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Stealth games anything like Trilby: The Art Of Theft, anyone? Either for Wii or PC, but for the latter nothing too hardware-intensive.

Newt: Well, Yahtzee has a gigantic boner for the Thief series, so might want to look those up.

Myself, I've got a hankering for a good, fast-paced old-school FPS to play. Something with a lot of speed, lots of mooks to kill, and generally nothing more complicated than keycard fetchquests as far as "puzzles" go. Basically, I just need something to tithe me over between Painkiller and Bulletstorm. Any ideas?

If you've got either of the first two Doom games, try using Oblige. Makes levels for those based on random algorithms.

I tweaked the settings and ended up with about 10 levels consisting of hundreds of badass monsters, gigantic spaces to fight in, weaponry out the ass, and health kits everywhere. It rules.

edited 16th May '10 10:05:55 PM by Kinkajou

Ohoho, not a bad idea at all.

Does it just generate the .wad files on its own? So can I use any of the Doom source ports, like Skulltag or somesuch, with it?

edited 16th May '10 10:06:46 PM by goodtimesfreegrog

Looking for a band, don't know what I want, but I'll list my favorite bands instead.

• The Beatles
• The Who
• The Stooges
• Nirvana
• Gorillaz
• The Protomen

Any recommendations are welcome.

I don't listen to them, but Radiohead is supposed to be the next all of them.  ^*

edited 16th May '10 10:12:35 PM by newtonthenewt

Does it just generate the .wad files on its own? So can I use any of the Doom source ports, like Skulltag or somesuch, with it?

Yeah, it makes its own .wad files. I think it's compatible with all of the source ports; I've been using it without trouble in Doomsday, but it gave me some grief in Doom Legacy, heh.

For those of you who have never tried visual novels, I recommend Brass Restoration as a good (and free!) start. Ryo's thought process alone makes it worth it.

I also recommend Snow Crash. Just 'cause.

Also I would recommend that anybody who likes comedy should watch Blackadder. Watch for BRIAN BLESSED/Stephen Fry/Hugh Laurie, stay for Tony Robinson.

^You somehow missed Rowan Atkinson.

I've been noticing a recent trend in "How would nerdy folk handle X" works. Movies like Zombieland and Kickass.

Any other works that fall along this line?

bump for ^ post

^ Take a look through Action Survivor for things like the movies you mentioned. Haven't seen it, but Shaun Of The Dead sounds similar.

Not exactly what you want, but dare I suggest Jurassic Park?

edited 25th May '10 10:42:57 PM by newtonthenewt

I'm back to writing my high school black comedy again. And you know what that means:

for the sake of research and inspiration, I'd like you to recommend me some essential (or not) fiction on the subject of young 'uns and the crazy crap they do. Anime, Film, TV, Video Games, doesn't matter. And i'd like you to recommend them in the following categories: Classics, Cult Classics, Obscure and Snark Bait. or alternatively, Comedies, Dramas, and Black Comedies/Dramedies

Some of the stuff i've liked:

• American Graffiti
• Battle Royale
• Beavis And Butthead
• Cromartie High School
• Daria
• Dazed And Confused
• Donnie Darko
• Election
• Fast Times At Ridgemont High
• FLCL
• Freaks And Geeks
• Ghost World (Film and Graphic Novel)
• Heathers
• Rant
• River City Ransom (And most of the Kunio Kun series)
• Scott Pilgrim (On the 4th book)

Things i didn't like:

• Juno

Bump

Alright, this is a bit different, but:

I'm looking for a new pair of relatively inexpensive headphones. Preferably a headset with a microphone.

Name your recommendations.

Hm... I've always liked Sony's headphones. They make good Big Fucking Headphones.

The prospect of a series of hour-long train rides, on the first of which I have presently embarked, moves me to consider the necessity of acquiring more music. Any suggestions?

In particular I could use some recommendations for trance, which I've enjoyed when I've heard it but never really known where to start looking for more.

I want a love story that's actually about people that are in love.

This is Att Obl 227, looking for a good Shoot-Em-Up game that is Freeware.

I'm also interested in games for the GBA/PS 2/PS 3/Wii/PC that fits anything below:

• A Shoot 'Em Up, preferbally of Bullet Hell.
• Good Characterization/Storyline.
• Unique Gameplay.
• Challenging.
• Also looking forward to Virtual Console/Playstation Network Titles.
• Video Game Caring Potential.
• Video Game Cruelty Potential.

Here's a choice that I need help with. Should I get the incredibly rare and expensive Welcome to the NHK novel, or or should I get the soon-to-be released totally fun Blazblue Continuum Shift?

^ If you had an xbox I would direct you to Panzer Dragoon Orta but I guess that's outta the question

edited 16th Jul '10 8:27:50 PM by wannabeotaku

The second's cheaper, but the first is more interesting...I'd go with the second.

Thanks

wanna: Another PDO fan? Oh hellz yes.