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Digital Gaming => Computer Gaming => Topic started by: Pete Dero on April 22, 2022, 02:06:18 PM

Title: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Pete Dero on April 22, 2022, 02:06:18 PM
It's Friday evening over here and no Friday thread !   Traditions must be kept alive.




A perfect pop song, it only needs more cowbells  ;).

For gaming : more Horizon Zero Dawn.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 02:26:05 PM
^One of my favorite songs of all time. But it has been used before. Not that I'm complaining.

Total War: Three Kingdoms this weekend with Total War: Troy and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey on deck.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: W8taminute on April 22, 2022, 03:13:03 PM
Good song indeed.

I'll be playing with Empire Total War, HOI4, Dark Souls, and maybe some Heroes & Generals.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: al_infierno on April 22, 2022, 03:21:55 PM
Lately all my gaming time has been spent working on this game I'm writing, currently titled "A War of a Madman's Making."  I've commissioned an artist to do some nice, relatively cheap character sprites that I'm pretty happy with.  Really nails the '90s pseudo-Soviet Union vibe of my game's setting. 

I've still got a long ways to go before I'm done, but it's nice having some actual artwork for early playtesting. The current struggle has been balancing the narrative with actual gameplay mechanics. It's more of a Visual Novel in the vein of something like Suzerain than your traditional wargame, but with some basic mechanics for balancing stats like budget, Great Leader favor, etc.

(https://i.imgur.com/fLqXUWw.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/8VhXCrZ.png)

The AK looks a little off, but considering it's a "not-AK" from an alternate universe I'm fine with it.   :D
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 04:10:56 PM
The fat guy looks like a spawn of Shoigu and Brezhnev. Very Soviet!
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: al_infierno on April 22, 2022, 04:23:21 PM
Quote from: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 04:10:56 PM
The fat guy looks like a spawn of Shoigu and Brezhnev. Very Soviet!

Well said!

My friend also gave a great description of the soldier - he looks hungry but nourished by patriotic fervor and loyalty to the Great Leader!  So, less hungry than most citizens  :D
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 04:30:40 PM
'nourished by patriotic fervor' haha
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Dammit Carl! on April 22, 2022, 04:36:08 PM
As a fat guy, fat guys ain't gonna blouse their pants; too much bending and wheezing and light-headedness involved.

Gaming-wise, got Day Z loaded up for a lark.  May take a turn or two with some of my other "survival," sorta games for lulz.

Stay safe, everyone, and have a good weekend!

Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 04:41:14 PM
^You don't look fat in your avatar.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: solops on April 22, 2022, 05:19:16 PM
TW3, wishing Matrix would release a non-steam beta patch for loyal direct purchase customers.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Dammit Carl! on April 22, 2022, 06:03:36 PM
Quote from: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 04:41:14 PM
^You don't look fat in your avatar.

Ah, the beauty of the internet!  In fact*, I was the body model they used for all those guys in 300.  You seen Gerard?  G ain't slim by any stretch.  still pissed that they've slacked on royalties over the years.

* - Ah, the beauty of lying on the internet!

p.s. My wife, Morgan Fairchild*, says I'm quite the catch!
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on April 22, 2022, 07:58:39 PM
'g aint slim' I need a t shirt that says that  ;D
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: solops on April 22, 2022, 10:11:05 PM
My avatar makes my nose look big.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Staggerwing on April 22, 2022, 10:20:33 PM
My avatar makes my wings look yellow
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Anguille on April 23, 2022, 02:33:20 AM
Mostly Master of Orion CtS with my Silicoid empire...nice huge galaxy with plenty of AIs.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: W8taminute on April 23, 2022, 12:23:14 PM
Quote from: solops on April 22, 2022, 10:11:05 PM
My avatar makes my nose look big.

Quote from: Staggerwing on April 22, 2022, 10:20:33 PM
My avatar makes my wings look yellow

:2funny:
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on April 23, 2022, 12:41:34 PM
^+1  ;D

My avatar makes me look sick of it all, which is 100% accurate  :bd:
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: smittyohio on April 23, 2022, 02:09:30 PM
Quote from: solops on April 22, 2022, 05:19:16 PM
TW3, wishing Matrix would release a non-steam beta patch for loyal direct purchase customers.

I can't for the life of me figure out what TW3 from Matrix is.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: undercovergeek on April 23, 2022, 03:52:13 PM
I'm guessing you're looking at two pieces of reasoning separated by a comma after tw3
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: CJReich46 on April 23, 2022, 04:09:48 PM
Distant Worlds 2, but mostly Eye of the Beholder I - with the All Seeing Eye app. - The All Seeing Eye is a handy tool that allows you to launch your game (be it GOG or if you still have it on DOS) launches the manuals, even has an Auto Mapper for Eye of the Beholder I and II.

So you can launch both the game and the automapper, and have it on your screen. I think this is what the Steam version has for the Gold Box series, but I'm not entirely sure.

I got the EOTB Trilogy  for free on GOG.com a few years ago and decided to play it. So far so good (?) managed to survive a tough fight. Yeah I'm reloading a bit because that you only get one save slot.

Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: solops on April 23, 2022, 07:47:24 PM
Quote from: smittyohio on April 23, 2022, 02:09:30 PM
Quote from: solops on April 22, 2022, 05:19:16 PM
TW3, wishing Matrix would release a non-steam beta patch for loyal direct purchase customers.

I can't for the life of me figure out what TW3 from Matrix is.
What? You can't read my mind? My wife claims she can. Apparently I am guilty of a lot of stuff I never thought of.  Anyway, I am an incompetent typist. Playing Total War 3, ticked that Matrix won't release DW2 betas for non-Steam playing direct purchasers since v 1.3.3 has fatal bug I reported and can't get past.
Title: Re: Don't fear the FRIDAY
Post by: WYBaugh on April 25, 2022, 10:46:45 AM
Feel this is more appropriate to the sub