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0 | No, you can fight the sword master without knowing all the comebacks. It's all a matter of luck which insults she throws at you. | |
1 | Thankfully no, you don't have to learn them all. It is a bit tedious to get all the comebacks since some of the uncommon ones take a while to find. To beat the Sword Master you only need to do comeback for a subset of all the insults, i.e. some of the Sword Master's insults have multiple comebacks. You can go to the Sw... | |
2 | Unfortunately, twiddling your thumbs behind your own base isn't going to win your team the round. If there are that many Engies, Spies will probably be ineffective. Grab yourself some medics and frontline (or take 'em from behind) forces like Heavies, Soldiers, or Demomen, uber, and advance. Side tip : as you advance, ... | |
3 | IIRC no, you'll be able to beat the Sword Master once you have learned a certain quantity of insults, but you don't need all of them. | |
4 | For the Protoss, only the Warp Prism is able to transport other units. | |
5 | Lots of medics with lots of ubers on high-damage-dealing classes. Demomen, if they are any good, usually work best against a sentry farm — stickies are perfect for this job, the usual problem is living long enough to deploy and detonate enough of them. Heavies or pyros can also be effective, if they can get close enoug... | |
6 | Use ScummVM, it enables you to play a wide range of adventure games on platforms they were never originally available. | |
7 | ScummVM should be able to help you out on any platform, it looks like Sam & Max Hit the Road is compatible Head over to http://www.scummvm.org/ and once installed search for the article "User Manual/Installing a game for use with ScummVM" on the wiki to help get you started. | |
8 | It voids your warranty if you open up the console. I've tried fixing an Xbox 360 myself by doing the X-Clamp replacement but that fix only lasted about 8 months before it red ringed again. Since Microsoft paid 1.5 billion dollars for you to have a 3 year warranty for your Xbox 360, you should just have them fix it for ... | |
9 | My suggestion would be to install DOSBox, and run it through the emulator. I use DOSBox for several old LucasArts games, and it works a treat. The compatibility checker shows it should work well: http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=52&letter=S Here is a good guide for getting DOSBox setup: http://vogons.zetaflee... | |
10 | I don't have any experience with the kits you're looking at, but try unplugging your AC adaptor, dusting it out, moving it to a spot with more ventilation, and plugging it back in. Worked for me when I got the RRoD - apparently it's just a generic error indicator for a number of problems. | |
11 | This website lists a bunch of strategies. Here is one example of a strategy: Essentially, at higher levels, almost all strategies rely on having a constant supply of Cob Cannons to take out the Gargantuars with. The Winter Melons are used to slow down incoming enemies. The Gloom Shrooms in the pool are to damage pool-d... | |
12 | I would not advise opening your Xbox 360 to fix the RRoD. Unless a lot has changed in a few years, the fixes I found for RRoD only made the problem worse. Let alone it voids your warranty. I was personally never able to get my RRoD console fixed with solutions found on the internet. And then I found that once I had ope... | |
13 | You don't need to have Steam running, just get the actual dedicated server (srcds). This is a great site to get you started: Install SRCDS on Windows. | |
14 | What would you need an adapter for? If the Guitar Hero controllers are designed for the PS3, just plug them in and use them in Rock Band. | |
15 | In my own experience you can simple copy paste the entire Steam/Valve folder and run it from it's new destination. Hence, yes you can just copy the entire game's folder with the updates to the other computer And I just stumbled upon a Super User question about this. Quoting John T: I do this all the time it is fine to ... | |
16 | I've only played on Wits, so I'm going off what I'm reading online right now. The three paths differ primarily in how you accomplish different goals, and some of the scenarios around them. They do converge at a later point in the game. You will get the same locations in each one, but apparently under different circumst... | |
17 | She is Chell. See here: Although Chell's origins are unknown, she was most definitely among the people present during GLaDOS's activation in 200-, as GLaDOS locked down the facility after her activation, letting none escape, or be let in from the outside. EDIT: Visiting aperturescience.com, you can learn that she is th... | |
18 | Downloadable content should be able to be redownloaded at will, so you shouldn't have any issues there. For your other content, such as saved games, movies, etc., you have a couple of options: The XBox 360 hard drive transfer kit, if you have one around. If the content is sufficiently small, you can use memory cards, m... | |
19 | Yes, replaying the story is the only way to earn the acheivements. I was in this situation myself, but I used the special function to "retire" my character, so at least I had bonuses with my new one. | |
20 | When you purchase the deed to a horse, and "Use" the deed you will have that horse when you whistle for it (and the deed never goes away and you can use it as many times as you like). So purchasing the deeds to horses are the only way to switch to new horses without losing your old ones. I would suggest you purchase th... | |
21 | I personally attempted this a while back. I ended up buying the actual Mac version of the game: http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=fallout+mac | |
22 | Some horses are better than others, for instance the bright white Hungarian Half-Bred and solid black American Standardbred. These horses are among the best in the game, but can't be purchased unless you've broken at lest one of the same type in the wild. After that, a horse is a horse. For a given breed, the only diff... | |
23 | The advantage on buying a horse is that you will be able to call that -kind- of horse back even when it dies. Thus, if you buy a nice horse such the Kentucky Saddler, American Standardbred or Hungarian Half-bred you won't need to break them again to use them. By the way, once you buy a horse it won't automatically come... | |
24 | As other's have stated ScummVM will do the trick for Sam & Max and any other SCUMM based game. For more general advice on getting old games working check out Vogons (Very old games on new systems) | |
25 | Aperture Science (which is the firm that developed the Portal gun) is in direct competition with Black Mesa (which is the firm for which Gordon Freeman worked) for military contracts See the section Other facts on this link Aperture Science and Black Mesa were bitter rivals. As seen in the Portal maps "testchmb_a_15" a... | |
26 | Collecting all three star coins on every level in a particular world opens up a corresponding secret level in the correspondingly secret World 9. For example, if you get them all in world 3, you unlock world 9-3 You need to collect every star coin from all nine worlds to achieve the second and third of the five save fi... | |
27 | There are only three horses worth investing in. Kentucky Saddler (avg speed, avg damage resistance) Hungarian Half-Bred (slower speed, higher damage resistance) American Standardbred (faster speed, lower damage resistance) The speed and damage resistance noted are in relation to each other, when comparing these horse t... | |
28 | Actually the only version being produced is the slim version ... you won't find a new -fat- version anymore... (unless someone sells them like diamonds). Anyways. The difference among the new models (slim ones) is based in their hard drive size. The actual versions are 120Gb and 250Gb ... but beware, this month Sony Ja... | |
29 | Frets On Fire - a free, open-source clone that uses your keyboard. The Xbox controllers may work on the PC - never tried it, but I saw a video and some software a while back that used the Rock Band drum set on PC. | |
30 | Level 1-2: Warp to World 2, 3, or 4 Level 4-2: Warp to World 6, 7, or 8 Level 4-2: Warp to Word 5 (Yes, there are two on this level) The following detail came from this site. Where to find warp zone #1 hidden in level 1-2 You will find the first Warp Zone located at the end of level 1-2. In order to reach it, you will ... | |
31 | This page has a timeline of the rivalry between Black Mesa and Aperture Science In HL2 Ep 2, You are told about an aperture ship called Borealis, it is suggested that this ship will appear in episode 3. So both games take place in the same universe, and Valve seem to be intertwining the two stories. There has also been... | |
32 | No, it is not possible to be able to link Game Boy Advance games on the Nintendo DS. Unless the games you want to play have the multiplayer feature that only uses one unit, you can only play them as one player on the DS, as the GBA games are not able to use the DS wireless features and the DS does not have a connector ... | |
33 | That does seem to be the fastest way. You could also try riding as a passenger in one of the stagecoaches set up on the edge of one of the towns. Alternately, in free roam you can go to one of the wagon wheel markers in a settlement, but that works pretty much the same way. | |
34 | Guitar Hero III was available on PC. However, it was apparently far inferior to the console versions. | |
35 | Steam achievements are completely separate from XBox Live achievements. | |
36 | No, there isn't ... the only way to tell you are about to die is the screen turning 'red-ier'. | |
37 | According to the manual, the only health indicator is the reddening screen. Your best bet is to become familiar with the different damage levels and how dark the screen gets just before death, so that you can quickly bring up your inventory. | |
38 | Metacritic tags Xbox Live Arcade games. Try this search. It's not perfect - it misses Braid! - but seems to cover most the good ones I know. The dashboard also supports community-based star rating of games. | |
39 | You get Xbox Live achievements if you play the 360 version, Steam achievements if you play the PC version | |
40 | Several of the Guitar Hero games have been released for Windows and Mac, including Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, and USB-based instruments should work natively with them. None of the Rock Band games have been released for PC, however, and intercompatibility is generally bad. Try F... | |
41 | There are two mechanisms the Xbox provides for you to do this. It lists the most downloaded games It lists the highest rated games Now you have to take both of these metrics with a grain of salt. People will rate games high they have only played once, or download games they hear about a lot. So keep that in mind. As fo... | |
42 | Personally I no-scope when they are really close or it's a scout. Otherwise I try to scope them with a headshot. I'd say I get fairly decent results, but not great. I'd love to see some other sniper responses here, as I'm not totally confident that's the best method. | |
43 | To physically transport Protoss you need the Warp Prism built in a Robotics facility. The Robotics facility require a Cybernetics core to be built, which require a Gateway (which require a Nexus) to be built. However Protoss have a better way to "transport" new unit to the battle field : A Gateway can be transformed in... | |
44 | It depends on the particular target you are going for. For a Heavy, often times you need to charge up, even if you are going for a head-shot. If, however, you are going for a faster enemy (e.g. a scout or medic), your best bet is to go for one uncharged headshot, or two quick body shots. And finally, charging up when y... | |
45 | Push the Guide button Go all the way right in the blades Go to the "Online Status" menu item Set yourself as "Appear Offline" | |
46 | Yes you can use them ... obviously you need an adapter. There are several 3rd party adapters on the web. This is one of them: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Playstation-PS3-Controller-Adapter-rumble/dp/B001WH620M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278532604&sr=8-1 | |
47 | I've never used an Xbox controller with my Mac (I don't even own an Xbox), but TUAW says it works. | |
48 | There is a new Destination Arcade coming soon. Looks interesting. | |
49 | It's been shown that the fastest seems to be Hunter. It would stand to reason that that metric suggests that it is the easiest, as well. | |
50 | via ShackNews "The digital release will come in addition to the boxed retail edition slated to hit stores." http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62316 wikipedia translates that article's snippet as: "The game will also be available for digital download from Blizzard shortly after release, if not on the release date" B... | |
51 | You can freely join leagues (like the UGC) to get yourself noticed. You may also be able to network with other players and build your own team. Another option is to pug for competitive teams. Idle on IRC (like gamesurge) and offer your services. | |
52 | Guitar Hero 5 was the first Guitar Hero game with support for the Lips mics. Last I heard Rock Band 2 was getting the update to use Lips mics but I don't remember hearing if it actually came out or not. | |
53 | Check out Major Nelson's blog, particularly the "LIVE Activity" reports that he publishes weekly to find out what XBL Arcade games people are actively playing. It changes from week to week, but gems like Trials HD will hang around in the top ten for quite some time. | |
54 | Hunter (Beast Master spec ones especially) is the most common choice for easy and fast levelling for a multitude of reasons : Low dependence of gear to do damage : even with crappy gear you will be able to do decent damage Pet class : a pet able to really tank (hold the monsters on him while you're killing them) Ranged... | |
55 | No; you have to purchase a skill reset from any New-U station; and reapply them all. | |
56 | I have cleaned my PS3 vents several times with no damage done... I've discovered that the PS3 is an easy to open/re-assemble system. In my case I think is better to clean the PS3 internally ... you can follow this video ... it shows how to open the case of the PS3 in order to clean it. | |
57 | Yes, as long as you have the latest Rock Band 2 title update -- this installs automatically if you're connected to Xbox Live. Beatles Rock Band and Guitar Hero: Metallica were the first titles to support the wireless mic, anything released after that should support them out of the box as a matter of course. | |
58 | Don't hide and kill as fast as possible. They won't hear you if they are already dead. :) | |
59 | It's much easier with a co-op partner. When I did it, we split the targets between us in a predefined fashion so we had the whole run choreographed. I think aiming is necessary but only for a split second i.e. aim-shoot all at once. | |
60 | Lots of opinion on this one but I would put a paladin up there. Paladins are a defensive focused class that can heal, wear highest class of armor and gets several types of damage shields. They become very self sufficient as they reach higher levels as their retribution abilities rgenerate health and mana. They are also... | |
61 | No, a Game Boy Player is not compatible with the Wii directly, as the Wii lacks the required Hi-Speed port availble on the Gamecube. However, the Game Boy Player in combination with a Gamecube and a Seperate TV, is still a valid (but highly impractical) controller for the Gamecube and Wii games that support the GBA as ... | |
62 | Death Knights... you have 55 fewer levels to grind. ;Þ | |
63 | Patience =)... They just show up in your inventory on your player's birthday. | |
64 | Pretty much just play a long time, but if you invite a lot of friends and buy a lot of Mafia Mike's it's a lot easier. | |
65 | This may void your warranty (for repairs), but will not be detected as a 'mod'. Mods are considered to be any action or item that circumvents the built-in security measures of the console. | |
66 | The full up-to-date list. Things to note: All Valve games use the Steam cloud. The majority of games on that list are indie titles, not AAA games, probably because those titles were written specifically with Steam in mind. Still, there are quite a few AAA games there as well. | |
67 | Keep moving. Learn to aim while circle strafing. Be unpredictable in your movements. AI can't recognise patterns well, players can. | |
68 | Its like using the same account on two xbox. You can't do it. Now there are obvious reasons why Microsoft doesn't want you to be able to use the same account more than once (which are compounded by DLC), but the bottom line is: you can only be logged into the same account in one location at a time. Now you might want t... | |
69 | Obviously, there are game-specific gotchas, but here are a few common themes that come back to bite me over and over. Moving on to a dungeon level which is too hard. Pretty simple, but gets me all the time: deeper dungeons have harder monsters. It's easy to get excited and move on to a deeper level of Nethack premature... | |
70 | So, do you specifically not want a Microsoft controller? Other companies make an xbox 360 compatible controller. They use the same drivers, so it works well for the PC Razer Onza Logitech Chillstream PDP Afterglow MadCatz: Modern Warfare 2 - Black, Modern Warfare 2 - Snow, White / Black, Various NFL Teams, Street Fight... | |
71 | Hang back and never attack a group. Wait for one of the survivors to lag behind and then act quickly. Most of the time the survivors won't bother doubling back to kill you, so staying behind them will help you stay alive longer. Also: teamwork! Work with your teammates and coordinate your attacks. Again, act swiftly. | |
72 | Also, learn the maps, watch youtube videos. | |
73 | This may sound nerdy, but I suggest watching YouTube videos of people playing and explaining their thought process. Seeing how "pros" play will most likely improve your game. | |
74 | Your birthday present will appear in the first empty spot in your inventory the first time you log in with that character on your characters birtday. If your inventory is full on the birthday of your character, you will receive the gift the next time you log in with at least one space free. | |
75 | ires_and_curses gets a lot of the more common ones. Here's two that I always hear stories about. When it comes to text-graphic roguelikes, always pay attention that you actually know exactly what the monsters you see are. Especially games like ADOM which include monsters that change color, don't confuse a powerful mons... | |
76 | Open Mouse Properties, and on the Pointer Options tab, look for "Select a pointer speed", then the "Enhance pointer precision" checkbox. | |
77 | I'm not sure this is for the correct game, but... In Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers, you get a new card for each battle you win. You can't change any other cards, but you can remove any of these earned cards from your deck via the deck editor. | |
78 | Since the question is somewhat subjective i will add one thing: if you're looking for a class that levels fast then you're buying tickets for a faster re-roll to another class. That said, if it's your first character you should take your time, level the 15 first levels of some classes you're doubting and see how it wil... | |
79 | So the short answer is, you don't. Bronze Colossus do not accumulate wounds, so any wound that isn't instantly fatal is shrugged off. There is one record of someone doing it: Fluffy wambler, but I doubt it'll be helpful. You can consider Pouring magma on it, but it will take a while to melt. If you have a tame Dragon t... | |
80 | You may hear of something called the towel trick if you have googled this. Whatever you do, do not try this. Your 360 might run for about 10 minutes, and you've just voided any warranty you may have had. Other than that, I don't know of any solutions that work. | |
81 | It depends on the mouse. One of my favorite mice is a Laser mouse made by Razer, but the mouse really sucks unless you've got a good mousing surface to go with it. I personally use good mousing surfaces for all of my computers (even when I'm just at work programming, without a gaming mouse), because I like the extra pr... | |
82 | Some mousepads offer support besides the actual pad for the mouse, such as a wrist support. These can help whether or not your mouse is optical, if it's comfortable for you, a fact which has actually helped a number of gamers I've known. | |
83 | No more. Quake Live is now windows only. | |
84 | I always move all the four fingers, since in most songs you'll get a stream of notes on that side. Off course, when it's only for a couple of notes you should only move your index finger or pink to get the one/two notes at the edges. However, this might vary between songs, but luckily you can practice what the best str... | |
85 | I vary my technique by song, and even throughout songs. Sometimes the "high" position is better, sometimes "low" is better. On rare occasions I reach the last button with my pinky while keeping my other fingers on the top three buttons. That takes some practice, though, and usually isn't necessary. Keep your thumb pres... | |
86 | You receive new cards at every challenge you win against computer or other players until you finish the collection. You cannot buy cards online or boosters. There are expansions to buy that allow to increase your collection of cards. At the moment there is only one available on Steam. If you have pre-ordered the game, ... | |
87 | As a long-time engineer player, I'd say my sentry has been killed by a soldier or demo more than anything else. Spies are useful in hectic situations but not when there are multiple alert engineers, and ubers are useful but require careful coordination and are very limited. I say, go with corner-edging soldiers and sne... | |
88 | It is the level 3-1. | |
89 | It appears to be at the end of stage 3-1. (source) I've unfortunately never been able to perform this trick. The potential of 99 lives does you no good if you die every time you go for it. | |
90 | This may sound cowardly, but I've found it to be good advice: Don't be afraid to run! With many modern RPGs that I've played there is a general organization to the game that usually doesn't present you with anything too difficult for you to handle given your current level in the game, unless of course you're stupid eno... | |
91 | Both ;) You need RAM to hold the data - polygons, textures etc. More ram will allow you to show more detailed textures and run at higher resolutions. You need a good GPU to do all the calculations needed for a modern game - lighting, physics etc. The better the GPU the more of these calculations you can do so you'll ge... | |
92 | It seems to be any item. If you already have a token, it only takes one other weapon to complete the craft, so this is the cheapest option. This produces no scrap metal, however. There may have recently been changes to the drop algorithm that was in use just today, since it seems that several users have figured it out.... | |
93 | Ok, if you are not connected to xbox live when you earn an achievement that achievement is stored on your local box. If you then go and recover your gamer tag to a new box, the new box (and live.xbox.com) won't show those achievements. To have your achievements unified across all media you need to sign the box that ear... | |
94 | Having a big amount of RAM could help when playing at big resolutions, let me say 1920x1080 and more. For resolutions like 1680x1050 or less 1GB would be great but even 512MB is enough for most of games event at the highest texture detail setting. If your monitor is 1680x1050 or less and the video card you choose has a... | |
95 | Yes, there are secret exits, but I don't believe there's a color to indicate multiple exits. You just have to figure it out, but the hint videos might be able to provide some assistance. | |
96 | If mutations work like dev-picks servers on Quake Live do, then no, there is no easy way to play past mutations. Chances are, however, that are not-as-easy ways to play mutations. Often, you'll be able to regenerate the effect with existing cvars -- usually cheating-protected ones, however. For example last week's "dev... | |
97 | Generally when debugging a game under development, a programmer puts in various ways to skip ahead to later levels (such as key combos) that don't always make it into the final released product. This means warp zones were probably not for testing purposes. I suspect they were just fun and interesting secrets. | |
98 | I have heard of this happening to some people. Apparently, the fan causes a greater (or perhaps fluctuating) voltage drop which the console detects and reports back to Microsoft. This can apparently earn you a ban, possibly because mods can cause the same sort of effect. Instead of replacing your existing fan, can you ... | |
99 | In principle, you cannot play past mutations. You can play only the week it is out. But in the last weeks it happened that Valve decided to repeat some successful mutations, like Chainsaw Massacre, for example. It could happen also Valve decides that some mutations will become "always-playable" like they did with Reali... |
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