Community MetaSteam | December 2019 - Halo! Is It Me You're Looking For?
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Bought Hades today because it'd give me a free gift copy of Pyre.
*It's not giftable to anyone outside my region.
*It's not giftable to anyone outside my region.
I think Wok might be thinking about Waifu Labs.
Waifu Labs
The next chapter of human history: lit waifu commissions from the world’s smartest AI artist.
I mean, deep inside all of us are always thinking about Waifu Labs.
Even lashman.
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I was not, but now I am.
More seriously, I was thinking of This Waifu Does Not Exist v2 (TWDNEv2) - Gwern and These Waifus Do Not Exist 2.0
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For fans of point and click games, here are some news about an upcoming Christmas treat:
Inb4 Disney takedown.
So, there is a blog post about the generation of anime faces. The results shown online were obtained after 38 days of training at a resolution of 512px (then upscaled to 1024px with waifu2x).
www.gwern.net
However, one apparently gets reasonably good results after 2 days of training at lower resolution (256px).
In the blog post, it is not recommended to use free options though, so it is an expense of $50-$500 to get things right.
Making Anime Faces With StyleGAN
A tutorial explaining how to train and generate high-quality anime faces with StyleGAN 1+2 neural networks, and tips/scripts for effective StyleGAN use.
www.gwern.net
However, one apparently gets reasonably good results after 2 days of training at lower resolution (256px).
In the blog post, it is not recommended to use free options though, so it is an expense of $50-$500 to get things right.
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God have mercy. They can put all of that in a book instead of a blog post.So, there is a blog post about the generation of anime faces. The results shown online were obtained after 38 days of training.
Making Anime Faces With StyleGAN
A tutorial explaining how to train and generate high-quality anime faces with StyleGAN 1+2 neural networks, and tips/scripts for effective StyleGAN use.
However, one gets reasonably good results after 2 days at lower resolution (256px, or 512px).
It's been in development for like a decade.Inb4 Disney takedown.
Edit: no wait I confused it with the Fountain of Youth.
In reading their twitter they apparently dropped their use of the Indy IP last April due to other projects getting c&d. Hmm.
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Well, let's hope Disney won't pull Nintendo in the last moment.
Disney C&Ded a previous fanmade Indy game, so umm...these guys should've Shut the fuck up until it was finished completely >_>;
So, if L4D 3 is VR exclusive we will have another week of healthy salt baths?
A VR L4D would be so cool. Im not saying "No" to a regular L4D, but Im not sure how much can be innovated without it just being yet another L4D with new characters, maps, weapons and perhaps a new mode. Well, maybe some people will want that, but if Valve can't find enough passion for another desktop L4D then I can't fault them for doing a VR one.
It's important that devs have fun and passion when making a game. If VR is needed for Valve to get passion from making a game, then so be it.
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You can totally bet that YES, but also it will make even more people jump into VR.
What people need to understand despite how much it may dissapoint them, Valve doesn't wanna make "yet another regular shooter" or "yet another regular zombie shooter".
They wanna innovate and Im sure they have researched desktop gaming enough to see there isn't much new they can do.
They wanna innovate and Im sure they have researched desktop gaming enough to see there isn't much new they can do.
People : something something pushing the medium forward something something.
Valve : pushing medium forward
People : STOP DOING WHAT I DON'T LIKE
Valve : pushing medium forward
People : STOP DOING WHAT I DON'T LIKE
Yep, Valve and Facebook better work harder on production of their headsets. Alyx is already an overkill, L4D would be just glorious.
Is it bad I want all these people who are happy about games being exclusives to their platform taste their own medicine?
Exactly. Valve wants to push the VR market, making it more interesting for devs to create VR-only games.
Didn't they talk about that there are so many innovative gameplay mechanics that can only be done in VR which made the studio more interested in making Half-Life again in Keighleys video?
Keighley also wrote about innovative level design in his tweets about the game.
The 50% offer was too good to resist so I am now ready to get unreasonably angry and frustrated by a 9 year old kid in Life is Strange 2!
I take it i have to play Life is Strange first so i can bitch about how LiS2 isn't LiS1 too?
Also picked up Vampire Bloodlines: Coteries VN/Game, i expect to be bad at it.
I take it i have to play Life is Strange first so i can bitch about how LiS2 isn't LiS1 too?
Also picked up Vampire Bloodlines: Coteries VN/Game, i expect to be bad at it.
Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works
A documentary art book on the Sega Dreamcast, featuring game concept illustrations, developer interviews and hardware plans. Buy the book from our shop.
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congrats
and no, you don't have to play the first one
and try not to get frustrated with him ... he IS just a kid, after all - that's the entire point
hope you'll enjoy the game!
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The Game Awards are upon us once again, where Geoff Keighly geeks out by giving awards to the most popular video game you utterly detest~ As in previous years, expect some game reveals in the form of CGI cutscenes that attempt to build hype among simpler folk, yet evoking the death of millions...
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I backed this and am awaiting its arrival.Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works
A documentary art book on the Sega Dreamcast, featuring game concept illustrations, developer interviews and hardware plans. Buy the book from our shop.readonlymemory.vg
Can't wait for shitstorm that about to happen. Either by Desura winning GoTY or Desura losing GoTY,
"L3ft VR Dead"?
"Left VR D3ad"?
The cover art needs to be the iconic hand but covering someones mouth as they throw up from Sim Sickness.
DeStra's getting GOTY in many places for sure.
"Left VR D3ad"?
The cover art needs to be the iconic hand but covering someones mouth as they throw up from Sim Sickness.
DeStra's getting GOTY in many places for sure.
Hot take!
L4D3 will be compatible with VR but it won't be required, however, Valve will develop a VR-only mode to make people interested in buying lots of indexes.
L4D3 will be compatible with VR but it won't be required, however, Valve will develop a VR-only mode to make people interested in buying lots of indexes.
Echoes I think Valve just want people to buy whatever SteamVR Compatible Headset they can afford.
I think that's probable, yeah.Hot take!
L4D3 will be compatible with VR but it won't be required, however, Valve will develop a VR-only mode to make people interested in buying lots of indexes.
Btw, did anybody play Commando 2 when it released ? Is there a pause function ?
Is Shadow Tactics unique or not ?
Edit - Trying to evaluate if I should be hyped for C2 HD or not.
Unless I'm unable to purchase it because it is either no longer for sale or unavailable where I live, I'm not a fan of it. I'm not turning anyone in or passing judgement, just a personal policy. I've been burned "borrowing" things too often in the distant past. I also subscribe to the idea that people deserve to be paid for their work/software and I do not pirate ANY content.
Also, yes, apologies to MetaCouncil and its members for a few weeks ago.
Dungeons & Dragons Teases The Game Awards Announcement
Dungeons & Dragons could be announcing a new game at The Game Awards. Earlier today, Dungeons & [...]
Jkm23 you have a unique POV and voice that adds to the forum, like every other members.
Try not to get this worked up, it was sad to see you leave.
My super important and needed 2 cents
Try not to get this worked up, it was sad to see you leave.
My super important and needed 2 cents
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They're new campaigns with those new characters. I think that some of the places you find yourself into are re-used but with many modifications.
No biggie.
whatttttttttttt
thought it was just new characters.
fucking hell. gotta play them now.
Same here, I've stopped pirating as soon as I got a job and earned money to buy games. The only game I've "pirated' lately was Dead Space, but that was because I own the disc version and my current PC doesn't have a disc drive anymore. I'm just ignoring EGS exclusives, which is easy for me since there are much more great games out there than I have time to play them.
Oh and don't worry for what happened a few weeks ago. I understand your disappointment, and we all need to vent our frustrations from time to time. I do this almost every week in the EGS thread, which somehow reliefs me and helps me to keep enjoying pc gaming, despite the scummy things that have been happening.
L4D VR sounds like a nightmare gone wrong. Imagine being surrounded by zombies as far as your eyes can see, armed with nothing but a rusty baseball bat, while your teammates are dying on the ground a few meters from you. Can't reach them to revive them, can't kill all the zombies on your own. And you hear a witch crying nearby, while a tank is smashing through the walls on your side. You know you won't survive, but you refuse to go down without a fight.
That's too much, man!
That's too much, man!
I dropped piracy when I got internet fast enough to download from legit sources and not spending money on bootleg DVDs, it also ended up being cheaper. However, there's stuff that either cost you obscene amount of money it's clearly not worth (stuff like Jericho or Raven's Wolfenstein from recent examples) or simply nonexistent outside of Ebay (Gadget: Past is Future) which I won't feel bad about pirating since it's basically the only way to experience it.
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