Lurker > HaRRicH

Yes and mostly. It's easy to get lost by the end of it.

The rocks were great.

Contra is better in two-player mode.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside (instrumental)

https://youtu.be/yUJs31OdlmI

It's good, but that goes without saying -- it's Summoning Salt.

Portal 2

That's awesome dude!

I watched it.

I don't respect it.

What made you decide there instead of the other countries you listed?

Tried it over ten years ago, can confirm that -- must have been 2010 or 2011.

I did a lot of sweating the rest of the day when I tried it before. I will not be trying again.

Crush 40 has one good song (Escape from the City) and one fun guitar riff (Live and Learn). Otherwise I never understood the Sonic fanbase's clamor for them.

Portal

Has anybody tried this?

Portal 2

Ain't no gettin' out this sprayin'.

Smash

Bump for your moment of Zen.

I liked the video! Looking forward to replaying it probably later this year.

Rye-You from Ninja Guy-Den.

NoFInBadger posted...

54,997 - Serious Sam vs. Mr. Driller 2002

Dang, my prediction for lowest vote total barely made the bottom ten.

Xeybozn posted...

F-Zero would fit better as a roller coaster anyway.

Completely fair, did not think of this.

Meth Gator sucks.

Methawk rules.

All ya'll are talking about ways to make Dilbert funnier, and not one of you have changed a thing about what he says or does in that strip.

THE THIRD OF TEN: D.L. HUGHLEY
Ranking: #3/3 out of 10 (Leslie >> Wanda >= D.L.)

I didn't think D.L. was very funny. That said, in his defense this week was the one where Tyre Nichols was murdered in Memphis. There week focused on the importance of police reform and anti-racism -- worthy topics, just hard to make comedic in light of a recent egregious example like the Nichols situation. My opinion's that Hughley was more insightful than Wanda and seemed to care more about having a theme for his week so I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but also he felt less rehearsed and prepared when he didn't get laughs -- especially when there seemed to be consistently great audiences up to this point. He as a comedian has hosted a show before too, albeit for a CNN audience instead of a Comedy Central audience, and I just thought it would go smoother for him. Again though, can't ignore this was a tough week for news.

The best things D.L. said wasn't even on the Daily Show directly. Hughley talked about doing the Daily Show on the Breakfast Club later on and, when asked how hard doing the show was, he said "Nothing is hard for me if you don't fuck with me." That stuck with me. Some other quotes there caught my attention too. I've decided he's more engaging off the cuff than scripted.

https://youtu.be/uRNr7jcBRbc

https://youtu.be/45-txLzF9kI

Daily Show's highlight reel for D.L.:
https://youtu.be/ni5xbGUnoOI

I just want F-Zero bumper cars.

The park sounds awesome, glad you shared that experience!

Tag.

Portal

This reminds me of another topic from years ago. I believe it was labeled:

"Steve Martin dad at 65"

pjbasis posted...

I guess old mcdonald is not an iconic song because I don't know who created it

The Animals.

Cappy despite the details of the counterargument.

Also, Fez.

Snake5555555555 posted...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akedqg/an-entire-stadium-went-nuts-for-a-small-indie-game-pride-and-the-threat-of-axe-based-violence

Really pleased that Mae keeps popping up in cool places and for cool reasons, he said. Seeing a giant bootleg version of a character you drew in your apartment years back used as a giant representation of resistance and survival during a time of reactionary violence and increased danger is really something. We support the message and the implied threat of axe violence.

That and the video made me laugh. Good find.

With any justice it would have been Mae Borowski, but we aren't in that timeline.

The Among Us-people.

Las Vegas.

No other city I've been to has multiple people snapping cards with dirty pictures on them when I'm with my family. It's also very hot, albeit a dry heat. Gambling is not appealing either. Their shows are good and it's fun as a tourist to see they allow drinking on the strip's sidewalk, but too bad -- still Vegas.

There have been some good guesses in here so far. I'll go for Megalovania out of these due to it going from Toby's fingertips to the Pope's ears. I haven't played or watched The Last of Us yet though.

One that has not been named yet for consideration: Portal - Still Alive

Also don't think this one should count, but Guitar Hero 3 made Through the Fire and Flames big enough to be worth a side-mention.

MoogleKupo141 posted...

other: pig wizard

Worthy snub to mention.

Diddy Kong Racing was great and I don't know many games trying to do what it did so well. What's come out since its original release that helps scratch that itch?

Percentage-wise, it's gotta be being the only Guru (maybe only person?) to perfectly predict all of Division 4 in GotD 2020.

Always gonna be proud of calling when the Noble Nine would break though, with Vincent > Crono for second place in 2007.

And I was so close to getting Black Turtle to closing his account. Stupid technicalities.

(I also picked The Witness to win a match -- it ain't all glory here!)

This looks cool.

GameFAQs contests sincerely raise a high unique bar of joy that's hard to match on the internet.

A lot of it is nostalgia from youth, I know the site and internet are different today, sometimes the anticipation exceeds the contest whether from some predictable matches or outside rallying ruining things...all that, sure, whatever, it haopens. but in spite of such challenges these contests have been truly a great way to celebrate video games and have introduced me to many of them. They connect me with this community about as much as anything, because nobody else understands how big a deal it was that Mario barely bear Crono in 2002 and Mario barely beat Samus in 2018.

There has been no substitute. Here's to hoping the contests can return again one day soon.

foolm0r0n posted...

Revive Patriot Act

This part gets a thumbs-up.

Since we're talking about who we're most excited about, my three I've been thinking would be my favorites have been:

Hasan Minhaj
Sarah Silverman
Marlon Wayans

I think Hasan's the "safe" bet, having work with both Jon and Trevor as well as doing well with the Patriot Act...but Marlon's got a real x-factor. I don't know the the Daily Show is his format per say, but he may be the naturally funniest person out of everyone guest-hosting here too. We'll see.

colliding posted...

probably should cancel the daily show tbh. I know that might not be a helpful post.

I know this was worked out earlier -- I just wanna say "please don't!"

THE SECOND OF TEN: Wanda Sykes
Ranking: #2/2 out of 10 (Leslie >> Wanda)

Back before the order of these guest hosts were announced, I told some friends that I expected Wanda, Chelsea, and D.L. all to be fine in a similar kind of way -- not in styles, just like in general entertainment. In that way, it's interesting to see these three be grouped together in a row schedule-wise. Let's go.

Wanda was, in fact, fine. More specifically, she was...fine. Her voice has always been annoying to me, so that's a difficult obstacle for me with her...but also Gilbert Gottfried (RIP) made a career off of an annoying voice and made me laugh, so I don't dismiss her just off that.

I guess my thing is I've seen her pinch-hit for Seth Meyers before. I really like Seth's show but did not feel invested when I saw her tell jokes on his show at that time, and I feel like I got more of the same here too. Okay and funny enough, but not my style. She also didn't seem to have as much of a theme as Leslie did...just kinda came in and out in comparison.

Again, she was fine, just felt a little underwhelming -- especially after Leslie's surprisingly strong performance.

I liked Wanda's interview here though:
https://youtu.be/_Pkz4jrV7c8

Daily Show's highlight reel for Wanda:
https://youtu.be/bj81_txOJu4

THE FIRST OF TEN: Leslie Jones

Leslie was the first one up and she knocked it out of the park. Before I started watching these, my prediction absolutely was that she was who I was least excited for. I've just not found her funny or with much range before. Now though, while her tone is still similar, her style of confrontational brashness lands really well here. She turned me around on her with this week.

Leslie went in hard with support for Planned Parenthood. There's at least one interview and one behind-the-scenes clip of her talking about how their services changed her life. Sounds like hosts are picking some causes to support along the way.

My favorite stuff was how she started this video about the news...

https://youtu.be/9pmiHDeTi-w

...and how she finished this second video with Michael Kosta at ~8:00.

https://youtu.be/EjJzdLfL5j4

The Daily Show also made their own highlight reel for Leslie which I've not seen done for the other hosts yet.

https://youtu.be/HeGyLeHLpmA

This is, in fact, an incoming analysis topic. Who's watching?

Five guest hosts have hosted their week already:
Leslie Jones
Wanda Sykes
D.L. Hughley
Chelsea Handler
Sarah Silverman

Five guest hosts are remaining:
Al Franken
John Leguizamo
Hasan Minhaj
Kal Penn
Marlon Wayans

That's a bummer to hear. I hope SBAllen still advocates for them -- I imagine he is anyway -- but yeah it's a hard situation if you don't get to build much time with a boss to ask for unique and more expensive things like a contest.

If that is the case, I wish he would do more polls like what your favorite game is in any given series. Kirby, Metal Gear, Metroid...just give us more polls about game popularity in the meanwhile. No contest is required for that.

A momentus occasion.

Portal
VVVVVV

I got the Flipside 4 faster than expected. +1

I like it, I just gotta decide if I want to keep it as-is or buy the accessory to hold four more cards. I'll try it awhile first to see if I can go without it.

Put a Wave Racer into Smash. I want to Forward-Smash someone with a jet ski.

Otherwise the series can go. It was fun for a rental a quarter-century ago, but the dolphin does not save it.

I have no familiarity with Asura's Wrath.

Play Metroid Prime.