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That was a great watch! Thanks for sharing.

But that's the point. Art doesn't have "intrinsic elements" any more, at least not all of its many branches. More power to you. At least you don't seem to be under the impression that you're being forced to appreciate art you hate. Heck, when I hear car people discussing engines and model...

Right. But the thing is, we can't really tell how much effort went into something just by looking at the final product. We don't know what steps the author took to arrive at that product, how much experimentation was needed, how many attempts the author made, how much research went into it, etc...

The GameBoy Advance is a great system with a lot of quality titles. Here are a few suggestions: Platformers: - Drill Dozer - Wario Land 4 - Sonic Advance 1, 2 & 3 - Mega Man & Bass - Metroid Fusion - Metroid: Zero Mission - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance...

Perhaps I misunderstood your post. It seemed to me that you were heavily implying that a lot of modern art looks like it required very little effort to create (compared to, for instance, Renaissance-Era paintings that clearly required a lot of time and energy), and that said supposed lack of...

Who is that?

Of course it is. But you're presuming to be the arbiter of how much effort went into producing something despite having no idea what the process was. Heck, if you want to bring objectivity into it, it took a tremendous amount of effort to carry a mattress around every day for months and months...

The NES version was the only one I played. It was excellent.

@ZyyzYzzy, I'd like to apologize for being a dick. While I absolutely had no intention of making you think I was threatening you, what I said was still unnecessarily harsh and I regret it. I'm sorry.

Playing FF3(VI) was a transformative experience. The jump in quality from 2(IV) to 3 was staggering (we didn't even know 5(V) existed at the time). The verdant grass on the mountain tops, the organic-looking curvature in the stonework, that hauntingly beautiful reflective lake you walk by in the...

Thanks for the info! I definitely plan on getting it, but I'm willing to wait for a sale/bundle. By then they'll likely have worked out the bugs.

What are you even talking about? What "people like me" (whatever that means) believe has nothing to do with it. I'm just telling you how it is. You don't have to like it (clearly you don't) but the art world doesn't care. Don't blame me for your inability to deal with reality. I also never said...

Most Sundays my brother and I go to a friend's place and I get some SNES gaming in. For the last few weeks, I've been playing Secret of Mana, which I haven't cleared since many years ago. Now I LOVED Secret of Mana, I had always considered it a masterpiece. The graphics are brilliantly colored...

Anybody play this yet? It looks fantastic, but looks have been deceiving before.

I never threatened to dox anyone. I never implied a threat to dox anyone. I never joked about threatening to dox anyone. Actually, this post shows that, after five years, you'd still rather make up what you think I am than actually base it on anything I've ever posted. I am pretty much the...

As great as BOTW is, I do have some gripes (no game is perfect). -I'm done with motion controls. When I realized the reason my aiming was so jittery was because the aiming controls are set to the gyroscopic sensor I turned that shit off post haste. But this led to another problem... - Using the...

Yes, anything CAN be art, if the circumstances are right. But that DOESN'T mean that the only requirement for something to be art is for anyone anywhere to call it "art". If you shit in a plate and call it art, it's not art. If a career artist who spent decades studying art, experimenting with...

I'm not giving it away! Someone will guess it eventually.

You're half right. Yes, there exists modern art that intentionally abstains from what we could consider "objective beauty". No, it's not created so people in a special club can circle jerk about how enlightened they are. Art doesn't have to be beautiful. It does not have to be created with the...

Is there such thing as performance art? If not, why not? If so, why doesn't Sulkowicz's work qualify? Sounds like you're offering up a subjective interpretation as objective, something you seemed staunchly against. (Please don't take this as a challenge, I actually really like your posts in...

It doesn't matter what you wish. They will be remembered for what they have produced, and for what their work says about us, regardless if you approve or not.

Thanks for standing up for justice. Hope you didn't get too much flak for doing so. Also, it's been over a month, as per the Asshat of the Year rules you are able to switch back to your original avatar, far as I know.

Yeah, I haven't seen Mr. Maracas since my first encounter with him. I'm really aching for some more inventory space but haven't had to give in and look shit up yet so I don't want to start now.

No idea. I'm kind of surprised it took so long, actually!

A very hearty and sincere thank you to those who voted to have me un-banned, especially those of you who can't stand me but would rather see me banned for legitimate reasons.

Good to know!

Yeah, that's what I meant. They mention it all the time, but it was the first time I've seen it in action! Elemental arrows are still kind of rare to me (I'm not about to pay what shops are asking for), but I did also realize that you can kill regular Chuchus with an elemental weapon to get...

Also, I purchased The Witcher 3 well after its initial release because I had heard so much praise lavished upon it and figured I would love it. While there are certainly many things it does very right, it really, REALLY dropped the ball on combat, which is flat-out terrible. As much as I wanted...

Holy shit, this game! Been playing the shit out of it the last few days (thank you, March break!), and I can't get enough. I can not stress enough how much the lack of hand-holding in this game adds to how satisfying it is to make progress. Here's one of the many ways BOTW tickled me: Found...

I never got into the Wizards & Warriors games. I found the controls very uncomfortable with lousy jumping physics, awkward hit boxes and extremely difficult to use attacks. Playing without a guide, I never had any idea where to go or what to do. They just seemed to be more frustrating than fun...

Holy Jesus Christ

LOVE the ideas. @Utnayan, would you consider adding a Retro Game of the Month? Same idea as game of the month, only focused on a classic 8 or 16 bit game. This could include popular games we are all familiar with or niche titles that were overlooked and are worth exploring. ...I suppose if...

Is this another auto-replace thing? It's very confusing.

The numbers we need to see are transgender post-op suicide rates compared to trans-gender would-be (no surgery) suicide rates. Is the surgery a catalyst to suicidal tendencies, or is just that people with suicidal tendencies tend to opt for surgery?

Yeah, I hear you, it just seems to me like you took the hand you were dealt and decided to discard most of the cards and try for a better hand. More power to you, that is definitely sometimes the best course of action to take, and I'm glad that it's working out for you. I guess I'm just...

Ummm, not that I have an issue with it, but didn't you do the opposite of "play the hand you were dealt"?

I bet this thread lasts longer than mine did.

Rangers can cast spells?