Beware the Idededes of the March Chat thread

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Expect My Mom: Nov 18, 2013; by Smythe

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I mean the final events of that game are literally (seriously play robobot) Kirby's mech getting launched through space, Kirby let's out a battle cry as one of the arms of his mech turns into a big rear end drill 5x the size of his body and he goes screaming through a dozen shields the boss tries to put in his way ending with him drilling through a sentient planet and exploding the hell out of it.

It's very anime and good.

robobot is so very good

# ? Mar 7, 2018 04:57

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 18:58

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

I've had packaged cereals stay fresh for far past the best by date. But you have to be in a kind of cool, drier area.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:03

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/971208968323280896

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:10

al-azad: May 28, 2009

I'm dead. I'm a corpse.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

The following is an exploding brain meme:

Sriracha
Gochujang
Mala sauce

Universe Brain: Ghanaian shito.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:15

Poops Mcgoots: Jul 12, 2010

homeless snail posted:

https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/971208968323280896

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:20

Viewtiful Jew: Apr 21, 2007; Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Every movie Spielberg had involvement with in any way will get a reference in Ready Player One.

At least one character from every flick shows up.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:32

Raxivace: Sep 9, 2014

Viewtiful Jew posted:

Every movie Spielberg had involvement with in any way will get a reference in Ready Player One.

At least one character from every flick shows up.

I will be legit shocked if RPO has a Something Evil reference.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:34

al-azad: May 28, 2009

If the Warners don't run by with their theme song playing then the movie is an utter failure.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:35

al-azad: May 28, 2009

Raxivace posted:

I will be legit shocked if RPO has a Something Evil reference.

The deepest cut would be the truck from Duel in the racing scene.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:36

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

I read somewhere that the book actually has a bunch of Spielberg references and Spielberg excised most of them to avoid being too self-referential.

You know, beyond everything else I guess

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:36

Raxivace: Sep 9, 2014

al-azad posted:

The deepest cut would be the truck from Duel in the racing scene.

Yeah Duel I'm legit expecting since that's actually a good movie that people like, even if its still understandably overshadowed by Jaws and so on.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:40

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

What's the general opinion on RPO anyway. I saw a trailer that had a bunch of poo poo I haven't seen in years and I have no idea what it's actually about or if it's even worth bothering with.

Like "oh neat iron giant! Oh the bike from Akira! Was that Ryu? What the hell is this??"

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:56

al-azad: May 28, 2009

"My mom asked me to pick up some groceries. She gave me a list, not unlike that movie Schindler's List."

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:58

axelblaze: Oct 18, 2006; Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

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oh my...}; Grimey Drawer

The main reason I have any hope what so ever for RPO is because while Spielberg is nostalgic, he is more so in a "quality time with your family" sense then a "things used to be better" sense. If anyone can reduce the pop culture bullshit to background noise and actually try to find human story in there, it's him.

Still, I'm not holding my breath.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:59

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

What's the general opinion on RPO anyway. I saw a trailer that had a bunch of poo poo I haven't seen in years and I have no idea what it's actually about or if it's even worth bothering with.

Like "oh neat iron giant! Oh the bike from Akira! Was that Ryu? What the hell is this??"

sounds like you got the gist of it

# ? Mar 7, 2018 05:59

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

What's the general opinion on RPO anyway. I saw a trailer that had a bunch of poo poo I haven't seen in years and I have no idea what it's actually about or if it's even worth bothering with.

Like "oh neat iron giant! Oh the bike from Akira! Was that Ryu? What the hell is this??"

It�s poo poo

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:00

Oxxidation: Jul 22, 2007

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

What's the general opinion on RPO anyway. I saw a trailer that had a bunch of poo poo I haven't seen in years and I have no idea what it's actually about or if it's even worth bothering with.

Like "oh neat iron giant! Oh the bike from Akira! Was that Ryu? What the hell is this??"

RPO is the new Twilight in that it's both wildly successful and such a horrid book that a small but healthy cottage industry has been made around mocking it

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:08

chumbler: Mar 28, 2010

The guy who wrote it seems like a real piece of work.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:15

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

So Final Fantasy 15 is out on PC now. Does anyone know how the port is? How does it run?

From a game standpoint, the open world aspect doesn't look super appealing to me. I feel most games can't pull it off well, if at all. Witcher 3 managed to do so but that's the only one in recenet memory that has (I think Breath of the Wild dropped the ball in too many respects to praise its open world stuff). Is it bad? Good? Can I focus just on the main story stuff if I want?

edit: Also I guess, does the open world aspect feel like a typical open worlds or does stuff feel more like classic side questing

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:16

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

Man now I don't think I should see it. My only exposure is Vinesauce's Vinny going "I liked the book, I've been reading it" and that's it so seeing SS behind it I figured I might as well give it a shot.

If it's trash rear end then I guess I should just save my time.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:19

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

What's the general opinion on RPO anyway. I saw a trailer that had a bunch of poo poo I haven't seen in years and I have no idea what it's actually about or if it's even worth bothering with.

Like "oh neat iron giant! Oh the bike from Akira! Was that Ryu? What the hell is this??"

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:20

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:21

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Macaluso posted:

So Final Fantasy 15 is out on PC now. Does anyone know how the port is? How does it run?

From a game standpoint, the open world aspect doesn't look super appealing to me. I feel most games can't pull it off well, if at all. Witcher 3 managed to do so but that's the only one in recenet memory that has (I think Breath of the Wild dropped the ball in too many respects to praise its open world stuff). Is it bad? Good? Can I focus just on the main story stuff if I want?

edit: Also I guess, does the open world aspect feel like a typical open worlds or does stuff feel more like classic side questing

I got it today and played some of the opening bits. It runs alright! I cranked it up to max on my laptop and while I�m gonna turn it down a bit soon it ran pretty alright with some minor hitching, but I was running it off an 8TB USB 3.0 external hard drive so that might be the cause.

The open world stuff doesn�t feel too bad, but I haven�t gotten the car yet. Mobs spawn and you can fight them, there�s resources on the map to collect, but it didn�t feel like it�d turn into a chore anytime soon. People seem to really like it? Like it�s probably not Witcher 3 level but it seems decent enough about it.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:22

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

wow are they trying to trick people into suggesting we burn books or something

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:22

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:25

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

The White Dragon posted:

wow are they trying to trick people into suggesting we burn books or something

I have personally burned hundreds of books

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:25

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

I thought it was just going to be a dumb fun action flick with a lot of callbacks.

Not uh, that.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:26

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

quote:

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I've noticed that there don't seem to be any porno movies
that are made for guys like me.

All the porn I've come across
was targeted at beer-swilling sports bar dwelling alpha-males
Men who like their women stupid and submissive
Men who can only get it up for monosyllabic cock-hungry nymphos
with gargantuan breasts and a three-word vocabulary

Adult films are populated with these collagen-injected
liposuctioned women
Many of whom have resorted to surgery and self-mutilation
in an attempt to look the way they have been told to look.

These aren't real women. They're objects.
And these movies aren't erotic. They're pathetic.
These vacuum-headed gently caress bunnies don't turn me on.
They disgust me.
And it's not that I'm against pornography.
I mean, I'm a guy. And guys need porn.
Fact.
"Like a preacher needs pain, like a needle needs a vein,"
Guys need porn.

But I don't wanna watch this misogynist he-man woman-hater porn.
I want porno movies that are made with guys like me in mind:
Guys who know that the sexiest thing in the world
is a woman who is smarter than you are.

You can have the whole cheerleading squad,
I want the girl in the tweed skirt and the horn-rimmed glasses:
Betty Finnebowski, the valedictorian.
Oh yes.
First I want to copy her Trig homework,
and then I want to make mad, passionate love to her
for hours and hours
until she reluctantly asks if we can stop
because she doesn't want to miss Battlestar Galactica.
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That is what I call erotic.

But do you ever see that kind of a woman in a contemporary adult film?
No.
Which is why I'm going to start writing and directing Geek porno.
I shall be the quintessential Nerd porn Auteur.
And the women in my porno movies will be the kind
that drive nerds like me mad with desire.

I'm talking about the girls that used to gently caress up the grading curve.
The girls in the Latin Club and the National Honor Society.
Chicks with weird clothes, braces, four eyes, and 4.0 GPAs.
Brainy articulate bookworms, with MENSA cards in their purses
and chips on their shoulders.

My porn starlets will come in all shapes and sizes.
My porn starlets will be too busy working on their PhD to go to the gym.

In my kind of porno movies the girls wouldn't even have to get naked.
They'd just take the guys down to the rec room and
beat them repeatedly at chess
and then talk to them for hours about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
or the underlying social metaphors in the Aliens movies.

Buy stock in some hand cream companies
because there is about to be a major shortage.

And I'm not just talking about straight porn. Oh no.
There should be gently caress films for my nerd brethren
of all sexual orientations.
Gay nerd porn flicks with titles like "Dungeons and Drag-queens."

This idea is a loving gold mine.
I am gonna make millions,
because this country is full of database programmers
and electronics engineers
and they aren't getting the loving they so desperately need.
And you can help . . .

If you're an intelligent woman who is interested in breaking into the adult film industry,
and if you can tell me the name of Luke Skywalker's home planet,
then you are hired.

It doesn't matter if you think you're overweight or unattractive.
It doesn't matter if you don't think you're beautiful.
You are beautiful. . .
And I will make you a star.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:26

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

it has so much italicized text thats it the first book written at a dutch angle

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:28

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

Andrast posted:

I have personally burned hundreds of books

well yeah same but they were all really old and outdated textbooks from the 70s, and it was with a fresnel lens

we also shot a bible with a crossbow to make it holey

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:29

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

homeless snail posted:

it has so much italicized text thats it the first book written at a dutch angle

Battlefield Earth is a better movie than RPO is a book

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:30

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

I regret my words and deeds

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:32

DC Murderverse: Nov 10, 2016; "Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Samuringa posted:

in RPO the main character has an in game car that is just a combination of the car from BTTF and the car from Ghostbusters, but it's described in very specific detail because it is a car he owns for real in real life.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:33

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

And of course.............. Kevin Smith :smug:

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:33

Oxxidation: Jul 22, 2007

homeless snail posted:

it has so much italicized text thats it the first book written at a dutch angle

The White Dragon posted:

we also shot a bible with a crossbow to make it holey

good page, good posts

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:33

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

The White Dragon posted:

well yeah same but they were all really old and outdated textbooks from the 70s, and it was with a fresnel lens

we also shot a bible with a crossbow to make it holey

I wish I had a cool lens to do it with. I just used gasoline and matches.

Burning poo poo is always fun though.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:33

Motto: Aug 3, 2013

Samuringa posted:

Ugjgjtggjfyhjggjbg :barf:

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:38

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I just stumbled on a reskinned EVA from Mass Effect 3 doing the nasty in a porn ad where she�s a stepmom apparently but they left the weird orange visor over her face

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:39

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

My brother in law got me RPO for Christmas and I've so far successfully avoided reading it but I don't know how long I can hold out...

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:45

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 18:58

Accordion Man: Nov 7, 2012; Buglord

One of the very few ways RPO could be a good movie is if they made it a Voorehovenesque satirical takedown of nerd cargo culting and late stage capitalism.

# ? Mar 7, 2018 06:51

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