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Jack Gladney posted:The story about being asked about believing in god was about a different girl entirely, Cassie Burnell, and that story has been disputed by all witnesses. Rachel Scott, who this movie is about, was the first victim and there were no surviving witnesses to her murder. There's no evidence she spoke to her killers at all. So that's the gross christ-sploitation angle here. Still abnormally good for the people who made God's Not Dead. Haven't Scott's parents and family been super exploitative about her death and the "Do you believe in god?" myth for a while?
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Jan 19, 2017 05:40
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Trojan Kaiju posted:The rest of the post is addressing speculation, but this is a little bit off. Starting March is a free trial period which does not actually have the free monthly games, online lobbies and voice chat with friends using the phone app, or the special PS+ style deals. That all starts in the Fall when the paid subscription starts. All we have between launch until then is online co-op and competitive modes. This is detailed on http://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Their online service (just the service of playing online, not the special bells and whistles) will be available immediately, and that online service is specifically what people are saying will not be worth paying for. It's not about the NES/SNES game; they're saying that it's a terrible incentive for an online experience that will consistently bad from Day 1. We will be able to see what the online environment might be like during this "trial" period. Basing the Nintendo Switch's online experience on that of the Wii U and claiming it's a failure before it's even out the door is ridiculous. The smartphone thing is just the icing on that pre-judgment cake.
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Jan 19, 2017 05:55
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The Last Podcast On The Left did an episode or two on Columbine that dug into all the bullshit myths of columbine especially the "Do you believe in God?" one.
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Jan 19, 2017 06:28
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Alaois posted:Haven't Scott's parents and family been super exploitative about her death and the "Do you believe in god?" myth for a while? It could be way creepier and sleazier.
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Jan 19, 2017 06:37
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Jack Gladney posted:The story about being asked about believing in god was about a different girl entirely, Cassie Burnell, and that story has been disputed by all witnesses. Rachel Scott, who this movie is about, was the first victim and there were no surviving witnesses to her murder. There's no evidence she spoke to her killers at all. So that's the gross christ-sploitation angle here. Still abnormally good for the people who made God's Not Dead. Richard Castaldo was there with her and played dead after being shot like 8 times, but his story as far as I remember is the same deal, the last he heard from her was screaming on the grass and then getting shot. "Richard Castaldo (who only survived the attack by feigning death) would recall hearing Rachel weeping as she curled into a ball upon the grass, before hearing a final gunshot as Harris and Klebold approached them." Alaois posted:Haven't Scott's parents and family been super exploitative about her death and the "Do you believe in god?" myth for a while? They sure have. Her family or someone related to them, I forget, either way someone jumped at her death and milked that for all it's worth. Yardbomb fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Jan 19, 2017 |
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Jan 19, 2017 06:46
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My brain was shot by this thread. It is a martyr.
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Jan 19, 2017 12:00
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SatansBestBuddy posted:I'm pretty sure that's never going to happen, and would probably be a bad thing if it did. Nintendo is really drat good at creating new ideas and actually implementing them in fun ways, while the other companies see them as "gimmicks" and never, ever put enough faith into their own products. Of course motion controls suck on every system not made by Nintendo, because Nintendo was basically the only company that cared about making them work and making them fun. There was a lot of dumb poo poo in the Switch presentation, but the hard facts are actually pretty good for the Switch's outlook (nevermind that generally no console has a good first year simple because no-one's finished making games for it yet). The Switch's first year has;
That is a solid lineup for a console's first year. That's not including whatever pops up at e3, because there's more than likely going to be a title or two with a release date in the September/October range.
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Jan 19, 2017 14:40
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Neddy Seagoon posted:[*]A new open-world Mario game in the holiday season at year's end, something people have been wanting since after Super Mario Galaxy 1. Just a tiny nitpick but it's not open world, it's the relatively open levels like in 64 and Sunshine. All your other points are fairly solid.
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Jan 19, 2017 14:46
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...And now apparently Switch matchmaking and lobbies will be handled through a phone app? What are they smoking over there.
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Jan 19, 2017 15:05
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:...And now apparently Switch matchmaking and lobbies will be handled through a phone app? Everyone and their cat in Japan has a smartphone, and it's something they can use in whatever future consoles they release down the line most likely. It's still dumb, but you can at least see the train of logic behind it.
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Jan 19, 2017 15:07
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:...And now apparently Switch matchmaking and lobbies will be handled through a phone app? I think regular matchmaking is the same as normal but the private lobbies are through the phone app.
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Jan 19, 2017 15:08
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Everyone and their cat in Japan has a smartphone, and it's something they can use in whatever future consoles they release down the line most likely. It's still dumb, but you can at least see the train of logic behind it. Okay, they can, but does that mean they should? And since he is critical and on the internet, Internet of poo poo is worth linking just to be a little on-topic.
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Jan 19, 2017 15:13
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:Okay, they can, but does that mean they should? Nintendo's primary market has always been Japan, so "You can use your smart phone with this!" is going to potentially be a big deal there.
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Jan 19, 2017 15:36
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Going back on critics, I think Jim Sterling has always had wrong opinions about games. He has a history of them, going back to his time at Destructoid. Best example for that is his enduring and inexplicable love for Modern Warfare 3, or his review of Sonic Colors.
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Jan 19, 2017 17:25
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Spark That Bled posted:Going back on critics, I think Jim Sterling has always had wrong opinions about games. He has a history of them, going back to his time at Destructoid. He loves Deadly premonition though
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Jan 19, 2017 17:28
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Nintendo's primary market has always been Japan, so "You can use your smart phone with this!" is going to potentially be a big deal there. This is like, the only aspect that has me groaning (aside from controller price which is a bit high). I'm hoping it's more "can" that "must" with smartphone functionality. But this is Nintendo. Just a note: I'm almost certainly buying the Switch--just waiting until like a year after launch so I can nab a few games (and maybe save some money).
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Jan 19, 2017 18:03
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DStecks posted:Nintendo is pretty cool 
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Jan 19, 2017 18:43
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Mr. Fowl posted:Just a note: I'm almost certainly buying the Switch--just waiting until like a year after launch so I can nab a few games (and maybe save some money). Same boat here. It's not worth buying right away due to the small library.
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Jan 19, 2017 19:05
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Jim Sterling is best watched in small doses - he's hamming it up when he's on camera and that's funny, but not all the time. Besides, Boglin Watch is the best show he does by far.
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Jan 19, 2017 19:53
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I like Jim best as muckraker and gadfly; don't care much about his reviews, but as a commentator and consumer advocate he's fab. Also as a guy making weirdass videos and, of course, as Your #1 Boglin Boy.
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Jan 20, 2017 05:45
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he isn't always wrong about games, like his undying love for silent hill 2 for example. but yeah his strength is in consumer advocacy and calling out total bullshit rather than his opinions on games. his crunch video is prolly the best he's ever done and prolly won't be topped.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:10
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jim sterling can be a pretty deece writer but sometimes the games he latches onto can be bizarre, like battleborn just, what
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Jan 20, 2017 06:23
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cat doter posted:jim sterling can be a pretty deece writer but sometimes the games he latches onto can be bizarre, like battleborn rofl i forgot about that. though his video explaining exactly how hosed that game got by circumstances out of its control was pretty neat and kinda sad even if the game itself was not very good.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:41
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Sterling can be right about a lot of things but there's just times where he completely obtuse on some obvious things. Like giving out to Sony about not allowing game mods, when game mods on consoles is just a terrible idea in so many ways.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:51
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Do not even ask posted:Sterling can be right about a lot of things but there's just times where he completely obtuse on some obvious things. Like giving out to Sony about not allowing game mods, when game mods on consoles is just a terrible idea in so many ways. Hell, Microsoft probably only said yes to user mods in the faint hope it might actually move some consoles. If the XBone hadn't poo poo the bed so badly they'd probably have put their foot down in the same way.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:55
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Do not even ask posted:Sterling can be right about a lot of things but there's just times where he completely obtuse on some obvious things. Like giving out to Sony about not allowing game mods, when game mods on consoles is just a terrible idea in so many ways. I don't think mods on consoles are an inherently bad idea, but it requires some curation, for bethesda to thoroughly test the mods and say "ok this works" and push out the best stuff to people
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Jan 20, 2017 07:15
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Cubey posted:but yeah his strength is in consumer advocacy and calling out total bullshit rather than his opinions on games. And being a very sexy man.
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Jan 20, 2017 07:16
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cat doter posted:I don't think mods on consoles are an inherently bad idea, but it requires some curation, for bethesda to thoroughly test the mods and say "ok this works" and push out the best stuff to people I don't think you get just how vast the modding world is, even just for Skyrim or Fallout. Or how many people Bethesda would need, working 24-7, to keep pace with that influx.
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Jan 20, 2017 07:19
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It's not even just that. Modding Bethesda games requires managing your load order, which is a tricky thing to do at the best of times. Not managing it correctly can lead to all kinds of errors, some of which may not become apparent until hours into your save. This isn't something that curation can fix as you will always be saddling the player with the responsibility of troubleshooting incompatibilities barring situations where one or another mod author creates a compatibility patch. On PC this is all quite manageable. People have created tools that reference a community maintained database of optimal load orders, tools that store your mods virtually so that you can avoid installation order issues, and even ones that will dynamically create basic compatibility patches by compressing item, NPC and Texture lists from different mods into something more stable. All poo poo that the Modding community has been working with for YEARS and will NEVER be coming to consoles because Sony and Microsoft aren't completely idiotic.
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Jan 20, 2017 14:10
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cat doter posted:jim sterling can be a pretty deece writer but sometimes the games he latches onto can be bizarre, like battleborn TotalBiscuit also really liked Battleborn for some reason.
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Jan 20, 2017 14:39
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Mokinokaro posted:TotalBiscuit also really liked Battleborn for some reason. I'm sure it had more sliders in the graphics option that didn't do anything but made it look more complex
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Jan 20, 2017 15:12
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I keep hearing Battle pen was a actual good game, it's just that Overwatch was better and no one cared. Edit: Also, I understand where Jim is coming from about Skyrim mods. The whole point of Bethesda games at this point is nodding them. Usually to fix the broken stuff they never got around to fixing or to to make the game more interesting. BigRed0427 fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jan 20, 2017 |
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Jan 20, 2017 15:16
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BigRed0427 posted:I keep hearing Battle pen was a actual good game, it's just that Overwatch was better and no one cared. If Battleborne was even close to good, it would've survived by word-of-mouth and a slow-burn buildup of the playerbase once the honeymoon period was over for Overwatch. It's now free-to-play and very dead.
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Jan 20, 2017 16:35
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Its parallels to Overwatch are mostly superficial. Battleborn is a lot closer to an actual first person MOBA. A very very grindy and unfun one at that.
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Jan 20, 2017 16:37
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Neddy Seagoon posted:If Battleborne was even close to good, it would've survived by word-of-mouth and a slow-burn buildup of the playerbase once the honeymoon period was over for Overwatch. It's not free to play. (Yet.)
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Jan 20, 2017 20:18
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A lot of Jim's opinions on certain games are definitely different than most people's, but he's always been willing to go into detail about why he likes/dislikes a game and doesn't begrudge people for liking what they like most of the time. As for Battleborn, it was mostly bad business decisions and people being fed up with Gearbox that did it in. The game itself isn't bad, it's just not good enough. As mentioned before, Sterling has a really good video on why the game failed (as well as ones for other games like Mighty no. 9).
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Jan 20, 2017 20:52
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Joseph Anderson returns with an even longer video expanding on his thoughts about Fallout 4, a year later.
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Jan 20, 2017 21:26
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Kay Kessler posted:A lot of Jim's opinions on certain games are definitely different than most people's, but he's always been willing to go into detail about why he likes/dislikes a game and doesn't begrudge people for liking what they like most of the time. BB would've been tons better if they'd just used Borderlands characters.
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Whipped up a review for series four of Sherlock.
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