I think the Blizzard thing is ridiculous, but here is my theory as to what it is combatting (as Wombat was up in arms with Cheapy's explanation). I have had people message me in game to sell me gold and they had account names like 'fgggdfdfd'. I'm guessing as they get banned, they are constantly making new accounts and this way it takes them 3 days to be able to do their nonsense

Ship should do a video review of that boat game.

It is amazing how much Lollipop Chainsaw feels like Shadow of the Damned, despite it being so different. I prefer Lollipop, though. I didn't like the characters in Shadow.

As for the continuing at checkpoints, if you go back to the map screen and then back into the stage, it will make you start over, but backing out to the main menu (where "Cherry Bomb" plays) will let you continue from the checkpoint. Protip: This will also let you keep your stage score high... if you die, choose to quit and back out to main menu. When you rejoin your game, it will not count as using a continue.

I need to see Indie Game the Movie.
Cheapy, do you think you will ever go back to play Fez? I just finished a couple weeks ago, and I have to say, it is probably up there for my game of the year. It is fantastic. I can see how it isn't for everyone. It had some puzzles that were hands down some of the hardest I have ever encountered.

Originally Posted by thorbahn3 Ship should do a video review of that boat game.

With the green screen too.

AC 3 just got delayed for PC.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...d-3-pc-delayed

Originally Posted by drew327 I think the Blizzard thing is ridiculous, but here is my theory as to what it is combatting (as Wombat was up in arms with Cheapy's explanation). I have had people message me in game to sell me gold and they had account names like 'fgggdfdfd'. I'm guessing as they get banned, they are constantly making new accounts and this way it takes them 3 days to be able to do their nonsense

I think the main reason for this is to combat credit card fraud when purchasing digitally, so you are limited while the transaction clears. Basically, rather than stealing active accounts a nefarious ne'er-do-well may opt to instead obtain stolen credit card info and use this to purchase valid copies digitally. A day of power-leveling later and this person can be up and running gold farming or otherwise generally screwing up the economy. Upon discovery of this fraud by the cardholder the transaction would be disputed and cancelled leaving blizzard with no sale and an economy worse off.

They've since acknowledged that the level cap restriction was an unintended bug and a fix is incoming. The main intended restrictions are against using the auction house and gold/item trading.

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Wombat...thank you. I dont recall you ever doing so, so thanks for not boring us to tears with lame simulation games. Cheapy had that damn Japanese train one, now Ship has boats. Please dont play a plane simulator any time soon...

Originally Posted by penfold.01 I think the main reason for this is to combat credit card fraud when purchasing digitally, so you are limited while the transaction clears. Basically, rather than stealing active accounts a nefarious ne'er-do-well may opt to instead obtain stolen credit card info and use this to purchase valid copies digitally. A day of power-leveling later and this person can be up and running gold farming or otherwise generally screwing up the economy. Upon discovery of this fraud by the cardholder the transaction would be disputed and cancelled leaving blizzard with no sale and an economy worse off. They've since acknowledged that the level cap restriction was an unintended bug and a fix is incoming. The main intended restrictions are against using the auction house and gold/item trading. D3 Forum Source

I see Cheapy's point about not penalizing legitimate customers but in this case Blizzard's actions are very much in the interest of its customers. Besides, anyone who has waitied until almost the end of June to buy Diablo III can wait 72 more hours.

not to bust balls, but standing desks are last years rage.

whats the deal with Dragon's Dogma Wombat?
I know you want to dig on Capcom's DLC but you didnt get a chance, lets hear it.

@ CheapyD (and possibly Shipwreck), you mentioned that 360 controller support is a big deal to you. It is to me too, so for those games that do not have controller support, I use a program called Xpadder. It lets you map keys, clicks, and mouse movements to the 360 controller.

Basically I spend 5 minutes looking up the controls to the game, quickly map them to the controller interface in Xpadder, and save the profile. Then, anytime I want to play a PC game with no controller support, I quickly open xpadder and select the profile I made for the game. It really helps you enjoy other PC games you might have missed otherwise.

There are other programs that do something similar, but Xpadder is my favorite.

Originally Posted by kaze1o1 With kinect not really working well and further showing motion controls don't really work well yet do you think this new device will catch on. Its called Leap Motion, is way cheaper, smaller and looks to work much better than Kinect. http://leapmotion.com/ http://youtu.be/_d6KuiuteIA

I hate to double-post here, but this looks incredible.

I have high hopes.

Unlike Wombat, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Shipwreck's adventures with the Ship Simulator game. It's the quirky PC games like this that I'm most excited to hear about him trying.

Let's see if Shipwreck can get a code for Railworks 3: Train Simulator 2012 and it's $2000 worth of DLC on steam or possibly Farming Simulator 2011.

Originally Posted by Fearbeard Unlike Wombat, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Shipwreck's adventures with the Ship Simulator game. It's the quirky PC games like this that I'm most excited to hear about him trying. Let's see if Shipwreck can get a code for Railworks 3: Train Simulator 2012 and it's $2000 worth of DLC on steam or possibly Farming Simulator 2011.

dear god

I really hate when you guys mention any apple product.. and wombat have to take the OMG WTF YOU TALKING ABOUT ITS SO MUCH BETTER CRAP.. you make it seem like any apple product isthe best products ever made.. they are not.. overpriced junk.

anyways.. good show..

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Two comments about the show.

1. In further defense of Wombat, the giant coin and dinosaur appeared frequently in Batman the Animated Series and Batman Beyond. The Animated Series even had an episode origin episode for the penny where Batman was tied to it by Two Face. Cheapy may have been too old to watch the Animated Series, but I imagine Shipwreck was at the right age to catch that show in it's heyday.

2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dynasty Warriors, Red Cliff, Lu Bu, etc. are all Chinese related. Nobunaga is Japanese.

Thanks again to Wombat, the paragon of maturity, for trying to stifle his laughter while Shipwreck talked about the Avenger's balls in the new pinball table. On the other hand, I've been meaning to try the Zen pinball tables and think I will actually pick up these tables when I get paid next week. Another great show.

Saw Indie Game the Movie, glad it was brought up it was an awesome movie. Now go watch it Shipwreck and Wombat.

I was very disappointed with this show. Wombat and Cheapy both mentioned that they were sweaty, but Shipwreck didn't, so now I'm left wondering if he was too cool to sweat or if he was also sweating.