I recorded some footage tonight on the Gehn Shard during a party in a multiplayer cleft. I’m thinking that will be a bonus episode before the season finale. 😛
Still waiting for a beta invite to SFM
In the meantime I’ve been drooling over the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dII9e5sK6jM
I think it’s really cool seeing a community spotlight playlist to showcase what people have made. If only certain other companies could be that encouraging…
You Can’t Do That On XBox! Death Sentence for L4D2
Tomala and… Tomala? Escape from jail in the TARDIS and go back to their current office in the present to do a review together of a campaign called Death Sentence.
Happy Birthday Foods + Civ5 UpdateTram!
I am happy to report that I am having a totally epic birthday so far! The boeuf bourguignon is happily baking along in the oven and it smells soooo epic! I would like to thank the fi tram for working sooooo hard on it, including the days of visiting many different shops and trying to find ingredients, and the many days of cooking each ingredient separately! It has been an epic journey and it smells really wonderful right now! Thanks again fi tram!!!!! Yays!!!!
In fact, it smells soooo epic that I am now having some Golden Gate Sauvignon Blanc that the onions were braised in and have it with meh Brunch of Champions, D’nito Nachos Tram!!!!! nomnomnomnom!! It is certainly one of my slack favs!!!
In other news, I noticed that both Steam and Civilization 5 had a major update when I played recently, so if you haven’t played lately, you may want to get the longggg update. It seems to have eliminated the long animations when the game first starts up and replaced it with a simple splash screen. I also noticed that some of the voices were different when the new technologies were discovered, and some of the wording was different on the new technologies.
I also noticed that it was significantly different as far as creating and assembling the space ship to claim epic victory! Instead of needing to create like a dozen pieces, I only had to create like 5 or 6 or so! Honestly, I felt a bit cheated by this, but since I was getting the Aztecs to kick some ass, I didn’t mind too much tram – LOL!
So, if you feel like it, slack on over and check out the updated Civ 5 Tram! Wheeees!!
And there is a new expansion available for Civ5, Gods and Kings. I haven’t tried it yet, but I would be very interested to hear if any of you have yet! Yay!
And keep partying hard on meh birthday, meh wonderful hearties and getting ready for the Tour de Underpants (France)!!!!! Wheeeeees!!!!
Early Morning Open Thread
It seems that burnt items are still dropping in TF2. managed to collect some more to make Ash. Mostly got some charred crates and a couple weapons. Traded the beggars bazooka for the rainblower. Can’t wait to use it in another session!
Meet The Pyro
Anyone see it yet? I wrote about it over at SNews. I think that’s one of my new favorites of the “Meet The” series. Also I can’t wait to get my hands on some Source Filmmaker. The goggles for the pyro are pretty awesome too. Also waiting on my Robot Chicken hat. 🙂
Meet The Pyro
Everyone’s seen it, but in case you haven’t here it is:
Now that you’ve seen that, check out the new items for the pyro!
Yes, between now and July 5th you can get a nice pair of goggles for free in TF2. I have tested them out and sure enough… Everything looks really psychotic! If this wasn’t enough for you, then perhaps maybe sign up at Adult Swim for a free robot chicken hat?
Also, the mystery items have been turned to dust and can now be crafted into a big pile of ash! The ash can then be used to make either crates or weapons. No word on what they’re worth yet though. Still, it’s been so busy that even authentication seems to be failing for getting onto certain servers or even getting in touch with the item server itself! I don’t think Valve expected this much attention. But they should have because it’s freakin’ TF2!!!!!111111
As an aside, Valve is also releasing Source Filmmaker now as a beta. Perhaps the next season of You Can’t Do That On XBox might have some interesting visuals. 😉
Ettetram B-Day & Tour de Underpants Invite!
You are warmly welcomed to two very special SNews events! The first is Ettetram’s birthday, which will be an all-day event on Thursday! I hope that everyone will join meh in having fun and drinking as much as you can tram!!! I will be having beoef Bourgogne and a nice bordeaux – Yay!!! I have Taylor Fladgate 20 year tawny port as a great aperitif as well!! So I will have plenty of beverages to report on!
The second event that I want to invite everyone to the start of the Tour de Underpants (France) on Saturday morning (morgen) at 5 am Pacific/8 am Eastern Time for the live coverage from Liege, France! Yes indeed meh hearties, the Champagne cork will popping at 5 am! I can hardly wait for the Le Roule fromage too!! It will be so epic and I will be posting all about it here on SNews!!! This year, I wonder who will win? Will it be Cadel Evans? Bradley Wiggins perhaps? One of the Schleck brothers? Only time will tell tram! Join me here on SNews for all the fun action!
Since the Tour de Underpants wandered into Italy a few times last year, I recently enjoyed a nice bottle of Gabbiano Chianti with a big plate of semola pasta with pesto sauce, olive oil, and parmesan and romano cheese. It was an epic meal! Gabbiano Chianti can be found in many grocery stores for under $10, and is a nice Chianti at a nice price. Clean, soft cherry fruit forward flavors, nice tangy mid-palate, and clean tannins and nice acidity on the finish without being too powerful. A large enough wine to go with food yet soft enough to drink without food before or after the meal.
Rearranging deck chairs on the blog again…
Ok, decided I didn’t like the last one either, so I’m going to give this one a shot. It seems to behave a lot better. Fluid width, 3 column, and gives me the option of changing the picture on each refresh which I could have fun with. 🙂
I used to hate the two columns being next to each other, but with the stuff I happen to have it might not be that bad of an idea actually…
Day 2 of PYROMANIA!!!!!
Downtown Teufort: The mighty Manhattan of the Badlands. The Big Gravel. The City That Never Seeps (the slogan of our campaign to let people know we’d started getting a handle on our world-famous sewage problem). Whatever you want to call them, these streets are filled to bursting with opportunity (and, depending on the weather, up to knee-height with sewage).
Maybe you read that article in Tourism Monthly (“Teufort: It is Horrible”) and you’re worried about murder, thievery and tramp attacks. Don’t be! Thanks to our lack of a fire department, they’ve got bigger things to worry about than you: Putting out all those methane fires.
So now we have possibly another map to look forward to, plus more hats and weapons! Also on that page is a picture from the upcoming “Meet The Pyro” short!