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TopicMagic: The Gathering - New Capenna and Explorer incoming
VintageGin
02/01/23 12:46:12 PM
#312
Ultimaterializer posted...
The fuck? He literally never gets modded.

You missed this topic I guess

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80328383

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TopicMagic: The Gathering - New Capenna and Explorer incoming
VintageGin
11/09/22 2:08:10 AM
#239
They're technically not required to go to different planes and can still do three set stories. Thay's basically what they're doing with Dominaria United, Brothers' War, and Phyrexia.

But blitzing through different gimmick planes is probably better from a marketing standpoint. It's easier to sell things if the multiverse is treated like a theme park with the Fairytale Plane, the Viking Plane, the Magic School Plane, and the Cyberpunk Plane.

It's the same reason Planeswalkers are pushed in everything (and why they're almost all human). It's easy to market them and to create merch/etc for your fire mage superhero who will make an appearance on every other plane you go to for the next 15 years. It's not as easy to get players attached to characters whose stories entirely take place on their plane and who can't simply hop to the Cowboy Plane or whatever comes next.

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TopicMagic: The Gathering - New Capenna and Explorer incoming
VintageGin
10/26/22 12:34:44 AM
#229
WOW

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TopicMagic: The Gathering - New Capenna and Explorer incoming
VintageGin
10/12/22 4:20:13 PM
#217
I don't really have any issue with the Post Malone SL.

The $1000 proxies are so dumb. They could have offered a full set of dual land proxies or power 9 proxies at a much lower price and people would have eaten that shit up.

The transformers stuff I'm not a fan of due to the weird aesthetic clash and the fact that it's in Brothers' War set boosters. Just seems silly that you can get Optimus Prime in one of those.

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TopicMagic: The Gathering - New Capenna and Explorer incoming
VintageGin
10/10/22 7:44:49 PM
#198
companions sure are looking like a good idea these days huh

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TopicReminder that it's the last month to play Overwatch 1
VintageGin
10/07/22 5:32:25 PM
#94
UshiromiyaEva posted...
I spent like $1000 by the end of my time with Overwatch I'd never survive lol.

um excuse me what

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TopicSteam Deck turnarounds are pretty now huh?
VintageGin
10/07/22 2:57:14 PM
#23
Shattered posted...
Also I have no idea what I'm looking at in that tweet

Yuzu on the right. Apparently it's a Switch emulator.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 394: Espionage a Trois
VintageGin
10/01/22 4:03:56 PM
#373
Good question, just looked it up:

Cleaner-burning gasoline is fuel that meets requirements established by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). All gasoline sold in California for use in motor vehicles must meet these requirements, which have been in effect since Spring 1996. Cleaner-burning gasoline reduces smog-forming emissions from motor vehicles by 15 percent and reduces cancer risk from exposure to motor vehicle toxics by about 40 percent.



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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 394: Espionage a Trois
VintageGin
10/01/22 3:10:03 PM
#371
Why are gasoline prices in California more variable than prices in other states?
California gasoline prices are generally higher and more variable than prices in other states because relatively few supply sources offer California's unique blend of gasoline outside of the state. California's reformulated gasoline program is more stringent than the federal government's program. In addition to the higher cost of this cleaner fuel, state taxes on gasoline in California are higher than they are in most states.
California refineries need to run at near full capacity to meet the state's gasoline demand. If more than one of its refineries experiences operating problems at the same time, California's gasoline prices can increase substantially. Even when supplies are available from other West Coast refineries, U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, or from foreign refineries, they can take a relatively long time to arrive in California.

Source: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/regional-price-differences.php

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 394: Espionage a Trois
VintageGin
10/01/22 3:07:27 PM
#370
Forceful_Dragon posted...
Can anytime explain why California having something like 55~60 cents of tax per gallon of gasoline results in us paying nearly 3 full dollars more than the national average?

I've been looking for answers and can't find any. It just feels like we're being screwed so everyone will say "it's all Newsom's fault, get rid of him!", but legitimately where is the remaining cost coming from?
My understanding is that California uses a different blend of gas and so is dependent on a seperate set of refineries. There was an issue with some of those refineries recently, so gas prices jumped up in CA.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 394: Espionage a Trois
VintageGin
09/29/22 7:52:44 PM
#343
Xeybozn posted...
So you're waiting for calling things cringe to itself become cringe?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/9/AAcI8BAADo6F.jpg

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 394: Espionage a Trois
VintageGin
09/29/22 6:58:30 PM
#339
I yearn for the day that people collectively decide to stop calling things cringe

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Topicdid you know what a Try Guy is before today/yesterday
VintageGin
09/28/22 10:22:04 AM
#20
they're the colorful bean-shaped guys who compete for a crown

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TopicIt's almost time for my October Horror Movie Marathon
VintageGin
09/19/22 4:48:06 PM
#13
Think I recommended this before, but One Cut of the Dead. It's more horror-themed than actual horror, but I would go in blind if possible. It's on Shudder.

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TopicPSVR2 will not play PSVR1 games
VintageGin
09/16/22 5:29:04 PM
#24
This topic has also reminded me that I need to get back to playing Beat Saber now that the weather has cooled down

I think "absolutely miserable in the summer without a strong AC" is probably the biggest downside to VR

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TopicPSVR2 will not play PSVR1 games
VintageGin
09/16/22 3:20:50 PM
#16
UshiromiyaEva posted...
This PSVR thing is actually not that bad compared to the open market stuff, at least there was actually a generation of time between them.

I am fairly certain the Vive/Index has been the best in this regard. As far as I can tell, the old Vive headset is still supported on everything (mine is...6? years old) and you can also mix/match between the two (I have Index controllers with a Vive headset/tracking towers)

Of course, it's tied to your PC and not an all-in-one, so that makes things easier

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TopicReminder that it's the last month to play Overwatch 1
VintageGin
09/15/22 1:20:07 PM
#23
I haven't been following OW for a while, but is it me or do some of the new characters just look like reskins of existing characters? I thought Junker Queen was a Zarya reskin at first, and this new character looks like a Tracer skin

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TopicNintendo Direct - Tomorrow 9/13/22 @10am ET
VintageGin
09/13/22 10:33:29 AM
#87
Square Enix Direct

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TopicMan...Homestuck...
VintageGin
09/05/22 2:18:37 AM
#4
MysteriousStan posted...
After the...2nd megapause was it? The one just before the ending was when I dropped it. Always meant to go back and finish it but by then so much time had passed and rereading everything felt like a chore so I never actually finished it.

I think I dropped it during the first megapause? I remember horses on a calendar. But yeah, same reasons as you.

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TopicZelda finally plays Breath of the Wild
VintageGin
09/04/22 3:36:59 PM
#117
With the Hinox on Eventide Island, if you're careful you don't need to kill it

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/22/22 6:33:40 PM
#58
That isn't true but ok

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TopicDo you wish it were sunny and warm all year round, by you?
VintageGin
08/19/22 7:23:11 PM
#9
It's not always sunny but our weather is like 55 F in winter and like 80 F during the hottest parts of summer, which is pretty close to perfect

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/19/22 3:41:31 PM
#56
Yeah I think they could have made it more obvious that the treasures were optional. I kinda figured they were since they're all golden statues with no description/meaning obviously attached, but I admit I questioned whether there'd be a meaningful payoff after all when the portal appeared in the treasure room.

Its also weird that the game doesn't tell you that you only need 10 fairies for ending B! The fact that it has a written message that says "100%" on the manual page made me think I needed all of them, but all you get for that is a treasure.


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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/19/22 4:04:24 AM
#52
_Blur_ posted...
I was wondering what the heck this was about too.

But a trophy huh? How does that even work? Some sort of a secret puzzle that you can only figure out by deciphering the language somehow?

One of the secret treasures (which are optional) requires you to translate a poem in the manual in order to solve it.

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/18/22 5:55:17 PM
#49
Paratroopa1 posted...
Oh, this is a complaint I agree with really strongly, actually. I think the idea of having cards that give bonuses they don't clearly explain is fine, but they should be really powerful - especially in a game like Tunic where the combat is extremely hard, it would be very rewarding if there was a 'puzzly' way to solve combats by figuring out what the upgrades do and which ones would be best for each fight. But basically all of the cards are near worthless in power which really sucks. Getting more slots for cards doesn't even feel good because they're so irrelevant! I do think this was a huge misstep in the game's design.

The peril rings are quite good, and I found the lucky cup to be pretty handy. Louder Echo stuns bosses when you use it, which became part of my strategy for Boss Scavenger. Also being able to turn potions into MP potions was useful the cathedral "gauntlet".

But yeah, none of them are amazing.

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/18/22 3:08:30 PM
#42
StartTheMachine posted...
It just felt like an entirely wasted aspect of the game I ignored since I didn't know what they did. I naturally assumed you would find a manual page that fully explained them all, but then there's just a random manual page thay explains like 5 of them, if I remember correctly? What an odd decision.

If I recall correctly, there's two pages with hints toward what they do. One of them has hints via sketches. So between the two pages and the icons/names you can kinda figure out most of them. The only two that seem pretty difficult to figure out are the Dagger Strap and the Aura Gem.

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/18/22 3:02:28 PM
#41
StartTheMachine posted...
Man, this. I really thought the payoff would be collecting the final page of the manual would translate the entire thing to English. There's a lot of fascinating lore in there if you look up the translations online, and just being able to fully read all the story stuff in the first few pages would have been dope.


Yeah, I was actually hoping the same.

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/17/22 12:30:57 PM
#20
That was patched from what I hear.

If you load your save and attack The Heir after collecting all the pages, it goes into the boss battle.

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/17/22 10:20:56 AM
#15
I got the golden path pretty much without a guide. Needed to quickly verify I was doing things correctly before I started writing things out, but that was it.

Unless you're also counting the fairies as part of it. I needed to look up a few of those, partly because I was on the wrong track for like two of them.

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TopicTunic is awesome
VintageGin
08/17/22 2:49:56 AM
#1
Just finished it. Probably my game of the year unless something amazing comes out.

I love the way that it pays tribute to old game manuals (particularly Zelda 1). I love the exploration, finding new pages and figuring things out. There were so many "Oh shit, I GET IT NOW" moments throughout. The game provided just enough hints that I basically never needed to look anything up with the exception of a few fairies .

Figuring out the holy cross and how to use it felt like a similar moment in The Witness: when you discover that the world is filled with the same type of line puzzles.

I'm not always a fan of games that make me pull out pen and paper, but I think it was handled well in this game.

I'm never gonna figure out how to translate that language though.


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TopicZelda finally plays Breath of the Wild
VintageGin
08/15/22 7:36:36 PM
#10
BotW is good stuff

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 393: Raid on Bungling Bay
VintageGin
08/12/22 10:24:25 PM
#206
it's just a prank bro

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TopicWhy did you leave your last job? (a bit of BlogFAQs)
VintageGin
08/11/22 11:47:45 AM
#9
I was at a startup and it did not secure additional funding.

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TopicHours, Minutes, Seconds: Your new game development project
VintageGin
08/07/22 11:35:39 AM
#2
Mighty Planet
A massively multi-player battle royale that takes place on Mighty Planet. Players start on the planet surface with nothing more than their fists, but the final few will be battling it out in orbit to claim victory!

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 392: PM Mess
VintageGin
08/03/22 3:31:19 PM
#395
PrivateBiscuit1 posted...
You are supposed to, but sometimes if you're a lawyer and you have no morals or care about whether or not you're disbarred you just kind of risk it for your piece of shit client in a high profile case you think may make your career.

Whoopsies rarely happen where you accidentally send emails to opposing counsel you shouldn't, and usually you just agree to not read it, but to do something this massive is nearly unheard of. Alex Jones and his attorney are absolutely fucked.

What I mean is, wouldn't the Sandy Hook parents' lawyers needed to have presented this given they are now using it?

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 392: PM Mess
VintageGin
08/03/22 3:15:56 PM
#393
As someone who is ignorant of how this works:

Wouldn't they have needed to present the contents of the phone during discovery? I thought you needed to bring any evidence forward at that time in order for it to be admissible. In which case, wouldn't Alex Jones' lawyers have found out then?

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TopicWould you rather know...
VintageGin
07/22/22 3:45:29 PM
#51
This is pretty hard. I think I'd probably choose >10k mainly because the second option would make interactions with people pretty awkward. Being able to know all the details of someone's private life would make things a lot easier if you're looking to manipulate someone, but probably a lot harder if you're trying to bond with that person.

And while I could always just not use the power, that's what I tell myself every time I discover some overpowered strategy in a game. So I know exactly how that would go.

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Topicgo watch RRR
VintageGin
07/19/22 8:18:26 PM
#4
It's very fun but I don't know if I'd put it alongside Everything Everywhere All At Once

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 391: My Son is Also Named Abort
VintageGin
07/05/22 2:56:53 PM
#335
$7+ from what I saw the other day, so I don't think it's been going down around here in California

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 391: My Son is Also Named Abort
VintageGin
07/04/22 5:49:45 PM
#304
MoogleKupo141 posted...
mass shooting happened like three miles from my house earlier today

gunman still on the loose too, I think

America fuck yeah

Jesus, glad you're okay

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TopicSummer Games Done Quick 2022 6/26 - 7/3 @12pm ET #speedruns
VintageGin
07/02/22 9:43:31 PM
#92
Shoujo too OP

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TopicSummer Games Done Quick 2022 6/26 - 7/3 @12pm ET #speedruns
VintageGin
07/02/22 1:19:07 AM
#77
That Mode 7

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TopicGOTY so far?
VintageGin
06/30/22 1:32:23 PM
#31
Elden Ring so far, but I haven't had a chance to play Tunic/Neon White and others

I think Elden Ring is great, but I definitely wouldn't put it as GOTY in a stronger year

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TopicI am playing Bioshock Infinite (spoilers I guess)
VintageGin
06/15/22 2:55:36 PM
#19
The DLC tries a little too hard to connect Infinite to Bioshock 1 in a wholly unnecessary way. There's also a really dumb retcon to a character's actions which somehow make the situation even stupider.

I think calling it fanfiction is pretty accurate.

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TopicI am playing Bioshock Infinite (spoilers I guess)
VintageGin
06/15/22 1:10:22 AM
#12
Just popping in to say don't play the DLC. It's bad.

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TopicMost Frustrating Boss Type *Spoilers*
VintageGin
06/06/22 10:31:43 PM
#34
Bosses with a boring/tedious phase 1 and a significant difficulty spike for phase 2

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TopicWhen you think of The Legend of Zelda, what item comes to mind first?
VintageGin
05/26/22 12:45:56 PM
#41
Grand Kirby posted...
I thought of the Triforce.

I mean... it's an item.


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TopicAww Yeah Timesplitters 2 finished. Pick my next Gamecube game to finish!
VintageGin
05/23/22 1:08:49 PM
#13
Man, getting all plats (66?) plus finishing on hard...well done. I remember some of the platinum times were extremely tight.

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TopicElden Ring discussion 5 - Try finger, but hole
VintageGin
05/22/22 9:20:04 PM
#106
Just remove Consecrated Snowfield

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TopicJust discovered DALL-E mini is out [AI makes pictures from words].
VintageGin
05/21/22 8:58:53 PM
#19
I feel like all of the stuff from the full version DALL-E has been far more impressive than this.

I'm not sure what the difference is (probably a smaller source pool?), but it feels like I mostly get poor mashups of images with this one

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