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[Dead Man]

Best electronic music track ever:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=778811

And you call yourself a fan.

Spoiler

kidding

i feel like kfc today

thanks gaf.

Racist.

 

[r1chard]

i feel like kfc today

thanks gaf.

I wondered where the sudden craving for Red Rooster came from on the way home.

thanks holy.

 

[BananaArnie]

Im craving pizza
Thanks richard

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amidoingitright

 

[shanshan310]

I was craving Indian food but after getting it I was distracted by how delicious it was and burnt my hands, dropping it everywhere :s

 

[Quasar]

There is, but I'll be fucked if I give them $40/year for the privilege of bypassing geoblocks to watch sport from the country in which I live.

Fair enough. I'm paying 5$ a month for the priviledge of using netflix (among others) and I dont even use netflix much after all

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Protip: never play Lumines while looking after your child. You will never even see when he ejects the Peppa Pig DVD from the player, then try to make a getaway with it.

 

[roosters93]

I feel like pickles
thanks obama

Best electronic music track ever:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=778811

Haha that's great.

I'm also enjoying this.

I was craving Indian food but after getting it I was distracted by how delicious it was and burnt my hands, dropping it everywhere :s

Your misfortune amuses me shan
hope them extremities are ok

 

[markot]

Women don't have extremities you misogynist!

 

[Shaneus]

Protip: never play Lumines while looking after your child. You will never even see when he ejects the Peppa Pig DVD from the player, then try to make a getaway with it.

Solution: Teach son the wonders of Tetsuya Mizuguchi with Rez. Pretty colours!

 

[Dead Man]

Haha that's great.

I'm also enjoying this.

That is creepy as fuck. In a similar vein, although far less creepy:

Slow Ass Jolene

Fair enough. I'm paying 5$ a month for the priviledge of using netflix (among others) and I dont even use netflix much after all

Yeah, but that's paying for a service that does something. Paying V8 supercars is just not on my agenda, especially since the better option requires pretending to be not Australian, which is a kick in the teeth for local fans.

 

[markot]

V8s are deader then brockie.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Here's a video with all the South Park censored stuff. Pretty cool!

So, if I'm spending 10 dollars to get an arcade racer with licensed cars and an openish world for console, do I get TDU2 or Most Wanted?

TDU2 was pretty rough.

Blur is pretty great. Not open world though. Even Split Second is a ton of fun, didn't expect that.

Bought NFS Undercover today on Steam as it was only $2.50 and looks pretty cool lol

Anyone imported a ChromeCast to Australia lately?

I'm interested in a second and was looking for the cheapest option around. With the free netflix coupon gone using my previous route of a remailer service isn't as cheap as it once was.

I'd thought about the Fishpond 50$ option, but a few people seem to have had a bad experience there. So I'm wondering what my options are.

I'm keen, really want to run Plex in the loungeroom without the PS3 so I can play The Last Of Us in the office!

How is it?

Ordered a Roku type thing off eBay for $40ish but the dealer ran off and got banned. Got the money back through Paypal but annoying I didn't get the media box I wanted

Chromecast looks to be hard to get. Aside from Fishpond there are a few on eBay but with a pricey markup sadly.

how do you make friends in uni?

Alcohol.

Or shared interests.

Like video games!

Anything both people are passionate about.

i feel like kfc today

thanks gaf.

Super keen. Haven't had any junk since the Geelong/Melb trip.

FROTHING FOR SOME SUPER SUGARY SAVOURY FOOD >_<

Protip: never play Lumines while looking after your child. You will never even see when he ejects the Peppa Pig DVD from the player, then try to make a getaway with it.

Protip: Put all 4 seasons of Peppa Pig on a USB and have a device near the TV at all times out of reach of kids

Also Ben & Holly's Magic Kingdom!!!

 

[shanshan310]

how do you make friends in uni?

Join a club!!! Join all the clubs!! and go to their events!! Also, if your major has a home block, generally there will be billboards advertising stuff related to that major. I also ended up finding a bunch of social things not really related to the university on those billboards.

Making friends in class can be tough, but in tutorials or something people generally have discussions so get in there and talk to whoever you're sitting next to. Sometimes you don't click, but other times you end up with a buddy to sit with all through your degree!

Your misfortune amuses me shan
hope them extremities are ok

haha, yeah. Mostly just sad I didn't get to eat it. Jeez butter chicken stains easily though.

 

[ClivePwned]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT7qfdgdgq4

everything goes better with yakkety sax

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Batman Arkham Knight announced! 2014, next gen only.

Trailer is godlike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NkuD0Inb9Gs

 

[markot]

Why was Burton the only one who could make an awesome batmobile?

Cg trailers are boring.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Protip: Put all 4 seasons of Peppa Pig on a USB and have a device near the TV at all times out of reach of kids

Also Ben & Holly's Magic Kingdom!!!

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is hilarious and made by the same people. I love all the little references and shameless ripoffs they do. The Elf Rescue Service being a send up of Thunderbirds, all the LotR references etc. as an added bonus, the shows give sly winks to each other as well.

 

[Omikron]

Batman Arkham Knight announced! 2014, next gen only.

Trailer is godlike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NkuD0Inb9Gs

that is some next gen cg trailer

 

[reptilescorpio]

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is hilarious and made by the same people. I love all the little references and shameless ripoffs they do. The Elf Rescue Service being a send up of Thunderbirds, all the LotR references etc. as an added bonus, the shows give sly winks to each other as well.

I also love that the dude who does Daddy Pig is the narrator in Tearaway!

 

[codswallop]

For those interested, Gabe's doing an AMA now.

 

[Shaneus]

So, if I'm spending 10 dollars to get an arcade racer with licensed cars and an openish world for console, do I get TDU2 or Most Wanted?

I'd get TDU1.

Actually, fuck it. Get Midnight Club LA. I shit you not, it's exactly what you're looking for. Plays great, looks insane and you should be able to get it including DLC ("Complete edition" or whatever) for cheap. Honestly, would shit all over both MW and TDU2. And you don't have to support either Atari or EA

I keep forgetting how good that game is. I might fire it up again tonight for the first time in ages. Great soundtrack, too.

Most Wanted

Spoiler

because fuck giving Atari any of your money.

Yeah. EA is much better :/

In all seriousness, you make friends much in the same way you make enemies: being in the close proximity with other people. I can't actually remember what the origin was for any of my really close friends except we were all in the same place at the same time and not really by choice (school/work).

I'm also pretty sure they were the cheapest/had the least to lose by being seen with you.

 

[Stackboy]

Protip: never play Lumines while looking after your child. You will never even see when he ejects the Peppa Pig DVD from the player, then try to make a getaway with it.

Protip: Always play Lumines

Batman Arkham Knight announced! 2014, next gen only.

Trailer is godlike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NkuD0Inb9Gs

It's pretty incredible how good looking CG is for gametrailers these days. Despite the fact that they give nothing about gameplay away.

 

[Planet_JASE]

I'm also pretty sure they were the cheapest/had the least to lose by being seen with you.

The fact that most of those people have now moved out of the country or to different states doesn't mean anything!

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Batman Arkham Knight announced! 2014, next gen only.

Trailer is godlike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NkuD0Inb9Gs

Now that is how you do a batsuit and batmobile! Damn.

 

[Shaneus]

It's pretty incredible how good looking CG is for gametrailers these days. Despite the fact that they give nothing about gameplay away.

Ergo still completely pointless. AAA trailers shit me to tears with how representative they aren't of the games they're promoting. Still, I'm not their target market so it doesn't really matter.

 

[markot]

Now that is how you do a batsuit and batmobile! Damn.

no

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

It's pretty incredible how good looking CG is for gametrailers these days. Despite the fact that they give nothing about gameplay away.

Now that is how you do a batsuit and batmobile! Damn.

Well, Rocksteady is back and this is a direct sequel to Arkham city. Gameplay will probably be revealed at E3.

 

[codswallop]

AAA trailers shit me to tears with how representative they aren't of the games they're promoting.

Well, they are representative. They represent the style, feel, pace of the game. They're not representative of the gameplay or in-game graphics, but they do represent a lot.

 

[Omikron]

Well, they are representative. They represent the style, feel, pace of the game. They're not representative of the gameplay or in-game graphics, but they do represent a lot.

deadisland.gif

 

[codswallop]

deadisland.gif

That represented that they had a good advertising agency.

 

[ClivePwned]

Having enjoyed the first two batman arkham games and avoided the latest one, count me in

Spoiler

three months after release when it's $15

 

[hamchan]

I like that this Batman is purely for current gen consoles instead of doing the cross gen thing.

 

[Jables Swan]

Batman trailer looks great. Interested in the new look Batmobile and hopefully it'll be something we can actually use in the game. Bat suit also looks rad.

Protip: Put all 4 seasons of Peppa Pig on a USB and have a device near the TV at all times out of reach of kids

Also Ben & Holly's Magic Kingdom!!!

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is hilarious and made by the same people. I love all the little references and shameless ripoffs they do. The Elf Rescue Service being a send up of Thunderbirds, all the LotR references etc. as an added bonus, the shows give sly winks to each other as well.

I need to get more Peppa on DVD. Maybe I should do the USB trick. Then I would need to get a device also.

Ben & Holly is great. So bloody funny.

 

[markot]

Kevin Rudd to visit Russia and Ukraine as tension builds

 

[reptilescorpio]

Batmobile is heavily featured. Sounds like GTA Batman tbh. Not sure how I feel about everything being streamlined.

Spoiler

Tons of takedowns are now group takedowns and you can use gadgets during pretty much every animation cycle.

Some Riddler trophies are

Spoiler

batmobile races around the city, hitting buttons and such, while jumping off epic ramps. You can even eject out of the batmobile mid-air and glide across the city. NFI what happens to the batmobile when you bail out lol

I'm there day one but it's not the direction I wanted the series to go. Would love the inevitable 2015 spin off game to be a smaller, tighter more atmospheric title like Asylum was.

Ben & Holly is great. So bloody funny.

I like how the plots are a little more involved than Peppa Pig. The writing is spot on everytime, love Grand Old Elf so much lol

Having them all on USB was a godsend, especially around the 18 month - 2year old mark.

Still the only shows on TV he has to watch.

 

[Jables Swan]

Batmobile is heavily featured. Sounds like GTA Batman tbh. Not sure how I feel about everything being streamlined.

Spoiler

Tons of takedowns are now group takedowns and you can use gadgets during pretty much every animation cycle.

Some Riddler trophies are

Spoiler

batmobile races around the city, hitting buttons and such, while jumping off epic ramps. You can even eject out of the batmobile mid-air and glide across the city. NFI what happens to the batmobile when you bail out lol

I'm there day one but it's not the direction I wanted the series to go. Would love the inevitable 2015 spin off game to be a smaller, tighter more atmospheric title like Asylum was.

Sounds all good to me. I'm excited for the Batmobile and I hope the city has a bit more life to it. Arkham City just seemed empty after a while.

I like how the plots are a little more involved than Peppa Pig. The writing is spot on everytime, love Grand Old Elf so much lol

Having them all on USB was a godsend, especially around the 18 month - 2year old mark.

Still the only shows on TV he has to watch.

Yeah it's definitely more involved than Peppa. Wise Old Elf and Nanny Plum are brilliant.

 

[Quasar]

I'm keen, really want to run Plex in the loungeroom without the PS3 so I can play The Last Of Us in the office!

How is it?

Ordered a Roku type thing off eBay for $40ish but the dealer ran off and got banned. Got the money back through Paypal but annoying I didn't get the media box I wanted

Chromecast looks to be hard to get. Aside from Fishpond there are a few on eBay but with a pricey markup sadly.

I find it pretty good.

My biggest beef is with the whole issue of the ChromeCast having hardwired DNS settings, which makes using netflix from Australia over it more troublesome.

Another is that with Plex streaming to a ChromeCast it currently does not handle soft subs well. They are all giant sized. Though it is essentially still in beta so I'm willing to cut them some slack there.

Its not as good as a PC running XBMC hooked up to a TV though in terms stream quality.

Plex are limiting streams to 12 mbps for instance - dunno if thats due to what the device can handle or to try and make sure video is stable over wifi. And the device does not natively handle surround audio formats from what I can tell. I expect everything gets converted to 6 channel aac.

Another issue is with it not for sale in Australia we'll never see it supported by the likes of iView.

But the simplicity and low cost I really like. It does make me wish for a AppleTV like box that did the same thing. had a bit more grunt to handle more media formats natively and ethernet so there'd be no need to worry about flakey wifi.

With Google trying to sell the whole GoogleCast platform that its all built on I had hoped we'd have seen OEMs showing such boxes at CES. Sadly there was none of that.

In any case I found a second on Ebay that wasn't TOO horrendous. 50$ new inc shipping.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Batmobile is heavily featured. Sounds like GTA Batman tbh. Not sure how I feel about everything being streamlined.

Spoiler

Tons of takedowns are now group takedowns and you can use gadgets during pretty much every animation cycle.

Some Riddler trophies are

Spoiler

batmobile races around the city, hitting buttons and such, while jumping off epic ramps. You can even eject out of the batmobile mid-air and glide across the city. NFI what happens to the batmobile when you bail out lol

I'm there day one but it's not the direction I wanted the series to go. Would love the inevitable 2015 spin off game to be a smaller, tighter more atmospheric title like Asylum was.
.

Since this is the last of the Arkham games, it's likely that the next game(s) will focus on the Justice League and bring in other DC characters, just like with the movies.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Another is that with Plex streaming to a ChromeCast it currently does not handle soft subs well. They are all giant sized. Though it is essentially still in beta so I'm willing to cut them some slack there.

But the simplicity and low cost I really like. It does make me wish for a AppleTV like box that did the same thing. had a bit more grunt to handle more media formats natively and ethernet so there'd be no need to worry about flakey wifi.

With Google trying to sell the whole GoogleCast platform that its all built on I had hoped we'd have seen OEMs showing such boxes at CES. Sadly there was none of that.

In any case I found a second on Ebay that wasn't TOO horrendous. 50$ new inc shipping.

I keep forgetting that Plex is subscriber only too atm on Chromecast >_<

Any other issues? I would only be using it for Plex and to stream kids movies/tv shows as well as the wifes tv shows. All of which would be 480p and no subtitles as I watch my anime in the office (TEH WEEABO!).

Thanks for the extra info!

Since this is the last of the Arkham games, it's likely that the next game(s) will focus on the Justice League and bring in other DC characters, just like with the movies.

It's the last of the Rockstead Batman games, not Arkham games. This is the end of their selfdescribed trilogy, 2 other developers have already made 3 other Arkham games.

WB will use the brand awareness to pump out another one or two in 2015/2016.

Wouldn't be surprised to find that Armature have a PS3/360 port of Arkham Knight ready to hit in 01/2015 either.

 

[codswallop]

Its not as good as a PC running XBMC hooked up to a TV though in terms stream quality.

Besides the UI being a little sluggish, Raspberry Pis run XBMC perfectly (1080p/DTS content etc is fine over 100Mb LAN). I moved from a full-blown HTPC to using an always-on Raspberry Pi and don't regret it at all. I'm using an external MySQL database to manage the library so I'm not sure how it handles a totally local library, but I don't think it'd be much difference. I run OpenElec on mine.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Besides the UI being a little sluggish, Raspberry Pis run XBMC perfectly (1080p/DTS content etc is fine over 100Mb LAN). I moved from a full-blown HTPC to using an always-on Raspberry Pi and don't regret it at all. I'm using an external MySQL database to manage the library so I'm not sure how it handles a totally local library, but I don't think it'd be much difference. I run OpenElec on mine.

Does the Pi have wifi?

 

[codswallop]

Does the Pi have wifi?

It supports wifi dongles, though I'm not sure which ones. If you're looking at a specific distribution (e.g. OpenElec, RaspBMC), probably best to see if they have any recommended devices.

I'm planning on getting another Pi for a second XBMC screen in the house in a couple of months, and that one will be wireless if I can get it working.

Edit: Supposedly you can get pretty cheap ones that work...

 

[Quasar]

Besides the UI being a little sluggish, Raspberry Pis run XBMC perfectly (1080p/DTS content etc is fine over 100Mb LAN).

Interesting. I bought a Ouya purely for this but found it sluggish as fuck.

How does it handle pure BluRay rips? Thats what I have a fair amount of. And the chromecast natively can't handle tat in terms of 50 mbps streams as well as lossless audio formats (Plex helps here with its live transcoding).

I continue to try and find that mythical non HTPC solution that has all the apps/services I want in one place. Probably won't ever happen.

Its probably not that hard in theory. I mean if an AppleTv v4 came out that was just the 3 plus an app store plus support for Lossless audio I think I'd be done. I mean iOS pretty much has all the apps I want, just that the AppleTV hardware doesn't support the home theatre audio formats I want (understandible I guess as its built mostly as a player for iTunes content and they don't offer stuff in those formats).

 

[codswallop]

Interesting. I bought a Ouya purely for this but found it sluggish as fuck.

How does it handle pure BluRay rips? Thats what I have a fair amount of. And the plex natively can't handle tat in terms of 50 mbps streams as well as lossless audio formats (Plex helps here with its live transcoding).

Haven't ripped any myself but had a 40 or 50GB LOTR rip that it played back fine and was able to seek no problems. Over wired network.

 

[Quasar]

Haven't ripped any myself but had a 40 or 50GB LOTR rip that it played back fine and was able to seek no problems. Over wired network.

And it handles HD audio formats (DTS HD MA / Dolby True HD)? I know XBMC does but I thought that the new audio engine that supported it was just on the windows version.

Speaking of which...XBMC 13 beta1 is out. Huzzah.

Not sure I can see much change...except for some interface simplifying in the configuration menus.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Google play now selling Tv shows in Au!

4 free shows for everyone:

Community - Pilot
Breaking Bad - Pilot
The Big C - Pilot
Justified - Pilot


Normal prices: SD $2.99, HD $3.49.

If you use telstra pre-paid, you can buy them from the recharge credit too.

 

[Dead Man]

I'd get TDU1.

Actually, fuck it. Get Midnight Club LA. I shit you not, it's exactly what you're looking for. Plays great, looks insane and you should be able to get it including DLC ("Complete edition" or whatever) for cheap. Honestly, would shit all over both MW and TDU2. And you don't have to support either Atari or EA

I keep forgetting how good that game is. I might fire it up again tonight for the first time in ages. Great soundtrack, too.

I knew I liked you.

Already got it, that and MC3 are the best arcade racers I have ever played. Original MW is up there too, but MC was so good, pity what happened.

 

[Jintor]

it's 2014 and trying to edit .flv video is still a tremendous pain in the ass

 

[codswallop]

And it handles HD audio formats (DTS HD MA / Dolby True HD)? I know XBMC does but I thought that the new audio engine that supported it was just on the windows version.

I'm pretty sure it has the new audio engine. Can't recall whether those formats are supported or if I even have anything with those formats, will check the LOTR rips later today. My receiver can handle them fine.

 

[bodyboarder]

Had an unbeatable lunch today. Schnitzel, chips and a schooner of beer for $5.