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Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

sleeptalker posted:

Nationalize video games.

Well, the end of the Mass Effect trilogy was the studio being forced to "fix" the ending by popular demand. Maybe that supports Matt's argument that the hobby fosters mass narcissism, but it's also really fitting for a series not-so-subtly preoccupied with corporate exploitation.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:15

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Gorn Myson: Aug 8, 2007

I always thought the torture sequence in GTA5 was probably the only semi-decent attempt at satire. The rest of the universe is just really poor parody.

I did love the Pisswasser commercial though, for being over the top in so many wonderful ways.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:16

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

Videogames

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:18

TomViolence: Feb 19, 2013; PLEASE ASK ABOUT MY 80,000 WORD WALLACE AND GROMIT SLASH FICTION. PLEASE.

The Rockstar Games writing staff all seem to be the contrarian "everyone sucks" libertarian dad type of dudes who're into Bill Hicks, George Carlin and Denis Leary and so when their attempts at social commentary aren't just toothless and clumsy, they're actively mean-spirited and punching down. The kind of edgy, uber-cynical poo poo that was big in the 90s.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:34

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

The working man's open world series is Saints Row

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:35

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Henchman of Santa posted:

The working man's open world series is Saints Row

At least you can take a couple of bullets in SR before you drop dead. I've been playing this GTA On-line the last few weeks, and my character is still incredibly fragile.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:38

The Muppets On PCP: Nov 13, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

TomViolence posted:

The Rockstar Games writing staff all seem to be the contrarian "everyone sucks" libertarian dad type of dudes who're into Bill Hicks, George Carlin and Denis Leary and so when their attempts at social commentary aren't just toothless and clumsy, they're actively mean-spirited and punching down. The kind of edgy, uber-cynical poo poo that was big in the 90s.

republican space rangers was pretty funny

though more accurately it should've been called republican and democrat space rangers

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:13

Apoplexy: Mar 9, 2003; by Shine

I find it strange that open-world games are such a magnet for attempts at comedic writing. I love Saints Row and GTA5, in spite of the validity of the criticisms of the latter. RDR simply filled out a niche in being an amazingly high-production-quality game of that genre that was, in the words of Wardell, 'serious A F, bra!'

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:21

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

RDR has some pretty funny poo poo in it to break up the tension though

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:25

long-ass nips Diane: Dec 13, 2010; Breathe.

I like the part where you get to sell snake oil

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:27

Henchman of Santa: Aug 21, 2010

There's also an insanely tedious fetch quest where the reward is watching a guy jump off a cliff

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:31

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Henchman of Santa posted:

There's also an insanely tedious fetch quest where the reward is watching a guy jump off a cliff

Sounds like the kind of quests you got in Nier.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:35

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Apoplexy posted:

I find it strange that open-world games are such a magnet for attempts at comedic writing.

I guess the idea is that you can scatter in-jokes all over the place without diluting the main plot.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 20:55

Skyscraper: Oct 1, 2004; Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Halloween Jack posted:

I guess the idea is that you can scatter in-jokes all over the place without diluting the main plot.

I think also there's an idea that a lot of people don't take those games seriously at all, so might as well be funny because the tone isn't consistent. Like, half the players are going to just start driving over everyone on a sidewalk just because you can do that and it's I guess novel enough that it's fun. You can hire a prostitute and then shoot her and get your money back, isn't that CRAAAAZY?

# ? Sep 29, 2017 21:37

Bryter: Nov 6, 2011; but since we are small we may-
uh, we may be the losers

The real reason to expect RDR2 to be an inferior sequel is the fact that Rockstar are going to be focusing heavily on the online multiplayer component. They make an absolute shitload of money with GTA online by selling in-game currency because for some reason people are okay with spending like 100 real dollars on super worthwhile and cool poo poo like a big yacht that literally does nothing but sit off shore

Why bother taking a risk on the single player when you can do some rote cowboy poo poo and focus your attention on hooking the whales

# ? Sep 29, 2017 21:51

Serf: May 5, 2011

It didn't have all the modern lovely microtransactions but I legit had tons of fun with GTA4 and RDR multiplayer.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 21:53

Skyscraper: Oct 1, 2004; Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Bryter posted:

The real reason to expect RDR2 to be an inferior sequel is the fact that Rockstar are going to be focusing heavily on the online multiplayer component. They make an absolute shitload of money with GTA online by selling in-game currency because for some reason people are okay with spending like 100 real dollars on super worthwhile and cool poo poo like a big yacht that literally does nothing but sit off shore

Why bother taking a risk on the single player when you can do some rote cowboy poo poo and focus your attention on hooking the whales

I don't see how they can do the same in RDR2 without making it a steampunk mess. I don't know what old-timey stuff people are going to buy 23 Skidoo Cards or whateverthefuck for.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 22:07

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

Skyscraper posted:

I don't see how they can do the same in RDR2 without making it a steampunk mess. I don't know what old-timey stuff people are going to buy 23 Skidoo Cards or whateverthefuck for.

I�m going to spend hundreds of real life dollars worth of in-game money playing poker with other players probably, so there�s that

# ? Sep 29, 2017 22:32

Skyscraper: Oct 1, 2004; Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

goferchan posted:

I�m going to spend hundreds of real life dollars worth of in-game money playing poker with other players probably, so there�s that

You too can be a Wild West Tai Lopez

# ? Sep 29, 2017 22:47

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

sexpig by night posted:

I'd argue it's more because GTA has always been the most clumsy, hamfisted, poorly done, 'social commentary' but 5 takes it even further by straight up having torture and poo poo be a thing you do between bouts of radio shows that boil down to "I'M A CELEB BUT I'M SOOOO DUMB" "HAHA WE LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SOOOOO DUMB" and somehow it got praised for being 'deep' because of it. Red Dead was a very slow, carefully paced, game where story and character development was kinda important and I literally cannot remember any GTA characters beyond a few names and the fact that Lamar was the one who did the "Nigga~" scene that made the internet love any chance to repost it for a month.

It's not so much that THE EVIL CORPORATION will crush the PURE ARTISTIC VISION as it is that Rockstar is genuinely terrible at writing and RDR was a lightning in a bottle situation that any attempt to redo will almost certainly suck.

Wasn't there trouble in development and that the people who somehow made that game work on scotch tape and dreams are no longer working in Rockstar?

Anyway I think the writing will be fine because the setting prevents a constant barrage of contrarian both sides are bad social/political commentary.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 23:03

Grondoth: Feb 18, 2011

They no longer have THE BENZ

# ? Sep 29, 2017 23:50

CARL MARK FORCE IV: Sep 2, 2007; I took a walk. And threw up in an English garden.

Videogames

# ? Sep 30, 2017 01:35

Halloween Jack: Sep 12, 2003; I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

Serf posted:

It didn't have all the modern lovely microtransactions but I legit had tons of fun with GTA4 and RDR multiplayer.

I wonder if those two things are related.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 02:37

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

CARL MARK FORCE IV posted:

Videogames

# ? Sep 30, 2017 02:52

Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012

Felix is a very boring gamer. Virgil is probably more interesting.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 02:54

Nanomashoes: Aug 18, 2012

Virgil is the main character of Persona 5.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 02:58

Chexoid: Nov 5, 2009; Now that I have this dating robot I can take it easy.

Will = Hanged Man
Felix = Chariot
Matt = Moon
Virgil = Temperance
Amber = Hermit

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emdash: Oct 19, 2003; and?

https://twitter.com/ByYourLogic/status/913937720677937152

# ? Sep 30, 2017 03:10

QuickbreathFinisher: Sep 28, 2008; by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
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Chexoid posted:

Will = Hanged Man
Felix = Chariot
Matt = Moon
Virgil = Temperance
Amber = Hermit

I loving love you, and this, so much

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QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Sep 30, 2017

# ? Sep 30, 2017 03:27

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Chexoid posted:

Will = Hanged Man
Felix = Chariot
Matt = Moon
Virgil = Temperance
Amber = Hermit

Gorka: The Devil

# ? Sep 30, 2017 03:42

Big Coffin Hunter: Aug 13, 2005

i liked the part of red dead where it turned out the feds only wanted you to take out your old gang because the leader was helping native american separatist movements

# ? Sep 30, 2017 04:15

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Chexoid posted:

Will = Hanged Man
Felix = Chariot
Matt = Moon
Virgil = Temperance
Amber = Hermit

Persona 3:
Will: Magician
Felix: Hermit
Matt: Moon
Virgil: Sun
Amber: Tower
Brendan: Chariot

# ? Sep 30, 2017 05:11

Nanomashoes: Aug 18, 2012

Broke: Red Dead Redemption
Woke: Warlock

# ? Sep 30, 2017 05:34

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

emdash posted:

https://twitter.com/ByYourLogic/status/913937720677937152

https://twitter.com/weedguy420boner/status/913939211589378050

# ? Sep 30, 2017 06:24

Skyscraper: Oct 1, 2004; Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Chexoid posted:

Will = Hanged Man
Felix = Chariot
Matt = Moon
Virgil = Temperance
Amber = Hermit

Thanks for this

# ? Sep 30, 2017 10:05

Serf: May 5, 2011

Halloween Jack posted:

I wonder if those two things are related.

Possibly. I never played GTA5 multi too much due to work stuff. It was fun too, but I wasn't able to get very deep into it.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 14:16

Boywhiz88: Sep 11, 2005; floating 26" off da ground. BURR!

Hoping Puerto Rico is tomorrow�s episode�s focus. Just read a little about the board that Obama setup to �help�them and the bullshit they could and did do. loving gross what we�ve done and what we�re doing.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 21:55