ASoIaF: A Song of Ice and Fire: George Rail Road Martin

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Party Plane Jones: Jul 1, 2007; by Reene; Fun Shoe

Neurosis posted:

Hey, now, Betrayal at Krondor and Return to Krondor were both pretty good (even though Feist sucks) and the Witcher games are well regarded.

From what I remember Return to Krondor didn't do too well (nobody played it) wheras Betrayal at Krondor is pretty much the best RPG of the early 90s.

# ? Nov 14, 2011 20:43

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# ? May 22, 2024 18:07

Maytag: Nov 4, 2006; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

Ultima 7 Part 2 was the best RPG of the early '90s.

# ? Nov 14, 2011 20:50

Ross: May 25, 2001; German Moses

Betrayal at Krondor had a rad box and I remember being very jealous I couldn't play it on my Macintosh.

# ? Nov 14, 2011 22:37

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

The Ultima V box art was bad rear end.

# ? Nov 14, 2011 22:48

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

gently caress all y'all, the best RPG I ever played as a kid was ~~Furcadia~~ Dungeon Hack. Randomly generated infinite dungeons, murdering wave after wave of bugbears, orcs, and nagas.

It fit on only four 3.5" floppies!

# ? Nov 15, 2011 01:08

Maytag: Nov 4, 2006; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

No no no.

Ultima 7 part 2 came on 7 3.5"s, 8 if you had the expansion. Also included a cloth map of the land. And when you beat it, you could write to Lord British and he would send you a certificate of completion.

It had creepy voice work which would randomly talk which could be pretty unsettling late at night. Also a wicked sweet intro.

We had to spend hours configuring .bat files to even play a fresh install, which made us hackers.

You could follow the story line or roam freely about the land- which might mean making the game unwinnable if you killed the wrong NPC. You could steal, get caught and sell guard corpses for gold, make bread, move almost everything in the game, and sex up ladies:

It was also one of the first games to include homosexuality (ladies only) and sweet mustaches. Look up Exult and give it a try. Don't bother with part 1 unless you really enjoy 2.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 03:48

bigmcgaffney: Apr 19, 2009

So... what about Filbercio?

# ? Nov 15, 2011 07:36

Phil Niekro: Jun 4, 2005

I want a Dynasty Warriors style game with grossly over designed characters such as a a 15 foot tall Robert Baratheon with a deer-head hammer and a Rhaegar with fire magic.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 14:56

Why cookie Rocket: Dec 2, 2003; Lemme tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid.
It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice.

Thrill Cosby posted:

I want a Dynasty Warriors style game with grossly over designed characters such as a a 15 foot tall Robert Baratheon with a deer-head hammer and a Rhaegar with fire magic.

Ok now we're talking.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 16:22

Intel&Sebastian: Oct 20, 2002; colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!

What about filbercio?

That costs extra

# ? Nov 15, 2011 17:01

Desumaytah: Apr 23, 2005; Intensity, .mpeg gritty, Intelligence

For his super move Davos would throw his finger bones and they would explode like bombs. Or all his sons could die.

Strong Belwas is Lu Bu.

Strong Belwas is every character.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 22:28

euroboy: Mar 24, 2004

Are you discussing the books here? I'm taking a chance anyway.

Just finished ADWD and I don't know what to think, expect for being in total denial about GRRM killing off Jon (or did he?), so a big gently caress you is in order for him. Dunno why I'm getting all worked up, it's just a book, but Jon was my favorite character and all :smith:

What's the opinions here on the book though? I thought it was a bit lacklustre after waiting all these years. Seemed more like it was just building up for whatever's going to happen in the next book. Sort of like how AFFC felt imo. I've been avoiding every ASOIAF-related since the book came out so I don't know what anyone thinks of it tbh.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 23:12

insider: Feb 22, 2007; A secret room... always my favourite room in a house.

euroboy posted:

Are you discussing the books here? I'm taking a chance anyway.

Just finished ADWD and I don't know what to think, expect for being in total denial about GRRM killing off Jon (or did he?), so a big gently caress you is in order for him. Dunno why I'm getting all worked up, it's just a book, but Jon was my favorite character and all

What's the opinions here on the book though? I thought it was a bit lacklustre after waiting all these years. Seemed more like it was just building up for whatever's going to happen in the next book. Sort of like how AFFC felt imo. I've been avoiding every ASOIAF-related since the book came out so I don't know what anyone thinks of it tbh.

Dude Jon is not dead. There are so many outs for him to live its ridiculous. The only question is which one the Gurm uses.

Book was ok but everyone is pretty pissed he left every single plotline except Arya's on a cliff hanger. In particular the battle for Winterfell has left a pretty lovely taste in everyone's mouths.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 23:26

euroboy: Mar 24, 2004

Well I guess the next book will be out soon anyway so I guess we'll know the truth sooner or later.

Heh.

# ? Nov 15, 2011 23:37

JoshTheStampede: Sep 8, 2004; come at me bro

euroboy posted:

Well I guess the next book will be out soon anyway so I guess we'll know the truth sooner or later.

Heh.

You poor, poor thing.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 00:29

bigmcgaffney: Apr 19, 2009

What's our favorite author been up to on his blog recently? I can't be bothered to go check.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 00:32

IRQ: Sep 9, 2001; SUCK A DICK, DUMBSHITS!

bigmcgaffney posted:

What's our favorite author been up to on his blog recently? I can't be bothered to go check.

Football, books nobody cares about, and selling poo poo. The last two often overlap.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 00:36

Liquid Communism: Mar 9, 2004; коммунизм хранится в яичках

Too bad he's not a basketball fan. We could be reading reams of fetid pizza-wafting rants about how the season's being delayed.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 01:42

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

I wonder how outraged he is about the Penn State thing. It's got football and rape, two of his favourite topics!

# ? Nov 16, 2011 01:53

Kekekela: Oct 28, 2004

euroboy posted:

Are you discussing the books here? I'm taking a chance anyway.

Just finished ADWD and I don't know what to think, expect for being in total denial about GRRM killing off Jon (or did he?), so a big gently caress you is in order for him. Dunno why I'm getting all worked up, it's just a book, but Jon was my favorite character and all

Noone (in here anyway) thinks he's dead. Either he wargs (as foreshadowed in the intro) or gets rezzed by Mel or some combination.

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What's the opinions here on the book though? I thought it was a bit lacklustre after waiting all these years. Seemed more like it was just building up for whatever's going to happen in the next book. Sort of like how AFFC felt imo. I've been avoiding every ASOIAF-related since the book came out so I don't know what anyone thinks of it tbh.

Yeah, I'd say the prevailing opinion is that it was slightly better than AFFC but still didn't advance the plot enough. In particular goons hate Dany's chapters, hate GRRM for doing a lovely job with goon-favorite Tyrion, and feel that most people can tell who is in who no matter how good the sex is. On the plus side, Theons chapters and Manderley. Jury is pretty much split on Brans and Aryas chapters. (personally I really liked Arya's and couldn't stand Bran's)

The beginning of the thread has some good discussion and will pretty much get you up to date on where the hive mind is at, once you get to debate over Theon's junk or lack thereof you can pretty much skip the rest.

Kekekela fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Nov 16, 2011

# ? Nov 16, 2011 03:01

DirtyRobot: Dec 15, 2003; it was a normally happy sunny day... but Dirty Robot was dirty

euroboy posted:

Well I guess the next book will be out soon anyway so I guess we'll know the truth sooner or later.

Heh.

Frey detected.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 03:30

Vivek: Jun 27, 2007

I found this recently, and I thought it was pretty funny: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire It's a conservative take on ASOIAF. Brief excerpt:

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Robert Baratheon

Stannis' older brother and the former President, he was heavily based on the radical socialist Bill Clinton, as they were both fat, sociopathic, lecherous and married to evil blonds. Like all men ruled by their wives, he is eventually killed by her.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 04:31

Beef Hardcheese: Jan 21, 2003; HOW ABOUT I LASH YOUR SHIT

Vivek posted:

I found this recently, and I thought it was pretty funny: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire It's a conservative take on ASOIAF. Brief excerpt:

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Lysa Arryn

Wife of the late Jon Arryn, Lysa is obese and mentally ill. She was in love with Petyr Baelish, but since she rejects Christian values, he cannot love return in love in good conscience. She later kills herself in despair.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 05:28

Neurosis: Jun 10, 2003; Fallen Rib

Ross posted:

Yeah the WoT game is pretty good, I'm sure if you played it today it'd be all "meh" but at the time it was a really solid FPS.

The WoT multiplayer was actually really sick. You could set up traps Dungeon Keeper-style and it made taking a map really challenging and fun.

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From what I remember Return to Krondor didn't do too well (nobody played it) wheras Betrayal at Krondor is pretty much the best RPG of the early 90s.

I'm not sure how it was generally received, I just remember finding it quite fun with a decent amount of sidequests and not awful writing.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 05:56

Destro: Dec 29, 2003; time to wake up

Wheel of Time game owned you could see yourself in the mirror and some floors had reflections, which was pretty baller for those days.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 07:00

Ecco the Dolphin: Aug 7, 2004; bloop bloop

Vivek posted:

I found this recently, and I thought it was pretty funny: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire It's a conservative take on ASOIAF. Brief excerpt:

Ok I'm pretty sure conservapedia is just run by fakeposting goons now

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Tywin Lannister
The governor of California, Tywin is one of the most powerful men in America. He is based on one of the greatest American presidents ever, Ronald Reagan. Like Reagan, he has no moral qualms about hiring death squads when it's necessary to get on tough on crime. Unfortunately, like Reagan, Tywin's children are disappointments.

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Catelyn Stark
Eddard's wife, she was a liberal and Evolutionist and tried to ban teaching of Intelligent Design and Creationism in the New England's schools and ban all references to God and Jesus. But since most of the inhabitants of the North were Wiccans and Atheists, they were damned anyway, so it doesn't really matter, does it? After her husband is executed Catelyn, tries to secede New England from America, and as we all know, that's only OK if you're doing it for States' Rights and slavery rather than trying to force atheist values on the people. Her evil plans, however, are stopped by Twyin Lannister, Roose Bolton and Walder Frey.

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Sansa and Arya Stark
Eddard and Catelyn's daughters. Sansa is a teenage girl who likes shopping and hanging out at Orange Julius and dreams of the day when she will marry a handsome man who will make her a proud mother. Though her parents were unsaved liberals, she had the luck to be adopted by the devout Petyr Baelish, who is trying to teach her to get right with the Lord. Unfortunately, Arya seems to have followed in her parents' footsteps, seems to have "ideas" and likes manly activities, like hunting and fighting. Perhaps, though, Martin will show us that Arya will get saved and become godfearing huntress like Sarah Palin.

# ? Nov 16, 2011 14:53

Maytag: Nov 4, 2006; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

The loving dude uses Livejournal and alien mood things. Just wanted to remind everyone of that.

# ? Nov 18, 2011 00:20

Fog Tripper: Mar 3, 2008; by Smythe

Is WoW done yet?

# ? Nov 18, 2011 02:08

bigmcgaffney: Apr 19, 2009

WoW has pandas in it now, what kind of danyshit is that. Talk about jumping the loving shark.

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Asbury: Mar 23, 2007; Can't post for 6 years!; Hair Elf

lotta beards in this pic

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MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

3Romeo posted:

lotta beards in this pic

# ? Nov 21, 2011 06:20

Azure_Horizon: Mar 27, 2010; by Reene

Best joke I've heard this thread.

# ? Nov 21, 2011 07:42

General Battuta: Feb 7, 2011; This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: you hurt it, you keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the posts from the screams.

I'm trying to decide if I should press on with this series after Storm of Swords. Most of the people I've talked to think it goes to poo poo both story and prose-wise, and I get really turned off by bad prose. Is it worth the time it would take to read the last two books, or should I just read something that's going to be better anyway (Mieville or Valente)?

GRRM's prose and use of language has been pretty bad/outright irritating the whole time so I'm not sure I can handle it getting worse.

# ? Nov 21, 2011 17:45

Vertigus: Jan 8, 2011

Yeah you should read Mieville if you don't like bad prose ahahaha

# ? Nov 21, 2011 17:46

General Battuta: Feb 7, 2011; This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: you hurt it, you keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the posts from the screams.

Vertigus posted:

Yeah you should read Mieville if you don't like bad prose ahahaha

Mieville has some really lovely prose, the opening of Perdido Street Station was almost unreadable. So yeah fair point there. But I have a bunch of his books sitting around and a bunch of Cat Valente and I want to know where to spend my precious holiday hours

# ? Nov 21, 2011 17:47

Intel&Sebastian: Oct 20, 2002; colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!

MargaeryCheckingYouOut.gif

# ? Nov 21, 2011 17:47

savinhill: Mar 28, 2010

I wonder if GRRM is enjoying his 5 month long vacation?

# ? Nov 21, 2011 20:12

OperaMouse: Oct 30, 2010

savinhill posted:

I wonder if GRRM is enjoying his 5 month long vacation?

Giants lost again. Jets are also not too hot (lol losing to Tim Tebow).

# ? Nov 21, 2011 20:35

bigmcgaffney: Apr 19, 2009

Intel&Sebastian posted:

MargaeryCheckingYouOut.gif

My heart flutters when you smile at me, Margaery-san, my virgin queen

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Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

General Battuta posted:

I want to know where to spend my precious holiday hours

You could always read Flashman, Horatio Hornblower, or Sharpe's Nouns. Far better use of time.

# ? Nov 21, 2011 21:00

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