Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I'm getting dumber watching this stream, but it's pretty hilarious.
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Halo |OT16| Oh Bungie, Where Art Thou?
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Give her my facebook page please
FUBAR McDangles
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I'll leave it on a cocktail napkin while I motorboat dat rack
User 73706
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I wonder if I'd have any success doing let's plays.
Orochinagis
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YourExWife
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Make sure that you're going to have time to do (I'd say) two or more games per month and that you live in or near a big city. I had Gamefly for a couple years when I had more free time, but between work and other obligations, not to mention the shitty shipping speed and response time and not necessarily getting a game anywhere near the top of your queue, it wasn't close to worth it for me. I took the few hundred bucks per year (or whatever) and just buy games on sale, or for PC, and just resell/trade the ones I don't want to keep after I'm done. Saved a ton of money.
Keep in mind, I haven't had the service for about 2.5 years now, so their service to my area might be improved, but they don't have anywhere close to the shipping centers that Netflix has, nor the efficiency.
As long as you don't have a mic. RIP everyone.
StalkerUKCG
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Its all sourced from various articles. Its true.
I understand the appeal of the games, but for some reason I'm always terribly bored playing them.
I've never played, but sort of struggling through Skyrim I'm just starting to see that a lot of these open world games just aren't for me. I'd choose a more linear, deep and focused sandbox to play in rather than one that's huge and you can "do anything".
Before I picked up Skyrim I kind of wished games like Fable 2 had more stuff to do in them but I can see the advantages of what they did.
FUBAR McDangles
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I agree.
Grand Theft Auto, Prototype, Oblivion, Skyrim were all terribly boring for me.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas were fantastic, and I own Oblivion(5 year anniversary or whatever with all DLC), but I just cannot sit down and play open world games like that without getting bored.
Hypertrooper
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Hey Frankie,
I saw you tweeting about the ThreeA Carter figure. Can we get a Master Chief from ThreeA now, please? Barrow and I will be very happy about it.
I saw you tweeting about the ThreeA Carter figure. Can we get a Master Chief from ThreeA now, please? Barrow and I will be very happy about it.
Big picture of the 3A Toys Carter. This thing is sick. Joints are covered in rubber "fabric" at the right places, it takes watch batteries to power up tiny LEDs for the various illuminated parts. The grenades are canonical (they stick to hips with magnets) and all the fingers are jointed. I mean, I am not into collectibles or action figures, but this thing is blowing my mind. There is even a face behind the visor. Which is almost 100% opaque except under very specific conditions.
I hope they do something with the way the missions work. I never finished GTAIV because I flipped my boat on some rocks avoiding a rocket and couldn't be bothered to start it all the way over. But overall everything I'm hearing about this sound great.
Now I want to hear what is next for Halo.
I've always stayed away from collecting (don't want to fall down that slippery slope), but wow that makes my inner 12-year old cry with joy. (never noticed the gameboy on his chest before, that there is a d-pad)
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
How much is that Carter figure?
FUBAR McDangles
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I bing'd it and found an older announcement article citing ~$200? Does that sound right?
Orochinagis
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Big picture of the 3A Toys Carter. This thing is sick. Joints are covered in rubber "fabric" at the right places, it takes watch batteries to power up tiny LEDs for the various illuminated parts. The grenades are canonical (they stick to hips with magnets) and all the fingers are jointed. I mean, I am not into collectibles or action figures, but this thing is blowing my mind. There is even a face behind the visor. Which is almost 100% opaque except under very specific conditions.
I inmediately associated that pic with winter contingency theme, damn.
I loved the worn out style in theirs armors
$220! Trying to find out where (else) it will be sold - we will have it at the Waypoint store: http://halowaypointstore.com/collectibles-and-toys/commander-carter-collectible-figure.html
And you can pre-order now. Diamond is their distributor in the US. They make very small runs, so availability is sometimes challenging.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Is that the pre-FrankBeingAwesome discount or after?
Also, we need a Chief from them.
Hypertrooper
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It is available at Sideshow Collectibles for $219,99. "And you can pre-order now" comes a bit late. The figure is already up for pre-order since last year.
Give us a Master Chief from ThreeA or Hot Toys, Frankie. Make it happen. MAKE IT HAPPEN PLEASE.
(Btw. it is funny, Barrow Roll and I are always talking about the ThreeA's Spartan since pictures are available last month. No one paid attention to it.)
I remember them saying, that they shifted the release date to September, to support next-gen consoles aswell. Would be such a missed opportunity, if they don't make a next gen title.
bobs...onGaf
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StalkerUKCG
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Nah we call you ToothpickBob
Zeouterlimits
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Unless Microsoft ponied up to have it, I doubt Rockstar are developing it for the next gen systems right now.
Why bother when you have an install base of 100 million+? (combining both 360 & PS3, and rounding down heavily)
Perhaps when they release the PC version, then Rockstar might.
Why bother when you have an install base of 100 million+? (combining both 360 & PS3, and rounding down heavily)
Perhaps when they release the PC version, then Rockstar might.
bobs...onGaf
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I dont know why but I REALLY dont like the idea of switching between different characters in GTA5, I feel like I would hate the fact I could miss stuff. A lot of the stuff they have described also seems too broad, like its cool there are so many options in the game but none of them sound particularly exciting, it seems like a lot of dull content. That said on paper I would have said the same thing about San Andreas but that game was amazing so I guess I need to shut up and wait.
Also Splinter Cell multiplayer trailer looks great, I missed out on Mercs vs Spies the first time round, hopefully this captures the magic.
on the subject of GTA5, from what it sounds like, the 3 characters work together on big missions, playing different roles and you can switch to each character to play that separate role. So maybe you can switch from gunning to driving/flying to sniping, etc.
each character has kind of an "armor ability" too, but they actually sound interesting.
also, stealth in GTA, oh god yes.
each character has kind of an "armor ability" too, but they actually sound interesting.
also, stealth in GTA, oh god yes.
Big picture of the 3A Toys Carter. This thing is sick. Joints are covered in rubber "fabric" at the right places, it takes watch batteries to power up tiny LEDs for the various illuminated parts. The grenades are canonical (they stick to hips with magnets) and all the fingers are jointed. I mean, I am not into collectibles or action figures, but this thing is blowing my mind. There is even a face behind the visor. Which is almost 100% opaque except under very specific conditions.
How big is this thing? This picture makes it look life size.
Edit: Nm. 13.5 inches tall. The detail on it though is insane. Looks like it could be actual size haha.
Hydranockz
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Get them lyrics, CJ.
BlueScrote
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I'm curious, what is your issue with the 1 hit kill objectives?
Yes'm.
Biggest thing thats been missing from GTA. San Andreas has a tiny mission with stealth but I want full fledged stealth mechanics.
Also, to relate this back to Halo...
Halo could use some stealth missions too. The AI in Halo typically sees right past your camo. At least in Reach/4. And assassinating enemies somtimes alerts everyone as well.
Biggest disappointment from ODST was that the silencers were a gimmick and there was no stealth killing.
Brolic Gaoler
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The nerd in me really, really wants this.
Big picture of the 3A Toys Carter. This thing is sick. Joints are covered in rubber "fabric" at the right places, it takes watch batteries to power up tiny LEDs for the various illuminated parts. The grenades are canonical (they stick to hips with magnets) and all the fingers are jointed. I mean, I am not into collectibles or action figures, but this thing is blowing my mind. There is even a face behind the visor. Which is almost 100% opaque except under very specific conditions.
How much is it going to be?
I'm totally thinking of getting this if the price is right.
FUBAR McDangles
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Can't BTB tonight. It's Iron Man 3 night homeboys.
I dont know why but I REALLY dont like the idea of switching between different characters in GTA5, I feel like I would hate the fact I could miss stuff. A lot of the stuff they have described also seems too broad, like its cool there are so many options in the game but none of them sound particularly exciting, it seems like a lot of dull content. That said on paper I would have said the same thing about San Andreas but that game was amazing so I guess I need to shut up and wait.
Also Splinter Cell multiplayer trailer looks great, I missed out on Mercs vs Spies the first time round, hopefully this captures the magic.
Rockstar seems to frequently go for pacing, so it isn't all action all the time, sometimes it seems boring, sometimes it really has an impact. Riding through RDR are first going into Mexico were some places where it really worked. So with as big as this game seems to look I could imagine some of that occurring. Could also be interesting storytelling possibilities being able to switch through characters. Also could end up being mind-numbingly boring or confusing.
Seeing that Carter figure with the juxtaposition of talking about switching characters in GTA makes me think Reach would have been cool if each mission was from the POV of each member of Noble team.
Eh I liked staying put but I do wish we got more character time with the individual members.
Yeah, I'm really not entertained by shooting mass amounts of people in videogames anymore, unless its multiplayer. I'm starting to appreciate more interesting enemy encounters that don't reply on just shooting everyone with a machine gun. Stealth, tranquilizers, super-natural powers, etc. Mowing everyone down with a gun makes me feel bad as a person. My biggest gripe with bioshock infinite.
Yeah, I supposed they did do that with ODST already so would have been seen as a cheap rehash (I don't think it would have been, but I think that would have been the criticism), but I doubt people would hate Kat so much if you were Kat driving during that mission.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
BTB night is tonight. I should be on around 7 or 730 CST.
In how many hours would that be?
Damn it!!! I have to work until 2!
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