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Keeshhound posted:Even Martin Sheen's quite excellent voice acting wasn't enough to really salvage TIM. He's a dumpster fire of a character, only made worse by the fact that some one on the writing staff clearly thought he was the coolest part of the series. He is an ok character. He could have had more depth and stuff, and his ending sucks. but over all i like him as a villain.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:He is an ok character. He could have had more depth and stuff, and his ending sucks. but over all i like him as a villain. I didn't play 3, so maybe he's better in that, but 2 never does anything but sing his praises which pretty well poisoned that well for me.
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Keeshhound posted:I didn't play 3, so maybe he's better in that, but 2 never does anything but sing his praises which pretty well poisoned that well for me. IIRC, at the end of 2 you have the option of pretty unambiguously telling him to get hosed it's presented as the "gently caress yeah Shepard don't take no poo poo from no one" ending for awesome people with good RPG opinions.
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My understanding of Mass Effect as a Canadian-developed game was that The Illusive Man was this weird allegory for Steven Harper. I'm not sure if I just imagined that or if that was the intention but the writers didn't really know where to go with it. TIM's birth name is supposedly Jack Harper, so... I'd imagine Trump doesn't play video games, (nor would any presidential candidate right now,) so it wouldn't surprise me if the upper brass of campaign would've known they were stealing from Mass Effect. The problem would lie on the fault of the producers, who would've known and charged campaign money for.
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Morroque posted:My understanding of Mass Effect as a Canadian-developed game was that The Illusive Man was this weird allegory for Steven Harper. I'm not sure if I just imagined that or if that was the intention but the writers didn't really know where to go with it. TIM's birth name is supposedly Jack Harper, so... A sanctimonious corporate authoritarian patriarch, with delusions of Republican neocon-ism? Sounds right to me. 
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Cythereal posted:And he's mind-controlled by an ancient AI that's decided the only way to save life in the galaxy is to destroy and enslave it. It fits, really. The complete gibberish that was the end of ME3 sounds like the level of logic we get from right wing media already, so I guess it fits. Both inspire about the same level of rage to me. Keeshhound posted:Even Martin Sheen's quite excellent voice acting wasn't enough to really salvage TIM. He's a dumpster fire of a character, only made worse by the fact that some one on the writing staff clearly thought he was the coolest part of the series. I liked TIM as a character well enough. I just think that ME3 got lazy with him by suddenly giving him the ability to field an army that could wage war on the entire galaxy with all the depth and competence of GI Joe villains, but ME3 had so many writing problems that we'd be here all day listing them. EDIT: Just read the description of the ad. Apparently it barrels into comical amounts of racism by essentially claiming that BLM protests are essentially the same as invading aliens and, hilariously, uses the violence of his own rallies as more evidence that all (white) humanity is under attack. If it were anybody else, I'd say it was just a troll video added to mock him, but I can see this from Trump. Geostomp fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Hulk Krogan posted:IIRC, at the end of 2 you have the option of pretty unambiguously telling him to get hosed it's presented as the "gently caress yeah Shepard don't take no poo poo from no one" ending for awesome people with good RPG opinions. I could write any number of words about Mass Effect 2, but this absolutely isn't the place for it and we've had too many derails already. Suffice it to say, the use of that particular character is hilariously fitting, albeit not in the way it was intended, which just makes it funnier. 
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Milo's whole schtick about feminism/SJWs is about appealing to people who focus with laser like intensity on the places that they don't have power in society to the point of ignoring the places that they do, so getting pissed off about SJWs being sex-deniers makes sense
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Bushiz posted:Milo is a cipher for all the loveless computer janitors who think the reason they squeaked out of school with a 2.3 GPA is because no one ever bothered to engage them, rather than their own mediocrity and lack of drive. Man, this hits way too close to home for me. I should be counting my lucky stars that I didn't turn into that particular type of shithead.
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lowercase16 posted:Man, this hits way too close to home for me. I should be counting my lucky stars that I didn't turn into that particular type of shithead. Yeah, of course, there but for the grace of whatever you want to thank go we...
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I'm very proud my right wing father is creeped out by Glenn Beck and Ted Cruz's messiah complexes. "I don't know what the hell happened to Glenn Beck. He must have almost died or something. He used to be a really fun listen on the radio pre-Obama...now he's picking Cruz as some sort of Messiah figure. What the hell?" A small victory was had!
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This is not political, but it does come from self-described "kickass reporter" Geraldo Rivera. https://twitter.com/GeraldoRivera/status/717197359910940673 I mean, everything he said is true in a kind of way. 
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BigRed0427 posted:And all I can think is "What the gently caress are you talking about?" Seriously, is he trying to say feminists who hate sex are secretly perverts? About as logical as people joke that all of the super-homophobic conservative mouthpieces are secretly gay.
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See, now that's what actual Poe's Law is. When you can't tell the difference between someone who disagrees with you and a parody of someone who disagrees with you written by someone who agrees with you, that's probably just your own lovely lack of empathy. When the fanatics welcome a parody in as one of their own, it's the real deal.
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You poor baby  Background quote:This morning, April 5, Paypal, a global company dedicated to facilitating online payments, announced that it is withdrawing plans to open a new global operations center in Charlotte. The reason for their plans to withdraw? North Carolina’s House Bill 2, which was ramrodded through the North Carolina General Assembly on March 23, with just 12 hours from introduction to Governor Pat McCrory’s signature. The law knocks down municipalities’ ability to enact local ordinances protecting LGBT North Carolinians from discrimination and then codifies anti-transgender policies into state law and has seen enormous blowback over the past few weeks.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:You poor baby I would say "I wonder if he was similarly bothered by Chik Fil A" but haha come on.
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Leofish posted:This is not political, but it does come from self-described "kickass reporter" Geraldo Rivera. And it's gone already.
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A free business makes a free business decision because they have all the moneys and can do whatever the gently caress they want. Radical leftism.
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Moktaro posted:And it's gone already. 
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Mister Macys posted:Crying baby.jpg He's very thin-skinned, and seems to think he's entitled to have everyone indulge his views on gender. Perhaps he needs a safe space to hang out in?
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Do they have a good reply for the trans people who are convincing as all hell? Because it seems to me if a trans man doesn't give a gently caress he'll just go into the women's bathroom head held high and cause the exact problem (sans molestation panic) they were trying to avoid. This is a fairly superficial take, but the basic question came from that tweet of a trans man asking.
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Hulk Krogan posted:I would say "I wonder if he was similarly bothered by Chik Fil A" but haha come on. Wait, what? I thought they were still shoveling money towards bigot campaign funds and stuff and just not talking about it publicly anymore.
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Aesop Poprock posted:It's seriously going to end up being the best case scenario for Democrats in a really long time election wise. They have so much poo poo on Trump and Cruz, both of whom are extremely polarizing even in their own political group to an extent that Bernie and Clinton can't even remotely touch. The only worry would really be that Bernie wouldn't be able to bring the heat enough on either of them but since Clinton is for sure going to be the Democratic candidate that's not really a concern. Don't be so certain about this. If the general election is a campaign between Clinton and Trump, Trump may easily win. And win big, because Hillary has nearly as many people despising her as Trump does. And Trump has a populist/nationalist message, whereas Clinton is a neocon with no real message at all. I think Trump may trounce Clinton in a general election. And I say this as a democratic socialist progressive. Love, Vitalis
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Vitalis Jackson posted:Trump may easily win. And win big The Arzy is strong with this one. Draw me an electoral map where Donald "Woman need to be punished for abortions" Trump wins 270 votes. I dare you. Then we will laugh at it.
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Elephant Ambush posted:Wait, what? I thought they were still shoveling money towards bigot campaign funds and stuff and just not talking about it publicly anymore. They are, AFAIK. Point was that Walsh sees businesses deciding not to spend money in a particular place as some kind of egregious affront to his personal freedoms but supported Chik Fil A when people slammed them for donating money to anti-LGBT rights groups.
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WampaLord posted:The Arzy is strong with this one. In general I'm looking at the large number of registered independents. That's the elephant in the room, if you'll pardon the pun. Republicans are 26% and Democrats are 32% according to the most recent Gallop poll, whereas Independents are at 38%. I think the general election will be determined by (1) political independents obviously; party voters in general may not be enthusiastic about either candidate, and (2) highly motivated (e.g., anti-establishment and angry) voters. Keep in mind that the largest voter cohort--Independents--are probably registered as such because they don't care for the two-party (one party) control on American politics. Trump is seen as an "outsider" and probably is. Clinton defines establishment politics. But that's just my opinion, and I'm sometimes wrong. Love, Vitalis
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Vitalis Jackson posted:Keep in mind that the largest voter cohort--Independents--are probably registered as such because they don't care for the two-party (one party) control on American politics.
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Clinton is heading up a party where her chief rival and the president will be endorsing and campaigning for her while she wields a billion dollar campaign like the biggest bat in the history of electoral politics. Trump's negatives are so bad that he's polling at 62% unfavorable with suburbanites and barely winning white women. Those are not nubers that suggest a surprising campaign juggernaut.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:[citation needed] Which thing do you refer to? My reference to Independents as being the largest singular political cohort (actually based on recent polling), or my statement that Independents generally reject the two political parties (I made that part up, so I can't provide a citation)? Love, Vitalis
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Vitalis Jackson posted:In general I'm looking at the large number of registered independents. That's the elephant in the room, if you'll pardon the pun. Republicans are 26% and Democrats are 32% according to the most recent Gallop poll, whereas Independents are at 38%. I think the general election will be determined by (1) political independents obviously; party voters in general may not be enthusiastic about either candidate, and (2) highly motivated (e.g., anti-establishment and angry) voters. 1 - Trump has the highest unfavorability numbers (outside of primary voters) of any presidential candidate in the last several decades 2 - You reg'd in 2009 and you still think sarcastically signing your posts is funny?
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Zeroisanumber posted:Clinton is heading up a party where her chief rival and the president will be endorsing and campaigning for her while she wields a billion dollar campaign like the biggest bat in the history of electoral politics. Trump's negatives are so bad that he's polling at 62% unfavorable with suburbanites and barely winning white women. Those are not nubers that suggest a surprising campaign juggernaut. I am not convinced that Bernie Sanders will be actively campaigning for Hillary Clinton. In terms of populist economics, there would need to be a more substantial difference between her and Trump. At the very least, Trump is crazy enough to change things (although it's much like rolling the dice). Clinton is unlikely to change anything at all, and she will most likely maintain the status quo in the "rigged economy." Love, Vitalis
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"Get over it" says man who quits using internet service because of thing he can't get over. Fake problem solved, indeed!
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Elephant Ambush posted:1 - Trump has the highest unfavorability numbers (outside of primary voters) of any presidential candidate in the last several decades http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/politics/2016-election-poll-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ "Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton register net negative ratings in double digits, indicating the front-runners for each party's presidential nominations are viewed negatively at historic levels, according to a new CBS/New York Times poll. That makes Trump and Clinton viewed more unfavorably than any front-runner for either party since 1984, when CBS began polling voters on the question. On the Republican side, Trump scores a net negative of -33, with a favorable rating of 24% compared to 57% of voters who view him unfavorably. On the Democratic side, Clinton fares only slightly better with a net negative of -21, registering a 31% favorable rating and a 52% unfavorable rating, according to the poll." LOVE, Vitalis
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This is extremely hilarious: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/04/04/developers-response-to-baldurs-gate-controversy-misses-the-point/ A new expansion for Baldur's Gate just came out and apparently a bunch of alt right and GG idiots are really mad because a minor NPC mentions that she was born male, if you ask her about herself. Also Minsc has a line to the effect of "actually it's about ethics in hero adventuring." The game is currently getting brigaded on metacritic with 0/10 reviews about how Beamdog is forcing their feminazi SJW agenda on Baldur's Gate fans and ruining a once-great franchise. This Breitbart article is gold. quote:Rather, the problem lies in Beamdog’s level of respect — or lack thereof — for a character that is deeply meaningful to an entire generation of gamers. Minsc is the lovable hamster-toting warrior of both Baldur’s Gate titles. His legacy extends into novelization and comic books, and he’s been praised by just about every conceivable gaming publication at one time or another. He’s an intellectual innocent, a gentle giant. It sounds like these guys want a safe space to play video games without LGBT characters and might have been - dare I say it? - triggered. Hulk Krogan fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Hulk Krogan posted:This is extremely hilarious: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/04/04/developers-response-to-baldurs-gate-controversy-misses-the-point/ What, a setting with belts of gender swapping has a character who swapped genders?  Guess they need to work on their suspension of disbelief. Seriously though, what a bunch of crybabies.
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