September Chat: Bowsette

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exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Tomb Raider and Life is Strange 2 this month! Hella amazeballs! Also trying to weave a DE playthrough of Divinity OS2 in there somewhere.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2018 12:12

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 12:41

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The Moon Monster posted:

It's pretty cool right? Only PC improvement I've done in ages where the upgrade didn't feel incremental.

Buying a G-sync monitor was a literal gamechanger for me, too bad they're so freaking expensive!

# ¿ Sep 1, 2018 12:20

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

# ¿ Sep 1, 2018 12:53

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Too Little Too Late was my favorite Jojo.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2018 16:46

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I totally disagree with any interpretation of NITW that describes it as uplifting or somehow letting the bad guys off the hook. It is not a happy ending, and nobody has come closer to solving any of their problems. You should finish NITW wanting to smash the state. This is what happens when the culture of hot takery collapses in on itself.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2018 20:10

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

So that horrible PUA game did so well among ironic twitch viewers that it's getting a sequel, with a budget apparently big enough for stunts with tanks and a yacht.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp0YsdGQtIM&t=172s

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 00:18

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Unlike Wolf of Wall Street or Apocalypse Now there's nothing satirical about NITW, though. You'd have to be a pathological contrarian or just a grade-A dunce to think it's some pro-Trump screed, and even if you're a huge fukken moron Bea literally spells it all out in the game's final moments.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 00:44

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Relax Or DIE posted:

my guess is that they went in expected a specific type of catharsis and when the game failed to provided it, it must be assumed that it's due to malice on the end of the game rather than a missed expectation

It seems like the writer wanted some kind of further revenge exacted upon the people of Possum Springs other than NITW's correct conclusion that the cult was only reflection of a large, unknowable hole at the center of everything. The hole that is capitalism. It's capitalism, folks.

Like you sincerely have to be really dumb to miss this.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 01:04

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Macaluso posted:

hot take: Night in the Woods was the best game to come out in the year that had things like Mario Odyssey and Zelda and NeiR and whatever

It was in my top 5 for sure.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 07:47

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Started a new character in Divinity OS2 this morning and whoops now it's 7 hours later.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 16:29

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

These small studio BR also-rans don't stand a chance when the Battlefields of the world can just throw a battle royale into their yearly shootman games and call it a night.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 19:24

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

EA floor shows at E3 are so legendarily terrible. At least in the Ubisoft + Bethesda presentations you get the impression that there are some people who enjoy making video games for a living working for them.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 19:41

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

To be completely honest the only remaster I've played to completion in the last 5-6 years has been Shadow of the Colossus. The rest I load up for like an hour or two, say that's nice, and then don't touch again. So I should probably stop wasting money on them.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 20:17

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Sunning posted:

Pros of working for EA:

- Some of the best compensation packages in the industry
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Manageable work hours and paid overtime implemented after EA spouse incident
- Substantial maternity/paternity support regardless of sexual orientation
- Fast track for female and LGBT developers for leadership roles
- Union support for developers like DICE Sweden

Cons of working for EA:

- You work for EA

Based on your knowledge of the industry, what would your rankings be for the better publishers in terms of their treatment / compensation / inclusivity for developers? I know there are no real good guys here but maybe I'd think twice about throwing money at someone who can't even keep the lights on for their employees.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2018 20:44

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fy2DpSf1zY

# ¿ Sep 3, 2018 12:05

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

edit: nm

# ¿ Sep 4, 2018 00:38

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

VR has three big things working against it right now -- you have to wear a big doofy headset to experience it, the visuals aren't up to current gen standards, and it causes motion sickness for many people. And you won't know if you're bothered by most of these things until you buy an expensive peripheral for yourself.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2018 17:48

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Without hesitation I'd become history's greatest monster if it meant the promise of sweet epic loot in return.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2018 18:27

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

"The community will not be a problem" I say about this, a game made to appeal to Dota players.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2018 19:53

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

But does it have Aiden Pierce�s iconic cap.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2018 21:29

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I am very bad with Brigitte but her relentlessly positive spirit motivates me to do better.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2018 18:26

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

When the project lead of Anthem literally died like a day before E3 I knew Bioware�s Faustian bargain with EA had finally materialized.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2018 13:28

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

I said come in! posted:

https://twitter.com/THQNordic/status/1037687044464697349

Don't do this THQ, Rhode Island still needs the residuals.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2018 15:02

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

quote:

RUSSIAN police are investigating claims a boy beheaded himself with a chainsaw after losing at a computer game.

According to reports Pavel Mateev, 15, went into his yard yesterday morning before he �switched on a chainsaw and sawed off his own head.�

Russian media cited local sources saying that he was addicted to a computer game that his single mother had bought for him.

State owned Russian television channel NTV reported: �A teenager from Tomsk region committed suicide after he lost a computer game.�

It is unclear what computer game he was playing, but a female source said Pavel spent hours at his computer and that his �nerves gave in after a game�.

The local office of the Russian Investigative Committee gave no further details on Pavel�s case except to confirm a criminal case had been opened into incitement to suicide.

Paveel Mateev, 15, allegedly went into his backyard this morning and sawed off his own head after losing an online game

A female source said Pavel's 'nerves gave in after a game'

Russia has seen several so-called �death groups� allegedly incite children and teenagers to take their own lives whilst playing online games.

It is unclear whether the alleged suicide of Pavel has any links to this phenomenon.

Some of the groups feature a game called Blue Whale in which victims are �brainwashed� by sick online mentors to complete 50 steps involving exhaustion and self-harm, ending in suicide.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2018 19:31

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Infinitum posted:

Was it suicide though? Cause that comes off sounding a bit "Committed suicide by shooting himself in the head 20 times"

Well it's from The Sun so the chances of it being entirely truthful aren't that great. Just thought I'd share to perk up your day!

# ¿ Sep 6, 2018 19:37

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Cowcaster posted:

wildstar was the mmo that put all its eggs in the "the original release of world of warcraft sans any of the quality of life improvements it's made over its 15 year lifetime was the best version of world of warcraft" basket, right?

It's hard to fault them given the tremendous success of Lawbreakers as an old-school team arena shooter.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2018 20:15

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Death Stranding the game will inevitably be a disappointment to many. Death Stranding the social experiment where Hideo Kojima takes $100 million of Sony's money to make Lea Seydoux and Norman Reedus be friends with him has been very successful so far.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 13:58

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

The wonderful thing about Warcraft villains is that you can always uncorrupt them if you beat them up enough, usually for some sweet-rear end loot in the process.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 15:07

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Cowcaster posted:

wouldn't the corruption of an evil person be turning them good

Practically speaking it just means they get a second phase where they turn super saiyan double corrupted.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 15:11

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

It's almost impossible for me to disassociate Burt Reynolds' image from Norm MacDonald's impression on SNL. Even though it was the lowest-effort impersonation ever, it was iconic.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 15:31

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

FirstAidKite posted:

Question for the WoW fans: is World of Warcraft just an mmorpg "remake" of the warcraft games' plots or does it do its own story thing set in but separate from the warcraft games?

It's a direct continuation of the Warcraft storyline following The Frozen Throne and includes every past game within its canon.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 16:49

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Chris Metzen is a hack, but for 20 years he honestly lived the dream of making millions of people become obsessed with his lovely D&D campaigns, and for that I can never hate him.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 16:55

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Cowcaster posted:

hey what did i just say

I'm just jealous of Chris Metzen's incredibly awesome life, well minus the panic attacks and anxiety that finally caused him to quit Blizzard. That was just sad to read.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 17:00

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Klaus Kinski posted:

To be fair the corruption of good guy Arthas in wc3 was a bit better than the usual metzen MO.

At the very least it showed a desperate hero turn to increasingly extreme means in order to protect his people rather than taking one too many hits of the evil jamba juice.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 17:12

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Really Pants posted:

Diablo was possessing Prince Albrecht. I guess the plan was that instead of just being the devil and turning the world into a devil kingdom, he could pretend to be human and rule over a human kingdom, which would have the advantages of

Hundreds of years ago Diablo and his main bros were imprisoned in soulstones by the Horadrim. They figured out that the Lords of Hell would just keep coming back if they killed them outright, so kept their essences bound within magic crystals that would keep them from rematerializing. As it turns out this was an imperfect plan, and over time the soulstones began to lose their grip on the Prime Evils. Diablo was the first to break free and manipulated the Archbishop Lazarus with mind magic into convincing King Leoric to build his kingdom in Tristram near the monastery where he was imprisoned. Over time he eventually possessed King Leoric's and sought to use him as a vessel to re-enter the world. When the hero of Tristram kills Diablo, the soulstone is left behind and about to break open with purestrain Diablo, so thinking quickly he sticks it into his forehead with the hope of containing him for some time, like how Tal'Rasha had to do with Baal's soulstone. This doesn't work, and we get Diablo 2.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 18:25

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

10 Ways Millennials are RUINING Soulstones! (#8 had me slammajammed)

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 18:40

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

If you jump into a door in any Megaman game the screenscroll carries you into the next room while you're still in midair. Now he just stops dead in his tracks. Tragedy.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 20:51

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

suuma posted:

I thought Diablo in Diablo 1 was the King's son not King Leoric, what the hell guys

Yeah that's what we said!

# ¿ Sep 7, 2018 21:02

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

When is the official WoW vanilla server going live.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2018 09:18

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 12:41

exquisite tea: Apr 21, 2007; Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."

Kojima being the most basic bitch in the world and buying poo poo like the $200 Assassin's Creed box sets is probably his best quality.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2018 12:36

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