king0fprussia

Is there a major delay between when Steam achievements are earned and when they appear on the site? I just finished Walking Dead ep 2 and logged on hoping for another S-Rank to pop up, but my Steam records don't show anything since June 25.

Is this a Steam issue or a GB one?

I solved the alphabet myself, mostly because I felt otherwise stuck and because I had a strong intuition on what the vowels were. The satisfaction of reading the alphabet after figuring it out on your own is incredible.

I got most of the numbers on my own (used the "numbered" treasure maps as a clue) and then felt stuck so I confirmed on the Internet. And there were one or two puzzles I looked for help on, mostly because I knew what information I needed but wasn't sure how to use it.

All that said, I haven't decoded/looked up the Tome and the Black Monolith stuff yet. That's all I have left.

@Sweep It's possible? Anonymous did hit the CIA again the other day.

@Sweep said:

It's slightly depressing that the removal of Dota2 from my life results in my brain turning into cardboard. I actually caught myself sitting at the computer for 5 minutes doing absolutely nothing except waiting for the steam servers to come back online. That game has turned me into a fucking automaton.

Hear that. Still having problems myself.

For the people saying this is irrelevant or masturbatory, the fact that a borked system like Metacritic can influence whether or not people retain their jobs is reason enough to explore how we might begin to replace product reviews with actual criticism.

anyone know where i can get that Ico artwork for my wall?

Thanks everyone! This has been very helpful thus far.

Loving that I spurred a discussion! 
 
Yeah, I'm looking at this sort of like professional athletes, so if you know folks who've been doing this a while (even as sort of a weekend warrior), either message me their info or I can message you mine. 
 
@ Binman88   @Suicidal_SNiper This is the exact debate I'm looking at. Does working on something every day take some of the joy out? Yeah, you can love it, but the grind of it can kind of suck. 

I'm currently penning a piece for publication on whether or not going professional takes the "fun" out of gaming and am looking for some pros to chat with. I thought the GB community might be able to help! Reply or message me if you know anyone.

Text for specific stories is great. Regular video would also be cool! Daily news podcasts might get to be a bit much.