Man, I'd totally forgotten Vinny killing that NPC thinking she was Manus to Ian and Rorie's horror. I broke out laughing all over again.
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Giant Bomb XXI | Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
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Man, I'd totally forgotten Vinny killing that NPC thinking she was Manus to Ian and Rorie's horror. I broke out laughing all over again.
stump sock
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man, I would give anything for them to play through one of the Net Yaroze compilations floating around on the Internet
that segment had me wondering if any of those things actually survived. that would be pretty entertaining.
RepairmanJack
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Dark Souls 3 is kicking my ass. Trying to play while living with a sick baby in the middle of teething is spraying pepper spray in my face after my ass is already kicked.
I've made it like 2 bosses in after 6 hours. :lol
I've made it like 2 bosses in after 6 hours. :lol
The new Demo Derby is so great. Might be top 3
So now the thread is 50/50 split
"I think its kinda funny even tho they are not great critics"
vs
"You are wrong! They are not funny!"
and
TIL people take CinemaSins at face value
The thread in OT is fantastic.
So now the thread is 50/50 split
"I think its kinda funny even tho they are not great critics"
vs
"You are wrong! They are not funny!"
and
You guys are a fucking boon to any community open mic nights in your area. If I'm a stand-up I'm aiming for that Cinema Sins demographic as hard as I can because there's no way I can lose. I'd just have to make it super clear I want to be funny and the audience will just do all the heavy lifting for me. It'd be great.
I mean, until I have to play for people with taste. Then I'm fucked.
Dark Souls 3 is kicking my ass. Trying to play while living with a sick baby in the middle of teething is spraying pepper spray in my face after my ass is already kicked.
I've made it like 2 bosses in after 6 hours. :lol
That's 2 bosses more than me and I played more...
But hey, games is easy peasy:
But 30 fucking hours?! How?! I fully explored everywhere on my first run (that's including the swamp) and still beat the game in about 22/23 hours and did all the side content in around 29 hours. Unless you're going full molebro and ganking newbies for days at a time it legit blows my mind that you take that long to get through the game.
RepairmanJack
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That's 2 bosses more than me and I played more...
But hey, games is easy peasy:
I think I put 30 some hours into the first one before I even made it to Blight Town lol. I take my time in these games.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Which ones do you count as bosses?
RepairmanJack
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Which ones do you count as bosses?
The ones with names and life bars at the bottom? Is there others that may count?
Iudex and Vordt I think is the only ones I've beat.
That's 2 bosses more than me and I played more...
But hey, games is easy peasy:
I finished Dark Souls 3 in 29 hours including all optional areas.
But I know I'm just fast instead of that guy going "You guys are so slow you can't beat Dark Souls in less than 30 hours omg it's blowing my mind"
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The ones with names and life bars at the bottom? Is there others that may count?Iudex and Vordt I think is the only ones I've beat.
Ah alright, yeah I can see 6 hours. Sometimes I'm not sure if people count the tutorial boss.
I'm at 3 bosses in 8 hours though I feel like I'm kinda rushing it in a way, even though I've pretty much explored out every area so far.
RepairmanJack
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Ah alright, yeah I can see 6 hours. Sometimes I'm not sure if people count the tutorial boss.
I'm at 3 bosses in 8 hours though I feel like I'm kinda rushing it in a way, even though I've pretty much explored out every area so far.
I spent probably more time than I should have exploring the two paths that both lead to
The greatwood boss
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Did you skip that boss? It's not really that hard, and you get something cool out of it.
Also a 40k question, is the morality of the world as black & white as I perceive it (emperor good, chaos bad) or is it more black & black everything sucks?
Also a 40k question, is the morality of the world as black & white as I perceive it (emperor good, chaos bad) or is it more black & black everything sucks?
I suddenly want to play Breath of Fire 3 again.
Also, how was SaGa Frontier?
Breath of Fire 3 is on PSN right now. It's been out in Europe for forever, but they finally figured out whatever the rights issue was holding up it being released digitally in the US.
As for SaGa Frontier... t was different.
SaGa always had a weird leveling system, given that its roots were the original Final Fantasy II where you gain stats by doing things (hitting someone, being hit) as opposed to simply winning fights.
It was a fairly pretty game, but I never could crack the gameplay systems.
RepairmanJack
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Did you skip that boss? It's not really that hard, and you get something cool out of it.
Also a 40k question, is the morality of the world as black & white as I perceive it (emperor good, chaos bad) or is it more black & black everything sucks?
Didn't really skip him because I haven't really moved on. Explored across the bridge a little bit and had to quit. Definitely don't plan on skipping though.
Depends on how deep you want to get in to it and interpret stuff. I'd say on the surface it's Chaos is bad and the Emperor is good (for humans) but does really fucked up stuff.Did you skip that boss? It's not really that hard, and you get something cool out of it.
Also a 40k question, is the morality of the world as black & white as I perceive it (emperor good, chaos bad) or is it more black & black everything sucks?
Part of the reason I like Fantasy more is they are able to get more nuanced with it and go into detail with Chaos culture. Although it is usually ignored to just be like Chaos is bad you guys.
FlammableD
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Did you skip that boss? It's not really that hard, and you get something cool out of it.
Also a 40k question, is the morality of the world as black & white as I perceive it (emperor good, chaos bad) or is it more black & black everything sucks?
Black and black? From the little I remember from 10 years ago, the Imperium is nominally the "good guys" but they're pretty shitty too. Inquisitions and all that.
TheMrPliskin
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Depends on how deep you want to get in to it and interpret stuff. I'd say on the surface it's Chaos is bad and the Emperor is good (for humans) but does really fucked up stuff.
My knowledge of the 40k universe isn't that deep but this is how I've always seen it. Although even if the Emperor himself serves as a symbol for good basically everyone who worships him does a lot of bad shit.
Felix Lighter
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I'm like 25 hours in, I'm sure I won't beat it in 5 more hours. I did spend 2 or 3 hours yesterday just putting down my white sign to help people beat a boss and I'm in a covenant that pulls me into other people's games when they are invaded to help protect them, but even still I'd take over 30 to finish. I do search every nook and cranny but I'd say the biggest thing that slows me down is my nervousness to start a new area. I find myself wasting time to build up the courage, ha.
Ohhh... Nice, I'll have to give it a try.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Depends on how deep you want to get in to it and interpret stuff. I'd say on the surface it's Chaos is bad and the Emperor is good (for humans) but does really fucked up stuff.
Part of the reason I like Fantasy more is they are able to get more nuanced with it and go into detail with Chaos culture. Although it is usually ignored to just be like Chaos is bad you guys.
That's the thing though, I find the way it kinda justifies facism weird.
NumberThree
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It's one of those universes where everyone is terrible.
Apparently Angry Jow didn't play Quantum Break right either. That thread is pretty entertaining.
You're entertaining.
RepairmanJack
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Quantum Break is the new Drive Club
I think that's due to weird tone stuff. 40k was originally a silly parody of that sort of stuff, but it kind of grew past that while occasionally retaining some of it. I only got into Warhammer stuff a few years ago so I'm not sure about all this, but it seems to me that the super serious grim dark approach is more popular while the silly aspects were toned down. Except for Ciaphas Cain stuff which is pretty silly and is popular.That's the thing though, I find the way it kinda justifies facism weird.
And also there's an Ork named after Margeret Thatcher.
stump sock
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Apparently Angry Joe didn't play Quantum Break right either. That thread is pretty entertaining.
11 pages of people griping that someone who calls himself "Angry Joe" had a negative opinion about something
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's one of those universes where everyone is terrible.
But kinda terrible in a way that justifies the fascism?
Which I think telling a story where fascism is considered essential is certainly something that can be explored in fiction, I'm just missing the tone of the story-telling that you won't get from reading wikis to decide that if this is weird or if this is weird.
Like some of the rhetoric certainly sounds... trump-like, let's just say. In a super serious grimdark way.
Ah alright, yeah I can see 6 hours. Sometimes I'm not sure if people count the tutorial boss.
I'm at 3 bosses in 8 hours though I feel like I'm kinda rushing it in a way, even though I've pretty much explored out every area so far.
Dark Souls is actually not a super long game. A lot of hours come from dying repeatedly and retreading old ground. So as long as you make progress by getting a bonfire or opening a shortcut with every death it becomes much shorter. Then when you reach a boss and die, there's normally a quick run back path to the boss from the bonfire.
stump sock
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also people complaining about other people not beating a game fast enough in a world where an awful lot of $60 games are too short is pretty dumb.
e: it sucks we never got that SaGa 2 remake in the west
e: it sucks we never got that SaGa 2 remake in the west
Breath of Fire 3 is on PSN right now. It's been out in Europe for forever, but they finally figured out whatever the rights issue was holding up it being released digitally in the US.
As for SaGa Frontier... t was different.
SaGa always had a weird leveling system, given that its roots were the original Final Fantasy II where you gain stats by doing things (hitting someone, being hit) as opposed to simply winning fights.
It was a fairly pretty game, but I never could crack the gameplay systems.
Bummer. It has great style imo.
finally home and ready to watch some demo derby
actually, no, i need to get some trash food first
The Giant Bomb way.
I won't be home in about 4 hours or something. Fuck work. Need my Demo Derby fix. Two QLs in 10 minutes too (maybe the StarCraft one will actually go up tomorrow, seems pretty likely that they put the wrong date on that since two QLs going up at the same time is weird).
Salty Catfish
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Damn it. Jeff is on a roll in this Demo Derby. Giant Bomb is a treasure.
Yeah, El Jefe was killing it from go on this one. Great stuff.
TheMrPliskin
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But kinda terrible in a way that justifies the fascism?
Which I think telling a story where fascism is considered essential is certainly something that can be explored in fiction, I'm just missing the tone of the story-telling that you won't get from reading wikis to decide that if this is weird or if this is weird.
Like some of the rhetoric certainly sounds... trump-like, let's just say. In a super serious grimdark way.
Often times those aspects are looked at negatively and the Imperium is seen as being super shitty so it might not be as weird as it comes across in wiki summaries.
It certainly doesn't help that over the years with all the different writers that have been involved in that universe there have definitely been some stories that seem to miss that the Imperium sucks.
The Giant Bomb way.
I won't be home in about 4 hours or something. Fuck work. Need my Demo Derby fix. Two QLs in 10 minutes too (maybe the StarCraft one will actually go up tomorrow, seems pretty likely that they put the wrong date on that since two QLs going up at the same time is weird).
Such GB videos always make me pull out the worst food I can find and have a beer.
It's tradition.
I think the main thing you're missing is that beyond a very surface level understanding of the setting, which is what you're getting from wikis, the Imperium is not good. And most of the fiction, especially the world building stuff is written from the point of view of the imperium. So in universe taking a "criminal", wiping their mind and using them as a living computer is a normal cool guy thing to do while you as the reader are supposed to think that it's fucked up.But kinda terrible in a way that justifies the fascism?
Which I think telling a story where fascism is considered essential is certainly something that can be explored in fiction, I'm just missing the tone of the story-telling that you won't get from reading wikis to decide that if this is weird or if this is weird.
Like some of the rhetoric certainly sounds... trump-like, let's just say. In a super serious grimdark way.
Bummer. It has great style imo.
Just because it didn't do much for me doesn't mean it won't be your thing.
As I recall it got decent, if not terrific, reviews.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Alright, thanks for the clarification. Just getting cutdown summaries from wikis certainly isn't the ideal way to learn.
So is eisenhorn considered to be a fairly good guy?
So is eisenhorn considered to be a fairly good guy?
wow it's been YEARS
The Giant Bomb way.
I won't be home in about 4 hours or something. Fuck work. Need my Demo Derby fix. Two QLs in 10 minutes too (maybe the StarCraft one will actually go up tomorrow, seems pretty likely that they put the wrong date on that since two QLs going up at the same time is weird).
yeah, api-kun seems to be leaking
or i guess they scheduled it wrong
All that comes to mind is the end of the Rogue One trailer
"What will you... become?"
Dammit id!
It's complicated? For an Inquisitor he is. Maybe. Kind of.Alright, thanks for the clarification. Just getting cutdown summaries from wikis certainly isn't the ideal way to learn.
So is eisenhorn considered to be a fairly good guy?
Actually it looks like they reprinted the non omnibus editions last year. "Xenos" is the first book if you're interested.
Vinny voice of an angel.
Salty Catfish
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All that comes to mind is the end of the Rogue One trailer
"What will you... become?"
Dammit id!
All we're missing is a DOOM trailer that ends with the lights coming up to reveal a Doomguy doing the Carlton dance.
...*sob*
stump sock
Member
I hope one of the execution moves is The People's Elbow
avengers23
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Jeff's voices during this Demo Derby: incredible.
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