The Safe haven thread: Talk about anything

Parasondox

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Did my first two hours of my driving lesson today and wow was it fun but complex at first with manual. Did it round the quiet roads where I lived. Started off slow but got use to it but boy I didn't know the gas and brake pedal was so sensitive. I also need to get my left and right leg to cooperate and work with me better because my right foot keeps pressing the gas too hard and left is too sensitive with the clutch. Just need to get the routine right but getting the hang of it and actually enjoying it.

Great day overall and thank you for this thread away from the headaches.
 

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Padwolf said:
I like this gues avatar, make my snicker every-time, also, congrats on the interview, jobs are still kinda hard to come by sadly, as after over a year a friend of mine FINALLY is getting back to work him self.

Lemme see, I don't got much else to say right now, I'm close to making a pointless thread of my own to congratulate my self for hitting the 'post' button 10,000 times and saying stuff on the internet of varying levels of value.

I play Warframe and Marvel Heroes. Anybody else where play those?

other then that, despite being a fan of country music, really can't stand Where there's more trucks then cars [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFnPUTVvw8Q] It sounds to openly hostile toward city life and makes it sound as though there's something wrong with you if your not living in some small town somewhere. Not helping is that I'm kinda tired of the sound of his voice.
 

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A few days ago, I finished Haunting Ground, which is apparently a spiritual sequel to the Clock Tower series. I had never played either prior to starting HG, which I could only seem to muster the will to play every couple of weeks.

The twist is that it wasn't out of not liking the game, but having actually been disturbed and horrified at something that happened in roughly the first 20 minutes of gameplay.
I let the first pursuer, a large, creepy man in a large, creepy castle, catch me, because I wanted to do my usual thing in horror games and see where the line was. That is, I typically like to start the game, find something particularly threatening, and say "Do your worst."

Usually, this just leads to samey, splattery death, like having my head chainsaw'd off or a necromorph giving me several chest piercings. In TellTale's Walking Dead game, I was given the choice of saving a kid and saving some guy, and opted to let the kid die just to see if the game would go through with it.
It didn't. At least not right away.

In this case, it did. The main character was, as far as I could tell, beaten to death and her corpse raped by the large, creepy man.

I started the game early in the summer, and finished it just this last weekend, only getting around to playing it (Granted, part of this was just not being in the mood for horror most of the time, requires a certain mindset and all that) every couple of weeks, for maybe half an hour or so. That changed the further I got, and right after the second psychopath, the most frightening entity in the game in my honest opinion, things kind of wound down in terms of creepiness. Maybe I was just used to it by then, but a normal-ish man in a brown robe with a flintlock just wasn't as scary to me as the broken glass/fire poker-wielding maid that alternated between a creepy monotone and some of the most delightfully insane, shrieky laughter I've ever heard. Most of all if she catches you.

Then we get comparatively un-frightening fellows no less out to get the protagonist, but all being far less intimidating. Maybe it was that they were using guns and magic, instead of creepy mannerisms (The maid shuts the fucking doors, as both an indicator she'd been around recently and a way of costing you a few seconds to open them again while she's in hot pursuit. She is the only one that does this. Did I mention she's the fastest of the psychopaths?)and unconventional weapons?

I have since watched a review of Haunting Ground that claims it takes the old Clock Tower game mechanics and improves on pretty much everything, mostly making the game harder by not pointing out hiding places and such. If that's the case, I'm a little annoyed to have played the better game first.
 

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I've been watching Friday Night Lights. I really enjoy it although one ore two of the characters are absolute positivity leaches.
On a related subject, I've recently been trying to get my head around American football. It's a game I've recently taken a big interest in (I've played rugby all my life which is kind of similar in terms of physicality), and I have most of the basic rules down. The only problem is remembering all of the damn positions and their roles in the team. I have yet to watch a full game as well.
Apart from that I start college in two weeks and I'm pretty excited.
 

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Not The Bees said:
I recently read Yahtzee's book Jam. I'm thinking of getting Mogworld. I haven't decided yet if I want to or not.

Also, I have been going through a really weird unicorn phase. I'm not sure if it's because I'm about to turn 31, or if it's because I recently suffered a concussion. I hope it's not permanent.
I enjoyed both and can recommend it to you. That said, I listened to Mogworld as an Audiobook rather than reading it, but still.

I'm excited for Civilization Beyond Earth, looks like a new twist on Alpha Centauri. That said, I was recently reminded of Civilization: Call to Power, and its interesting 'public works' system rather than the 'workers' system in most Civ games, so I'm alittle sorry to see its still not going to be adopted into main-stream Civilization games.
 

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Gizmo1990 said:
I am sick and fucking tired of Quinn, Sarkesein and SJW topics so this will be a safe haven.
We could use more threads like this a the mo... it's an endless flame war out there.

Gizmo1990 said:
I also just got round to installing Borderlands 2 on my PC. I had it on the PS3 but steam had the GotY edition on sale and now that I have the DLC I cannot choose what character to go for. I have already played the Siren and Zero so any sugestions for who I shold pick next out of the other original 2 and the DLC 2 would be helpfull.
I played a Gunzerker and it was fun as balls, especially with the Conferance Call, granted the enemy AI in Borderlands is still kinda prone to gunning you from a distance and hiding after you go down, making the second wind ability kind of redundant.

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After being disapointed with Legend of Korra, I started rewatching Last Airbender.

Gosh darn do I love the sense of wonder that series have.
Season 3 too? Come on, it was great!

I think Korra could really use a "Tales of Ba Sing Se" style episode. Just a handful of mini-stories unrelated to the main plot, no grand drama, just the characters doing some nice stuff. As much as I find Korrasami fetishists creepy, they're (Korra and Asami that is) genuinely charming when they're together. They could do something like go to a zoo, have a dinner, something like that. Show Lin Beifong pull the stick out of her ass and show her chill out for once. Show Bolin studying his newfound lavabending. Stuff like that.
Oh gawd that ending, it was like watching a crippled puppy realizing it can't go to the park anymore...

WHY WOULD I SAY THAT!?!

I do love the fact they focused so much on Asami and Korra's bromance... sismance... friendship. The show was a little heavy on the young love stuff, which I usually enjoy but after two series it would have gotten old.
 

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I've actually been playing Borderlands 2 as well, with a group of friends. I love Zero, and can't wait to unlock his final Bloodshed ability so I can continuously backstab fools ^^
I have to say, though, that while the humour is funny in certain places, they try to be over the top too often, which kinda ruins the dramatic moments a bit.
 

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RaikuFA said:
Trying to get followers on Twitter so I have an excuse to use it.

3 years and 0 followers.
I'LL FOLLOW YOU :D What's your Twitter?

I've nicked my brother's Vita to play Soul Sacrifice and it's really fun so far. First game I've played in... six weeks, I think? Wait, no, I tell a lie, I played Mega Man 9 whilst on Skype yesterday because I'm an attentive and caring conversationalist.

Kind of glad to be gaming again. I've also been getting back into music and reading (and have finally started making money from the former again) so life seems fun again! Seriously, with the exception of nights out with my friends I've pretty much just been staring at walls during my downtime these past few weeks.
 

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I am so fucking bored right now. I'm in a hostel in the North of France on my own and there are literally no young people living here! What the fuck? There's a big group of British students in the hostel next to mine and I think I'm the first female they've seen in a month. Other than that, the whole town is just populated by old people! I think everybody here is born old and they reproduce asexually. Oh gosh, I hope they reproduce asexually. If someone has any amusing travel travel stories to keep me sane, please PM them to me. Only if they're good. Or really, really bad so I can fall asleep.
 

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There's some big changes coming in my life, we're moving out, I'm actively seeking a way to go to college (something gaming related), ArcheAge FINALLY has an official North American release date (played the beta and I loved it), I'm having loads of fun with Orcs Must Die! 2 in coop and I'm considering on starting a new Let's Play series, I'll be focusing more on retro stuff (because it's easier to record, not because "new games sucks!, git off my lawn!").
 

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JoJo said:
RaikuFA said:
Trying to get followers on Twitter so I have an excuse to use it.

3 years and 0 followers.
Not even any of those spam followers? Wow, you are unlucky 0.o

OT: I've been playing Ridiculous Fishing today, simple but pretty fun :-D
Not one. I'm thinking if I hit 5 years then I'll tell a news station.
 

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ScrabbitRabbit said:
RaikuFA said:
Trying to get followers on Twitter so I have an excuse to use it.

3 years and 0 followers.
I'LL FOLLOW YOU :D What's your Twitter?
@Drive_the_Tacos. It's avatar is Mr. Wilson from the Dennis the Menace SNES game.
 

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Yeah, I'm guessing this thread won't last too much longer. I was actually planning on making a thread somewhat like this, but with a poll of what people want to see more of in Off Topic to see what people actually want to talk about.
 
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Dandark said:
I just got Bound by fire while it was on sale on Steam and i've been enjoying it so far. I can already see some of the flaws that i'd seen people complain about but i've been enjoying it decently so far.
I heard various complaints about the combat but I find myself enjoying it even if it can be a bit frustrating at times. Im just worried about the length as i've heard it's quite short and despite only just finishing the tutorial I am already halfway through one of the skill trees and I worry that it will end too soon.
I played the first half hour of this game but hadn't gotten into the groove yet with it yet, but glad to see someone else is enjoying it.

Did you play mars: war logs by chance? by the same developer, it's also quite the rough gem, but I really enjoyed that, so I'm hoping to enjoy this game too (eventually).
 

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-I ordered the movie Paprika on Blu-Ray and the complete series (with movie) of Blue Gender on DVD off Amazon... I've seen Paprika beforehand a couple of years ago on Starz, but I haven't seen any episodes of Blue Gender, let alone knew that it had a movie...
-This Friday, after I get paid take care of some yard work, I'm going to be watching Muppets: Most Wanted with my mother before we play some Rayman Legends...
-PERSONA 5, YO!!! This shit by hype as fuck on the PS4!!
-Adventure Time Season 4 on Blu-Ray will be mine [this October]... I mean, it's one of the best seasons of AT outside of 3 and, to a certain extent, 2... (Does that mean Season 5 will come out on Blu-Ray next year?)
-Watching all of those Simpsons episodes in a row, despite some ratio problems, was really worth it... especially the quotes and that theme song remix that played during [almost] every commercial breaks...
-I was going to say something else... but I forgot... :p
 

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I just completed The Walking Dead: Season Two.

Still feel incredibly guilty about robbing Arvo, still feel sadistic glee at Carver's death and still feel a curious mixture of being satisfied and upset at the Kenny-Wellington ending I got. Oh and I've been reading A Song of Ice and Fire lately, several years after everyone has stopped talking about the shocking moments. But still bloody enjoyable!

Captcha: Namby-pamby.

Oh come on Captcha, Telltale Games are just that good! I'm not a sissy...
 

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I got fired from my job because I was playing a Sudoku variant on my PC while I was waiting for phone calls to come in. I was working IT, so my whole job revolved around waiting for problems to exist. I fixed all the problems, so I wasn't neglecting in my duties.

Also, I had been playing games on my down time for over a year, but it was because we got a new manager that decided Sudoku was bad that I got fired, not because my behavior had changed. Seriously, there were only 3 guys on our IT team, and I had more tickets closed per month than the other two guys combined.

Joke's on them though, I got a new job, and I'm getting paid the same to do less. I miss the old place because everyone besides that manager loved me, but people are getting to know me at the new place now, and my co-workers are nerds like me and not slackers.
 

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Oh, and completely off-topic from my post above, I'm watching the new Scooby Doo cartoon. I don't know how they did it, but it's actually good. Like really good. It's like they took the over-the-top antics and parody of that old Southpark episode with Korn, and made that into the actual Scooby Doo show.