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[Neonivek]

Wait... Jade Empire got great reviews?

WHAT!?!

Ok I clearly just didn't know how terrible games were back then if Jade Empire (a game with AMAZING POTENTIAL but terrible execution) got the grand pass.

[Greiger]

EA is doing a humble bundle.  While not brand new games, they are relatively recent games, all for the usual humble bundle pay what you want deal.  And instead of the money for the games going to EA they go to charities.  A good chunk of the games will even let you activate them on steam instead of origin.

I'm not sure what to think.  Are they trying to clean up their image?  Are they trying to get more people to download origin?  Was there a containment breach at the little building they keep all their employees that didn't lose their souls yet?   I'm confused.

[Neonivek]

EA is doing a humble bundle.  While not brand new games, they are relatively recent games, all for the usual humble bundle pay what you want deal.  And instead of the money for the games going to EA they go to charities.  A good chunk of the games will even let you activate them on steam instead of origin.

I'm not sure what to think.  Are they trying to clean up their image?  Are they trying to get more people to download origin?  Was there a containment breach at the little building they keep all their employees that didn't lose their souls yet?   I'm confused.

No nothing like that. To claim those games you need to use Origin.

Frankly if EA could have done this while burning orphanages to the ground they would have.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I don't care how much IP they buy out or offers they make, I will never allow Origin's rot onto my computer.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Damn you, FIFA, requiring Origin.

[kaijyuu]

You can use steam for most of them (not all though).

EA's probably trying to clean up its image (and get tax breaks too). It seems to be working; check out the comments section.


Anywho, absolutely none of those games interest me, with the possible exception of Burnout.

[Neonivek]

EA's probably trying to clean up its image

No way... EA knows they are basically the Empire of the gaming industry, but they know it doesn't matter.

[Greiger]

EA is doing a humble bundle.  While not brand new games, they are relatively recent games, all for the usual humble bundle pay what you want deal.  And instead of the money for the games going to EA they go to charities.  A good chunk of the games will even let you activate them on steam instead of origin.

I'm not sure what to think.  Are they trying to clean up their image?  Are they trying to get more people to download origin?  Was there a containment breach at the little building they keep all their employees that didn't lose their souls yet?   I'm confused.

No nothing like that. To claim those games you need to use Origin.

Frankly if EA could have done this while burning orphanages to the ground they would have.

I confirmed.  Don't need origin, Some of the games require origin yes and all are available through origin, but when you buy and it gives you the keys theres a steam key tab at the top, and most of the games in the bundle are on that list as well.   Looks like only Dead Space 3, Battlefield and Sims 3 are not on the steam list.

[misko27]

Anyone seen Dr. Strangelove? While at a outdoor movie, the song from the end (the one that plays over the nuclear explosion montage) came on, uh, "We'll meet again" apparently is the name. I've literally never heard it outside of that movie, so it freaked me out to hear it.

[Bdthemag]

Anyone seen Dr. Strangelove?

No, who here would be even INTERESTED in watching cult movies?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I love that god damn movie so fucking much.

[Siquo]

Every toy I used to own was judging me and would compare notes with each other when I went to bed.

No idea why this struck a chord with me, I can't really remember it being that way.

[Yoink]

So I have been playing The Sims 3 and decided to renovate my Sims' house into some strange sort of hipster art cafe/bar.
Mind you, I started off with one of the basic starting houses. I'm amazed I even managed to cram as many stories/buildings/oddities into the small map size in the first place, but the serious WTF is the first floor.

Now, in the game, building stairs is a gigantic pain in the ass. Stairwells or curving staircases do not exist, they all have to be perfectly straight bridges rising at a fixed angle. Before I embarked on this project I already had two stories, with a staircase providing access to the attic for the crazy guy who lived in there.

The main part of the project basically involved me chopping off the entire front of the house, making a fancy front yard, kitchen and outdoor dining area, and then cramming all the living areas skyward- yep, lots of stupid staircases wrapped around the building.
Thing is, the stairs bypassed the second floor. I shrugged, set up the room in there anyway, figuring I'd bung in some teleporters later on. Long story short, when the (saw)dust and paint fumes settled, there was nowhere near enough room for six people to live on the property.
The WTF: I have two people living in a single room on the second floor, squashed in there with a toilet, shower, television, refrigerator, double bed and microwave. Oh and a couch. It was like tetris stuff and all.
They have no access to the outside world apart from the teleporter, which has limited charges. '

Also I have been up for over 24 hours, which may or may not have something to do with both the strange-ness of the story and the rambliness of this post. I dunno. 

[Mech#4]

So I have been playing The Sims 3 and decided to renovate my Sims' house into some strange sort of hipster art cafe/bar.
Mind you, I started off with one of the basic starting houses. I'm amazed I even managed to cram as many stories/buildings/oddities into the small map size in the first place, but the serious WTF is the first floor.

Now, in the game, building stairs is a gigantic pain in the ass. Stairwells or curving staircases do not exist, they all have to be perfectly straight bridges rising at a fixed angle. Before I embarked on this project I already had two stories, with a staircase providing access to the attic for the crazy guy who lived in there.

The main part of the project basically involved me chopping off the entire front of the house, making a fancy front yard, kitchen and outdoor dining area, and then cramming all the living areas skyward- yep, lots of stupid staircases wrapped around the building.
Thing is, the stairs bypassed the second floor. I shrugged, set up the room in there anyway, figuring I'd bung in some teleporters later on. Long story short, when the (saw)dust and paint fumes settled, there was nowhere near enough room for six people to live on the property.
The WTF: I have two people living in a single room on the second floor, squashed in there with a toilet, shower, television, refrigerator, double bed and microwave. Oh and a couch. It was like tetris stuff and all.
They have no access to the outside world apart from the teleporter, which has limited charges. '

Also I have been up for over 24 hours, which may or may not have something to do with both the strange-ness of the story and the rambliness of this post. I dunno.

It's been a while since I delved into The Sims 3 but I do remember some tutorials that explained some ways you could build more complex stairways.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/buildedit/houses/multilevel/stairs.php

I haven't read thoroughly over that link but it seems to show similar to what I've seen before. The main problems is having the stairs positioned properly so the stupid sims can climb them.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure the base game has functionality for spiral staircases, you just need to install a mod that adds one to place.

[Neonivek]

There are Spiral Staircases NOW several expansion packs later.

Yet the problem with The Sims 3 expansion packs is you are always playing glitch Russian roulette.

[Shakerag]

There are Spiral Staircases NOW several expansion packs later.

Yet the problem with The Sims 3 expansion packs is you are always playing glitch Russian roulette.

Gnya hah hah, that made me think of ReBoot.

"Glitch!  Russian roulette!"