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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4950 on: July 13, 2015, 10:46:16 am »
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http://imgur.com/tlCvx79

It begins.

Is there some sort of context for this?

Hatoful Boyfriend is a parody of Japanese dating sims. Everything about the dating sim genre is played straight, except all the characters are pigeons and you're the only human.
It was released a while ago, I picked it up during the Steam sale for $2.50. I've run into some bugginess, but so far it's been worth at least the little I've paid for it.

Endings obtained so far:
- Brought about the end of the world (maybe) (it's complicated)
- Reunited two long lost lovebirds, literally
- Been assassinated by an extremist group

Your enjoyment is going to depend on how familiar you are with relationship conventions from VNs/anime/manga, but even if you aren't that familiar with those it's still wonderfully silly. It's a joke premise with real gameplay behind it, which makes it better than joke games which rely entirely on their gimmick and nothing else.

So, better than Goat Simulator, which tons of people have paid actual money for, for no conceivable reason.

Not strictly better. In Goat Simulator, you get to play as a goat.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4951 on: July 13, 2015, 10:50:43 am »
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Not strictly better. In Goat Simulator, you get to play as a goat.

Truly the GOAT.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4952 on: July 13, 2015, 11:00:11 am »
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Not strictly better. In Goat Simulator, you get to play as a goat.

Truly the GOAT.

Peyton Manning?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4953 on: July 13, 2015, 11:20:07 am »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4954 on: July 13, 2015, 11:34:54 am »
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I see having and using a Facebook page as being a negative indicator of IQ.

I see it as an indicator of wanting to keep touch of far-flung acquaintances and friends that you can't see every month (or even every decade).
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4955 on: July 13, 2015, 11:35:43 am »
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I see having and using a Facebook page as being a negative indicator of IQ.

What universe are you from?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4956 on: July 13, 2015, 11:49:55 am »
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I see having and using a Facebook page as being a negative indicator of IQ.

I see it as an indicator of wanting to keep touch of far-flung acquaintances and friends that you can't see every month (or even every decade).

I recently unfollowed all of my friends. My news feed suddenly became a lot more interesting.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4957 on: July 13, 2015, 12:08:44 pm »
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I see having and using a Facebook page as being a negative indicator of IQ.

That's just confirmation bias.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4958 on: July 13, 2015, 12:53:50 pm »
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Re Goat Simulator: I haven't played it, but I wouldn't say it's that dumb off the bat. My understanding is that it's a sandbox game...with goats. Which doesn't sound that different from a dating sim game...with pigeons,

Also, see http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ArminIbrisagic/20150220/236427/Goat_Simulator_Post_Mortem.php for a developer's thoughts on making the game. It shows that the developers did put real work into it, albeit very silly work.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4959 on: July 13, 2015, 01:30:36 pm »
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Shocking news.

Iwata has passed away.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4960 on: July 13, 2015, 02:23:41 pm »
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I recently read a paper by the Japanese mathematician Satoru Iwata for a seminar talk. In the process, I looked for his email address to ask him a question, which is when i found out that  apparently he shares his name with the Nintendo president.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4961 on: July 13, 2015, 03:05:58 pm »
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Hatoful Boyfriend is a parody of Japanese dating sims. Everything about the dating sim genre is played straight, except all the characters are pigeons and you're the only human.

I had not realised that it was a parody.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4962 on: July 13, 2015, 03:24:28 pm »
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I just told the IT guy not to upgrade my IE from v8 to v11. It's bad enough that I have to use IE, but this just makes it doubly dirty. Time to get drunk.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4963 on: July 13, 2015, 03:26:22 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4964 on: July 13, 2015, 03:37:00 pm »
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I just told the IT guy not to upgrade my IE from v8 to v11. It's bad enough that I have to use IE, but this just makes it doubly dirty. Time to get drunk.

What makes it doubly dirty? The fact that you have to stick with IE8 for some perverse reason?
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4965 on: July 13, 2015, 11:52:10 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4966 on: July 14, 2015, 12:00:24 am »
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I ran/jogged one early this morning. Been trying to be less sedentary. It's tough.

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4967 on: July 14, 2015, 12:15:42 am »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4968 on: July 14, 2015, 12:22:28 am »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4969 on: July 14, 2015, 05:29:35 am »
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http://imgur.com/tlCvx79

It begins.

Is there some sort of context for this?

Hatoful Boyfriend is a parody of Japanese dating sims. Everything about the dating sim genre is played straight, except all the characters are pigeons and you're the only human.
It was released a while ago, I picked it up during the Steam sale for $2.50. I've run into some bugginess, but so far it's been worth at least the little I've paid for it.

Endings obtained so far:
- Brought about the end of the world (maybe) (it's complicated)
- Reunited two long lost lovebirds, literally
- Been assassinated by an extremist group

Your enjoyment is going to depend on how familiar you are with relationship conventions from VNs/anime/manga, but even if you aren't that familiar with those it's still wonderfully silly. It's a joke premise with real gameplay behind it, which makes it better than joke games which rely entirely on their gimmick and nothing else.

Also, once you get all the good endings for all the birds, you get to play a MUCH darker storyline.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4970 on: July 14, 2015, 11:32:25 am »
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http://imgur.com/tlCvx79

It begins.

Is there some sort of context for this?

Hatoful Boyfriend is a parody of Japanese dating sims. Everything about the dating sim genre is played straight, except all the characters are pigeons and you're the only human.
It was released a while ago, I picked it up during the Steam sale for $2.50. I've run into some bugginess, but so far it's been worth at least the little I've paid for it.

Endings obtained so far:
- Brought about the end of the world (maybe) (it's complicated)
- Reunited two long lost lovebirds, literally
- Been assassinated by an extremist group

Your enjoyment is going to depend on how familiar you are with relationship conventions from VNs/anime/manga, but even if you aren't that familiar with those it's still wonderfully silly. It's a joke premise with real gameplay behind it, which makes it better than joke games which rely entirely on their gimmick and nothing else.

Also, once you get all the good endings for all the birds, you get to play a MUCH darker storyline.

That seems like an overly complicated way to adjust monitor brightness.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4971 on: July 14, 2015, 12:47:31 pm »
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4972 on: July 14, 2015, 01:02:16 pm »
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I know for a fact that's not true. My wife's ex-coworker fell for this. Sadly, I'm sure she's not alone.
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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4973 on: July 14, 2015, 01:06:19 pm »
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I know for a fact that's not true. My wife's ex-coworker fell for this. Sadly, I'm sure she's not alone.

The Nigerian Prince scam has to be one of the oldest tricks in the book. If people are still falling for it, there's no hope left for humanity.

In other news...

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Re: Random Stuff Part II
« Reply #4974 on: July 15, 2015, 10:32:21 am »
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