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Stick Figure Mafia posted:Also, I made a video of my journey getting an Orc named "Dush" to Warchief This made me laugh way more than it should have, thank you. Shadow of Mordor is a really fun game that came out of nowhere for me and I'm really looking forward to see what comes next with the nemesis system. There's something about the way the game makes just enough of a story for me to fill in the blanks (hilariously like this or otherwise) and just lets me do whatever that really scratches a gaming itch for me. Outside of the traditional main storyline of course, which yeah it also has but I don't know if anybody plays it for that.
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InfiniteZero posted:This made me laugh way more than it should have, thank you. Shadows of Mordor has both the best and worst story. The actual main plotline is so generic and boring, just like a ton of other AAA releases. The ongoing ingame story of Tallion vs. Army of Orcs, though, is straight up amazing. The Nemesis system really does work as advertised, you'll learn to loathe certain Orcs, and they'll loathe you right back.
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Asema posted:Actually did you know you have 120 days after enlisting to back out of the military? You sign a contract and civilian law says that you can get out of any contract within 120 days. It's why a lot of people drop out of boot camp and it's not a problem. It's a volunteer service and you still have time to change your mind! I don't know if that's entirely true. After MEPS you're placed in DEP to wait your ship off date. You can request out at any point because you technically haven't sworn in. On your ship out you officially swear in and begin to receive pay at which point you are part of the military. What's-her-name in Gone Home left presumably after this point. And best she'll get an Other Than Honorable which won't be the death of her in the mid-90s but still sucks on any background check.
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Oct 23, 2014 15:34
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Pork Pie Hat posted:Surely the only thing that needs to be said about Polygon is that they employ Ben Kuchera? This didn't get enough love on the last page.
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Twibbit posted:7.5 is a bad score now? It has been a bad score for years
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al-azad posted:I don't know if that's entirely true. After MEPS you're placed in DEP to wait your ship off date. You can request out at any point because you technically haven't sworn in. On your ship out you officially swear in and begin to receive pay at which point you are part of the military. I'm just going off this lazy piece of poo poo who went to boot camp, told everybody how much he was for the military and then came back when he was at his technical school because he couldn't handle it. Like he had hired a lawyer to argue about backing out of the contract and they just let him go with a general discharge. I'm not an expert and that's how he explained it to me v  v
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Asema posted:I'm just going off this lazy piece of poo poo who went to boot camp, told everybody how much he was for the military and then came back when he was at his technical school because he couldn't handle it. Like he had hired a lawyer to argue about backing out of the contract and they just let him go with a general discharge. I'm not an expert and that's how he explained it to me v It's an interesting case because I'm pretty sure service members can't bring the military to court. At least I do know you and your family can't sue. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they were just fed up with him and decided it wasn't worth paying this guy anymore. Administration can move icebergs if they want but they move just as slow.
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Oct 23, 2014 16:15
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Probad posted:This didn't get enough love on the last page. Agreed, let's all continue to quote it some more so we can revel in how much we hate the evil game journalist who once slandered these very forums.
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No, Ben Kuchera is mocked because he's a dope with unexamined opinions who thinks he's very intelligent and regularly says boneheaded, moronic poo poo. Apparently he's a very nice man in person, though, which is why Polygon hired him after he tanked his previous website.
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He's like my electrician. He's absolute poo poo at wiring and things, but super nice dude.
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bomblol posted:Agreed, let's all continue to quote it some more so we can revel in how much we hate the evil game journalist who once slandered these very forums. Downvotes? Really? Megaman's Jockstrap posted:No, Ben Kuchera is mocked because he's a dope with unexamined opinions who thinks he's very intelligent and regularly says boneheaded, moronic poo poo. Maybe, but calling for "love" for a comment is a bit circlejerky for my tastes. PhilippAchtel fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Oct 23, 2014 |
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al-azad posted:I don't know if that's entirely true. After MEPS you're placed in DEP to wait your ship off date. You can request out at any point because you technically haven't sworn in. On your ship out you officially swear in and begin to receive pay at which point you are part of the military. If you want to do government work. They're lesbians in the mid-90s living in the northwest. They're going to move to Portland and bartend and play in punk bands, which is actually an awesome ending now that I think about it.
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Oct 23, 2014 17:39
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Everyone talks about the lesbian sister in Gone Home, but where are the parents?
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Aphrodite posted:Everyone talks about the lesbian sister in Gone Home, but where are the parents? At a couples therapy resort, you find out about it in the greenhouse. Parents are trying to fight off a divorce because neither are happy with each other.
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Oct 23, 2014 17:42
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Oh, that makes sense. Whenever my parents go away they always let me know by burying a note under some begonias. I keep forgetting to get the key from the ritual sacrifice closet first though.
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Oct 23, 2014 17:47
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Gone Home sounds like an interesting game.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Gone Home sounds like an interesting game. it's really not
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Oct 23, 2014 17:50
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Bayonetta is funny campy satire and anyone who gets worked up about review scores should be tossed in the ocean, Pix the Cat is still good, peace.
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al-azad posted:It's an interesting case because I'm pretty sure service members can't bring the military to court. At least I do know you and your family can't sue. I seem to recall they changed part of that about 10 or 15 years ago. Service members can not sue but family members can. I think it had to do with the fact a service member agrees to certain limitations when they enlist but their family never signs a contract agreeing to those limitations.
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Aphrodite posted:Oh, that makes sense. I mean, I'm not defending Gone Home or anything but the main character you play with comes home a week earlier than expected and doesn't try to tell the parents until she's at the airport. I'd say it's not the brightest move for a teenager but it sounds about right.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Gone Home sounds like an interesting game. It's very short but not nearly as bad as goons make it sound. I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it though.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Gone Home sounds like an interesting game. It's not a game I'd pay more than a couple of dollars for, but it's got atmosphere, nostalgia and melancholy in droves
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big mean giraffe posted:It's very short but not nearly as bad as goons make it sound. I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it though. it's got some good atmospheric tension at the start of the game when you think boo scares might happen, the sound design is also real good and the movement is nice. everything else is hit or miss and yeah 5$ is what i'd pay for it.
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I must seriously suck at Peggle, I can't beat the "get over 500,000" score mission on the Unicorns group of challenges. I try long shots but they never seem to register, am I just doing it wrong?
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The most interesting thing about Gone Home is that it's the story of a family healing and the black sheep that wants nothing to do with it. When you analyze all the pieces of the plot the title character is actually a spoiled brat.
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Bro Nerd Alpha posted:I must seriously suck at Peggle, I can't beat the "get over 500,000" score mission on the Unicorns group of challenges. I try long shots but they never seem to register, am I just doing it wrong? you know a long shot has to bounce off of and then land on two non-blue pegs, right?
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Oct 23, 2014 19:54
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There is nothing gone home can provide for you that wouldn't be better if you just read a short story or something.
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News: Unfinished Swan is out next week for PS4, and Geometry Wars 3 is actually getting a PS4 release and is out in November.
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Sony just confirmed the 2.0 Firmware is coming out on the 28th:@Playstation posted:PS4's next software update, Masamune, will be available on 10/28. Includes Share Play, USB Music player, and more! https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/525361057154736128
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I can't believe people are excited about USB music player, really? Plugging a USB stick into your console in 2014?
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Rest in peace, all the USB sticks that were destroyed in the USB stickocalypse of 2013, I guess.
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Aishan posted:Sony just confirmed the 2.0 Firmware is coming out on the 28th:
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PantsBandit posted:There is nothing gone home can provide for you that wouldn't be better if you just read a short story or something. Unless you've considered that games can be about things besides shooting aliens and climbing up buildings and don't mind experiencing storytelling in a different format than usual. I have no idea why it is so hard to accept that other people can like different things. I would rather watch a swashbuckling errol flynn movie than bore myself with another 10 minutes of AC4, but that doesn't mean its literally the worst awful thing ever that no one should like.
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Aishan posted:Sony just confirmed the 2.0 Firmware is coming out on the 28th: Yessss. Themes, folders and share play.
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snuff posted:I can't believe people are excited about USB music player, really? Plugging a USB stick into your console in 2014?
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Syrinxx posted:Seriously. In TYOOL 2014 I cannot loving stream my music from my computer which is located approximately 1 millisecond away from my PS4 via ethernet? And we still have no PLEX app or any DLNA front end? they probably expect you to have other ways to listen to music in TYOOL 2014 and/or don't care if you hate the music in the games that you already paid them for.
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Pretty sure that's why the USB player exists. It's a cop out until they figure out DLNA.
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Athenry posted:Yessss. Themes, folders and share play. That's probably wishful thinking but that'd be rad.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Folders? Does this mean that I can put home screen apps that I've never used once in 11 months of owning the system and have no intention of ever using like Video Unlimited, Music Unlimited, The Playroom and Live From PlayStation into a folder and never have to see them again? the list will now only hold 15 recent items and everything else goes into a custom library
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bomblol posted:Unless you've considered that games can be about things besides shooting aliens and climbing up buildings and don't mind experiencing storytelling in a different format than usual. I have no idea why it is so hard to accept that other people can like different things. I would rather watch a swashbuckling errol flynn movie than bore myself with another 10 minutes of AC4, but that doesn't mean its literally the worst awful thing ever that no one should like. You're assuming an awful lot about me bud. Video games can tell stories well Gone Home just doesn't. You walk around and click on things and get a short voiceover. When all is said and done it tells a pretty thin story. So yeah, reading a book would be just as effective. Also I'm not saying it's the worst poo poo ever just that, obviously in my opinion, it's a waste of time.
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