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TopicJim Sterling takes Player Unknown to the Battlegrounds and destroys him
Darmik
08/28/17 6:13:24 PM
#139
Damn ZombiePelican defending Nintendo. Never thought I'd see the day.
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TopicThe slipping mechanic in Breath of the Wild is super annoying
Darmik
08/28/17 6:09:27 PM
#25
I liked that it made me think about the current weather. Same with lightning storms. I can't remember the last time I cared about weather in the game.

But I do think there should have been something that let you work around it. Like wet weather gloves or something.
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TopicJames Cameron calls 'Wonder Woman' a step backwards for women in Hollywood
Darmik
08/25/17 2:59:29 AM
#42
So_Hajile posted...
A better example from Cameron's own filmography would be Ripley from Aliens, a female character that embodied the traits of female motherhood and the guns-blazing male action hero. Instead of having Ripley sacrifice her female qualities, she was able to hold onto them while also displaying typical male traits and embody a progressive female character. The scene where he's holding Newt in one hand while holding a gun in the other is the perfect visual representation of this.

Sarah Conner from T2 is just repeating what Cameron had already done instead of progressing the female character another step. What he's shaming Wonder Woman for is exactly what he did in his very own example.


Cameron didn't make Ripley himself (she was already a great character in Alien) which I guess is why he didn't cite her as an example. I agree with you though.
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 2:38:28 AM
#37
There was concept art of the chopper crash mentioned here.
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TopicHow come Mario hasn't been called out for being a racist portrayal or italians
Darmik
08/25/17 2:24:53 AM
#47
PoopMcgee420 posted...
Cause Italians arent little bitches that cry over everything. They realize everything isnt racist or offensive. Unlike some.


Mama mia!
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TopicHow come Mario hasn't been called out for being a racist portrayal or italians
Darmik
08/25/17 2:17:50 AM
#43
Mario is nice.

That's why you hate Waluigi instead
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 2:16:32 AM
#26
Virus731 posted...
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75699800

Honestly can't believe after making that topic it actually happened.


Haha that is funny timing
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TopicName a work of fiction where the main character is your favorite character?
Darmik
08/25/17 2:11:15 AM
#29
Chuck
Breaking Bad
24
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TopicPc nude mods confirmed
Darmik
08/25/17 2:06:32 AM
#18
There will probably be a fan mod that converts the entirety of FFVII to the FFXV engine before the Remake comes out.
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TopicSo what was up with No Country For Old Men's ending (spoilers obviously!)
Darmik
08/25/17 2:04:02 AM
#4
He was an old man and there was no country for him.
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/25/17 2:03:07 AM
#31
Golden Axe (and a few other games around then) seemed to directly copy Conan the Barbarian.

Contra seemed to copy Arnold and Stallone movies to the point where you may as well be playing as them.

I believe Final Fight and Streets of Rage took inspiration from The Warriors

A lot of the monster design in Dead Space seemed ripped right out of The Thing.

Dash_Harber posted...
Yeah, I agree. It was fun at the time but it definitely wore out its welcome. I mean, we are probably just being nostalgic about it. There were tons of really bad games in the genre. I can see why it's making a comeback, though, since a whole new generation never got to play the games we did. I feel like Battlefield did the right thing, though, by choosing a similar war that was often overlooked.


I think one day there will be a random beach front level again and everyone will love it lol. What once was old can be new again I suppose.
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/25/17 1:46:25 AM
#29
Dash_Harber posted...
Darmik posted...
I remember a lot of WW2 shooters ripping off the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan. A lot of modern shooters 10-15 years ago copied Black Hawk Down too.


I can't believe I forgot about that. After Saving Private Ryan almost every single shooter at the time (Because they were all set in WW2) started with a cinematic scene set during the beach landing. Even some of the ones that weren't set on the western front copied the scene and set it in one of the other theaters.


I think COD ended up killing both of those trends. There was just no where else for them to go.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't find storming beaches fun though heh. I can't remember the last one I played.
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:43:20 AM
#21
Just in case there's any more doubt

http://lambdageneration.com/discussion/half-life/5-intriguing-things-breengrub-teaches-us-about-the-half-life-saga/

In 2012, Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw began posting some strange things on Twitter under the name @BreenGrub.

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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/25/17 1:40:05 AM
#26
I remember a lot of WW2 shooters ripping off the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan. A lot of modern shooters 10-15 years ago copied Black Hawk Down too.
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TopicPwnt the shit out of the president of the local news media.
Darmik
08/25/17 1:31:27 AM
#188
Are you actually getting this advice from a lawyer or are you doing it yourself by using Google?
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:26:46 AM
#18
I'm fine with Portal 2's ending tbh. This just sucks.

The Half-Life franchise ends with some sobbing and a fade to black. Wtf.
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/25/17 1:21:27 AM
#23
FF_Redux posted...
I felt Alan Wake had more of a Stephen King feeling rather than Twin Peaks.


I'm sure it's a mix of both but the whole police department, Mr Scratch, the ending etc. are very Twin Peaks.
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:20:05 AM
#15
A good tl;dr from GAF

So in case anyone wants a tldr:

-Gordon and Alyx head to Antartica and find a Combine base built around the Borealis, their helicopter gets shot down
-The Borealis is a weird shifting place that exists into two places simultaneously
-Breen as a Combine grub doesn't quite realize what happened to him, but hates his current state and after capturing Gordon and Alyx, asks them to kill him. Alyx refuses, but the player/Gordon can apparently do something to kill him
-Mossman claims that Eli had tasked her with being a triple agent for the Resistance all along
-They realize the Borealis is "stretched" between the past and present, not just two places in space; the Aperture scientists activated the device during the Seven Hours' War while the Combine was approaching and attempted to warp to Antarctica to be as remote as possible, but ended up warping into the future
-Time and space warp more around the Borealis and they get a glimpse of the Combine's headquarters they launch invasions from
-Mossman wants to "anchor" the Borealis in the present in Antarctica to safeguard it for the Resistance, Alyx wants to honor Eli's wishes and destroy it so it can never be misused; there's talk of the potential time paradoxes
-Mossman and Alyx fight, Alyx shoots Mossman
-Gordon and Alyx rig the Borealis to self destruct and create a missile that can travel between dimensions, essentially turning the Borealis into a time/space warping bomb aimed at the Combine base
-As they fire it, the G-Man suddenly appears and reveals that he's been keeping tabs on Alyx as some kind of sleeper agent (as hinted at in Episode 2) since the events of Black Mesa, and actually appears to Alyx (she remembers him) and takes her with him through his glowy train door as a "replacement" for Gordon, who he leaves to die
-The player sees that the Combine base is actually a massive Dyson sphere and there's no way the Borealis bomb will actually do any significant damage
-The Vortigaunts intervene and pull Gordon out right before the Borealis self destructs

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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:16:47 AM
#13
The gameplay design having a time shift mechanic in the latter half sounds very Half-Life as well. I could totally see that being a thing.

Apparently NDA's for Half-Life Episode 3 end this year too.
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:09:31 AM
#9
Everything about it seems like it would have fit perfect. The game is based around the ship but the twist is the coordinates were for a military base dealing with the ship phasing in and out of existence.

The episode would have ended with the G-Man plucking Alyx away instead of Gordon and Gordon seeing the full force of the Combine. Perfect set-up for Half-Life 3.

Oh well.
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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:06:18 AM
#8
fan357 posted...
Fake as balls


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Laidlaw

Marc Laidlaw (born 1960) is an American writer of science fiction and horror, and also a former scriptwriter with Valve Corporation. He is perhaps most famous for writing Dad's Nuke and The 37th Mandala, and for working on the popular Half-Life series by Valve.

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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 1:00:04 AM
#5

What it came down to, at last, was a choice. Judith Mossman argued, reasonably, that we should save the Borealis and deliver it to the Resistance, that our intelligent peers might study and harness its power. But Alex reminded me she had sworn she would honor her father’s demand that we destroy the ship. She hatched a plan to set the Borealis to self-destruct, while riding it into the heart of the Combine’s invasion nexus. Judith and Alex argued. Judith overpowered Alex and brought the Borealis area, preparing to shut off the Bootstrap Device and settle the ship on the ice. Then I heard a shot, and Judith fell. Alex had decided for all of us, or her weapon had. With Dr. Mossman dead, we were committed to the suicide plunge. Grimly, Alex and I armed the Borealis, creating a time-travelling missile, and steered it for the heart of the Combine’s command center.

At this point, as you will no doubt be unsurprised to hear, a Certain Sinister Figure appeared, in the form of that sneering trickster, the G-Man. For once he appeared not to me, but to Alex Vance. Alex had not seen the cryptical schoolmarm (no male equivalent) since childhood, but she recognized him instantly. “Come along with me now, we’ve places to do and things to be,” said the G-Man, and Alex acquiesced. She followed the strange grey man out of the Borealis, out of our reality. For me, there was no convenient door held open; only a snicker and a sideways glance. I was left alone, riding the weaponized luxury liner into the heart of a Combine world. An immense light blazed. I caught a cosmic view of a brilliantly glittering Dyson sphere. The vastness of the Combine’s power, the futility of our struggle, blossomed briefly in my awareness. I saw everything. Mainly I saw how the Borealis, our most powerful weapon, would register as less than a fizzling matchhead as it blew itself apart. And what remained of me would be even less than that.

Just then, as you have surely already foreseen, the Vortigaunts parted their own checkered curtains of reality, reached in as they have on prior occasions, plucked me out, and set me aside. I barely got to see the fireworks begin.

And here we are. I spoke of my return to this shore. It has been a circuitous path to lands I once knew, and surprising to see how much the terrain has changed. Enough time has passed that few remember me, or what I was saying when last I spoke, or what precisely we hoped to accomplish. At this point, the resistance will have failed or succeeded, no thanks to me. Old friends have been silenced, or fallen by the wayside. I no longer know or recognize most members of the research team, though I believe the spirit of rebellion still persists. I expect you know better than I the appropriate course of action, and I leave you to it. Except no further correspondence from me regarding these matters; this is my final epistle.

Yours in infinite finality,

Gordon Freeman, Ph.D.

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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 12:59:45 AM
#4
What happened next is even harder to explain. Alex Vance, Dr. Mossman and myself sought control of the ship–its power source, its control room, its navigation center. The liner’s history proved nonlinear. Years before, during the Combine invasion, various members of an earlier science team, working in the hull of a dry-docked liner situated at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center in Lake Michigan, had assembled what they called the Bootstrap Device. If it worked as intended, it would emit a field large enough to surround the ship. This field would then itself travel instantaneously to any chosen destination without having to cover the intervening space. There was no need for entry or exit portals, or any other devices; it was entirely self-contained. Unfortunately, the device had never been tested. As the Combine pushed Earth into the Seven Hour War, the aliens seized control of our most important research facilities. The staff of the Borealis , with no other wish than to keep the ship out of Combine hands, acted in desperation. The switched on the field and flung the Borealis toward the most distant destination they could target: Antarctica. What they did not realize was that the Bootstrap Device travelled in time as well as space. Nor was it limited to one time or one location. The Borealis, and the moment of its activation, were stretched across space and time, between the nearly forgotten Lake Huron of the Seven Hour War and the present day Antarctic; it was pulled taut as an elastic band, vibrating, except where at certain points along its length one could find still points, like the harmonic spots along a vibrating guitar string. One of these harmonics was where we boarded, but the string ran forward and back, in both time and space, and we were soon pulled in every direction ourselves.

Time grew confused. Looking from the bridge, we could see the drydocks of Aperture Science at the moment of teleportation, just as the Combine forces closed in from land, sea and air. At the same time, we could see the Antarctic wastelands, where our friends were fighting to make their way to the protean Borealis; and in addition, glimpses of other worlds, somewhere in the future perhaps, or even in the past. Alex grew convinced we were seeing one of the Combine’s central staging areas for invading other worlds–such as our own. We meanwhile fought a running battle throughout the ship, pursued by Combine forces. We struggled to understand our stiuation, and to agree on our course of action. Could we alter the course of the Borealis? Should we run it aground in the Antarctic, giving our peers the chance to study it? Should we destroy it with all hands aboard, our own included? It was impossible to hold a coherent thought, given the baffling and paradoxical timeloops, which passed through the ship like bubbles. I felt I was going mad, that we all were, confronting myriad versions of ourselves, in that ship that was half ghost-ship, half nightmare funhouse.

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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 12:59:03 AM
#3
At this point we were briefly detained–not captured by the Combine, as we feared at first, but by minions of our former nemesis, the conniving and duplicitous Wallace Breen. Dr. Breen was not as we had last seen him–which is to say, he was not dead. At some point, the Combine had saved out an earlier version of his consciousness, and upon his physical demise, they had imprinted the back-up personality into a biological blank resembling an enormous grub. The Breen-grub, despite occupying a position of relative power in the Combine hierarchy, seemed nervous and frightened of me in particular. Wallace did not know how his previous incarnation, the original Dr. Breen, had died. He knew only that I was responsible. Therefore the grub treated us with great caution. Still, he soon confessed (never able to keep quiet for long) that he was herself a prisoner of the Combine. He took no pleasure from her current grotesque existence, and pleaded with us to end his life. Alex believed that a quick death was more than Wallace Breen deserved, but for my part, I felt a modicum of pity and compassion. Out of Alex’s sight, I might have done something to hasten the grub’s demise before we proceeded.

Not far from where we had been detained by Dr. Breen, we found Judith Mossman being held in a Combine interrogation cell. Things were tense between Judith and Alex, as might be imagined. Alex blamed Judith for her father’s death…news of which, Judith was devastated to hear for the first time. Judith tried to convince Alex that she had been a double agent serving the resistance all along, doing only what Eli had asked of her, even though she knew it meant he risked being seen by her peers–by all of us–as a traitor. I was convinced; Alex less so. But from a pragmatic point of view, we depended on Dr. Mossman; for along with the Borealis coordinates, she possessed resonance keys which would be necessary to bring the liner fully into our plane of existence.

We skirmished with Combine soldiers protecting a Combine research post, then Dr. Mossman attuned the Borealis to precisely the frequencies needed to bring it into (brief) coherence. In the short time available to us, we scrambled aboard the ship, with an unknown number of Combine agents close behind. The ship cohered for only a short time, and then its oscillations resume. It was too late for our own military support, which arrived and joined the Combine forces in battle just as we rebounded between universes, once again unmoored.

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TopicApparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3
Darmik
08/25/17 12:58:24 AM
#1
http://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1423438

The original post altered the names but here's where they fit to be more clear.

*MAJOR EPISODE 2 SPOILERS BELOW

I hope this letter finds you well. I can hear your complaint already, “Gordon Freeman, we have not heard from you in ages!” Well, if you care to hear excuses, I have plenty, the greatest of them being I’ve been in other dimensions and whatnot, unable to reach you by the usual means. This was the case until eighteen months ago, when I experienced a critical change in my circumstances, and was redeposited on these shores. In the time since, I have been able to think occasionally about how best to describe the intervening years, my years of silence. I do first apologize for the wait, and that done, hasten to finally explain (albeit briefly, quickly, and in very little detail) events following those described in my previous game (referred to herewith as Episode 2).

To begin with, as you may recall from the closing paragraphs of my previous missive, the death of Eli Vance shook us all. The Resistance team was traumatized, unable to be sure how much of our plan might be compromised, and whether it made any sense to go on at all as we had intended. And yet, once Eli had been buried, we found the strength and courage to regroup. It was the strong belief of his brave daughter, the feisty Alex Vance, that we should continue on as her father had wished. We had the Antarctic coordinates, transmitted by Eli's long-time assistant, Dr. Judith Mossman, which we believed to mark the location of the lost luxury liner Borealis. Eli had felt strongly that the Borealis should be destroyed rather than allow it to fall into the hands of the Combine. Others on our team disagreed, believing that the Borealis might hold the secret to the revolution’s success. Either way, the arguments were moot until we found the vessel. Therefore, immediately after the service for Dr. Vance, Alex and I boarded a seaplane and set off for the Antarctic; a much larger support team, mainly militia, was to follow by separate transport.

It is still unclear to me exactly what brought down our little aircraft. The following hours spent traversing the frigid waste in a blizzard are also a jumbled blur, ill-remembered and poorly defined. The next thing I clearly recall is our final approach to the coordinates Dr. Mossman has provided, and where we expected to find the Borealis. What we found instead was a complex fortified installation, showing all the hallmarks of sinister Combine technology. It surrounded a large open field of ice. Of the Borealis itself there was no sign…or not at first. But as we stealthily infiltrated the Combine installation, we noticed a recurent, strangely coherent auroral effect–as of a vast hologram fading in and out of view. This bizarre phenomenon initially seemed an effect caused by an immense Combine lensing system, Alex and I soon realized that what we were actually seeing was the luxury liner Borealis itself, phasing in and out of existence at the focus of the Combine devices. The aliens had erected their compound to study and seize the ship whenever it materialized. What Dr. Mossman had provided were not coordinates for where the sub was located, but instead for where it was predicted to arrive. The liner was oscillating in and out of our reality, its pulses were gradually steadying, but there was no guarantee it would settle into place for long–or at all. We determined that we must put ourselves into position to board it at the instant it became completely physical.

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TopicTaylor Swift Dark Dance Single: 'Look What You Made Me Do' *Link Inside*
Darmik
08/25/17 12:26:58 AM
#15
So Blank Space and Shake it Off were about the stuff people said about her back before that album. That she was a ditz who can't keep a boyfriend and writes songs about everyone.

Now it seems like she's playing up to the persona people have said about her since those songs. That she's a ruthless, evil woman who destroys everyone who crosses her.

Pretty funny.
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TopicTaylor Swift Dark Dance Single: 'Look What You Made Me Do' *Link Inside*
Darmik
08/25/17 12:22:08 AM
#12
TheMikh posted...
she should really go back to doing country pop


Old Taylor is dead apparently
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TopicNew Taylor Swift single 'Look What You Made Me Do' just released
Darmik
08/24/17 11:59:55 PM
#1
Apparently on Spotify now but I'm sure you'll be hearing it somewhere in the next few days unless you don't leave the house.
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TopicYakuza Kiwami 2 leaked. Accidentally listed on PSN for pre-order
Darmik
08/24/17 11:20:18 PM
#3
Link43130 posted...
i can't read that


It only appeared in the Taiwan store. Look at the logo.
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TopicJames Cameron calls 'Wonder Woman' a step backwards for women in Hollywood
Darmik
08/24/17 11:10:06 PM
#24
His primary criticism seems to be about the Wonder Woman character in general. But I think re-interpreting classic characters in a modern way is a good thing.
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TopicYakuza Kiwami 2 leaked. Accidentally listed on PSN for pre-order
Darmik
08/24/17 11:09:06 PM
#1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DICk2CZVYAA7ptC.jpg:large

Yakuza is having one hell of a year
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TopicSuper Mario Odyssey sweeps Best Of Gamescom awards
Darmik
08/24/17 11:06:36 PM
#14
Evolve would be fun if you had a bunch of friends in a room together figuring out the game for the first time. Which is how the press played it.

Those experimental multi games were a big fad back then too IIRC. Everyone was looking for the next big thing. Which also benefitted Titanfall in 2013.
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TopicJames Cameron calls 'Wonder Woman' a step backwards for women in Hollywood
Darmik
08/24/17 11:04:50 PM
#13
iron jojo posted...
Darmik posted...
The director went on to explain that he believes one of his popular protagonists, Sarah Connor from the “Terminator” franchise, sets a better example for female leading characters in movies.



He's right


To be fair you could make a counter-argument that Linda Hamilton didn't headline Terminator. Arnie did. Even if the character was better.
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TopicSuper Mario Odyssey sweeps Best Of Gamescom awards
Darmik
08/24/17 11:00:13 PM
#10
2014 was a shitty year to be fair.

2017 has been amazing.
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TopicAmy Schumer Negotiated more money for Netflix special to match Chapelle/Rock
Darmik
08/24/17 10:59:32 PM
#77
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tv-shows/amy-schumer-i-dont-deserve-the-same-pay-as-chris-rock-or-dave-chappelle/news-story/c592d34fb49b47482e596af42a7ef0be

She said on Instagram while she believes “women deserve equal pay,” she doesn’t deserve “equal pay to Chris and Dave. They are legends”.

The 36-year-old added that while she did ask for “more than the initial offer,” she did not demand or insist equal pay to Rock and Chapelle.


The hate train has passed I'm guessing lol
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TopicSuper Mario Odyssey sweeps Best Of Gamescom awards
Darmik
08/24/17 10:58:05 PM
#7
Go_Totodile posted...
So there was no new info?


There was a new 20 minute demo they showed off.

I'm not watching anything else about this game personally.
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TopicJames Cameron calls 'Wonder Woman' a step backwards for women in Hollywood
Darmik
08/24/17 10:57:12 PM
#1
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/24/james-cameron-calls-wonder-woman-step-backwards-for-women-in-hollywood.html

DC and Warner Bros. hit it big with “Wonder Woman,” arguably the first big hit in its ambitious extended universe based on DC Comics characters. However, for every critical hit, there is always at least one voice of dissent.

Director James Cameron, who is currently working on a slew of “Avatar” sequels and another “Titanic” TV special, wasn’t as impressed as most people with “Wonder Woman.” In his opinion, it was over-hyped and served to do the opposite of forwarding the cause of women in Hollywood.

All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided," Cameron said in an interview with The Guardian. "She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing! I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie but, to me, it’s a step backwards."

The director went on to explain that he believes one of his popular protagonists, Sarah Connor from the “Terminator” franchise, sets a better example for female leading characters in movies.

“Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit,” he said. “And to me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female!”

Despite how Cameron feels about “Wonder Woman,” it was a hit amongst viewers and critics alike, scoring an impressive box office outing of more than $400 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo. This figure shatters the other installments in the DCEU. Recently, The Hollywood Reporter notes that director Patty Jenkins addressed the same issue of women in Hollywood as well.

"I hope the success of the film will lead to change and lead to other people getting opportunities," Jenkins told reporters. “I hope women become a diverse, easy hire for all sorts of jobs in the future.”


James Cameron meanwhile is also planning a new Terminator movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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TopicSuper Mario Odyssey sweeps Best Of Gamescom awards
Darmik
08/24/17 10:53:52 PM
#1
http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/24/super-mario-odyssey-sweeps-best-of-gamescom-awards-6876988/

Nintendo’s next big game for the Switch has once again picked up multiple industry awards, as Destiny 2 also celebrates two wins.

As we type this Gamescom, the European equivalent of E3, is over for another year. And without wishing to make any jokes about German efficiency, the results of the official Gamescom awards have already been announced.

There were 21 categories, with 100 different game submitted as nominees. According to Google Translate an ‘expert jury’, who we assume were primarily German, decided the winners.

At first it may seem odd that Super Mario Odyssey won so many awards, including Best of Gamescom and the Consumer choice prize, as Nintendo never usually exhibit anything new to the press at Gamescom.

But while the first day of Gamescom is press-only the rest of the week it’s open to the public (except for the business area where all the journos and PR people skulk about). And for them this would’ve been the first chance to play Super Mario Odyssey, and many of the other games listed below.

Super Mario Odyssey also won Best of Show, Best Console Game, and Best Action/Adventure Game at the E3 Critics Awards. So there’s going to be some very disappointed fans if the game doesn’t live up to expectations when it’s release for Nintendo Switch on October 27.


Mario stays winning.
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TopicLmao Affleck is out of the Batman movie.
Darmik
08/24/17 10:50:53 PM
#26
Ben Affleck did a good job with what he's been given so far.

The only real issue is I'm not sure what they're planning to do with him long term since they're starting a cinematic universe with him really late in his career.
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TopicDoes the original Spider-Man trilogy still hold up well?
Darmik
08/24/17 10:45:48 PM
#8
You're out Gobby. Out of your mind.
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TopicMax Payne is awesome!
Darmik
08/24/17 10:44:17 PM
#17
Cookie Bag posted...
Darmik posted...
but the vibe is totally different.

This is mostly the reason why i didn't like Max Payne 3, 1 and 2 have one kind of vibe and setting and 3 turns into some sort of GTA Brazil game


I think that's fair enough. It's not a dark noir game anymore. It's more like a Michael Mann sorta thriller. Which does fit Rockstar a bit more I guess. At least it's still gritty and has lots of monologues.

Yaridovich posted...
Max Payne 3 is a cover based shooter with a little bullet time whereas 1 and 2 are bullet time shooters with a little bit of cover


I barely used cover in MP3 tbh. It's an option but it's overall a much better game if you play it like the original 2.
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TopicMax Payne is awesome!
Darmik
08/24/17 10:39:30 PM
#14
It's a really great franchise. Max Payne 2 is similar and more tight but it's shorter.

Max Payne 3 is a completely different beast. Production values are through the roof. It's still overall faithful mechanics wise but the vibe is totally different.
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/24/17 9:08:33 PM
#13
LIsJustice posted...
The Last of Us- The Road


That's a good one. Children of Men too.
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/24/17 8:17:42 PM
#10
Dead Rising 1 was pretty much a copy of Dawn of the Dead. Even down to the social commentary of consumerism.
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/24/17 8:13:12 PM
#5
Solid Snake is pretty much just a Snake Plissken copy from Escape from New York

One of the Just Cause games (2 I believe?) had the island from Lost as a secret. The Wolverine: Origins game also had the hatch from Lost hidden away.

A lot of the music from Mass Effect is inspired by Blade Runner. I'm not sure if it has ever been stated but if the Valerian movie is accurate it looks like they took a lot of inspiration from the graphic novel.
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TopicWho should the Rabbids crossover with next?
Darmik
08/24/17 8:06:04 PM
#7
Phoenix Wright: Rabbid Attorney

The Last of Us & Rabbids
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TopicVideo games that were heavily inspired by movies, TV shows and books
Darmik
08/24/17 8:04:59 PM
#1
Alan Wake and Deadly Premonition are basically Twin Peaks: The Game. Twin Peaks inspired quite a lot of Japanese horror games too I believe.

Silent Hill copied the school from Kindergarten Cop

Halo took a lot from Aliens and Predator
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TopicWho should the Rabbids crossover with next?
Darmik
08/24/17 8:00:07 PM
#1
Could Halo + Rabbids save the franchise?
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TopicIs Halo dying?
Darmik
08/24/17 7:53:30 PM
#16
Microsoft probably didn't expect Halo to be as big as it was but they did believe in it. They snatched it away from Mac/PC and let Bungie release a tie-in novel for it. Which was unusual at the time.

But yeah I think they thought both Blinx would be their mascot for the kids like Mario. I guess that lead to them buying Rare. I remember one of the Microsoft execs asking if they had Donkey Kong now so some of them might have thought that would be their mascot lol.
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TopicIs Mario dying?
Darmik
08/24/17 7:50:31 PM
#4
It's okay if he did because he has plenty of 1-Ups.
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