Sensationalist garbage. This link tells you what can ACTUALLY happen in these games. No, you won’t lose your DLC. What a load of fucking trash this article is. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/onlineid/games-list-home/issues-identified/
I honestly kinda wish Bloodborne stuck with the Gothic horror and focused on providing a more cohesive experience and story, while keeping more subtle 'hints' at a cosmic going on, rather than having it be so overt.
Lovecraft is at it's best, IMO, when it's subtle. early game in Bloodborne was fantastic for this and I really liked it. Then the game, suddenly, just drops it on you.
Let's be real, here. Kirby has been doing the 'surprise lovecraft' twist for years before Bloodborne. It goes from this to this.
I thought pixelart was when you like see the pixels like retro games. (like this if you will: https://www.deviantart.com/art/Pixelated-Bloodborne-484475442 ). Here you got to look pretty close to see them. But yea whatever, who am I to tell the artist what to call his work.
The font I used here is Libre Baskerville
About the icons, I used lolly535's icons from deviantart.
About the rest the Victorian frames, I just mostly traced them manually from the screenshots of Bloodborne UI using Photoshop so they're not really vectors and embarrassingly pix elated on close up.
But if you really need it, I can send you the PSD file. Just let me know :)
There is a complete edition that was made for the European market that you can order off Amazon. I live in the U.S. and the DLC was included on the disk. I didn't need PSN to access it.
You can get it from Amazon Japan very easily (it's where I got mine).
Nice connection! Although the concept of a hungry ghost didn't just come up in China; it actually originated in India under the name <em>preta</em>. > Pretas are invisible to the human eye, but some believe they can be discerned by humans in certain mental states. They are described as human-like, but with sunken, mummified skin, narrow limbs, enormously distended bellies and long, thin necks. This appearance is a metaphor for their mental situation: they have enormous appetites, signified by their gigantic bellies, but a very limited ability to satisfy those appetites, symbolized by their slender necks.
Also: >Pretas dwell in the waste and desert places of the earth, and vary in situation according to their past karma.
Suitable, considering Cainhurst is forsaken.
The main game is 25-106 with completionist being 73.5 according to over 400 polled on how long to beat
I am at the final boss on NG++ at around 300 hours. Left it there for the inevitable DLC. I cleared the dungeons as well and I want to say I'm around level 140. Been on a mgsV break.
So Amazon has it listed for release on October 27, 2016 for $34.99....
Shut up and take my money.
It's a spiritual successor to Demon's Soul's, which was basically confirmed today. Source
On it's page on Sony's website, it states that there will be multiplayer. I would highly suggest the article I posted here.
You should most definitely read Carmilla. It's a short story/novella(?) about a young woman and her father, they rescue a mysterious foreign noblewoman who quickly befriends the young woman. They have a romantic relationship, though I don't want to say too much more without ruining the plot.
Anneliese reminded me of Carmilla so I imagine you'll like it. I've never seen a good adaptation of the story, unfortunately.
the game looks awesome, but the box does not!
What happened with this box art?? https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bloodborne&go=Submit+Query&qs=bs&form=QBIR#view=detail&id=DDC91D94D441074168628DA4110D0E8E7F0920D7&selectedIndex=44
NICE! I just threw it on as my background on my s8. Think you could make it a 3d parallax image? I have been using this 3d parallax background app and this would look awesome as one.
I'm using the Microsoft Launcher and the Viral icon pack (I might change that).
You may want to look into node with web sockets. It would allow you to still have live updates, but would remove your user limit. Of course you'll need a host that supports node.
Edit: Here is the package I'd use: http://socket.io/
I see that you've already made your purchase, but for anybody still on the fence, I went with the digital Complete Edition on Amazon. $35USD for the base game and the Old Hunters DLC.
Amazon! They make it when you order it so it took about a month to get here
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB9UN4P/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If you check the sellers list, I think they have different colors and kinds, too. I realize $40 is a bit pricey, but I can't deal with pain, so tattoo is out of the question, and I wanted something I could ALWAYS have with me that represented my favorite game of all time.
Thank you so much, this is very generous of you!
Don't know about others but I'm very confused about the times though. You talk about 'tonight' (no time zone specified) then tomorrow 10am-7pm PST, yet it sounds like it's running now and the post was only submitted 2 hours ago. Is it running now?
If not, might be worth creating a countdown timer to clear up confusion? http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/create
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/barnes-noble-leatherbound-classics-hp-lovecraft-h-p-lovecraft/1106658815 This is like $20 at Barnes & Noble. Has pretty much all of his stories. I recommend it. I think the stories worth mentioning have been mentioned, but I'll also recommend The Shadow Out of Time. Gives a good feel for The Great Ones.
A little late to this thread, but Barnes and Noble sells a complete collection of his fiction for like $20. Probably the best value you'll find out there for his work, I crack it open every now and then. Here's the link if you're interested.
Barnes & Noble sells a pretty sweet hardcover compendium of the complete fiction for only $18, I picked it up a few years ago and love it. It looks like an old bible with silver lined pages and a ribbon marker, and the cover is awesome and shiny... It also orders them all in chronological order of when they were written, and gives a little info about the story before each one. It's a truly great edition, and at that price it's a steal. Get it here
https://www.tumblr.com/search/winter+lantern+bloodborne
This is the Lantern -Above link. After u kill them, 1 leads to cliff location to "cheese" the mutant fish for the Rakuyo. After killing the other one, go all the way back to area and scavenge- you will find the Treasure there (the lovely Blood Red "R..k"). Hope this helps clear any confucion
Here you go OP. Pale blood hunt, and Lovecraft
Even the seemingly popular annual novel writing event (NanoWrimo) pushes people to get a rough draft of 50k+ words in one November. Some genres have different definitions, but the definitions are still there.
Yer fine.
I know there have been a lot of rumors, but has this been posted as well?
https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/6961-buy-game-steam-bloodborne-remaster/
Genuinely asking because I don't know how old it is.
They did, in fact, say they have not yet beaten the game. They said the end was nowhere in sight. Go read the article again.
Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 both typically take well over 40 hours to beat. Demon's Souls only takes in the 30s, so we can be fairly certain Bloodborne is longer than that game at the very least. http://howlongtobeat.com/
There will absolutely be less gear in Bloodborne than in any other Souls game. That isn't necessarily a bad thing.
> I just don't see where they could go next with its world...
Really, only Miyazaki directs Souls they way they need to. Even From Software couldn't do it quite right with Dark Souls II... also other companies try to do Souls-esque games and come up short.
http://gameslikefinder.com/games-like-dark-souls
If The Big M directs it, I'm sure we'll love it. I didn't think I'd like the DLC as much as I have and I'm not even halfway through it. I think it shows what is possible and I am totally willing to trust him at the reins.
I don't know your tastes. If you like Fromsoft RPGs, try Dark Souls 1. Just expect the combat to be slower than BB.
Opencritic is a lot more trustworthy than Metacritic, and their top PS4 games reflects this pretty well. Pretty much every game on the first 2 pages is a killer.
While Bloodborne has had issues identified, it is not on the list of games with critical issues.
Idk what your budget is, but I got this collection. It doesn't have all of his works, but it has quite a lot including some of his most popular works like The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, and Shadow over Innsmouth.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784288608?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
The covers are a bit cartoony, but the words inside are all the same.
There is a specific playstation camera that you hook up to your ps4, yes. Here's an amazon link
Thank you!! I got most of everything off of amazon because I had a gift card! This is the wig and these are the boots! The only thing I did to the wig was cut it, but I weathered the boots with acrylic paints and fake blood, and folded it down and painted the edge too! The knee pads are just scrap pieces of pleather :)
I got the physically copy from amazon but you can get digital copies from comiXology
Amazon link: Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep https://www.amazon.com/dp/1785863444/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_xq-VCbWN45WJ7
The lines all slope down because the sample size gets bigger in more recent history. Bigger corpus = each word makes up less of it. My point with the graph is that jealous is used four times as much as envious. That's as big a difference in frequency as between the word "I" and "fruit".
I do not have any artwork I can link on this computer currently, but I do have a tip for you to finding any artwork of pretty much anything you can think of.
First, sign up for a tumblr account. Once you did that, go to google and type in whatever you want to look for and then tumblr. So for example type in "vicar amelia tumblr"
Usually the first result will be the one you want. You get everything ever posted on tumblr tagged with vicar amelia. Should get you tons of artwork and stuff!!!
https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/vicar-amelia Here is a link. You have to sign up for tumblr to see every post unfortunately but it's worth it, you will find a ton.
Edit: You can do this with pretty much any character you can think of, from video games or tv shows or movies.
The first copy I bought a couple weeks ago never arrived cause it got lost in the mail, so i canceled and got my refund and bought it again. I'm guessing they were out of used so they slapped a sticker on new and sent it to me. It's a third party seller on amazon, so who knows
https://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-PS4-Game-Year-playstation-4/dp/B018209X7U
I bought myself this controller a while back for my PS4. Raze Raiju TE. It had Xbox style sticks. It’s the best controller I have ever owned so far. It’s ergonomics and the extra bumpers on the top that are pretty incredible! Plus it has extra paddles on the lower end too.
If the lower paddles were positioned in a more trigger-like shape I think it would be the best controller ever.
However, I don’t use it on my PS5, which is a bummer, because to get the PS5’s better audio you have to use the Dual Sense or a USB headset.
You need the figures! Kinda expensive but so worth it for the quality!
Max Factory Bloodborne: Hunter Figma Action Figure https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075N75GYQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_V9P1322ED34H7Q3F2P2V
Oh damn. I just checked the listing from where I ordered and it says currently unavailable coasters
Well, the last official word from about two years ago was that they planned to make it into a saga. I bet we hear something soon.
I actually drew a comic following my two characters after the story: https://tapas.io/series/TheEyeintheStorm
One was a "vanilla" build (my first playthrough) who was just muddling through as best she could and one was a 99 ARC build who left no (tonsil)stone unturned and ascended to Great One status.
First time playing BB or any Souls game, so have just been trying things out as I go along!
This is what I have currently for weapons, any good?
Hey, another mathie here (currently a working Data Scientist), and I've also been trying to get into game creation (currently interviewing for a position at a few game studios).
I'd love to help out if you need it.
I'll probably won't be much help immediately, I'm currently trying to work through the following two specializations in game design and development offered by Coursera, but perhaps as my knowledge of the development process progresses, I can provide further assistance.
Feel free to reach out via PM, and I'll send you my contact info.
I had a lot of trouble finding a good rip of the Mindflayer Bell from Demon's Souls (which is the same bell the Bell Lady uses occasionally in Bloodborne). I ended up ripping it from my stream of Bloodborne and cleaning it up in Audacity. It's not the most elegant solution and OP could probably make a better one with whatever program he used to make the others... but if anybody wants the "Mindflayer Bell" tone, here it is!
I found it. Carveit Wood Case for Pixel 6 Case 2021 [Hard Real Wood & Soft Black TPU] Shockproof Hybrid Protective Cover Unique & Classy Wooden Case Compatible with Google Pixel 6 (Rosewood) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MN7XSNW/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_06G5R8F445PF73C4E0ZH?psc=1
This is the collection I bought at Barnes & Nobles. Relatively cheap for how thick it is I'd say.
Apparently the first edition was typo-ridden? I went ahead and purchased the newer version from Barnes & Noble, which amended all the errors of the previous version. Not sure if the second edition is available on Amazon.
Since it was originally inspired by a dream, I wait for new dreams to give me story ideas. Updates are a bit spotty as a result! I do have a regular comic that updates weekly though (scifi/fantasy): https://tapas.io/series/The-Lost-Planet
I saw a video of a japanese player sniping people in Cainhurst Castle with it. Show cased him killing a couple hosts.
Japan version of youtube. Easy to make an account, don't be discouraged.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26151558
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26141669
His build:
Cruel Fate
Level 69
Weapons he has are Fire Saw Cleaver, Arcane Threaded Cane (ARCANE CANE!?), and a Saw Spear (not sure what element).
Have you tried a Fire Saw Spear? Completely wrecks anything that is a beast (Besides Watchdog of the Old Lords) since both of its modes are serrated. Saw weapons are great for PvP and PvE, and the Cane is pimpin. You do not need Ludwigs for an Arcane build.
I've been closely following arcane since launch.
This is the thing, though! All of the people thus far who have transformed into beast take on canine characteristics; even the Abhorrent Beast (as mentioned by /u/GodUltimate for being gorilla-like) and Blood-Letting Beast have the werewolf characteristics shared by all the other beasts.
And then we have Ludwig who looks like H.P. Lovecraft's interpretation of Slepnir.
Depends on what you mean? As in finding subtitle files or as in finding a place to stream to friends on?
For the former: I checked out a copy of it on DVD from my local library and ripped it to digital. You can also find almost any sub file at https://www.opensubtitles.org
For the latter: Discord, or Plex
As a french speaking guy it took me a while to figure out "father guacamole". If you have to pick a new name that's the one I think.
Listen to the correct french pronounciation if you're interested.
Oh, I wouldn't doubt it. It's clearly a pile of bodies.
One of VaatiVidya's videos says it's actually "ones reborn" based on what I suspect is the translation from jisho.org. The thing is, jisho.org is often inaccurate, and if you look it up on Japanese dictionaries like goo, it says nothing about a "company or organization" in the definition. So I would ignore that.
Is this figure different from this one? Bloodborne Hunter Figure Bloodborne Eileen The Crow Action Figures Resin Model Kit The Old Hunters Bloodborne Action Figure Toys https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z7M7LFT/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_TYFQ19G57YM0JNJSWQXB
Just wanting to see if they are different before I get a shitty version of what you got.
Try Celeste. Very different genre than Bloodborne, and extremely challenging as well. I think the game will be very enjoyable and meaningful to you. I won't say any more than that...
And you are more than "objectively a living failure." I can hear in your text that there's pain there. You were brave to share that. You are a human being with innate dignity and potential! I don't know you, but I know that much is true. You're on a journey. We all are. :)
Hmm, you could try some PC games then https://www.openttd.org/en/
Build a few train lines, destroy the countryside with industrialization, begin to hate yourself, and three days from now you will be completely broken and ready for Bloodborne.
MNSUAngel : Nah... this is way better :
Just kidding! lol... I hope in Bloodborne, there will be such an awesome Impactful creature!
https://clickup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image1-4.gif
Seriously though, that's some masterful use of i-frames at 1:01-1:14.
Thanks, miccostumes Men's Hunter Cosplay Costume Jacket with Cloak Hat Mask Scarf Glove https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C7KF7WX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_HC6T82E2BENKCW5805R3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 The negative was that everything in this set had to be improved. The jacket was grass green, the hat was tiny and misshaped. I stretched the hat and cut the inside liner so it could be stretched and added wire to the fins at the top so they could be positioned. The jacket was a bitch to dye. It’s polyester so dying it took a couple of tries because you have to keep the dye bath at near boiling temperature. Because of the size of the jacket and not having a big enough pot, I had to use a metal horse feeding trough and put it over a fire outside to dye it black. Then, after dying it and letting it dry, I realized that it still had a green hue. I dyed it again and added a little red to the dye bath to counter the green. That ended up working pretty well.
What drive did you end up choosing? I wonder if I could get a better deal than this one.
The app I used is "sterryai". You can find it on the Play Store, but I don't know if you can find it on the App Store since I don't have an iPhone.
You can sometimes find them at bookstore chains but you can also get em on Amazon! If I’m allowed to include a link, here’s the first volume (there are 4 volumes currently): Bloodborne Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep https://www.amazon.com/dp/1785863444/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_2SZVQHH5SBPR849CS9RY
If you do a more of these try a photo light box. Makes for nice pictures! Glendan Portable Photo Studio Light Box,12"x12" Professional Dimmable Shooting Tent Kit with 112 LEDs Lights & 6 Backdrops for Jewelry and Small Items Product Photography https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PDP3YSP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_8D1J3QTZMGMN2Y4DHY5S?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Great paint job!
Bhai, I'm from india too and was about to buy this game off from Amazon. What exactly do you find shady about it? It's up for sale by Cloudtail Business(Amazon sub brand) for 1499 rupees. Everything looks genuine here.
For just a PS4 and a TV I'd get this one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E6LJUU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Your PS4 will pull 150w and a 60" TV will pull a bit more than that, this is a 350 watt back up. Will easily cover any blips and in a total power down easily give you 5-10 minutes to properly back up your save and shut down ps4 properly. I use this model in the 900w form factor as I have quite a bit of computer equipment also backed up on it.
Amazon! The physical copies take a while after the digital release to come out and are pretty limited for the stand-alone chapters, but you can pre-order A Song of Crows Here. Amazon also has the first group of chapters, "The Death of Sleep" available now, and the next group of chapters "The Healing Thirst" that is also coming out soon and available for pre-order.
Is it this one?
I think they're all on amazon.
Game of the Year Edition. Only released in Europe, but I believe you can play it on a North American PS4, if Amazon Q&A is to be believed.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0188QFSHC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NjRDDbM7N9N0J
For the folks looking to support, here's the link: The Color, by Matthew Warren Boatner.
It's available in print and ebook on Amazon, and free for kindle unlimited members. Thanks for all the support!
Yes! It's available on Amazon globally here (hopefully the link works lol).
I bought a "complete" edition that works fine in a us ps4 several years ago. It's out of stock on amazon now, but if you can find it it includes the dlc https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B018GVQVO8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fab_HG1zFb60CVXT6
There’s the Death of Sleep comics. I’ve never read them myself, but I heard that the last 2 volumes go downhill fast. If you wanna check it out, here’s the first volume on Amazon.
There’s also the Bloodborne Artworks and the Strategy Guide (there are separate ones for the main game and DLC). Unfortunately, the cost of the main game strategy guide is insanely expensive (over $200 for a used copy on Amazon). I hope this helps!
Yes, it is worth it. If you are struggling, check out the official strategy guide. Not only it is superbly made with tons of good inforamation, it has a "free" theme that is stunningly good.
/r/huntersbell is a good place to find cooperators who will help you.
In addition, you will get better and better at the game thus deaths will be rarer and you will learn to not mind so much.
This one is a bit too light, but you can make a pot of black tea and dunk the vest in there to stain it, and paint the buttons silver with acrylic paint (if you wish). I'd say amazon is a good place to look for a pinstripe vest, and look for accurate form of it rather than the color--you can very easily dye light brown or khaki fabrics with dark brown RIT dye (found universally in craft and even grocery stores!) to match the shade. Then you can dirty it up with acrylic paint and blood and such to give it that bloodborne charm! Keep us updated (:
OP add this link for Amazon (this comment will be buried), it's $2 more than the PS+ price but people can gift the code to friends or buy it with gift cards/credit they already have with Amazon, like me. Might help a few people.
The wiki and the guide book are great resources if you are like me, a fifth casual. The latter even has a cool PS4 theme.
You can do it: git gud.
If I managed, then you should have no problems whatsoever.
/r/huntersbell can give you some help too.
The real wiki is a fantastic trove of information. It is accurate.
The Bloodborne Collectors Edition Strategy Guide is clearly the best thing and is really nice to look at. It comes with a nice PS4 theme. Sadly, the DLC one is now out of print and goes to silly money.
3 Used from £120.00 2 New from £247.86
Not sure if anyone will buy it at those prices but since you are not using it, it might be worth getting some cash for it.
This could be a running series of videos, if you were so inclined, because the premise is hilarious. You could even adopt a lens, like Sun Tzu's The Art of War or Machiavelli's The Prince and sarcastically demonstrate how those techniques can be put to "Great Use" in Bloodborne.
But even without, this video had me chuckling on the regular. Great sense of comedic timing and minimalist language. You and CurtainGuy are my favorite video-posters in this sub.
Well, as studies attest, lack of sleep causes permanent brain damage.... but that sounds scarier than it actually is. The brain is constantly losing neurons and gray matter as you age—you have plenty of spare capacity, more than you'll ever use.
The real permanent consequence of a sleep deficit is lost opportunity cost. You won't retain new information very well if you're skimping on sleep, you'll have trouble improving cardiovascular performance or making gains in the weightroom, and you won't have the mental juice to do difficult things. Basically, a month on limited sleep is a wasted month. That's what I've read.
But it's not like you're going to take a permanent hit to your IQ or whatever.
Sources: The Brain Book, dicking around on the internet, and two self-improvement books by neuroscientists (The Willpower Instinct, The Power of Habit). I'm not a doctor.
I'd say yes. Though Amazon is selling the vanilla version (digital code) for $20 at the moment, if that's what you're after.
Are you sure? It says 255 here for the Japanese one.
I have the english one and it's the same amount of pages.
If you do and need any help getting the audio to set up let me know. Here is a link to the card that I have but the model below it. Its about $30 cheaper but has the same inputs and decibel output.
I honestly wish that I had gone with this one because I have never used that volume controller and I don't have studio headphones so I have no need for it.
ahh sorry sorry, I forgot the part about where I bought the DLC from Amazon and redeemed the voucher code from the US account that I created (created a US account because the game was from the US region).
There's the DLC on Amazon, they give you a code that you can redeem if you go to the US account and go to the PlayStation Store using that account, then find the Redeem option, enter the code (they do not require you to associate your card at this step, I still have no card associated), and you will get that the DLC has been redeemed, now make the US account primary and you can use any other account on the PS4 to play the stuff that your primary account bought
If you're not a fan of the dualshock4, then there are a few third party controllers to consider. This is the one that I've been using for almost 2 years, and it's more than $100 cheaper than the pro controller.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0106XFCPI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_FHqdzbBYQGVRP
Despite Amazon saying the reprint of the Collector's Guide will be release on April 30th, Lobosjr has stated it's at the beginning of May, FYI.
Here are the Amazon Smile links:
Yep! Pretty fun, too, IMO. It's both a cooperative and competitive game and pretty easy to get the hang of.
Bloodborne: The Card Game https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HYVKY80/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zjHLyb26N6QG2
Playstation Lifestyle says May 23rd as according to the Amazon listing, however the current Amazon listing says June 13th.
The article is probably outdated, as it seems they had to push the release date back for it.
I have one of these in 32gb I back all my saves up to and screenshots/videos. It's so small you can't see it in the front unless you look for it.
Unfortunately the interview was in the Future Press strategy guide (here's a link to the book's Amazon page) so to my knowledge there isn't an online interview to link to. The images that Estaim posted appear to be from the guide.
Buy this one: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Fiction-Lovecraft-Knickerbocker-Classics/dp/1631060015
It's very cheap for a very good looking hardcover/tome. Fit's the lovecraft mood perfectly. Bought a similar one for Edgar allan Poe
https://www.amazon.com/Bloodborne-Collectors-Strategy-Guide-Future/dp/3869930691 is the main game walkthrough...
Are you more frustrated by the fact that there are multiple endings, or that the endings are unsatisfactory and anticlimactic?
For the former, as others have pointed out, save scumming is an easy way around having to replay multiple times to get each ending. It's nice if you're short on time.
For the latter, well...expecting Souls games to have a powerful ending that ties the story together and gives you a sense of accomplishment will always leave you disappointed. The endings are meaningful and thought provoking, but it's in the same way that the rest of the story is: obscure and relying heavily on interpretation. But now you have the exciting opportunity to reflect on what happened and try to understand its implications, and to read what others have posted here about it. :)
As for using guides...yeah, it's a tough call. If you're okay with needing to replay a game a few times to 100% it, then skip the guide. If not, I recommend trying to find a spoiler-free guide to help you make sure you don't miss much. Personally, what I find most infuriating is the easy-to-miss NPC questlines.
Congrats on the baby, and good luck! To maximize your leisure time as a Dad, I highly recommend this book for sleep training: http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Hours-Sleep-Weeks-Step/dp/0525949593. Worked like a charm for us over the last 2 years. Getting them onto a sleep schedule that gives you a few free hours a night is a life-saver!
It's a vinyl sticker! This one in particular. Quality is very good for what it only costs, applies and fits very well. They only deliver in the US though, but I had it shipped to a friend of mine and picked it up when we were city tripping in NYC, so I was very lucky to be able to get it that way :)
Also: happy cakeday man! :)
Sometimes. I use these a lot though They're really helpful for those hard to reach places and gives you a bit more control.