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**Looks at final WAV due date** You are waaaaaaaaaay late

Splash Damage- The damage taken by enemies or players near an explosion, but who weren't directly hit by the projectile that exploded.

Camper- Someone who finds a spot to hide on a map, and picks people off from their hiding spot. This usually happens in FPS games (Unreal Tournament, Halo, etc.). Gibs- The little bits of polygonal or pixel "flesh/bone/innards" that are left behind from a character that died in an explosive manner.

Shmup- Shortened version of "shoot 'em up." This term is used for games like Thunder Force IV and Raiden II, where the goal is to clear stages of enemies as you control a ship/person/whatever, and battle the boss at the end of each stage. These games can scroll horizontally (left to right), vertically (top to bottom), or even remain on a single screen (like Asteroids and Space Invaders) or be isometric (Viewpoint, Zaxxon, etc.). They're generally broken up into several sub categories; scrolling/"old school" (Darius, R-Type, Gradius, etc.), manic/"bullet curtain" (Mars Matrix, DoDonPachi, the Touhou franchise, etc.) and "cute 'em ups" (Parodius, Gadget Twins, etc.). There is a forth sub-category called "rail shooters" (Star Fox, Galaxy Force II, Iridion, etc.), but some argue that these aren't "true shmups." Of course, I say if it still plays like a shmup as it flies into the screen, then it's a shmup.

I finally got to buy this game. Bought the version from Runic Games instead of Steam (I'm not OCD about achievements... frankly, I don't even pay attention to them), after having all kinds of issues with Steam updating the demo I tried out. I'm at level 13 right now with my Embermage, making my way into the valley with all the spiders at the beginning. I'm enjoying this so far, and other than the crashes I had trying out the demo, it runs quite well on my old PC. This of course means I don't have to turn everything down just to get it playable.

http://www.obtusemusic.net/OCR_Christmas/index.htm

I'm up for this again, with a remix of, "We Three Kings." Do you want me to do the album art this year as well?

Aaaawwww, I thought this was going to be about a new Wolfenstein game

I think I'd rather pound my nuts flat with a wooden mallet. It wouldn't hurt as much.

DayZ .

We've all been wondering that for years.

Mine's a reference to Radiant Silvergun on the Sega Saturn. Y'all just got served, yo!

I did! SO STOP PRESSURING ME! **sobs**

Darksiders 2

Sorry to hear about all the work that got taken out of the spotlight. That sucks after all the work that was done.

Wow. First S-E gets involved with the FFVI kickstarter until the issues with that got resolved, and now all S-E characters are removed from the site mascot lineup. Looks like someone got their knickers in a twist over at Squenix. Thankfully, they didn't bring up the removal of anything else.

Sleeping Dogs

I would honestly be surprised if Dyne didn't do a v.6 this year... especially since I'm already working on my "We Three Kings" remix for it. Oh, and here's a link to the previous five albums... http://www.obtusemusic.net/OCR_Christmas/index.htm

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