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The Black Culture Thread |OT9| More Priest, Less Hudlin

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Jackben

bitch I'm taking calls.
Why do you think western media is so obsessed with World War 2? I feel like it's had the most coverage of any war in literature, film, and video games. I know it had major, lasting impact on our world but 70 years later it seems we are still just as obsessed.
 
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh I guess.

I'd say that level is like a slaughter map-lite

Don't get me wrong, the Library can suck, by all means. When I tried getting the "complete the Library on Legendary without dying" achievement I stayed back with the unlimited ammo skull and waited for everything to spawn and shotgunned it so I didn't get flanked. The waves aren't unlimited, per se, but there are a ton of spawns assigned.
 

Malyse

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Either I'm too sober or this club is too shit...
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The audio tapes in Ground Zeroes were pretty fucking disturbing so I'm expecting the worst in Phantom Pain
I keep forgetting to play that. I'm a little behind on the franchise
 

G-Fex

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Why do you think western media is so obsessed with World War 2? I feel like it's had the most coverage of any war in literature, film, and video games. I know it had major, lasting impact on our world but 70 years later it seems we are still just as obsessed.

I think I l've had more interest in the Civil War lately, that and Napoleonic wars.

Don't get me wrong, the Library can suck, by all means. When I tried getting the "complete the Library on Legendary without dying" achievement I stayed back with the unlimited ammo skull and waited for everything to spawn and shotgunned it so I didn't get flanked. The waves aren't unlimited, per se, but there are a ton of spawns assigned.

That doesn't sound too fun. From what I learned, slaughterish stuff doesn't necessarily have to bare down to the enemy count being in the 4-5K mark. It can be 100+ and still be a hell of a hassle cause of the way the level handles the encounters.

But the library sucks so I imagine it's not very fun and more of a swarming thing. Good job with that achievement though.
 

Kreed

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Why do you think western media is so obsessed with World War 2? I feel like it's had the most coverage of any war in literature, film, and video games. I know it had major, lasting impact on our world but 70 years later it seems we are still just as obsessed.

Because the US "won", and on the world stage.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
bayonetta is the most overrated underrated game ever lol

i mean, yeah, neat, but you can't just recommend that game to people like you wish you could

for obvious reasons

'great game' aside.
Why do you think western media is so obsessed with World War 2? I feel like it's had the most coverage of any war in literature, film, and video games. I know it had major, lasting impact on our world but 70 years later it seems we are still just as obsessed.

Because in that war we were the good guys, saved the world, showed off our dominance with a nuke, and killed the most evil person in the galaxy.

Also, if you really want to get into - war coverage was something that was just unheard of at the time. Cameras change a lot of things.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
No one ever wants to talk about the Korean War. They be like, "why you bringing up old shit?"

nobody talks about it because no one knows anything about it...

how many people talk about when Georgia got steamrolled just a few years back? (no, i'm not talking about SEC)
 
Why do you think western media is so obsessed with World War 2? I feel like it's had the most coverage of any war in literature, film, and video games. I know it had major, lasting impact on our world but 70 years later it seems we are still just as obsessed.

There aren't many wars with definitive good guys and bad guys like WW2.

It's government sponsored murder you can actually feel good about because it happened to a group that was actually just that horrible.
 

Slayven

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nobody talks about it because no one knows anything about it...

how many people talk about when Georgia got steamrolled just a few years back? (no, i'm not talking about SEC)

You right I forgot about that. George Bush doesn't care about eastern European countries.
 
Why do you think western media is so obsessed with World War 2? I feel like it's had the most coverage of any war in literature, film, and video games. I know it had major, lasting impact on our world but 70 years later it seems we are still just as obsessed.

it's the last war the west was involved in where there was objectively a "good" side and a "bad" side. like i don't think there were any doubts or moral grey areas as to how fucked up the third reich was.

plus it brought about huge change to the world. made US and Russia into the superpowers they are now and birthed the UN.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
There aren't many wars with definitive good guys and bad guys like WW2.

It's government sponsored murder you can actually feel good about because it's happened to a group that was actually just that horrible.

Its the first war where storytelling like that could reach the world scale
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
As someone who's actually seen a couple of arranged marriages and even two instances of people going through with the mail-order bride stuff... I can't really help but sideline myself when most bring it up.

(ftr: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=933067)

there's obvious exploits going on, duh, but stuff like this is one of the huge barriers between the west and the rest of the world. kinda wish people would at least acknowledge its there before going in on what's behind said barrier.
 

Oldschoolgamer

The physical form of blasphemy
If you're trying to get wasted, get a long island or two, or see if the bar makes Zombies. If they sell zombies, spend the 15 and get one.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
I see you won't be content until there's a blood feud between us. Kraken is the truth. Best non-Jamaican rum.

you still in that wack ass club?

that's like...

man, i've posted (facebook, gaf, tumblr, text) in clubs/parties before and if that's ever happening i honestly feel like i wasted a night and should've just stayed my ass home playing video games in my boxers
 

Trey

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This conversation is way too serious. Anyone here drink Kraken rum?

I had it two weeks ago. Really sweet and the feel is kinda rough. It's not horrible but I'm not coming out of my pocket for it.

man, i've posted (facebook, gaf, tumblr, text) in clubs/parties before and if that's ever happening i honestly feel like i wasted a night and should've just stayed my ass home playing video games in my boxers

yep
 
you still in that wack ass club?

that's like...

man, i've posted (facebook, gaf, tumblr, text) in clubs/parties before and if that's ever happening i honestly feel like i wasted a night and should've just stayed my ass home playing video games in my boxers

If it wasn't a friends birthday party I'd have been long gone.
 
Not an issue in Japan. Stop pasting American Cultural issues into the rest of the world.

As someone who goes to Japan on an annual basis, you should probably not try to take Japanese otaku culture as the norm in Japan. It's certainly not and treated much the same as it is here.

Dude I know, Felipe Smith, moved to Japan to become a mangaka. His manga, Peepo Choo had a character who directly dealt with this issue of perception.

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That's not to say that stuff doesn't happen, but it's not everywhere and its not average. And that's before getting into Japan's issues with sexism and committed relationships.

mediocre as fuck

just throw some soju in whatever you were drinking before you got to the club, lie to the next dozen people you meet, and tuck yourself in

Soju will mess you up and that shit is tasteless and odorless.

Also if you want to get props are your local Korean liquor store, ask for the soju.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
japan still has ridiculous issues with harassment on public transportation and their child porn laws speak volumes but whatevs

nobody is perfect though. this is america. i might get shot
 
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