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| Video games (sincere) |
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44 | 10.89% |
| Video games (ironic) |
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14 | 3.47% |
| Video games (the mod) |
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74 | 18.32% |
| Video games (but only for my platform of choice) |
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10 | 2.48% |
| Video games (but only the one game I play) |
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13 | 3.22% |
| Video games (but only the ones I played as a kid) |
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17 | 4.21% |
| Family, friends, your job, the forum (sincere) |
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38 | 9.41% |
| Family, friends, your job, the forum (ironic) |
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14 | 3.47% |
| Bowsette |
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117 | 28.96% |
| That this Bowsette meme seems to be dying |
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63 | 15.59% |
| Total: | 404 votes | ||
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What do y'all mean when you say "insomnia" Cause like I use the word but I don't know that I'm using it right I've never been sleep tired but unable to sleep, what I call insomnia is "I'm kinda tired but not really but I feel like I should be because I've been awake a long time" Sleep was so much simpler when I drank every night
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Nov 20, 2018 11:03
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Black August posted:It ain't melancholy but watching this before bed is invoking some emotions for sure Lost it at peak performance
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Nov 20, 2018 11:14
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Relax Or DIE posted:Also more melancholy games imo, I crave that vague sense of sadness, cram it into my games The Talos Principle Ori and the Blind Forest Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Nov 20, 2018 |
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Nov 20, 2018 11:16
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Less dad games, more sad games itt
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Nov 20, 2018 11:20
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Sudden urge to go eat at the Honker Burger.
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Nov 20, 2018 11:20
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precision posted:What do y'all mean when you say "insomnia" Sleeping for 'eight' hours but you woke up every half hour aka last night
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Nov 20, 2018 11:23
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Sakurazuka posted:Sleeping for 'eight' hours but you woke up every half hour aka last night Oh god I hate the thing where one wakes up every 30 minutes for 5 hours.that's the worst
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Nov 20, 2018 11:24
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Red dead revolver is pretty cool because it’s very much a Japanese style arcade boss rush that Capcom commissioned.
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Nov 20, 2018 11:59
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Relax Or DIE posted:Also more melancholy games imo, I crave that vague sense of sadness, cram it into my games I always found the Blackwell series to have quite a down streak on it as you're dealing with ghosts and the best you can do is help them pass on. The last one has a specially good gut punch. Similarly, Analogue and Hate Plus where you're piecing logs together but, in the end, you can't change anything. What is done is done. The Swapper is a puzzle game where somehow they made dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed(of yourself) to work. Detention Samuringa fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Nov 20, 2018 |
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Nov 20, 2018 12:37
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Poops Mcgoots posted:It was cool in the first RDR how I could get off my horse and not suddenly have only pistols. The game conspires to remove the auto shotgun from me everytime. Npc hands you a rifle? Always takes the spot of the shotgun.
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Nov 20, 2018 12:46
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I think I'll post this in the Before I Play thread too but I've found that playing Red Dead Redemption 2 in first person mode is a really under-utilized feature. The Kotaku article on gameplay tips says you should play at least one mission in first person just to experience the offering, but being in first person makes movement way easier and it's the best way to explore the inside of a building. Arthur can suddenly strafe, he doesn't take 10 seconds to turn around without mashing X, and you can point the reticle at whatever specific item you're trying to interact with instead of spinning in front of a crate hoping he looks at the stick of dynamite and not the photo of someone's mom. It's fun in some missions, too, or when you go to a theater to watch a show. Riding a horse in first person blows chunks though, I wouldn't recommend that. I'm just saying that it's a feature that's always available that was kind of marketed as a neat trick, but I think it should be used frequently for fine control over Arthur. I'm nearing the end of Chapter 4 and I know that I'm approaching the shooting gallery phase of the game, if I'm not already in it, but I still like it. My wife likes to watch and play some of the less violent missions, I appreciate the slower pace of some of the self-guided activities, like deciding to hunt a rare buffalo in the snowy wastes and knowing that once I find and kill it I'll have to cart the skin half way across two states to sell it. I like the story so far but agree the Dutch has kind of used up a lot of the good will he started with since everything he's touched since the game began has turned to poo poo. I like reading Arthur's journal to get a better idea of how he's feeling, which is something I'm interested in - more so than any other open-world hero. I feel bad for Arthur when I do stuff like trample animals to complete a challenge, because he seems more remorseful about his lack of control. Some of his conversations with people make me feel like I'm turning him into a schizophrenic puppet and he's vaguely aware of what's happening, where I put this poor guy through hell to game meters and checklists he can't see. Of course, I also thought Final Fantasy XV was one of the best in the series so I don't claim to have the most popular or correct opinions.
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Nov 20, 2018 13:40
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Illusion of Gaia is pretty melancholy if I recall correctly, it's also a very good game to boot and people should go play it.Black August posted:It ain't melancholy but watching this before bed is invoking some emotions for sure  
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Nov 20, 2018 14:05
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FirstAidKite posted:Illusion of Gaia is pretty melancholy if I recall correctly, it's also a very good game to boot and people should go play it. illusion of gaia dealt with themes that were entirely too heavy for my six-year old brain to tackle
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Nov 20, 2018 14:13
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Does Will count as a nice south african or is he ignored since Illusion of Gaia takes place before Pangaea evolves and shifts apart into the earth of Terranigma e: I guess the statement of "I've never met a nice South African, and that's not bloody surprising, man" hinges on whether Will does the sidequest to end slavery
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Nov 20, 2018 14:18
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the best part of illusion of gaia is how gem turned out to be the first boss from soul blazer and he's been jerking you around the entire game to collect his red gems
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Nov 20, 2018 14:18
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Shadow of the Colossus is the best representation of melancholy I can think of in a game.
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Nov 20, 2018 14:19
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either that or the most powerful warrior being a flaming ball of cum
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Nov 20, 2018 14:20
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Cowcaster posted:the best part of illusion of gaia is how gem turned out to be the first boss from soul blazer and he's been jerking you around the entire game to collect his red gems Not only that but said guy also established and runs the slave trade and it isn't until you beat him that he's like "ah gently caress, you're stronger than Blazer was" I like how there was this whole theme going on on reincarnation through those games and how you can safely argue that Blazer, Will, and Ark are all the same person
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Nov 20, 2018 14:25
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RDR1 was an homage to Westerns. Act 1 was spaghetti westerns like the Dollars trilogy, Mexico was Mexican westerns with their more ambiguous and darker characters, and the final act is Unforgiven or True Grit with its themes of the outlaw dying out and carrying the burden of your past. RDR2 shares a lot of similar direction and motivation, but mixed with modern westerns like Hateful 8 or 3:10 to Yuma. And personally, I've enjoyed seeing how the story has come along. Still about midway on Chapter 6 so please no untagged spoilers, but the scene getting off Guarma and returning home to 'I stand unshaken' was great and seeing it all unravel just makes the first game that much more impactful, while being its own title and story. And, yeah, some characters are kinda dull, but they make up for it with others. And in one specific instance, when Molly sells you out and gets buckshot for her troubles, that blandness pays off.
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Nov 20, 2018 14:26
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Microcline posted:Transistor Also Pyre
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Nov 20, 2018 14:27
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FirstAidKite posted:Illusion of Gaia is pretty melancholy if I recall correctly, it's also a very good game to boot and people should go play it. Illusion of Gaia rules and as a kid I tried to get my mom to come play it so I could ask her to get me a haircut like Will's. It didn't happen. I appreciate all the melancholic recommendations what I've learned is that I've mined the well of what's available pretty well. The Blackwell games are an interesting rec, I think I played the first 3? I remember them being very good but also capturing a Lucasarts adventure game 'feel' that I'm not able to articulate well this early in the morning. Related, if y'all didn't see they barfed some more Lucasarts games onto steam. Most importantly, Sam and Max Hit the Road is on sale for like 4 bucks right now.
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Nov 20, 2018 14:33
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Relax Or DIE posted:Also more melancholy games imo, I crave that vague sense of sadness, cram it into my games Did anyone say FF8 for this yet. I always think of this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNdGoENQNQ4
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Nov 20, 2018 14:33
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Relax Or DIE posted:Illusion of Gaia rules and as a kid I tried to get my mom to come play it so I could ask her to get me a haircut like Will's. It didn't happen. there's also Kentucky Route Zero, which everyone should play anyway for any reason
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Nov 20, 2018 14:57
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this world is not my home, i'm just passin through my treasures and my hopes are placed beyond the blue many friends and kin have gone on before and i don't feel at home in this world anymore
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Nov 20, 2018 14:58
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Ahaha, apparently the Fallout 76 dragons are just plain old the ones from Skyrim. Port that Macho mod somebody
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Nov 20, 2018 15:04
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also this is going to be something. I dunno what, but I just know https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1064881832120991744
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Nov 20, 2018 15:06
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Wow that guy actually looks like a monster hunter, things are looking up!
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Nov 20, 2018 15:09
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McDragon posted:Ahaha, apparently the Fallout 76 dragons the loving what
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Nov 20, 2018 15:10
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MMF Freeway posted:Wow that guy actually looks like a monster hunter, things are looking up! That's just Tony Jaa when he's not in the mood for kicking people.
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Nov 20, 2018 15:12
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Oxxidation posted:there's also Kentucky Route Zero, which everyone should play anyway for any reason Yeah, KR0 should be mandatory imo
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Nov 20, 2018 15:13
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codenameFANGIO posted:the loving what sorry, "Scorchbeasts"
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Nov 20, 2018 15:16
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Cowcaster posted:either that or the most powerful warrior being a flaming ball of cum sorry i've got this in my head now and i'm disappointed the only two games i can think of where you can play as a flaming ball of cum are illusion of gaia and nuclear throne
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Nov 20, 2018 15:19
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Please kickstart my new game: Dynasty Warriors but you play as a flaming ball of cum.
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Nov 20, 2018 15:22
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If you think about it we were all cum, once.
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Nov 20, 2018 15:24
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if IoG's Shadow is a flaming ball of cum, does Pyron from Darkstalkers also count?
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Nov 20, 2018 15:27
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McDragon posted:also this is going to be something. I dunno what, but I just know Hell yeah
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Nov 20, 2018 15:35
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A second bazelgeuse has hit the tower
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Nov 20, 2018 15:36
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I'm playing around with some 3d printers at work for practice. Should I print a model of Solaire or the Elite Knight from dark souls?
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Nov 20, 2018 15:40
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MMF Freeway posted:Did anyone say FF8 for this yet. I always think of this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_Qqzs4cfk
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Nov 20, 2018 15:41
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm playing around with some 3d printers at work for practice. Should I print a model of Solaire or the Elite Knight from dark souls? A mimic, Gwynevere's boobs, Chosen Undead in the Old Monk robes.
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Nov 20, 2018 15:43
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