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#581 Gothos

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 06:31 AM

Looks great! And just when I was considering slowly retiring from gaming. I'll have to try this one.

Also, this bodes great for Thief 4, which is also being developed by Eidos Montreal.

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 01:37 AM

Samuel L. Jackson Plays Black Ops

It's funny because my experience playing BLOPS is exactly like this (minus the Samuel L. Jackson sound bites). Rarely have I joined multi-player and there was not a parade of stoned losers playing this game. Still, I am leaning towards getting the Escalation pack.

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 10:45 AM

http://kotaku.com/58...a-way-to-offend

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#584 MTS

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 10:46 AM

'Portal 2 finds a way to offend'

Actual news report is here: http://kotaku.com/58...a-way-to-offend

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What could one possibly find offensive about the critically lauded Portal 2, an inventive, all ages-friendly game? Are those turrets too violent? Is the jazz too smooth? No, it's the jokes about adoption that have one Portal fan (and one local news team) riled up.

So says a report today from Charlotte, North Carolina's CBS affiliate WBTV (which, by the way, may contain spoilers for Portal 2 players). Neal Stapel, adoptive father to Zoey, a Chinese orphan, says he was upset with the barbs slung by Portal 2's antagonists, insults that belittle the playable Chell for her (alleged) adopted status. Morons and the overweight are also mocked by robots.

In Portal 2, Chell's arch-nemeses tease her for her non-existent weight gain and her lack of birth parents, puerile, bullying taunts that offer color into their respective characters. But the jabs at her being adopted were too much for Stapel.

"It literally pokes fun for not having parents," he says, seeming to choke up in WBTV's news broadcast. He played the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 with his kids, but stopped when the adoption jokes kicked in. "It throws the ultimate question that that child is ever going to have for you... and it just throws it right in the living room."

Yes, it's got to be a bit awkward for adoptive parents if they're experiencing this in front of their non-biological kids, but Chell's enemies are also trying to kill her, which I'd find much more upsetting if I were her. But, hey, I wasn't adopted and can't personally relate to the conflicting emotions of such a situation.

Kotaku reached out to Valve to see if they had any comment on the matter, though they didn't before this story aired, reportedly.

I find it funny that the guy is getting so riled up but the kid doesn't seem to care at all. She didn't even hear it ffs, yet he's going on TV talking about how offensive it is, making damn sure that she will notice it.

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#585 Gothos

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 11:06 AM

I'd love to hear what GLaDOS would have to say about that guy

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 09:27 PM

Gothos, on 18 May 2011 - 11:06 AM, said:

I'd love to hear what GLaDOS would have to say about that guy

Probably something like, "If you do not exist, then it is not my fault if you die from deadly neurotoxin. I am now flooding your house with deadly neurotoxin. Goodbye." (You totally read that in GLaDOS' voice, or else you suck.)

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 10:09 PM

Gothos, on 18 May 2011 - 11:06 AM, said:

I'd love to hear what GLaDOS would have to say about that guy

"Some people might find me offensive. I apologize. We'll now resume testing. The next test is about sense of humor. You failed."

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 10:11 PM

Silencer, on 18 May 2011 - 09:27 PM, said:

Gothos, on 18 May 2011 - 11:06 AM, said:

I'd love to hear what GLaDOS would have to say about that guy

I'm savoring Portal 2 very slowly, about 3 levels every time I play, but so far, GLaDOS is remarkably restricted in her comments on my performance. In Portal 1, she was already bad shit crazy after 15 puzzles, now she's still commenting on the music and how I'm being slow in between levels.

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Posted 19 May 2011 - 05:41 AM

Yeah, I haven't even got to start Portal 2 yet (BLASPHEMY!) 'cuz I've been too poor and too busy. *sigh* I will get it soon, however. Then it will be all I do for a day. Or two. Or more.

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<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

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Posted 19 May 2011 - 08:49 AM

I now own minecraft. Not sure if this is a good thing or not yet.

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 12:18 AM

Dara O'Briain - I love videogames.

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 12:07 AM

Finally finished S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

bought Clear Sky already. I WANT MOAR!!!!

I also need to go back, since I rushed the last few areas. basically, once I went into

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, I assumed I couldn't go back, so I rushed all the way to the ending.

and I have no proper saves, except for before the Barrier, so it's a huge chunk that I need to replay.

I love that game to death though. for a few weeks I've honestly wanted nothing but just wander around, doing small side quests, and enjoying the scenery.

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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.

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 12:44 AM

Finished Knights of the Chalice today. Final optional fight is hard as hell, don't think I'll be beating that any time soon, so I'll settle with completing the main quest.

Phenomenal game - not that it's saying much, but definitely one of the RPGs of the decade. Get it if you have any interest whatsoever in tactical RPG combat.

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Posted 10 June 2011 - 10:35 PM

View somewhere in private so your "excitement" does not cause awkward embarrassment.

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Posted 24 June 2011 - 04:48 PM

hey, Silencer, good news:

http://www.plughead....rson-experiment

now, all we need are some lean keys, and that game should be awesome.

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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.

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 02:46 PM

Played God of War and... what's the deal with this game's popularity? The changing camera angles, combined with the frequent balance and/or jumping sequences, is incredibly infuriating. I've come very, very near to throwing the gamepad at my TV a dozen or more times. I even refused to play on halfway through Challange of Atlas. It's the worst gameplay element from LoK: Defiance, and I only ever played through Defiance because it's a Legacy of Kain game and I loved the story.

Seriously, fuck God of War. What's all the hype?

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 03:53 PM

The only part of the GOW games that really piss me off is the quick time events. Especially when it wants me to do some kind of bizarre circular motion with the analogue sticks. Fuck everything about that.