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The Sheeran scene definitely took me out of the show for a moment. It wasn't simply because he was there and singing a song, it was that they put some weird digital lighting effect on him and had him look into the camera as he was trying to sell his new single. They were a second away from the...

Nah, they can't bring back The Hound and then not have Cleganebowl. At this point in guessing Arya has to find a way to dispatch The Mountain on her way to Cersie. She takes his face just in time for The Hound to make an appearance.

They stretched out the Dragonstone scene enough that by the end I was almost convinced that Stannis was going to be waiting behind the last door. Fuckers.

In the cell? Jorah. Lol at the circle of poo. Why was there an Ed Sheeran commercial in the middle of it.

Lamest bump ever... This recently showed up for free on Amazon, so I watched it. It was better than the first movie I guess, but still pretty bad. Krang was actually very well done beyond the fact that he's not in it much. If they make more of these movies, a competent writer could do good...

I've always watched after it's over so that I can hit up YouTube and just pick the games I want to see without the pre and post commentary. There are definitely a handful of interesting and insightful people that are actually great to listen to, but I guess the market has demanded the presence...

There was one year where if you signed up for a Nintendo Power subscription, they sent you a free copy of Dragon Warrior along with an exclusive strategy guide (six to eight weeks later). Oh, what a time to be a kid.

I've only tried Zelda in portable mode, but it plays great. Despite the large size it's light and comfortable to hold. I've gotten into bed expecting to putz around for a few minutes as I prefer the big TV and stereo, and found myself still playing two hours later.

I guess there's no question that I have an insurmountable backlog of games to play as I have absolutely zero desire to hack my Wii U. I already have the full NES and SNES library on a hacked Wii, which is all I really care about. Beyond the obvious fact that I could play Wii U games, is there...

For sure. Trump needs to hurry up and push through my tax cuts so I can keep making Hyrule great again.

That's weird, I definitely paid $60 not too long after it game out. I remember that because it was an absolute bitch to find and I had saved up exactly $60 to spend on it. It was nowhere to be found the week it released, and I "settled" on Final Fantasy II instead. I was happy I did, because a...

I've A/B'd both on my big screen and it's immediately noticeable that the Switch is sharper and smoother. It also holds its frame rate much better when you add additional players, as it should.

It looks like it's exactly the same minus the 3D and a little bit of heft.

I don't get all of the unbridled love for the 3D/2DS. Sure, they're fun little portables and its ancient game library is massive, but the screen is garbage. Like I said before, I have the latest 3DS (I also had the original version) and the Switch in portable mode is a fucking titanic...

Claiming that the 3DS is currently the best value may be mostly true at the present minute, but that statement isn't really useful. Of course its library is vast in comparison to the Switch's. It's had over six years to build up to its present level. The Switch hasn't even hit the two month mark...

The current lack of exclusives is certainly retarded, but I have no regrets about my purchase. Zelda on the Switch looks and plays much better on my big TV than the Wii U version did, and being able to simply undock it and continue to play away next to my wife on a screen with a better...

The amount of time it takes to never have sex.

Vader was called "Dark Lord of the Sith" way back in the original novel that predated the release of the film. I also distinctly remember Mark Hamill calling him that in some behind the scenes VHS thing from the 80s that I got for free after sending in UPCs from cereal boxes. Of course, it was...

In for the A and B Wings.

The definition of at least one word of your post has eluded you. I've narrowed it down to: Best Third Examples

I liked Thor 1 a lot, but it had its share of problems. Thor 2 was essentially tailor made to have on in the background during a quiet Sunday while you're also busying yourself by cooking or playing with the kids or something. This actually looks great. How often is the third film in a series...

Great trailer. I'd like the opportunity to repeatedly hit Cate Blanchett with my hammer.

Is it considered theft to contact Comcast once a year and threaten to cancel, thereby maintaining the premium and sports packages for free? I haven't ever paid for HBO et al, and I don't have to spend a moment worrying about the Interweb police. Of course my cable bill is still inexcusably...

What is there to be currently hyped about that can't be discussed in the Zelda thread?

That was certainly one of the worst buildup to payoff ratios ever. If the rest of the season had been strong, that may have been a decent finale, but after the relentless slog-fest leading up to it, they needed to step up with an hour of unmitigated brilliance and that was far from it. And...

Yes, he is. The patch seems nice. Very noticeable improvements on the Switch, though it's still not entirely without frame drops. It sounds like the Wii U version got some similar love, too.

This game belongs nowhere near the bottom of that list. I will agree to a general lack of Zeldaness in two areas: Music (nearly all of the epic stuff is saved for the castle at the end) Lack of traditional dungeon-crawling

I know others have said this, but it does have an early EQ-vibe. I love that you're dropped into a huge, mysterious world with little direction as to where you can safely go, yet you can go just about anywhere as long as you manage to not get killed. And you will get killed. A lot. Also like in...

Yeah, just get the Switch. As long as you have a decent TV it'll look better, and while it still can't maintain a solid 30fps while docked (those low-resolution circa 2009 cartoon graphics sure are demanding) it's much less of a stutter-fest than the Wii U is. Also, the portable mode is...

So I finally tried out the portable "mode" on a whim. I played Zelda on the TV for a bit, then undocked the Switch and brought it up to bed and figured I'd try it for a few minutes after the wife fell asleep. It's now three hours later I could still play for another three... Sure , it's no...

The joycons themselves are feather light, and the undocked switch doesn't seem heavy at all to me. It is pretty damn big, though. And I've had no range issues so far from about 12 feet away. The UI is pretty comical coming from the Wii U. It's very barebones and fast, whereas the Wii U's is a...

Between Zelda, Mario Kart and Odyssey I'll be fine for the next year. The list of games I still need to finish on PC and other consoles is pretty ridiculous.

I walked into a Gamestop today and they had a few behind the register, so I grabbed one of the god damn things. So far I like it. The joycons/adapter feel perfectly fine to me. I have no immediate desire to rush out and buy another controller at all. The dock looks like shit. When playing in...

Man, I remember doing the Gamestop hop thing back when the Wii was released where you'd time out the various UPS deliveries and wait around to see if they had enough come in to cover your place in line. Yeah, never again.

I've been playing on the Wii U. Visually, it is very close to the Switch. The slightly higher resolution and better anti-aliasing offered by the Switch is noticeable on a large TV if you're the type to make note of such things, but most "normal" people would probably never pick up on the...

Where did you find a Switch for sale? Or did you pay EBay prices or just pick up a Wii U?

It does seem reasonably smooth at 30fps. As you say I'm sure they designed the animations with that limitation in mind. It's when it locks at 20 that it becomes dog shit. And I'm certainly an admitted frame rate snob.

RE: Wii U FPS, I'm not saying it's unplayable or anything, or that I've died as a result, but as someone who is used to 60fps PC gaming, it's really irritating to be locked at 20fps in villages and other dense areas. I'll tolerate typical console frame rates under protest, but Zelda gets...

Yeah, that's my problem, too. I do have the Wii U version, and while it's "close enough" to the Switch in terms of pure image quality, the frame rate drops on the Wii U can get brutally bad. Whenever I play it I find myself wishing I had a Switch, but I don't want to buy a god damn Switch. I'm...

I'm not sure exactly what "many hours" means, but if you've opened up and at least started to explore all of the major areas and still claim that a game in at least something resembling a similar genre is significantly better, I find that very difficult to believe. I will certainly give Zelda a...