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Wait, the Dunkaccino scene is from ADAM SANDLER'S JACK AND JILL? But it's SO GOOD

imo canonically Zagreus is with both Thanatos and Meg, it was never a choice

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Stray still way too high.

No Dwarf Fortress is an absolute disgrace.

They literally say in the article that Dwarf Fortress came out after their cutoff date

masterplum posted...

Golden idol is the ridiculously ugly one right

I usually don't care about graphics in games...

But yeah

Well, obviously you do care, so don't kid yourself

I'm very glad I didn't have to reassure you that this game would be worth it despite the game's bleak atmosphere by the way - I agree with you that it's not normally my thing but for obvious reasons VLR transcends that anyway

andylt posted...

Did all of you figure out this twist beforehand?

I can't really remember except I think I figured out where it was going a bit before it was revealed. I don't think I figured it out WELL in advance though.

And yes, it was fun seeing you accuse everyone else of being a robot!

cyko posted...

Season games like Fortnite and League of Legends should absolutely not be included in a Game of the Year list, They weren't released in 2022. If the list is "Best games you played in 2022", then any game made by or before 2022 should be eligible.

I kinda get it from the perspective of the fact that they're ongoing games that are consistently adding stuff, but it's hard for me to imagine that anything Fortnite or LoL added in specifically 2022 is all that spectacularly worthy of a GOTY mention

andylt posted...

As usual any 'of the year' list released before the end of said year is invalid! Though it is useful to get new games on my radar that I'd never heard of- in this case PlateUp!, Raft, Perfect Tides, Rollerdrome, and... Poinpy.

Polygon didn't mention New Snap in their whole top 50 last time!

Yeah I still can't get over that one

Yeah I'm surprised by how low Tunic is on the list, it's one of the games I've played this year that really stood out. I think it'll stay with me for longer than Golden Idol though both are good

I actually do think that Polygon's GOTY lists are the closest to my own GOTY lists though it should be said

MacArrowny posted...

I prefer this year to last year gaming-wise, but Polygon lists don't always represent the best games of the year.

I know, but I also am speaking from the perspective of 2021 being a top 5 year for me all-time and 2022 being... not that

The Case of the Golden Idol is a very cool game that I recommend, but seeing it ranked as the #3 GotY threw me for a loop

This list feels like a really powerful indictment of how lackluster this year was in gaming outside of Elden Ring

I don't even consider Undertale an RPG at all anyway

SMK: Koopa Troopa
64: Yoshi or Toad
SC: Yoshi
DD: Koopa Troopa/Paratroopa
DS: Dry Bones
Wii: Didn't really play that much
7: Koopa Troopa
8: Isabelle

So uh... I guess Koopa Troopa

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Walker supporters blowing up and declaring themselves the winners at the 1% current lead, when almost every single high population democratic county in GA is at under 25% counted, and Warnock is slightly over performing across the state.

Stop the count people just don't learn.

No, I'd say they've actually learned quite well. Their whole point is to sow discord.

masterplum posted...

If it did someone could swoop in and make a killing

You probably actually can. I think betting markets on elections are extremely exploitable.

I don't bet on them because of extremely strong moral objections to betting on elections

Grimlyn posted...

Yeah I answered the same way on this one, even though I'm not really that opposed to the party. I think there's people who share good aims on individual issues but not really someone that "represents my views" as a whole

Yeah this is exactly where I was at too

Like, do I think Joe Biden is largely in the same universe as me politically? Yes

Does he "represent my views?" That's a really wide stretch

I don't really think anyone is even capable of representing my views seeing as being religious is de facto a requirement to hold office in the US and I am very intensely anti-religious, not to mention other political viewpoints I have that are just barely even a conversation in any mainstream american thought right now, not even with someone like Bernie Sanders (who also doesn't "represent my views" for a lot of reasons)

Grimlyn posted...

Outsider Left that put Dems 60

yeah there were certainly some questions that are just two wild extremes

also weirdly false patriotism regarding openness, where the two options are "openness is American" vs "openness is destructive"

Yeah I'm somewhere in between "there's a candidate who represents my views" and "there's no candidate who represent my views", I picked the latter and I think that shoved me more towards outside left

Also the bit about dismantling all our systems due to racism vs fixing the racism in our systems, like, I'm somewhere in between that too but the way it asked made me go for my "idealistic" answer vs my "pragmatic" answer

I got outsider left even though I put dems 80 lol

I think it's just because I answered the more radical things when asked what was closest to my views

Clearly the outsider left and I don't share a lot in common if they answered an average of 27 to how warm they feel about republicans!

It's not a sentimental favorite by any means but I think it pretty obviously plays better than stuff like MK64 or DKR

The power station is confirmed to have been damaged intentionally, but we don't know who the shooter was and the link between that and the drag show isn't confirmed. The timing is highly suspect, so I won't be surprised if that ends up being the reason, but I've been seeing this one passed around like it's common knowledge when there's absolutely nothing proving the link yet.

Peace___Frog posted...

Terrorists destroyed two substations in order to cut power to an 18+ drag show in Moore County, NC yesterday. As a result, over 40,000 people were without power this weekend, and the electrical company expects it to be some time before it can be restored. Schools are canceled for tomorrow, and not definitive for the rest of the week. Cell service is spotty, and reported traffic coming out of the area was heavy.

I think we should pump the brakes on this for a moment, this is still unconfirmed

Smash

I have seen people get the Tenmyouji ending first since its only lock is something pretty easy

Yeah I think there are two ways that people generally approach the game:

1) Start with magenta and then just go left to right on the flowchart
2) Start with cyan because you immediately want to know what Alice's deal is

I've only seen like one or two people start with the yellow door, and pretty much everyone who goes magenta or cyan allies at first

I have never seen someone go down the Dio ending as their first path; at best they do it second after allying with Luna.

MysteriousStan posted...

I know that Dio or Clover have to be the first ending you get. Other endings are locked behind stuff you find out in those two endings. Once you get one of the two things open up a bit I believe.

That's not true - there are some other possibilities, like getting the Tenmyouji ending first, it's just that the Dio and Clover endings are the only ones that have no locks.

I also got the Dio ending first. It was one of the first major things I did, since I went and did Betray Luna before going through the yellow door route at all.

I don't mean to pile on this but I genuinely consider Yelena the least boring new character introduced in phase 4

Metroid Prime

I feel like I've seen ads for this movie, not exactly a blitz but I'm fairly strongly aware it exists

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Yeah, so the reason the RFMA is a win for the religious right is that all it does is guarantee that a marriage performed legally in one state will be recognized federally, but it also has a ton of weaselly language in there about how non-profit religious organizations are indeed allowed to be as discriminatory as they want, and it basically enshrines 'states rights' as the law of the land in the case that Obergefell falls. Remember, the mormon church was in favor of this law, and this is why; it's a hedge bet against Obergefell falling from both sides, basically. If it does, then there is no question that they would be able to fully discriminate against gay marriage in Utah, and the matter would be a 'settled issue' because of the RFMA's passing that they don't have to debate anymore. It's not a huge win for them, but it just sort of ends up settling the debate on their side of the issue too much.

The Respect for Marriage Act is a pretty big win for the religious right so it's frankly pretty funny that they still refused to vote for it

Jakyl25 posted...

Wario puzzles (and all further generic Picross that exists to my knowledge) are just unlimited time and nothing is stopping you from making as many mistakes as you want. You just cant solve the puzzle until you get it right.

At least some of the Picross games offer a choice between modes, the Picross e games are "Mario" games by default if I recall correctly

The eshop on 3DS isn't dead yet I don't think, you can still buy all the Picross games on there. The Picross e series are a really good series of basic Picross games

On Switch I like to play Pic-a-Pix Deluxe, that's basically a Picross game but with colors, it's good

MysteriousStan posted...

I think VLR is easily the longest game of the 3 but I'm still surprised you haven't hit an ending yet. Maybe the paths to the endings are stricter in VLR than in 999 but I honestly can't remember.

Sorry, I try to avoid slipping into spoiler territory in these discussions but just for Stan's sake here; it's kind of a classic problem in VLR because the two easiest endings to reach (no locks) are the Luna-betray and Tenmyouji-betray routes, the two that people are the least inclined to do at the start of the game. Andy's not the first to do this, I did it too

Yeah, I think it's okay to tell you that you don't have the password yet. It's not a mystery you have to figure out or whatever.

Where I understand Outer Wilds not clicking with people is that it does require a degree of patience and a willingness to absorb some text - it's not a super text heavy game but when it talks, you have to listen and try to encapsulate what it's talking about. You have to be open to understanding the world and the premise the game is trying to lay down. I can imagine it being a bit overwhelming to travel somewhere and translate some text that's talking about what FEELS like some random shit to you at the time, and trying to comprehend all of that when you're taking it all in in random pieces.

But I don't get when people just like... fundamentally aren't capable of engaging the concept of having to explore different places and try to piece together the mystery little by little. It's one thing if all the mystery solving is too much for you but it's bizarre to me when people just don't understand the fundamental principles the game is working by. I played the game blind and had no problem figuring out what it was the game wanted me to do. It's not hard.

I don't remember if I have deepspraw blocked, I haven't seen him around in a while so shrug

Just a nazbol, block and move on, don't engage

I went in blind and didn't get confused about shit, I really don't understand what there is not to get (I can't see the original post in question though)

I didn't notice it either but I don't know if it was visible

So far you've taken the exact same route through the game I did lol

LordoftheMorons posted...

Gross. Isnt Fuentes like a straight-up neo-nazi?

yes, even more straight-up than most people

(me rubbing my hands gleefully knowing that Phi is about to tell Sigma there's a porno mag on the floor)

I was going to ask if you had played Somnium Files (you probably know why I was wondering). Rest assured I think this game is significantly less horny on main (Alice and Clover's outfits notwithstanding)

Crescent-Moon posted...

Wouldn't TCU losing this week be at home to a 4 win team and thus qualify as a terrible loss?

Yeah, thinking about it again, I actually think TCU needs to win out to stay ahead of Clemson.

So Clemson just needs to win out and get any loss from USC, or any loss from TCU, and they should be in, except for maaaybe the possibility of LSU beating Georgia which could make things stupid. But that's it.

And it should be needless to say but Alabama does not figure into the picture at all unless everyone else loses. Clemson leapfrogs them if they win out - that is very simple.

Ohio State/Michigan loser would need chaos to get in. That chaos would need to include another Clemson loss. There is no path in otherwise, unless the winner of the game just beefs it in the Big Ten championship game for no reason, in which case I have absolutely no idea whatsoever what happens.

I don't know if they would keep a SEC championship loser Georgia over ACC champion Clemson. That's the only thing I could see going wrong for Clemson.

I do think TCU could lose this week and then win the Big 12 championship and still be in over Clemson, yes, so it would need to be TCU losing the Big 12 championship. But that's only if USC wins out.

Clemson just needs to win out and have USC drop a game to either Notre Dame or the Pac-12 Championship and they're in. There's nothing more complicated to it than that.

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Dallas/New York OVER 45.5

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