<Nitya> fez put me in the worst possible psychological state: mad about video games. now i'm in the second worst state: has an idea for a video game

<Nitya> "It is only equipped with a 12.6mm Vulcan, but it gets additional firepower by eating chili peppers or a car battery, after which the elephant becomes able to breathe fire or to shoot lightning from it's proboscis." it's an exciting time to be a soldier

<zeroplusalpha> Well I think so far the crown in gratuitous serialisation is still FF. We're at what, XV now?
<zeroplusalpha> Pretty soon they're going to have to start using hexadecimal, in which case I eagerly await FFFF, the 255th iteration.

<ComradeCirnov> ...DID THEY SERIOUSLY JUST SHOOT A COPTER DOWN WITH A TANK WHILE AIRBORNE
<ComradeCirnov> Omfg
<ComradeCirnov> OMFG
<ComradeCirnov> BEST USE FOR C4 EVER
<ComradeCirnov> See, I love it when things in video games are stupidly insane enough to work.
<ComradeCirnov> "We could put an AA gun here sir"
<ComradeCirnov> "FUCK THAT, BETTER IDEA"
<ComradeCirnov> "What is that, sir"
<ComradeCirnov> "IT'S LIKE A BOUNCING BETTY, EXCEPT INSTEAD OF A WUSSY-ASS GRENADE, IT LAUNCHES A TANK INTO THE AIR"
<ComradeCirnov> "Your genius knows no limits, sir"

<JBridge> Testing video games is a lot like doing porn.
<JBridge> Both jobs take something you'd normally enjoy doing, but you have to do it how and when your bosses want.
<JBridge> And you have to do it all the time, which is probably the biggest reason why both jobs are shit.
<zeroplusalpha> Testing video games is worse because the build isn't even complete yet, most of the time.

<AliceTensei> Well, yeah, but it would be sensible from a hedgehog murdering point of view.

<jseblan> wait, Champions Online uses procedural generation?
<Nitya> tons of stuff does
<Nitya> it's the new sexy
<jseblan> kind of old for a new sexy
<Nitya> everything new and sexy in computer science is actually like forty years old.
<RocketDude> So, is the actually new stuff even sexier, or is it like wine where the sexiness increases with age and why am I putting so much thought into this