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I've been thinking about buying/renting Ground Zeroes for a while. How much other Metal Gear Solid stuff do I need to know to play it? I've beaten all the main games except Peace Walker, but I get a headache just thinking about all the byzantine continuity from all those games that I've already forgotten.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:32 |
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It directly follows Peacewalker!
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:35 |
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Excellent choice.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:36 |
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Petition to make Phenomena the official movie of Cinema Discusso
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:36 |
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Petition to make Phenomena the official movie of Cinema Discusso Signed, but with the proviso that I reserve the right to change my vote if Race With The Devil becomes a candidate.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:49 |
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:If Only God Forgives is any indication Only God Forgives is pure cinema.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:53 |
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FishBulb posted:It directly follows Peacewalker! Like, the entire Ground Zeroes game is exclusively centered around characters who are introduced in Peace Walker, and deals very much with the events of Peace Walker as well. You're probably gonna be confused.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:54 |
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Crappy Jack posted:Like, the entire Ground Zeroes game is exclusively centered around characters who are introduced in Peace Walker, and deals very much with the events of Peace Walker as well. You're probably gonna be confused. Yeah, I spent all (one hour)of Ground Zeroes having absolutely no idea what the gently caress was going on. I'm gonna have to watch Chip and Ironicus' LP I guess.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:56 |
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I have Peace Walker, so this'll give me an excuse to save up the money anyway. And I finally get to dust off the ol' PSP. I don't know why I want a Vita so bad when I hardly ever use its predecessor…
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:58 |
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The good news is Peace Walker is the best one.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 20:59 |
If you don't have your PSP modded for SNES games on the go, you're doing it wrong. Also if you're not playing Peace Walker on the HD collection you're doing it double-wrong. Also I don't get why everyone shits on Ground Zeroes for being short, it's a budget game that's basically a supersized demo for the real MGSV. Pretty sure it being short was kind of a given.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 21:00 |
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General Ironicus posted:The good news is Peace Walker is the best one. Yep, it's Metal Gear with cutscenes that don't go on for hours, plus a Pokemon game attached. You go into enemy bases and kidnap dudes with balloons. You can easily get them to surrender to said ballooning by holding them up with a banana.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 21:01 |
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CloseFriend posted:I have Peace Walker, so this'll give me an excuse to save up the money anyway. And I finally get to dust off the ol' PSP. I don't know why I want a Vita so bad when I hardly ever use its predecessor… I want a Vita because I have 6,000 VITA games from PS+. Although with the PSTV coming out I'm just gonna get that instead. SALT CURES HAM posted:Also I don't get why everyone shits on Ground Zeroes for being short, it's a budget game that's basically a supersized demo for the real MGSV. Pretty sure it being short was kind of a given. I know this isn't only directed at me, but I was just kidding. I bought it knowing it was going to be short and completely understand what they were going for with it (besides not understanding what happened).
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 21:01 |
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The only reason to get a vita is to have Spelunky in your pocket (well not really unless you still wear JNCOs)
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 21:09 |
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Petition to make Phenomena the official movie of Cinema Discusso I assume that you aren't referring to the John Travolta / Flowers for Algernon 90s movie where a scientific experiment is replaced by a brain tumor and/or the hand of god.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 21:58 |
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I've been getting a lot of spam mail at work lately. It's fairly unremarkable stuff - finance scams, dating scams, etc. What's strange is that there is usually semi-hidden text in them after the main body of the email. It's usually a light yellow text used, and it's hard to read. Here's the latest one I received:quote:DE 36 and it assumes the name Hickman Road. HMS Galatea at Uboat. Atta Memorial Lectures were instituted in memory of Paa Willie after his death. In 1981, the Halifax was converted to Section 8 housing for senior citizens. A beekeeper has moved into the house. On his first acquaintance with Kate, the latter realises she will have to pretend to be common, or Marlow will not woo her. Blood tends to pool in the elbows, where swelling may then occur. CV seen in this episode. Kanvamutt parampara recorded history of Kanvamutt. Nancy married Chris Benoit on November 23, 2000. By the 1940s, Griffith's daughter Mae had added food to the tavern. With the assistance of the Doctor, Paris and Tuvok learn to communicate with the woman, named Noss. Command, Harpers Ferry, Virginia, September 1862. For the next two months only limited demonstrations were conducted against the Confederates. Dining facilities in Matraville cater to just about every taste preference. MediaWorks, showing the twelve original characters. Recorded at the Centre Culturel Americain in Paris, France on May 12, 1970. Blues Explosion website . Edward Stanford, London, 1862 p. Cambridge University Press website on 10 Nov 2007. In 2011 Sheherbano Husain restarted the group. Hubble Space Telescope Call for Proposals, Chapter 3. Kraftwerk had previously been renowned for. A third was also accidentally destroyed after the war. He graduated in the class of 1912 and was commissioned an ensign. A look at the meaning of a song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill as interpreted by The Doors. Black Creek, and Bigelow Creek cross the town. Harold Teams and has the distinction of being the only team to maintain all of its original members. European in its thinking. The reduction in rolling resistance leads to better fuel efficiency. House of Prayer No. September 1944 with target raft no. Mission duration was 5 days, 23 hours and 38 minutes. Global 500 Roll of Honour. The bank itself contributed more than seven million euros, including more than one million donated by its employees. They also have the typical demon characteristics of immunity to poison and electricity, and resistance to fire, cold and acid. Gaza, along with approximately 22 UN international staff members. Conservation is the quickest, cheapest, most practical source of energy. February 27, 1971, p. The Million Dollar Bridge, Portland, ME. Oberkotzau by purchase in 1698. Yonge Street was being laid out. In 1918, Winnifred met Alois Van Tongerloo and the two were married in 1923. LP, but a miscommunication between the band and Virgin saw a negative photographic effect used as opposed to a solarising one. The chef was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated. Cadillac Motor Car Div. Duke and Duchess could bequeath them to whomsoever they wished. What the gently caress is the point of this? Is this some sort of code? Is it there to try and trick spam filters?
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 21:58 |
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Voodoofly posted:I assume that you aren't referring to the John Travolta / Flowers for Algernon 90s movie where a scientific experiment is replaced by a brain tumor and/or the hand of god. The Travolta one one is Phenomenon. CopywrightMMXI posted:I've been getting a lot of spam mail at work lately. It's fairly unremarkable stuff - finance scams, dating scams, etc. What's strange is that there is usually semi-hidden text in them after the main body of the email. It's usually a light yellow text used, and it's hard to read. Here's the latest one I received: Obviously you are a sleeper agent, and this email has activated you for your mission. Oh my god hahahaha "The bank itself contributed more than seven million euros, including more than one million donated by its employees. They also have the typical demon characteristics of immunity to poison and electricity, and resistance to fire, cold and acid." Kramjacks fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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Voodoofly posted:I assume that you aren't referring to the John Travolta / Flowers for Algernon 90s movie where a scientific experiment is replaced by a brain tumor and/or the hand of god. That's Phenomenon, poser. Phenomena is the Dario Argento joint starring Donald Pleasance and introducing Jennifer Connelly, featuring also Daria Nicolodi, a chimpanzee, a deformed child, and multiple swarms of insects. Soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti, Brian Eno, Iron Maiden and Motorhead.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:27 |
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:If Only God Forgives is any indication, Refn can be kind of dumb. I thought you liked it? Or am I thinking of someone else here?
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:39 |
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Yaws posted:I thought you liked it? Or am I thinking of someone else here? Plenty of people here like it.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:40 |
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Yaws posted:I thought you liked it? Or am I thinking of someone else here? I did like it, I just can't pass up a cheap joke. It's silly and pretentious, but I enjoyed it a lot all the same.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:41 |
Paging Dickeye. Your ability to suffer through Spawn poo poo is requested.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:49 |
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Paging Dickeye. Your ability to suffer through Spawn poo poo is requested. I may be able to answer embarrassing questions about Spawn in his absence.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:51 |
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For some reason, whenever people play up a movie as especially polarizing—like Godzilla or Only God Forgives—I usually find myself feeling mostly lukewarm towards it. I can see why people like it and why people hate it, but these "polarizing" moves always fail to make me feel strongly about them. But then, there are plenty of poorly-received movies that I adore, like Southland Tales, The Supreme Swordsman, The Avenging Fist, and Electra Glide in Blue. I even really liked Even Cowgirls Get the Blues!
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:52 |
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CloseFriend posted:For some reason, whenever people play up a movie as especially polarizing—like Godzilla or Only God Forgives—I usually find myself feeling mostly lukewarm towards it. I can see why people like it and why people hate it, but these "polarizing" moves always fail to make me feel strongly about them. All I know is like the vast majority of films that I wouldn't normally have seen but watched because CineD seemed to like them have left me lukewarm. I rarely hate them but I'm also rarely impressed.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:56 |
To expand on that a bit, I've found out that a lot of the Spawn video games are actually not bad at all (there's like one straight-up bad one out of six, which is a crazy batting average for such a lovely license) and I kinda want to LP as many of them as I can. The problem with this is, my knowledge of Spawn lore pretty much boils down to half-remembered poo poo from the HBO show and the movie, and the ones I've played so far explain pretty much jack poo poo. The SNES game has you fight Overt-Kill in the first boss fight and literally doesn't even tell you his name until the rematch, so if you don't know who he is it's just some random cyborg guy out of nowhere who hits you really hard. So I want someone who's read the comics to co-commentate and hopefully explain what in the hell is going on so I don't have to say "because reasons," "because 90s comics" and "because gently caress you that's why" every time I try to fill in some of the gaps these games are leaving.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:59 |
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SALT CURES HAM posted:To expand on that a bit, I've found out that a lot of the Spawn video games are actually not bad at all (there's like one straight-up bad one out of six, which is a crazy batting average for such a lovely license) and I kinda want to LP as many of them as I can. Ah if we're getting into videogame territory then I have no idea. I think I played that one SNES game way back in the day and maybe that one version of Soul Caliber 2 where he showed up. "Because '90s comics/Because gently caress you that's why" really will answer most of your questions though.
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axleblaze posted:All I know is like the vast majority of films that I wouldn't normally have seen but watched because CineD seemed to like them have left me lukewarm. I rarely hate them but I'm also rarely impressed. That implies some homogenous CineD consensus. The films I've watched because people here whose taste I trust have recommended them have rarely disappointed, and some I've liked alot. There is no undifferentiated "CineD". (Is there?).
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therattle posted:That implies some homogenous CineD consensus. The films I've watched because people here whose taste I trust have recommended them have rarely disappointed, and some I've liked alot. There is no undifferentiated "CineD". (Is there?). If you liked Battleship, you're CineD as gently caress.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:05 |
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:If you liked Battleship, you're CineD as gently caress. And also, you have bad taste.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:07 |
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Noxville posted:And also, you have bad taste. Let's not be redundant.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:09 |
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therattle posted:That implies some homogenous CineD consensus. The films I've watched because people here whose taste I trust have recommended them have rarely disappointed, and some I've liked alot. There is no undifferentiated "CineD". (Is there?). I'm not saying there's a single hivemind but there are alot of movies goons, especially in genchat, push hard that just haven't seemed interesting to me and I went and saw them and low and behold they were not that interesting to me. There are some big exceptions but often when I've seen a movie that I didn't think would appeal to me but was assured by many people in here that it was in fact amazing, I was left pretty underwhelmed.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:14 |
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Let me tell you about how [badly reviewed film] is in fact a genius work of Pure Cinema.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:15 |
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therattle posted:That implies some homogenous CineD consensus. The films I've watched because people here whose taste I trust have recommended them have rarely disappointed, and some I've liked alot. There is no undifferentiated "CineD". (Is there?).
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:15 |
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axleblaze posted:All I know is like the vast majority of films that I wouldn't normally have seen but watched because CineD seemed to like them have left me lukewarm. I rarely hate them but I'm also rarely impressed. I mostly just find them ("them", whatever they are) kind of tedious. I guess I'm just not a big fan of playing mental parlor games while watching a movie the first time around. That or I just have a really, really low tolerance for Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
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Literally The Worst posted:I was reading this and thinking "Wow this is some sloppy beej games as art poo poo" and then hit the name and just went "Whoa" out loud. At least he wasn't ranting about jews. therattle posted:That implies some homogenous CineD consensus. The films I've watched because people here whose taste I trust have recommended them have rarely disappointed, and some I've liked alot. There is no undifferentiated "CineD". (Is there?). Like Blacula? Are you talking about Blacula? Noxville posted:Let me tell you about how [badly reviewed film] is in fact a genius work of Pure Cinema. Why do you hate fun?
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:25 |
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Oh lord, I just got out of seeing Trans4mers and I have a lot of words to write about it when I get home to my computer later. There's a bit in this movie about statutory rape that I think will be a particularly interesting conversation piece.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:27 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Oh lord, I just got out of seeing Trans4mers and I have a lot of words to write about it when I get home to my computer later. There's a bit in this movie about statutory rape that I think will be a particularly interesting conversation piece. Somehow I don't think it will.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:29 |
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Yo, anyone who has the ability to see Calvary and hasn't is sleeping on a fantastic film.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 23:31 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Oh lord, I just got out of seeing Trans4mers and I have a lot of words to write about it when I get home to my computer later. There's a bit in this movie about statutory rape that I think will be a particularly interesting conversation piece. I'm looking forward to seeing you write more on this because what you posted on twitter is pretty already.
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