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A secret global conspiracy of game developers that control society?
August 11th 2001, 13:38 CEST by Tommy

I am not sure if this deserves its own topic (<i>it does - mr0n the phantom ed</i>) but as a common lurker I didn't feel I could just drop it carte blanche into whatever topic thread was currently underway.

A friend told me about this site: <a href="http://www.gameilluminati.com">http://www.gameilluminati.com</a>

That is apparently a members only bulletin board.  You cannot access it without a password.  Apparently it is 'invitation only' for industry people.  Beyond the password members enter a holy grail of mature discussions and non- flaming objective discussions about the merits of games, as debated by an elite few.

Interestingly enough, this board is registered to a one George Broussard, he of 3D Realms fame.

Unfortunately, I myself work for a Publisher and am hence patently evil, so will no doubt never get to feast on the intellectual riches within (it's for developers who have shipped titles only). I would be interested to know if loyal PlanetCrappers from the development side have been exposed to the joys of www.gameilluminati.com and if so, if perhaps they could 'illuminate' us on the merits of this site?

Is this a joyous site, protecting true captains of the industry and allowing them a safe haven for discourse?

Or is this a dangerous and subversive, insidious form of elitism that harms us all? Could www.gameilluminati.com spell the end of our honorable PlanetCrap (<i>No! Never! - mr0n the phantom ed</i>)?  Will we see gamesbiz professionals flee in search of greener, safer pastures yonder?

Please Comment and discuss.  Me, I'm just fascinated and nosey.

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#43501 by gaggle
2012-07-13 05:46:34

Yeah this is on Inferno. Act 1 was insta-death for me at first but after some upgrades over the past weeks it's gotten easy. Well, in coop it's fine, in SP I'm still fucked against many elite packs (demon hunters don't do well when swarmed).

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43502 by TreeFrog
2012-07-31 00:15:16

Anyone played DayZ? Apparently it is the current Thing.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

#43503 by Shadarr
2012-07-31 00:15:51

/me casts resurrection on thread

For the most part I've been playing Civ 5, right now I'm in the final stages of conquering the last city-states to consolidate my hold on my continent, but I'm going to try for a Culture victory. Monuments and Opera Houses for everyone!

Last night, though, I didn't feel like playing so I fired up Rock Band instead, and after a couple songs I got 100% on Alone by Heart, which is pretty cool all on its own. But then I looked at my ranking to see if I got into the top 100 and lo and behold I see this. Booyah!

"I hope you one day decide to smarten the fuck up so I can stand to look at your posts." - gaggle

#43504 by CheesyPoof
2012-07-31 00:29:22

I don't know what DayZ is, but since it involves zombies I can safely assume it's crap.

I'm playing Puzzle Agent, mostly due to Bob talking about Puzzle Agent 2. The puzzles aren't super difficult or anything, but the whole package is fun.

I gave up on Oblivion due to bugs. So it goes.

<Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.

#43505 by Squeaky
2012-07-31 00:31:03

Hawt.

I've been playing a lot of Civ5. Short games on small maps with sped up time, mostly. Otherwise I'd lose weeks of my life and get fired from my job for never showing up. When not playing that I'm playing a Viking dude in Skyrim that managed to get his own pet zombie dragon, is able to summon a demon horse at will, and whose follower is a pure-blood vampire. He's also a werewolf carrying around a large collection of daedric artifacts and you don't wanna know what he did to get them. All this on my 'Hrm, I'm going to try and not be a total evil asshole' playthrough of an Elder Scrolls game.

#43506 by Shadarr
2012-07-31 00:51:18

I've intentionally been playing on slower speeds, and this last game I went with a large map (though not huge) because that's what Civ is about for me. I had fun with Civ Revolution but I don't want my game to be over in 3 hours. It's suppose to keep me up till 5am and threaten my employment. It should feel like an achievement when I get a tech advantage and start kicking the asses of my neighbours who were bullying me for the first several hours of the game.

I think my next game I'll play on islands, because these two games I have completely ignored the rest of the world until my continent is more or less in hand. Literally the first non-workboat marine unit I've built both games has been a battleship.

"I hope you one day decide to smarten the fuck up so I can stand to look at your posts." - gaggle

#43507 by G-Man
2012-07-31 01:35:48

Been reading up on DayZ since the Steam sale but wasn't encouraged enough to actually buy Arma II, mostly because I heard about multiplayer being flaky and there not being enough servers etc. I guess I'm not as hardcore as I used to be. I'll be watching it from a distance with interest, but it honestly sounds like most of the game is in the player's head. It also sounds a lot like what you would get if you mixed Ultima Online with Counter-Strike, and not necessarily in a good way.

#43508 by TreeFrog
2012-09-09 23:52:10

Torchlight 2 and Borderlands 2 on the same day? Fuck sake. And then I have to buy X-Com in mid-October because gaggle is a cheap asshole.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

#43509 by gaggle
2012-09-10 02:32:34

Your words are thanks enough.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43510 by BobJustBob
2012-09-10 05:53:08

Someone ban gaggle.

BUYBUYBUY

#43511 by Gunp01nt
2012-09-10 11:10:39

I'm not buying anything, I've got a Steam backlog that'll easily take me through fall and winter.

She's probably had sex with like 4 different guys by now and has no idea who he is anymore, his face lost in a memory sea of dicks.

#43512 by TreeFrog
2012-09-10 17:18:24

So do I, but this is a matter of principle.

Fucking principles.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

#43513 by Shadarr
2012-09-11 11:52:47

I coughed up and bought the Civ V expansion for full price. Is it worth it? I guess, in normal terms, but it still feels really expensive compared with the $15 I paid for the regular game. Is there a religion victory type? I'm not entirely sure why I'm building churches and converting people (at gunpoint), but I keep doing it because I value religious purity.

"I hope you one day decide to smarten the fuck up so I can stand to look at your posts." - gaggle

#43514 by m0nty
2012-09-12 04:10:25

Religion is kinda borked, it's an instant win if you load up on happiness early and convert a majority of cities. Too easy.

#43515 by gaggle
2012-09-12 13:16:23

Religion causes happiness?

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43516 by Squeaky
2012-09-12 17:32:24

It is the opiate of the masses, so they say.

#43517 by m0nty
2012-09-13 05:49:14

You can choose happiness buffs from religion, or other benefits.

#43518 by Shadarr
2012-09-13 12:45:11

Apparently the Steam people haven't clued into the idea of giving you the achievement for the easier difficulties when you beat a harder difficulty, so today I played on super easy while picking up the achievement for playing as Alexander and conquering everyone before 350 BC.

"I hope you one day decide to smarten the fuck up so I can stand to look at your posts." - gaggle

#43519 by BobJustBob
2012-09-13 17:54:01

That's up to the devs on both the 360 and on Steam.

BUYBUYBUY

#43520 by TreeFrog
2012-10-24 01:19:31

I had to RMA my PC's power supply. I feel like I'm missing an arm.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

#43521 by gaggle
2012-10-24 04:49:29

I tried XCom on Impossible difficulty and was brutally rebuffed on the 2nd mission. No matter how much I scumm-saved I could not gain much progress.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43522 by m0nty
2012-10-24 04:58:04

It's impossible. Says there right on the screen. Don't even try.

#43523 by anaqer
2012-10-24 10:22:54

In PC related news, I finally upgraded my aging Athlon X2 / HD5670 setup on the super cheap with this:

Gigabyte H61M-DS2V
Intel Celeron G550
2x4GB Corsair XMS 1600
Sapphire HD7750 1GB
Total cost: $250

The CPU is a stopgap solution to be replaced with an unlocked Ivy Bridge i5 later on. It's a bit weird, having a non-OC'd processor for the first time in... wow, almost two decades, but even so it's a bit faster (and running a lot cooler) than the last one at 3.5GHz, so I'm kind of OK with it. And the new video card lets me join the mystic Ten Eighty Peas club in most games I care about - all in all, I'm pretty darned happy about the upgrade.

¤ "Apple hates everyone now." - BJB

#43524 by Shadarr
2012-10-24 11:57:53

Finally got to play XCom again today and am slowly working my way through the alien base. The game kind of pissed me off when in the bottom of the first turn a disc thingy literally appeared out of nowhere right on top of my guys, and when I killed it it exploded and did 3 damage to two of my guys. What the hell is the point of scouting ahead if aliens can just teleport in from the ether and blow up on you?

"I hope you one day decide to smarten the fuck up so I can stand to look at your posts." - gaggle

#43525 by gaggle
2012-10-24 12:42:46

Part of its strategy is taking it down without causing harm to yourself. The explosion can also be of help, e.g. its little drones get taken out.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43526 by Shadarr
2012-10-24 13:41:24

I was mostly pissed about it just appearing on top of me. I didn't know I was in the blast radius, but that's fine, live and learn.

I finished up the alien base and captured admiral douchenbrain, who mind-controlled my main heavy. Luckily I was able to stay out of his way and he didn't use his rocket launcher, because that could've been carnage. As it was I got out with only minor wounds and no fatalities. Then I sold a bunch of soilent green on the black market and bought myself a couple plasma sniper rifles. Enjoy having heads while you can, mutons, because I'm coming to take them off.

"I hope you one day decide to smarten the fuck up so I can stand to look at your posts." - gaggle

#43527 by BobJustBob
2012-10-25 00:43:09

I've had a muton appear right in the middle of my guys. Seems like one of the game's many bugs.

BUYBUYBUY

#43528 by Wudi
2012-10-25 03:13:06

I've had 1 guy advance into cover, had another guy advance in the SAME direction, and between him and the guy who advanced into cover, 3 chrysalids appeared out of no where...like the first guy would have had to run right through them to get to his cover yet didn't see them?. Please!

Zep--

w0rd up!

#43529 by Dumdeedum
2012-11-17 20:39:41

Apparently Bob's finally abandoning Planetcrap to the spammers, which means I can finally lay claim to my rightful LAST POST!

MP3 Of The Week: is this thing on?

#43530 by Squeaky
2012-11-17 20:43:24

Good show!

#43531 by CheesyPoof
2012-11-18 01:07:41

Concur.

<Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.

#43532 by Dumdeedum
2012-11-18 02:55:48

You guys just don't get it!

MP3 Of The Week: is this thing on?

#43533 by lwf
2012-11-18 06:10:10

That's a good idea Dum.

Handsome like a coat hanger. Wii.

#43534 by Squeaky
2012-11-18 09:57:32

I'm thinking of moving my PC bookmark from on the quick launch bookmark bar to buried in some forgotten sub-folder of quaint Internet history.

But until that time. Last post!

#43535 by m0nty
2012-11-19 12:33:49

Well done Squeaky.

#43536 by TreeFrog
2012-11-19 14:33:45

Maybe morn's hibernating.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

#43537 by Dumdeedum
2012-11-19 17:22:10

There can only be one last post, so don't make me get all beheadey.

MP3 Of The Week: is this thing on?

#43538 by CheesyPoof
2012-11-19 18:08:05

Sadly the real last post will belong to the spammers unless morn does something.

<Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.

#43539 by BobJustBob
2012-11-19 19:33:55

The spammers deserve it. They post a lot more than the rest of us.

(Still have the bookmark on my iPad.)

BUYBUYBUY

#43540 by lwf
2012-11-19 22:23:53

We're all just spammers when you think about it.

Handsome like a coat hanger. Wii.

#43541 by CheesyPoof
2012-11-19 22:28:45

BUYBUYBUY!

<Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.

#43542 by gaggle
2012-11-20 01:22:46

Thinking...

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43543 by gaggle
2012-11-20 01:22:48

Thinking...

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43544 by Squeaky
2012-11-20 08:06:10

Thinking...

#43545 by lwf
2012-11-20 19:28:32

Thinking...

Handsome like a coat hanger. Wii.

#43546 by gaggle
2012-11-20 23:35:26

My Facebook has clogged up in the past days with people sharing vapid and incessant messages to beat down on cruel Israel for its attacks on innocent Palestine. They don't know shit about the conflict and their "activism" amounts clicking "share", yet they're full of indignant rage. It reeks of fakeness. And when called out on sharing factually wrong propaganda they get all defensive, and stick to the message. Iceland is borderline hysterically anti-Israel, with 1500 people protesting yesterday (that's a lot for Iceland :), and the foreign affairs minister making proclamations about condemning Israel and imposing economic sanctions...

Actually that last bit is pretty lolwut on its own.

I don't care for the actions of either people, and your opinion is certainly your own, but the flagrant disregard for a balanced and informed opinion in this country is really fucking sticks in my craw. Yeah I know I know, welcome to the human species right? I guess I thought better of Iceland.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43547 by TreeFrog
2012-11-20 23:53:42

Surprised anyone in Iceland gives a shit.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

#43548 by gaggle
2012-11-21 00:22:09

I'm surprised too. I even got into a heated argument with a coworker who got real fucking angry at my unfriending of him, over multiple idiotic sharings. I'm going to share my rant on FB, maybe I can get some of their attention and some discussion will come out of it.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

#43549 by CheesyPoof
2012-11-21 06:34:38

Well, I don't think Israel is a saint in all this.

<Hugin_len> Basically, cheesy doesn't have awful taste in music, he's simply very white.

#43550 by gaggle
2012-11-21 14:56:35

No one's a saint in this. There were rumors of a possible truce yesterday night but sounds like that fell through, sucks.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you." : : - FML

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