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    Video Game Thread

    Yeah, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on it... in fact I'm sure I'll buy it eventually. It's just whether it's near launch or when it's bargain-bin that's in question.
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    Video Game Thread

    I wasn't so much thinking of time units specifically, though I still prefer even that to a system where shooting, then firing is considered a "special ability." Besides, on the time units vs two-action system, there already exists a best-of-both-worlds alternative: Valkyria Chronicles. You...
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    Video Game Thread

    So I know this kind of talk might get dismissed by some as elitist or snobbish, but if you like the new XCOM, you should seriously consider buying the original version from like 1994 or whatever year it was on Steam. It's like $5, and it's seriously just a better game. In everything except...
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    Video Game Thread

    Man... totally agree with you there. Crysis much? Big open environments to mostly linear? And... Mass Effect? I mean, the first one had separate cooldowns for each ability, which was totally the way to go. For the 2nd they switched to a combined cooldown meter as a nod to the limitations of...
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    Video Game Thread

    Welcome back to the board, me! Weirdest sensation this morning to get a notification that someone had tried to log into my account 5 times and failed. Why anyone would want to steal my old, seldom-used (mostly before the big board crash several years ago) account is a bit beyond me, what with...
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    Video Game Thread

    Get ready to wonder just where those 200+ hours of your life went. At its core I agree that it's a lot like Demon's Souls... the biggest difference being that while it manages to be very challenging (rare these days), it doesn't take your lunch money and then kick you in the balls when you lose...
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    Animated film director Satoshi Kon dead at 46

    Boy this forum is swell. One guy mocks someone's death, and then people get testy with the guy who calls him out for it. It really sheds such positive light on Jazz fans.
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    Animated film director Satoshi Kon dead at 46

    Because if I were saying it aloud, I would have put emphasis on that word to contrast it with the more sensible action of ignoring the thread if he didn't care, hence I transferred that to the written sentence. Not really a hard concept.
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    Animated film director Satoshi Kon dead at 46

    Really? Really? Ignore it if you don't care. Why in god's name would you post just to say you don't care about another human being's death? If you're gonna be an a-hole, have some balls and do it in person. Find a random person in a hospital dying of cancer and tell them you don't give a...
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    Video Game Thread

    If you think that's good, wait til you play Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2, Valkyria Chronicles, and Demon's Souls.
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    Video Game Thread

    You're right, Madden 11 isn't enough of an improvement over Madden 10. I bought it this year on blind faith with how the improved run blocking was looking. But if you have 10 I'd wait for 12. And those last 3 games you mentioned are all fantastic. I would recommend playing Batman first...
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    Video Game Thread

    The strategy pad is brokenly bad. But at least the physics and movement seem improved in general.
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    Dexter

    Actually, Doakes specifically references that Dexter took advanced Jiu-Jitsu in season 2. Watch season 2, starting with episode 2. Doesn't have even half the whining about his feelings, or lack thereof, and is simply better written with better characters from beginning to end. It's been...
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    Video Game Thread

    I've been finding that my inevitable pattern with the Elder Scrolls/Fallout games is that I buy it, beat it, then 6 months later they come out with DLC. Then I want to play it again for the DLC, but they just aren't as fun the 2nd time around. Soooooo... think I'm gonna wait until the...
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    I'm going to buy a new xbox Saturday unless...

    Here's the low-down: Sony, in all their wisdom, tied their DRM (digital rights management) to the motherboard, rather than the hard drive like the 360 (and any other sane designer). Now, there is a backup utility that allows you to ghost your whole hard drive to an external. You can also back...
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