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TopicIs your favorite video game also part of your favorite franchise/series?
Blaqthourne
02/20/18 10:53:02 PM
#14
No, Rogue is not part of the Might and Magic franchise.
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TopicBruce almighty is 15 years old this year.
Blaqthourne
02/20/18 12:23:15 AM
#16
Back to the Future is closer to 1955 than to now.
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TopicCan't show feet on twitch, I predict a week before foot simulator comes on steam
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 11:55:23 PM
#5
So, you can't demonstrate proper technique on things like the NES Power Pad?
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Topiclucky charms gets a new marshmellow
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 11:40:56 PM
#45
The back of the box I have has these as the introduction dates:
Pink Heart - 1963
Purple Horseshoe - 1983
Red Balloon - 1989
Rainbow - 1992
Shooting Star - 1998
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TopicHow about a cassette player for your smartphone?
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 11:00:25 PM
#9
I remember some car stereo cassette players were able to detect the breaks between songs.
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Topiclucky charms gets a new marshmellow
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 10:57:25 PM
#41
Oh, hey, I just had a bowl of Lucky Charms last night. It's really been 10 years since the last new one? Or do they mean last "permanent" one. I have doubts the unicorn will be truly permanent. Only the pink heart remains unchanged from what I grew up with -- pink hearts, yellow moons, green clovers, orange stars, and blue diamonds (I still remember Lucky getting kicked in the head by the purple horse to come up with the purple horseshoe).
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TopicPick the game I try to finish next.
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 10:46:27 PM
#11
Looks like after 4+ years, I'll finally be opening my copy of Valkyria Chronicles. Mickey will be held over again.
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TopicPick the game I try to finish next.
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 6:06:16 PM
#10
^ Thanks. Mickey made a comeback from when I went to sleep.

SusanGreenEyes posted...
You should post yourself playing the winning game, with commentary.

If you mean stream it on twitch, I don't have the means to do that.
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TopicWhat are some fun words to say?
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 9:14:55 AM
#26
^ with waters tranquil and blue
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TopicWhat are some fun words to say?
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 8:33:17 AM
#24
Smock

http://dontknockmysmock.com/
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TopicPick the game I try to finish next.
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 4:20:04 AM
#6
^ What's strange about it?
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TopicPick the game I try to finish next.
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 2:58:51 AM
#4
Just the base game.
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TopicPick the game I try to finish next.
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 2:33:40 AM
#2
Mickey Mousecapade gets held over for coming in 2nd on my last poll.
If Hockey is 2-player only, I'll go with whatever comes in 2nd.
If Kozmik Krooz'r or Off-the Wall don't have endings, I'll just pick an attainable goal.
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TopicPick the game I try to finish next.
Blaqthourne
02/19/18 2:31:46 AM
#1
Most games chosen by the Backloggery Fortune Cookie.










Just beat Cosmic Fantasy 2 (TG-CD) -- 3/10 Switched back and forth between the Jpn and US releases. I machine translated the Jpn version to see what changes Working Designs (abbreviated as WD going forward) did, as well as mapping out almost all of the dungeons in Excel, plus logging the various items and stats on character level ups. That took me over 216 hrs. It took me just under 36 hrs to play through the US version as I pretty much played it as normal. So, yeah, I put in over 250 hrs on this one.

I played through the first one about a year ago, so there will be some comparisons between the two games.
I'll start with the good, since there isn't much of it:
You can now walk diagonally! This is a help since now NPCs walk around and thus can block you. The nice thing is if you're facing them, they will stop until you turn or move away.
You can now find items in things other than treasure chests. Aaaaaaaand, that's it.

Now for the bad.
The system to create a new save file is borderline broken. In the Jpn version, you can only start a new game on File 1, and there are only 2 save files. On the US version, when you start a new game, it deletes BOTH save files. So, if you want to start a 2nd game on the US version, you actually have to select Load Game and choose the file you weren't using. And there's no way to know if the files are being used, unlike the first game that actually shows the Level your main character is at (or is blank if it isn't being used).

Your characters are fully healed on Level Up. This is nice, except that you level up so quickly and the monsters quickly start doing 1-4 points of damage, so you'll almost never have to heal. Inns are also all free, so this also helps remove any need to heal. And you gain so much Gold, that even if they did charge to stay, they'd have to charge exorbitant rates to make you think about whether you should use their services.

The magic system is broken in that offensive and healing spells level up, but a few of them will take up spaces in your magic list for different levels of the spell, rather than replacing the Level 1 spell with Level 2 and Level 3. WD did fix this for most of them. There's also the issue of the last spell a character learns randomly disappearing at a subsequent level up, which WD didn't fix.

They added Amulets to protect against magic attacks. That's great! Too bad monsters don't use magic, not even bosses. Monsters also don't have special abilities, so no status effects. This makes curative items and magic pointless. Because enemies don't use magic, that means they don't have all party attacks. What this means is that the bosses pose zero threat since, being 4-on-1 in your favor, you're able to heal at at least the same rate as they deal damage. It comes down to a battle of attrition.

And the final nail is that the Jpn version crashes if a character reaches Level 50, which isn't hard to do. The end boss for some reason gives a large amount of experience, so if I hadn't had a save file going for each version and was only playing the Jpn version, it would have been literally impossible for me to see the ending. Thankfully, WD fixed this major issue.

The ONLY thing this game has going for it is the story (and maybe the cutscenes for its time), so if you don't like that, I don't see anything you'd like about this game.
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TopicMcdonalds plans to alter happy meals
Blaqthourne
02/18/18 1:22:12 AM
#105
Zeus posted...
Blaqthourne posted...
Is this a pizza?
http://www.vegwithanedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stacking-burger-with-patty.jpg

Why or why not?


Wrong dough plus solid patty. If the patty was broken up into chunks and it used pizza dough then probably.

Wrong dough? Pizza dough? What's "pizza dough"? And who says the toppings have to be broken up into chunks? If I made a mini-pizza that was 2 inches across and topped it with an approximately 2-inch diameter salami, why would it magically become a pizza when I unnecessarily cut up the salami?
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TopicConan with Stubble > Conan with Beard > Shaved face Conan
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 11:35:55 PM
#3
I think he means the Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan.
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TopicI finally DID IT!!!
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:24:16 PM
#2
Isn't Grand Wizard a rank in the KKK?
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TopicMcdonalds plans to alter happy meals
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 8:46:49 PM
#102
Is this a pizza?
http://www.vegwithanedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stacking-burger-with-patty.jpg

Why or why not?
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:53:35 AM
#37
I think there are things you can prove don't exist, like contradictions. Something silly like I think you could prove a two-eyed person that has only one eye can't exist. But, it's too late for me to be thinking that hard as it's bedtime for me.
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:41:56 AM
#34
I don't think you worded that correctly. Do you mean that you CAN'T prove something doesn't exist?
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:32:58 AM
#30
It's that stupid feature of previously quoted comments being hidden that got me confused since your username started to appear directly above CaptainStrong's original response, making it look like you made that response instead. Sorry about that.
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:27:22 AM
#28
Oh, dang. I got you confused with CaptainStrong. My bad.
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:26:04 AM
#26
What was your point in saying that people who believe in God are mentally ill when your reason for why can be applied to the flip side?
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:21:55 AM
#24
My answer to what? I didn't ask a question.
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:19:14 AM
#22
You say that people who believe in God are mentally ill because they believe something that can't be proven. Therefore, the people who don't believe in God must also be mentally ill because they believe something, i.e. there isn't a God, that can't be proven.
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:13:55 AM
#20
Then you agree.
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TopicWhat percent of the population do you think would qualify as mentally ill?
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 9:10:31 AM
#18
CaptainStrong posted...
AirJordan2345 posted...
what do you mean by that? believe shit that can't be proven?

God.

You can't prove there isn't a God, either.
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TopicThe cereal battle of love and death round one battle thirteen!!!
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 8:05:13 AM
#9
I'm not a fan of CTC, but Kix has almost zero flavor.
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TopicRate that food ~ Day 1622 ~ English Muffin
Blaqthourne
02/17/18 8:02:25 AM
#7
Really good when you make it as a loaf of bread and then can slice it however thick you want.
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TopicMcdonalds plans to alter happy meals
Blaqthourne
02/16/18 1:30:44 AM
#40
Aw, the chocolate burger, McDonaldLand cookies, and strawberry shake was my go-to Happy Meal.
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Topicthat sport with multiple activities is except for the shooting
Blaqthourne
02/15/18 4:26:34 AM
#28
Amuseum posted...
As a kid playing winter games on pc, biathlon was one of my faves. Dont remember much about the other parts, only shooting. Basically some aiming cursor moves.from.top to bottom of the screen repeatedly, so you have.to shoot when it overlaps the target.

I think you ski up and down hills.

Yes, you ski up and down hills. It also has a heartrate that determines how hard it is to aim. Great game on PC. Not so much on NES.
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Topicthat sport with multiple activities is except for the shooting
Blaqthourne
02/15/18 3:29:44 AM
#24
You seriously think you can't ski uphill?
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Topicthat sport with multiple activities is except for the shooting
Blaqthourne
02/15/18 3:13:12 AM
#22
helIy posted...
how do you ski up any sort of incline

Um, the same way you ski across a flat surface? You know, there are these things called ski poles/sticks.
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Topicthat sport with multiple activities is except for the shooting
Blaqthourne
02/15/18 3:03:45 AM
#16
helIy posted...
Blaqthourne posted...
^ You gotta make it to where the animals are. It's one of the few sports that has a legit real life purpose.

how do you ski up a mountain

I wasn't aware all animals live far up mountains.
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Topicthat sport with multiple activities is except for the shooting
Blaqthourne
02/15/18 3:00:27 AM
#14
^ You gotta make it to where the animals are. It's one of the few sports that has a legit real life purpose.
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TopicWhy do some deny that Jews are Gods chosen people to this day and hate Israel?
Blaqthourne
02/15/18 1:08:19 AM
#6
002 posted...
Muffinz0rz posted...
002 posted...
Jews are Gods

Well I'm Jewish so

good news for me, I guess?

No silly , you are going to get me banned for blasphemy with that edit... You are God chosen people. Selected for great things

I fail to see any edit.
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TopicWhat was the WORST SEQUEL you've ever seen??
Blaqthourne
02/11/18 4:45:56 AM
#23
Caddyshack 2
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TopicIf you could choose between going to disney world or cedar point which would...
Blaqthourne
02/10/18 3:13:29 AM
#20
Golden Road posted...
Do I want to go to a really cool amusement park, or do I want a truly magical experience? Yeah, easy choice for me.

Why did you leave Disney World out of your choices?

ReggieTheReckless posted...
But anyone who votes cedar point has obviously never been to Disney world

I've been to DW multiple times and borderline hated it. Haven't been there since '82 or '83, and the ONLY reason I would even set foot in DW again is to ride Space Mountain.
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TopicModerators should at least use proper grammar for NWDs
Blaqthourne
02/08/18 1:20:20 AM
#14
A misspelled word is not improper grammar.
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TopicWhy are there so many people here who have none of the current consoles?
Blaqthourne
02/07/18 7:17:15 PM
#17
No interest in current games.
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TopicHS Musical is SHUT DOWN after they chose a WHITE GIRL to play ESMERALDA!!!
Blaqthourne
02/07/18 9:04:07 AM
#19
Gonna be tough to cast those gargoyles.
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TopicWhat is the cheapest game you got so far in 2018?
Blaqthourne
02/07/18 8:40:00 AM
#13
Rise of the Kasai (PS2)
Mark of Kri (PS2)

Both $4.95
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TopicWhy call it a World Championship if it only got teams from USA? It make no sense
Blaqthourne
02/05/18 9:35:24 AM
#10
So it was. Even so, that doesn't negate the fact that it IS (present tense) an international league. Why the NHL was even brought up makes me curious since I don't ever recall them calling the Stanley Cup champions "World Champions". I could see it with the MLB.
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TopicWhy call it a World Championship if it only got teams from USA? It make no sense
Blaqthourne
02/05/18 9:01:46 AM
#7
Foppe posted...
darkknight109 posted...
To counterbalance the National Hockey League, which is technically international.

But thats a Canadian league that expanded...

Umm... original six:
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Montreal
Toronto

So unless those first four cities seceded from Canada sometime in the 20th century...
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TopicRate that food ~ Day 1612 ~ Yodels
Blaqthourne
02/05/18 12:58:38 AM
#4
But they might suck.
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TopicRate that food ~ Day 1612 ~ Yodels
Blaqthourne
02/05/18 12:54:54 AM
#2
Never heard of them. Looking them up, they're similar to Hostess' Ho Hos and Little Debbie's Swiss Rolls.
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TopicRetro to Modern! Name the last game you finished and what you are playing now?
Blaqthourne
02/04/18 8:01:21 PM
#27
Finished: Crash Bandicoot (PS1)
Playing: Cosmic Fantasy 2 (TG-CD), switching back and forth between the US & Jpn versions
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TopicWhat's the saddest song you know?
Blaqthourne
02/02/18 9:31:25 AM
#43
"MacArthur Park" because he'll never get to make that recipe again.

"1967" by Don McLean

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TopicA Mom is going BONKERS over this MATH QUESTION..Can you solve it???
Blaqthourne
02/01/18 9:57:40 AM
#14
I'm guessing it was supposed to start out "There are 49 large dogs..."

The easy way to solve it is (49+36)/2.
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Topicrate the top 10 streaming games on twitch tv
Blaqthourne
02/01/18 9:38:04 AM
#9
Never played any of them/10
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