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"Gentlemen, we need a really in depth protagonist. Someone today's gamers can relate to. Someone with strengths and flaws. Someone that looks really good on the box art"

"YOU PLAY AS A HOLE!"

".... brilliant!"

I am glad to have a Katamari Damacy like game on Steam now, will get it for the wife.

Splash wave is getting to Captain Kristian levels of quality.

What other channels under 50k subs would you recommend get some spotlight?

Captain Marvel was a character to compete in the business with Superman. His powers originally started on the Moon, but in later comics it was changed to Mars.cp

DC sued and won the rights to Captain Marvel.

His most notable appearance was in Kingdom Come, a fantastic comic that is still cheap to buy today. (i strongly recommend it, no prior comic knowledge needed, completely stand-alone)

Captain Marvel was changed to Shazam, and was voiced by a Hobbit (Sean Astin)

At least my memory of him 20 years ago.

Sorry, I am out of the loop.

Is this kneeling anthem thing something no one will remember in 5 years? Or is it something?

I'm a bit behind. What was everyone fussing about in 2016 and what happened as a result today?

From what I heard, watching on a regular basis seems to make it much more enjoyable than CN's scheduling. Like watching Infinity War with 1 hour commercial breaks at random spots in the movie.

I had watched them streaming and I must say the last 3 seasons were top notch being able to watch them a steady pace.

Blue_Dream87 posted...

I'm not crying, you're crying.

Such a good ending. Actually wrapped everything up well. I only wish Martin was in the ending

I am okay with that. Good lesson to kids: let the deadbeats in your life go, don't keep trying to bring them back.

One of the big points was Cities Skylines over SimCity. I am surprised I haven't gotten many people telling me what the alternative to The Sims is. Surely the Sims isn't your only choice?

Pro Evoltuion Soccer over FIFA is another I get people telling me. From what I heard PES is the lesser of two evils if you had to give someone money. I am surprised an indie developer hasn't tried to make a solid sports game besides Rocket League. Steam has some clever soccer games though, like one that is more of an RPG as a turn-based soccer game with experience, one that takes a humorous route, and one that tries to make an old pick-up-and-play SNES style soccer game.

Some examples I have heard but not tried myself:

- 20XX over Mighty Number 9. I heard 20XX has been doing very well for the devs.

Sure X game is bad, but that doesn't make anything better. How about suggest something else to play instead of X game? ;)

Clementine and Lee, both from The Walking Dead game.

...

Welp, emotions that's for sure.

MarqueeSeries posted...

I'm not sure if any Switch games officially support the game cube controller

The joycons are fine for single player games, but using them for multiplayer sucks

So Pro Controllers would be the way to go? Can a Pro Controller turn the console on remotely?

SweetieBelle462 posted...

So you still play those kiddie games? Lmao

I am 38 and my daughter is 5. I am pretty much looking to make up for lost time where I felt very lonely as a kid having no one to play video games with. The Internet wasn't a thing yet and liking Final Fantasy would get you made fun of. :(

^ Best find it quick, distributors may only have enough to last another month or so until PlanB's next reprint. MSRP is $40, so you should easily find an online store that sells it for less than $40. Edit: Nope nevermind, Amazon is already at $39.95 and vendors will probably scalp the price like an NES classic.

Or are Joycons just fine for a accurate 100% completion for most games?

Or is there a chance I can get four wireless Gamecube controllers at one point that most games other than Smash Bros can support easily?

^ All correct!

#1 is Monday Night Combat, AZO did the animation for it.

Godnorgosh posted...

I've heard that Kotaku in general is notoriously bad, but this particular review is p. great

They have some fantastic writers, but they either don't hang around long enough, or get passed up by most viewers :(

Devil_Katt_II posted...

I didn't play games with loading screens

Solid State Hard drive bros for life <3

sauceje posted...

5) is one of those dragonball fighting games on the PS1, I think

Having not had a PS1 growing up I missed out on a lot of classic loading screens lol

Close enough! They got a patent on mini-games in loading screens meaning other companies couldn't do it. You were forced to wait by law, not by choice.

ArchNemo posted...

Number 4 looks like Pyre. Other than that no idea

Correct :3

5) https://imgur.com/Go0srWt
Hint: This affected ALL other loading screens in all games after it.

1) https://imgur.com/a/74NWm8C
Hint: A very popular youtuber during the youtube golden age did animation for this game

2) https://imgur.com/VaSSSNV
Hint: its not a shooter

3) https://imgur.com/a/74NWm8C
Hint: this game sold 14 million copies with a loading screen that just flashed a white square.

4) https://imgur.com/MOK2Jya
Hint: Won many best soundtrack awards

^ Shame is hard to find high quality research videos like that on youtube.

Azul is the new hotness, winner of the Spiel Des Jahres award this year.

Antifar posted...

Forza Horizon 3

I assume fans keep going back to this one after other Forzas?

blablablax17 posted...

Hyrule Warriors.
Especially the definitive edition.

Remember, you got to wear a Tingle costume if you can't complete the game by the end of the train ride (completionist episode)

TheFuriousInch posted...

Hollow Knight?

Holy crap, for the past decade I kept bugging everyone about wanting more Metroidvania games. 2018 is like an orgasm age of the genre.

electricbugs2 posted...

Morrwoind GOTY

500 hours gone right there. Bonus if you add mods like TR which tack on another 500 hours.

I went through 4 computers in my lifetime that had run Morrowind at various levels of detail, from a Pentium II up to my first big gaming rig. With my living room high end custom build, I forget that Morriwind used to be a graphics whore :)

SophieLuvsTofu posted...

Also +1 for make an have videogame topic on that board when it is.

I rarely see these here despite the website name lol

I only post to GameFAQs a "drafts" for video games and board game topic ideas. So this is like a dumping ground for all my crap ideas to help me find gems which I share on other media :)

The Orange Box?

Smash Bros Ultimate?

Terraria?

^ that will be funny, if the meta and championships all involve similar decks, like playing No Man's Sky where every player only prefers to play on one type of planet.

https://imgur.com/a/R2XRhVv

Now I don't have to have hundreds of kids keep asking me about special conditions in Pokemon. I just print out a crapton of these bad boys and pass them out like candy to all the newbies. Hopefully The Pokemon Company will get rid of the un-intuitive "rotate" thing and just have icons for all the conditions for consistency :)

What would you like to see change in the Pokemon card game?

One big thing that is about to hit is a card game that gets rid of rarity by having you buy complete decks. No two decks are the same, and you cannot swap cards in the deck (each deck has a decklist). This means you can't get your ass kicked all the time by someone who spent $2,000 on cards. Its made by the same guy who made Magic: the Gathering.

For example:



My favorite, and why he made this channel:

glitteringfairy posted...

I am so gonna deed to this when I get home. Also how many times did he have to do that awesome coin trick to get it just right

If you want to destroy your fun parts, I recommend the youtube channel "Games as Literature". Imagine a high school teacher giving a lecture literary analysis for your favorite games ;)

The history of the RPG and what led to Dragon Quest paving the way for the RPGs you play today :3

^ Now that is a useful post Darkman :D

DarkProto05 posted...


Maybe I am still living in circa 1999 GameFAQs, but I didn't know you could say that without getting modded O_o

Flockaveli posted...

Dubs. Subs.

Tell my 5 year old who loves Kiki's Delivery service that subtitles are better. :P Otherwise, I'd agree.

DarthWendy posted...

Weeaboo games. G.od of War.

I always wondered does Pyre count as a weeaboo game? Its a visual novel but its also NBA Jam. Not sure if its a jock game or nerd game.

Anything, product, media, whatever :)

What is the better alternative?

In an MMO I was part of a Thieves Guild. One day we got a message calling all guild members to the roof of the thieves guild for an emergency.

A cow spawned on the roof of our guild. We all took turns petting and hugging the cow. Someone named it Fred. It was our new mascot of the Thieves Guild! Fred the thieving cow :3 We all decided to throw a party on the roof with people dropping food and water items, and some guild members even dropped some cool loot for anyone to pick up!

Then one member jumped out of the shadows and decapitated the cow. The end.

and now the moon theme to Duck Tales is stuck in your head.

You are welcome.

Assuming someone has a pie chart or graphs that show how pros bind their controls. Unless they all use default >_>

I was summoned here apparently. Unfortunately I do not remember how she got my subpartoaster moniker. I would say it was an alt account I had, but I don't see myself dare sharing account info with anyone. Maybe it was a throwaway email I used, but subpartoaster feels like my kind of real humor.

Fun tidbit: my MagicToaster name got hacked via password guessing if I recall. GameFAQs at the time didn't have a lockout for incorrect passes, so a bot was able to determine my 1999 strengthened password back when passwords could be anything.

Day 2 was mostly gaming ettiquette. Not touching other people's pieces, letting the current player have the final say and getting their turn in the spot light. Keeping people engaged and getting good storytelling and inside jokes going in the game.

Castle Panic I felt is the best way to practice being a good host or entertainer :)

billcom6 posted...

I did a board game club with kids last year. Though we just had really random stuff for the most part. Kids to like the game Blokus a lot.

Good ol' Blokus! Shame Mattel owns them now :(

At this camp they played Pandemic, Castle Panic, Magic Maze, an Escape room with lateral thinking puzzles called Exit, Mysterium, Codenames, and Spyfall.

Most preferred Pandemic oddly enough, as you would think your average kid would prefer a Plants Vs Zombies kind of game or a wacky D&D speed game. Exit was the least favorite, kids prefer their parents to help with escape rooms :)

Ranting Nord posted...

Do a dnd one shot with them.

Oddly enough, I have only done D&D groups with kids, no adults yet.

Most kids are great as (mentioned above) they like to find ways to break or circumvent rules, and many try to follow the story. However every kid I taught D&D to never played and RPG, so I only had one kid who only wanted to play for stats and numbers and would ignore everyone else in their party.

One interested encounter was when they visited the town of Phandalan, where they were supposed to find a missing Dwarf they had a deal with. Long story short, they fought a giant potato monster to get potatoes back to a potato farmer instead.

The first day was learning about good game design and bad game design.

Pandemic doesn't follow the sins of a board game:

1) It doesn't have player elimination

2) It gives you control, or the illusion of control, that you feel like your decisions matter and you aren't playing on auto-pilot.

3) Directly screwing over players for no reason

Hi, your friendly neighborhood kerred here!

This week I was running a youth group camp for cooperative board gaming. We had 12 kids sign up. Each day involving learning how to a play a new game and some little tidbits with various aspects of game design, interaction, meta, and etiquette.

Day 1: Background: Out of the 12 kids, their favorite video games mostly included Minecraft and mainstream Nintendo titles. Oddly no Fortnite players. One kid said he didn't like video games (probably only had exposure to Mobile gaming, so I don't blame him). Board game wise, most either didn't play board games, were into the mainstream like Monopoly, with two kids liking Ticket to Ride and Mysterium.

The first day was Pandemic, where they didn't go to the instructions once: i just taught the rules. They all made the usual mistakes

Different between kids and adults: Most kids will tend to make up rules in their head to solve problems. I don't know if this is just they haven't accepted the harsh reality of life yet, or used to video games that can make you do things that were not intended, or experiment through trial and error. But I don't find many adults doing this. When I give rules to adults, they only tend to work with the restrictions they are given.