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Ideally the game of the month should be something easily attainable - on steam or GOG, and/or on PSN/Xbox Live/EShop. Probably something that's older, too, both so it isn't redundant (people are already playing through and discussiong, say, Dragon Age Inquisition) and so it can be gotten for cheaper than a full price game.
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Easy Rule for a 'is it that bad' thread: No games with a metacritic score higher than 60. Or you could do it in a game of the month format too.
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Dec 9, 2014 00:32
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Forums are way better than 18 months ago, good job everyone.
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Dec 9, 2014 17:01
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Kewpuh posted:i guess my problem or irritation maybe is that it took a thread like this to get people talking about doing something like that which leads me to think that people still are for some reason afraid to post threads and i hate that  emote we're still a bunch of nerds who are terrified of the teacher calling on usthe idea of posting a thread triggers a deep, primal fear, because what if a goon calls you a fucklord
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Dec 9, 2014 18:00
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well, that's kind of related to games people get way too aggressive and way too defensive though, that's true. I don't think there's anything wrong with 'I think X is Y because Z, thoughts/opinions?' but I've so rarely seen people actually discuss it like adults. It always devolves into a slapfight with random labels being thrown around.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:49
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Widestancer posted:It's fun to talk about those issues in a good hearted manner. It's also fun to laugh at people who legitimately state that "the core demographic of video games is white males and that sucks" as literally happened in that thread.
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Dec 9, 2014 22:08
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Widestancer posted:I want you to read some of the posts in the GTA V thread and tell me they're not worth making fun of with a straight face.
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Dec 9, 2014 22:11
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Yeah, and I can see why someone would make that post? Obviously it's overdramatic and not strictly true (for one thing I don't think Japanese devs are targeting *white* dudes) but the fact is most western developers are white dudes making games for white dudes. Since you responded to that post with Widestancer posted:How does that demographic make your gaming experience worse at all I'll try to answer. If development teams were more diverse, making games for more diverse audiences, then games would be more diverse. And I don't necessarily mean diverse in a 'look, there's a black dude' way, I mean that there would be a wider range of ideas coming in, which would lead to more variety in design, settings, themes, etc. Even if you couldn't give a poo poo about anything remotely related to story, it'd have an effect on the kind of games that are being made, mechanically. For an example of what I mean, look at Hidden Object games. Those games are, from what I can tell, targeted at older women. Moms, basically. While I don't think they're really the pinnacle of game design, they represent a genre that came into existence solely because the devs were targeting a demographic besides dudes aged 18-36 - if they were targeting that demographic, after all, the games would probably be closer to 'escape the room' type games, with larger puzzles to solve and a more immediate conflict at hand. By making the decision a demographic that's both older, female, and assumed to have not played that many games, the game design changed from what would have been the norm. this is the Gamesiest post ive ever made but basically, i dont know about that guy, but im not really saying 'kill all white dudes,' just 'it'd be cool if games had a wider variety of people making them, and were willing to go outside the box some in terms of design and story' peace
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Dec 9, 2014 22:32
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yeah im gonna go hang myself
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Dec 9, 2014 22:36
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Stux posted:i enjoyed that post endorph
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Dec 9, 2014 22:36
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Adam Bowen posted:So diversity means more lovely Facebook games made for grandmas. Sweet, where the gently caress do I sign up? Widestancer posted:I see where you were going with that post though and the sane part of me agrees, actually. thank you for not doubting me. Anyway if someone wanted a legit social issues thread it'd need to be heavily moderated, which this forum seems to be going away from wanting, so it'd probably be a hilarious argument for 50 pages then get gassed
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Dec 9, 2014 22:39
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Adam Bowen posted:Portal would probably be a good example.
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Dec 9, 2014 22:44
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elf help book posted:There used to be a stickied thread about what games the mods were playing and I think Louisgod(?) even posted his Wii Fit progress chart in it and I thought you should bring that back Kewpuh.
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Dec 9, 2014 23:01
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bloodysabbath posted:Whenever some Tumblrite gets caremad about "all" video games being made for "white dudes," what they mean is "I'm outraged <50 yearly big budget titles for specialized hardware caters to the people who have traditionally bought these bloated, overproduced things." They limit their data set to AAA and ignore the hundreds of other titles made for all platforms, because God forbid the stupid 50 million dollar linear shooter not be empowering to the Jezebel.com writers (and aspirings) who probably weren't going to buy it anyway. 
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Dec 9, 2014 23:13
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Dec 10, 2014 21:37
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Widestancer posted:I think they're upset that like a month or whatever ago I told someone to drink bleach and die on livestream
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Dec 10, 2014 22:21
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Dec 10, 2014 22:23
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Widestancer posted:Is it, in response to the dude who posted furry scat porn and started calling ZDR "dear" and being really weird?
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Dec 10, 2014 22:25
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Kewpuh posted:So, was there any actual stuff that I should read in the past several pages or can I assume that it's more crap that doesn't help me at all quote:
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Dec 10, 2014 22:42
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if you want my legit opinion about a Thing, there should be less 'send this thread to imp zone, boys' stuff going on Imp Zone shouldn't be a gas chamber, it should be its own forum. if a thread is bad, actually gas it. If a thread is good, let it stay in Games unless the OP specifically requests a move to Imp Zone, or the people in the thread reach a consensus, or something. Basically, less using imp zone as a punishment, since all that does is encourage the weird culture war mentality that some people have. From what i can tell, we've been moving away from that anyway, but I just wanted to reinforce that that's a good direction. edit: Also CoffeeBooze is completely insane but I do agree that 'human being' and 'kill yourself' should at least be discouraged outside the imp zone, if not actively probated for. peace
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Dec 10, 2014 22:50
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Yeah, that's true, but a few months back it seemed like you were popping up in Imp Zone every month or so to go 'alright what Funny Troll should we do now?' I think the last time you made a thread like that it led to absolutely nothing, but net cafe scandal posted:In what way is being sent to imp zone a punishment? That's my point, it shouldn't be one, but the Smash thread got sent there for being insanely bad. I mean, it got kind of decent afterwards and things worked out, but I'm not a fan of the mentality behind that decision.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:52
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Kewpuh posted:Ya but this was also back when Imp Zone had converted from DDRD, the stylesheet had been changed from the abomination, and I was throwing poo poo at the wall hoping to think of some reason to spice up the place. This of course ended up being not necessary at all because people started to post there because their eyes didn't hurt and it didn't really need any spicing up from a mod.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:55
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:There are no gigantic faggots like you posting there as well so it's a double win.
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Dec 10, 2014 22:59
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basically the 'slurs are okay if theyre meant to be funny or it's a parody but it's on a case-by-case thing' rule basically seems like it means 'you can call people faggots but you can't call people niggers, but you can make photoshops of bowser saying friend of the family, but you can't have a gangtag of bowser saying friend of the family...' basically it seems like it's whatever the mods feel like, and with the more relaxed rules it seems like it's become a 'gently caress it' type situation imo a more hardline yes/no type rule would make situations like this go smoother, but i understand that's above your paygrade, kewpuh. either the words are allowed or they're not. going 'was this meant as actual bigotry' is a weird way of handling it because, well, nobody can read a poster's mind. maybe that one dude really does hate anime and also homos
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Dec 10, 2014 23:06
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koolkal posted:Widesauron is a good name change imo
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Dec 10, 2014 23:25
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Widestancer posted:There is a forum where you have to respect games and gaming
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Dec 10, 2014 23:35
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Eonwe posted:I'd pay $10 for the ability to hand out a single 6 hour probation
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CoffeeBooze posted:Christmas Parachute Account Six-Pack Sale! Itll be like a forum version of a free to play MMO.
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