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[crazyrabbits]

Win XP? Holy smokes! I have very bad memories of constant lock-ups and crashes with my time using it. Man it crashed a lot.
Younger people should have mandatory usage of old OS to see how great new ones actually are.
That damn task manager even constantly crashed, haha.

Mine's very stable, though. I've been using it consistently for 11 years without a problem. As of late, the only issue I have is that I have to shut down Windows Explorer every couple of days, but other than that, it's a tank. Works for everything I need, even (some) games.

It worked fine with Steam too, but their last update caused some kind of bug between XP and the SteamUI.dll file, so I'm out of luck until they release the next version. I believe I read somewhere that 6-8% of Steam users still have XP.

 

[Miguel81]

Voted for Tokyo Dark.

My real wish it to get the Sega CD version of Snatcher, and the PSOne version of Policenatus on Steam. Pipe dream, as Konami STILL haven't even released Symphony of the Night which is one of their more popular titles.

 

[Milamber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp5l4-sfFA (NSFW)

It's that Lazy Town song isn't it?

*clicks link*

Yep.

 

[zkylon]

i don't get how you can find lyne "zen", suikoder

this game is fucking stressful

 

[Nabs]

i don't get how you can find lyne "zen", suikoder

this game is fucking stressful

that game never ends

 

[JaseC]

Huge thanks to my buddy dante81 here as well. Surprised me with DX:HR yesterday out of the blue! What a great guy

But you haven't even played Unity for reals? Why buy Rogue so quick. It's not like it is a candidate for vanishing from Steam.
You could get it for so much cheaper by waiting only a little bit!

It's not going to get cheaper on Steam itself, which is the only store that is selling the Steam version. I'll be done with Unity by the time it releases.

 

[Tizoc]

Shovel Knight is wicked, if any of you are ParentGAFs, did you let your kids play it?

well yea if it's not an upgrade then no but if it is, i'll sadly pay for my enemy placements ;_;

cake buddies!

Curious, who is this lady you peeps keep posting gifs of?

 

[jshackles]

Shovel Knight is wicked, if any of you are ParentGAFs, did you let your kids play it?

My son got it on his 3DS and beat it in 4 hours. Was legit proud.

Spoiler

He's almost 15 though.

 

[-Deimos]

Shovel Knight is wicked, if any of you are ParentGAFs, did you let your kids play it?



Curious, who is this lady you peeps keep posting gifs of?

Zooey Deschanel.

 

[JaseC]

interesting rps recommended game of the day is the movies, i was just talking about it with a friend

i would really love a better more realized version of that game

I wish MS would re-release it on Steam. I made a thread about that very subject last year, hoping it'd catch the appropriate pair of eyes, but alas it's been about five months and nada.

 

[zkylon]

that game never ends

yeah

and now it's just annoying me lol

i hate you lyne

Curious, who is this lady you peeps keep posting gifs of?

zooey!

I wish MS would re-release it on Steam. I made a thread about that very subject last year, hoping it'd catch the appropriate pair of eyes, but alas it's been about five months and nada.

so it's your fault then

 

[Tizoc]

My son got it on his 3DS and beat it in 4 hours. Was legit proud.

Spoiler

He's almost 15 though.

Good man!

Zooey Deschanel.

Thanks, I shall read up on her and join GAF's creepy stalker group for that person.

 

[Speevy]

I take it back. Post more Seahorsey. No more Zooey.

 

[Casimir]

I would be curious in seeing other's go to games list if you organize them somehow.

Here's my current:

Nice and simple, but unfortunately a single category doesn't work after you have a large amount of games.

 

[Tizoc]

I take it back. Post more Seahorsey. No more Zooey.

Sersha.
It is pronounced Sersha.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Sersha.
It is pronounced Sersha.

Sorsay

 

[Miguel81]

REmaster Invisible mode IS a challenge, especially for an ink ribbon hoarder such as myself. These cheevos are getting to me, though there was a time when I avoided them like the plague.

Sorsay

Hmm, I thought it was Soarzay.

 

[JaseC]

so it's your fault then

Naturally.

 

[Ozium]

they should make a she-ra movie with saoirse

Hmm, I thought it was Soarzay.

kaiser saoirse

 

[Atraveller]

Haven't played anything recently, but I did a lot of reading during my trip. Witcher 1 and 2 are basically love letters written to the novels, after some time reading, a lot of references in the game suddenly made sense, and will no doubt make the games even more enjoyable during replays. I suggest everyone take some time and read those books.

well yea if it's not an upgrade then no but if it is, i'll sadly pay for my enemy placements ;_;

:/

 

[JaseC]

Bought an AIO water cooling kit. I'll be back to 4.6Gigashirts soon enough... and will have to rent a forklift to get rid of my monstrous NH-D14.

Sersha.
It is pronounced Sersha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGqHRmJM44&t=6m15s

 

[Miguel81]

kaiser saoirse

It's like she pulled off some trick...

 

[zkylon]

:/

i'm sorry i can't be perfect for you

we all have our dark moments

 

[Atraveller]

i'm sorry i can't be perfect for you

we all have our dark moments

I bought Batman: AC when it was 24.99, and played it for the first time when it was 4.99. I'm not perfect either.

 

[JaseC]

I bought Batman: AC when it was 24.99, and played it for the first time when it was 4.99. I'm not perfect either.

I bought an Nvidia key for Arkham City prior to release but never really got into the game. This was months before I caught the collecting bug, too, so at the time I felt like I wasted $30 or however much it was.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

I bought an Nvidia key for Arkham City prior to release but never really got into the game. This was months before I caught the collecting bug, too, so at the time I felt like I wasted $30 or however much it was.

Collecting. Not even once.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I bought an Nvidia key for Arkham City prior to release but never really got into the game. This was months before I caught the collecting bug, too, so at the time I felt like I wasted $30 or however much it was.

But you've since played and appreciated it.


right

 

[JaseC]

But you've since played and appreciated it.


right

Left.

 

[WinterDemons]

Is there a cure for the collecting bug? Please help.

 

[Atraveller]

Is there a cure for the collecting bug? Please help.

Get your steam account hacked intentionally.

 

[Miguel81]

Is there a cure for the collecting bug? Please help.

Only purchase what you really want? It's worked for me, at least.

Edit: Unless you want everything, which is a problem with no solution.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Is there a cure for the collecting bug? Please help.

lol

Community based and clinical surveys suggest that 80% to 95% of persons with CBD are women (10-12,23). The reported gender difference could be artifactual: women readily acknowledge that they enjoy shopping, whereas men are more likely to report that they "collect".

A review of compulsive buying disorder

 

[KenOD]

Is there a cure for the collecting bug? Please help.

Death

 

[DocSeuss]

While the whole "waifu"-thing actually started as a joke on 4chan...
... people got too obsessed.

Fuck, I love anime and manga since more than 15 years, but I would say "new fans" are actually the ones who take it too far and I am still sure part of the reason is because often those people do not have many social contacts and interactions and this hobby is more like an escape from the RL.
That is at least my impression I got from going to conventions and talking about this hobby with other people.

The new fans have really been bugging me the past couple of years. The quality of anime feels like it's gone down tremendously, the style and variation is lacking... heck, most of the recommendations I've seen are generally "oh this has twists/does ridiculous stuff so it's great" things. Not, y'know, legitimately great anime/manga, but stuff that has a cool idea and maybe some mystery or cat & mouse game to drive it on, like Death Note or Attack on Titan or whatever. Stuff that's not particularly great but is flashy enough to draw attention.

 

[Servizio]

Left.

There's Riddler Trophies to collect in Arkham City, JaseC. Do you like Riddler Trophies?

 

[Ban Puncher]

Your Favorite Anime is Shit

 

[Tizoc]

Bought an AIO water cooling kit. I'll be back to 4.6Gigashirts soon enough... and will have to rent a forklift to get rid of my monstrous NH-D14.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGqHRmJM44&t=6m15s

Youtube don't work for me at work =X

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Oh, new Saoirse interview?
I thought we were close jase :'(

 

[zkylon]

I bought Batman: AC when it was 24.99, and played it for the first time when it was 4.99. I'm not perfect either.

i bought skyrim for forty (40) united states dollars

i bow my head in shame

 

[WinterDemons]

Get your steam account hacked intentionally.

And then start up a new account to buy everything again.

Only purchase what you really want? It's worked for me, at least.

Edit: Unless you want everything, which is a problem with no solution.

It'll never end. Bundles are too tempting.

lol

A review of compulsive buying disorder

I should probably change it to "shopping" then. I'm probably part of the 80-95%. XD

Death

Which is hopefully a long time from now.

 

[Chariot]

The new fans have really been bugging me the past couple of years. The quality of anime feels like it's gone down tremendously, the style and variation is lacking... heck, most of the recommendations I've seen are generally "oh this has twists/does ridiculous stuff so it's great" things. Not, y'know, legitimately great anime/manga, but stuff that has a cool idea and maybe some mystery or cat & mouse game to drive it on, like Death Note or Attack on Titan or whatever. Stuff that's not particularly great but is flashy enough to draw attention.

There are still as many high quality anime as there were in the past. It's not like any season in the past pushed out top hits like a carpet bomber. This is a perception problem, since before the new millenium it was far more difficult for westerns to access anime and we mostly got what was good enough to arrive in the west by itself. When people call examples for the greatness of the past, they usually pick wildly from thirty decades of anime to put them against 2-3 years of modern anime.

To make a point:

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

i bought skyrim for forty (40) united states dollars

i bow my head in shame

Pfft! I bought LA Noire full price for the PS3.

 

[YianGaruga]

There are still as many high quality anime as there were in the past. It's not like any season in the past pushed out top hits like a carpet bomber. This is a perception problem, since before the new millenium it was far more difficult for westerns to access anime and we mostly got what was good enough to arrive in the west by itself. When people call examples for the greatness of the past, they usually pick wildly from thirty decades of anime to put them against 2-3 years of modern anime.

To make a point:

I was literally going to post exactly this. You can still find a good show or two every season if you look around, even if you are really picky.

 

[_hekk05]

The new fans have really been bugging me the past couple of years. The quality of anime feels like it's gone down tremendously, the style and variation is lacking... heck, most of the recommendations I've seen are generally "oh this has twists/does ridiculous stuff so it's great" things. Not, y'know, legitimately great anime/manga, but stuff that has a cool idea and maybe some mystery or cat & mouse game to drive it on, like Death Note or Attack on Titan or whatever. Stuff that's not particularly great but is flashy enough to draw attention.

Attack on Titan is good? It's interesting, sure, but the author has written himself into a weird spot, relying on shocking revelations instead of an unfolding plot. Putting it on the same level as death note, which was well developed in terms of characters, plot and intrigue, is an insult to death note.

/smugloliface

While the waifu thing might have been taken a bit too far, I assure you otakus were going crazy about their waifus before it happened. The anime/manga industry has driven itself into a corner, with most of its revenue coming from fans who purchase copious amounts of LEs, not unlike in gaming, as well as figurines and other merch.

Unlike anime, gaming do have enough of a more casual audience to sustain sales outside of the "hardcore", and the "hardcore" rarely make up most of its revenue. In contrast, the "hardcore" make up most of the revenue in anime/manga (but mostly anime). This has led to a surge in content more primarily catered to type B audiences, who generally value characters (muh waifu), instead of type A audiences, who generally value plot. Because character figurines/merch sells. And they sell a lot.

There's been a recent trend of japanese web novels being adapted for manga. Unlike the light novel scene, web novels tend to focus more on plot. For a written form (without illustrators to pump out moe book covers) to succeed, it generally has enough of a plot to keep its audience interested. The market is slowly trying to adapt itself to cater more to type A audiences.

Eventually though, anime has to fix its lack of creativity. Too often are animes merely adaptations of manga or light novels, and rarely do we see animes with original content. The current practice of adapting a popular manga or a light novel for an existing audience is seriously limiting its creativity.

To conclude, your favourite anime is shit. SHIIIIIIIIT

 

[WinterDemons]

Let us seek Jesus and dinosaurs instead.

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I was literally going to post exactly this. You can still find a good show or two every season if you look around, even if you are really picky.

I agree. There's usually something good every every one or two seasons.

 

[Elija2]

So the Complete edition costs less than the standard edition but comes with less stuff. Are their names supposed to be switched around or something? And the Complete edition is 30 bucks on GMG VIP which is more than it is on Steam (unless again their names on Steam are supposed to be switched around).

Help, I'm confused.

 

[thereisnoif]

To make a point:

Happen to know the names of some of the anime on the right side? More specifically the top left, bottom left, top right, and the mecha shows?

 

[Tizoc]

There are still as many high quality anime as there were in the past. It's not like any season in the past pushed out top hits like a carpet bomber. This is a perception problem, since before the new millenium it was far more difficult for westerns to access anime and we mostly got what was good enough to arrive in the west by itself. When people call examples for the greatness of the past, they usually pick wildly from thirty decades of anime to put them against 2-3 years of modern anime.

To make a point:

Yet majority of anime that Japan pumps out are moe stuff, harem, and fanservice nonsense.

 

[zkylon]

i watched space dandy and kill la kill in 2014 so anime still stronk

 

[Chariot]

Happen to know the names of some of the anime on the right side? More specifically the top left, bottom left, top right, and the mecha shows?

I just post them in order:

row 1: Saraiya Goyou, Kids on the Slope, Space Brothers, Hellsing Ultimate
row 2: Fate/Zero, Jormungand, Puella Magi Madoka, Mardock Scramble
row 3: Usagi Drop, Rainbow, x, Bakemonogatari
row 4: Psycho-Pass, Haruhi Suzumiya, Steins;Gate, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
row 5: Hyouge Mono, x, Kids on the Slope, Kaiji

Sadly I can't answer you most of the things you asked because those are the shows I did not watch. Sorry, but maybe someone else can complete.

Yet majority of anime that Japan pumps out are moe stuff, harem, and fanservice nonsense.

Yes. In what industry is the majority of products high level?
And please don't just look at the pretty picture and my text too. Past anime wasn't a paradise machine that made fourty perfect anime series per season.