Child's Play
This is not a request or an obligation. This is just a, "Hey check this out." I know times are tough and money is tight. I also know that most charities seem like cash grabs for those running it, but this is not that. This is a charity for sick kids during Christmas run by the dudes at Penny Arcade. It is called Child's Play.
What makes this charity special is that you can donate products directly to hospitals where they will distribute them to the sick kiddos. No money donations, just the products. That way, you know the money you are using is 100% going to the kids. Kudos to Amazon for making this easy enough for a lazy-ass like myself.
Borderlands Released Today
It turns out that a ton of us bought Borderlands. Borderlands is a FPS-RPG hybrid built on the Unreal Tournament 3 engine.
Features from the Steam page:
Role Playing Shooter (RPS) - combines frantic first-person shooting action with accessible role-playing character progression.
Co-Op Frenzy - Fly solo in single player or drop in and out with up to 4 Player Co-Op online and offline for a maniacal multiplayer experience
Bazillions of Guns - Gun lust fulfilled with rocket-launching shotguns, enemy-torching revolvers, SMGs that fire lightning rounds, and tons more
Radical Art Style - New visual style combines traditional rendering techniques with hand-drawn textures to create a unique and eye-catching spin on the First Person genre
Intense Vehicular Combat - Get behind the wheel and engage in intense vehicle-to-vehicle combat
Expect us to be playing this for awhile*.
* At least a week.
TFC Online Reunion
This was posted a couple days ago. Although I know many of you never even played TFC, there's a few of you who (I hope) will be interested. I will most likely be there all 3 days for a significant amount of time :) I hope at least some of you ex-TFC guys around here (you know who you are) come too. Anyway, here's the original announcement:
The Catacombs formally invites you to join in on a TFC Reunion Weekend.
When: August 14th through the 16th, Friday through Sunday.
Where: GameSurge - #TFC
What: One weekend in which EVERYBODY is invited to come and replay TFC for the great game it once was. 2v2s, 4v4s, 8v8s, ADL pickups, fun maps, and good old nade-spamming pubs.
IRC Information:
Client: http://www.mirc.com/
Server: GameSurge
Channel: #TFC
Steam Information:
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/about/
Download TFC: http://store.steampowered.com/app/20/
If you don’t have TFC, buy it. It’s 5.00 dollars through the Steam store. Well worth the entertainment we all once had.
Maps: http://pipebombdream.clanservers.com/tfc.rar
*Note: These are simply maps that are commonly played in organized TFC posted to ease the transition back into TFC for those who have uninstalled or been gone a long time. Not necessarily a reflection of maps that will be played, or are set. As of this post, no events/particular maps are set and expected.
As games advance and players move on, TFC slowly fades further and further from what it used to be. But that doesn't change the fact that a great majority of us enjoyed the game as much as any; from the thrill of winning to the agony of defeat. Just because a game is no longer the most graphically advanced, innovative, or populated doesn't mean it isn't entertaining. TFC may never regain its former glory, but that isn't what this is about. This is simply an opportunity to come back to the game you remember, may have forgot, wish you had played more of, or otherwise wish was still around.
Feel free to voice all questions and comments in the discussion thread found HERE or in #TFC or to me through PM.
A mass email has been sent out to the Catacombs user database to help remind those who have long since forgotten about TFC.
Help out, and spread the word as well. Even if you were never a huge part of the community, you were still a part. Thank you.
#TFC
So Pretty
I just wanted to tell you how pretty Lord of the Rings Online is.
Spoon and I are currently carebearing (again) in LOTRO. We are playing on the server Elendilmir, or also called, "The Big E." So far, it has been a lot of fun just questing, duoing and occasionally grouping. The crafting system is a bit grindy, but very rewarding. It can make some of the best items in the game at some levels. There is also a PvP mode in that once you hit level 10, you can roll a monster character and join up with people to murder other players. Pretty much instant action PvP.
If you are bored and looking for a game to play. Come join us. Or make fun of us.
So. Pretty. I will post more pictures in this thread as I travel Middle Earth.
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