Ebay while buying the spare parts too. It wasn't easy.

I haven't moved on from DOTA... I just have no computer to play it on. If anybody wants to send me a good gaming PC I'll gladly get back into it   

I don't even have a good gaming PC. Mine is just serviceable. So you're on your own, sir! But if you ever get a hold of one, we should definitely get back into it... That, or the Blizzard one whenever that comes out!

Been making my way through Persona 3 lately. Definitely a different tone than Persona 4 has but I am enjoying it quite a bit. Other than that I'm just playing a few rounds of Spelunky and Smart As pretty much everyday. Fun games to play and look at scores to compare against friends.

Jumped back into Metro: Last Light. In the amount of time it's taken me to get where I am, Half-Life 2 managed to set up a better world & story and had long since set me on my way. Meanwhile, in Metro, I've played one level so far and been led me through every other one. I still barely even know how to play the game, because it won't let me learn. It's Ni No Kuni all over again, except in this case they were cruel enough to tease me with a gameplay section that was actually pretty good

I started up Killzone Mercenary. Did not like it at all at first, but it has grown on me a bit. The first level included something I hate. When it feels like there is no thought put into enemy placement. I'm not saying there wasn't thought put into it, but it felt like there wasn't, so what is the difference. And then the save/glitch combo issue I ran into stunk. But the third mission got it back in my good graces a bit.

I thought you were talking about Shadow Falls on twitter. No bad save points happened to me on Mercenary, but that's mainly because I would always just put the game on hold.