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Topic | Jim 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | The 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | James 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. 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | How 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! --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | How 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 --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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 Haha that is funny timing --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Name 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 --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Pc 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | So 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Pwnt 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? --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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: --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently a Half-Life writer leaked out the plot for Episode 3 |
Darmik 08/25/17 1:00:04 AM #5 |
--- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Apparently 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). --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Taylor 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Taylor 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 --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | New 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Yakuza 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | James 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Yakuza 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 --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Super 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | James 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. To be fair you could make a counter-argument that Linda Hamilton didn't headline Terminator. Arnie did. Even if the character was better. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Super 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Amy 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 hate train has passed I'm guessing lol --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Super 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | James 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. James Cameron meanwhile is also planning a new Terminator movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Super 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. Mario stays winning. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Lmao 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Does 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Max Payne is awesome! |
Darmik 08/24/17 10:44:17 PM #17 | Cookie Bag posted... Darmik posted...but the vibe is totally different. 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Max 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Who should the Rabbids crossover with next? |
Darmik 08/24/17 8:06:04 PM #7 | Phoenix Wright: Rabbid Attorney The Last of Us & Rabbids --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Video 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 --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Who should the Rabbids crossover with next? |
Darmik 08/24/17 8:00:07 PM #1 | Could Halo + Rabbids save the franchise? --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Is 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. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
Topic | Is Mario dying? |
Darmik 08/24/17 7:50:31 PM #4 | It's okay if he did because he has plenty of 1-Ups. --- Kind Regards, Darmik |
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