Current video game being played

[jaysmiter]

just got dragon age in the mail. went with mage. any spells i need to learn fo sho?

MAGIC MISSLE!!!

...oh wait...wrong game.

[AlexPKeaton]

just got dragon age in the mail. went with mage. any spells i need to learn fo sho?

Mind Blast is very important when you are surrounded. Also the healing spells of course, those are definitely the most important. I would roll 2 mages at all times and they would have both the heal and the group heal spell. Regenerate though seemed useless to me. The Cone of Cold spell is very nice for stunning also. If you do the first level cold spell + that fist spell you have a chance to 1 hit kill them.

[Letang Is The Truth]

just got dragon age in the mail. went with mage. any spells i need to learn fo sho?

MAGIC MISSLE!!!

...oh wait...wrong game.

melfs minute meteors ftw

[shafnutz05]

http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-01

Anyone who has played Half Life 2, I HIGHLY recommend this comic...absolutely hilarious

[PensFanInDC]

ACII is pretty good but I get stuck trying to finish everything which sometimes gets boring.

What do you mean trying to finish everything? Missions/Story Line or extra stuff like assassination contracts/feathers/races etc?

[EricMateya]

Left 4 Dead 2.... All I have been playing lately. Epic game for the PC. Scavenge mode and realism mode are by far my favorite additions.

[André]

just got dragon age in the mail. went with mage. any spells i need to learn fo sho?

Mind Blast is very important when you are surrounded. Also the healing spells of course, those are definitely the most important. I would roll 2 mages at all times and they would have both the heal and the group heal spell. Regenerate though seemed useless to me. The Cone of Cold spell is very nice for stunning also. If you do the first level cold spell + that fist spell you have a chance to 1 hit kill them.

Cone of cold is huge. Whenever you can freeze a boss and take out the minions that's a great help. There's another pinkish circles shield (force field?) doing that for a longer time altough you can't injure the one you freeze, but it's a great, great spell. Death's imprisioning (called something like that) is huge too, pinning an enemy while they take damage.

Combining two mages is awesome =) Have one offensive with the basic healing spell and one healer with revival and the basic offensive skills.

I played as a two handed tank and had one sword/shield guy and two mages with me.

[EricMateya]

I would figure I should post this question in here, as it is video game related. Anyone use a mic for their online game experience?

I ask because sometimes, either randomly or once I start my computer up, my mic gets real choppy. If anyone uses steam, you can test your mic in the settings section and when I do it just sounds extremely choppy and I can barely make out what I say (that sounds funny). Anyone else experience this and/or know how to fix it?

[Fast B]

I just picked up New Super Mario Bros. the other day, and it's pretty sweet so far. Not terribly challenging so far (except for some of the bonus coins), but the co-op mode is hilarious. I've been playing with my girlfriend and it's a contest to see who can kill the other more.

[shafnutz05]

I just picked up New Super Mario Bros. the other day, and it's pretty sweet so far. Not terribly challenging so far (except for some of the bonus coins), but the co-op mode is hilarious. I've been playing with my girlfriend and it's a contest to see who can kill the other more.

hahahaha that's the only thing I do in the co-op/vs. mode. I found the game itself boring (gathering coins, etc), so I just run as fast as I can and try to make the other people fall off the map

[AlexPKeaton]

ACII is pretty good but I get stuck trying to finish everything which sometimes gets boring.

What do you mean trying to finish everything? Missions/Story Line or extra stuff like assassination contracts/feathers/races etc?

Yeah the Assassination contracts are what is bogging me down. I don't bother with the feathers. The hidden symbols on the walls are cool because there is some kind of story there.

[AlexPKeaton]

I would figure I should post this question in here, as it is video game related. Anyone use a mic for their online game experience?

I ask because sometimes, either randomly or once I start my computer up, my mic gets real choppy. If anyone uses steam, you can test your mic in the settings section and when I do it just sounds extremely choppy and I can barely make out what I say (that sounds funny). Anyone else experience this and/or know how to fix it?

Are you using a non-usb mic? If so, the problem you are experience is the crappiness of Creative Labs Sound Blaster.

[PensFanInDC]

Yeah the Assassination contracts are what is bogging me down. I don't bother with the feathers. The hidden symbols on the walls are cool because there is some kind of story there.

I want the last 2 achievements so I need to get the feathers for both of them.

The hidden symbols are cool. I needed to look online for the solution to one of them. No way I would have figured that out on my own.

[JarkkoVision]

I've been playing NHL 10 and Modern Warfare 2. I haven't played MW2 online yet. This is my first Call of Duty game and I wanna master my skills before I jump online.

[AlexPKeaton]

I've been playing NHL 10 and Modern Warfare 2. I haven't played MW2 online yet. This is my first Call of Duty game and I wanna master my skills before I jump online.

Single player is completely different than multiplayer. My suggesting is to just jump in with the expectation that you are going to have a very bad k:d ratio for a while.

[JarkkoVision]

I've been playing NHL 10 and Modern Warfare 2. I haven't played MW2 online yet. This is my first Call of Duty game and I wanna master my skills before I jump online.

Single player is completely different than multiplayer. My suggesting is to just jump in with the expectation that you are going to have a very bad k:d ratio for a while.

I've played multiplayer with friends, just not online. Some of the special ops missions are ridiculous. I would think that if I'm good on those I shouldn't be terrible when I jump online.

[Shyster]

Finished up Suikoden Tierkreis (good game!) on my DS and switched to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

[Juice]

Yeah the Assassination contracts are what is bogging me down. I don't bother with the feathers. The hidden symbols on the walls are cool because there is some kind of story there.

I want the last 2 achievements so I need to get the feathers for both of them.

The hidden symbols are cool. I needed to look online for the solution to one of them. No way I would have figured that out on my own.

Was it one of the ones in the first half, or the second half? I have only gotten through the first half of them.

[PensFanInDC]

Yeah the Assassination contracts are what is bogging me down. I don't bother with the feathers. The hidden symbols on the walls are cool because there is some kind of story there.

I want the last 2 achievements so I need to get the feathers for both of them.

The hidden symbols are cool. I needed to look online for the solution to one of them. No way I would have figured that out on my own.

Was it one of the ones in the first half, or the second half? I have only gotten through the first half of them.

3rd to last I think. It had to do with Sumerian numerals. It was so effing hard!

[SolidSnake]

Secret of Evermore

[Corvidae]

Finished up Suikoden Tierkreis (good game!) on my DS and switched to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Let me know how you like it. I didn't like the PS2 GTAs, but I loved Chinatown Wars for the DS. The GPS makes a world of difference.

[Daniel87]

I just picked up New Super Mario Bros. the other day, and it's pretty sweet so far. Not terribly challenging so far (except for some of the bonus coins), but the co-op mode is hilarious. I've been playing with my girlfriend and it's a contest to see who can kill the other more.

Yeah the actually mode isn't hard at all. I worst part was getting all those big coins. The multi player is the fun part.

[Jamie]

Currently playing Dragon Age and Modern warfare 2. Assasins Creed II is on the list of future games.

[SolidSnake]

Finished up Suikoden Tierkreis (good game!) on my DS and switched to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Let me know how you like it. I didn't like the PS2 GTAs, but I loved Chinatown Wars for the DS. The GPS makes a world of difference.

FF that location!

[newarenanow]

My wife picked me up Lego Indiana Jones (the original one) for Wii at Target the other day for like $15. I'll be starting that once I finish Lego Batman.

She said she feels like an idiot picking up Lego video games for her 31 year old husband.