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| Topic | What's your favorite game demo? |
| specialkid8 06/06/18 11:01:43 PM #3 | Burnout Paradise. Never even bought the game. The demo was enough to satisfy me for a few weeks. |
| Topic | Really though, how do you like your eggs? |
| specialkid8 06/04/18 7:54:00 AM #20 | But seriously, what the fuck is a grilled egg? |
| Topic | Really though, how do you like your eggs? |
| specialkid8 06/03/18 11:13:57 PM #7 | Grilled? |
| Topic | What retro cartoon should Hollywood make a movie of next? |
| specialkid8 06/03/18 12:14:46 PM #10 | Is the 90s considered retro yet? I want a Street Sharks movie. And an Xtreme Dinosaurs spinoff. |
| Topic | Why haven't they copied the MCU with Star Wars |
| specialkid8 06/01/18 10:26:54 PM #17 | Hexenherz posted... I think what the RLM guys said is true - Marvel is a really expansive universe and each character has his/her own developed backstory that can be adapted to film and there's a lot to work with. And Star Wars is the opposite, it's actually just really limited and there's only so much you can do with it. This is pretty much true. What made Star Wars so interesting back in the day was that the characters were essentially just archetypes. All the characters in the original trilogy are super one dimensional, have no backstory whatsoever, and very little growth over the series. You can make something like the prequel trilogy or Solo to give these characters more character but you're essentially making it up as you go along. None of that is baked in from the start. And as an aside, as much as people have complained about it since the Disney acquisition, none of the EU was ever canon. George said many times before that he thinks what other people are doing with his universe is awesome but the only "real" Star Wars is what comes from him. The only thing that was officially decanonized was The Force Unleashed games which is no great loss. |
| Topic | Extremely intelligent New Zealand parrot species has zero fear of humans |
| specialkid8 05/28/18 12:15:04 AM #31 | So they're endangered because they're horrid little assholes? Sounds fair. |
| Topic | Who is your favorite of the Big Five metal bands? |
| specialkid8 05/27/18 11:23:14 PM #1 | Which one? - Results (31 votes)
Black Sabbath
32.26% (10 votes)
10
Metallica
12.9% (4 votes)
4
Nickelback
35.48% (11 votes)
11
Iron Maiden
12.9% (4 votes)
4
Slayer
6.45% (2 votes)
2
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| Topic | Where did you get your username from? |
| specialkid8 05/26/18 7:43:07 PM #12 | It's my gamertag. I thought it was funny when I made it as a teenager. |
| Topic | Apparently it's bad to sleep faced down? |
| specialkid8 05/24/18 11:32:28 PM #11 | Lordgold666 posted... Who tf sleeps facedown into a pillow? This. How does that even work? |
| Topic | What's the phrase for saying something to pretend like you're helping? |
| specialkid8 05/23/18 11:09:35 PM #6 | ^In a nutshell. It's doing something in order to say "look how good of a person I am" with no real merit to the action. |
| Topic | What's the phrase for saying something to pretend like you're helping? |
| specialkid8 05/23/18 10:44:43 PM #4 | chill02 posted... virtue signaling? That's the ticket. |
| Topic | What's the phrase for saying something to pretend like you're helping? |
| specialkid8 05/23/18 10:31:25 PM #1 | Like when people says hopes and prayers on Facebook after shootings or McDonalds flipping their arches for Women's day. It's a great phrase and It's driving me crazy that I can't think of it and it's too vague to google. |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/23/18 9:28:32 AM #26 | ^There are definitely right and wrong ways to do both but I love open world as well. Not everything works in open world but, damn, a lot of it does. |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/23/18 9:12:27 AM #24 | Lost_All_Senses posted... When did the word meme replace fad? Or is it just a few people trying too hard? Or is it replacing the word joke? There are a lot of words ,especially here, that have lost all meaning. |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/23/18 12:01:09 AM #15 | Antifar posted... First person is just kinda a bad way to explore a world Well, that's just not true. Fallout and TES make their living on exploration. First person is even better for exploration because you can get your nose right into everything. They also tend to be more interactive rather than just picking up things that glow or have a button prompt on them. |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/22/18 11:07:09 PM #12 | Nut there is nothing restrictive about guns. You have a whole spectrum of ranges that they can be used at, different firing rates. You can specialize in sniping or running in with a shotgun which play completely differently. If you're not going fully realistic you can also throw in a bunch of different ammo types, alternate firing, crossbows, long bows, various explosives. Compare that to The Witcher 3 which has fantastic combat using just a sword and a few magic spells. I don't know why you think shooters are so restricted. And that also has nothing to do with that fact that you can't walk ten feet without bumping into an open world TPS, so why are there not a similar number of FPS? |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/22/18 10:53:43 PM #8 | The vast majority of games are combat based. Again, there is nothing inherent to FPS that says it has to be just that any more than anything else. There's also plenty of ways to go about combat to keep it fresh and interesting. |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/22/18 10:39:43 PM #6 | Verdekal posted... FPS work best when you have a path and a mission. It's supposed to be high octane action. Hard to do that when you transverse wilderness for a while. FPS isn't inherently any more high octane than TPS. Linear FPS games have a whole spectrum of pacing. First person is immersive and shooting is just fun. It works more than fine in an open world. |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/22/18 10:18:57 PM #2 | Care |
| Topic | Why aren't there more open world FPS's? |
| specialkid8 05/22/18 9:42:26 PM #1 | FPS is consistently popular and open world games are bigger than ever yet the only stable franchises are Fallout and Farcry. Homefront The Revolution came out a few years ago and Rage 2 is coming out soon and that's pretty much your lot. I've got a dozen ideas for games like this but no one seems to be making them. Is first person significantly harder to program compared to third person so that if a company wants to crap out a quick cash in open world game it's better to go third or what? This has been bothering me for a while. |
| Topic | What game disappointed you the most? |
| specialkid8 05/22/18 11:40:49 AM #38 | Farcry 3. The first two games are some of my favorites of all time for their own reasons. 3 was just an FPS version of Assassin's Creed and was bland as fuck. |
| Topic | Mental Floss: Most hated foods by state |
| specialkid8 05/21/18 11:11:58 PM #62 | Pretty sure there was a poll size of one for each state and some of them didn't even understand the question. |
| Topic | Pepsi vs Coca-Cola |
| specialkid8 05/20/18 1:14:31 PM #3 | Pepsi is way too sweet. |
| Topic | Fun fact: When a cow is in a movie it's often just a horse that's been painted. |
| specialkid8 05/20/18 11:24:36 AM #19 | Gudnardi posted... Fun fact: cats are harder to get to obey commands, so most cats in movies are just dogs in a cat costume. They do the same thing with babies since they can only work super short shifts. |
| Topic | Can you type without looking at the keyboard? |
| specialkid8 05/19/18 9:06:16 AM #9 | I took a keyboarding class in middle school but broke my arm halfway through the semester and lost everything I'd learned. Now I still have to look. |
| Topic | Rate this girl twerking for football |
| specialkid8 05/17/18 9:00:48 PM #6 | Remember when she twerked for Trayvon Martin? |
| Topic | I know I'm probably late but......Machete and Spy Kids are in the same universe |
| specialkid8 05/16/18 4:25:54 PM #6 | Isn't the girl from spy kids in the second machete movie? Is she the same character? |
| Topic | Don't you hate it when you're trimming your toenails and you accidentally... |
| specialkid8 05/16/18 4:10:34 PM #1 | Stick a toothpick under your nail and kick a wall? It's so annoying. |
| Topic | Should Morgan Freeman voice Gordon Freeman in Half-Life 3? |
| specialkid8 05/14/18 7:00:56 PM #3 | Martin Freeman |
| Topic | Do you think the ESRB and MPAA need a 15+ rating? |
| specialkid8 05/14/18 7:00:14 PM #2 | It's just a loose guideline to begin with. Adding another arbitrary step would just be muddying the waters. |
| Topic | I am Groot |
| specialkid8 05/14/18 8:48:58 AM #35 | Max Haas! |
| Topic | Christy Mack has the best body in her respected industry. |
| specialkid8 05/04/18 10:58:05 PM #12 | orcus_snake posted... LameFAQs posted...Muffinz0rz posted... https://media1.giphy.com/media/e4Jyxh9zQjgnC/giphy.gif |
| Topic | Why does no one talk about the Netflix disk options? |
| specialkid8 05/04/18 8:17:21 AM #4 | ^What? You can have both. Is there even an option for disk without streaming? EDIT: Nevermind. Just Googled it and they did apparently change it a while back. Tht's really weird. Still, getting both is a way better deal than juggling multiple streaming services with limited catalogues. |
| Topic | Why does no one talk about the Netflix disk options? |
| specialkid8 05/04/18 7:42:46 AM #1 | For a few years now there's been the big argument of which streaming service is best but people completely forget that Netflix, along with streaming, has pretty much every movie and TV show ever for their disk service. And that option is the same price as Hulu with no ads. Granted getting disks day in and day out isn't the best for tv shows (although it is doable) but for movies Netflix still can't be beat. |
| Topic | I don't know how Red Dead 2 will surpass the first one. |
| specialkid8 04/26/18 4:32:48 PM #25 | Honestly, I never thought RDR was that great to begin with. A big open world with not a lot to do in it and just a lot of horseback riding. If it has actual stuff to fill out the map it will be good in my book. |
| Topic | What's the general consensus on Old Navy? |
| specialkid8 04/23/18 6:55:51 PM #1 | I went in there for the first time in years the other day and they seemed to have pretty decent stuff. I know it's not super fashionable but they have the exact same basic shit as any other place and it's all super cheap. Why aren't there more fans of Old Navy? |
| Topic | First Halloween 2018 poster... |
| specialkid8 04/19/18 2:08:16 PM #22 | Scorsese2002 posted... Vyrulisse posted...Thank GOD that hack Rob Zombie is gone and his bullshit is erased. This. I wasn't crazy about them at first but judged by themselves rather than against the original they're a pretty interesting and unique story. And Zombie definitely has his own unique style. |
| Topic | First Halloween 2018 poster... |
| specialkid8 04/19/18 11:44:25 AM #4 | It doesn't look like an old mask, it looks like an old face. A mask doesn't get wrinkles and lines when it weathers. Also, he does look very sad. |
| Topic | Why don't people realize how insanely awesome JC3 is? |
| specialkid8 04/18/18 7:30:04 PM #29 | The wingsuit was fun but, again, got kind of boring. It was beautiful flying around but it's just pull glide pull glide the whole time. It also made all of the vehicles redundant from minute one. Why steal a car when you can fly straight there right now? |
| Topic | Biggest gaming dissapointment |
| specialkid8 04/18/18 3:33:32 PM #111 | MC_BatCommander posted... MGS V What? People can poo poo MGS V all they want but the story was still fucking nuts. |
| Topic | Why don't people realize how insanely awesome JC3 is? |
| specialkid8 04/18/18 12:05:22 PM #5 | Blowing shit up was a lot of fun but that's all there is to do. The races for upgrades were dumb and combing through bases and towns for the last thing you're supposed to blow up was tedious. It got old too quick. |
| Topic | Biggest gaming dissapointment |
| specialkid8 04/16/18 6:00:27 PM #91 | The Admiral posted... I don't disagree with your assessment, but I wasn't as disappointed by FC3 since it was still relatively new and all three games had been unique up to that point. I was, however, really disappointed with Far Cry 4, which was a complete rehash. It was new for the series but it was essentially just an FPS version of Assassin's Creed. It had similarities like the framework of the game with the tower system and the only side content being the same five mission types repeating ad nauseum and boring collectibles. They also effectively made it a stealth game by giving you massive point bonuses for stealth gameplay. Honestly I could go on for hours. It was still fairly fun but it just had no soul or focus. |
| Topic | Biggest gaming dissapointment |
| specialkid8 04/16/18 5:51:14 PM #87 | Farcry 3. I loved the ones before, as unrelated as they were, and 2 is still one of my all time favorite games. Then 3 came out and it was a game by committee with boring side quests and checkboxes to fill. I'm glad Ubisoft finally got their shit more or less together. |
| Topic | While Watch Dogs 2 is a cringy SJW mess of a story |
| specialkid8 04/16/18 3:04:47 PM #26 | UnfairRepresent posted... Dunno about undertale but it's not hard to see why people thought Horizon Zero Dawn was "SJWy" The only reason I've heard is because people thought Alloy was "ugly on purpose". First, that's obviously dumb and second, I thought she was hot. If you've got a real reason do tell. |
| Topic | While Watch Dogs 2 is a cringy SJW mess of a story |
| specialkid8 04/16/18 2:43:10 PM #21 | Ubisoft have never been too shy about their politics but it's still pretty inoffensive. A little cringey sometimes; sure. But it's nothing to get your panties twisted about, just a little eye rolling. |
| Topic | What do we know about Taylor Swift? |
| specialkid8 04/15/18 9:31:26 PM #15 | She has no belly button. |
| Topic | Have you met any kids named after video game characters? |
| specialkid8 04/15/18 11:51:39 AM #13 | My second cousin is named Aeris. |
| Topic | Hollywood: erasing all redheads from comics? |
| specialkid8 04/12/18 7:33:46 PM #25 | Ant-Man and Daredevil are supposed to be redheads as well. |
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