running late for pLayday

running late for pLayday

lgx:  i’ll be home after 730… busy here
phokal (aaron):  bakery?
lgx:  no, the crackhouse
lgx:  yes, bakery

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pLayday: 8/4 – Halo 3

pLayday: 8/4 – Halo 3

Today we go back to the basics. Halo. Invite some friends over and let’s LAN it up, yo.

Be sure to have both free mappacks dl’d ahead of time.

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Diablo 2 – US East Ladder Characters

Diablo 2- US East Ladder Characters

Boramis notes when you order the $6 keys you have to pick both server and ladder. This is odd b/c server is per b.net acct and ladder is per character. For now, pick US East w/ Ladder, just in case it matters.

Remember, we’ll all want to start with level 1 characters at the same time, and your characters have to have unique names.  If you want to play with us with a specific name, be sure not to name your ‘testing out’ character the same one.  Not sure how long it takes after you delete them to be able to reuse the name.

See the Owning It post for details on where to pick up keys on the cheap.

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Diablo 2 – Step 2. Forming a Party and Schedule

Diablo 2 – Step 2. Forming a Party and Schedule

Hola,

I know some of you have expressed interest in starting a Diablo 2 campaign run.  This would also be an hour or 2 a week, similar to pLayday, but attendance would be more mandatory.  We wouldn’t want some party members to get higher than others or to finish chapters without people present.  For the same reason, we would not want to play with these characters outside of the timeslot.

So, email me or post here your schedule (free days/times) if you are interested in participating.  There are a limited number of slots (6-8, can’t remember).

Use Outlook? Use Hotmail? Get the new connector.

Use Outlook? Use Hotmail? Get the new connector.

Has anyone announced this?  It seems a new beta of the Outlook Connector has been released and allows for syncing to your Hotmail calendar (previously a feature only available for Premium accounts).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9A2279B1-DF0A-46E1-AA93-7D4870871ECF&displaylang=en

Diablo 2 – Step 1. Owning it

Diablo 2 – Step 1. Owning it

Alright, today’s Amazon deal of the hour is Diablo 2 battlechest for 27 bucks.  Not a GREAT deal (Gogamer.com has it for $30), but amazon is tax-less and ships free.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox

Boramis also found a deal where you can buy used keys for about $6, then use them on blizzard’s site to get the media (Download to replace scratched cds).  Certainly way cheaper.

http://www.g2buy.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=17775&productname=

https://www.blizzard.com/login/login.xml

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pLayday: 7/22 – delayed

pLayday: 7/22 – delayed

I’ve got some errands to run later this evening.  If you guys want to start ahead of time, go ahead (all Gamertags are on the pLayday page).  Otherwise I think I’d be able to make it @9pm.  Game?  CoD4? GTA4?

Is there a Live Arcade game that we all own? Uno?

State of the Union: 7/15

State of the Union: 7/15

Quick update on things that I’ve been thinking about, but haven’t had time to post on yet:

-Diablo 2 campaign run, either on Tuesdays or another day.  Boramis may have found D2 for $5.

-pLayday to begin using other systems potentially: the Wii (Mario Kart), PC (Team Fortress 2, DoD:S, Warcraft 3, other free games?, suggestions?)

-I beat The Darkness

-I beat MGS4

-I will be updating the CSS stylesheet to make the site more visually pleasing again.  New banner coming too (now that the darkness has finished).

pLayday: 7/15 – Wit and Wagers or Halo?

pLayday: 7/15 – Wit and Wagers or Halo?

You Don’t Know Jack *NEEDS* to come out for XBLA.  Until then we have Wits.  Though, I have not purchased it yet and do not know if you can do hotseat AND over Live at the same time.

Also, we may have too many people, in which case Halo is a good fallback.  Paintball Halo, or some Grifball, or Rocket Race.  And some classic FFA on the new Free map.

If we get a low turnout, we can always get some more campaign Metascore achievements in Halo’s campaign.

Pratchett's daughter penning Mirror's Edge

Pratchett’s daughter penning Mirror’s Edge

Figured this was worth a quick post for those who missed it on Kotaku. Rhianna Pratchett (Terry’s daughter), who also penned Overlord and Heavenly Sword, will be working on Mirror’s Edge.

I know a few of you are Pratchett fans, and even gained interest in Overlord when you learned she was the writer. What did you think of her work there? Did you know she worked on Heavenly Sword, too?

http://kotaku.com/5023710/this-is-your-mirrors-edge-writer