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Current Events   »   Why doesn't the gov't do public fundraisers?
philsov
11/07/2025
01:45 PM
#24
the lottery
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Current Events   »   If you believe in a benevolent God, how do you explain Donald Trump?
philsov
11/07/2025
10:42 AM
#34
For all of the disruption and pain caused by the Trump administration, even he pales in comparison to overt genocide (Holomdor, holocaust, Darfur, etc) which still hasn't resulted in smite and raining sulfur and flooding or other miracles, so...
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Current Events   »   Damn, I dropped True Blood before I even found out the epic twist! *spoilers*
philsov
11/03/2025
01:04 PM
#12
saspa posted...
It's not because she's special, it's because she's apparently... a fairy or elf or something? Kinda surprised me.


With a fairy godmother . There's a bit of self awareness and campiness that has now saturated the show's canvas and starts to drip down.
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Current Events   »   Please help me understand what I'm missing regarding Final Fantasy VI *Spoilers*
philsov
11/03/2025
10:55 AM
#24
It's 16 bit Kabuki theater. You're supposed to "get" the character within 5 minutes to meeting them and then focus on the action and drama of it all. There's not that much space for character growth or depth of personality when it's an ensemble party, and "do nothing but have a dinner conservation and do a side quest to establish rapport with the King" is very boring gameplay wise, as an alternative to going "trust sand castle king, and we're back in the action! dive dive dive!"

What you're probably missing from FF6 is going to be the World of Ruin. Each character gets their own little vingette, it's lovingly nonlinear (which, at the time, was huuuuge), and the final dungeon is amazing because it actually uses your entire* squad.
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Current Events   »   NFL freaks out at seeing POC at Superbowl halftime show and calls The Police.
philsov
10/30/2025
12:06 PM
#2
dude's not even American D:
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Current Events   »   Has an anime ever been more defined by a single piece of music than this?
philsov
10/29/2025
10:28 AM
#9
Evangelion and Ode to Joy
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Current Events   »   Best anime of all time, bar none
philsov
10/28/2025
01:51 PM
#33
TTGL

Row Row Fight the Powa
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Current Events   »   Is a 19 year old age gap too much?
philsov
10/27/2025
02:08 PM
#42
EpicMickeyDrew posted...
What happened in the end, did you meet someone else?


Eventually, afterwards. the relationship ended on its own, if that's the question.
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Current Events   »   Is a 19 year old age gap too much?
philsov
10/27/2025
01:25 PM
#27
EpicMickeyDrew posted...
How long did you date for?


About 3 years. We didn't have enough quality time together, in retrospect. And we both sucked at communication.
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Current Events   »   Is a 19 year old age gap too much?
philsov
10/27/2025
01:22 PM
#21
For me -- yeah. I dated someone 9 years younger than me (I was 36, they were 27) and that was challenging at times in terms of pop culture references or general life progression (professional progress, kids or lack thereof, etc).

If both hottie mcHotterson and this new bitch can make it work, good on them.
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Current Events   »   Name a better final boss theme than Dancing Mad.
philsov
10/27/2025
10:02 AM
#14
Dancing Mad is indeed my top pick

Runners up: Battle at Journey's End (Octopath 1) and the theme from Arcana (<3 Gothic Kirby).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHU96Pm7fMM&list=RDyHU96Pm7fMM&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GISbMwCFF64&list=RDGISbMwCFF64&start_radio=1
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Current Events   »   Blonde Terra or Green hair Terra?
philsov
10/17/2025
09:17 AM
#38
Terra's Hair is Green and that flower girl from FF7 is named Aeris.
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Current Events   »   What function does praying for a dead prison serve?
philsov
10/06/2025
11:20 AM
#10
So that places such as Alcatraz may find peace in the afterlifesentence
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Current Events   »   This is a question for the Aeirth truthers
philsov
10/01/2025
01:09 PM
#57
my name ith aerith
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Current Events   »   Bad Bunny to headline Super Bowl halftime show; conservatives promise boycott
philsov
09/30/2025
01:44 PM
#81
ZevLoveDOOM posted...
most of these out of touch boomers probably listen to the same 80s and 90s hits over and over.


Who are historically upset at 90% of the halftime shows. Either it features a black person or a lady or a pop star or sometimes even ALL THREE (<3 Beyonce)
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Current Events   »   is "Do or do not. There is no try." good advice?
philsov
09/04/2025
01:58 PM
#17
"commit to something and don't half ass it" is good advice, imo
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Current Events   »   How do you loop your belt?
philsov
09/04/2025
10:06 AM
#16
left to right. Start at my left hip, go around the backside, pop out on right.

Not only am I left handed, but it's also the same muscle memory as buttoning the pants.
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Current Events   »   Video Game Jeopardy! Part 3
philsov
09/03/2025
09:34 AM
#338
What are bad manners?

acronyms for 400
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Current Events   »   What do you think is the most popular Disney song of all time?
philsov
09/02/2025
09:44 AM
#12
TheSavageDragon posted...
I highly doubt more people are aware of it than of Hakuna Matata


We don't talk about Bruno won a grammy. It's... very popular. I think you're just a dude who was a kid when Lion King was a thing and are not yet a parent.
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Current Events   »   What do you think is the most popular Disney song of all time?
philsov
09/02/2025
09:36 AM
#6
GranTurismo posted...
Do you think a whole new world would win?


I don't think it'd even be in the top 3 for popularity.

My prediction for top 3:

1) Let it Go by a mile
2) Part of Your World
3) We Don't Talk About Bruno

Edit Going off "plays on spotify" (which tilts more towards modern era) --

1) 914 million plays
2) 314 million plays
3) 578 million plays

Part of Your World clocks in at 340 million. Guess it's more popular than little mermaid
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Current Events   »   Whats everybody's favorite board game?
philsov
08/29/2025
03:50 PM
#25
Seasons.

You draft your hand of fantasy relics and minions at the start of the game alongside the other players, and then set yourself to gain them at the start of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of the game. Then you roll some elemental-theme diced as you progress through spring-summer-fall-winter to gain resources/points and bring out the cards in your hand, and then at the end of year 3, count up who has the point victory points. Healthy mix of strategy, luck, and player interaction :D
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Current Events   »   Trump says Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL for saying slavery was bad
philsov
08/19/2025
05:02 PM
#53
I like how he admitted that climate change is upon this country
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Current Events   »   As much as I like Final Fantasy Tactics *spoilers?*
philsov
08/18/2025
11:58 AM
#5
I think they're fixing this in the remaster coming out in late September. They're adding in more ingame dialogue (and voice acting~). AFAIK Agrias and Meliadoul as a baseline get in some talk if they're present in a battle or two. But, yes, Mustadio is still around for sidequest unlocked.

Since this game has permadeath and/or the ability to just boot a character from your roster, it would be very weird to expel Rafa/Malak (e.g.) but then have them pop up in a cutscene.
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Current Events   »   Favorite games of all time.
philsov
08/18/2025
11:55 AM
#37
Final Fantasy Tactics
Hades
Chrono Trigger
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Slay the Spire
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Current Events   »   Thinking about pausing 401k until I have debt paid off
philsov
08/14/2025
09:09 AM
#3
don't. The 33% employee matching is way more gain than whatever single digit interest(?) you're paying with your student debt
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Current Events   »   What's your favorite Star Trek series?
philsov
08/11/2025
09:39 AM
#30
When it first came out I wasn't a fan of Deep Space Nine. It was, conceptually, too passive with a lot of the antics being thrust upon the station rather than the Enterprise going to a new alien planet.

But I gave it another go a few years back and now I like it even more than TNG. It's got great characters and interplay and Sisqo is a badass captain.
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Current Events   »   Article: Parrying is the Worst Thing in Video Games
philsov
07/24/2025
12:33 PM
#60
The Actual Worst Things in (Modern) Video Games: A Definitive List

1) Single player game who requires a constant internet connection
2) Games with only 1 save file
3) Lack of ingame help. One pop up tutorial I closed accidently and I'm never really able to see again? Hell to the no.
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Current Events   »   Couldn't Storm from X-Men solve all of planet Earth's resource problems?
philsov
07/23/2025
02:40 PM
#17
And bruce wayne could give most of Gotham UBI

Superman / the Flash could generate all of the world's electricity with some giant ass turbine and solve most of the problems caused by capitalism, fascism, and despots.

But that's boring. Let's go beat up bad people~
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Current Events   »   Google's AI summaries are killing web traffic
philsov
07/22/2025
02:20 PM
#21
Google circa 2005 used to have the same functionality and would extract like 2 or 3 lines of text from the webpage. Often this would also answer my query and prevent me from actually visiting the site.

Then the webpages got smarter and starting obscuring their own content to drive visits (and thus ad revenue) while also having bloated content in the name of SEO (and yet more ad space).

I'll take Google AI summary over needing to visit a fandom wikipage 7 days a week.
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Current Events   »   Noem didn't authorize FEMA response until 72 hours into flooding
philsov
07/16/2025
11:08 AM
#24
StopBeinMad posted...
Haven't heard this saying but it tracks


"Sabotage then decry" has been their go-to for some time
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Current Events   »   Is spotting people on machines a thing?
philsov
07/15/2025
11:17 AM
#2
did you need to spot him or otherwise help him bang out those last reps?
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Current Events   »   Am I playing Disco Elysium wrong?
philsov
07/09/2025
02:07 PM
#2
Failure is a feature of this game, and eating those losses is half the point. You are flawed and imperfect. You're mostly doing it right!

The game is somewhat on rails so just do your best and you'll eventually get there. Do not save scum.
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Current Events   »   Is this a video game character?
philsov
07/08/2025
10:05 AM
#4
it might be an in-studio nod? Broderbund published both this game and carmen sandiego so I'd look into that list? It's not the prince of persia from what I can tell but I'd search more through that vein
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Current Events   »   Do you like this game: Breath Of Fire II
philsov
07/08/2025
09:06 AM
#25
Tons. there's a lot wrong with it like the atrocious random battle rate, how it's the worst iteration of "transform into Dragon" in the franchise, or how awesome the shamans are only to have half of them unavailable for 90% of the game.

Getting your own village with different aesthetics/perks and your villagers are cool. The cast is pretty cool. The story arcs are fun. Solid game but I haven't touched in a decade and its oozing with nostalgia factor.
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Current Events   »   I finally beat Hades (spoilers, just in case)
philsov
07/07/2025
05:15 PM
#8
if the story ever comes to any kind of definitive conclusion, lol.


Yup :D

The actual ending is Persephone comes back to Hades with you and Zag, Cerb, Hades, and Persephone get a badass family portrait. It's a lovely drift down the river Styx. Just clear it a few times and it should happen.

There's also some post game activity where you have a Olympic Family Reunion and Zeus and the fam all have a party and Demeter and Hades make a rough peace.

After that it's just slowly making the game harder on yourself via hell pacts (also unlocking way more Titan's Blood and Diamonds) as you max out your weapons and then do your best. I think there's an achievement for beating a run on Heat 32.
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Current Events   »   I'd have liked Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced way more without the judges.
philsov
07/07/2025
10:39 AM
#34
Early on, I liked the laws and judges! It meant I had to tweak my team and couldn't just shove everything through the metaphorical square hole.

but in the last 20% of the game, some of those laws were just absurd. Screw you "don't deal damage to monsters" and your ilk.
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Current Events   »   Is greatest sin of the sequel trilogy character assassnation of Luke? (spoilers)
philsov
07/01/2025
11:33 AM
#13
The greatest sin of the sequel trilogy is absolutely "oh yeah, Palpatine's back because we said so, lmao"
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Current Events   »   Right-wingers who like Wicked should be shown this picture.
philsov
06/30/2025
02:20 PM
#4
Right-wingers who like Wicked


There are dozens of them.
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Current Events   »   Do you ever drive barefoot?
philsov
06/25/2025
05:08 PM
#4
When I'm wearing sandals, yeah.

Getting a pedal stuck between my foot and my sandal is wildly unsafe. Better to be barefoot.
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Current Events   »   The Simpsons killed off character in Season finale and fans are upset(Spoilers)
philsov
06/25/2025
02:10 PM
#21
UnfairRepresent posted...
Honesty the voice actress sounds like she's in pain.

It might be time to just end the Simpsons entirely


Or we can feed all the lines Marge has ever said into a computer, and get it to copy and inflict anything else we'd ever want it to say.
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Current Events   »   Help me with a quick mathematics social experiment!
philsov
06/23/2025
03:33 PM
#3
-17

12
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Current Events   »   Do you like this game: Dr. Mario
philsov
06/23/2025
09:36 AM
#20
Absolutely. One of the better "battle" puzzle games out there.

Tried playing online a few times in the 3DS era and got wrekt by what I can only assume was a cabal of japanese grandmothers.
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Current Events   »   Best example of saying the title of a movie in the movie
philsov
06/18/2025
04:23 PM
#52
" Someday we might look back on this and decide that Saving Private Ryan was one decent thing we were able to pull out of this whole godawful shitty mess. "
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Current Events   »   It's official. FFT The Ivalice Chronicles will not have WotL content
philsov
06/18/2025
09:07 AM
#133
Tyranthraxus posted...
My point is that uniques replace the shitty squire job with a useful job so generics are just inferior in every way & there's no reason to use them at all except for edge case zodiac compatibility in challenge runs.


A general desire for a lack of grinding. My generics are already 90% of the way to Ninja/Samurai and/or they're rocking Teleport and Holy by the time I get Agrias and Mustadio. By the time I've got Cid they're badasses with most of their skillsets fleshed out and good R/S/M.

To roll over into specials means unlocking most of the generic jobs on my specials, going into a random battle, killing my own people and hoping it's a crystal, and then hoping said crystal has a large chunk of those learned skills to the special to inherit.

Ooooor. I can just have Meliadoul, Malak, etc all ride pine and stick to my crew.

Tsukasa1891 posted...
Unique characters also stop being relevant to the story once they join


hopefully something that gets fixed!
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Current Events   »   9 free games available for Amazon Prime members
philsov
06/17/2025
02:30 PM
#2
During the steam summer sale, all of these games can also be bought for >$30. Most of them are in the $2-5 range but Tomb Raider is the holdout at $12.

ugh, my poor backlog :(
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Current Events   »   It's official. FFT The Ivalice Chronicles will not have WotL content
philsov
06/17/2025
11:45 AM
#61
This edition will have a superior UI, the ability to take back your movement(!), voice acting, and a yet-to-be detailed Hard Mode which I can only hope has enemies with significantly harder loadouts like more skills known and RSM worth a damn (Monks with Weapon Guard (Parry) is hilariously sad, but enemies with access to Holy and significantly more Ninjas would be a good thing).

Much like Tactics Ogre, it'll go on sale to $30 in less than a year after release, if you're a gil miser.
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Current Events   »   It's official. FFT The Ivalice Chronicles will not have WotL content
philsov
06/17/2025
09:35 AM
#35
Cynyn posted...
The development team were passionate when it came to bringing an experience as close to the original as we could, and as a result we have recreated and used the original VFX and SFX


iirc there's also voice acting and spell quotes galore, and some additional incombat dialogue when some special units are present in fights (like Agrias at Golgarond execution site, e.g.).

I'm here for that REEEEEEE of the reed being blown, lol
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Current Events   »   It's official. FFT The Ivalice Chronicles will not have WotL content
philsov
06/17/2025
09:30 AM
#33
Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/621a510c.jpg


D:

Yes, the Leading Man is absolutely superior to Cloud -- but I roll with a generic only squad, and have for the last decade+. Special characters don't mean shit. I hire some badass people that are compatible to my Ramza, and we roll through the game together.

TG Cid? I take his Excalibur and then boot his old ass.
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Current Events   »   It's official. FFT The Ivalice Chronicles will not have WotL content
philsov
06/17/2025
09:02 AM
#27
All of the pixel remasters didn't include the additional content from their GBA-era rereleases. This is consistent.

Dark Knights are a bitch to unlock, and Balthier added nothing to the game. I ain't mad.

SomeLikeItHoth posted...
Can someone tell me why this is bad? Ive never played Tactics. Would it be like playing Diablo II without Lord of Destruction?


It's really not bad. WotL content is about 3 additional combats, 2 generic classes (which are lategame only), and 2 special characters as nods to the franchise. The rest of the game is still like 60+ combats, 20 generic classes, and like 15 other special characters (including Cloud Strife, yet another nod to the franchise). It's an amazing game and if you've never played it I highly highly recommend it. Probably my favorite of all time. ALL TIME.
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Current Events   »   Do you resize other people's windows?
philsov
05/29/2025
10:12 AM
#13
if you have a single monitor and you need to have two things open at the same time for ease of copy paste or something, yes, toggling from Full Screen Thing to Full Screen Thing is sometimes a pain and I'll make it easier for me.
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