Video Games!

[Pham Nuwen]

Lunch's wife is on right now. I'm about to head to bed though. New baby has made me weak. Surely the children will topple my reign soon.

[Ellie]

Discord is the thing where we can audio chat while we play? (Fuck, I'm a thousand years old in internet time.) Modspawn would be over the moon if we had something like that.

[Pham Nuwen]

Discord is the thing where we can audio chat while we play? (Fuck, I'm a thousand years old in internet time.) Modspawn would be over the moon if we had something like that.

Yes.

[Jadagul]

Discord is the thing we use to hold office hours and answer calculus questions, right?

[lunchstealer]

OK so I am an old, and have pretty much only used steam to play Baldur's Gate and Goat Simulator, and do not currently have a machine that can safely play Among Us via steam - I have to play via iPad unless I dig out and rigorously update my ancient desktop which is a horrific frankensteinian mashup of parts ranging in age from 2014 at best back to 2001, possibly 1999.

The last thing I played serious multiplayer on was WoW using Vent for talking. That guild fell apart no later than 2013 - probably 2012 because I don't think we did any Mists content together.

So... can someone give me a headsup on how we'd do this? Voice chat I think would be superior to just in-game text. I may or may not be even logged into steam, because I'd be playing on iPad unless it's just absolutely necessary that I dig out a Windows machine and do it via Steam.

[Ellie]

I've mostly only played on the free phone app so I don't know how to chat or anything in Steam. I figured I'd have Discord running on the computer while playing on the phone.

[Highway]

Discord would be my preference for voice chatting.

I don't know if you folks on tablets and phones can multitask such that you can be on Discord voice chat while playing the game. There's probably a way, but I don't know about push to talk.

Among Us is apparently totally cross-platform play, so there's no pressure for everyone to be on Steam or anything.

[Eric the .5b]

I'm curious to know how it goes.

[Jasper]

Lunch sent DMs to those interested in Among Us.

I replied with a Discord link. I’ll post the link behind the veil too.

[Highway]

If you still have room, can you send me one also?

Sorry if my interest wasn't clear enough.

[lunchstealer]

Dammit sorry, grylliade PMs only allow five recipients so I had to split into two messages and I left your name out when I did, Highway. Eric turned off PMs so dunno how to privately get him info. Highway, I'll send you something here and on facebook.

[Highway]

Dammit sorry, grylliade PMs only allow five recipients so I had to split into two messages and I left your name out when I did, Highway. Eric turned off PMs so dunno how to privately get him info. Highway, I'll send you something here and on facebook.

Got it here, thanks, and no problem

[Jadagul]

You can leave me off the thread, btw, especially if namespace is an issue; I'm very _familiar_ with Among Us but it stresses me the fuck out and I wouldn't enjoy playing it.

[Eric the .5b]

Eric turned off PMs so dunno how to privately get him info.

No need, for obvious reasons. I was just expressing curiosity about how it goes, and I wish y'all a fun time.

[lunchstealer]

So it was a good group and lots of fun was had by all. Clark's shenanigans were hilarious, Ellie, so I hope you weren't embarrassed.

[lshap]

Not really a video game but if anyone wants to play Words With Friends against me: ElShap941

[dbcooper]

Fred Durst has a Twitch channel.

[Pham Nuwen]

Fred Durst has a Twitch channel.

No. Just ... no.

[dbcooper]

Fred Durst has a Twitch channel.

No. Just ... no.

Put your red fitted cap on backwards.

[Pham Nuwen]

Fred Durst has a Twitch channel.

No. Just ... no.

Put your red fitted cap on backwards.

Will he scream while playing mario world? I assume that's all he streams. Because it's fred durst.

[Warren]

I've heard the name, can't quite place it. Some conservative opinion columnist I assume. Don't correct me if I'm wrong. I prefer to marinade in the bliss of my ignorance.

[D.A. Ridgely]

I'm not a Gamer. I don't have a console and I don't like shooter games or world building games. But I do like nonviolent single-person games that are intellectually challenging and/or entertaining. I think the Portal games are great. I think The Stanley Paradox is hilarious fun. The Beginner's Guide, otoh, just didn't pull off enough challenge and/or entertainment, but at least it was trying. Game 'novels' tend not to work.

So, anyway, for the last few days I've been playing Superliminal. I give it a B+/A-. Some chapters are extremely clever, several are merely tedious and sometimes the solution to a problem is impossible to figure out. Well, that's to say I gave up after a while and found a walkthrough to get me over those particular obstacles.

Available through Steam. $20. I think I got my money's worth.

[Shem]

I'm not a Gamer. I don't have a console and I don't like shooter games or world building games. But I do like nonviolent single-person games that are intellectually challenging and/or entertaining. I think the Portal games are great. I think The Stanley Paradox is hilarious fun. The Beginner's Guide, otoh, just didn't pull off enough challenge and/or entertainment, but at least it was trying. Game 'novels' tend not to work.

So, anyway, for the last few days I've been playing Superliminal. I give it a B+/A-. Some chapters are extremely clever, several are merely tedious and sometimes the solution to a problem is impossible to figure out. Well, that's to say I gave up after a while and found a walkthrough to get me over those particular obstacles.

Available through Steam. $20. I think I got my money's worth.

Have you ever played any of the Sam and Max games? They're point-and-click style adventure games, and pretty hilarious.

[D.A. Ridgely]

I'm not a Gamer. I don't have a console and I don't like shooter games or world building games. But I do like nonviolent single-person games that are intellectually challenging and/or entertaining. I think the Portal games are great. I think The Stanley Paradox is hilarious fun. The Beginner's Guide, otoh, just didn't pull off enough challenge and/or entertainment, but at least it was trying. Game 'novels' tend not to work.

So, anyway, for the last few days I've been playing Superliminal. I give it a B+/A-. Some chapters are extremely clever, several are merely tedious and sometimes the solution to a problem is impossible to figure out. Well, that's to say I gave up after a while and found a walkthrough to get me over those particular obstacles.

Available through Steam. $20. I think I got my money's worth.

Have you ever played any of the Sam and Max games? They're point-and-click style adventure games, and pretty hilarious.

Yes, ages ago. I thought they were a bit too goofy but, yes, they're in the zone.