Re: How long can we keep a thread civil? - Five Pages

by Alexandra on Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:32 am

Get used to it, dude. PC gaming is 90% digital now, and consoles are going to be following that route by the time the next generation rolls around.

I'm all for it, personally.

by LunarWolf on Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:33 am

Digital is the way to go really !

by **anegge** on Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:12 am

[quote="Harrier":70s3lj42]giving data to corporations voluntarily.

As a paranoid privacy guy, I can identify with this concern on some level. But with Steam your really not giving them any more information than you would with any other digital store front.

If you've never purchased anything from a digital store front ever, than I don't know what to say. Except, you may be interested in Mozilla's collusion: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/
There's a version for Chrome as well.

Also, I mean there are a lot of free games on the web if you want to go that route. Or F2P even.

[quote="Bluemouse":70s3lj42]
OMG TOEJAM AND EARL IS THE BEST! Sometimes at work I still get the music stuck in my head, and no one cares. I need to find that again.

by Alexandra on Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:34 am

[quote="anegge":2t5mews6]It was really a stroke of genius conceptually, taking a roguelike (i.e. procedural generation) basis and applying it to an overhead adventure. Then it was like everyone forgot that using procedural generation on other genres was a thing that could be cool until... I can't think of anything before Spelunky frankly.

Diablo, perhaps?

by Harrier on Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:46 am

As most people with a computer(at least I guess so), I have given my data in here and there. But it was always a struggle going over days sometime, even causing me to buy a (prepaid of course^^) mobile which I almost never use to give in a phone number that would not bother me. May go the same route with Steam and a 10 â‚¬ discount game I pick on in a store some day.

I also like to buy my stuff in *real* stores(except clothes, that sucks), from people who make a living out of selling stuff to ungrateful morons like me.

by **anegge** on Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:10 am

[quote="Alexandra":1q89jyhz][quote="anegge":1q89jyhz]It was really a stroke of genius conceptually, taking a roguelike (i.e. procedural generation) basis and applying it to an overhead adventure. Then it was like everyone forgot that using procedural generation on other genres was a thing that could be cool until... I can't think of anything before Spelunky frankly.

Diablo, perhaps?

by Bluemouse on Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:30 am

[quote="Harrier":2cty3rki]I also like to buy my stuff in *real* stores(except clothes, that sucks), from people who make a living out of selling stuff to ungrateful morons like me.

Wait... you buy everything in person... except clothes. Now don't get me wrong, I buy clothes over the internet too, but only with a good return policy. I mean, if I get 3 identical pairs of jeans, same brand, same cut, same size, they will all fit a little differently, to the point where I might take one and not the other. I'm also going to be buying a bed (maybe tomorrow!), and that's something that you can't even get an idea of without laying on them yourself.

So yeah, I love to online shop because of how easy it is to access a massive selection, but nothing beats buying clothes in person. Steam does sound neat, though. It's sort of like Dropbox (which is awesome) for games, but with a store attached.

Playing Toejam and Earl until 1am is time well spent regardless of your age. No one's too old for that.

Also, Collusion looks really neat. I use Ghostify right now for blocking trackers. And technically Beef Taco as well.

by Harrier on Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:53 am

[quote="Bluemouse":kypqgm3v]
Wait... you buy everything in person... except clothes. Now don't get me wrong, I buy clothes over the internet too, but only with a good return policy. I mean, if I get 3 identical pairs of jeans, same brand, same cut, same size, they will all fit a little differently, to the point where I might take one and not the other. I'm also going to be buying a bed (maybe tomorrow!), and that's something that you can't even get an idea of without laying on them yourself.

Yes, sounds weird, but has a method. I need V shaped head entries in my T-Shirts, a round head exit makes me go mad after a certain time by cutting in the throat. Sadly, they are rather rare in real stores here and usually hidden under a pile of other junk, so sadly the pain outweighs the gain here.

Trousers. I ain't into fashion, so I have very few requirements for them. A big point is Elastan, that makes trousers comfortable to wear. But it is also rare to find in stores.

Only real exception to that rule are Shoes, which I buy only in stores.

But you are right with identical things being strangely different(obvious paradoxon is obvious^^), I find myself wearing quite the same size and fashioned shirts in color preferences, yellow shirts before green, red, white and black.

by Bluemouse on Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:34 pm

How Euro! Depending on the depth of the V, V-neck shirts are typically worn by gay guys here. Do you wax as well? <img src=

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And don't tell ZXN that you wear yellow! He'll get upset. There are only three colors that anyone is allowed to wear.

But anyway, ya, I AM into fashion, I guess you could say. Comfort to me is my workout clothes, for the most part. The rest of the time I have to be put together.

by Alexandra on Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:42 pm

Oh boy, I can't wait to hear this.

What are the only three colors we're allowed to wear?

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