This one is a girl.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Shiver me timbers! TF2 is now free!
As of today, TF2 is a free to play game. For all of us who bought it, it's a kick in the nuts.
I mean, it's a good thing and a bad thing:
Good is that there's no excuse to not get a bunch of friends together to play it. Bad is that now people will make like 30 accounts to farm metal and cheaters/hackers will become way more common.
Having a lot of mixed feelings about this.
Well, don't forget to go to the TF2 blog and check "meet the medic".
Epic.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Bittenhard likes birds, a lot
By Bitten:
Phyllis from Animal Crossing
Bitten told me he was going to draw her yesterday, but still surprised me a lot when i saw the doodle. A lot of people prefer when Bitten over shades his doodles, and he's really good at it. However, the simpler cell shading appeals more to me, and I think he pulls it off better than most.
Sometimes too much detail on a doodle is distracting and dulls it, simplicity has a lot of charm and can be very hard.
I sorta wanna see more of Phyllis now...
Phyllis from Animal Crossing
Bitten told me he was going to draw her yesterday, but still surprised me a lot when i saw the doodle. A lot of people prefer when Bitten over shades his doodles, and he's really good at it. However, the simpler cell shading appeals more to me, and I think he pulls it off better than most.
Sometimes too much detail on a doodle is distracting and dulls it, simplicity has a lot of charm and can be very hard.
I sorta wanna see more of Phyllis now...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Valve's best asset: Sense of humor
Once again, TF2 is going to get an update, but that's really not what I'm gonna write about.
For starters, Valve got around to remaking the TF2 blog, which looks REALLY good now. Sure some people are minimalistic and would say the previous simple layout was enough, but this one has more intuitive links/sections.
My fav is easily the update news, so now i don't have to go on steam and check it there.
However, the latest post on the TF2 blog and on the first page of the Uber Update are hilarious. A must read even if you don't own the game.
Only sorta looking forward to the new spy revolver.
Also, and I'll quote their blog on this:
So yea, free TF2 for all this week.
For starters, Valve got around to remaking the TF2 blog, which looks REALLY good now. Sure some people are minimalistic and would say the previous simple layout was enough, but this one has more intuitive links/sections.
My fav is easily the update news, so now i don't have to go on steam and check it there.
However, the latest post on the TF2 blog and on the first page of the Uber Update are hilarious. A must read even if you don't own the game.
Only sorta looking forward to the new spy revolver.
Also, and I'll quote their blog on this:
All that hanging out with mob guys must have rubbed off on us, because we've decided to celebrate the Über Update by giving you an offer you can't (or at least shouldn't) refuse--an unprecedented WEEK-LONG FREE WEEKEND of Team Fortress 2, starting right now!
So yea, free TF2 for all this week.
Monday, June 20, 2011
The shit we're playing lately: Forsaken World
So I've been playing Forsaken World on steam for about a week now, and it sorta like it.
There's a free MMO where u can buy extras with real money, however, as far as I've seen what u can buy is either cosmetic or convenient.
Forsaken World hasn't been around that long for a MMO, i think they had a closed beta around last October, so it's not even a year old.
It's a WoW styled MMO with tweaks that, so far, make it easier and more enjoyable then WoW was for me.
The Kindred's exclusive class, vampire, IS rather interesting gameplay wise AND visually.
For example, Most quests will show the objectives in green text that is clickable, and when you click it, the game will automatically take you to that location. "Talk to that guy" quests become like a lil break where you can just watch TV or eat a sandwich. However! there's a bunch of well placed teleport crystals so you usually can get everywhere relatively fast. This feature is actually awesome while you don't know your way around yet.
You can also just click a location on the map and your character will make it's way there, daily events, daily "lots of exp" quest. You can "apply" to instances so that when there's enough people for a party, a party will be auto-formed with all of them.
I'm a lil disapointed that female dwarves look NOTHING like dwarves, they're just lolis.
Overall, it "feels" so much less of a hassle then what i remember from WoW and much less of a pain. There's a lot of clever "systems" that i've never seen in aMMO before.
As anyone who has steam knows, Spiral got on Steam, and it affected the economy greatly (CE went from costing 7k to 3.5k) However, when i played a lil bit to get the TF2 hat, I... was so bored...
Spiral Knights has good gameplay, but... It's tiny content wise and just SO repetitive, and because of the energy system, to b effective you're forced to stick to Jelly King runs, every time.
There's a free MMO where u can buy extras with real money, however, as far as I've seen what u can buy is either cosmetic or convenient.
Forsaken World hasn't been around that long for a MMO, i think they had a closed beta around last October, so it's not even a year old.
It's a WoW styled MMO with tweaks that, so far, make it easier and more enjoyable then WoW was for me.
The Kindred's exclusive class, vampire, IS rather interesting gameplay wise AND visually.
For example, Most quests will show the objectives in green text that is clickable, and when you click it, the game will automatically take you to that location. "Talk to that guy" quests become like a lil break where you can just watch TV or eat a sandwich. However! there's a bunch of well placed teleport crystals so you usually can get everywhere relatively fast. This feature is actually awesome while you don't know your way around yet.
You can also just click a location on the map and your character will make it's way there, daily events, daily "lots of exp" quest. You can "apply" to instances so that when there's enough people for a party, a party will be auto-formed with all of them.
I'm a lil disapointed that female dwarves look NOTHING like dwarves, they're just lolis.
Overall, it "feels" so much less of a hassle then what i remember from WoW and much less of a pain. There's a lot of clever "systems" that i've never seen in aMMO before.
As anyone who has steam knows, Spiral got on Steam, and it affected the economy greatly (CE went from costing 7k to 3.5k) However, when i played a lil bit to get the TF2 hat, I... was so bored...
Spiral Knights has good gameplay, but... It's tiny content wise and just SO repetitive, and because of the energy system, to b effective you're forced to stick to Jelly King runs, every time.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Every World's Gotta Have Orcs
Orcs are a staple of any fantasy setting. A common, ugly, smelly, stupid, and violent monster solely for the good guys to beat the tar out of. There's exceptions, sure, but for the most part they serve as a generic baddie that gets in the way, just like goblins or giant rats.
Orcs dwell somewhere between Dwarves and Ogres in terms of civility. They're competent craftsmen, but they prefer actually using the stuff over making it. Despite a knack for having loose tempers and being prone to violent outbursts, Orcs make very good bodyguards. Orc bodyguards tend to be downright sunny in disposition. It's a bit shocking for some people to take in.
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