The JTAG-out: Make your JTAG stop chewing on the christmas tree.

[skullpoker]

Steam got hacked.

Trying to make this VERY visible in case any of you have been effected.

[Colamisu]

Myth. Several developers later came out stating that it was a load of BS used by certain companies as an excuse for releasing inferior PS3 ports.

And the rest is hilarity.

Not entirely a myth. It's not that coding for the PS3 is hard, it's that coding for the 360 is negligible. It runs on Microsoft's XNA, which is just C++ in a fancy package. So make the PC game, then all you have to do is change the input and recompile for 360. That's why the indie scene is so big on the 360 (even if half of it is ZOMBIES, MINECRAFTCLONEDUDEITOTALLYHADTHISIDEABEFOREMINECRA FTCAMEOUT, or "massagers").

Not only that, some people even go so far as to declare a fan translation as superior.

Clearly all game companies should just go the XSEED route. If there's a good fan translation out there that people like, just buy it. Don't bother trying to make your own that has conflicting wording or spelling or whatever.

So totally unrelated, but ooh-wee-ooh. Killer Tofu.

[Tanthias]

So tan, how's your game coming along?

In fact, how you been? It's like I haven't talked to you guys in months.

It appears to have turned into a one man project again. Haven't heard back from any (wait, I take that back, one person responded) when I was asking the others about their opinion on the best route with the infection mechanic. I still haven't abandoned it, though, and posted a first draft of the first two journal entries in my EP blog.

Not bad. How about you, man?

[Ivolt]

I died and then came back to life.

Then I made the 2 worst class schedule ever.

So I'm doing about the same as usual.

[Raype]

Clearly all game companies should just go the XSEED route. If there's a good fan translation out there that people like, just buy it. Don't bother trying to make your own that has conflicting wording or spelling or whatever.

There's a couple that have tried that recently.

It's had....mixed results.

By "mixed", I mean "the fanbase ends up feeling like the translator is a sellout and the publisher is holding the product hostage".

In all fairness. usually they are and they do.

[Colamisu]

I died and then came back to life.

Then I made the 2 worst class schedule ever.

So I'm doing about the same as usual.

I have three classes I need to take at least two of in the next two semesters, and the third by the third semester. None have been offered for the past 3 semesters.

[Mistral]

A character's name could be translated using one of two characters.

There's a widely praised fan translation of some earlier work that used one variant, while the official localization of this game opted to use the translation that made sense to them. Flying in the face of the fact that said fan translation pretty much established numerous spellings and terminologies for all future fan translations of the material.

Not many people were particularly happy about it.

At least they didn't do Toosaka, because JSL in a Hepburn world = hilarity. Putting the long o as "oh" is officially permissible by the government, but really, no standard romanization system does it.

Ah, fans, how do we love thee.

[Slacker Magician]

Steam got hacked.

Trying to make this VERY visible in case any of you have been effected.

They said there was no evidence of credit card info being taken.

[Slacker Magician]

I'm on vacation

Don't go back to work till the 21st. Work 3 days, then off thurs and fri for Thanksgiving

Woooo! What are you going to do?

[Ivolt]

I have three classes I need to take at least two of in the next two semesters, and the third by the third semester. None have been offered for the past 3 semesters.

Witchcraft and devilry. Tell them to stop toying with your emotions. Also, what you need to do to take those classes, as thats horse-shit.

[Sprung]

Woooo! What are you going to do?

Drink beer and play games

[Slacker Magician]

I'm so glad I don't give a fuck about the things the rest of you give a fuck about.

LOOK AT ALL THIS ENJOYMENT I'M HAVING.

Pirating games means I have zero complaints about any problems, which I assume are related to the cracks.

[Slacker Magician]

Drink beer and play games

Good plan .

[skullpoker]

They said there was no evidence of credit card info being taken.

True, but until they say CC numbers were definitely NOT taken, spread the word, please?

[Sprung]

Good plan .

I have already begin'd