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stillvisions posted:Their special fake Italian is all a tax dodge - an overseas company in the Netherlands owns the trademark to all of those terms, and every time you buy a Venti Frappucino a licensing fee is paid to said company, which happens to be in a country that has a preferred rate for IP earnings. That's especially funny when people in social media comment sections will defend the weird names harder than Elon Musk stans.
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May 1, 2021 05:41
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:I take it you never saw that Powerpuff Girls episode where they go to the future and HIM has taken over. Doesn't really ring a bell. But it has been about a decade since I was watching it so I have long since forgotten about most episodes of the original show aside from the glue monster, the musical, and Mojo Jojo having a crush on what turned out to be a literal monkey. Schwarzwald posted:None of the Cartoon Network shows were afraid to get gross at times. The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab might have been more tame than some, but both had some grody episodes, especially early on. Oh no I'm well aware. At first I was going to say that I was objecting based on art style but it's not even that. If you wanted to go for freaky cartoons on CN I would've picked Courage the Cowardly Dog, Generator Rex or Billy and Mandy first. Or cursed shows that I can't forget no matter how much time accelerates like The Cramp Twins or The Problem Solverz.
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May 1, 2021 05:45
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Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel were another pair. Aside from the 90s Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon shows, and the 00s amateur Newground cartoons, the other big progenitor has got to be The Nightmare Before Christmas. (As the HOLIDAZE short Dapper_Swindler makes perfectly clear.) And, of course, the place where all of those things come together ... was the merchandise sold at Hot Topic and Spencer's Gifts.
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May 1, 2021 06:10
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Todd in the Shadows barely comes in through the last days of April with a new Trainwreckords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrXR4cLJ01M I'm kind of surprised that it took me until this video to realise that for most people, they only know Human League through "Don't You Want Me".
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May 1, 2021 07:51
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CelticPredator posted:That one and this are my favorites of all time because of Vasquez. I don’t know why he never did more live action. He brings his energy to it just as he does his comics and animation. holy poo poo i never knew he directed that one
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May 1, 2021 09:54
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Day9 decided to play his historic(all available cards are legal to use) Tibalt's Trickery jank deck for fun, and DansGaming raided him, prompting him to do a breakdown for those unfamiliar with Magic The Gathering to understand the concept of the deck, basic rules of the game and cards involved, etc. it's great how he works his repeated losses into the bit.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c20aaWqn7uw&hd=1&t=2972s I love the way he describes things. "I feel like this is when wrestling didn't have weight classes, where some 300lb monster could waltz into the ring and beat up a 10-year-old" "it feels like slam-dunking on a small dog, it's unnecessarily over the top" Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 11:45 on May 1, 2021 |
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May 1, 2021 11:37
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I got recommended this video about 100%ing Balan Wonderworld and wow is this game just a deep rabbit hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhulaUqpWPQ
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May 1, 2021 17:39
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Augus posted:I got recommended this video about 100%ing Balan Wonderworld and wow is this game just a deep rabbit hole. seconding this. its facinating how close this game could have been to good if they had a better dev and actuall put the story in the game.
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May 1, 2021 17:54
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Augus posted:I got recommended this video about 100%ing Balan Wonderworld and wow is this game just a deep rabbit hole. The more I see about this game the more my heart breaks, because there's theoretically a really good game under here! They just made the wrong choice every time they needed to implement a mechanic, left all of the actually engaging story off of the table, and smothered the rest under quicktime events. A lot of quicktime events.
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May 1, 2021 17:57
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Pachylad posted:I'm kind of surprised that it took me until this video to realise that for most people, they only know Human League through "Don't You Want Me". I always figured it'd be (Keep Feeling) Fascination, if there was one specific Human League song that the average person would know.
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May 1, 2021 18:07
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The Bee posted:The more I see about this game the more my heart breaks, because there's theoretically a really good game under here! They just made the wrong choice every time they needed to implement a mechanic, left all of the actually engaging story off of the table, and smothered the rest under quicktime events. A lot of quicktime events. yeah its sad. if you want to feel real bad. look at what activision did. they basically GUTTED Toys for Bob and cancelled a bunch of its projects so it could be used to help rush the next cod out the door. https://twitter.com/ToysForBob/status/1387854364157509634
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May 1, 2021 18:09
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Youtubez I like. Maybe there some I am missing, or some you might want to try! Big Joel BlackPantsLegion José RedLetterMedia Baldermort's Guide to Warhammer Todd in the Shadows Quinton Reviews Tasting History with Max Miller Sarah Z Jenny Nicholson Lindsay Ellis STRANGE ÆONS Kruggsmash Folding Ideas The Spiffing Brit Shaun Civvie 11 Patrick (H) Willems GoodBadFlicks Sgt Ducky zanny Super Eyepatch Wolf PushingUpRoses Xacred [1990s Iron Chef] Action Button Fredrik Knudsen
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May 1, 2021 19:05
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A VERY brief video explaining Tap Troupe in Rhythm Heaven by Patricia Taxxon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0b6KerADr8 There's another Rhythm Heaven music theory piece by her hidden in the Iceburg explanation video she links. It's at 1:45:42 for those curious. It's pretty neat seeing music theory being applied to rhythm games theGrooseofLegend fucked around with this message at 19:53 on May 1, 2021 |
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May 1, 2021 19:24
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I replayed Spyro 1 and 2 Reignited the other week and lamented that some of the most passionate designers work out there under Activision, the absolute pit of greed. Then the news came in.
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May 1, 2021 20:53
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Sankara posted:Worthikids is one of the most talented people on Youtube, wow! The Yajima/Zoga shippers are going to go nuts over this episode.
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May 1, 2021 21:45
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HMS Beagle posted:The Yajima/Zoga shippers are going to go nuts over this episode. okay but for real, this is an eight minute short where by the end you have a completely concrete idea of who Yajima, Zoga, and Genius are and what their dynamics are even past the incredibly craft in the animation, it's a remarkably well produced skit absolutely on par with the better cartoon network pilots
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May 1, 2021 21:51
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Schwarzwald posted:okay but for real, this is an eight minute short where by the end you have a completely concrete idea of who Yajima, Zoga, and Genius are and what their dynamics are I would love to find out the mystery of that jerk on the motorcycle!
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May 1, 2021 22:06
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Augus posted:I got recommended this video about 100%ing Balan Wonderworld and wow is this game just a deep rabbit hole. Balan is such a weird bad game because there is actually so much effort in places that very few players would see or notice. Everything about the secret costume that actually gives you air options and turns the game into a NIGHTS clone is  . I wonder if it would have been better received if it actually was a tap-to-jump phone game, but Genshin Impact came out and was a "real" game on mobile so maybe not.
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May 1, 2021 22:15
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Neo_Crimson posted:this gimmick is still bad but A for effort only honest poster in ADTRW edit: This is RGD??? LOL
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May 1, 2021 22:23
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Schwarzwald posted:okay but for real, this is an eight minute short where by the end you have a completely concrete idea of who Yajima, Zoga, and Genius are and what their dynamics are I can already imagine the absurd fandom that would have existed in the 70's, where everyone is passing around bootleg VHSs because Season 2 only aired once before the parent company got bought by Toei and press-ganged into making more Ikkyuu-san episodes.
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May 1, 2021 22:36
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Augus posted:I got recommended this video about 100%ing Balan Wonderworld and wow is this game just a deep rabbit hole. So basically Balan Company poured an absurd amount of time, effort, and heart into crafting a setting and story but then when the time came to actually make a game out if it, Square handed it off to some third party shovelware studio that was way in over their head and churned out a lovely product. Oh and Yuji Naka decided not to include any of the actually kinda cool story in the game itself because that would mean dialogue of which he wanted none so the story would be "universal" (this is what language options are for Yuji  ) so the game makes no loving sense unless you buy and read the book.Definitely feel bad for the creative staff behind the project, it seems like they really did make something that could have been special but it's translation into an actual video game was just botched in every way possible.
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May 1, 2021 22:38
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Yeah that concept art is just gorgeous. Naoto Ohshima is brilliant and it’s a real shame seeing his work going to waste like this. Speaking of which, ThorHighHeels just put out his own video on the game too. Seems like everyone and their mother is making a Balan video right now lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEOoTXrVZRA
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May 2, 2021 00:06
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I replayed Spyro 1 and 2 Reignited the other week and lamented that some of the most passionate designers work out there under Activision, the absolute pit of greed. Then the news came in. All the big publishers suck even the ones I like but holy gently caress activision is the loving worst one by a mile in some respects. Also I think a lot of the art folks got fired. Sydin posted:So basically Balan Company poured an absurd amount of time, effort, and heart into crafting a setting and story but then when the time came to actually make a game out if it, Square handed it off to some third party shovelware studio that was way in over their head and churned out a lovely product. Oh and Yuji Naka decided not to include any of the actually kinda cool story in the game itself because that would mean dialogue of which he wanted none so the story would be "universal" (this is what language options are for Yuji Yeah it’s clearly part of squares fault because they don’t know how publish poo poo but it sounds like yuji huffed too many of his own farts.
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May 2, 2021 00:11
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Sydin posted:Oh and Yuji Naka decided not to include any of the actually kinda cool story in the game itself because that would mean dialogue of which he wanted none so the story would be "universal" (this is what language options are for Yuji Balan clearly has a ton of problems but I'm skeptical that "this platformer just doesn't have enough dialog" is one of them.
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May 2, 2021 00:52
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The biggest and most obvious fix they could have done was do away with this "1-button platformer" stuff and given you a dedicated jump button.
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May 2, 2021 00:54
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Neo_Crimson posted:The biggest and most obvious fix they could have done was do away with this "1-button platformer" stuff and given you a dedicated jump button. Yeah I don't get the 1 button thing, it's not a loving mobile game.
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May 2, 2021 02:50
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Schwarzwald posted:Balan clearly has a ton of problems but I'm skeptical that "this platformer just doesn't have enough dialog" is one of them. The plot as it stands is downright incomprehensible, and the characters in the novel all have fairly simple, complex hooks. We don't need MEGA MAN, MEGA MAN levels of constant gameplay introduction, but the random animal dance-offs could've easily just had a little bit more of a look into what everyone's deal is. Especially, you know, the main villain, who gets absolutely gently caress-all to work with despite the book having a shitton about it all. Like, IMO all you'd need is one prologue level, maybe the main character's "stage", which serves as explanations as to what Lance and Balan's deals are, and then like 3-4 lines of dialogue to just give each boss some closure after their fights. The gameplay changes could be harder. I wonder if tying each costume to a button, so your 3 costumes + your regular jump button each could be accessed on the fly, would do the trick? But that might break some of the level design. I dunno, the game feels weirdly fixable for such an utter disaster.
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May 2, 2021 04:08
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I replayed Spyro 1 and 2 Reignited the other week and lamented that some of the most passionate designers work out there under Activision, the absolute pit of greed. Then the news came in. Toys for bob is historically one of the most important houses in the industry, given how influential Star Control II was. Sad way to go. 
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May 2, 2021 04:57
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I swear every year now Activision announces bigger and bigger profits and then layoffs the next week.
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May 2, 2021 05:34
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Anyone else feel like it's just a matter of time until Corridor becomes the next ScrewAttack/ChannelAwesome/BonAppetit? Their thing used to be high concept VFX but in the last few years it feels like they've been drifting steadily towards that lofty (and very cursed) position of the social interactions of the workplace itself becoming the content. The typical warning flags in my eye would be: 1. Rapid expansion 2. Dominantly white employee on-camera presence 3. The no conflict zone i.e "look what a fun and wacky workplace we are" Anyone else get the vibe?
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May 2, 2021 05:34
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bobjr posted:I swear every year now Activision announces bigger and bigger profits and then layoffs the next week. Capitalism is brain poison, you're literally pushed to expect infinite growth forever with this poo poo, which suffice to say, does not work in reality, SO SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT!
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May 2, 2021 05:51
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I can’t believe annual Call of Duty is still going a decade later. With free-to-play games offering years of support, you’d think either people would dump the series or Activision would pivot to a more lucrative pipeline. But no: a new $60 game every year, and people keep buying them. And DLC that will be irrelevant in a year? Like do these games even maintain an audience after November rolls around with the newest version? Surprised they don’t just slap a year on it like Madden.
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May 2, 2021 06:26
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah its sad. Toys for Bobby Kotick.
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May 2, 2021 06:28
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Star Control II had a frightening degree of influence on my developing child mind. Only Alpha Centauri and MST3K come close. Probably Simpsons too.
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May 2, 2021 07:27
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Pants Donkey posted:I can’t believe annual Call of Duty is still going a decade later. With free-to-play games offering years of support, you’d think either people would dump the series or Activision would pivot to a more lucrative pipeline. But no: a new $60 game every year, and people keep buying them. And DLC that will be irrelevant in a year? Like do these games even maintain an audience after November rolls around with the newest version? It's got a simple gameplay loop that works extremely well in multiplayer. I picked up one of the new CoDs after not playing since MW2 and it was really surprising how easy it was for me to jump back in like nothing happened. I think its the gameplay and how the tweaks and changes aren't really noticeable is what keeps the normies coming back to the game.
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May 2, 2021 09:13
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Pants Donkey posted:I can’t believe annual Call of Duty is still going a decade later. With free-to-play games offering years of support, you’d think either people would dump the series or Activision would pivot to a more lucrative pipeline. But no: a new $60 game every year, and people keep buying them. And DLC that will be irrelevant in a year? Like do these games even maintain an audience after November rolls around with the newest version? People like new things more than they like updated old things.
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May 2, 2021 09:17
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Edit: wrong thread. Something weird happened with the awful app.
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May 2, 2021 09:18
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Pants Donkey posted:Like do these games even maintain an audience after November rolls around with the newest version? When I was playing usually the audience had collapsed by about mid-year, before they even announced the next one. That was part of why I bought it annually, because if I didn't then I didn't get to continue playing Call of Duty. I guess it worked like a season of Fortnite or whatever - I'd play heavily for three or four months while there was still a mass of players, then I'd lose interest as the amount of people calling me slurs diminished, then have a long enough break for me to get excited about doing it all over again when the next one got announced.
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May 2, 2021 09:53
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Star Control II had a frightening degree of influence on my developing child mind. Only Alpha Centauri and MST3K come close. Probably Simpsons too. I imagine the SCII devs are probably about to retire from TFB anyway, even before this got pulled on them. The settlement is finally giving them time to show off their poo poo. I suspect they're gonna do the real Star Control 3, then retire.
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May 2, 2021 16:23
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhk2gzmU35E Ya'll, Super Eyepatch Wolf stumbled across something incredible.
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