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by Newbie
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:19 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?
Replies: 1302
Views: 278180

Re: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?

Whenever you do, make sure you play on the hardest difficulty! Both of VanillaWare's most recent games have novel approaches to RTS/Tower defense combat, and they're both too easy on most of the difficulty settings.
by Newbie
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?
Replies: 1302
Views: 278180

Re: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?

Considering how amazing 13 Sentinels was, I felt like I had to get VanillaWare's next game no questions asked, so I picked up Unicorn Overlord. This seems like the narrative/gameplay inverse of 13 Sentinels: the story's the most generic fantasy war storyline you could imagine, but it's executed well...
by Newbie
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Ol' shoot 'em in the leg
Replies: 226
Views: 29082

Re: Ol' shoot 'em in the leg

Unfortunately, in a two-party system, the only way to effectively communicate to your party that you are dissatisfied with their choices is to make them believe you might not vote for them. You might still actually vote for them, but it's critical that they believe that they've lost your vote. Other...
by Newbie
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Final fucking fantasy 22 3/4
Replies: 476
Views: 120981

Re: Final fucking fantasy 22 3/4

Today, I finally finished Endwalker , second credits sequence included. Shadowbringers may exceed it for hard-hitting emotional moments—I cannot handle the scene in which you bring Ardbert's crystal to Seto without sobbing—but overall, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is my "most satisfying&quo...
by Newbie
Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?
Replies: 1302
Views: 278180

Re: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?

I used to be really enamored with the guy. So much so that I once sent him an email that prompted him to email me back one of his unpublished novels. It was alright.
by Newbie
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Animotion and Car Tunes
Replies: 472
Views: 106369

Re: Animotion and Car Tunes

As somebody who never read the original, I enjoyed the parts of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off that paired up characters who didn't interact much in the film. It was nice to see characters like Knives transcend the roles they initially occupied. While the show does "cute" and "animated spect...
by Newbie
Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Obituaries
Replies: 1547
Views: 317743

Re: Obituaries

by Newbie
Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: "Coronavirus" is the category, dangit. (COVID-19 thread)
Replies: 1017
Views: 152095

Re: "Coronavirus" is the category, dangit. (COVID-19 thread)

We were scheduled to get the booster on Friday at CVS since we're going to a meetup next month. CVS sent a text saying that the supply has been delayed and rescheduled us for the Saturday after next.
by Newbie
Mon Aug 07, 2023 9:42 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: The Song Stuck in Your Brain
Replies: 637
Views: 172198

Re: The Song Stuck in Your Brain

That's why I've kept it this long!
by Newbie
Mon Aug 07, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: The Song Stuck in Your Brain
Replies: 637
Views: 172198

Re: The Song Stuck in Your Brain

It's pretty fucking good, yeah. Heavily recommend going in blind, but it's sort of a "real time with pause" tactics/tower defense game mixed with a VN/minimal adventure game. The original release had some balance issues, but the latest version improves things in that regard—but really, the...
by Newbie
Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:43 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Animotion and Car Tunes
Replies: 472
Views: 106369

Re: Animotion and Car Tunes

The Venture Bros movie was just about everything I hoped it would be. If we don't get any more, this answered enough of my questions that I'll be satisfied. I hope they get to make more, though.
by Newbie
Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:06 am
Forum: Media
Topic: The Song Stuck in Your Brain
Replies: 637
Views: 172198

Re: The Song Stuck in Your Brain

Really bums me out that -The Branched- arrange album for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is mainly available as digital downloads since I don't have a CD burner anymore. If I just wanted to listen on my laptop or phone, YouTube still works fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYqoW7UnK9g I guess I shouldn'...
by Newbie
Wed Jun 21, 2023 6:40 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Legend of Zelda: Clever Subtitle
Replies: 90
Views: 32754

Re: Legend of Zelda: Clever Subtitle

Regarding the depths : Each lightroot's name is a shrine's name backwards. But more specifically: I think the depths exist as a reason to build vehicles and weapons platforms. Device stockpiles are much more obvious that they are on the surface, and the (annoying) landscape is a chal...
by Newbie
Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:05 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Play's Too Great: Critical Anal Success in Baldur of the GUILE
Replies: 39
Views: 3091

Re: Played Too Late: A Critical Analysis of Breath of the Wild

OH, gross, I hate when I realize I've been remembering phantom memories. It turns out sticky frogs were not in BotW, so my recollection of having them but never bothering to make them into potions because I couldn't spare the monster parts was ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS

UGH UGH UGH
by Newbie
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Play's Too Great: Critical Anal Success in Baldur of the GUILE
Replies: 39
Views: 3091

Re: Played Too Late: A Critical Analysis of Breath of the Wild

Did you make sticky recipes? Does anyone?

I can answer that question: I made sticky recipes—in TotK. Why did I never do that in BotW? I don't remember.

No conclusion.
by Newbie
Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Reddit and Weep
Replies: 53
Views: 15442

Re: Reddit and Weep

I've been pretty invested in this, since I've been a daily "RIF is fun" user since 2014. This is an aggravating change that will probably make my overall quality of life improve, because I will be less inclined to waste time on Reddit.
by Newbie
Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?
Replies: 1302
Views: 278180

Re: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?

I played Mask of the Rose , the new Failbetter Games alternate-Victorian dating sim/murder mystery, the other night. In the other Failbetter games ( Sunless Sea , Sunless Skies , and Fallen London ), it felt like I could do anything, given enough time and willingness to grind. This gives the opposit...
by Newbie
Fri May 19, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Legend of Zelda: Clever Subtitle
Replies: 90
Views: 32754

Re: Legend of Zelda: Clever Subtitle

Awww.

While that's disappointing, I DID find out a fun use for mine carts through the fusion system. Remember how BotW lets you shield surf down hills? Well Link ain't exactly Tony Hawk, but...
by Newbie
Wed May 17, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: Forum Games
Topic: NIKU PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THIS THREAD
Replies: 9
Views: 8257

Re: NIKU PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THIS THREAD

Was the Dick Tracey movie the Sin City of the 80s? Why or why not?