Lurker > RetuenOfDevsman

I bet it took them a looooong time to figure out that the wheel was a good thing.

I mean, if you're in nature, how many rolling things are going to help you, versus destroying your camp?

Feels like a joke tbh

Not a movie, but when Simon punches Rossiu in Gurren Lagann. It was freaking incredible, if you're into over the top anime stuff. It looks stupid as hell out of context, but as the culmination of three quarters of a season, it was absolutely perfect.

Not just in that it was over the top (though it was) but as a narrative element and the way it played into the themes of the show, it literally could not have been better.

Long story short, the show is about human spirit being capable of literally anything, and goes to outrageous extremes to demonstrate it. About 10-13 episodes prior, Simon and his mentor had recently developed an asymmetrical relationship when Simon begins to view his mentor as a rival who was winning, leading to self-doubt, leading to losing the battle. The Mentor then straightens him out with an over the top punch. Simon and Rossiu's relationship in the latter half of the series develops in exactly the same way, but with much higher stakes and a lot more complex, so Simon straightens him out in kind. It's a cyclical narrative structure that seems to prove the bad guy's point about the human spirit, but... GAAAAAAH I WISH I HAD TIME TO GUSH THIS SHOW IS SO FREAKING GOOD.

SquantoZ posted...

Did I just have a stroke?

Maybe so, if you had trouble with that OP.

I've seen people merge OUT of the freeway lanes INTO the merge lane just so they can do this and jump a couple dozen cars ahead.

ANort posted...

I still don't get why we call it "thin spaghetti" instead of just "spaghetti", then we could call "angel hair" the new "thin spaghetti" like the founding godfathers intended.

I've never heard "thin spaghetti" refer to just spaghetti before, but it surprises me none that this is a thing.

And it's spelled andel hair.

In a way, no. They have zero idea what the appeal is, and they still think it's literally 2600 design just with better graphics. You know those TV shows where it shows somebody playing Super Mario Bros with an Xbox commercial while generic sci-fi sounds come out of the screen and the player is spazzing out as if he's trying to to dodge stuff in the game IRL? They totally buy every second of it, lol.

I'm a way, yes. Because they know it's a waste of time.

StephenYap3 posted...

Super Mario Bros (1993) is more "weird" than "bad".

It was actually really good as a comedy. Still one of the most quotable films ever.

Kamil posted...

whataburger, while that name is funny.

Old people be all like

"Waterburger"

Agent_Stroud posted...

Think of all the money youll save by not needing to eat or drink for a week, not to mention all the stuff youll be able to get done without the need to sleep getting in the way.

One week is nothing though.

Kamil posted...

One man named Howard Phillips. Otherwise a deity of the American branch lol I trust his judgment for that case.

At the time, though, he was a guy who worked in the warehouse.

I suppose that's not entirely fair. Nintendo did bounce a number of games off of him in those days.

PowerOats posted...

500k untaxed, every year till you die

Or

A very special set of Senzu Beans that are capable of healing any and all diseases, wounds, and physical/ mental issues to those that eat it.

It will put you in the best shape it can, and prevents you from getting hungry/ tired/ sleepy for 7 days

The beans can't be sold, traded, lost or stolen, but can be given away, so long as you get nothing in return. You get 3 at the start of every year, and you can hoard them if you want

What say you?

What the...

Hell no

I always assumed Darkwing, DuckTales and Talespin were all in the same universe BECAUSE of Launchpad.

DuckTales 2017 threw a wrench in that theory by repeatedly emphasizing that only DW himself actually belonged in universe, but I loved the way the did the origin story so damn much that I didn't care.

Like straight-up, that was one of the best written episodes of anything that I have ever seen.

https://youtu.be/_R4-lZWxK00?si=CysQ2p03D1Glli2B

Antiyonder posted...

Both of them (Lost Levels and Super Mario USA) are basically officially produced equivalents to rom hacks.

Lost Levels (The Japanese SMB 2) being a remake of the first game, only much harder and World 9 being a shout out to the glitches version of levels.

Super Mario USA (America's SMB 2) being a reskin of another game.

And just both of them making Luigi more distinct than Mario, plus being single player.

Both of things have elements of truth to them, but are not really the whole story.

It's true that Nintendo decided not to localize their SMB2 because it was deemed too difficult for American players, but this was determined by having one American play test it. The guy worked in a warehouse. It also wasn't the only reason. Japanese players didn't respond entirely favorably to it because it was too similar to its predecessor. And personally, I found the original much harder.

On the second point, Doki Doki Panic was kind of an honorary Mario game anyway. It was made by the same people who made SMB1, according to the same design philosophies. To the point that they actively changed direction a number of times to keep it from being a straight clone. SMB2 also isn't a straight reskin. There are a number of differences beyond graphics, including the ability to run, shrinking when getting hit and the omission of a progress tracker that spammed all four characters' progress to unlock the true ending.

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/0/0c/Blank-ffix.png/revision/latest?cb=20120701162735

Didn't even have to look at the options to choose Burger King

@andel

Let's hear it

Either that the death penalty is positively barbaric or that public transportation is worth spending money on

But penne is literally just rigatoni except they cut it at an angle and these should not be considered two different foods and I will die on this hill

I used to like them but then I stopped being able to find anyone to go with. Generational thing, I guess. Must be all old people who go there.

Fluttershy posted...

i've always liked the chicken finger basket from applebees but i don't know if it's different these days.

They've been fighting that battle for decades. They'll change to a variety that's not as good, keep it that way for a little while, then change them back.

Dakimakura posted...

Why is so much of CE taking the instant death option?

I mean, instant death doesn't sound bad at all ngl

I dunno, a lot of Catholic rigamarole is kinda baffling but I do appreciate the implied reverence.

justaguy3492 posted...

Probably the best time to move there, what are the chances it happens twice in one week??

You never heard of a copycat crime?

I wonder if on the way down the construction crew were wondering what they did wrong.

Sorry, I'm not trying to make an irreverent joke; I just know that's what I would be thinking.

over the top anime style.

Like imagine instead of medicine commercials where people just do random boring stuff in slow motion while the narrator tells you all the side effects, they do random over the top anime stuff instead.

"But zemetraloftico is not for wimps! Do not take if you have a puny, unmanly liver ruined by drinking too much like a dumbass!"

*images of guys with pointy teeth breaking boulders with their foreheads and attracting all the girls*

Baron_Ox posted...

The Count of Monte Cristo Jim Caviezel adaptation is legitimately bad, and loses sight of the source material.

not to say that an adaptation has to be identical to the source material, but this adaptation feels generic and soulless.

Caviezel also lacked charisma in the role.

To be fair, there's really no way to make a decent film adaptation of CoMC. It's about as long as Lord of the Rings, and needs every single word. You'd have to make it like a ten film series to even cover every chapter.

There actually is an abridged publication (maybe more than one) but it's an absolute mystery how.

WoodenRook posted...

It's funny because I never get actioned on Steam. But, Publishers have a choice on whether they moderate their own forums or let Steam moderate them. Maybe your mileage is different because of the specific game you're posting on.

Yeah, it doesn't happen on game forums. It's always on Off Topic, which is the Steam equivalent of CE. Over there I'm known as the guy who gets banned constantly and nobody knows why.

PaperSplash posted...

So yes, open world games are harder to pull off well. And AAA game development is a race to the bottom, I am well aware. But why is the concept of closed worlds preferable to that of open worlds for so many? Is it just because the latter is easier to mess up?

No, it's just at a different point on the continuum between a puzzle and a sandbox. On the sandbox end, you're given more freedom, but your choices only have the meaning you give them. On the puzzle end, your options are more limited but you're rewarded for finding the solution.

Let me illustrate by comparing a similar encounter from three games from the same series: the tanks in Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid V, in order from most closed to most open.

MG1's single tank fight involves a tank moving forward and back down a hallway, firing alternately from machine guns on each side. There's really only one solution. You have to wait for it to roll back and start firing from the other gun, run around the corner, place some mines and retreat to safety. The mines are the only weapon that will damage it, and you cannot use them from a distance. You cannot strafe it because of the buildings. You can't even time it differently because of the guns. And it's a lot of fun, because the solution is interesting, because it still takes skill to implement, and because the challenge affords the solution.

In MGS1, the tank is no longer between buildings, so we can strafe it to avoid gunfire if we want. But we still have no anti-tank weaponry except what we will improvise, and leaving cover will get us shot by the main cannon. So we must disable the cannon with chaff grenades, causing the gunner to open the hatch and fire the machine gun and buying you a few seconds to throw frag grenades in the hatch. It's a little more open, as you can approach it from a couple of different directions, and if you remember the mine trick from MG1, that actually does slow it down. And it's still a lot of fun.

Then in MGSV, there are tanks everywhere. And you shoot them. Lame. Or hell, don't even fight them. Double lame. They did, at least, give you an option you can unlock later in the game where you can sneak up on them and capture them. Which is also lame, especially when you actually pull it off.

Quezovercoatl posted...

Which part?

One of the California cities. I saw it in a Mark Rober video.

emblem-man posted...

With a pension, aren't you kinda "locked" in to the job in a sense?

In a way. You're not forbidden from leaving; you're just giving up a gig that really hurts to lose.

Well, did you read it?

GranTurismo posted...

how were those pensions so bad? but they were still better than most 401ks

No, the jobs sucked.

401k but no pension.

My last two jobs had pension, but they effin sucked.

It's true.

But nothing is worse than Steam's mods. I'm convinced they're just bots that autoban everyone who has been marked and auto replies to contest wirh a generic message aboit che king to make sure the moderation wad applied properly.

mech_dragon posted...

Did ya'll do the poll wrong? The poll is which is worse.

Oops

I guess next time you'll know

There's literally no way this is possible.

I'm still sick from Xmas '07.

Me, personally, change my own sheets? Been several years. Mrs. Devsman usually takes care of that. If I'm changing sheets, it'll be for the boys.

Who gives a damn

You go build your PC and let people who wanna play whatever the hell exclusives PS5 has do their own thing

Gracious it's not rocket science

I guess? Not really sure I'd care about AR Games and Faceraider then either.

Starks posted...

If I was a developer, the only thing I would worry about would the PS5 Pro being so powerful that the ps6 ends up being an Xbox Series S compared to a One X.

The only thing they really need to do is put in a chip that identifies it as a PS6 so games can refuse to play if it's anything else.