One more day and I can take a little vacation. After today’s bit of zombie elderly carnage I need to just pass out and do my own thing.
sigh
Saturday Morning Open Thread
Haven’t had much to write regarding me. But it seems like I’m talking about everything else…
MENTLEGEN!!! BEHOLD!!!
It seems Adult Swim and Valve are teaming up together. For what? We have to wait until next week.
I have some mixed feelings about this. Granted, I watch Adult Swim almost every night. I love Family Guy, ATHF, Robot Chicken, Bleach and good portion of the lineup Adult Swim didn’t rape. At the same time though, this is the network that yes to more live action suckage like Eagle Heart, and no to Korgoth The Barbarian, Drinky Crow, Xavier Renegade Angel and a few others. So I can’t help but have mixed feelings about this.
Perhaps there will be a special airing of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room with the gang from Team Fortress 2 bringing it to a screeching halt? One can dream anyway…
Valve is at it again! A TF2 ARG.
If you pop over to the Steam forum’sTF2 section, you’ll be able to see some interesting pictures from an unknown update currently being called “The Mystery Update” which you can see in this megathread. So far there are banana peels, a goldfish, pocket lint, and a few other choice items.
What could it mean? We’ll keep you posted. For god sakes I should be sleeping…
Fight breast cancer by putting your head between a pair of these!!!
No, not b00bs (sorry Bong)… But you can help out by buying a pair of Special edition PINK Siberia v2 headphones from SteelSeries.
Between now and Halloween you can purchase these for 10%. SteelSeries has set a goal to raise $10,000, so if you’re a girl gamer or a guy who has no shame, you can get some nice headphones and help raise money to help the cure!
I know what Kaelis is getting for Christmas…
So Cyan takes a suggestion and actually does something this time.
The other day I talked about support (or lack thereof) on the MystOnline forum, since any support seemed to be under the Off Topic section while their other sections remained locked. Well, it seems Cyan actually listened to reason for once. KaelisEbonrai wrote an article over at SNews I’d like to share:
Nice to see things come together. 🙂
realMyst finally gets support forums!
Well, it looks like Cyan has finally realised that easy to access support is a prerequisite of success rather than an eventual result of it, and has reopened its iOS and other mobile devices forums, as the “Cyan World’s Other Games” forums.
‘Bout bloody time, I’d say.
Prior to this, it was suggested by Cyan’s forum moderators that iOS users should post their support queries in the “Off Topic” section of the forums, and that only if realMyst for iPad was successful would they consider opening a section for those users to get support.
Welp, good to see Cyan has listened to the fans, at least once in their existence. 😉
The Steam For Schools Beta Program
GLaDOS wants your children… That’s right. Valve has invited educators to participate in what they are calling the “Steam For Schools” beta program. Featuring a special edition of steam with only Portal 2 and it’s new puzzle maker. The goal is to use Portal 2’s mechanics to teach kids basic physics and to think. Because we don’t need anymore stupid people…
Taken from their FAQ
The interaction tends to be free-form and experimental and as students encounter new tools and challenges they may develop an intuitive understanding of physical principles such as mass and weight, acceleration, momentum, gravity, and energy. The games also put a premium on critical thinking, spatial reasoning, problem solving, iteration and collaboration skills, and encourage overall inquiry into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning.
Current lesson plans include: “Introduction to Parabolas with the Puzzle Maker,” “Spatial Visualization and Perspectives,” and “Building a Simple Harmonic Oscillator.” Where was this when I was growing up? Kids these days…
Also, you can’t do that on XBox!
Bringing You The Tour de France, with Ettetram!!!
Yes indeed, the Tour de France looks sooooo epic this year that I want to bring the thrills, chills, and spills to you via the Drunken Gaming Corner! This year, the Tour goes right through CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY on July 6th! Epernay, here we come! Party on, meh hearties!!!!
The fun overall begins in Liege on June 30th with the Prologue. So stock up now on your Champagne, bordeaux, and Le Roule Fromage cause it’s yumm!!!! Tour France with the Ettetram!!!! Wheeeees!!!!
