Gaming/VR

[Kirwan]

Glad I’m not the only one filling in time with this, I’ve even broken a 15 year break from multiplayer.

[Machpants]

Fun game, especially coop

May 28, 2020  /  RPG

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is free on the Epic Games Store

You've got a week to snag Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel for free.

[Tim]

Hmm ...

[Machpants]

^Basically saying they're going to be over taken by AMD?

Also

https://www.duffelblog.com/2020/06/new-call-of-duty-terms-of-service-actually-army-enlistment-contract/

[Tim]

Dwarf Fortress:

0009195: Cats dying for no reason - alcohol poisoning?

[Tim]

Got the Stellaris summer pack in the Steam sale. Am tempted to get the Megacorp DLC.

[Paekakboyz]

Picked up C&C and Red Alert remastered. Good times and awesome music are making for quite the nostalgia trip!

[Tim]

@Paekakboyz Nice. How much?

[Paekakboyz]

@Tim umm tbh I can't even remember! Hopefully its on a discount for the steam summer sale!

[Paekakboyz]

@Tim $30 just had a look. That should be with all the expansions too.

[Machpants]

Sorry you're playing someone to play your game??? It's not like your character gets more stuff the higher level you are in Overwatch, unless it's changed a lot since I last played it!

EDIT: Oh a spammer.

[Machpants]

Well, I'd rather he released Half Life 3, for NZ only, than a virtual concert.

Jul 22, 2020  /  FPS

Gabe Newell has been a 'COVID refugee' in New Zealand since March

And he's putting on a concert to thank the country.

That's Mr Steam, for those that don't recognise the name

[Tim]

Anyone else play microsoft solitaire/freecell while in video meetings or while listening to podcasts?

They recently introduced obnoxious video adverts for other games with the sound on by default. I found that adding the following entries to my HOSTS file blocked them:

api.taboola.com
ads.aerserv.com
api.vungle.com
srv-2020-08-02-09.pixel.parsely.com
pixel.parsely.com
static.doubleclick.net
bam.nr-data.net

[Mokey]

@Tim I never used to get ads playing Solitaire, now I get them all the fucking time. Either Vegas slots (which I can turn sound off) or some Empire thing that I can't. They are very annoying cos they are super loud.

[Tim]

@Mokey Yeah, I got those ones and they were driving me crazy, but blocking those domains got rid of them.

[Rembrandt]

Quest2 has just been announced. Significant upgrade from the Quest 1 and at a rumoured price point of $300.00 USD for the 64GB and now a decent collection of games with some big ones to come out this could be the one to get VR our to the masses.

My Quest1 has been an absolute god-send during lockdown. 6 months now in the same 4 walls, its nice to jump into a game with duel shotguns in some futuristic arena, take out some aggression and then afterwards have a bit of a yarn to your opponents and team mates from across the globe.

[Machpants]

I’ve put in for a pre-order for the HP Reverb Gen 2, which has the best resolution out there. Quest 2 popping up now has made me reconsider if it still works as easily with PC as my kids Q1!

[Kruse]

Any ideas for anything like that paperclip game to "play" online/in-browser while at work?|
I've just started a new job, and have nearly 10 hours of "Mandatory Compliance Training" videos/courses to do. And my Fern "Unread" page is already empty - so I'm fucked.

[Paekakboyz]

@Kruse Kingdom Rush is a cool browser based tower defense game - pretty cool and easy to pick up/put down.

Currently I'm frothing about Baldurs Gate 3 early access coming in late Sept. If only that excitement was enough to carve out time to play it lol.

[Paekakboyz]

@Kruse http://armorgames.com/play/12141/kingdom-rush