Nate RFB posted:

Oh I have like 90 Criterions I love, of which Godzilla is one. But some, like the Before Trilogy or the Dekalog, are absolutely cases of "I can kind of see why this is culturally/artistically deemed significant, but I am bored to tears watching this and know I'll never ever rewatch it."

Lurdiak posted:

Nah, Dandelion writes the quest logs, not the bestiary entries.

Olive Garden tonight! posted:

Just finished playing through a romhack of Mario 64, Last Impact. Got all 130 stars. Wouldn't recommend it.

Kai Tave posted:

I was going to make a joke about "gamer hell is other gamers" but then I realized that was literally true.

Real hurthling! posted:

Brad from gb says the ps4 input lag in prey does not feel fixed after patch, but he is also a legendary bad quick look guy who so far in this video has just hit robots with a wrench for 10 mins

Guy Mann posted:

Yeah, a Big Mac being cheap hasn't been a thing since Obama took office and now they're even phasing out the dollar menu. I only go to McDonalds a few times a year and it's ridonkulous that it's like 8 bucks for a sandwich combo meal and even basic cheeseburger is up to a dollar now. I could run into Publix and get a tray of freshly-made sushi for like five bucks and it would probably take less time than the drive-thru, y'all goofed up at some point.

It's especially silly watching The Founder (it was just OK but Ron Swanson as one of the McDonalds brothers was awesome) since the entire reason McDonalds even became a thing was because it was fast and cheap and now neither of those apply to it.

Quest For Glory II posted:

Name most chains and they're probably not in new jersey. it's a fun game, for people who dont live in new jersey

corn in the bible posted:

I'm on the medua boss now and I still hate smt4. it's just not very good.

psychoJ posted:

burgers are good but not good for you

a psychoJ Health Post™

Help Im Alive posted:

what exactly is Ark Survival Evolved/why is it near the top of the EU PS4 sales charts every month

wizard on a water slide posted:

what art

The Duck of Death posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFfg...ature=youtu.be

Look I get Extra Credits make their name off of analyzing things strictly from a game design philosophy perspective, They have done since their time at The Escapist, but despite their analysis here about the Blue Shell which may be 90% correct and what Nintendo intended, I really can't rationalize the Blue Shell's existence in my head in any other way other than the following.

Leave it to Nintendo to conceive an item that punishes the skillful and rewards the casual. That philosophy suits them to a tee, but for a game like Mario Kart 8, where if you're in first and have an intimate knowledge of the track you're on and its shortcuts, you will inevitably get so far ahead of the pack who are mauling each other behind you anyway that no amount of blue shells are gonna stop you. Slow you down, yes, but not stop you.

You could also debate the validity of EC's claim that the blue shell helps the person in last avoid a bad experience and gets them back into the race. Does it really? Unless you were another poor schmuck who was in the top 3 and just got wrecked by items until you've fallen all the way back to last, which means you probably have the skills needed to get back into the race, no casual is going to drift boost or trick jump or shortcut their way back into it. Because they don't know or care how.

When it comes to getting a casual out of last and back into the race, the bullet bill does a far better job of this on its own. It is an automatic track, which unlike the gold mushroom or star the player isn't gonna fly off an edge into the abyss, it is very fast and demolishes any player it hits along the way. THAT'S FINE. If you're in last and get a BB, you're entitled to enjoy that moment, but when it comes to the blue shell, right now it feels like the only purpose it serves is to give someone trailing the pack the power to give 2nd thru 8th a piggyback and ruin 1st places day for daring to be good at the game that Nintendo built.

For myself this is a question of matchmaking and not item design. Why is a casual player who is hovering about 900-1000 skill points being matched with someone who has 4000+ in the first place? Of course there's gonna be a huge gap in that situation. So here we go again with Nintendo's incessant willful ignorance surrounding anything online gaming related and their refusal to learn how to design them better. Instead of a better matchmaking system, we get items that turn races into frustrating clusterfucks and basically 50% skill, 50% pure lottery.

wizard on a water slide posted:

A lot of peoples' complaining about the balance and design of Mario Kart and Smash Bros seems to suggest that the very concept of playing a videogame with a few of your friends or your roomie or your partner or w/e for fun bc you're bored after dinner or want something to do while you have a couple beers and hang out is completely alien to them, like the idea itself has never even crossed their mind

precision posted:

Every time she calls me "Master" I'm all

I actually can't decide who I want to romance in this one. Since Atlus hates gay people and I can't romance Yusuke I guess I'll romance the nerd girl (I haven't met her yet, I just don't like Ann in "that way" and Makoto is more like Brokoto to me, she's cool, and nerd girl is probably funny)

I wish the drunk reporter had better rewards for her s. link, because she's funny. My metagaming

corn in the bible posted:

but you cant date a man cause thats JUST WRONG

oddium posted: