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#14821 Dutch

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Posted 02 April 2017 - 07:22 PM

Started ME: Andromeda a few days ago and it also runs on my laptop while the saves are saved in the cloud

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#14822 LadyMTL

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Posted 03 April 2017 - 11:23 AM

Nine more work days until my 4 day Easter break. Seeing as how everyone in the office except me has had some vacation time (or will have some vacation time) between January 1st and the end of April, I am eagerly anticipating my little bit of time off. Plans so far include: celebrating my brother's birthday - i.e. eating myself into a food coma - buying up leftover Easter chocolate on the 17th, reading, sleeping, and generally just being a lazy-ass lazy ass.

~ Denn die Toten reiten schnell. (Lenore)

#14823 Andorion

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Posted 03 April 2017 - 12:38 PM

LadyMTL, on 03 April 2017 - 11:23 AM, said:

There is no better way to celebrate time off than by being lazy

#14824 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 03 April 2017 - 12:45 PM

I went back to work today after maternity leave. This first month is nice and easy as Mr PigDog is at home with the offspring. I'm having my first lunch break in about 10months. Heavenly. Who would have thought going to work could be classed as having a rest!

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#14825 Morgoth

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Posted 03 April 2017 - 01:10 PM

Loki, on 02 April 2017 - 01:40 PM, said:

Just finished Mass Effect Andromeda.

I was so worried that they'd screw it up. So freakin happy that they not only met but also surpassed everything I had hoped for.

Time to start making a new character I guess.

That's a very different opinion of the game from the others I've seen.

Take good care to keep relations civil
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To speak friendly, Even to the devil

#14826 Loki

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Posted 03 April 2017 - 01:27 PM

Morgoth, on 03 April 2017 - 01:10 PM, said:

Loki, on 02 April 2017 - 01:40 PM, said:

That's a very different opinion of the game from the others I've seen.

From what I can tell the complaints tend to breakdown to:

- waaaah facial animations (I like the realism of the awkward facial expressions).
- waaaah I can't make a hot white chick in this game (poor racist, sexist babies).
- waaaah Ryder isn't Shepard (go play ME1/2/3 then).
- waaaah they took away the morality indicator (yeah, and replaced it with a better personality system akin to what they used in Dragon Age 2)
- waaaah the game has too many quests/isn't big enough/should have been open world/should have been less open world (Come on guys, a little consistency, please).

The only complaint I feel has any real weight is the one regarding how male/male relationship were treated (or more accurately, not treated) in the game.

But the combat mechanics work well, the story is great, the characters/squadmates seem like actual people instead of archetypes (which you can't honestly say about the original trilogy), it's not 100% perfect on all fronts but what game is? I'd have to look to the minutiae to find things to really bitch about.

Edit: Oh wait, I forgot my favourite complaint: waaaaah Bioware are trying to force their social agendas on me. (That one cracks me up all the time. "Oh no, I asked someone a question and they mentioned their wife but they're female so that most mean they're gay and that Bioware is forcing gay marriage on me! *gasp!*)

This post has been edited by Loki: 03 April 2017 - 01:30 PM

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#14827 worry

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Posted 03 April 2017 - 07:54 PM

At least the dirtbags in Gamergate got to harass one more woman before the Ralph Retort guy goes to jail for assaulting a deputy.

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#14828 Solidsnape

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Posted 04 April 2017 - 06:00 AM

The picture from r/place is now available in digital format.
Entertaining me right now. The internet is strange....

https://www.reddit.c...LZ1&sh=57e71da3

"If you seek the crumpled bones of the T'lan Imass,
gather into one hand the sands of Raraku"
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#14829 Morgoth

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Posted 04 April 2017 - 07:14 AM

Solidsnape, on 04 April 2017 - 06:00 AM, said:

The picture from r/place is now available in digital format.
Entertaining me right now. The internet is strange....

https://www.reddit.c...LZ1&sh=57e71da3

I don't understand what that is.

Take good care to keep relations civil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil

#14830 LadyMTL

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Posted 04 April 2017 - 11:21 AM

I've been having a rough time lately (work, finances, etc) but this past weekend I decided to re-play Dragon Age: Inquisition. I know it's not the best game out there - and I would like to eventually get a PS4 so I can play Witcher 3 - but man, is it fun to run around and kill Darkspawn; so cathartic. Also, I'd forgotten how funny Iron Bull can be.

~ Denn die Toten reiten schnell. (Lenore)

#14831 Solidsnape

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Posted 04 April 2017 - 01:26 PM

Morgoth, on 04 April 2017 - 07:14 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 04 April 2017 - 06:00 AM, said:

The picture from r/place is now available in digital format.
Entertaining me right now. The internet is strange....

https://www.reddit.c...LZ1&sh=57e71da3

I don't understand what that is.

https://www.reddit.c...0Z6&sh=0c7840c4

"If you seek the crumpled bones of the T'lan Imass,
gather into one hand the sands of Raraku"
The Holy Desert
- Anonymous.

#14832 Loki

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Posted 04 April 2017 - 01:57 PM

LadyMTL, on 04 April 2017 - 11:21 AM, said:

It's the weakest game in a lot of ways but it has the best companions!

I genuinely can't say or hear 'Blackwall' without descending into girlish giggles.

And Dorian is basically a magical Errol Flynn.

And Bull's romance scenes.

It may have felt like a MMO where I was the only person on the server especially with the way quests were handled and how the story unlocks, but I still find it ridiculously enjoyable to play.

My one major bitch is that none of your choices affect anything! Seriously, they affect NOTHING.
It makes it feel like a set-up prologue for the next game.

This post has been edited by Loki: 04 April 2017 - 01:58 PM

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#14833 Abyss

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Posted 04 April 2017 - 03:18 PM

Loki, on 03 April 2017 - 01:27 PM, said:

... I forgot my favourite complaint: waaaaah Bioware are trying to force their social agendas on me. (That one cracks me up all the time. "Oh no, I asked someone a question and they mentioned their wife but they're female so that most mean they're gay and that Bioware is forcing gay marriage on me! *gasp!*)

Likely won't happen, but it would be so nice if Bioware just outright stated 'We're including this. Don't like it? Don't play. We don't need your money.'.

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#14834 Morgoth

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Posted 05 April 2017 - 09:51 AM

Loki, on 04 April 2017 - 01:57 PM, said:

LadyMTL, on 04 April 2017 - 11:21 AM, said:

It's the weakest game in a lot of ways but it has the best companions!

I genuinely can't say or hear 'Blackwall' without descending into girlish giggles.

And Dorian is basically a magical Errol Flynn.

And Bull's romance scenes.

Yeah, I didn't like the MMO-structure of the quests and combat, but the companions were great! I played many many hours of this game, though that's possibly at least partially because I bought the game directly following my divorce.

Take good care to keep relations civil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil

#14835 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 05 April 2017 - 11:03 AM

Solidsnape, on 04 April 2017 - 01:26 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 04 April 2017 - 07:14 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 04 April 2017 - 06:00 AM, said:

The picture from r/place is now available in digital format.
Entertaining me right now. The internet is strange....

https://www.reddit.c...LZ1&sh=57e71da3

I don't understand what that is.

https://www.reddit.c...0Z6&sh=0c7840c4

I've been following that (even contributed a few pixels) great little social experiment!

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We all Scream
For I Scream.

#14836 Mentalist

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Posted 05 April 2017 - 11:40 AM

Fuck me, looks like I bought a place.

The fact that I don't know whether to feel happy or sad is a fine testament of how messed up the real estate situation is in this country,

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#14837 QuickTidal

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 12:39 PM

COLD WAR KIDS album is out today.

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#14838 JPK

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 02:30 PM

QuickTidal, on 07 April 2017 - 12:39 PM, said:

COLD WAR KIDS album is out today.

Yeah, I'm right there with you on this one.

Have you seen the version of So Tied Up that they released with Bishop Briggs? Its so damn good.

#14839 QuickTidal

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 02:42 PM

JPK, on 07 April 2017 - 02:30 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 07 April 2017 - 12:39 PM, said:

COLD WAR KIDS album is out today.

Yeah, I'm right there with you on this one.

Have you seen the version of So Tied Up that they released with Bishop Briggs? Its so damn good.

Yeah totally amazing. They performed it on Jimmy Kimmel last night with her!

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

“Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone.” ~Ursula Vernon