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Dancedreamer posted...

If the court overturns Roe V Wade we should just ignore the supreme court from here on out. just pass whatever laws we want. Just absolutely ignore them.

This should have been our strategy since like late 2015 tbh

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TheRock1525 posted...

Went to pick up my NEO The World Ends with You for $15 at Walmart and they refused to give it to me.

You're not the only person I've heard this happened to. Utterly perplexing behavior from Walmart.

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I thought movement felt great in HK -- probably that game's biggest strength for me. Part of the reason I was so okay with the high difficulty is because (unlike something like Dark Souls) I was never fighting the game's controls. Everything felt super precise and doable.

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I haven't played Ori 2 yet but I basically agree that the first wasn't much to write home about. I thought the movement felt sloppy and the combat was pretty bad. I also thought the game was ugly and had a nothing plot. (not plot spoilers, just very unpopular opinions in the tags lol)

I'll get around to the second at some point, based on what I've heard I think I'll like it at least somewhat more.

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While Hades is indeed unrelated y'all will be happy to know that skullbone's very next post was:

skullbone posted...

I just realized I posted a bunch of Roguelites instead of Metroidvanias lol

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This one's an oldie but a goodie: Aquaria

It doesn't have much in the way of platforming for a Metroidvania since most of it is underwater, but the combat and exploration are solid and it's a very cool setting with great atmosphere and lots of secrets. Story kinda sucks unfortunately, but it's not a big deal.

Another old one: Shadow Complex

It's a Super Metroid-style Metroidvania with some 3rd person shooter sensibilities. Setting and story are kinda crap but great gameplay and again, tons and tons of secrets.

In terms of newer games... which elements of metroidvanias do you like the most? Hard to make a recommendation without knowing that since something like Yoku is completely different from Monster Boy, etc.

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Seginustemple posted...

That's been his policy on shows for a while now, I saw him in '17 at the Palladium and had to lock my phone in a little purse

I think it kinda makes sense for shows, but AFAIK he wasn't, like, doing material for the students he was speaking to. It was more of a Q&A/meet & greet type thing. It seems more like he knew he was going to say something bad and wanted to be able to deny it later.

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HashtagSEP posted...

He was rightfully pushed back against for what he said. Im not sure what wang is going on about other than trying to play Captain Hindsight.

Can't really blame him, his head's so far up his ass that all he's got is hindsight

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GuessMyUserName posted...

I'd also add the way he covers the story and completely skips over the part Dave looks like a clown by going on a boomer rant to these high schoolers about what a big shot he is they'll never surpass

My favorite part was how he didn't let students attend unless they locked their phones away

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turbopuns3 posted...

I've lived most of my life avoiding politics.

How fortunate for you.

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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (Switch)

Pretty good LttP-like. Not much unique or original, though the framing device is neat.

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Table 5 so I could spit in McConnell's stupid face

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7.5

Lopen posted...

Sad to say that overexposure on the Internet probably hurt it for me though.

Same here unfortunately

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Well all remember it when President Trump/Tulsi order the military to shoot insurrectionists when the DC protests against his law abolishing schools get too violent and are corralled into a Federal building.

Conservatives don't need an excuse to order the killing of protesters.

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RyoCaliente posted...

I think Riku is at this really weird section where he's really difficult as a kid, but as an adult you breeze through him. I always struggled at that fight when I was younger, but when I replayed KHI a couple of years ago I got him first try without too much effort either.

Oh yeah, that would make sense. I only played KH for the first time as an adult so it tracks.

Aggelos (Switch)

Technically I guess this is a Metroidvania, but it doesn't have a map so my hot take is that it doesn't count. It's a lot more like, I dunno, Zelda 2 without the overworld bits. It kinda rocks though. Recommended.

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The racism angle is from Kyle being a white supremacist, not from his actions that night per se

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7

Mostly on the back of the storybook as others have said

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

- Says Kyle has PTSD and doesn't sleep at night, and that they couldn't discuss certain things when prepping him for testimony because he would break down. Says you can't fake his breakdown.

lmfao

Hope he's too traumatized to ever so much as touch a gun ever again

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Literally not a single person on my timeline talking about anything other than "the judge being corrupt" and how he and the defense were in cahootz.

I'm so happy for this play by play because I would be completely in the dark about the reality of this trial otherwise. Absolutely NOBODY talking about the horrible prosecution, no dissent on the corruption narrative at all.

I mean, tbh Biscuit's write-ups have changed my opinion on this trial but I still absolutely feel like the judge is corrupt (if obviously less than the prosecution). That and the actual verdict are separate issues.

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xp1337 posted...

For lighter news - the meme is back:

https://twitter.com/lgbtqnation/status/1461485130283765760

NOT INVITED

Puppets and mascots not allowed but rest assured that plenty of clowns will be in attendance

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Sounds interesting, for sure!

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4/10 I guess

It's not really bad in any way but it barely even exists

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Robazoid posted...

58- Winter Voices

Never heard of this one, write-up please?

Mobilezoid posted...

I did play the next VN these people wrote, Heart of the Woods, and I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much. The friendship between the two main girls in that was compelling, but their respective romances both felt so contrived. There was no realistic buildup or doubts like HB had, just suddenly two characters are banging, and of course this century-old ghost is a lesbian, it's a yuri VN why wouldn't she be? Ugh. Amber and Marina had more chemistry in one scene than those two romances did combined.

I liked Heart of the Woods more, but I agree the romances weren't as compelling. I thought the drama in HotW felt more legitimate and that the broader (non-romantic) plot was better; I was never really able to suspend my disbelief enough to buy into HB's gold rush plot. Enjoyed them both, tho

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Angel's Punishment (Switch)

This is kind of the opposite of what I said about Monster Boy. Angel's Punishment is a worse game in every technical sense (the dialogue is littered with typos, there are issues with hit detection, the sound and music are buggy, etc) but it does nail the Metroidvania feeling. There isn't much story, no NPCs or sidequests, just a big ol' area to explore, collect powers, and kill bosses. You can probably whip through the whole thing in one sitting. I wish it was harder; the few reviews I found described it as fairly challenging, but after the first 15 minutes or so you get a better weapon and upgrade your health and it becomes almost trivially easy. I also wish it was more polished -- idk if this makes sense, but it feels like an SNES game that you loved as a kid but when you go back to it years later it feels like a solid 7/10 at best. Still, I bought it for only a few bucks and enjoyed it a lot considering that.

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Melee. I want to say Prime, but I didn't really get hooked on that game until the Wii version.

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Underleveled posted...

You know it's funny, looking at what people have to say about the difficulty of bosses, for the battles that I had the most issues with (Ursula, Dragon Maleficent, Chernabog, enemy rush, and World of Chaos/Ansem) the consensus seems to be "yeah they're tough but just keep pushing through" while two battles that people have identified as brick walls for first time players (Riku-Ansem and the 1v1 with Ansem, the one after Darkside) really didn't give me that much trouble.

I agree that Riku wasn't a terribly difficult fight, tbh I was surprised that so many people had issues with it. On the other hand Maleficent Dragon just destroyed me over and over.

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Your opinion on the masked bandits event? (Pay all gold or fight the 3 of them)

Personally I almost always fight them even when I really shouldn't. "Yeah my deck isn't great but I can probably take them" *dies on like turn 3* *shocked Pikachu face*

but then i'm terrible at the game despite putting in like 150 hours

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My thoughts on this are: We need Fauci on TV every single day for the next month insisting that bathing in Borax does not reverse the vaccine and that you should definitely not get the vaccine and then bathe in Borax.

Pandemic will be over before 2022.

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Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (just because of how stupid the title sounds)

You're in for a real treat when they release it in English as Descent of Jihad instead!

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I haven't played any of those.

Actually I'm not sure I've played a single game that came out this year... was New Pokmon Snap this year? Maybe that by default.

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Weird, I wonder why conservatives are against their children being taught empathy.

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transcience posted...

Xenosaga 1 does suck. 1 is worldbuilding, slow, boring in battles and with just about no music and a plot that goes nowhere. 3 moves relatively quickly, has great music, actually resolves some things and has a good battle system.

I think 1 is probably my favorite of the three, but they're all successful and flawed in different ways. I think I give 1 the benefit of the doubt because it got to set up interesting mysteries and subplots but didn't have to worry about resolving them satisfyingly. On the other hand, 3 tries to resolve a bunch of stuff from the first two games and I almost universally hated the resolutions they went with.

Leonhart4 posted...

Xenosaga Episode III was pretty good most of the way but I hate the final act with a passion.

Agreed. XS3's final act is a case study in how not to close out a trilogy.

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PrinceOfKoopas posted...

Ace Attorney Investigations 2.

Fire Emblem 4-6 and 12
For the Frog the Bell Tolls
Live A Live


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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (Switch)

Very solid Metroidvania, albeit without the Metroidvania "feel". The game's pretty long (it took me about 16 hours) but the end came pretty fast once I got there.

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Yeah I have to say it's ridiculous for a law to say "any firearm" and then in a completely separate bit say "actually, 'any firearm' only means certain rifles and shotguns"

Like I get that that's the literal reading but what the fuck is going on there? Why would you put it like that if not to intentionally obfuscate the law?

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Tried to emulate this as a kid but it kept soft-locking early on... so no rating from me!

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Only Christmas really. Pokmon Snap because I played it a lot around Christmas one year, plus Elebits and Miles Morales for being set during Christmas.

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Anyway the actual answer here is:

DoomTheGyarados posted...

mandatory minimum sentence after rejecting a plea deal.

The US justice system intentionally punishes people for defending themselves rather than accepting charges via plea deals. Has nothing to do with gun safety really.

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Samurai7 posted...

If you have the presence of mind to aim for the sky instead of at the person you've shown presence of mind that you weren't fearful for your life

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Don't fire a gun unless you know where you're firing and you absolutely think you need to. That's gun safety and if you can't be that mindful to do that, then you shouldn't be handling a gun.

So is it being too mindful or not enough? I don't disagree with the "shouldn't be handling a gun part" but it seems like doing something ineffective and dangerous is very much a thing that could happen while you fear for your life, while coldly trying to eliminate your target might imply a lack of fear. Why does the justice system only interpret it the one way?

Also I'm pretty sure "shots fired into the air can kill someone on the way down" is one of those theoretically-possible-but-insanely-unlikely things. Has that literally ever happened? No disagreement on warning shots in general being dangerous if fired e.g. to the sides though.

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I also didn't really care for Bloodstained, especially compared to the better CVs (DoS, PoR, SotN). Admittedly I played it on the Switch but it was after a lot of the bigger issues were fixed.

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While I'd recommend Hades in general, it definitely does not have the depth of upgrades/decisions that BoI does. Honestly not even close.

Really I haven't played anything else quite like BoI, but it's not like I've exhausted the genre or anything.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

https://twitter.com/wsteaks/status/1459135584274890781?s=21

Weirdly, it's not actually completely unprecedented! Jackson famously expressed regret about not hanging his VP Calhoun.

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Oh man, I've been waiting for this one.

I know the plot's pretty stupid and cheesy, and its lows are low, but it also has some very high highs.

The whole opening sequence with Sonic escaping the GUN helicopter and then City Escape. "I'll make you eat those words!" Shadow saving Rouge before the Security Hall explodes. Eggman blowing up half the moon. "Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog." "Because you just told me, fox boy!" Tails beating Eggman without Sonic's help. Sonic using Chaos Control with the fake emerald. "What you see is what you get, just a guy who loves adventure!"

I know it's unintentional, but the characters constantly talking over each other also gives it the most natural dialogue in probably the whole Sonic series. If only the voice acting itself was a little better.

I'm conflicted here but I think I'll hit it with a somewhat generous:

7.5/10

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

This trial is a great example of what happens when you let mob mentality try to dictate how the criminal justice system works. I'm actually surprised the Chauvin trial went down as it did, given how ballsy it was to go after a murder charge instead of the more appropriate manslaughter, but I think the people involved in that trial were more concerned about more riots than they were about laying appropriate charges.

it is legitimately staggering how often you post things like this with no self-awareness at all

i am begging you to, just once, think before posting

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Pikachu
Charmeleon
Hitmonchan
Umbreon
Diglett

truly a basic bitch list up until diglett took the lead like 18 years ago

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Tag

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My take on the case is "none of these fucking people should have had access to guns (also the police are corrupt)"

In other words, standard USA horseshit

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Honestly these choices all look pretty good except for Sanji.

But I still expect this to be bad

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I've given them $5 a year the last two years, also bought one of their shirts

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Eliminate police unions and suddenly cops have personal responsiblity again. Enforce body cameras to make sure they are behaving appropriately, and it will serve both the purpose of protecting citizens, but also protecting the police against bogus claims. It is literally win-win, and cops will benefit from never having to give part of their paycheque up to a bunch of corrupt jerk union reps

This isn't win-win for the cops because they don't want to protect people and behave appropriately, they want to be able to control and hurt people with impunity.

but yeah otherwise your plan to "just hold the police accountable guys!!!!!" is great

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