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  1. Szlia

    Homeland

    It was made clear when she met Saul after getting contacted by the pawns of Iran that she did not expect to spend that much time at the hospital. As for her reaction to the hearing, you can argue that its the shock of being confronted to the reality of the plan or maybe Saul was vague in the way...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I have a friend who bought a PS3 Slim because it was a cheap media server thingy with BluRay and game console thrown on top. That worked well for Sony because he ended up buying several games for it. It's probably less an argument for the PS4 today because the offer for media server thingies is...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Also can't play LPs More seriously, a fast count lead me to 18 devices in my home that can play audio CDs. I have used only three of those ever to listen to audio CDs and none of those three was a game console. Still a bit strange though. Maybe a cost issue? But the licence to play audio CDs...
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    Flash/Browser Games Thread

    Clicking bad is somewhat broken at the end of the curve. It becomes easy to launder an inordinate amount of money, but distribution investments just take ages to pay themselves.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The strength of the Killzone franchise is its bleak 'WWII in space' feel and the quality of the visual design to support this atmosphere. As far as game design go, it's very generic weapons, no real genius in level design and a very heavy player character (personally I like how much we feel the...
  6. Szlia

    Girlfriend wants to move in, how much should she pay?

    It's been more than a month since the last post by Kramer. His girlfriend must have killed him
  7. Szlia

    Facebook password

    The answer to "I think my teenage daughter has problems" should not be "Let's hack her Facebook account to know what's up". It should probably be: 1) try to induce communication through innuendo (You know that you can tell me anything right?) 2) try to prompt communication directly (You seem a...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I suspect this happens to you on a pretty regular basis.
  9. Szlia

    Into The Wild

    In the 'mountain climbing epic' category, let me mention Jiro Taniguchi'sThe Summit of the Gods(5 volume of 300+ pages of award winning graphic novel)
  10. Szlia

    Homeland

    We finally got the antagonist and he comes with the promise of some good TV!
  11. Szlia

    Into The Wild

    Known side effect: falling in love with Kristen Stewart.
  12. Szlia

    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Crown the Bulls?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    To have people to play with?
  14. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The article says interesting things about CPU vs GPU and how devs have to adapt their design depending on the balance of the two (even though I have trouble seeing how CPU power could limit game design considering you can make extremely deep and complex game that extremely light on CPU), but for...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The only thing I remember clearly is this:
  16. Szlia

    Dark Souls 2

    This serie is very unique and can only be compared to previous From Software games (King's Field, Shadow Tower), so I think it's worth trying to see if you enjoy it or not. Considering the game is no longer full price, I doubt you will not get your money's worth of entertainment even if you...
  17. Szlia

    How would you re-socialize MMOs?

    Isn't 'scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' a basic tenet of socialization?
  18. Szlia

    Homeland

    Guys who owe Carrie a favor. I think that's about all we know at this point.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    People who never played Flower on PS3 should consider getting the PS4 version. A very elegant little game that I often replayed because it is very relaxing. Soothing almost. As far as I am concerned, I'll wait until early 2014 for The Witness.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Judging solely as a commercial, I would say the idea is a good one, but the execution lacks confidence: why have a voice over that explains what is shown?
  21. Szlia

    Banished

    Why is it called Banished?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    How do you propose to show a 4k screenshot on a HD screen without it being a detail?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    My assumption is that it is to avoid being identified through writing habits such as turn of phrases or typos. A bit paranoiac, but if the guy is a Microsoft employee his leaks would be cause for termination with a side dish of getting sued, so paranoia is in order.
  24. Szlia

    Commuting to and from work

    I spent 3 hours a day commuting for a while, but 2h30 was spent on trains. Sleeping, reading, playing or watching TV series on my PSP made it bearable. I still would not do it again though.
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    You mean by scorching! PS: immolation always implies sacrifice and not always by fire.
  26. Szlia

    Red Baron Remake on Kickstarter

    Flight sims are such a niche market that is now dominated by crazy labors of love that I suspect the only flightsticks you can find nowadays are great and expensive.
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    Soccer 2013-2014

    Juventus' Vidal shooting in the grass so hard that he thought he was fouled was the highlight of my evening!
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    *PS3 and PS4 ONLY* Rerolled Chat & Gaming Group + Twitch Streams

    What games do you have in mind when you write this?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    If you play a single game, I am sorry but you are not a gamer. Would you call cinephile or even movie goer someone who would only see James Bond movies and have no interest whatsoever for any other film? Not that many games have such an audience though. Historically, it was the case for...
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    Girlfriend wants to move in, how much should she pay?

    It seems to me a lot of people are not realizing that a rent is more than a cheaper mortgage without equity. A person paying a rent gains a number of rights he would not have by paying a mortgage and a person receiving a rent has a number of responsibilities toward his tenant that he would not...
  31. Szlia

    The Stanley Parable (Steam)

    I think you are confusing a review with a buyer's guide.
  32. Szlia

    Red Baron Remake on Kickstarter

    *livejournal* I am glad they are remaking this and that you posted about it, because it allowed me to realize that the game I played with my cousin on his 286 (?) was not Red Baron (as I always thought), but most likely Sopwith. */livejournal*
  33. Szlia

    The Stanley Parable (Steam)

    Watching a let's play is a really silly idea though since the whole point is the confrontation between narration and interactivity. Better just play the old mod for free.
  34. Szlia

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I see that japanese poll and the only conclusion I reach is: 'a good chunk of japanese people don't like to talk about their sex life with pollsters.' Anyway... Yakitori!
  35. Szlia

    Homeland

    One of the best part of the first season was seeing Brody's family trying to recreate bonds with their estranged dad/husband. So I was a bit bothered when Dana threw all of that away as being lies (remembering amazing bonding moments as when he confesses to her that he converted to islam), but...
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    The Stanley Parable (Steam)

    I played the old mod earlier this year. I found the idea amusing, but ultimately underwhelming in its execution (and I don't mean on a technical level). The voice actor *is* really good and that's pretty funny considering the dev' e-mailed the script to an actor he found online to see if the guy...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I somehow missed that one. It's a PS3 and PS4 game though (making it less of a system pusher) and it was not playable at TGS (not too good of a sign, even with a delayed japanese launch). That being said, since they have just been tweaking a formula for ... 6(?) games now, they should be able to...
  38. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    About the PS4 launching later in Japan: I am not sure the japanese gamers are that annoyed considering it would launch with precious little japanese games on it. We have trouble getting excited by a launch spearheaded by Killzone, so imagine how it would have been for them!
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I love the Kevin Butler commercials, but I think the whole faux-cheap comedy approach works better to energize an established product than to launch a new one. Core message + originality + sense of awe is a better mix for launch, and this commercial and the previous one with the monologue are...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The only thing that prevents me from agreeing with Utnayan on this one is that Microsoft will most certainly adapt the shipments to the pre-orders to be sure to be able to announce 'OMG! Xbone sold out everywhere in 24 hours! OMG!' even if it means selling three units. That being said, PS4...