May 2012
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Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 6
I Have Some Things to Trade With You
In part 5 of this guide we got your follower to follow you, but they were unable to do anything else that a follower can normally do, like trade and wait… and even leave.
Let’s fix that!
To see all parts of this guide that have currently been written, click here.
Read on for part 6 of the guide.
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DialogueFollower, Player Dialogue Tab
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My Hat, it is Trivalent
This is just too funny not to chronicle.
So, I was reading Pharyngula. There was a little article poking fun at a website promoting psychic bull-crap. Mildly amusing. But I noticed there were hundreds of comments. My penchant for vox pop roused, I clicked through to look.
Now, the comments seemed to have reset themselves or some-such so I was coming in part-way. But it was obvious that someone...
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Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 5
Getting the Follower to Follow Again
In part 3 of this guide we broke your follower’s ability to function as a follower. As promised, we’re going to start repairing that functionality.
To see all parts of this guide that have currently been written, click here.
Read on for part 5 of the guide.
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Which Quest is Best?
When we taught your NPC to say hello in part 3, we created...
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Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 4
Advanced Hello
In part 3 of the guide we taught your NPC to say hello, but broke their follower functionality in doing so. I know a lot of you will be keen to start rebuilding that follower functionality, this time with your unique voice… but I’m afraid that will have to wait!
What I want to concentrate on in this part of the guide are things that we skimmed over quickly in part 3....
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Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 3
Hello, Hello, Oh Hello
In part 2 of the guide, we collected some audio clips for your follower. Hopefully you managed to find one for “hello” as that is the first phrase we’re going to teach your follower.
A whole part of the guide dedicated to just one phrase? Well, yes. We’re going to take it slow because there’s a lot to it. The pace will pick up once you are...
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Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 2
Getting Sound Clips
In part 1 of this guide, we covered making a follower without a unique voice. In this part, we’re going to start the process of giving that follower a unique voice.
This part of the guide doesn’t actually have anything to do with Skyrim or the Creation Kit — we’re going to get some sound clips for the follower’s voice. In a subsequent part of the...
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Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 1
Those Who Can, Do; Those Who Can’t, Teach
You’ve probably heard that idiom before. I was well into work for a uniquely voiced NPC from Skyrim when a legal take-down notice stopped it dead. You can read more about that here.
Since I can’t do anymore now I teach. I don’t want my knowledge to go to waste. This guide will show you, step-by-step, how to make a uniquely-voiced...
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Good, Bad, Ugly: Evil Genius
Some years ago, I bought Evil Genius from Steam during a holiday sale for $2. A few days ago I finally got around to playing it. I was hooked: 19 hours later I finished it (no, not all in one sitting, but about as close as one can get without eschewing other obligations).
“And I thought Christmas only comes once a year!”
Certainly the most impactful $2 I’ve ever spent.
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April 2012
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10 Things I Hate About Skyrim: #8 Well-Lit...
Let me reiterate: I love Skyrim and all the Elder Scrolls games I’ve played. I think they’re great games. Indeed, it is because they are so great that any perceived problem stands out to me.
What’s #8 on my list? Well-lit dungeons. Read on to find out why…
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High Dynamic Range Rendering
Like many games, Skyrim uses HDR rendering. In a way this mimics how the human eye adapts to...
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“E=mc² is a meaningless, almost nonsensical, statement that purports to relate...”
– From Conservapedia’s article on E=mc². (I will not link to them, they don’t deserve the kudos with search engines.) Accurate at the time of writing.
You may think this is so stupid as to be a Poe. But no, Andy Schafly has form.
Actually, Andy and I have something in common. I’m...
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Anonymous asked: Will there be a chance that you can make the Karl/Skyrim Mod available for Xbox 360?
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What's Wrong with your Favourite Movie?
Here’s a fun game to play. It won’t take you more than five minutes, I promise. (Well, unless you play it again and again.)
Think of a movie you enjoyed from the past few years. Or maybe a video game (one that’s fairly popular). Or maybe a fiction book (it’ll probably need to be a best-seller).
Then go and search for the title here. Read the review. Laugh and/or cry.
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March 2012
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Good, Bad, Ugly: Death to Spies
Although I was a late-comer to the Hitman series, I’ve loved what I’ve played of it so far. Death to Spies (also known as SMERSH) came up dirt cheap in a Steam sale, I’ve heard it’s similar, so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
Metacritic gives it a 69.
After the jump, my thoughts on the game.
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The Good
Commando and Spy Sometimes you’re the civilised...
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You Need Me on that Wall
preachy christians and preachy atheists are the same.
why cant we all get along? you know…to each his own?
— laurenmackenzie
This sentiment irritates me. It’s a common sentiment, so I realise I’m being a bit unfair by responding to this particular poster. Think of this more as a reply to the sentiment in general.
(It’s a good reply! It references pop culture! Read...
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February 2012
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10 Things I Hate About Skyrim: #9 Weapons and...
Let me reiterate: I love Skyrim and all the Elder Scrolls games I’ve played. I think they’re great games. Indeed, it is because they are so great that any perceived problem stands out to me.
What’s #9 on my list? Weapons and armour. Read on to find out why…
Decisions, Decisions…
Have you played STALKER Call of Pripyat? When you’re wandering the modern-day wastelands...
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Good, Bad, Ugly: Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary
It’s been 10 years since the original Xbox came out. One of the launch titles was Halo: Combat Evolved, first game of the Halo series. Love it or hate it, it’s been a very popular franchise.
To celebrate this anniversary along comes Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, a remake of its namesake.
Metacritic gives it 82.
After the jump, my thoughts on the game.
The Good
A Faithful...
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WatchI love Media Watch, and I have a love-hate fascination with all things vox populi (such as internet comments, letters to the editor). And here they meet!
I could talk about this topic all day but I think the thing that intrigues me is the unholy deal news sites make when they accept unmoderated content from the unwashed masses. On the plus side, it keeps people on the page longer, reading and...
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Poor, Poor Hope Rinehart
Rich people. I hate ‘em. But some of the buggers manage to say and do things that make them exceptions to the rule. Take Dick Smith, for example, who said:
We’ve got to get it so it is an obligation if you’re wealthy to become a philanthropist. Otherwise we don’t want you in this country – rack off.
And he puts his money where he mouth is.
But compare and contrast. Hope Rinehart, a...
January 2012
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SOPA may be an American problem...
…but that doesn’t mean those of us living in Australia should ignore it.
As serious as SOPA is, I don’t want to talk about it. There are plenty of other sources about that if you’re interested. Instead, I want to talk about similar overzealous laws in Australia. In particular, one such American law that “infected” Australia in 2004, and another law that might...
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George Clooney and the Plasmic Language
I just awoke from the most bizarre dream and must write it down.
It was presented as a movie. We open on some sort of posh school in the 1950’s. We see a janitor, played by George Clooney. Hay is scattered about the room. He attempts to clean it with a broom, but is overzealous and spreads the hay about just as much.
Unhappy with manual labour, the janitor decides to build a machine to...
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10 Things I Hate About Skyrim: #10 Bad Astronomy
(With apologies to Phil Plait.)
Before I begin, let me say that I love Skyrim and all the Elder Scrolls games I’ve played. I think they’re great games. Indeed, it is because they are so great that any perceived problem stands out to me.
What’s #10 on my list? The sky in Skyrim. It’s broken. Read on…
I was taken aback by how gorgeous the sky was in Morrowind. I...
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Why Are You Afraid to Believe?
why do you think that the subject of ‘religion’ stirs up so much drama in America?
- What is it about “religion” that gets people going?
- Why do you think that people are afraid to “believe” in a religion?
- Why do you think that Atheists usually get away with talking about their beliefs (or the absence of beliefs), but if Christians try to state what they know, they get...
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WatchThis is good. Found it on Friendly Athiest and had to share. Watch it before you read on, if you can help it…
It is not real. It is a Poe. I think one clue is how the boy, near the end of the clip, kisses his crucifix and makes the sign of the cross. Both are very Catholic actions. But stupid pop-culture-with-Christ videos are more of a Protestant thing. (I feel like I know too...
December 2011
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Margaret Court Defies God to Speak Against Gay...
WA tennis legend Margaret Court has slammed the push to legalise gay marriage, saying she wants to “protect families”.
The Rev. Court urged Australians to make a stand against gay marriage, saying no human law could ever change God’s divine laws.
— thewest.com.au
I think Rev. Court really needs to get her own affairs in order before preaching to others. She’s...
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November 2011
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Parents Seek Contagions for their Children
That’s a pretty outrageous title, right? Am I just trying to score a read by having an inflammatory heading?
No. That’s exactly what’s going on.
…some parents have been apparently posting saliva-soaked tissues and licked lollipops to each other in an attempt to spread chickenpox among their children…
BBC News
If the serious laws against mailing diseases are...
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Yet Another "PC Repair" Scam Call
They’re coming in thick and fast today. I had particular success with a call I took earlier.
But I was in no mood to go through that whole thing again. Not so soon after the last one. Read on to see how it went:
The events:
The caller was an Indian-accented woman on a really bad phone line.
This time the spiel was that viruses got into my computer and multiplied many many times creating...
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Another Encounter with a "PC Repair" Scammer
I just got off another phone call with another “PC Repair” scammer. So much fun! This is why I don’t put myself on the do-not-call register. (Though mind you, would that even work against these kinds of scammers?)
Yes sir, I am calling from Microsoft. That is not a cow you hear in the background.
I’ve had this kind of call a few times before. Mostly, the conversation...
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Skyrim: Day Three
I’ve not been solidly playing since launch, but I’ve clocked up a fair few hours.
Here are so more random, disorganised thoughts regarding Skyrim. (See other similar posts by clicking here.)
Face Lift
I am pretty obsessive over how my characters look. Thank goodness there is (on the PC at least) a console command that lets you re-do the character creation screen. From memory, it...
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Skyrim: Day Zero
Skyrim was released today. It’s been getting tremendous reviews.
I’ve been playing it for a few hours now. I’m going to share my experiences in the hopes that people can learn more about the game and thus make a more informed choice regarding its purchase.
Are you stumped about buying Skyrim? I’ve logged a few hours in-game. Maybe my experiences can tell you if...
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Good, Bad, Ugly: Dragon Age Origins
It took some time, but EA eventually sold a Dragon Age pack at a decent price during a Steam sale. It took me even longer to play through it.
Metacritic gives it a 91.
After the jump, I write my thoughts on the game.
The Good
Excellent Story The best thing about Dragon Age Origins is the story. You feel as if you have a real effect. It’s not just an illusion either — I was...
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October 2011
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