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| Topic | Is Rey the best Star Wars character ever? |
| andri_g 03/30/24 7:27:17 PM #51 | Guide posted...
Anyway, the answer to Best Character is, and always will be, Qui-Gon Jinn.This is the right answer. :) Qui-Gon makes The Phantom Menace worth watching. --- '~' |
| Topic | Completely alter a piece of fiction by changing one letter in its title |
| andri_g 03/30/24 7:17:41 PM #162 | The Metrics
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8cc77fee.jpg US: "Water freezes at zero degrees? A thousand of something is 'kilo'? Auuugh... does not compute!!!" . Vicious_Dios posted... John Carpenter's The ThongNow *that's* scary! lol x) --- '~' |
| Topic | Are you an bot? |
| andri_g 03/29/24 8:13:53 PM #25 | *processing*
... no? --- '~' |
| Topic | I'm watching old Siskel and Ebert reviews. Geez these guys were haters. |
| andri_g 03/29/24 12:25:29 AM #17 | Their complaint about Beetlejuice was they expected it to be The Money Pit with ghosts--the reason for their Ghostbusters knock-off comparisons. It was not that.
. It's like when Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times) and Canby (New York Times) snubbed Carpenter's The Thing (1982) for being a terrible, gore-fest remake of Hawkes' The Thing from Another World (1951). What made it terrible for them was their expectations for the movie. Carpenter's movie was a new adaptation of Campbell's "Who Goes There" (1938) novella, not a remake of Hawkes' earlier adaptation of Campbell's novella. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-thing-1982/critic-reviews/ tl;dr: They were disliking a sandwich for not being a hotdog. . Btw, anyone pointing to the burn-away opening title as proof that The Thing is a remake didn't realize that it was Universal, the film's distributor, not Carpenter, who made that title. https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-thing/ --- '~' |
| Topic | What are things video games, shows and movies often get wrong? |
| andri_g 03/28/24 11:36:35 PM #28 | Trying to control another person with joint locks. Pressure from one hand or foot is not enough to control anyone unless they already have severe arthritis.
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| Topic | My pet snake is going airborne AMA |
| andri_g 03/28/24 9:44:54 AM #61 | Harpie posted...
about tree fiddy3.50? https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/83e60ee7.jpg What a bargain! . How did Luma like being put into that bowl for her weigh-in? --- '~' |
| Topic | My pet snake is going airborne AMA |
| andri_g 03/28/24 1:52:35 AM #59 | How much does Luma weigh?
. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Why would he? "Snake" on a plane isn't his thing (MGS3? No SLJ...). ;) . [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Are you implying that... you can use them for *not* evil? Uh-oh! :x --- '~' |
| Topic | What's your unpopular movie/tv take? |
| andri_g 03/28/24 1:28:33 AM #141 | tommybel89 posted...
I'd say the first 2 are still a great watch, but Jedi is a near disaster when Vader and Luke aren't on screen.SW had a noticeable shift in tone after Kurtz left as producer, due to creative differences with Lucas, but it is my favorite SW movie. [ ROTJ *is* what Lucas intended for SW to be. ] --- '~' |
| Topic | AMA topic |
| andri_g 03/27/24 11:18:54 PM #6 | What game, if any, are you currently playing the most?
Do you prefer to face a final boss with stats and equipment that's "good enough" to beat it or do you max-level everything for an easier win? --- '~' |
| Topic | I'm going to try the first Dragon's Dogma game |
| andri_g 03/27/24 11:13:06 PM #80 | TroutPaste posted...
that golem was a grind. died towards the end, think I was fighting for 30+ minutesI once beat the Golem at the Tomb of the Unknown Traveler (Vestad Hills) at a very low level. It fell over the edge when it died and its *prize*--the loot sack--got stuck halfway down. --- '~' |
| Topic | This man is 6 months older than Donald Trump |
| andri_g 03/27/24 10:53:06 PM #15 | It's Ernie Hudson. He's had roles in Ghostbusters (1984, and the 1989 sequel), Leviathan (1989), The Crow (1994), Miss Congeniality (2000, and the 2005 sequel).
Is there some taboo against saying his name or is everybody holding back "for the clicks"? :| --- '~' |
| Topic | What is your most played video game about? |
| andri_g 03/27/24 8:49:18 PM #11 | A Dragon and his Dogma. :P
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| Topic | Do books on tape count if someone asks what's the last book you read? |
| andri_g 03/26/24 9:57:12 PM #24 | Powdered_Toast posted...
It's like saying you beat a game but you watched a let's play.However, if your intent is to "go through a game" to clear it from your backlog, watching a let's play start-to-finish is alternative, but legitimate, way to do it. I once did this with a friend for Limbo; I played and they watched. When they asked "What happens if you [...]?", I'd hand the controller to them, but they wouldn't take it. [ Btw, we played with my copy of the game on his console, so he received the achievements for it. ] . LeoRavus posted... Do audio books have special effects sounds like those old radio programs?Some do. IIRC, SW Dark Empire does. Edit: Btw, it has a 2h 32m run-time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLGqHJkADUs --- '~' |
| Topic | My wife thinks Airplane! is "way too over the top". |
| andri_g 03/26/24 6:30:38 PM #57 | LonelyStoner posted...
I refuse to watch any of them past Scary Movie 3.Scary MoVie is so bad, it comes back to good (but you have to watch the whole thing to get there). You should look for Super Fast, a F&F spoof that skewers the tropes of the series. Also, so bad it's actually good. :) --- '~' |
| Topic | I'm going to try the first Dragon's Dogma game |
| andri_g 03/26/24 2:50:04 AM #53 | streamofthesky posted...
If you git gud at the dagger dodge rolling, you can run past a lot of stuff to get to the next room. Might need more than min. level to reach discipline level 5 in strider for it, though. But I've done it a few times now. Can always reload from the last door. Really isn't that bad... And picking up and throwing those mages to insta-kill them w/ gravity is so satisfying.Enemies can't hurt what they can't hit, ofc. It only works until you get knocked-down by a lunge or an AOE attack. [ Myself, I prefer saving gravity for Banshees... ] --- '~' |
| Topic | My wife thinks Airplane! is "way too over the top". |
| andri_g 03/26/24 12:16:40 AM #35 | LonelyStoner posted...
In her defense, shes more used to shows. She loves South Park, Arrested Development, Futurama, The Office, Brooklynn 99, etcShow her Kung-Pow. Then, she'll think Airplane! is high-art. :P [ Steve Oedekerk bought old kung-fu movie rights and pasted new scenes and characters in for a crazy spoof. ] . Tiger & Crane Fists (1976) vs. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z4tl7D48CE --- '~' |
| Topic | What'll do when they shutter GameFAQs for good? |
| andri_g 03/24/24 12:04:08 AM #11 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/659b6e39.jpg
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| Topic | Post things you remember from back in the day. |
| andri_g 03/23/24 11:54:25 PM #59 | archizzy posted...
Tv going off the air at night, playing the national anthem and then going to pure black and white static.Some small, local, stations still have a broadcast day "end" with a test pattern. . Solar_Crimson posted... Renting a video game multiple times instead of just saving up to buy it for good.I did this with Shining in the Darkness. After many years, I finally bought an original copy of it. . BlueKat posted... candy cigarettes with powder sugar smoke ( -_-)And official Popeye candy cigarettes... even though Popeye only smokes a pipe. lol Also, cigar and pipe-shaped licorice candies with dark red or blue candy sprinkles for the lit-or-smoldering end. :P --- '~' |
| Topic | I'm going to try the first Dragon's Dogma game |
| andri_g 03/23/24 11:24:26 PM #44 | streamofthesky posted...
There's tons of videos of people doing "BBI only" games from level 1 (or the lowest level possible before you can reach it, I forget which level that is).You can go to most places in Gransys [not *in* Gran Soren] in NG at Lv.2 You can go to Bitterblack Isle in NG at Lv.3 [ Note: Your character, no matter what creation, vocation, or configuration they have, can survive *one* normal hit. ] --- '~' |
| Topic | Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice 2 - First official look |
| andri_g 03/21/24 11:37:42 PM #61 | LanHikari10 posted...
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice --- '~' |
| Topic | Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice 2 - First official look |
| andri_g 03/21/24 4:36:05 PM #48 | FortuneCookie posted...
Not gonna lie, I'd love to see cameos for that hairy guy and the French skeleton.They could easily have a CGI tap-dancing spider [Ginger], too. :) . Sheiky-Baby posted... Daaaaaaaay-OHD-aa-ee-aaay-oh... --- '~' |
| Topic | I'm at GDC (Games Developer Conference) - AMA |
| andri_g 03/21/24 4:00:01 PM #20 | The yellowed casing of that tower for Weirdoes '98 is a blatant nostalgia grab (a 5.25" drive? lol). What's the hook? Is it a PC security simulator?
. GuerrillaSoldier posted... expo pass is like a hundred bucks STEROLIZER posted... Expo pass is like 2 grand. But drunken posts from GDC... priceless! --- '~' |
| Topic | why is life so BORING bro. i want adventure |
| andri_g 03/20/24 6:13:25 PM #62 | Jaguar34 posted...
I started road cycling for this reason and it helps scratch the itch. New roads, new routes, new people along the way.The more you ride the less it will bother you *if* you have the correct style of saddle for you. [ If you start getting wrist pain, change your stem and bar setup or the frame (a different bike), asap. ] --- '~' |
| Topic | Lighting was literally female cloud yet no one talk about her |
| andri_g 03/20/24 5:59:50 PM #32 | PowerOats posted...
I liked 13, I just wish it did more with its initial settingsA remake with Lightning Returns' battle system would make more sense. It has the same job classes as XIII and XIII-2, but as Garbs with the class names removed. --- '~' |
| Topic | Are you excited for Dragon's Dogma 2? |
| andri_g 03/20/24 5:46:03 PM #8 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
PS5, Series X/S, and PC only. :/ [ If DD2 had an 8th-gen release, I would have bought an XBox One X just for this game. ] --- '~' |
| Topic | I'm at GDC (Games Developer Conference) - AMA |
| andri_g 03/20/24 5:15:39 PM #7 | Which presentation at the conference, if any, are you the most eager to attend?
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| Topic | Video game prices have gotten stupid |
| andri_g 03/20/24 5:04:36 PM #68 | Phantasy Star IV (GEN/MD) was $100 USD when it first released. That was 30 years ago.
A physical copy of Pier Solar (2010 for GEN/MD) direct from the developer was $50. After the studio had to restructure a few years ago, the price was $140 (Standard Edition) to $170 (Limited Edition). . The real price needed for a studio and its publisher to recover the costs of a complete AAA release--one shot, no DLC--can easily be $80 adjusted for inflation. Higher release prices might mean having to do what many gamers had to do in the 1990s: Being more careful over which games you choose to buy. It's also why renting games became such a popular option then, especially after Nintendo's attempts to make rentals of their games illegal failed. [ I'm not saying that I like higher release prices, but any other option available is not sustainable. ] --- '~' |
| Topic | Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice 2 - First official look |
| andri_g 03/20/24 3:46:42 PM #20 | This is awesome! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J6-3l3hCm0 --- '~' |
| Topic | why is life so BORING bro. i want adventure |
| andri_g 03/20/24 3:22:05 PM #56 | Dungeater posted...
i would KILL to get to live in the researchers living quarters for a month thereIRL, Antarctica's seasonal storms mean people there have to lock-down for several weeks at a time. SNL alum Dennis Miller went there for "a season." He said that it was amazing, but he had his appendix removed before going (they told him to because if it ruptured there he would die--no emergency airlifts). --- '~' |
| Topic | We gotta talk about the Shining Force problem! |
| andri_g 03/19/24 10:57:36 PM #25 | ClayGuida posted...
Just make a Shining in the Darkness 2.Yes! *raises both hands* :) --- '~' |
| Topic | "They ruined FF7" |
| andri_g 03/19/24 6:52:58 PM #113 | Foppe posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1da41988.jpg SwayM posted... "We waited 27 years for this?!" PowerOats posted... Remake had some of the best lighting ever from Squeenix, but Rebirth looks like they stopped halfwayYes, but the finale will be... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/721fba5e.jpg ... glorious? lol . RetuenOfDevsman posted... I was so scared when I heard that Square was ruining FF7 that I ran home and put the game in my PS1 just to be sure. Turns out it's the same as it ever was.Same, here. But when I put my copy in, I noticed that something was different... something *had* changed. --- '~' |
| Topic | Will you still be posting on Gamefaqs in your 70s? |
| andri_g 03/19/24 12:49:18 AM #14 | I can see GFAQs and other gaming social media sites becoming an archive of guides and discussions.
The question is if the discussions people have here suddenly are *not* here, where will they go? --- '~' |
| Topic | why can some people forgive pretty much anything? |
| andri_g 03/19/24 12:39:58 AM #9 | ironman2009 posted...
Takes too much energy to let it eat away at you. Don't have to forget though.Some things you want to put behind you, but no one wants to be a Sammy Jankis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAowezaLtPE --- '~' |
| Topic | Games you must play before you die. |
| andri_g 03/19/24 12:17:51 AM #13 | Deus Ex (2000)
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| Topic | Star Wars "The Complete Saga" |
| andri_g 03/17/24 7:30:24 PM #48 | mehmeh1 posted...
Wait, so it was IV even before the prequels were released? andri_g posted... LUCAS: "Star Wars was originally titled 'Episode Four: A New Hope.' I felt people wouldn't take it seriously if it looked too much like a serial, so 'Star Wars' is the beginning of a movie trilogy." --- '~' |
| Topic | Star Wars "The Complete Saga" |
| andri_g 03/17/24 5:14:04 AM #36 | DarkDoc posted...
But, to be fair, it was intended to be 9 movies right from the start. Foppe posted... Wrong. Wait a second... Lucas has been known to use "historical revision" for Star Wars... what he said happened does not always match what happened. But *that* sequel was a "Plan B." He plainly said in a 1980 interview what his "Plan A" was from the start [beginning in winter, 1973]. LUCAS: "Star Wars was originally titled 'Episode Four: A New Hope.' I felt people wouldn't take it seriously if it looked too much like a serial, so 'Star Wars' is the beginning of a movie trilogy." In 1999, Gary Kurtz, the producer for the first two films, talked about the darker *original* story plan for all nine films before the screenplays were rewritten with character family connections. --- '~' |
| Topic | What's the saddest song you've ever heard? |
| andri_g 03/16/24 10:33:08 PM #30 | Instead of posting Cash's cover of "Hurt," its probably more useful to post the story behind this cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z9pB4yI-BQ . Stan Roger's "First Christmas (Away from Home)" is another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTMOuuUZi4 Mark my words: This is the kind of song that can come back to you years from now and break you. --- '~' |
| Topic | Been awhile. Ask me anything. And what's up with you? |
| andri_g 03/16/24 9:55:35 PM #11 | What is your favorite Square [Square, SquareSoft, Square Enix] game?
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| Topic | Kevin Spencer. Something's wrong with that kid. |
| andri_g 03/16/24 9:25:15 PM #2 | Greg Lawrence has a strange sense of humor. *pours out the last Old Barfy*
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| Topic | What's the sweet spot for JRPG party size? |
| andri_g 03/15/24 10:09:14 PM #92 | Seven with three active: one main and two support to swap-out as needed.
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| Topic | Final Fantasy XIV-themed Xbox revealed |
| andri_g 03/15/24 9:29:43 PM #17 | Microsoft, or, more accurately, the XBox game division head, Phil Spencer, has been talking to SE about an XBox release of FF XIV for almost a decade.
I guess its their way of celebrating this "breakthrough" for XBox consoles. :J --- '~' |
| Topic | Look at this fucking cat |
| andri_g 03/15/24 4:10:37 PM #31 | Were_Wyrm posted...
I see no fuckingSo, the title is false advertising? :P --- '~' |
| Topic | just finished RoboCop Rogue City (pc), game was outstanding *marked spoilers* |
| andri_g 03/14/24 6:04:37 PM #38 | CrimsonGear80 posted...
it has the clomping sounds when you move. whirring is only in cut-scenes.Now watching: The footsteps are a nice touch, but I miss the whirring and scan-grid "lock-on" sounds. [ Is he taking damage from regular handguns? Hmm... ] Can he get a multi-target lock-and-fire upgrade? :) --- '~' |
| Topic | just finished RoboCop Rogue City (pc), game was outstanding *marked spoilers* |
| andri_g 03/14/24 2:47:29 PM #34 | Dungeater posted...
its amazing, i slowly walked everywhere the whole gameDoes it the have ambient whirring and clomping sounds of Robocop's machine body moving around? --- '~' |
| Topic | remember Hairistotle? Ask him Anything |
| andri_g 03/14/24 2:37:59 PM #304 | Dungeater posted...
queens meadow when andri_g posted... Why not... Queen's Domain? Or Oueen's Realm? That name feels like a place with a "faded shine" (decay has set in). --- '~' |
| Topic | C/D: Force Awakens is a nostalgia pandering mess |
| andri_g 03/14/24 2:02:26 PM #100 | Dark_Arbron posted...
RoS deserves more sympathy in that regard. It had to try and pick up the pieces, whereas what TLJ tried was a terrible idea to begin with.No, anyone who blames TLJ for what they didn't like in the DST misses or ignores the real problem. If DST is a house, TFA is a cracked basement, TLJ is a raised first-floor, and TROS is a flat roof. The problem started with TFA's basement. . Toonstrack posted... The Last Jedi is the best saga film released since ESB.The people who blame TLJ for the DST's problems are like the people who blamed TESB for the OT's problems. Where are those people, now? *crickets* --- '~' |
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