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[nckillthegrimace]

we still don't know what space whale ischmael and shit are about in mgsv right? should be good laughs

I hope it's either supernatural or Big Boss experiencing visions. Please stop explaining things. We don't need technical explanations in a series with a telekinetic, a bee man, a guy with photosynthesis, and ghosts.

 

[Mister Negative]

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/14/dmx-six-month-jail-sentence-buffalo-new-york-child-support/

X didn't give it to her.

 

[Antiwhippy]

He's just been vaping the good stuff, y'know what I mean?

 

[NumberThree]

Kojima's entire handling of the whole

Spoiler

Liquid ghost arm thing

was such a weird bungling attempt to have his cake and eat it too in regards to having totally out there weirdness, continuity, and dubious technological explanations so it's totally serious for reals guys don't laugh at it.

Spoiler

Ocelot was clearly meant to for real be possessed by Liquid Snake's actual ghost because of an arm transplant in MGS2, and then MGS3 tries to contextualize something so absolutely bizarre by having Ocelot's father be a spirit medium and thus Ocelot is partially spiritually sensitive by heredity I guess, and then in MGS4 he suddenly reveals at the end that he has a robot arm and he was just pretending to be Liquid because ???????? and even Big Boss has no explanation outside "lol cats like to pretend to be snakes (???????????????) in his half hour torturous talkathon. Then the MGS4 Database app tries to tie this together by explaining that Ocelot really was possessed by the actual ghost of Liquid Snake because of the arm transplant, but then he got rid of the arm because it was too unstable being possessed randomly (so Liquid was kinda killed off for real... off screen between 2 and 4, in a way) but Ocelot still wanted to seem possessed by Liquid as part of ????? his plan GW, JD, AIs... something, so he used nanomachines and hypnosis to trick himself into thinking he was possessed by Liquid for... some reason.

fucking what

I haven't played the game but I clicked on that spoiler and fucking what

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/14/dmx-six-month-jail-sentence-buffalo-new-york-child-support/

http://isdmxinjail.com/

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

i wouldnt mind tnt coming back a few times

Especially since Rocket League is so hot right now.

 

[justjim89]

Instead of bringing TNT back, I'd love instead if they had a regular East vs. West competition show. GBEast vs. GBest.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Instead of bringing TNT back, I'd love instead if they had a regular East vs. West competition show. GBEast vs. GBest.

Velvet Sundown Weekly East vs. West Premium Show Live 2015

 

[Xyrmellon]

I just finished Danswers....Dan, how can you know the intricacies of the stock market and know nothing about a mortgage? I know they're two different things but we're in the same ballpark here...

 

[Mister Negative]

Instead of bringing TNT back, I'd love instead if they had a regular East vs. West competition show. GBEast vs. GBest.

This is a good-ass idea.


we need to get Dan on a plane to Japan pronto

 

[justjim89]

The winner for each week gets their logo displayed on the homepage for the next week. Like, a custom GBEast logo if GBEast wins or the standard one if GBest wins.

Spoiler

It's a mouth, not a tongue.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Instead of bringing TNT back, I'd love instead if they had a regular East vs. West competition show. GBEast vs. GBest.

Nah man, it'll just end in Jeff sending a drive-by hit on Alex.

 

[Jeevesmeister]

Awwwww yeahhhh

I was playing as KaneLynch during that TNT, see if you can find the segment on Facing Worlds where I make Ryan lose his fucking shit getting the flag back for Patrick's time at the last possible second.

Good times.

 

[Jintor]

I'd be down for a E v W weekly showdown. I bet production would be a nightmare though.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Speaking of bad writing, here's actual dialogue of a business meeting between Sega and Sony from a book that Forbes' Paul Tassi claims is "far and away one of the best non-fiction books [he's] ever read"

Olafsson looked at Schulhof, hinting that there was potentially something here. They paused again for a bite or two of their delicious seafood dinner before Olafsson spoke up once more. "We're obviously not at a place to jump into anything of substance here," he said. "But we have no reservations saying that we like you, and I believe that feeling is mutual."

Kalinske nodded; it certainly was.

"So we're two teens in love," Olafsson mused, "ready to offer the world to each other, but any consummation would require parental approval."

"And Japanese parents have a reputation for being strict," Kalinske added.

Paul Tassi has read one book. He also doesn't know what non-fiction is, but, to be fair, neither does the author.

I'm only 200 or so pages into Console Wars, and I already feel compelled to share its horrors with people who can understand my pain. It is unspeakably bad. So hold MGS4 tight, because game writing gets much, much worse.

 

[BUNTING1243]

Speaking of bad writing, here's actual dialogue of a business meeting between Sega and Sony from a book that Forbes' Paul Tassi claims is "far and away one of the best non-fiction books [he's] ever read"



Paul Tassi has read one book. He also doesn't know what non-fiction is, but, to be fair, neither does the author.

I'm only 200 or so pages into Console Wars, and I already feel compelled to share its horrors with people who can understand my pain. It is unspeakably bad. So hold MGS4 tight, because game writing gets much, much worse.

I thought it was a silly page-turner with a really interesting story at the root of it, but yeah, some of the dialogue is terabad.

 

[Jintor]

Game Over is the game history book you want to read. Better than Masters of Doom for sure. Pity it ends around 1994 or '95.

 

[BUNTING1243]

The Ultimate History of Video Games is exhaustive and fantastic. Definitely my favorite game history book.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I thought it was a silly page-turner with a really interesting story at the root of it, but yeah, some of the dialogue is terabad.

The AV Club calls it a "good story poorly told," which is an understatement on both ends.

Game Over is the game history book you want to read. Better than Masters of Doom for sure. Pity it ends around 1994 or '95.

Chris Kohler's review of Console Wars said it has the same dialogue-heavy style as Game Over, so I'm wary of that book. Of course, Kohler also gave a glowing review to Console Wars, so he's clearly untrustworthy. I think it's out of print, too.

I also want to check out that insane Wario Land 4 design book, but I wish it was about a game I actually like.

 

[Jintor]

Game Over doesn't, to my rememberence, try and do some real time thing like Console Wars apparently tries to do (not the classic chapters, anyway). It is out of print though iirc. (I somehow have two copies of it though... back home). I'll vouch for it, I really do think it is a fantastic book, though the post-original edition chapters aren't nearly as good as everything from the foundations of Nintendo up until around the end of the SNES.

 

[BUNTING1243]

The AV Club calls it a "good story poorly told," which is an understatement on both ends.

it seemed like he was trying saving the screenwriter for the inevitable movie adaption some time by pacing it and writing the dialog like it was a middling-but-amusing dramedy starring owen wilson.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

Spent the last two hours avoiding this thread until I caught up on tonight's Breaking Bradborne. It was more exciting this way not knowing if he was gonna make it. Also a bit of a waste because he didn't make it.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Damn.

I also noticed that the shirt I didn't get isn't listed on the store anymore. And it was technically a pre-order back when I ordered it. The black logo shirt in "heather gray". Weird.

Really? Crap, I ordered that shirt too. Although I got my shipping confirmation last week. I expect customs will hold it up because I was impatient and ordered with a broken shipping rate.

"You're ruining Metal Gear!"

Man. I still can't decide if I think MGS4 was a crushing disappointment or the best fucking thing on the PS3.

That song couldn't have been more apt for Metal Gear!

 

[MassiveNights]

I'd be down for a E v W weekly showdown. I bet production would be a nightmare though.

Yeah, plus you're then kind of doubling your resource cost for one piece of content

 

[Zeouterlimits]

If this is how people admit / realise how bad and disappointing MGS4 is, then MGScanlon has doubled its worth.

 

[firehawk12]

I love disinterested Jason is during that GoW QL.

 

[The Dear Leader]

If this is how people admit / realise how bad and disappointing MGS4 is, then MGScanlon has doubled its worth.

See that's were you're wrong, this is were people realize that MGS4 is actually the best game in the series.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I love disinterested Jason is during that GoW QL.

If Dan did the same thing this thread would be 5 pages longer with angry folk

 

[Zeouterlimits]

See that's were you're wrong, this is were people realize that MGS4 is actually the best game in the series.

No.

Say it ain't so.

 

[The Dear Leader]

No.

Say it ain't so.

The truth hurts friend.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Your drug is a nanomachine?

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

MGS4 is fantastic. Probably the best. Probably for sure is the best.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

MGR is the best MG in the series because it embraces the stupid.

 

[firehawk12]

If Dan did the same thing this thread would be 5 pages longer with angry folk

I'd like to think Jason was doing a parody of Dan.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Your drug is a nanomachine?

Gotta keep my psyche jacked to the max brah!

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

MGR is the best MG in the series because it embraces the stupid.

Then the lyrics kicked in. And it simply became the best.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Somebody's hind D
Is crowding Alaska

 

[TheMrPliskin]

MGR is the best MG in the series because it embraces the stupid.

I'm finding it hard to disagree.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Then the lyrics kicked in. And it simply became the best.

 

[tryagainlater]

If this is how people admit / realise how bad and disappointing MGS4 is, then MGScanlon has doubled its worth.

MGS4 can't be disappointing after how crappy MGS3 was especially before Subsistence.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

The people who think MGS1+3 are better than MGS2+4 have to be the same people who think 999 is better than VLR. I don't understand these people. I don't want to understand these people.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

MGS2 is great. Personally, I found 4 to be big disappointment after 1, 2 & 3.

 

[MickeyKnox]

MGR is the best MG in the series because it embraces the stupid.

That too but mostly because it's the best playing one.

 

[Xater]

I've been wondering how Dan uses a mouse that zooming with middle mouse is such a huge issue? I mean it's not ideal but I have three fingers on top of my mouse at all times.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I've been wondering how Dan uses a mouse that zooming with middle mouse is such a huge issue? I mean it's not ideal but I have three fingers on top of my mouse at all times.

Wait what? That sounds highly uncomfortable.

Index for both left and middle, middle finger for right.

 

[BanGy.nz]

MGS4 can't be disappointing after how crappy MGS3 was especially before Subsistence.

MGS3 is the best Metal Gear Solid And I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

 

[demidar]

Wait what? That sounds highly uncomfortable.

Index for both left and middle, middle finger for right.

Yeah, that's the same for me.

I don't think I can comfortably use my ring finger for anything (besides my left ring finger because of Guitar Hero).

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Oh wow. Rocksteady's attention to references is great.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

I've been wondering how Dan uses a mouse that zooming with middle mouse is such a huge issue? I mean it's not ideal but I have three fingers on top of my mouse at all times.

Are you an alien?

 

[Xater]

Wait what? That sounds highly uncomfortable.

Index for both left and middle, middle finger for right.

Super comfortable. If it isn#t you probably need a better mouse.