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it's like we're stuck in a never ending cycle our posts merely serve as kindling for the eternal flame
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Lurdiak has a gunnerkrigg court av and gunnerkrigg is a pretty anime comic imo
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Mar 31, 2017 19:30
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Lurdiak posted:I like plenty of Japanese games and other Japanese things without being self-conscious about it, there's a difference between Japanese pop culture, Japanese culture in general, and anime, are you aware of that. Yes. Apparently you're not though. Maybe you could explain the question: What makes Chrono Trigger 'less anime'? Define 'anime'. Even if it has multiple definitions you should still be able to define it. So what's the definition, Lurdiak, beyond "thing I say when I want to whine about things."
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Mar 31, 2017 19:31
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It's kinda messed up that the automated diplomacy in EU4 is part of the paid upgrade because it seems like it's just a QOL improvement to an existing system
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Mar 31, 2017 19:33
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Jay Rust posted:Frankly I never liked the wacky pop culture references in Fallout games. For several reasons I guess: referential humour is the lowest form of wit, not sarcasm; what are 80s references doing in this far-future sci-fi world whose aesthetics are 60s kitsch; way to date your game, nerds This is why I really liked Horizon: Zero Dawn, it's basically Fallout if you got rid of all that campiness
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Mar 31, 2017 19:33
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Jay Rust posted:I've never taken Wild Wasteland in New Vegas because I got so turned off by Black Isle / Obsidian's "wacky side" from the earlier games, but people insist on using it all the time. So do the New Vegas gags fall into the latter category? Well there are two examples that come to mind. One is Johnny Five Aces, straight up just being in the game. That's just a reference, I'll admit it, but it's a reference to something so stupid that I still find it pretty funny. They put four balls on a cliff and everything. That's a lot better than just recreating monty python gags everyone was already super sick of, at least to me. Another example of a reference that's actually a joke is a skeleton wearing a fedora next to a blown up fridge. That's obviously a reference to Indiana Jones 4, but it's also a joke, because they're saying "Yeah he'd be loving dead, let's be serious." There's also really minor referential things like I think one alien has Elvis hair, and there's a weapon that changes from "Fist of Rawr" to "Fist of the North Rawr", and I'm just neutral on those (although I find the pun on the latter to be inspired). But yeah overall I'd say wild wasteland adds more actual jokes than it does references. And the references it does add are so bizarre and inspired that they don't bug me in a Family Guy kind of way.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:34
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In Training posted:Comedy rule of threes means April is gonna be a barrel of laughs Games Chat Thread: Lurdiak and ImpAtom's Very (Un)Anime April
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Mar 31, 2017 19:34
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:This is why I really liked Horizon: Zero Dawn, it's basically Fallout if you got rid of all that campiness So it's not like fallout at all aside from being post-apocalyptic?
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Mar 31, 2017 19:34
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Andrast posted:So it's not like fallout at all aside from being post-apocalyptic? There are many, many plot points that are reminiscent not just of any generic post-apocalypse but of specific storytelling beats and tropes from Fallout, and they brought in the lead writer from New Vegas. The lineage is there.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:38
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Andrast posted:So it's not like fallout at all aside from being post-apocalyptic? It takes place in the American Southwest, there are old robots and vaults you can activate, and uh you can get power armor. That's all I got.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:38
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Andrast posted:So it's not like fallout at all aside from being post-apocalyptic? You have a pip-boy and no one else does.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:38
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In Training posted:It's kinda messed up that the automated diplomacy in EU4 is part of the paid upgrade because it seems like it's just a QOL improvement to an existing system It's basically extortion. I like Paradox and I like how relatively open they are, but they do know how to bleed you dry through a dozen microtransactions that aren't even that micro in price
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Mar 31, 2017 19:39
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Fallout's tone has always been pretty tongue-in-cheek though. Horizon takes its apocalypse story seriously.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:39
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ImpAtom posted:Yes. Apparently you're not though. Maybe you could explain the question: What makes Chrono Trigger 'less anime'? Good lord, I made a post about this two weeks ago. If you really, absolutely want a definition of what I mean when I say "Anime", imagine some kind of melding of Sword Art Online, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Melty Blood, Gundam Seed, Clannad, La Blue Girl, Virtual Girl Ai, Star Ocean, Phantasy Star Online, and uh, poo poo, I dunno, Hunter X Hunter. Now please, do me a favor and don't ask for an exact breakdown of the tropes and artistic directions that these works have in common or whatever obsessive bullshit you're going to pull next. exquisite tea posted:Fallout's tone has always been pretty tongue-in-cheek though. Horizon takes its apocalypse story seriously. I dunno. Fallout's tone wavers in and out of satire, kind of like a Paul Verhoven film (except Starship Troopers, that one's just 100% goofy). I wouldn't say anything about The Master is tongue in cheek, for example.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:40
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Jay Rust posted:It's basically extortion. I like Paradox and I like how relatively open they are, but they do know how to bleed you dry through a dozen microtransactions that aren't even that micro in price Yeah Ive never paid full price for a DLC for this reason, I know in like 6 months it will be single digit dollars so I almost always buy stuff way later ina steam sale.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:42
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Anime is like pornography. Can mean many different things, but I always know it when I see it.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:42
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In Training posted:It's kinda messed up that the automated diplomacy in EU4 is part of the paid upgrade because it seems like it's just a QOL improvement to an existing system i don't think i'd use it because i'm pretty good about just spying on people all the time or relationship improvement. but that building screen information... 
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Mar 31, 2017 19:44
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*looks at a list of anime*Cool devices? But I love my switch!
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Mar 31, 2017 19:46
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In Training posted:Yeah Ive never paid full price for a DLC for this reason, I know in like 6 months it will be single digit dollars so I almost always buy stuff way later ina steam sale. I am perfectly fine staying one expansion behind with a Paradox game, they need time to patch all the things they inadvertently mess up with the new DLC anyway
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Mar 31, 2017 19:46
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exquisite tea posted:Anime is like pornography. Can mean many different things, but I always know it when I see it.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:47
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Through cascading references and inclusions, all media is now anime, thanks to the Shinji Westphall hypothesis.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:52
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If you think about it aren't we all just a little bit anime?
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Mar 31, 2017 19:53
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Dr Cheeto posted:If you think about it aren't we all just a little bit anime? My eyes are the size of loving grapefruit.
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Mar 31, 2017 19:54
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Lurdiak posted:My eyes are the size of loving grapefruit. 
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Mar 31, 2017 19:55
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NSFW that poo poo
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Mar 31, 2017 19:57
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People who like ff12 are mentally ill
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Mar 31, 2017 19:58
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You don't have to be crazy to play games.. But it helps!
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Mar 31, 2017 20:01
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Dr Cheeto posted:If you think about it aren't we all just a little bit anime? What does your scouter say about my anime level?
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Mar 31, 2017 20:01
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corn in the bible posted:People who like ff12 are mentally ill This would require people to remember anything about FF12.
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Mar 31, 2017 20:03
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Saint Freak posted:What does your scouter say about my anime level? It seems to say that you're the coolest bitch up in this joint.
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Mar 31, 2017 20:03
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exquisite tea posted:This would require people to remember anything about FF12. I remember a lot of deserts
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Mar 31, 2017 20:03
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Saint Freak posted:What does your scouter say about my anime level? "Mysterious & cool transfer student"
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Mar 31, 2017 20:05
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I pray to god every day that people who like anime are annihilated and people who hate anime are also annihilated.
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Mar 31, 2017 20:05
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I appreciate anime
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Mar 31, 2017 20:09
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I remain unaligned in the Anime Wars
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Mar 31, 2017 20:14
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Alfalfa The Roach posted:I appreciate anime i would have never guessed
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Mar 31, 2017 20:14
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exquisite tea posted:This would require people to remember anything about FF12. I remember a cool soundtrack
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Mar 31, 2017 20:15
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I think anime is pretty swell
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Mar 31, 2017 20:15
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I was there. 1988. New York. Akira's North American premiere. I turned to my companion. I said, "Anime will tear us apart." But they didn't listen.
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Chrono Trigger being anime or not is completely irrelevant because any fondness for it is completely nostalgic at this point
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