I just installed Fable a few days ago because one of my room mates had it and was saying how pwnsome it was. I'm enjoying it, I haven't played a good RPG for a while, but Bioshock is out today for the PS3! Theres also Golden Axe, which I doubt I'll get but I remember playing it on the SNES or Sega or something and it was cool.. and Saints Row 2, I doubt I'll get that but maybe when it's cheaper discount price.

Also finally php is working on my host, now just waiting for the owner of the domain to point it where I want it :P I sent a query to the help service about why php wasn't working and they said it was because the domain name I had was pointing to different nameservers (the site of the guy who owns it) instead of the ones for my site. I assume they thought I was trying to get php to work via www.liammacdonald.co.uk/whatever.php, well I'm not that dumb, I was going through the default subdomain.. However, since I got that reply, the php is working, so I think .. haxx XD

NG-UNIT's Name

Well. Im picky with names. i hate a lot of them that have numbers and don't make sense on the first time reading or whatever. I like it simple.

Patu1 - hate it
mwmike- hate it
alpharius or whatever would be cool if it didn't have the 120

Nothing against you guys, i just don't like usernames like that =P. Unless your Jmtb02. ;)

On all of Newgrounds i think that AlphaCentauri is the coolest name of them all.

Games I'm waiting for...
I'm currently mainly waiting for Rock Band 2. My Rock Band disc hasn't worked since the London Meet (I don't blame anyone, don't worry about it - the day I can't afford a replacement copy of a game will be a day I'll also be concerned more about something other than video games...), and hopefully it'll be intact enough to transfer the songs over. It will mean I have to upgrade to a bigger hard drive though.

I'm also thinking of getting Fable II and Fallout III. This is assuming the first set of red-rings I've seen on my 360 don't pop up again - I had a DVD connection error a few days ago which cleared up

Job Interviews
I clandestinely went to a few this week, and I suck at them (My mind stopped mid Flash-exam when I was asked to output the letters A-Z on repeated clicking of a button... recovered quickly enough though) . Still waiting from the multinational agency I applied to and seemed to make a good impression on...

Anyone else in London who knows of openings for a midweight actionscript developer, let me know. I want out and I want out now.

Usernames of Doom
My username ends up confusing a lot of people. That of course is thier own perception of what dykes are. Personally, I think of big earthern barricades designed to keep floodwater out of cities, and like the idea of hitting them with hammers.

There's a sliding scale in the back of my mind for first impressions on the net. The chances of making a good impression on me are guaged by the following
- Attempting to look like an expert by dint of having AS, Flash, Newgrounds, Master, Programmer or anything similar in your name will mainly earn my instant doubt in thier abilities and motivation. I wonder just how full of themselves a user has to be to try and stand out as an expert by dint of Username alone - doubly so when they change thier name to it
- Numbers, All Caps, spelling mistakes and the like instantly lower the chance you'll make a good impression on me.
- Cultural References or names based on toons from the Portal mean I'll never, ever, take someone seriously.
- Using the words Studios or Games in your name will set off a red flag in my mind. The one that says "come back in half an hour to shut that thread down after the flamewar concerning thier 'I want to hire some guys for no pay' thread gets out of hand"

And yes, unfortunately names like NG-Unit and patu1 stick out like sore thumbs when I look at posts they make. Admitedly, so do ones like liaaaam and Kirk Cocaine, but then again, I barely take the regs seriously anyway. Especially ones that seem to exist purely to get me drunk on Snakebite.

At 10/17/08 10:36 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: Anyone else in London who knows of openings for a midweight actionscript developer

More like overweight, heh heh heh

At 10/17/08 10:47 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: More like overweight, heh heh heh

See what I mean about taking fools like this seriously?

PM if you want to continue this insult match Harry :p

At 10/17/08 10:50 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: PM if you want to continue this insult match Harry because I have time to browse NG but not go on MSN :p

QFT

At 10/17/08 01:52 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 10/16/08 10:14 PM, NG-Unit wrote:

At 10/16/08 10:13 PM, BoMToons wrote: "Spambot?"

Hah, I would but its taken.

patu2?

My posts ain't spam, just unreadble...

in over news i hate my mom (not hate but anger)
I wanted to go tp Aicon today (israely fantasy and scince fiction con) and i didn't go out yesterday because of it...but She didn't wake me up =[ (i woke up a few times during the morning but went back to sleep cause who remembrs stuff in the morning) So i missed a lot of stuff i wanted to see including colours of magic (based on disc world by terry prachet) and there are no buses on friday in israel so i\m fucked =[

At 10/17/08 10:52 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: QFT

Quantum Field Theory??

Any of you good coders up for a quick halloween minigame? leave me pm, IM me, or anything.

At 10/17/08 11:56 AM, Blackfang wrote: Any of you good coders up for a quick halloween minigame? leave me pm, IM me, or anything.

it depends, how quick?

At 10/17/08 12:01 PM, funkycaveman wrote:

At 10/17/08 11:56 AM, Blackfang wrote: Any of you good coders up for a quick halloween minigame? leave me pm, IM me, or anything.

it depends, how quick?

10 minutes, in the bush. Let's go.

10 minutes, in the bush. Let's go.

what a pun

Oh, Sony.

My PS3 needs some love :(.

RE: Religion is wank

At 10/17/08 12:26 PM, jmtb02 wrote: Oh, Sony.

My PS3 needs some love :(.

Way to ruin my day =( Although is just another clear example that people who take religion seriously are insane. Who gets offended over quotations from a work of fiction?

that LBP release beter not be true, i preorder and so did you, must have. and hasnt it been in development long enough, they probs found one bug and had to redo the game, lol that would be funny

At 10/17/08 12:42 PM, funkycaveman wrote: that LBP release beter not be true, i preorder and so did you, must have. and hasnt it been in development long enough, they probs found one bug and had to redo the game, lol that would be funny

What? Did you read the article?

Worldwide shipments are going to be delayed upwards of 3 weeks due to references of the Qur'an, not because of bugs.

At 10/17/08 12:26 PM, jmtb02 wrote: Oh, Sony.

My PS3 needs some love :(.

Oh I feel for you. But us Americans over here, y'know, don't have to worry bout that.

lol

At 10/17/08 12:47 PM, Alpharius120 wrote: Oh I feel for you. But us Americans over here, y'know, don't have to worry bout that.

1. Jmtb IS American.
2. The article is called LittleBigPlanet release delayed WORLDWIDE.

Srsly ppl, read the fucking article in full before posting, k thx.

At 10/17/08 12:44 PM, jmtb02 wrote:

At 10/17/08 12:42 PM, funkycaveman wrote: that LBP release beter not be true, i preorder and so did you, must have. and hasnt it been in development long enough, they probs found one bug and had to redo the game, lol that would be funny

What? Did you read the article?

Worldwide shipments are going to be delayed upwards of 3 weeks due to references of the Qur'an, not because of bugs.

oh sorry, yea i skimmed read it but i did see that only some retailers would have the games retracted, and also i logged onto the pd store and found a sackboy space suit costume only available between 23 and 30 of october i think, it could hust be a rumour but we will have to see, are there any more sources of the same story?

thanks

I'm waiting for the sequel of Advent Rising.

not that it's ever coming out.

LBP Release Delay

I don't get why they can't use a track with phrases that can be found in the Quran... can video games not reference religions? And it's not even a reference, it's just a sound track...

Also seriously people that article is probably half a page in a word document, and you couldn't read it before responding to it jmtb02's lament? =_=

At 10/17/08 12:51 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

At 10/17/08 12:47 PM, Alpharius120 wrote: Oh I feel for you. But us Americans over here, y'know, don't have to worry bout that.

1. Jmtb IS American.
2. The article is called LittleBigPlanet release delayed WORLDWIDE.

Srsly ppl, read the fucking article in full before posting, k thx.

whoops. I just saw the Europe and assumed. But now it sucks for everybody. which makes me a sad panda.

I was invited to one of the high schools in my community to talk to students about drugs - mainly marijuana. My friend talked to a teacher and arranged me. I got the call just a bit after waking up this mornin'.
I got a reply in the paper too - DING!

I always have considered myself a stoner - time to change my look to Marijuana Activist now I suppose. :3

At 10/17/08 03:38 PM, SpamBurger wrote: Games I'm Looking Forward To
The game I want most is Fable 2. The online co-op just sounds awesome. I'm also looking forward to Fallout 3 and Call of Duty: World at War.

I'm not too hyped for those, maybe fallout. It's left4dead, far cry 2, gta4 pc that i want :). GTA4 with planes, parachutes etc will be brilliant.

LittleBigQua'ranit

What a stupid reason for delaying. So people aren't allowed to use the same vocabulary as the qua'ran now? So i cant say "god is with those who preserve" in a completely different context with absolutely no reference to religion, and it would be penalized?

At 10/17/08 04:24 PM, Depredation wrote: I'm not too hyped for those, maybe fallout. It's left4dead, far cry 2, gta4 pc that i want :). GTA4 with planes, parachutes etc will be brilliant.

Wait, the PC version has planes?

At 10/17/08 10:36 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: liaaaam and Kirk Cocaine

We're gonna whup your ass boy.

At least my name doesn't fall into your categories, and it's so AWESOMEEE that you're constantly reminded of it. Yeah, that's what you meant, I know it :D

I slept all day :/

And I like the name NG-Unit, it's funny :(

At 10/17/08 04:31 PM, Alpharius120 wrote:

At 10/17/08 04:24 PM, Depredation wrote: I'm not too hyped for those, maybe fallout. It's left4dead, far cry 2, gta4 pc that i want :). GTA4 with planes, parachutes etc will be brilliant.

Wait, the PC version has planes?

There will inevitably be a point where mods will allow you to fly around in a jet... yeah...

Tbh, I wouldn't care. I'm glad I have the xbox version for the nice gamepad driving :3

gah i got pretty average grades for my SAT practice test :/ I don't know how old you're meant to be to take it but im kinda unhappy with my scores on the maths section. Something must be wrong here, cause by doing only 1 section of the Critical reading, I got 46 points, and the average score for a student is 48 points (with section 1 + section 2, which both bring about the same number of points). However, I did both math sections and only got 4 more points than the average test taker. shit.

At 10/17/08 04:32 PM, liaaaam wrote: We're gonna whup your ass boy.

You know where I'll be January 17th. Bring it on nooblet.

I slept all day :/

Foolish student. My friend at Durham's currently suffering from Freshers Flu. The poor thing. You should be enjoying the first few weeks of Uni and not spending all day in bed.

At 10/17/08 05:16 PM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: Foolish student. My friend at Durham's currently suffering from Freshers Flu. The poor thing. You should be enjoying the first few weeks of Uni and not spending all day in bed.

The nights are the fun part, not the days, lol.

Only missed C++ (lecture and seminar; now I'll never learn for loops >_<) and Professional Studies lecture.

LittleBigPlanet delay = Unhappy face. Stupid religion indeed, if it were quotes from the Bible noone would give a fuck!