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ParanoidObsessive posted...

No one could ever make the most of those cards. It's pretty much the worst set they've ever released, possibly barring Homelands.

Hey, for a broke teenager in '95, Fallen Empires was all right. It just wasn't competitive. Like, at all.

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Velma is good.

Velma plus Daphne is better.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I listen to several of my coworkers talking about Magic: The Gathering, and it now sounds like it takes a degree in particle physics to make these modern-day Rube Goldberg decks work. Makes me miss the days when all I had to do was figure out how to make the most of my cheap-o Fallen Empires cards.

I remember the Arabian Nights expansion, though. Even back in the day, I usually only saw those cards under glass.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I need to get more of the Big Finish audio dramas for Doctor Who. Love my Eighth Doctor stories. But I have not bothered watching any of the show since ... late David Tennant and early Matt Smith, perhaps? (When my kids still lived here, one of them hogged the main TV and marathoned DW to death, so I developed a distaste for large swaths of it.) And many people told me not to bother with the Peter Capaldi arc, despite how much I adore that man (and In the Thick of It).

The Wave Master posted...

I started the original Breath of Fire yesterday. Boy that game is rough, but fun.

Underrated. I love the original BOF. Alas, my SNES copy was "borrowed" by a friend back in '97, and it remains missing to this day (along with Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, so that asshole owes me over $100 U.S.), but I picked up the GBA version as soon as I discovered its existence.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Welcome to 2020. How I made it this far is a mystery.

keyblader1985 posted...

This is the man the Lord chose.

May he live for all time.

agesboy posted...

been on an anime song rampage today and man it saddens me that we'll probably never see this VN in english

Never say never. Baldr Sky made it across the Pacific, no? :-P

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Raccoon face levels of makeup.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Redheads, like beer, are proof that the gods love us and want us to be happy.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

moba are crap.

FTFY.

And the Dota games are among the worst.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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T0ffee posted...

All I have to say is FUCK the chocobo races.

Agreed. That is the most I have cursed at a game since the NES version of Ghosts 'n' Goblins.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Also back from Rise of Skywalker.

Disappointing, especially from a writing standpoint. The pacing was spastic, to say the least.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Freshly returned from the theater.

The pacing was all over the place, the writing was a mess, and many potentially good characters were done dirty. I'm still glad I had a chance to see it, but this wasn't the ending I was looking for.

Still better than the prequel trilogy, though, IMO.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Lady Snowblood is an oldie, but goodie, IMO. Inspired a lot of Kill Bill, which is another favorite of mine in this department.

As for a specific scene, though, I'll have to go with Kill Bill:

"He taught you the five-point palm exploding heart technique?"

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I remember seeing the Vegeta Saga first on Cartoon Network back in the '90s.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I got a $30 Amazon gift card and turned it into CDs. Good use of that, IMO.

Also got a new pair of fuzzy slippers. It's the small things in life, folks.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I enjoyed it when I was young, and it holds up, IMO.

Unfortunately, I agree with a previous poster that it spawned a whole generation of furries.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I thought I might make it to Rise of Skywalker yesterday after work, but traffic was at Mario Kart levels of stupidity due to the holiday, so I ended up going straight home and bunkering down. Will try for the theater again on Sunday.

Speaking of work, it is looking like it is about time for me to switch jobs. The current one has been devastating to my free time and quality of life over the past year, and the added money has not been worth the added stress. ("I'm gettin' too old for this shit, Martin," quoth Murtaugh.) Fortunately, my second job looks like it will be turning into a full-time opportunity, so this transition should be simple. Just have to bide my time.

Granted, it will mean less money (and no health insurance, at least for a good while), but life was meant to be enjoyed, IMO, so long as the bills are paid and the needs are met.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Revisiting Super Robot Wars X while waiting for Super Robot Wars T to arrive in the mail has been good fun. Makes me want to load up Hidive and do a proper rewatch of Dunbine. My only gripe is that Cross Ange is one of the included series, and neither Ange nor any of her "friends" have been made any more likable than they were in the anime.

winter_rising posted...

I'm still pissed off that THIS game has not been RE RELEASED.

Technically, it has. Wily Wars is one of the titles featured on the Sega Genesis Mini.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Of all these, I have watched Hulu most frequently over the years. I still remember signing up for it back when it was still new in 2012, so I have a soft spot for it.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Ironically, Power Girl is Kryptonite to the Social Justice extremists.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I always thought Jill was a redhead, but every new design makes it clear that she's not. Alas.

I warmed up to the new Claire, so I'm sure I'll be fine with this take on Jill once I have a chance to play the game (which I am totally excited about playing; the RE2 remake was aces).

Virtue777 posted...

dem evil SJWs that are coming for their animated child porn.

Your user name appears to be signaling.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Zeus posted...

I'd sooner re-watch The Avengers (1998) than The Avengers (2012)

The best part of that movie is Eddie Izzard getting to say "Fuck!"

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

As I have said in previous iterations of this topic, I read very little manga, these days, and almost all of it is from my back catalogue of titles from the '00s, before the fall of Borders. There are exceptions like Monster Musume and World War Blue (and Trinity Seven, though I am behind on that), but not many. So much cheaper to watch anime if one is a non-pirate.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I am not in a hurry to see Rise of Skywalker. Might do that on Monday night if time allows.

Currently happier to see Season 2 of NWA Powerrr, to be honest.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I am not opposed to a remake of the first game, considering the good job Capcom has done on the remakes of the PS1 Resident Evil titles.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I do enjoy the Hobbit movies, and I enjoy the extended versions, too, but I agree: The extended LOTR movies are better.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

*shakes head*

Microsoft lost me after the 360. A shame, considering that the original Box and the 360 both have plenty of games I enjoy playing, but the Bone ... does not. Nothing in my genres of choice. And the Sex Box is likely to be very similar.

Then again, I have no plans to get a PS5, either, since Sony pissed me off. Looks like the Switch and I are going to be good friends for a long time.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

GanonsSpirit posted...

Sure, we knew it already, but McConnell is out here just admitting how corrupt he is.

Why don't we impeach that loser? He's the source of a lot of the problems that made this dumbass administration possible.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Donner Cut is the way to go for me.

I can't even watch the Lester version any more (... which is kind of a shame, since I like the work he did on movies like <i>Help!</i>).

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

The Playstation naming system might be boring, but at least it makes sense.

This one does not.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Far-Queue posted...

Two articles of impeachment: abuse of power, and obstruction of Congress.

And now the ball starts rolling quickly. This is the point in the process where Nixon resigned.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

The Star Children are cute (and generally smarter than their "parents"), but Conception is not for everybody.

agesboy posted...

baldr sky is going to be the best visual novel we have in english easily whenever it finally comes out. the only things i'd consider really on its level are subahibi and white album 2 for very different reasons

Not Dies Irae? Or Muv-Luv?

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Why is there a shoujo ai tag on MAL at all? Unless they are time travelers from twenty years ago, that term does not mean what they think it means.

Speaking of ecchi harems, Conception Plus is that, and it is superior to the anime. (Granted, that is not hard to do, but there it is.) Playing it has helped me to understand why the number of girls in the harem was reduced from twelve in the first game to seven in the second: Of the thirteen girls in Plus (twelve plus one for the remake), I would say about half of them are ... uninteresting at best, unpleasant at worst. Different players will have different experiences, but there was only one girl in the sequel that I outright disliked (Narika).

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

The Game Stop release date for P5R is March 31, 2020, but that is also the release date for a number of other games (including Langrisser I & II, to my annoyance), so it might move, especially with FFVIIR happening not long before then. EDIT -- No HTML codes for bold, italics, and the like any more? Strange.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Yes, I am, but I am not as stoked about it as I was for previous movies.

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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I imagine it is like trying to write in many other fields, nowadays.

That is, unless you live in New York or L.A. and you know certain people, you can get fucked. *shrugs*
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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momo92 posted...

That Wonder Woman cosplay is Gina Carano, a retired MMA fighter.

And current actress, as seen in Deadpool and one of the Fast & Furious movies, among others.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

dragon504 posted...

Going to see if people don't like it cause it sucks and is legit bad, or if the concept was just unappealing to a lot that watched it.

From somebody who is a fan of the games: The anime sucks and is legit bad.

Maybe not as bad as the Akiba's Trip anime, though.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

deoxxys posted...

Yeah what the hell is up with Square Enix just porting their mobile versions of their games to PC with barely any changes specific to PC.

This is exactly why I still do not have their Romancing Sa Ga ports. *grumbles*

Their Android version of Chrono Trigger runs like shit.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I think that purple-haired cosplay in the middle is from a hentai game.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I can add RTS to the list, too, then, because I used to enjoy building up my bases in games like Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Warcraft 2. The AI did not appreciate the symmetry of my layouts, unfortunately.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

No real Black Friday shopping for me. All I got was a pair of $10 Google Play cards to take advantage of the 25 Orb special in Fire Emblem Heroes.

I am looking at a new laptop in the long term, since I have had this one since 2012 and its features have steadily eroded since then (e.g. I can only play online video through browser plug-ins that drop it down to 240P). It has been good to me, but it is about time to move on. I am hoping to upgrade to a (relatively modest) gaming laptop come tax season in order to take real advantage of my Steam library, though I suspect I will be doing most of my writing on my cheap-o tablet, as I have been doing. (Great Bluetooth keyboard. I love the clicky keys.)
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

*sighs*

Despite being anti-censorship, I still ordered Conception Plus. On the one hand, I dislike the idea of failing to stand on principle. On the other hand, I get to play the game without having to import the PSP version and flail through Japanese menus.

And, despite saying I was going to cancel my pre-order of the Switch version of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, I ... do not seem to have done that.

Maybe I'm getting tired of fighting what I know is a losing battle. I've learned a lot by playing through, say, Three Houses, but, if there's one thing I've picked up from that game and its popularity, it's that the age of the fan service JRPG is probably over. Remember: Three Houses isn't censored. It's the same across all regions. Going forward, we're probably going to see more like that, meaning that games that aren't censored. Instead, there'll be games with nothing to censor.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

YoukaiSlayer posted...

How do these people even have a job?

American health care summed up in a single question, unfortunately.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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I get to make banana pudding. I do this for the family gathering every year because it involves instant pudding and thus cannot explode.

As for the Yakuza games, the best use of the formula that I have seen to date is still Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Koga! Long time, no see.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
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Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

Its canon that a guy came back after being cut completely in half, what can a freaking burping sand pit do to someone?

This is a very valid point.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I prefer passwords to game saves, to be honest. Passwords are a big reason why I can still get maximum enjoyment from a number of games made 30+ years ago.

Zeus posted...

Good god, that game still gives me nightmares... unlike the movie of the same name.

It's a bit like the LJN Friday the 13th, really: Once you get the core gimmick down, it really isn't that hard to beat. My nine-year-old self absolutely hated it, though.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

I love fighters. Have loved 'em for years. Been playing since Street Fighter II hit the arcade almost thirty years. ... But I am only good against the computer. If I play against a real person, I get destroyed almost every time.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Looks like James will be blasting off again.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.

Speaking of the NES, I have been playing it again. Stuck it to Jaws in the game of the same name, but I am also having a go at Air Fortress (i.e. the game HAL Labs made before they came up with stuff like Kirby and Smash). Requires more careful planning and resource management than I remember from back in the day, but this is a good thing. See also: Section Z. There is something refreshing about doing a map by hand to reduce the amount of trial and error in getting to the next stage.
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-- I Abibde / Samuraiter
Laughing at Game FAQs since 2002.