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    Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian's new CRPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate

    If you liked the main game, I'd say yes, there's some 20 or so hours of gameplay in the expansions, depending on difficulty etc. a decent storyline and high level boss fights.
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    Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian's new CRPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate

    The second expansion was a pretty decent follow up to the first part, an ok continuation of the story, some challenging fights for high levels etc. but overall the game doesn't really make me want to play it several times, unlike the infinity engine games. although there are plenty of...
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    Shadowrun Returns

    Finished the Hong Kong follow-up campaign, overall still felt a bit "meh", not on the level of dragonfall in terms of characters, writing etc. basically a few extra quests and tying up some lose ends. most of the characters (NPCs etc) just seem annoying, aside from maybe Racter and Gaishu.
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    Your 2016 Gaming Hype List

    PC: Necropolis Tides of Numenera POE: The White March 2 Battleborn Deus Ex Doom
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    The Documentary Thread

    The wolfpack (2015) was a pretty interesting watch. A father who basically keeps his family locked in a new york apartment, until some of his 6 sons start growing up and needing to explore the outside world, which they've more or less only experienced via watching tons of movies.
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    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

    Yes... and then he dropped it at the sky city and made a green one. Well, I guess it's possible that maz kanata found it somehow from there, but why not the green one he made for himself?
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    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

    Decent film, but quite underwhelming considering all the praise and rave online. A bit too many throwbacks, another deathstar plot, another droid with vital information. Felt a bit like that there was no real point to all the previous movies. The empire never really went away, and now the...
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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    Dr. Venter is at it again, now predicting how you will look and sound based on your genome.
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    Your games of the year!

    Fallout 4 and Shadowrun hong kong for me.
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    Fallout 4

    It's not necessarily about hiring more writers and designers. I don't think obsidian had many more writers than Bethesda, but they showed that if you have competent people who really care about a product, you can push out much more compelling storylines and game-mechanics, which is why New Vegas...
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    Fallout 4

    So has there been any talk of whether Obsidian is gonna try to make a more proper version of this game?
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    Fallout 4

    Not sure I'm liking the storyline too much so far. Does Bethesda have some kind of fallout world father-son relationship theme going on?
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    The Video Thread

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    The Astronomy Thread

    They are coming, tearing through the weak points of the tapestry... Scientists see something shooting out of a black hole for the first time
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    Crimson Peak - Guillermo del Toro's return to horror

    Reviews are starting to come in, so far seems like a pretty lukewarm reception. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crimson_peak/
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    The Video Thread

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    The Video Thread

    a match made in heaven
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    The Video Thread

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    Shadowrun Returns

    Hong Kong was a solid game, but the story narrative seemed to rely a bit too much on just rehashing elements that worked for dragonfall. old man having started something a long time ago with which he has grievances etc. also the text in the game could have used some editing to shorten it down.
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    Shadowrun Returns

    A pretty good effort so far, and they definitely made decking more interesting. In some ways the story does feel a bit more rail-roaded than dragonfall, at least so far in the beginning. otherwise, solid. never had any problems with bugs in these games.
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    The Video Thread

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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    There are always possibilities for error, whether it is an enzyme putting nucleic acids in a certain order, or a person standing by a conveyor belt assessing product quality. It's because it's all chemistry in the end, nanobots too. They might decrease error in DNA replication, but not...
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    All Stephen King Books

    yeah, it never feels like there's much danger for the main characters. any problems that arise are almost immediately resolved. he props up the villains as cunning and dangerous, but at the same time humanizes them and has them mostly just bumbling around.
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    All Stephen King Books

    Decided to pick up doctor sleep, my first since the dark tower books. pretty disappointing as a sequel to the shining, which was very enjoyable. the modern stephen king seems so different to the stephen king of old.
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    Reddit is on fire

    some of the subreddits are reopening, like r/pics and r/science
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    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    yeah, feels like a pretty unnecessary interlude in the baldur's gate story. maybe it's time for a new series in the forgotten realms. The Huzuz trilogy!
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    Jurassic Park 4

    went in not expecting anything special, and was not surprised. even though people on the internet have been praising it in general. in the end, the original did everything interesting with dinosaurs, the sequels have been nothing but pale cashgrabs riding on its coat tails. sure, it tried some...
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    Stephen King's The Dark Tower

    insomnia, the stand, the shining are examples of decent endings. he can do good endings, but unfortunately the dark tower wasn't one of those occasions. the story just felt like it fell apart at song of susannah.
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    The Video Thread

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    Stephen King's The Dark Tower

    I think wolves of the calla was still fairly decent, but after that the books went downhill fast. if the author basically apologizes for the ending in advance, that seems to me as a huge red flag, indicating he wasn't happy with what he wrote but didn't want to bother to change it. the whole...
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    Stephen King's The Dark Tower

    Yes he was Marten Broadcloak and the man in black too. But not the crimson king.
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    Stephen King's The Dark Tower

    Yeah they were revised after the last book. I wonder if they'll make a movie of the last book, and if they'll have king playing himself, and if he'll also apologize for the ending just before it ends, as in the book.
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    Fallout 4

    True, looks basically like New Vegas with some enhanced graphics mod. Also seems like civilization is taking hold more and more. Less apocalyptic wasteland and more steampunk dystopia or something.
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    The X-Files

    yeah the ending of the series felt pretty lacklustre.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    as I remember casino royale had some pretty decent stunts/fight choreography.
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    The Astronomy Thread

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    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    Good movie overall, although the ending felt kind of lackluster. interesting thing about "the endless salt" or whatever, that supposedly stretches on forever. would that mean that the oceans have somehow evaporated or greatly diminished.