For more BL2 speedrun fun, someone recently set the record at 1:29:26:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Borderlands/comments/5vbwvz/borderlands_2_2p_coop_speedrun_world_record_12926/

Hahaha, perfect.

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I imagine any PC without at least Windows 7 isn't getting much gaming love these days.

It's possible those old machines could still have a life in modern times, though. XP is one thing, but even crappy PCs that came with Vista run better with 7, 8, and 10. They haven't changed a ton of the functional system requirements. I upgraded a crappy Vista pc through 7, 8, and 10 and it runs better now than ever. I use it for things I want to watch on TV but can't do so in any other way than through a browser.

That said, OS upgrades from Microsoft didn't always come with a free upgrade window like they did for 10, so you may not have a cheap/free upgrade path. If you have spare licenses and you don't mind potentially wasting one on a PC that might not have much of a life left, give it a shot.

If you have a Vista PC and this is causing you headaches I don't recommend paying for an upgrade to your OS; put that money toward a new computer.

But as for Blizzard's statement that "the games will not run on them," I bet an enterprising XP holdout could figure out how to make it work. I highly doubt there's a major audience for it, though.

Noooooo!

> I have a machine or two with XP on it kicking around

I hope by "kicking around" you mean "disconnected from the internet unless absolutely necessary," because there are some serious security issues with XP that will never get patched. One big reason Microsoft tries to get people to upgrade for really amazingly cheap (Windows 8) or free (Windows 10) is because of "vaccination" in a sense. Unsupported operating systems get infected more easily leading to more crap spreading around and more botnets. Don't be part of a botnet, Jon! :D

Haha, yeah. I've seen that done for a laugh and it really takes next to no time at all. It's nuts!

And that was even when it was still a supported OS!

But I wasn't even talking about using it directly connected, and I wasn't saying just having it there would get it infected in seconds. Just sitting there doing nothing on your network, it's fine for the most part (not entirely), but it has a nutty amount of security holes just waiting for a malware download. Even using what you'd think is secure software. Since there's no UAC like there is in Windows Vista and above, even a responsible user with a trusty install of Firefox (not including Chrome since you can't run a secure Chrome on XP anymore) can get screwed if an ad network gets compromised, which happens. Even the most trusted ones. Microsoft was handing out malware once because the ad network they used got compromised.

If you disable the hell out of unneeded services and install an outgoing firewall (your router has you covered on incoming, for the most part but again not entirely) and only use it for old games that don't work on Vista and above, and you do no web browsing, you'll heavily mitigate the risk.

And just to be clear, it's a matter of percentages. I'm not saying XP is 100% guaranteed to get malware, not by a long shot. But it's an entirely static target now since it will never change, and it's facing dynamic threats now, and anything can happen.

Did you get a key for The Witness? I just bought it and I don't have one. It doesn't say they're sold out...

NEVER MIND I'M A MORON.

For anyone buying this, you have to pick EITHER the Steam key OR DRM-free. You don't get both.

They still aren't sold out. I just didn't see the switch at the top.

Also, they just added SIXTEEN more games! The gift that keeps on giving. Time to unlock a bunch more games.

Also one of the games, Monster Loves You, was sold out but now it's back, and that key popped into my account with the other sixteen. SO even if you bought this while they were sold out of a game, keep checking because it looks like you'll still get it if they add more keys.

More games keep trickling in. Keep checking it!

It was great having the whole crew back together again for our final episode.

This isn't *really* a final episode, just the last one with video. We'll still be doing it, just in a more convenient format. But still, it feels like the end of an era. Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

Yeah to expand on what Jon said, you don't need Apple products. Android or whatever will work. It'll be a downloadable MP3 if you don't want to subscribe to it but you have an Android right? Google Play has the same kind of podcast subscription thingie. Or you can use a wide variety of phone/tablet apps or Windows software to subscribe.

Ah, this sentence made it sound like you were equating podcasts with Apple

> I don't own any Apple products, so I've never even thought about podcasts.

But yeah, it'll be available in way more places now.

It's even worse if you've seen the Clone Wars. He's redeemed significantly in those. He's not in a ton of episodes but when he is they actually get the comedy right... most of the time.

I've never been one for grid based strategy games but I'll still be trying this just because it's the same folks behind FTL. That game was fantastic.

That Power Rangers short was amazing and I never touched the show as a kid. I started reading this with skepticism but knowing Shankar is behind it makes me more interested.

I haven't played Twilight Princess but other than that our list of Zeldas played is identical, and my list is 100% identical if you take out TP.

I have all but two of these games, and they're in the expensive tier so this one is going to be a pass for me but BY GRABTHAR'S HAMMER! WHAT A SAVINGS!

Haha, thanks. I love that movie.

I should note, I haven't played them all, I got them on a bundle in a Steam sale ages ago.
Secondly, it's good to keep in mind that unless these games are repeating canon material, they're all out of canon now.

KotOR is legendary, but honestly it doesn't hold up well. I had the disadvantage of never playing it until somewhat recently so I missed out on it in its prime, and the controls are just very messy. But even with that, the few hours I've put into it are great.

The Battlefront games are tons of fun but geared toward multiplayer. You can play single player though. The controls are still tight, but the graphics have aged.

Jedi Outcast is one of those games that I've played to death over the years. I got it shortly after it released and I've popped back in every now and then since then. It's stellar. It's the best thing to come out of the Quake 3 engine other than Quake 3. It stars Kyle Katarn, the guy who stole the death star plans before it was cool. I was hoping he'd be in Rogue One to make him official canon again.

I played the X-Wing games back in the day but I honestly don't remember them well. I had fun with them, but that's about all I remember.

The Force Unleashed games are just awesome. The second one is short, like 4 hours tops, and I would have been really upset if I had paid full price for it. It was basically an expansion pack for the first one and if you treat it as such, it's fun. Both are great fun though. Some interesting story that I kinda wish was still canon and kinda don't.

> "It seems Battlefront is popular right now."

Here's where it gets confusing. They had Battlefront and Battlefront 2, then years and years passed, and now there's another game called... Battlefront. The new one isn't in this bundle.

Yeah if you don't have a steam controller, a recent patch adds support for others, with the same community config support and everything. So you should be able to get one that works, not sure if it'll be as good as those original Xbox controls (never tried them). Oblivion still doesn't have a controller scheme for PC that fully matches the console experience.

I echo Scrypt's sentiments here for the most part. He's obviously dedicated his life to being a ninja and sees Bats as a natural extension of that. At that point it's odd but not harmful. But if he's going out and beating people for stealing purses then it does become a problem.

The question of whether this is getting to the point of a problem for him is whether it's making it hard or impossible to lead a life, maintain relationships, and so on. It could be massive dedication to a cause, or it could be near-insanity.

I just felt bad for this guy. He seems to have some deep-seated pain, that he is using Batman to escape from. I guess in that sense, he is like Batman. His actions and house (at least the way shot) tells me that he is lost in his own world. It almost looks like a hoarders house IMHO (there is stuff everywhere).

In the end I felt less like I am watching a savior but rather someone that needs to be saved.

>"Heh, funny. Yeah well i'd be surprised if this guy actually hits anyone because if he did he'd eventually go to prison even if he's saving the day. At least if it were a regular occurrence. I could be wrong though."

He seems to really want anonymity. It's possible that he beats them senseless but gets out before the cops get there. We don't really learn that from the video. BUT I imagine it's way less of a beating than the real Batman ("real" is an odd word here) would give criminals.

I was also team Cap because if you're a governmental group of superheroes, you become an arm of the military basically. You get sent out on what your government thinks is right.

>"this guy 100% believes he is Batman."
I don't think he does. He seems totally aware that it's a conscious choice to become him based on similar conditions. We may be saying the same thing with different words though.

> "Yep. Which is why they should be with Ironman."

So you think they should be an arm of the military? They'd be like the Comedian and Doctor Manhattan, becoming pawns of the government and acting in the "national interest" whatever that means to whomever is in charge. It could be freeing people from terrorism, it could be terrorism. Under Obama it would have been mostly fine, but could you imagine Trump with control of the Avengers? No government is good enough to trust with that sort of thing, not even Sweden.

That's why I like S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Marvel universe. They know who all the players are, and they bring them in when they need help with something, but they don't share with the rest of the government and they don't own the superheroes or exert control over them. If they go rogue and start terrorizing citizens, they're dealt with.

It's not perfect. In the movies S.H.I.E.L.D. was infiltrated by Hydra agents, for instance, but they're building back up.

I don't see that as the same thing. Soldiers choose to go. Tony wanted to force everyone with certain genetics or circumstances to register with the government and ultimately become pawns of the government. It's forcing that choice on them and making them targets. It takes away their privacy entirely.

But really it's all theoretical because if someone had these powers in real life they'd probably be dead or in permanent captivity for experimentation anyway.

I totally agree with that except for "If be with Ironman." The part you quoted from my message is literally what the Sokovia accords are all about.

It also occurs to me that we may be talking about different aspects of it. Tony says things like "We need to be put in check," and things that are sensible but the actual legislation is basically the Muslim registry for people with powers. I agree with what Tony said, but not the Sokovia accords themselves.

Like literally anyone who has any powers has to be tracked at all times, whether they're peaceful as a monk or an Avenger or a villain. And anyone with enhanced powers who breaks the law can be detained indefinitely without a warrant.

The whole thing is intended as an analogy to racism, just like the mutants in X-Men.

I should also add that I'm incapable of only thinking about it in terms of the movie itself. It's expanded upon significantly in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and that's definitely going to play into my thinking. The movie may not have covered how shitty it is as well, I don't remember.

How did DC change to Marvel? Different Universes!