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    IT: Welcome to Derry

    They certainly started this series with a bang. Unlike other shows, you certainly can't complain about them taking a long time to get to the point.
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    Ball x pit

    The upgrades come fast enough in normal game that it is never particularly difficult - unless you focus only on one map by the time you get up to fast+6 and higher you 'outgear' them by a lot - NG+ scales very quickly though.
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    Ball x pit

    It is, but black hole sun is a fusion of black hole and sun, which is a *very* different beast. Give it a try ;p
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    Ball x pit

    Speaking of overpowered fusions - give Black Hole Sun a try - I am assuming that's an intentional reference ;p ( Fire + Light -> Sun + Dark -> Blackhole ) Overgrowth + any AOE is also pretty absurd, I am reasonably sure there's a bug in there somewhere in the calculations. Nosferatu + any...
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    What are you playing?

    I've had a few strong recommendations, but when I went to check it out, it looks like the entire series, including ones from 20 years ago, are at more than full price for a AAA game still. The series is like a thousand bucks to buy all of them, not including the endless amount of DLC ;p I am...
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    Talamasca: The Secret Order

    Ehhh, it wasn't horrible, I'll probably watch the 2nd episode, but I am in no rush. Talamasca chick constantly looks like she is about to crack up at her lines, fabulous vampire really can't do menacing, and the initial job pitch makes the Talamasca seem like incompetent assholes.
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    Sherlock

    I could see an argument for average quality, but I don't think you could argue peak sherlock < peak elementary with a straight face.
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    Peacemaker

    Eh, Cavill and Affleck were probably too tainted by batman v superman to continue regardless of plans. It's hard to get new fans to go back and watch from the beginning to know what's going on.
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    Fall 2025 Anime Thread

    Usagi drop would probably work if spy x family does.
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    NAS

    They gave up on that after people gave them shit for being greedy, now they just stick with passive aggressive warnings like 'this drive's manufacturer hasn't paid us kickbacks this drive hasn't been certified for use in this NAS'
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    Gen V

    Season overall was kind of 'eh'. I liked the first season a lot more than I expected to, but s2 was pretty uneven in comparison. Not a fan of 'this universe now officially works on shonen anime rules - bad guy too tough ? just try harder for unexplained in-fight powerup'
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    Gen V

    It's not like show is going for any attempt at subtlety, but this seems like a terrible take given that it isn't even slightly true, starting with Starlight herself.
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    Solar Opposites

    I don't remember it ever being funny, at best it was.. amusing ? At least I don't remember ever laughing out loud at any of their 'jokes'. The last season seemed pretty average for the series, so if you liked the rest of it I can't see why you'd be raging or offended. At the very least it's...
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    Roguelite Enemy Hell/Bullet Heaven/Survivor catch-all

    I was coming to recommend this one too actually. It was my favorite demo from last next-fest by a long way, and the full version released yesterday. I've put in about 13 hours since then, so thumbs up from me. It's a crazy mashup of breakout, vampire survivors and darkest dungeon - the combat...
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    Slow Horses

    "At least my lot fuck up on a epic scale, they aren't run-of-the-mill fuckups like yours" Ahahahaha.
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    Absolum, Beat'em Up with Rogue-lite elements

    Added this to wishlist earlier after seeing the Retromation video on it - looks like my kind of thing, but the backlog is sooo bad hah.
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    LitRPG

    Link is messed up, but Gideon the Ninth. Yes, I've read it, I thought it was pretty good, mostly the extremely weird setting - it's like gothic horror sci-fi with the undead running a galactic empire. Be warned, it's very weird. The second book takes that weird and cranks it up to 11 ( it's...
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    Fall 2025 Anime Thread

    This show went from zero to 'entire civilization of horny slave girls that want the MC's dick' in truly record time.
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    Summer 2025 Anime Thread

    That episode was everything I love about Dandadan. Having your absurdist parody of giant robot fights actually BE one of the best giant robot fights ever animated so you can simultaneously be laughing your ass off and watching in awe. Having the little girl trying to shake the kaiju awake...
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    Alien: Earth

    I like the show, but I have to admit that's fair - every single person other than the eyeball monster is either retarded, evil, retardedly-evil or evilly-retarded.
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    Summer 2025 Anime Thread

    Soo, if you felt you had reached a point where nothing could make you embarrassed to admit you were an anime watcher, it might be time to take the Nukitashi challenge. As far as I can tell, it was made by people who watched Interspecies Reviewers, and then went 'hold my beer'.
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    Monster train

    https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2742830/view/519723826332829056?l=english First patch balances change out - 'Buff to Lionsmane' was not on my bingo card ;p Overall seems pretty good though - lots of buffs to bad MT1 clans, and not a lot of nerfs, even Test Subject Alpha got off pretty...
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    Alien: Earth

    This was a good episode, although it annoyed me a lot that the xenomorph is just too much 'guy in a suit' movement wise. This is definitely a case of 'less is more' I think ;p
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    Peacemaker

    What are you talking about ? They were attacked by a duck.
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    LitRPG

    It's a bunch of existing RR authors trolling
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    Alien: Earth

    I got to credit them, the bipedal sheep zombie was pretty freaky, they've got some actual originality going on in the series.
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    Alien: Earth

    I mean, she stole it because they wouldn't give her a gun. It's probably badass by twelve year old standards ;p
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    Alien: Earth

    I just rewatched that bit, and I don't think it does. Admittedly it's a pretty dark and choppy scene but it looks like they are in shipping container with alien on top - she stabs it through the top of the container, spills a lot of acid everywhere, and then a bit after that the container...
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    Alien: Earth

    Wendy definitely has wi-fi - they said they added it for remote monitoring but that she isn't supposed to be able to use it when they are talking about how she is fucking with the monitors. The *alien* having wifi seems a bit of a stretch though, but hey it 'worked' in independence day right ? ;p
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    Monster train

    The 'bosses get stealth 5' challenge is kicking my ass, pfft.
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    Monster train

    I literally just finished that one in a gargantuan blowout. I agree it's super annoying that the starter cards are effectively unusable ( I got *some* use out of playing orechi top floor by himself so I could guarantee the mix hitting him with reanimates to finish the first boss ). Key to my...
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    Monster train

    I generally only go for card draw with decks I was probably going to win with anyway. I think the deployment phase removed most of the draw value because it adds a huge ember and space sink.
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    Monster train

    I eventually won, but it was mostly due to the relic that removes buffs on entry, so I don't feel great about it - a win's a win though I guess.
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    Monster train

    Ugh, the 'Trigger Happy' dimensional challenge sucks - that's the one where all enemies start with damage shield 2 and you start with the worst champion in the game (prince), backed up by the least synergistic clan ( with prince I mean ) in the game.
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    It was still getting more than 2 mil viewers, so it was arguably popular. I don't know how you manage to lose $40m though, I was honestly surprised that it *cost* more than $40m, let alone that it lost that much. I'm pretty skeptical on the 'it was all Trump!' theory in any case - even if...
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    Summer 2025 Anime Thread

    There's thousands of artists involved in anime, and there's no consistent style or convention across them - that's kind of why this argument shows up, in that people are often thinking of completely different styles which makes them think they people they are arguing with are batshit crazy...
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    Web Serials

    Another couple of recommendations from the last couple of months : Sky Pride This one is a cultivation story with the MC as a crippled kid that survived an assassination attempt and has grown up living in a garbage dump. A bit more thoughtful than the typical quest for true ultimate power™...
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    LitRPG

    I finally got around to trying this one out ( my backlog is endless ! ), and I liked the first two books - be warned though that the first book starts slooooow. Once they actually get into the game it's pretty fun, but it takes like a 100 pages of meandering backstory to get there. Their...
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    Summer 2025 Anime Thread

    Obligatory urobutcher plugs : Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, Psycho Pass Other genre standouts: Made in Abyss, Steins;Gate, Monster, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan, Hunter X Hunter (2021), Frieren, Re:Zero, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Alchemist Diaries, Baccano!, Eminence in Shadow*, Konosuba...
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    Monster train

    There's actually a mod called better random that only randoms out of covenant combos you haven't won with yet.