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I'd be shocked if someone didn't already write that in some old EU book.

YUNASBFGIR posted...

So what is the actual issue here? So Nintendo isn't giving Kotaku any more review copies? They can still review whatever they want though, yes? Just not at the same time as the people who do have the review copies? I think I am missing the point as to why this is so important and upsetting.

Kotaku thinks they're important enough to deserve special treatment.

ToadallyAwesome posted...

Swing and a miss my dude.

Also if your tasting pine in an IPA some has gone wrong

That's literally true though:
https://www.citybrewtours.com/blog/not-from-india-5-facts-about-the-india-pale-ale/

During the British colonial efforts, porters were sent to India for the British Indian army and the British citizens living in India. Unfortunately, the beer spoiled during its long, 6-month voyage to India. The addition of extra hops helped it survive the trip.

Hops are a preservative:
https://www.lightdrinks.co.uk/blogs/latest/the-importance-of-hops

Hops can act as a preservative that prevents the beer from spoiling, adds flavour, aroma and provides a good head on beer.

Casual reminder that IPAs were invented because British ale going to India kept spoiling, so they just jammed it with as many preservatives as possible so they would have some kind of alcoholic swill to drink on the other end. It's the beer equivalent of McDonald's burgers.

"Aww gee I would have finished Winds by now but that darn strike happened. Please keep inviting me to events, though, because I'm totally in writing mode now, for real."

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I already did show it. I even bolded the relevant parts, but you've moved on to the part of a losing argument where you boldly declare that your opponent should be ignored rather than their argument, so you might as well move on to the part where you say you don't have time to entertain the discussion anymore so you can quietly leave the topic on your own terms

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A straw man is a misrepresentation of a position. You have very clearly stated your position that a teacher taking a phone from the student would constitute assault if the student felt threatened, a position that you keep saying over and over again nobody has disproven.

If you want to claim it's a complete coincidence that you just happen to be making their exact same point, you can go ahead and do that. But I don't think I've misrepresented your position at all. If anything, I have clarified for you that your position perfectly aligns with what they were saying, which you wouldn't have known since you said you never went into the topic.

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How would you know whether or not you said anything about the situation since you never entered the topic? You're so confident you didn't say anything about it, but you also said you never entered the topic.

But since you asked:
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So unless you consider inserting your opinion on what is and isn't assault not saying "anything about the student teacher situation" than I'm afraid you did, in fact, say something about the teacher student situation.

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So without an understanding of the story, the facts, the user, or what they said, you felt it necessary to enter this topic and defend an outsider's interpretation of their point? And you consider that sound logic?

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So then you'd be comfortable saying that Gremlynn was completely out of line for melting down like that in a topic about the actual story since it was precipitated on an entirely fabricated scenario? It would go a long way towards convincing people you're not an alt if you took even a moment to acknowledge said user's faults instead of continuing their argument from the exact spot they left off before being suspended.

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So I'm guessing you are just totally unaware that in the actual story at no point was it ever confirmed that the teacher actually touched the student, right? The entire unhinged meltdown was based on the assumption that the teacher had touched the student in the first place.

I guess we know what Gremlynn's other account is, lol.

Is this a real amendment being proposed? Or is this one of those performative things where they're trying to make a statement? It's being proposed by democrats, but it's also Texas so I can't tell either way.

The big difference between the top and the bottom is that many of the examples in the top are games developed by engine developers, and the bottom is games made by people who license those engines.

The people in the top were heavily incentivized to optimize their engine because that was the product they were selling to other companies. The games were a means of marketing what their engine could do. Nowadays, if you're a large studio just licensing one of those engines you probably have zero in a knowledge of the inner workings of that engine and therefore would really struggle to truly understand how to optimize for it.

A game made by an engine developer is almost universally going to be more well-optimized. It's an expertise problem more than anything.

Darkinsanity1 posted...

A Dynasty Warriors movie? Hmm when did this come out, I may have to check it out.

A few years back, IIRC. It's live action wire-fu style combat but they don't shy away from how much of a meme the games are. Like... the movie begins with the yellow turban rebellion and we actually get to see the main characters use their musou specials against hoards of enemies, causing them to all go flying into the air like in the games. Lu Bu is, of course, an unrivaled threat.

It's not a good movie, but it's a fun movie.

It certainly captured the feel of musou combat in a weird, goofy way. The bridge battle in particular. However, it does get tiring how every martial arts movie out of china's main plot is "if only we had a strong central government that everyone trusted blindly than we wouldn't have all these problems."

Tardigrades can survive in space, so it's possible.

Ironically, he was acting a bit touched.

Gremlynn posted...

SHE WAS TOUCHED WHEN SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE TOUCHED.

You said you have a son in high school. What have you done his whole life whenever he didn't want to put a toy down/away? Toddlers tend to not want to put things down. Either they've never once had something taken away from them in their entire life by you, or by your own definition you have assaulted your child.

coolcono posted...

Is there a Kamikaze MEME for Gremlynn in this argument?

I just want to know what gremlynn does if their kid doesn't want to put a toy down/away. If they have a son in high school, it means that child either has never once had something taken away from them, or by their own definition they are constantly assaulting their child.

What a thrill....

tremain07 posted...

And yet it still doesn't enroach on the ability to find more varied manga compared to finding more varied comics. Meanwhile non super hero comics often get ignored in favor of manga.

Oh, absolutely. The variety of stories is definitely a major part of all of this. But that's also why I think the format in which it sold is so important. Comics are kind of pricey, so buyers are being forced to choose between a known quantity like Superman or something they've never heard of before. If you buy an issue of shounen jump, you're going to get the issue you want along with like 19 other stories you may flip through and end up liking, all for roughly the same price of a single comic issue.

It's much easier to sell a weird concept if it's bundled with more popular series. It gives that concept an opportunity to present itself and gain followers without having to compete directly against the big anchor titles that sell the magazine.

Edit: which, funny enough, is how strip malls work as well. You have big anchor stores like Best buy or a food store that you know is going to draw a consistent crowd, and then that strip mall is filled with a whole bunch of smaller stores that sell more niche products. Those smaller stores are never going to be able to draw their own crowd, but if they're within walking distance of a place that people want to go to they will eventually start to draw enough people to succeed as its own entity.

tremain07 posted...

It seems a bit ignorant to think Manga is winning just because it has some hotties in it alot of female heroines tend to look like porn stars in stripper costumes too and people actually get mad when they don't I remember a huge rage fit in comic world years ago when Wonder Woman started wearing pants instead of how she looked in things like Justice League both the old show and the 00s era show

That kind of goes back to your original point though. Manga artists are assigned editors who often guide them in the story making process and will occasionally redirect their story towards what seems to be more popular with the fan base. Like, the only reason Dragon Ball had a tournament in the first place was because the series was underperforming and Toriyama's editor told him that people liked fighting more.

So like, if comic book artists are making changes to establish characters and the readers are being pissy about it, the manga approach would be to pivot back towards what people seem to want. The comics approach seems to be to push it out and then talk about how shitty their buyers are for not wanting it.

The format is also bad for sales. Marvel and DC want to sell you 10 pages of comic with 10 pages of ads for like $6 an issue. Manga comes in collected bundles where $10 gets you like 20 different comics.

It would kind of depend on whether the wizard even recognized a gun or not. Some of them seem blissfully unaware of practically any technology.

But also, this is a world where you can literally sidestep magic spells, so the wizard's not really going to be able to do anything here. The wizard would not only have to pull his wand out, but complete a full incantation and weave the magics into the air before the spell could go off. The guy with a gun just has to pull the trigger.

Lol no. It's all new. I won't spoil exactly why, but at this point it's probably safe to tell you that this isn't actually a remake.

legendary_zell posted...

I'm not talking about some regulation keeping them from leaving. I'm just saying their press releases and stories like this should contain actual facts and context, not just NY Post style right wing framing.

What does that actually change, though? It's not going to stop these businesses from up and leaving, and whether it's ultimately because of theft or taxation, I don't think forcing companies to throw up a chart when they leave is going to shame them into sticking around. The end result is still the same.

If you're going to suggest passing a law that relates to situations like this, why not pass one that actually incentivizes them to not leave?

legendary_zell posted...

I don't think we should be uncritically swallowing narratives that have turned out to be false countless times before and that aren't supported by the actual data on theft or crime.

Large corporations and the people that own them have a vested interest in portraying areas that tax and regulate them more as lawless hell holes and attribute normal business failure to that. They should need to present actual evidence of the causes for closures and then explain why the solution isn't to tax them more to meet economic needs.

That never comes up though because the framing inexorably leads to electing conservatives and increasing policing.

You're probably right (about taxes vs crime), but the problem with this approach is that you can't force a company to stick around. Making them pass some kind of test to leave deprives owners of legitimate freedom to manage their own finances. Arguing that any company that wants to go should be bled dry until they go under is cruelty bordering on fascism.

So then what happens? The area's policies drive business away, income drops, resources are starved, and you get Detroit. You need a balance of incentives to make people WANT to work in your city enough to be willing to pay the price. All stick and no carrot turns areas into slums.

In 2046 when it will have been 65 years since his first appearance.

I would say death stranding. A lot of people meme on the game but I did find it legitimately enjoyable and the asynchronous multiplayer component, which is half of the gimmick of the game, won't be around forever. Might as well get the authentic experience before those servers one day shut down.

Burger King is closing like 400 locations, so I think we're already in the opening salvo of the Franchise Wars. Better learn how to use the 3 shells.

MarcyWarcy posted...

pretty scummy to do that when their profits are up

i will continue not to eat there because they are gross

According to the article this isn't some corporate decision. Two major franchisees are declaring bankruptcy and the combined stores that those two people own make up most of the ones being closed.

Of all the major fast food chains, Burger King is definitely the one that seems to have most given up over covid.

Bass posted...

AM or PM?

If we go by military time then we can have both 12:34 and 23:45

As long as they have the one version with the Nashville hot sauce or whatever else they threw on it.

voldothegr8 posted...

So either DMC or macro simulator. Again why would anyone be hyped for a FF game in 2023?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/5/4/AABJX0AAEcqC.jpg

I think a lot of people have this vision of FDR but they're not really aware of what his policies were.

When he first tried to pass a lot of his policies, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional so he packed the courts.

His whole approach towards joblessness were public works programs. He didn't send people checks, he invented jobs that needed to be done and then gave people those jobs.

And then of course there's the whole him hiding his sickness using camera tricks and things like that out of fear that if the public knew he was partially paralyzed they might not re-elect him.

That's not to say he didn't do a lot of good. Just that I think time has smoothed over some of the wrinkles on what his presidency was actually like.

DrizztLink posted...

Personally I don't think grocery stores should be using EMPs on people regardless of how much meat they're stealing.

Oh sure, take that stance. Then when the vegan robots show up to steal all the beef, you'll be standing there without your EMP feeling really silly.

voldothegr8 posted...

This pretty much makes my point. Who in the hell wants to play FF "for the combat"?

I would assume people who actually want to enjoy the moment to moment gameplay that they're experiencing over the 60 or 80 hours in between cutscenes.

They've already showcased that there's some ring system that lets people automate combat if they don't feel like actually playing the game. It's highly customizable, too. You can just automate dodging, or automate attacks, or automate special moves... however much you want to take away in terms of gameplay to get back to that turn-based feel you can go right ahead and do that.

I don't remember having TOO much trouble, but IIRC this is one of those fights where weapon choice really matters. I was using blades of mercy so I was able to DPS him down and play hit-and-run with the rooftop pillars. If you're really stuck, try switching weapons. It might be that what you're using is simply too slow to take advantage of his openings.

orcus_snake posted...

no way FFVII comes out same year as FFXVI

They already confirmed winter 2023 is the release date:
https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/final-fantasy-vii-25th-celebration

saspa posted...

Some people were theorizing that they wanted to avoid confusion with Thor Ragnarok's Hela who identifies as the goddess of death.

Woulda been nice if thanos had shown up when she was there and got his ass kicked by her

Yeah, I can't really fault marvel for not wanting to bring in the fact that the marvel universe effectively has multiple different death gods and pantheons. The whole perfectly balanced thing might have been a little goofy, but it was probably the right call to not have Thanos simping over the grim reaper if it meant audiences not having to wonder why there are multiple gods of death and what exactly happens when somebody dies in the mcu.

It was wise of them to not underestimate the quad laser.

I need this year to slow down. Zelda in a week, The system shock 1 reboot like a week later, Street fighter 6 the week after that, final fantasy 16 a week or two after that. There isn't enough time in the day, and I'm not even thinking about what the fall is going to look like. Isn't the final fantasy 7 remake part 2 coming out in November or something?

Thank God Tekken isn't likely to be out until next year.