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  1. Szlia

    NBA 2013?14 Season

    I would not read too much into a match where Durant shot that poorly (and he was not made to shoot poorly because of some great defense: the guy missed a number of open shots of his choosing) and where the Thunder turned the ball over that much (probably because of Westbrook's return). I suspect...
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    Remember Me

    To make a sequel there might be some rights issues as a famous french Sci-Fi author (Alain Damasio) was hired to create the plot, but I believe he left before the game was completed.
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    Dark Souls 2

    I tried to limit the spoilers when I played, but I was not interested in going through the game 20 times and to complete the side stories you have to use spoilers (especially for the Solaire quest considering you have to pull so good old EQ 'spoilts to even be able able to complete it on the...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    "Aspiring rapper" sounds like a passive-aggressive racial slur.
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    Soccer 2013-2014

    I understand that, with the current rules, a foul as last defender (or one before last if you include the keeper) results in a red card and a free kick (or penalty kick if it happened in the box). I feel it is often a double penalty that is disproportionate with the nature of the foul. I mean if...
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    Dark Souls 2

    Playing Dark Souls I think I got invaded 6 or 7 times and won just the once. I also never invaded anyone. I absolutely love the mechanic. Why? Because it's a "Oh shit!" moment. The game is one of careful planning and execution. You will have "Oh shit!" moments when first discovering an area, but...
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    Metal Gear Solid V

    Photochop time: do you prefer the upper or lower part? EDIT: I had to host the image on imgur because rerolled recompressed it.
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    Soccer 2013-2014

    What's the logic behind giving a yellow to Boateng but a red to the keeper? We had a good match on our hands and after that we got 45min of handball. Lame. Bayern's 2nd goal was brilliant though with Robben dragging a defender with him to open the space for Mueller.
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    Metal Gear Solid V

    No matter the hardware, you have a texture budget that must be balanced between resolution and diversity. Konami for MGS made the unusual choice to go for a great diversity of very low resolution textures (a swan song for pixel art really). EDIT: Just to be clear, the texture were very low...
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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

    I am not sure you need to break the bank to hire Jessica Biel... I would have picked Adrianne Palicki (5'11") myself (who was the casting choice for the Wonder Woman TV serie too - though the low production value made her look a bit silly in the part). How old is Wonder Woman supposed to be...
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    Metal Gear Solid V

    While there is a clear technological winner, I am not so sure I prefer the PS4 images. They are so crisp they look artificial, a bit like pictures of a diorama. The 2nd PS3 vs PS4 shot for instance with the rain and the mud works for me a lot better with the slight blur and lesser details of...
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    Strider (2014)

    Some gameplay footage... there is something odd with the zooming, the size of the rooms and the art style: everything feels cramped.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    In the UK Carsh Bandicoot could be considered of "massive significance". I mean at some point they tried to make Crash the mascot of the PlayStation (at least in Euope), the answer to Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic... That did not work so well, probably because the PlayStation already had a...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Who gives a shit about Crash Bandicoot? I know I don't. It's shelved next to Pandemonium in the mediocre platformer category. If they want to revive a mid '90s platformer I would be more excited about a new Jumping Flash (at least it was strange!) or, better, a new Klonoa!
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    Irrational Games being shut down

    Rest assured that we will know more in the coming days/weeks. For know it looks strange at best.
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    Thief (2014)

    'Fantastic' is not what sprung to my mind when I got magical invisibility that allowed me to chain execute dozens of people with no risk nor skill involved and just had to wait 20ish seconds to do it again! I also hear that the game becomes equally lame if you decide to just mow people down with...
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    Thief (2014)

    It may end up being like Alpha Protocol: a game where you have to be very careful on how to do things if you don't want to ruin your own fun!
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    The Order: 1886

    I suspect the main breakthrough in this game will not be the gameplay, but the presentation. It's supposed to be the next step in seamlessly transitioning between gameplay and cut scenes (as in not only using the same engine and not having load times, but also editing the last gameplay shot with...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Cold hard facts are not so good with the PC Master Race mantra. I checked the top 40 titles on metacritics for 2013, removing iOS and handheld games: 10 are console exclusives (3 HD remakes in the lot), 11 are games available on both PC and Console that are not graphically intensive so run...
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    Metal Gear Solid V

    The plots in MGS games are... let's say... grandiose. The brilliant is constantly mixed with the grotesque to the point you get punch drunk and can't tell one from the other. These plots are exceptional and amazing, which does not mean they are good. As far as I am concerned it certainly means...
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    Is Uncharted the best series of the last decade?

    I, Champollion, did my part: EU = Europa Universalis, HOI = Heart of Iron.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Kojima keeps the bullshit for his scenarios!
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    Robocop - Remake

    You do realize that most of the satire was in the Sam Jackson segments right? So what you wanted was for the satire to be conveyed differently?
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    Help finding a movie?

    Were they climbing in the Himalaya (sherpas!), the Alps, the Rockies? Was it set in present time or was it a period piece (no bright color clothing)?
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    You know you watched too much Treme when you wonder why none of the artists of the pre-all star games show at New Orleans are from New Orleans! EDIT: I see now that they saved it for half-time!
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    If it ends up being 99/1 in Asia, 66/33 in North America and 75/25 in Europe, one has to wonder if the Microsoft shareholders will be amused, even if the Xbox division makes money.
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    Robocop - Remake

    It is known that dancing is for pussies and that performing arts are not at all competitive... I think your testosterone level dropped a little by reading this thread so you should hurry and go watch some '80s action movies!
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    Help finding a movie?

    Don't be a defeatist and rack your brain for more clues for us to work with.
  29. Szlia

    Help finding a movie?

    Gleaming the Cube aka Skate or Die is PG-13!
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    Is Uncharted the best series of the last decade?

    Oh! Some of the Ace Attorney games are brilliant and extremely funny (btw there is a movie which is also surprisingly good!).
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    Is Uncharted the best series of the last decade?

    Adding some contenders here: Yakuza Gears of Wars Mario Galaxy God of War Prince of Persia (Ubi's 1st reboot started in 2003) Forza Motorsport I still think Uncharted wins even if I have a particular affection for the Yakuza games.
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    Robocop - Remake

    3rd grade, so it's all about coordination, psychomotricity and proprioception aka domesticating your body. Interpretive dance sounds like a good way to do it. Also an opportunity for children to discover something they might not know and to be creative. Win, win, win.
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    Help finding a movie?

    I made an honest attempt and came empty handed. I would say you have the plot all wrong, which can happen when you sleep through a movie (in that case it might be K2 or even Cliffhanger). On top of that you could be wrong about the year you saw it (then it could be Vertical Limit). The other two...
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    Dark Souls 2

    Knowing From Software, 'Darkness' is a detrimental effect!
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    Help finding a movie?

    You suck at google-fu because it's the second result for "talking dogs crystal":Fluppy Dogs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Help finding a movie?

    Kids?
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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    My answer for the earth and sun question was neither or both. Btw, what is Prof. Ferguson's explanation for the travel times in what we erroneously call the southern hemisphere? EDIT: As to why you can't see Argentina from the US, wikipedia tells us that "in the cleanest possible...
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    Art

    It was posted already earlier in the thread and I just now tried to watch it. I must confess that I lasted less than 5min, because in that time the only sentence that did not hit 'pants on head' on the bullshit-o-meter was " I am Roger Scruton." I mean it's broad generalization after broad...
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    Art

    Wouldn't it be one?
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    Robocop - Remake

    Minor spoiler for the movie, but Robocop is originally silver and then changed to black because of the marketing guy of the corporation.