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seventhe- Let's say Sev is thinking of asking for either an X-Box or a PS3 for Christmas. Tell me about both of them: pros and cons, games I can get, which you would recommend for someone who is kind of a shitty gamer anyway. Let's go!
- I have a bit of code I wrote a while ago that could potentially be used for a fic exchange. I'm not sure it's going to work for DOINK in any real context, but I've been itching to try it out on a VERY SMALL and VERY UNOFFICIAL scale. Basically how it works is: every person leaves 3 prompts; I make a master list of the anonymous prompts by number; you secretly send me 3 prompts you're willing to write; the code will assign you 1 prompt to write in a way that best covers as many participants as possible. Would anybody be interested in helping me test it out on a small unofficial scale? I could call it SevMas or something. My own personal boner exchange. I'm looking for a group of people, more than 5 but less than 15. Very low key, no promises, all I want is to run my damn code like a real loser, Sev/EXCEL OTP forever.
- I have been feeling very strangely fannish lately, probably because I've been imbibing on a lot more source material than usual: this is mostly the fault of
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safety_caesars/vrazdova. We are replaying FFX; I started a random replay of FFVIII when I was sick; we just watched Gundam Wing and I am rewatching it in English while I run. I'm kind of on fandom overdose. Any thoughts or liveblogs or meta posts or, god, I don't know whatever that people want to see? And/Or: if I start spamming my thoughts on GW episodes and writing massive essays on Quistis/Rinoa, please don't defriend me right away. - WHAT'S UP
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Date: 2011-12-04 08:15 pm (UTC)360-specific recs: Lost Odyssey, Last Remnant, Magna Carta 2, Mass Effect (+ 2 and 3)
360 sort-of recs: Fable (not my style but you might like it), Infinite Undiscovery is both cool and awful at the same time; I'm having fun but you might not.
PS3-specific recs: inFAMOUS. I hear that Resonance of Fate and Valkyria Chronicles are super badass, but haven't played them.
Both Systems: Arkham Asylum, Assassin's Creed (+ sequels), FF13
A note: Mass Effect (also by Bioware, sci-fi where Dragon Age is fantasy) is a shooter, so I make paladin play it for me. ME2 is out on PS3 and comes with a sort of playable comic so you can get teh plot of ME1, but I'd sort of recommend doing the whole shebang. Because Mass Effect is awesome.
ALSO: yes I would do this miniexchange.
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Date: 2011-12-05 12:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-04 11:31 pm (UTC)Also, Kinect > Playstation Move (although the Move controller does look hilariously like a vibrator, so possibly this is actually advantage: PS3).
And I would love to jump in on the miniexchange! YAY TESTING
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Date: 2011-12-04 11:52 pm (UTC)One fact though is that the controller for the xbox handles better than that of the ps3. It's got more heft to it, isn't quite as flimsy and the odd placement of the joysticks really works.
On the other hand, the blu-ray player seems to be a big motviator for a lot of people I know with a ps3.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:09 am (UTC)Out of order!
Date: 2011-12-04 11:54 pm (UTC)1. Hmm, let's see. (Keep in mind I've tried more PS3 games than 360, since we actually own the PS3. The 360 belongs to our roommate, who is cool and lets us play it whenever, but we're still limited by his game selection.)
Standouts for the PS3: Little Big Planet, Folklore, InFAMOUS 1 + 2. Uncharted looks pretty awesome as well, but I've only seen it played briefly.
Standouts for the 360: Mass Effect. I've played ME2 with and without importing save files, and the importing does improve things. (If only they'd come up with a way to transfer save files across systems... I'm amazed no one's tried to crack that.)
[Standouts for both: Mass Effect 2 (and presumably 3,) Bioshock 1 and 2, Dragon Age: Origins]
Also, the PS3 does have a decent selection of older downloadable games available, but I don't know whether or not the 360 offers a similar service. I don't have an account so I haven't been able to check.
4. OH GOD RETAIL IN THE HOLIDAYS THAT IS WHAT IS UP
...other than that, not much. Things are mostly pretty good!
3.
And/Or: if I start spamming my thoughts on GW episodes and writing massive essays on Quistis/Rinoa, please don't defriend me right away.
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...Yeah, no fear of that.
Seriously, if you were to write a meta post about just about anything about FFX or FFVIII I would read it and blab about it and probably write a response to it myself! (I can't say much about GW, though, I only ever watched it when it was first on Cartoon Network, and then just bits and pieces.)
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 01:41 am (UTC)I can't say for sure if I can do mini-exchange. This is game testing/grant submission/everyone gets on Cendri's fucking nerves because they wait until the last minute for everything month, so yeah.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 02:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 02:55 am (UTC)I like our PS3. I like it a lot. I like that it can do multiple things in addition to just gaming, without much of that extra money baggage the 360 had going for it. I like that I can purchase classic PS games from the PS store and have it downloaded TO MY PS3 -- thus eliminating the need for multiple game discs. Most of my older PS games are in Little Broski's custody, and it's not like he takes good care of them anyway.
Downsides: It won't play most PS2 games. Uh. Have I mentioned I have a huge lady boner for my PS3?
2. LIN IS GOING TO BE CHICKEN SHIT FOREVER
3. YAY META POSTS! I've been working on an FFVIII fic with the hopes of, you know, actually posting, and I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS.
So: Yay! Meta posts!
4. I'm not wearing any pants!
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 03:09 am (UTC)I DO I DO -- NOT
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Date: 2011-12-05 05:20 am (UTC)2. I love the idea of the beta-testing exchange in theory! But I don't know that I have enough fandoms in common with the rest of your Circle/Flist to make it work. Hmm.
3. I WOULD READ ALL THE FFX META YOU CAN IMAGINE.
4. I just had breakfast for dinner!
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Date: 2011-12-04 05:27 pm (UTC)also please liveblog all of gundam wing all the time
okay thanks~~~~
i feel like i haven't seen you in forever!!!!
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:12 am (UTC)(I am actually in your snuggie lolol)
I just DLed the english versions of GW in slightly smaller files too (great for the ipad) -- they are 20 minutes each so that's perfect, 20 min for elliptical or a fast run and if I'm doing a long run I can get 2-3 eps in at once.
REWATCH IS GO
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:22 am (UTC)I MISS YOU
AND THE SNUGGIE!!!!!!
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-04 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 01:04 pm (UTC)And here I was, thinking it was just Squall that made her get all antsy.
I have a feeling I'm not leaving the house today. Time to start yet another replay.
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Date: 2011-12-04 06:34 pm (UTC)I did a rewatch of GW last year and I really enjoyed it.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:16 am (UTC)I just watched it for THE FIRST TIME, and I'll admit: I was really lost for about the first 50%. Having gotten to the end and basically BECOME OBSESSED, I want to rewatch it like immediately so that I can answer burning questions like "What the fuck happened in Luxembourg???" when I'm trying to write something more descriptive than shameporn for it. I watched it in Japanese with subtitles; I've downloaded the English dub for my rewatch, because I'm interested to see what the dub voices are like, and also because I'm interested to see if I understand more in English.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:32 am (UTC)PS3 is probably the one you want since the graphics are supposedly better and Sony usually focuses more on the RPs. What I would do is research the games you would like to play and see which system they are available on and which has the better controls and graphics for each game because some games play better on one system or the other.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:45 am (UTC)so I really want to watch it again and pay more attention to that kind of stuff.
Yeah, PS3 also has a BluRay, and -- I don't have the world's nicest TV ever, but it's decent, and having a bluray player would be cool if I was already going to spend the money. I'll just have to look up the games and see what's what.
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:07 am (UTC)Since you like RPs if you are into Noir you should seriously check out LA Noire. It is one of the most amazing games I've seen and the play is wide open so you can replay it over and over again with variations on how it flows.
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:11 am (UTC)Oooooh, thank you, i will look that up! Have you played any of the Final Fantasy games? Those are kind of my comfort zone, although I'd love to play more stuff.
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:46 am (UTC)I have never played any of the FF games, but I have watched other people play and enjoyed that.
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:52 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-12-04 08:13 pm (UTC)FWIW, you could probs ramble on fandom all day, every day and not hear a complaint from me. Especially FFX, because apparently I will never, ever get over that shiz.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 03:44 am (UTC)Especially if some of them are about the vast Yevonite cover-up regarding Wen Kinoc & Auron's debauched lost weekend, because we all know it must have happened, right?
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Date: 2011-12-05 03:51 am (UTC)THAT SPHERE...
Date: 2011-12-05 07:49 am (UTC)Jecht Spheres -- which one did Auron hide from Tidus?
The Jecht/Braska/Auron orgy outtakes. 32.1%
Auron singing "I am the very model of a modern major " while drunk. 26.3%
Braska's ballet performances. 8%
Auron upchucking on Braska during the ferry ride to Besaid. 33.6%
Total Votes: 137
BUT SERIOUSLY, WE NEED TO HEAR EPIC THOUGHTS ON FFX. ALL OF THEM.
(I like Quistis/Rinoa too, even though the game makes me think Quistis is seriously pissed off at her at least through the whole Deling City fiasco.)
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Date: 2011-12-05 01:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-04 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-04 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 02:18 am (UTC)QUISTIS/RINOA, see, here's the thing -- I really adore that pairing but I thought I had made it up. HOWEVER upon replaying this game, I am seeing hints. Obviously it's not canon, and it gets drowned by Squall/Rinoa, but I am like LOOK THERE'S ACTUAL KIND OF EVIDENCE FOR MY CRACK FEMMESHIP, I WIN.
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:09 am (UTC)2. As for SevMas, I know nothing of code at all, but I'd be willing to help in any way I could. Just give us a yell if you need me.
3. Feel free to rave at will. I've never watched Gundam Wing. I'm only familiar with Gundam from doujinshis and... well... they are all just smut and no storyline. The boys have very nice asses though. :)
4. Um... good question. Wish I had an answer... but I don't, so I'll link to porny pictures instead - http://pics.livejournal.com/madisuzy/gallery/000e51ek
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Date: 2011-12-05 02:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 02:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-05 05:05 pm (UTC)I have more I can say about a PS3. Playing video games online is free, unless the developer has chosen to make it a subscription service. The PS3 has backwards compatibility for PS1 games, but only some models have PS2 backwards compatibility, and all the models with that functionality are old, probably costly by now, and lower on the hard drive space. The good news when it comes to HD space, at least for those same older models, is that you can very easily switch out the hard drive in the PS3 with a laptop one, but you would need to remember to format the hard drive to FAT and have a device (e.g. flash drive) with the latest PS3 firmware. That sounds harder than it really is.
I could give a lot of suggestions for PS3 games if you got one. The PS3 has quite a few exclusives. Oh, and the PS3 can play Blu-Ray and DVD discs regardless of what version PS3 you get. Making best use of Blu-Ray requires an HDMI cable and HDTV, but Blu-Ray is definitely an option.
I'd like to say that I'm up for your code, but I already have way too many problems completing fics as-is, so I don't think I'd be able to handle needing to complete prompts.
As for what's up, same as usual and what I write on my LJ! And write whatever you want on yours!