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I seriously don't understand why old comics have an inflated price.
High end collectors are weird.

shadowsword87 posted...

I seriously don't understand why old comics have an inflated price.
High end collectors are weird.

Extremely limited supply vs people with shittons of disposable cash, at least some of whom see the constant inflation as a chance for an investment.

Honestly, if I had obscene amounts of money and there was a novelty item I always kinda wanted, I might be tempted to drop that kind of money myself... although I'm not sure I'd ever care that much about a comic or a rare book or some such.

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Yeah, I'm just always super confused what people view as wildly valuable. The comic themselves I can understand, people want a print version of comics, those are pretty expensive to make (I imagine), and they cost a not insignificant amount of money. Plus supply has gotta be weird.
But an old version? The first version? I really don't follow that.

Been reading Stranger in a Strange Land bit by bit on my lunch breaks. For some reason, since the beginning, I've been reading Michael Valentine's human voice in my head the entire time in Fat Buu's voice.

I have a sneaking suspicion around the 65% mark that I'm not too far off the mark as to where this story is heading.

don't spoil me or anything, but chamber those thoughts for when i finish the book.

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I recall reading that book in one long session. Stayed up all night to do it. ... That was about a quarter of a century ago. One of the few times I miss being a teenager.

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I've often mentioned my enjoyment of AbsoluteHistory in here, but one thing on that channel fucking sucks -- anything involving Tony fucking Robinson, which feels decidedly off-brand between his presentation, his awkward joking style, the more infotainment style of history he uses, clickbait with little payoff (like the Hound of the Baskervilles one), and -- in the case of this video -- the poor sound editing (the editing quality wasn't great in the others, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as this). I shudder to think that if somebody's first experience was the channel was this bozo, that they wouldn't be inclined to give it a second look.

(And despite complaining about the lack of quality, I'm currently watching something from his series anyway although I don't think I'll watch a third one after this.)


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I finished Wolfenstein: New Colossus, and started Darkest Dungeon (liking it a lot).

Yes, I know I'm like 4 years behind the times.

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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

I finished Wolfenstein: New Colossus, and started Darkest Dungeon (liking it a lot).

Yes, I know I'm like 4 years behind the times.

I'm 4 years behind everything. (Baby shark, doo doo doo baby shark)

I should finally finish Final Fantasy VII Remake sometime this weekend. I'm kind of excited to be done, but the battle system is perfect.

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Disenchantment season/part 3 dropped... and I can't remember half the shit that happened in s2. I remember it ending on a cliffhanger or something, but I'm only vaguely aware of it. It's weird, because I can remember *most* of s1 but even after I started trying to remember s2, so much of it is just a blur.

At any rate, I was at one of the closing Gamestops today. They had pre-owned games discounted by 90%, including a lot of XB1 stuff. At the price, it was kinda tempting, but I stopped and thought that I'm unlikely to *ever* pick up an XB1 or otherwise receive one. (And, of course, I still haven't used my ps4.)

The Wave Master posted...

I'm 4 years behind everything. (Baby shark, doo doo doo baby shark)

I should finally finish Final Fantasy VII Remake sometime this weekend. I'm kind of excited to be done, but the battle system is perfect.

If you're 4 years behind, I must be 8 years behind.

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I also remember Disenchantment being fun, but can't recall a single detail from the series on demand.

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Forgetably funny is a good way to describe the show. That said, s3 certainly *felt* a lot funnier than either s1 or s2. I know that s1 took a while to get going, since the first episode or two was a dud. And while I had remembered a bunch of stuff right before starting s3, that recap was certainly a major help because I'd completely forgotten the whole assassination plot that ends in Beanie getting blamed and a lot of the plotting in general. I guess I remembered more of the first half of the season, then some of the later stuff while leaving out details.

The real test will be how much of this season I remember... although part of that will also come down to the fact that I just binged all 10 episodes in a row.

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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Yes, I know I'm like 4 years behind the times.

Zeus posted...

If you're 4 years behind, I must be 8 years behind.

I just finished playing KotOR and started playing KotOR2, so at the moment I'm technically 16 years behind.

Though to be fair, I HAVE played those both before (multiple times). It's just that the current scene is such a bleak hellscape of games I will never, ever care about, that I'm psychologically retreating back to the time when I actually enjoyed games.

I do still have to finish PS4 God of War, Uncharted 3/4/Lost Legacy, and Syberia 3 at some point, but I just can't motivate myself to start any of them. I was also in the middle of perfecting Dishonored: Death of the Outsider a while back (ie, beating the entire game with no detections and no kills), but I lost interest about halfway through, and by this point it's been so long I've probably lost all the skills I'd honed and would have to start the whole thing over from scratch anyway.
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Any thoughts on the Yakuza games, PO?

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They exist?
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My bad, I forgot you're even more of a misanthrope than I am to the degree that you hate fun.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's just that the current scene is such a bleak hellscape of games I will never, ever care about, that I'm psychologically retreating back to the time when I actually enjoyed games.

I am getting to that point. The new releases on my plate are slowing to a trickle as the PS5 / Series X period takes flight, though the Switch is keeping it alive.

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MH Rise is looking really good but I'm still hoping it gets a PC release at some point

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My problem is that I spent most of the 20x0s so far mining retro gaming for all the gems, and now I'm left looking around the current gaming landscape once again for fun.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I just finished playing KotOR and started playing KotOR2, so at the moment I'm technically 16 years behind.

I still haven't beat either one, so where does that leave me? >_> I *think* I only very recently tried one of them, but the game crashed a few times on my laptop

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I do still have to finish PS4 God of War, Uncharted 3/4/Lost Legacy, and Syberia 3 at some point, but I just can't motivate myself to start any of them.

U4/LL and ps4 GoW are on my to-play list as well, but I can't motivate myself to hook up any of my consoles to my new tv (well, relatively new -- I've had it for about 2 years now, although I've barely ever used it)

tbh, the fact that the Switch doesn't need a tv is pretty much the only reason I've been used that.

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Yeah I played both for many hours but stopped playing one day for some reason. I always tend to do that.
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I'm really bad about putting dozens of hours into RPGs then never finishing them

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Metalsonic66 posted...

I'm really bad about putting dozens of hours into RPGs then never finishing them

Yeah definitely. I try to finish them before starting a new game now. Especially with the lack of free time I have.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I just finished playing KotOR and started playing KotOR2, so at the moment I'm technically 16 years behind.

Those both have been staring at me from my Steam when I bought them on sale like 6 years ago, and I've never played either. So....

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Trying to think of the last time I started a RPG, invested some time, but didn't finish (and still aren't finished). Nothing really jumps to mind, though. *Maybe* FF9 like 20 years ago, but that was because I was trying to do some very specific stuff (iirc, steal something from the four guardian bosses when they split your team up).

Granted, Pokemon LG!P and Shield I put at least a few hours into before not continuing... oh, maybe the Mystery Dungeons. Those I put time into but never finished iirc. I had a bad starter in one of them so I kept failing missions, then Explorers of Time/Darkness I don't think I finished because I kept bombing something.

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It took me ten years to beat Legend of Dragoon. My friend was pretty happy to get his copy back

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I miss when the History Channel used to show history >_>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLi69vh1thU

Instead of finding ways to make history more interesting or relatable, the channel has really gone off the deep end over the years. I'm watching this shit and laughing. (EDIT: Although the presentation is goofy as fuck, the "expert" is at least a little on the skeptical side, but a lot of the people he interviews are positively batshit and have no place there except for local color.)

Oh, plus apparently those few really awful videos on AbsoluteHistory are put out by a company which has the same content on other channels.

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Hell, I remember when MTV played music all day...

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I remember watching MTV in 1987. And kind of having a crush on this girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOex5nXqgM



I also remember a time when TLC actually stood for The Learning Channel, and it was about science and education instead of shitty reality shows and mostly terrible people.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I remember watching MTV in 1987. And kind of having a crush on this girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOex5nXqgM

I also remember a time when TLC actually stood for The Learning Channel, and it was about science and education instead of shitty reality shows and mostly terrible people.

Hell, I remember when CNN was a news network...

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Zeus posted...

I miss when the History Channel used to show history >_>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLi69vh1thU

Instead of finding ways to make history more interesting or relatable, the channel has really gone off the deep end over the years. I'm watching this shit and laughing. (EDIT: Although the presentation is goofy as fuck, the "expert" is at least a little on the skeptical side, but a lot of the people he interviews are positively batshit and have no place there except for local color.)

Oh, plus apparently those few really awful videos on AbsoluteHistory are put out by a company which has the same content on other channels.

Eh they've been doing that since early 2000s. I remember watching some UFO one in 2002-2003.

Actually no wait. It was about aliens and the Bible. I remember it now.
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Just found this, and I absolutely need to post it now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTEeGCkGl2Q
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don't make me roll up a newspaper Chuckles.

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Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes

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Also I remember when Scifi Network was about Scifi instead of Syfy >_>

Okay, technically they always had a mix of content (and iirc started showing wrassling before the rebrand), but the rebranding is just the easiest thing to point at when the channel really made its decline.

LuciferSage posted...

Hell, I remember when CNN was a news network...

Kek.

Revelation34 posted...

Eh they've been doing that since early 2000s. I remember watching some UFO one in 2002-2003.

I didn't say it was a new trend, just that it was an annoying one. Every now and again I'm reminded of how far they've fallen.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I also remember a time when TLC actually stood for The Learning Channel, and it was about science and education instead of shitty reality shows and mostly terrible people.

I forgot TLC was a thing at all. Oo

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Shame on History Channel for producing this crap... and shame on me for watching it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx6OnKXEr7M

The three crew members / "experts" (using the term as loosely as possible -- and if they do have an expertise in something, I hope they find it someday) are borderline intolerable, but the narrator was great and I enjoyed a lot of the side information. However, the investigation was a bad joke and -- despite having final cut -- the crew come up looking like bigger idiots and loons than the people they interviewed.

But goddamn if I'm not starting a History Channel series binge now. Fuck! >_<


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Im Canadian and cant watch that wtf

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Sorry for not posting more. Real life drama at the ole Wave Master Estate. The wife and I are good. Oreon is good too, but I'm just having one adult problem pile up on us one at a time. Problems that I have to fix almost Immediately.

In gaming news, Microsoft tried to raise the price of Xbox Live Gold for no reason but corporate greed, and the Internet backlash was swift nd righteous. So Microsoft decided to back peddle and leave things that way they were, and everyone was happy. Especially Sony who said they weren't changing ****!

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes

Nah it was before the Ancient Aliens dude.

Zeus posted...

Also I remember when Scifi Network was about Scifi instead of Syfy >_>

Okay, technically they always had a mix of content (and iirc started showing wrassling before the rebrand), but the rebranding is just the easiest thing to point at when the channel really made its decline.

I refuse to ever spell it like that. Science fiction isn't spelled Syence Fyction.
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Naruto_fan_42 posted...

Im Canadian and cant watch that wtf

That one is about Alaska. iirc, they also have some Canadian stuff >_>

The Wave Master posted...

In gaming news, Microsoft tried to raise the price of Xbox Live Gold for no reason but corporate greed, and the Internet backlash was swift nd righteous. So Microsoft decided to back peddle and leave things that way they were, and everyone was happy. Especially Sony who said they weren't changing ****!

They might have had their reasons. For starters, the usage is likely up a ton so they're less able to provide service and inflation is a thing. Not that I necessarily side with M$. Personally I believe that the consolemakers should still be providing free online play.

Revelation34 posted...

I refuse to ever spell it like that. Science fiction isn't spelled Syence Fyction.

It felt like a more visible nod to the fact that intuitively it sounds like a channel devoted to science fiction yet it has very little science fiction on it (and certainly no science in the case of its "paranormal research" shows). Instead it has "Syfy," whatever that is >_>

The only thing Syfy has really done in recent years that I've been interested in at all is Channel Zero, and that was mostly for Candle Cove and not their craptacular decision to adapt NoEnd House, one of the worst popular creepypastas (although most of the popular are terrible; only a handful like Candle Cove and Penpals are great)

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I know we don't do sports. (Stupid jocks!) But this is more of a math and math percentage thing, so I'll allow it!

This season Russell Westbrook of the Washington Wizards has scored 163 points on 163 shots. Mind you, you get 2 lr 3 points for every shot. How the hell is that even possible? Is he even trying?

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Saw an ad for WWE Champions 2020 or some mobile game similar to that name. I was interested (particularly since the ad centered around Hulk Hogan rather than somebody from the current roster who I couldn't give a crap about) up until I saw it was a puzzle game of some sort >_>

Otherwise I'm still on my History Channel binge. After another two or three episodes of America Unearthed, which -- once you get past the star's terrible acting -- isn't all that bad. Of course, the problem with this and the other shows is that it they make historical claims that, at best, may be misleading and, at worst, are quite possibly misinforming. While I'm watching it for the entertainment value, I'm more than a little worried that I could buy into some of their misleading/misinformative supporting claims (ie, the things they cite as historical precedent to justify considering the current investigation) even while dismissing the subject of the investigation as speculative bullshit (which, in the case of America Unearthed, even the star seriously questions the subject, although usually he pretends that there's an element that could be possible).

The Wave Master posted...

I know we don't do sports. (Stupid jocks!) But this is more of a math and math percentage thing, so I'll allow it!

This season Russell Westbrook of the Washington Wizards has scored 163 points on 163 shots. Mind you, you get 2 lr 3 points for every shot. How the hell is that even possible? Is he even trying?

You mean you'll allow the thing you're doing? It's so nice of you to give yourself permission! =p

Otherwise Moneyball has kinda shown that sports can be a nerd thing... although this is still a geek topic. And math? That's nerd stuff!

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Zeus, I didn't know you were A Hogan mark. Interesting.

Also, I did give myself permission. Math is a true Geek's ultimate weapon. That and mad video game skills and collecting skills.

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The Wave Master posted...

Zeus, I didn't know you were A Hogan mark. Interesting.

I mean, who isn't? >_> Well, maybe Sheik and Brett Hart.

https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1352734052080562176

Fun fact: Within the past few months, Iron Sheik has had around 50 tweets randomly cursing at or insulting Hulk Hogan.

Otherwise in many a geek topic now I listed Hogan and CM Punk as my favorite wrestlers, and I don't pick favorite anythings lightly.

Hulk Hogan made taking a bear hug from Andre the Giant more interesting than most modern wrestlers' matches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMctuZAH31U

He's a great example of how you get more from being able to fucking perform than merely pulling off acrobatics and stunts. That was back when storytelling was still valued.


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lol, In the recent JRE episode with Undertaker, even Undertaker mentioned in passing that Sheik is crazy, even by WWE locker room standards.

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I mostly know the Iron Sheikh for being the source of the "Fucking Bullshit!" song on Botchamania.

And for getting busted for cocaine.

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I_Abibde posted...

And for getting busted for cocaine.

*With* Hacksaw Jim Duggan, no less! The cocaine probably got him in less trouble with promoters than exposing the business like that.

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The Wave Master posted...

Also, I did give myself permission. Math is a true Geek's ultimate weapon. That and mad video game skills and collecting skills.

Based on the arbitrary definitions I use for terminology, I'd argue that true geeks have no real affinity for math, because that's a nerd thing.

As much as the mainstream has kind of taken both terms and mangled them, the way they always broke down in the past (for me and everyone I ever talked to, anyway), "geek" is more someone who is obsessed with something while "nerd" is someone who is smart about STEM stuff and computers.

So you're a computer nerd or a math nerd, but a comic geek.
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Don't make me make a comic about math.
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LuciferSage posted...

lol, In the recent JRE episode with Undertaker, even Undertaker mentioned in passing that Sheik is crazy, even by WWE locker room standards.

I_Abibde posted...

I mostly know the Iron Sheikh for being the source of the "Fucking Bullshit!" song on Botchamania.

The first thing that always pops into my mind is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIA7SKqqaYE

And also that time he basically threatened to rape Hulk Hogan.
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when i say "crazy", i don't mean Brittney Spears Crazy, the implication was more "Charlie WILDCARD BITCHES! Crazy.

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