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Reading the names of Kingdom Hearts games gives me cancer.

And $10 says they will be terrible ports with performance issues.

This new world sucks.

Zareth posted...

Also, it's infinitely simpler than it used to be. Look at this chart.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/db388133.jpg

You beat me to it in that it's way less stupid than it used to be. Was worse than pre-Monster Hunter World monster hunter upgrade shit by far.

That said, as aces pointed out, it's still a rubbish system that doesn't actually allow you to experiment and keep multiple builds at the ready unless you grind yourself stupid, and even then it only becomes feasible when the game is nearly over and the point has vanished. It wants you to do it, teases you even (as with the summons), but doesn't allow itself to be done in a way that is practical or fun. It's bad game design, so so many aspects of the game and series.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Is this fetterman fella a republican in disguise? Seems like he's been changing his stance on a few things lately.

lol no

The topic title doesn't match at all what the link is saying. Saying what happened today in the House was Jerry Springer-esque is true.

adjl posted...

That's kind of soulslikes in general: Lots of weapon variety, but you need to commit to a build to really make it work and that means trying new things is gated behind either a grinding or starting a new playthrough.

Yep. Basically little evolution from the formula from DS, but it's a shame. Some of the weapons acquired looked really cool, but learning a new playstyle if hard enough. Grinding to get it leveled up to comprable stats to see if it's even worth your while is just sad.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I don't think I've ever encountered a store that didn't take cash.

There's a few here in ABQ that don't. Not uncommon for street vendors and smaller operations to also not accept these days.

I usually carry $40-100 on me, for any such occasions where ONLY cash is accepted. But I never use it these days otherwise.

teddy241 posted...

Sounds like you didnt know him well. He probably had tons of promotional junk and arcade cabs in his basement or in storage somewhere.

Nope, had no clue he was even there. And he does have a lot of swag and memoribilia.No basement.

Customize text message colors and themes
Remotely activate pictures with voice and hand gestures?

FL81 posted...

so it's not by all metrics

Depends on how you define "economy", and if aspects of it are influenceable by the government.

Agent_Stroud posted...

Considering the news media and the megacorps apparently are cheering on a right wing takeover of the country, what are the chances of Joe getting back in for a second term?

At the risk of tempting fate, very high. Democrats have won, and won big, in virtually every type of election since 2018, from normal Congressional ones to obscure local ones. Some have been very stunning, like the one in MI just last week that went +40 for Trump in 2020, but the Dem just won by 20 points...and INSANE 60 point swing. Or WI taking back their Supreme Court after decades of GOP control. Hell, a Dem just won in deep-Red Alabama running on pro-abortion.

Roe v Wade fucked the Right hard. Combined with discord of GOP leaders in the House, Trump's legal issue and overall unpopularity, and marquee successes by Biden, there's little reason to think Biden won't win. Never mind that Biden's war chest is vastly more than the Right's/Trumps, and the Right has to try to re-take GA and AZ, and defend NC now...and they would need ALL of those to even have a *chance* at winning.

Honestly, the Blue Wave could just be getting started.

https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1982/12/vg/the-house-that-pac-built/

Stan Jarocki. He was the VP of Marketing for Bally Midway at one point.

He also brought about Ms. Pac-Man and may have been one of the people that elected to call him Pac-Man, not Puckman, in the West. Apparently Netflix interviewed him a couple of weeks ago for an upcoming video game series. He was 94, died 2 days ago. All these sirens and stuff were going off in my street and neighborhood. I went to talk to the window, the house is full of Pac-Man stuff.

Crazy that he was living right here.

TheOtherMike posted...

The Republican Party is literally a terrorist organization.

Has been for a long time.

This is Abbott saying killing protestors that he disagrees with is A-okay.

And Biden needs to drop Garland after re-lection. Get an activist AG already.

I hope those bullies and their families are haunted the rest of the their lives.

Good (and good for my weed stocks)

AnsestralRecall posted...

The economy still sucks but tho

It actually is doing really well, by pretty much all metrics. Price greedflation and the crazy housing/renters markets right now are why these gains aren't being felt, though.

Thomas agreeing is legit fucking surprising, ho boy.

What poll?

Sarcasthma posted...

Tank controls? Did you mean to say the movement felt sluggish?

Correct. Having tank-like controls means sluggish, clunky, and feeling like you're controlling a tank.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

what does "an unrealized weapon system" even mean

It's a game that vomits a ton of really cool weapons at you, with dramatically different play styles, but caps the ability to experiment and switch between them freely without a ridiculously tedious grinding of smithing stones, which are finite to begin with, until being able to buy them late game. It's a game that seems to want you to experiment with different weapons and play styles, but makes it unrealistic to do so without a massive time sink on the player's part, rendering the point mostly moot.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

or targeting, like you're the one telling the game what you want to target and then it does that lol

The problem is, it doesn't do that well. I had far too many times to count where an enemy or group of enemies would be nearly right in front of me/dead center on a the screen, and would first target a bird I couldn't even see like 5000 miles away. It's extremely erratic and inexcusable.

This is what happens when you have been living in a Fox News-bubble reality where pushing false narratives is all your side has.

I mean, it's hopeful because it means some can still break out of the right-wing Matrix reality these people inhabit. But she gets no points on running and getting elected on something she didn't even bother to verify was true.

FL: Trying to make it so younger people can buy guns, but you have to be older to be a stripper.

OK

Link?

Hands down the best I've ever been to is in Lake Tahoe. It has like 68 holes, and whacky stuff like a mechanical spider that drops down in front of a hole.

papercup posted...

Yeah Im baffled at how the controls were never fixed. Its this weird combination of input delay, and inputs being queued up, sometimes for seconds at a time, that can make combat feel awkward and clunky. Im used to it again by now, but it still makes me go why is the game like this?

Exactly. And the god-awful platforming, which comes way more than it should in a game like this. The part where you are on a giant tree branches surrounded by giant ants and bugs have really awful tank controls.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

This combined with frustration gaming is a large part of why I've never liked the various Soulsborn games

Don't worry, you didn't miss much, between the horrid camera and controls, laughably bad targeting, an unrealized weapon system, etc.

ER is bizarre in that it's fun, but not a well-made game.

I've had it for a few years now, and it's awful. Really a cruse in that it never truly goes away, and living with that kind of...fear? That suddenly your arm and muscles will just give out.

Been to PT twice over it, once again after tweaking it trying to paddle board (same elbow but different muscle groupings). It's okay now, but about once a week I'll do something, even something simple, and feel a small twinge of pain.

Gotta keep it strengthened and working it out. Worst part is, it's my non-dominant hand and I don't do anything regularly that would have caused this. Just keyboard typing/video game playing.

Sad_Face posted...

Dude, Robinhood halting GME trades is a textbook example of the system being rigged against the common man. They did it back in 2021 and they're doing again. Hell, GME was identified as a stock to buy up to cause a liquidity squeeze in the first place because it had more shorts than shares that existed. How is that even possible?

I don't understand how people can be so blind to obvious rigging.

Not currently, know. It was halted on all platforms today and yesterday, which is common when a stock is super volatile.

DarthAragorn posted...

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2024/05/13/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-bashes-pride-month-tells-women-to-stay-in-the-kitchen/

I hate being a fan of this fucking team, the winning is great but quite a bit of human garbage has been employed by them and an uncomfortable number of other fans just excuse all of it.

If it makes you feel better, every NFL has or has had some human garbage player. Just comes with the territory.

TraurigAberWahr posted...

I feel like this is a much too important article to make with a memey title like that.

Nah, pretty appropriate. The earth has know this was happening for decades, and yet here we are. Can only laugh at this point, really.

havean776 posted...

H I forgot about that laptop thing. Repubs where going on and on about it like it was fucking watergate.

Their playbook since HRC has been blowing something way out of proportion and making it stick in the headlines. In the laptop's case, it was a whole-sale lie.

Actually, they have been doing this since at least Obama. Tan suit, Starbucks cup, dijon mustard anyone?

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

I had no idea.

What are they, suicidal?

I'm not sure why you think they are at risk of being randomly attacked. Most everyone will just want a selfie.

And plenty travel incognito, or as much as they can.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

In a world where John Lennon was assassinated by a fan who was pissed off about a quote the guy had made fourteen years prior? I don't think so.

You are aware that 99% of celebrities fly commercial (albeit first or business class) all the time, right? I literally book A-list film stars flights as part of my job. None of them have private planes.

DuneMan posted...

Reddit is good for sharing information about a specific topic or game, but the upvote system and nested conversation structures are garbage.

This. It makes for a poor forum.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

Nintendo Bait

Underrated post

ForsakenHermit posted...

Artificial scarcity #8

Lol people still believe this

"Tell it like it is" is just a racist dog whistle

It should be noted that this isn't just because she is a mega-celebrity that travels around to do concerts. That is understood and applies to many people/groups.

The big issue is, she is known to take many, many extremely frivolous trips, often short distances, all in her private jet, when these at least could be achieved by flying on commercial planes. Also, it's not clear form the video posted, but does she have TWO jets and the 1 will constantly meet the other at an airport to...switch off? Holy fucking shit.

There's a bill somewhere in Congress IIRC that will levy massive taxes on private jets and make them pay for their carbon footprint, as well as remove a loophole that allows them to be applied as business expenses.

To be clear, individual efforts to not recycle and curb waste and emissions should still occur. But it's correct that large corporations aren't regulated nearly enough for this.

Ah, good, got 5 years left

Leopard, face, etc.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Most of my best memories come from either pre-2012, or from the Geek topics before they died.

It's almost entirely inertia keeping me here at this point.

Aren't the Geek topic kinda sorta still going? I ironically ask.

Great game. Some of the best dungeons/temples in the series. Actually, pretty much the last game with consistently great ones (SS had a few, and Tears weren't half bad).

I am interested in an invite.

DrizztLink posted...

I'm sure you think you fit the bill, though.

Oh, absolutely. I'm a genius.

But you're right, of course, that any system that would qualify who is "worthy" will have inherent flaws or bias. But, at the same time, we will all be resigned to watching our democracy slowly die from the inside out.

Yazarogi posted...

that is a hot take, this whole thing with these people would be alleviated with ranked choice voting. But that makes to much sense.

I mean, this change absolutely needs to happen. The point stands, way too many people aren't worthy to vote. They aren't intelligent, aware, of non-prejudiced enough.

Yazarogi posted...

It's crazy how politically illiterate some of these people are. Absolutely wild.

Hot take: voting being allowed for everyone is a mistake, and the biggest flaw of democracy, especially in the current age.

Dammit, I was just talking about how I wanted to go visit.

Heineken14 posted...

Yep. It was great being able to get multiple different stories from all over. Kind of a politics aggregator. Then fandom has to go and fuck it all up.

They fucked it up, then tactically admitted to doing so by now making CE essentially the Politics board...with the restrictions that people on 261 had been asking for forever.

No Jet Li? Either him or Jackie.

Nade_Duck posted...

that banner cost hundreds of dollars?

According to the dude who bought it, yes. Which is odd, because my local Kinkos website says something similar should be like, $90.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I'd give it to Marvin solely by virtue of being in this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTuKnIZCUU

Beat me too it, Duck Dodgers alone takes it.

CableZL posted...

Updates:
* The SCOTUS oral arguments for Trump's presidential immunity appeal happened on Thursday April 25th. We're now waiting for SCOTUS to make a ruling on it, but it could take until June 25th.
* Trump is currently on trial in New York for the criminal hush money / election interference case. The trial happens on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and is expected to go for maybe another 5 to 6 weeks.
* Trump has violated the judge's gag order about 12 times so far. They had a hearing on Tuesday April 23rd to address the 1st 10 or so violations. The judge has scheduled another hearing for Thursday May 2nd to address the remaining 2. The 2nd hearing was originally on Wednesday May 1st, but it got moved. Still waiting on Judge Merchan to make a ruling about the first 10 gag order violations. NY law says it's either a max $1000 fine per violation or jail time. The prosecution asked for fines for the 1st 10, but not sure how the judge will rule.
* Trump and the NY AG have worked out a deal to accept the $175 million bond fronted by Knight Specialty Insurance in the NY civil fraud trial. We're now waiting on the appeals court to make a ruling.
* No important events in the Georgia RICO trial or the classified documents case, I don't think.
* Trump's appeal in the second E. Jean Carroll trial was denied.

Thank you, good work!