I'm off to my nerdgamercation laters folks

armchair_warrior

Subject: I'm off to my nerdgamercation laters folks

tons of games coming on this season and now!!

just came out borderlands, tochlight and coming in the next few days dragon age.

*dies of nergasm!!

ntfool

Heck yeah! Dragon Age is already pre-ordered, although it will be a fight between my wife and I as to who gets to play the most.

Also, Assassin's Creed 2 in November and Mass Effect 2 (although ME2 might be 2010?), and I still haven't gotten around to picking up Arkham Asylum. Oh, and the new GTA IV add-on just got released.

whyfi

I'm just waitin' on Bioshock 2...

..and Fallout: New Vegas, whenever that happens...

stacey

Are these computer games or game system games?

anthonycm

ntfool wrote: and I still haven't gotten around to picking up Arkham Asylum. Oh, and the new GTA IV add-on just got released.

Arkham is awesome! I'm about half-way through it. Then I start on Uncharted 2, and then Brutal Legend (not too excited for this one, but I picked it up as a buy-2-get-1 free deal).

Whew. I got married just in time.

ntfool

stacey wrote: Are these computer games or game system games?

Home console systems - Xbox360 or Playstation 3.

whyfi

stacey wrote: Are these computer games or game system games?

A lot of them are released on multiple platforms; I'm strictly PC, I haven't had a console since... geeze, Nintendo 64?

hatemail

Tekken 6!

anthonycm

BTW, my PS3 id is AnthonyCM (original, right?). If anyone is up for some gaming track me down.

stacey

Thanks NT and WhyFi
I only ask because my son is a game freak (addicted is more like it) and I am sure he will be wanting to pick these up shortly.

Oh and since I have the "gamers" in one spot - what is it when kids type with numbers (i.e., my son wrote something like 1337 and said it was "leet") . Does anyone know what I am talking about?

anthonycm

stacey wrote:

Oh and since I have the "gamers" in one spot - what is it when kids type with numbers (i.e., my son wrote something like 1337 and said it was "leet") . Does anyone know what I am talking about?

Never heard of 'leet,' (I must be too old) but from Wikipedia:

Leet or eleet (Leet: 1337, 3l337 or l33t, 3l33t ), also known as "leetspeak", is an alphabet used primarily on the Internet for the English language. It uses various combinations of ASCII characters to replace Latinate letters. The term is derived from the word "elite", and the usage it describes is a specialized form of symbolic writing. Leet may also be considered a substitution cipher, though many dialects or linguistic varieties exist in different online communities.

The term leet is also used as an adjective to describe formidable prowess or accomplishment, especially in the fields of online gaming or in its original usage, computer hacking.

ntfool

Yeah, no idea. Sorry, as I'm mid-30's, I'm likely well-past knowing what the hell "leet" texting is. Actually, I have no portable device that enables me to text at all, nor want one. I can on my PC through AIM or something, but really never have. I'm happily luddite in that respect.

whyfi

stacey wrote: Oh and since I have the "gamers" in one spot - what is it when kids type with numbers (i.e., my son wrote something like 1337 and said it was "leet") . Does anyone know what I am talking about?

It's just a gamer habit of abbreviating and replacing letters with number/symbols that have a similar appearance - 3 looks like and E, backwards, 7 is vaguely T-shaped, etc, etc. There's also intentional mistypes that started with... well, unintentional mistypes, like "pwn"

AW can tell you all about it when he takes a break from gaming in Feb...

armchair_warrior

i should be working , but van just broke down and gotta be taken to the shop .

but well i'm not too hyped about new vegas. i'm a huge fallout 1 and 2 and tactics fan. got the new one too and the expansions. but not big fan of elder scroll games(have them too ) to me its basically elder scroll games dressup as a fallout game.

i'm probably gonna get it anyway .

i didn't to be expect back here till i finish all my new games. blah too work up from work lol to play.