The [STEAM] thread

Luchaire

Oh goddammit. Someone else who didn't get the birthdays-are-for-giveaways memo. Seriously, who's in charge of information dissemination around here? You're slacking and should be seriously reprimanded.

Thanks to @cooljammer00 for Don't Starve. Gruesome death simulators rate high on my approval scale.

Also, fuck you for making me have to think up another challenge so soon after the last one. :P


@Zen Vulgarity - Click here for the candle explanation. It's a giveaway where somebody gets dishonored!

Contest Challenge!
Now what? My idea box is running empty. Hm.

Send me a funny birthday picture. Kid faceplanted in a cake? Good. Cat leaped onto table into cake? Better! Go find something hilarious and PM it to me! - EXPIRED!

Incindium

Houn wrote: »

Incindium wrote: »

Banzai5150 wrote: »

So Rocksmith!

Anywho - I'm getting the bug to learn how to play guitar again. I've tried about 3 times over the course of 20 or so years. This time I'm just going to get a relatively inexpensive guitar and play around on Rocksmith along side my chords/scales/tabs/etc I've amassed over the years. My question to you, my hard rockin amigos, as I know there is a handful of you in this thread, is...What is a not shit guitar to pick up for the cheap that stays in tune, the neck isn't crap, the tuners won't spin freely, the frets don't buzz, the body isn't totally plywood and lastly the pickups are decent. I'm trying to avoid the Fender Squire made in China line, but not wanting to drop tooooo much more than $200 or so. I was looking at the Ibanez G10 line at $189 but once again don't want to fight the guitar to learn how to play it.

Thoughts?

Don't buy new... Go to a local guitar or pawn shop and just go through all the guitars that catch your fancy. If you like one don't buy it immediately, find the model number and do some research to make sure it's priced reasonably and don't be afraid to haggle with the shop owner to knock down the price.

I'd also note that, years back, when I wanted to learn to play guitar, I picked up one of those cheapo Squire Strat Guitar + Amp packs. While I never made much headway in learning to play it and it spends most of it's time in the closet, when I do bust it out, it's very rare that it needs any tuning. It's not fancy, but it's functional as all hell.

Those can be hit and miss from what I know (although I have heard some of those older Squire Stats packs were pretty decent). I just recommend playing a guitar before buying it in general.

Zen Vulgarity

Oh okay I just wanted to write something

InkSplat

Dammit, @cooljammer00, you made me miss that other candle by like 15 minutes. I already missed out on catch'n em all, but you're further ruining my candledex completion rate! :P

AnakinOU

Big Classy wrote: »

I'm not going to live that down. (Summer Dale).

Anyway is the pinball game on offer or something?
Edit : ah its free and the dlc is where they make the money. Clever.

No, no, no. You're obviously not keeping up with the latest internet fury. You're supposed to hate-rage on Zen because the game isn't free at all...you can't download anything or demo the tables unless you buy something.

I think.

I dunno...as soon as I saw that it was possible to do so, I clicked "BUY." Then I plugged in my X-Arcade Tankstick, and set my kids loose on it. Apparently (smart) kids love pinball.

Zen Vulgarity

Can I give my candle to someone else

InkSplat

AnakinOU wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

I'm not going to live that down. (Summer Dale).

Anyway is the pinball game on offer or something?
Edit : ah its free and the dlc is where they make the money. Clever.

No, no, no. You're obviously not keeping up with the latest internet fury. You're supposed to hate-rage on Zen because the game isn't free at all...you can't download anything or demo the tables unless you buy something.

I think.

I dunno...as soon as I saw that it was possible to do so, I clicked "BUY." Then I plugged in my X-Arcade Tankstick, and set my kids loose on it. Apparently (smart) kids love pinball.

You can demo the tables. Pretty sure you just double click and there's an option to demo.

InkSplat

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Can I give my candle to someone else

Don't give it to just anyone. They'll just break your heart. Save it until you find that someone special who deserves your stick of wax.

Darkewolfe

All this guitar talk has badly renewed my desire to pick up a guitar and tool around. I thought the Steam thread would be safe, but no. You guys are killing me.

Also, I have that pinball game on my 360. I love their tables, they do such a great job.

cooljammer00

Luchaire wrote: »

Oh goddammit. Someone else who didn't get the birthdays-are-for-giveaways memo. Seriously, who's in charge of information dissemination around here? You're slacking and should be seriously reprimanded.

Thanks to @cooljammer00 for Don't Starve. Gruesome death simulators rate high on my approval scale.

Also, fuck you for making me have to think up another challenge so soon after the last one. :P


@Zen Vulgarity - Click here for the candle explanation. It's a giveaway where somebody gets dishonored!

Contest Challenge!
Now what? My idea box is running empty. Hm.

Send me a funny birthday picture. Kid faceplanted in a cake? Good. Cat leaped onto table into cake? Better! Go find something hilarious and PM it to me!

Hey, you're the arbiter of this contest. You can decide it is now over and post freely. :-)

Sir Carcass

Incindium wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Incindium wrote: »

Banzai5150 wrote: »

So Rocksmith!

Anywho - I'm getting the bug to learn how to play guitar again. I've tried about 3 times over the course of 20 or so years. This time I'm just going to get a relatively inexpensive guitar and play around on Rocksmith along side my chords/scales/tabs/etc I've amassed over the years. My question to you, my hard rockin amigos, as I know there is a handful of you in this thread, is...What is a not shit guitar to pick up for the cheap that stays in tune, the neck isn't crap, the tuners won't spin freely, the frets don't buzz, the body isn't totally plywood and lastly the pickups are decent. I'm trying to avoid the Fender Squire made in China line, but not wanting to drop tooooo much more than $200 or so. I was looking at the Ibanez G10 line at $189 but once again don't want to fight the guitar to learn how to play it.

Thoughts?

Don't buy new... Go to a local guitar or pawn shop and just go through all the guitars that catch your fancy. If you like one don't buy it immediately, find the model number and do some research to make sure it's priced reasonably and don't be afraid to haggle with the shop owner to knock down the price.

I'd also note that, years back, when I wanted to learn to play guitar, I picked up one of those cheapo Squire Strat Guitar + Amp packs. While I never made much headway in learning to play it and it spends most of it's time in the closet, when I do bust it out, it's very rare that it needs any tuning. It's not fancy, but it's functional as all hell.

Those can be hit and miss from what I know (although I have heard some of those older Squire Stats packs were pretty decent). I just recommend playing a guitar before buying it in general.

I'm always confused by this advice to people wanting to learn guitar (not specifically to you here). For one, they can't play it. And B, even if they knew a chord or 2, they're not going to know enough to say "yep, this is good" or "yep, piece of crap".

TychoCelchuuu

Big Classy wrote: »

Loving the thread title @tychocelchuuu c

Some mod doesn't agree with you

Syngyne

Incindium wrote: »

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

When is summer Dale

Summer Dale is beyond time and space...

Summer Dale
Makes me feel fine
Adding to the backlog in my mind~~

cooljammer00

Darkewolfe wrote: »

All this guitar talk has badly renewed my desire to pick up a guitar and tool around. I thought the Steam thread would be safe, but no. You guys are killing me.

Also, I have that pinball game on my 360. I love their tables, they do such a great job.

You think you've got it bad? I just realized my favorite track off the new Daft Punk album has a riff that is highly reminiscent of the one from "Layla" and now it's all I want to listen to.

rikdaly

InkSplat wrote: »

AnakinOU wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

I'm not going to live that down. (Summer Dale).

Anyway is the pinball game on offer or something?
Edit : ah its free and the dlc is where they make the money. Clever.

No, no, no. You're obviously not keeping up with the latest internet fury. You're supposed to hate-rage on Zen because the game isn't free at all...you can't download anything or demo the tables unless you buy something.

I think.

I dunno...as soon as I saw that it was possible to do so, I clicked "BUY." Then I plugged in my X-Arcade Tankstick, and set my kids loose on it. Apparently (smart) kids love pinball.

You can demo the tables. Pretty sure you just double click and there's an option to demo.

I missed that when I first launched it but yeah it's there and gives a 5 minute (I think) demo for each table

they handled the launch pretty badly as it was labelled as free to play when really it is a free platform with timed demos, that said the Steam forum certainly lived up to it's usual self with all the hate spewing

I think they've missed a great opportunity to sell lots of tables by not putting in a free table, there are lots of people out there that don't even know they like pinball yet

InkSplat

Yeah, not putting in a basic free table was sort of dumb. Definitely cost them more money than they'd have lost by giving away a free table.

Incindium

Sir Carcass wrote: »

Incindium wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Incindium wrote: »

Banzai5150 wrote: »

So Rocksmith!

Anywho - I'm getting the bug to learn how to play guitar again. I've tried about 3 times over the course of 20 or so years. This time I'm just going to get a relatively inexpensive guitar and play around on Rocksmith along side my chords/scales/tabs/etc I've amassed over the years. My question to you, my hard rockin amigos, as I know there is a handful of you in this thread, is...What is a not shit guitar to pick up for the cheap that stays in tune, the neck isn't crap, the tuners won't spin freely, the frets don't buzz, the body isn't totally plywood and lastly the pickups are decent. I'm trying to avoid the Fender Squire made in China line, but not wanting to drop tooooo much more than $200 or so. I was looking at the Ibanez G10 line at $189 but once again don't want to fight the guitar to learn how to play it.

Thoughts?

Don't buy new... Go to a local guitar or pawn shop and just go through all the guitars that catch your fancy. If you like one don't buy it immediately, find the model number and do some research to make sure it's priced reasonably and don't be afraid to haggle with the shop owner to knock down the price.

I'd also note that, years back, when I wanted to learn to play guitar, I picked up one of those cheapo Squire Strat Guitar + Amp packs. While I never made much headway in learning to play it and it spends most of it's time in the closet, when I do bust it out, it's very rare that it needs any tuning. It's not fancy, but it's functional as all hell.

Those can be hit and miss from what I know (although I have heard some of those older Squire Stats packs were pretty decent). I just recommend playing a guitar before buying it in general.

I'm always confused by this advice to people wanting to learn guitar (not specifically to you here). For one, they can't play it. And B, even if they knew a chord or 2, they're not going to know enough to say "yep, this is good" or "yep, piece of crap".

You may not know how to play more than a power chord or a couple notes but inevitably you be drawn to one over another. Even if you pick a crappy one its one you picked. Plus the more you are around guitars the better feel you'll have for them and their personality's.

Zen Vulgarity

InkSplat wrote: »

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Can I give my candle to someone else

Don't give it to just anyone. They'll just break your heart. Save it until you find that someone special who deserves your stick of wax.

Well I already own and have beaten Dishonored

I just wanted to write a haiku

Incindium

Damn all this talking about guitars makes me want to go an buy another one so I can own it and not play it... Just like my Steam games.

Blendtec

Incindium wrote: »

Houn wrote: »

Incindium wrote: »

Banzai5150 wrote: »

So Rocksmith!

Anywho - I'm getting the bug to learn how to play guitar again. I've tried about 3 times over the course of 20 or so years. This time I'm just going to get a relatively inexpensive guitar and play around on Rocksmith along side my chords/scales/tabs/etc I've amassed over the years. My question to you, my hard rockin amigos, as I know there is a handful of you in this thread, is...What is a not shit guitar to pick up for the cheap that stays in tune, the neck isn't crap, the tuners won't spin freely, the frets don't buzz, the body isn't totally plywood and lastly the pickups are decent. I'm trying to avoid the Fender Squire made in China line, but not wanting to drop tooooo much more than $200 or so. I was looking at the Ibanez G10 line at $189 but once again don't want to fight the guitar to learn how to play it.

Thoughts?

Don't buy new... Go to a local guitar or pawn shop and just go through all the guitars that catch your fancy. If you like one don't buy it immediately, find the model number and do some research to make sure it's priced reasonably and don't be afraid to haggle with the shop owner to knock down the price.

I'd also note that, years back, when I wanted to learn to play guitar, I picked up one of those cheapo Squire Strat Guitar + Amp packs. While I never made much headway in learning to play it and it spends most of it's time in the closet, when I do bust it out, it's very rare that it needs any tuning. It's not fancy, but it's functional as all hell.

Those can be hit and miss from what I know (although I have heard some of those older Squire Stats packs were pretty decent). I just recommend playing a guitar before buying it in general.

Bring a more musically inclined friend along if you're not sure. Musicians get a kick out of more people being involved in something they like, and they'll usually be pretty happy to help. If you do end up going the haggle route, it'll really help your argument to have someone who can play the instrument and make a better judgement on it.

Big Classy

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

Loving the thread title @tychocelchuuu c

Some mod doesn't agree with you

Has your thread title privilege been revoked once again?

Icemopper

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

InkSplat wrote: »

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Can I give my candle to someone else

Don't give it to just anyone. They'll just break your heart. Save it until you find that someone special who deserves your stick of wax.

Well I already own and have beaten Dishonored

I just wanted to write a haiku

Haiku(s?) are the best!
Especially impromptu.
Err... serve the Newell!

Summer Dale

Dissociater wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

I'm not going to live that down. (Summer Dale).

We'll probably forget about it when we get closer to Year Odd: The snake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

Darkewolfe

Alright, that's what I really need. I need to somehow trick the steam thread into gifting me a guitar.

Newell can do that, right?

Lindsey Lohan

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

InkSplat wrote: »

Zen Vulgarity wrote: »

Can I give my candle to someone else

Don't give it to just anyone. They'll just break your heart. Save it until you find that someone special who deserves your stick of wax.

Well I already own and have beaten Dishonored

I just wanted to write a haiku

I did the same thing - I wrote a haiku, got a candle, then went back and read it was for dishonored and returned my candle. I figured there was someone else who wanted it more than I did and I've been given far more than I deserve in this thread.

Luchaire

Summer Dale wrote: »

Dissociater wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

I'm not going to live that down. (Summer Dale).

We'll probably forget about it when we get closer to Year Odd: The snake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJJ_HJ-9JNM

Contest Challenge!
Ummmmmm.... Yeah. I am unprepared.

Ooh, I know.

Ashley or Kaiden on Virmire? And why? - EXPIRED! Because cardboard delusions.

azith28

rikdaly wrote: »

Todesbart wrote: »

Hydrophobia looks kind of cool and is only 1,24€, is it worth it at that price or is it a turd in disguise?

It's not great but I enjoyed it enough, honestly it would have been a decent game without the combat

Did you get the later version of the game? I heard the original release had serious combat problems but didnt they re-release it with a bunch of changes?

KoopahTroopah

I've never heard of La-Mulana.

"Nigoro’s La-Mulana is like Castlevania: Symphony of The Night spliced with Dark Souls. It is long, it is tough, it is involved and it has puzzles that’ll make your brain bleed."
93/100 – Indie Game Mag

...and now I want it.

Zen Vulgarity

Now I want it too

To the wishlist you go

Incindium

So Metro First Light released today. Any first impressions?

rikdaly

azith28 wrote: »

rikdaly wrote: »

Todesbart wrote: »

Hydrophobia looks kind of cool and is only 1,24€, is it worth it at that price or is it a turd in disguise?

It's not great but I enjoyed it enough, honestly it would have been a decent game without the combat

Did you get the later version of the game? I heard the original release had serious combat problems but didnt they re-release it with a bunch of changes?

I think so, I bought it on Steam so I'm sure it's the later version

KoopahTroopah

Incindium wrote: »

So Metro First Light released today. Any first impressions?

Still haven't played the first one (even though I own it). 83 on Metacritic so far though. I think the consensus that I've heard from people is that the game is awesome and atmospheric, but it still has some bugs.

Ben from the PA Repore` has his first looks review up: http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/metro-last-light

subedii

So a couple of 75% off coupons appeared in my inventory for Shogun 2: Total War. Anyone want? PM if you'd like one.

Preferably forum regulars.

EDIT: Oh, and the coupon doesn't say how long it's valid for, looks like a weird HTML bug (displaying a random number inbetween two [date] tags).

Zen Vulgarity

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-looks/

Giant Bomb quick look

KoopahTroopah

I think I get paid tomorrow. Anyone wanna team up with me and clear out Isy's wishlist?

Luchaire

I am not a fancy French chair. In case anyone was curious. I don't even think I'm French. But with my family history, anything is possible.

I am, however, now an owner of Fez. Because someone else hasn't got that birthday memo. Seriously, wtf?



Thanks to @cardboard delusions! It looks hard. Will it make me rage?

Contest Challenge!

Yes, another candle opportunity! Blame Cardboard Delusions. I do.

Speaking of raging... share your most rage-inducing game moment. Did you ragequit? Why? Fault of the game or just because you suck? Inquiring minds want to know! - EXPIRED!

Lindsey Lohan

Does anyone know if Fez's launch issues have ironed themselves out yet? I really, really want to grab a copy but I remember reading there were some saved games getting lost?

azith28

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

I've never heard of La-Mulana.

"Nigoro’s La-Mulana is like Castlevania: Symphony of The Night spliced with Dark Souls. It is long, it is tough, it is involved and it has puzzles that’ll make your brain bleed."
93/100 – Indie Game Mag

...and now I want it.

Arent you confusing that game with Guacameele ?

InkSplat

azith28 wrote: »

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

I've never heard of La-Mulana.

"Nigoro’s La-Mulana is like Castlevania: Symphony of The Night spliced with Dark Souls. It is long, it is tough, it is involved and it has puzzles that’ll make your brain bleed."
93/100 – Indie Game Mag

...and now I want it.

Arent you confusing that game with Guacameele ?

Guacamelee is only on PS3, isn't it?

KoopahTroopah

InkSplat wrote: »

azith28 wrote: »

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

I've never heard of La-Mulana.

"Nigoro’s La-Mulana is like Castlevania: Symphony of The Night spliced with Dark Souls. It is long, it is tough, it is involved and it has puzzles that’ll make your brain bleed."
93/100 – Indie Game Mag

...and now I want it.

Arent you confusing that game with Guacameele ?

Guacamelee is only on PS3, isn't it?

Well, and the Vita. I myself own neither, so Guacamelee is a game that I can't partake in.