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AlephZero posted...

Gordon Ramses, English Pharoah

Beat me to it. :(

DuranOfForcena posted...

nothing about that paragraph says or implies anything even close to what the topic title claims it does

Pretty much.

The press and academics are obviously not infallible, but they're crucial in holding our elective representatives to account. Completely discrediting them essentially gives those in power a monopoly on information, which is authoritarian as fuck.

--kresnik-- posted...

We experience all of the seasons in my state, but winter and summer can be pretty harsh.

You can experience all the seasons in a single day in Scotland. :P

I love the Billy Connolly quote: "If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes."

Yeah, I fucking hate the winter (in Scotland). When it's dark and cold, I don't want to get up in the morning. Ice and snow cause havoc, making it potentially dangerous outside and making more work for you. You need to wear more clothes that restrict you and stop you from doing a lot of things. You end up being stuck inside more, which I hate. In the summer, I love just getting up, throwing on a t-shirt and going out into the sun (if we get any lol).

Also, I had a lung infection that became (double) pneumonia last winter, and ended up in ICU for nearly a month. It was pretty bad and I'm lucky to be alive really.

There is a blessing in that we don't really get extremes of weather here in the UK (e.g. Arctic/Antarctic levels of cold, hurricanes, etc.). Floods are about the worst we get.

Deus Ex referenced memes in the best way:



Came across that on r/DeusEx earlier. The game was ahead of its time.

Fondest memories: Getting a Mega Drive for Christmas, seeing/playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time (this trailer blew my mind: ), playing the classic Resident Evil games (particularly the original with its cheesy voice acting and memorable live action intro), playing Pokemon R/B / going to GameFAQs for the first time (and other sites) looking for secrets/glitches/etc. (and 'Pokemon fever' in general), playing Diablo II co-op with friends, etc.

Some VG tunes from that era really bring back memories:

Super Mario World - World Map 2:

Resi 2 - Police Station:

Resi 2 - Save Room Theme:

Resi 3 - Save Room Theme:

Metal Gear Solid - Warhead Storage:


Greatest franchise(s): Metroid/Zelda/Mario (particularly the first for me), Deus Ex, Metal Gear, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy and many more

Most memorable scenes: FFV Galuf vs. Exdeath, FFVI Kefka on the floating continent, FFVII Aeris, FFVIII Garden battle, Metal Gear Solid Miller = Liquid

BTW, I'm currently playing this little cyberpunk text adventure game: http://www.nagnazul.com/whyirun/whyirun.html

REMercsChamp posted...

>Pro-union
>Okay with Youtube content creators starving to death because they were forced out of jobs by greedy and corrupt advertisers and business executives

I'm not sure how you took that from my post.

As I said, if they can organize and hit YouTube where it hurts, great. I'm just not sure if that would technically be unionization, given the fact that they're not employed by YouTube. It's quite a unique situation.

Also, I have nothing but disdain for companies that claim workers are "self-employed" to avoid certain costs (like employee benefits), e.g. Uber. Now, maybe a solution in this instance could be to give streamers an 'employed' status and the rights that would entail (I'm not sure what that would mean for unionization). I don't know if that would fly given the power that YouTube/Google have and the nature of the job that streamers do (i.e. the flexibility in terms of hours, earnings, etc.).

It was the liherals!

I fully support their ability to make money from what they do. If they can do that, more power to them.

I'm also pro-union, but I don't think unionization is appropriate here, as YouTube/Google don't provide a workplace, work benefits or even technically a wage or work hours.

I suppose in theory it could be done unofficially, i.e. they get together and 'strike' in sufficient numbers to harm YT (although I'm not sure how feasible that is given their size). They'd be well within their rights to do that since they're not contracted or anything.

Blastia posted...

88 on metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/metroid-samus-returns

wii won GPs! wii won ^_^

gr8.8

Love the attention to detail in the quests, characters, world, etc. Especially the quests.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_quests
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Beyond_the_Beef
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Bye_Bye_Love (fail states!)
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/How_Little_We_Know

And the characters!

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Caesar
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_House

The real world parallels are pretty awesome, with Julius Caesar and Howard Hughes. E.g. "the historical Caesar actually suffered from a condition similar to the one depicted in-game. He had headaches, blackouts, and sometimes even seizures." Also see the first two pictures in the Gallery in the House article.

There are many great lines of dialogue in the game too.

I think games like this are at their best when you're talking to NPCs, questing and immersing yourself in the story and world honestly. The combat is alright, but a secondary consideration.

I'm on the fence, but probably leaning towards the latter.

Mercury Steam have a questionable track record (and Nintendo too recently with the Metroid series).

I'm not feeling the music in Returns either.


vs.


Or the graphics.

The positives are: budget and the ability to do something different (e.g. with the new engine).

I does have its advantages for dialogue-heavy games at least, because voice acting generally means less in-depth dialogue due to the added expense of voicing it (except perhaps in the very biggest budget games). It also allows you to use your imagination a bit more, e.g. to imagine how someone sounds. Although some text-heavy games have a *bit* of voiced dialogue (e.g. Morrowind).

Voice acting can be poor, but I think that's a bit less of an issue nowadays, except maybe in certain Japanese games.

If your girlfriend is *in* a video game, as I know she is for some.

yanksfan4247 posted...

He is 1000% right about the CSGO douches.

Yep. So scummy. Thank the Lord for good ol' Jimbo.

_Near_ posted...

Alpha Protocol

That, although it does have its good points.

Digimon World is buggy as hell, but I got many hours of entertainment from that.

Hogs of War multiplayer was so much fun.

T.R.AG.: Mission of Mercy I played a fair bit.

I beat Die Hard: Vendetta a few times on the GameCube. Die Hard Trilogy on the PS1 too if that counts.

What about Gunman Chronicles (PC)? I personally think that was pretty good though. GUN too was alright.

On the Mega Drive, I played Eternal Champions and Galahad loads.

Pitlord_Special posted...

Deus Ex

Ah, of course. Don't know how I forgot about that.

The turban is a bit of a giveaway if you know better, which she obviously didn't (it's not exclusive to Sikhs, but very common). Also the name Singh, not that she would have known that probably.

Agreed with Early Access and Survival.

Open World is 50/50. Some games pull it off, some don't. The ones that tout a "huge world" and cram in a load of generic quests and mini games put me off.

Here's the list of tags on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/tag/browse/#global_492

Looking at them, I'll add:

Casual
Simulation
Racing
Zombies
Visual Novel
Walking Simulator
Crafting
Management
etc.

I'm playing a Venice game right now (with Gandhi present!). Should I pick Commerce or Exploration? All my cities are coastal and there are loads of coastal trading partners, but Commerce seems really good for Venice with the reduced prices in cities and Merchant of Venice bonuses.

The good thing about regular Civ (which Beyond Earth lacks) is the historical aspect. It creates funny moments when something in-game contradicts something from real history or when ironic situations pop up (e.g. Poland invading Germany).

https://twitter.com/EliasToufexis/status/906660821584904192

:(

Burning Souls and Stygian dolls in Diablo II can be pretty damn annoying. The former if you have poor Lightning resistance and the latter if you have low Fire resistances, block %, damage reduction and/or defence.

They can still hurt even with good gear too.

Sister's Triple Triad FAQ FTW.

I used that to eliminate everything except All/Diff. It did take a bit of effort though.

fenderbender321 posted...

Everything about FF8 was stupid as fuck. And the disappointment was amplified by the fact that it was the next FF most people played after 7.

Yeah, it's pretty popular.

I think at one point it went 7 > X > 8 in terms of popularity, certainly in Japan.

Kisai posted...

I never felt like it actually made the game that much harder. I used to have a couple save files, and one of them had Squall at level 100 at the end of disc 1, with everyone else at level 50. Edea at the end of disc 1 was a piece of cake, because even if enemies might gain levels with you, they have a limit to how far they can go.

It doesn't make a huge difference if you don't go out of your way to level up.

However, it's pretty easy to level up a lot if you go down that route, such as if you grind on the T-Rexaurs in B. Garden. I know a lot of first time players have fallen into that trap.

It's such an unbalanced game, but I love it for some reason. Min-maxing is pretty fun, with the GF and refinement systems. The story and characters are a bit shit, but the world / its backstory are interesting, the soundtrack is fantastic, some of the "set-pieces" are intense (e.g. the garden battle), etc.

I think it's still a good game despite the flaws, personally. Most other FF games are better though, particularly 6, 7 and 9.

In order:

Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
The rest (pretty much not at all)

You played with the GMDX mod yet?

It's great. A lot of the changes are fairly subtle, but together they really improve the game. It's not like Revision where it just throws everything but the kitchen sink in and ends up a bit of a mess.

DarkDragon400 posted...

I'm sure there's at least one person who will try.

Programming pretty much epitomises the phrase 'because I can'.

Avocado toast.

I was just thinking, surely Affirmative / Negative would be better for True / False.

WHO IS YOUR DADDY AND WHAT DOES HE DO?

You could determine the parent class and its methods with that. :P

Is that part of reflection? It's something I haven't used a great deal.

It's the only one I haven't played / beaten. Not sure if it's worth it. I do love the games though... But I'd probably rather replay the better ones (2, 3, 6 and probably Double Team DS too).

I don't know about that, but there are quite a few good ones now that I think about.

Others that weren't listed:

Mark Brown: https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337
SorcererDave: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVxXJSvl3qXFUtf-UZ8qjw
Tom Scott / Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA
Writing on Games: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlWv88ZRMxCcK3BGjrX7ew

Spidey5 posted...

Futaba vote is here

Alright!

Xelltrix posted...

This topic taught me to call Scottish people English at all times.

Gonnae no dae that? Just gonnae no.

See:

(a crazy Scottish comedy show)

teepan95 posted...

Although I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be Cornish pasties if they're made outside of Cornwall

I seem to remember it having some weird criteria, like being able to be made outside of Cornwall but needing to be made with Cornish ingredients. That might have been for something else. I'm not sure.

Edit: I must be getting mixed up with something else: http://www.cornishpastyassociation.co.uk/about-the-pasty/faqs/

Mernardi posted...

Hifumi is the best girl for sure.

Yep.

xyphilia posted...

Where is the right of the victim who was robbed, raped and murdered?

Well, if you start to pick and choose who these rights apply to, then they cease to be rights and you end up with a situation where even the good people can be denied their rights. It also opens up the possibility of decisions being challenged when you don't do things properly (e.g. the guy in Canada that got a large payoff).

I don't really disagree with the claim in the OP though, unless there are clear human rights issues.

Supposedly she literally bought some of her subscribers too.

Yeah, it's pretty lolworthy. Either the irony is lost on her, or she just doesn't care.

As far as I'm concerned, if they can make a living from it, then fair play to them.

I had to laugh at this though:

Megaman50100 posted...

I think it is because some people, for whatever reason, refuse to play games on handheld consoles, and 90% of JRPGs worth playing release on handheld now because they don't want to spend the budget developing for home console. They know their fan base cares more about the mechanics than the presentation, so why try to compete on the console market where your game will be written off if it doesn't have great presentation.

I don't mind playing JRPGs on handhelds too much. Quite a few are on the PSP and Vita though, while I typically go with Nintendo handhelds.

That said, I ultimately prefer big(ish) budget console JRPGs. It's not just about graphics, although good ones are certainly nice to have, but scale, story/characters/writing and the ability to push the envelope a bit more than those with tighter budgets.

It's also about IPs from companies with bigger budgets that have been sidelined (Suikoden, Skies of Arcadia), have gone in the action-oriented direction (Final Fantasy) or just don't seem to have as much effort put into them nowadays.

On going back to older turn-based games (that I haven't played preferably), as Terra mentioned, that is one of the only choices that's open, so I do just that. It would be nice to have more new, AAA turn-based JRPGs that really capture the imagination though.