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Giant Bomb #19 | Patrick Wins 2-1
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People are still trying to break in.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Kotaku atleast you can differentiate the good stuff and bad stuff. Like, you know which writers to avoid. For Polygon, it all kinda blends in together.
Totally agree there. My strategy is basically this. Read all reviews from the writers I trust (and struggle through Polygon's garbage and over complicated reviews layout). Read shit other people on the internet say is cool. Finally, visit shit the writers I like seem to be pushing really hard. They tend to push the stuff they know is good.
Not a perfect solution, but it allows me to avoid 90% of garbage polygon.
Just watch the Monster Factory videos over and over again, like me.
Justin kinda already did it-ish.
It ain't exactly 100% but whatuexpek?
I've pushed these vids before, but I think you're good with any Monster Factory, and for Gameplays (I like them all, fanboy that I am) but Tabletop Simulator (watch until the end), Titan Souls, Catlateral Damage (know that this is a punishment for a previous grievance).
If I'm drunk and my beds not made I'm pretty certain I'm just going to make a chuck taco with the comforter.
He needs to bring more stuff from his childhood, because Lego Island was gold.
If it's not a boring FPS, it's a boring mobile game. Occasionally a boring racing game.
funkystudent
Member
I baught Shovel Knight to play on my Vita.
I have just realised I have not touched my Vita in about 9 months and dont know where it is.
I have just realised I have not touched my Vita in about 9 months and dont know where it is.
Salty Catfish
Member
I have returned from a weeklong journey to the Land of Video Games known as San Francisco -- anything unusual I missed from this past week that isn't on the main GB site?
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Deleted member 30609
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I have no idea how to browse Kotaku. The non-games to game related content ratio is crazy skewed. There's usually one interesting article per page, and something by (say) Schrier is usually given equal weighting (or less) to "here's a GIF". It's a weird site. Is there a "filter crap" option I'm just not seeing?
Glitchesarecool
Member
You seem to be getting drunk a lot lately.
funkystudent
Member
Kotaku use to be my go to site for general "a quick check just to see what the newest news is" but then they had that redesign a few years back that made the site nearly imposable to read on a computer and I have never been back.
Then I used Joystiq and well... that lasted a few years.
Now I just check GAF.
Or N4G which is good for a laugh just to see what the bottom of the rung is up to.
Then I used Joystiq and well... that lasted a few years.
Now I just check GAF.
Or N4G which is good for a laugh just to see what the bottom of the rung is up to.
Yeahhhhhh..... Long story....
Kotaku became a lot more readable for me when I started reading the Kotatucore tag. It cuts out a lot of BS.
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Deleted member 30609
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wow, that's actually... not bad. Thanks!
Glitchesarecool
Member
I challenge anyone to come in at a worse speed than this.
I'm staying up all fucking night because I have to run a bunch of updates and get my google drive sync'd, and it still hasn't rolled over to something usable.
I never realized how much I took cable connection speeds for granted.
I challenge anyone to come in at a worse speed than this.
Yikes... Welcome to 1997 brah!
StopMakingSense
Member
I challenge anyone to come in at a worse speed than this.
Satellite?
skLaFarebear
Member
I challenge anyone to come in at a worse speed than this.
;_;7
I challenge anyone to come in at a worse speed than this.
I actually got really bummed out from seeing this
Got to the main thrust of the Hearts of Stone DLC. This is really damn cool.
That ping. Ooof. I know that feeling from my satellite days. My connection is now .8-1.5 mbps with a decent ping. It's not good by any means, but it's leagues better than what I used to have. My heart always goes out to those stuck with that crap.
That ping. Ooof. I know that feeling from my satellite days. My connection is now .8-1.5 mbps with a decent ping. It's not good by any means, but it's leagues better than what I used to have. My heart always goes out to those stuck with that crap.
Do you think the DLC integrates well during a first playthrough? I'm playing through the main game now, but what I heard of it made it seem like a completely separate story. Made me wonder if I should just play through it after I finish the main story or if it's worth going through during it.
It's completely separate and it's level 30+ content, I would just finish the game first before the DLC so you can just focus on the DLC's story separately.
Twin Tails
Member
It is just another story in the world so it would integrate just fine.
You could integrate it just fine in a first play through. It's just a new side mission like any other. The only problem you might run into is levels. I wasn't leveled high enough to run Hearts of Stone until I was close enough to finishing the main story that I felt I might as well just finish. It's really easy to pick it up after the main game ends, if that's the way you want to go like I did.
What I do is follow Schreier and Patrick on Twitter. This way you get links for all the articles worth reading.
BUNTING1243
Banned
It's a bummer, because their intentions seemed so noble when they launched. Stuff like Human Angle was legitimately incredible. I guess that dream isn't sustainable anymore.
For the record, I still think polygon is okay sometimes. They still have occasionally amazing features. I like a lot of the people, especially the McElroys and Nick Robinson. Arthur Gies is a good writer who can come off as a douche sometimes. Kutchera is meh. Owen Good is garbage tier.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I didn't know that you love kotaku so much that it's the only tab you have open.
skLaFarebear
Member
They were more so designed to take them on 2v2 by summoning Solaire right outside their door. But yeah, when you're alone unless your dodges are super on point, the first phase is just a frustrating process of constantly baiting them out separately and taking a swing
The second phase (both of them) are really fun for 1v1 though.
Question for you guys: have you ever played a game because of GB hype and not liked it at all?
I remember playing Divekick because of Jeff fawning over it, and my reaction to it was pretty much, "wut?" Everything about it felt amateurish. It was like a joke that was barely entertaining for 2 minutes. And then it somehow ended up on their top 10 list for the year lol.
That's the best example I can think of, but I was also pretty "meh" toward Mario Maker, though not to the degree of Divekick.
On the other hand, Jeff did get me to play Syndicate and Axiom Verge, which were terrific games.
You?
I remember playing Divekick because of Jeff fawning over it, and my reaction to it was pretty much, "wut?" Everything about it felt amateurish. It was like a joke that was barely entertaining for 2 minutes. And then it somehow ended up on their top 10 list for the year lol.
That's the best example I can think of, but I was also pretty "meh" toward Mario Maker, though not to the degree of Divekick.
On the other hand, Jeff did get me to play Syndicate and Axiom Verge, which were terrific games.
You?
The GB 2014 GOTY
I enjoyed playing LA Noire but I was expecting something completely earth-shattering from how excited brad was about it at the time.
skLaFarebear
Member
Not liked at all is some strong words. Even the worst game I've played this year had one or two things I liked about it.
I usually don't impulse buy stuff based off only GB hype so I can't say anything they've ever pushed has disappointed me or I hated.
MassiveNights
Banned
Yeah for sure. Everyone kept praising combat but I found it tedious and it just spawned enemies on you in their dozens.
Without that enjoyment the game is nothing apart from a decent gimmick in the Nemesis system which I thought was overrated too.
2014 was pretty lame.
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