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  1. Runnen

    Metroid Prime 4:Beyond

    I'll receive my copy tomorrow and hopefully I can play it some over the weekend. I'm not worried about the negative reviews, I don't really have expectations, I just want to play some new Metroid. If it ends up pretty mediocre, then hopefully that tells Nintendo they should instead focus on the...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Yes, you create a Timerunner character, who then goes through an accelerated version of the expansion (Legion in this case), where raid lockouts and world bosses are daily instead of weekly, accelerated XP gain rate and bonuses to make it even faster (by the end I had 400% XP bonus + 250% XP...
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    Avatar 3 (2025)

    Speaking of Matrix and moves, we recently watched the first 3 John Wick movies with my 15 year old and it's funny to see Keanu Reeves using a bunch of fighting moves from Matrix in John Wick, I know it's because he's doing actual martial arts but it's just very recognizable on some moves.
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    Avatar 3 (2025)

    We could also have had Sean Connery as Morpheus. I imagine in some other reality they have that version of the Matrix with Will Smith Neo and "Morpheush", probably directed by two girls that then became dudes.
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    Metroid Prime 4:Beyond

    Another random factoid but about Super Metroid... the Spore Spawn boss theme always reminded me of something when I was watching let's plays or speedruns, and I eventually remembered it was a music from Resident Evil 1 ("Wesker is Found" in the RE1 OST). They're so close it's hard not to think...
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    Metroid Prime 4:Beyond

    I would argue Samus Returns (Game Boy Metroid 2 remake on 3DS) and Dread were pretty damn good, but I think this series should return to its 2D roots with 3D graphics. Prime has always been full 3D exploration though so I suppose that won't change.
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    General Gaming News and Discussion

    William Fichtner.
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    Predator: Badlands

    That's a good analysis of the Terminator Salvation situation, yeah. I also think the ending they had originally planned would have made it more memorable, but they chickened out after some early audience reactions. In the released version, John Connor receives a mortal wound near his heart and...
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    Cheated out of my youth

    Yeah but were those shooters wearing Ghostface masks though?
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    Amadeus (1984)

    At least if this ends up being a huge pile of shit, you know Mozart would have loved it.
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    Frankenstein

    In the book, Frankenstein is disgusted and horrified by his own creation pretty much immediately, and flees far from it, leading to the creature wandering in the wild and slowly learning human interactions by observing a family. I haven't seen this movie but I assume that's the reason why they...
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    Frankenstein

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    The Legend of Zelda

    I'm pretty sure Samus has been established as a genetically-modified human infused with Chozo DNA a long time ago, which is how she can use the power suit and morph ball without breaking into a pretzel unlike the poor space pirates who attempt to replicate her tech (data log in Metroid Prime)...
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Sad about Udo Kier's passing, he wasn't a major actor or really the main star of anything I saw him in, but he was one of those actors that gives their all to even small parts. As such, it was often a surprise to suddenly see him in a movie I was watching but always happy to see him.
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    Zoopunk

    That's the sequel to F.I.S.T. Forged In Shadow Torch I assume? Same rabbit character named Ray. The first one was a surprisingly good side-scrolling Metroidvania, looks like tney decided to go full on sandbox with God of War fighting for this one. Might be interesting.
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    Predator: Badlands

    Dude took method acting way too far.
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    Predator: Badlands

    Terminator Salvation is a lot more tolerable if you watch it like it's a Mad Max movie. Most of the runtime is spent in a desert area, lots of dust everywhere, everything makes big billowing black smoke including super high-tech robots, ragged survivors fighting over food and fuel, it's a Mad...
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    The Expanse: Osiris Reborn by Owlcat Games

    Good god, Mass Effect was 18 years ago....
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    What are you playing?

    I've been playing the new Hyrule Warriors : Age of Imprisonment on Switch 2. A brief summary of my experience with the franchise so far : Hyrule Warriors : I didn't like it much, the story felt uninspired, the graphics felt very generic, and the central character was someone we didn't know...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Probably because you logged into a Nightborne, who are inately Exalted with the Nightfallen reputation in Remix and Retail.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I'm at versatility 850 now, should be at 999 within 4 days. If someone still needs a M+ carry for transmogs / title / achiev, let me know here and we can do that if you want. I have a +47 key currently, but if you're only interested in a 30+ for transmogs or 40+ for title (The Infernal), it's...
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    The Legend of Zelda

    Link : "Hah-HYAH! Huh-huh-HYAAAAH!" Director : "Ok Link, now faster, more intense!"
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    Shelby Oaks (2025)

    Same for me, plus then he decided to also stop criticizing anything in movies he reviews because he found out making movies is hard so he didn't want to say anything negative anymore about any movies. That was the nail in the coffin for that channel for me.
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    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    I'm gonna wait and make my own opinion because in my experience, the Metroid Prime games are never appreciated early on because Nintendo rarely goes for the obvious sequel formula of "make same game betterer" and instead goes in bonkers new directions no one asked for. I recall Metroid Prime...
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    Osiris (2025)

    The premise of dumb-grunt aliens abducting humans into a huge industrial setting ship reminds me of the old video game Prey (not the one made by Arkane, the one where you're some native american dude whose girlfriend gets abducted by aliens that came some years prior to that one). Might check...
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    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Here's hoping the new NoA CEO Jimmy Ganondorf is up to the task!
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    The Odyssey (2026)

    I totally misread that.
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    Resident Evil 4 (2023)

    Are you sure you were on Standard difficulty? Cause even my 75 year old dad who plays Xbox was able to beat RE4 Remake repeatedly... and I recall not really having a hard time playing the OG RE4 at the time (and my dad beat that one too!). There's a lot of shooting and action in RE4 compared to...
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    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

    "Aaaachktually!" Rosalina is the Mario equivalent of a Marvel cosmic entity, she's not just blue Peach.
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    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

    Looks good and fun!
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    The LEGO thread - or how to step on bricks in the dark

    Fuck, LEGO knows to hit me right in the OoT!
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The "+50 achievement" is "Putting the Finite in Infinite", Wowhead says you need to reach 999 stacks of Unbound Limits on your Artifact AND complete a timed +50 or above M key, but just the key is enough to get it. I'm currently at 543 stacks / versatility after today's Mythic raids, I should...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    My Blood DK is around 500 versatility as of today and getting around 30 more each day doing Mythic raids, so I should be able to take you or others who need that here through a +40 (for title) or +50 (for achiev) easily enough in a week or two, if you still need it by then. I'm really enjoying...
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    Predator: Badlands

    It's almost like the truth is somewhere between the rabid fanboys / paid shills out there saying it's the best thing since sliced bread and nettripper posting five times a day on this thread about how it's the brainchild of Uwe Boll and Tommy Wiseau. A moderately cautious opinion? In MY Movie...
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    The Thing (1982)

    Yeah, this will be The Thing 2 : The Video Game : The Movie!
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    Predator: Badlands

    Saw it today, it was entertaining and a pretty good entry in the Predator franchise. With a 106 minutes runtime, the film doesn't overstay its welcome and there are only a few scenes without some form of action sequences. The Predator is cool and I wasn't taken aback by the CGI, I thought it...
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    Gen V

    @Mahes I get your point, but I think Cipher is one of the early episodes of S2 says that there's a student with a singularity in his asshole so that explains it -a little-... not how people breathe or live inside it, but it's apparently a black hole basically. I'm sure that was just the joke in...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I think Midnight looks promising, I liked TWW even though most of it is just filler busy-work content (Siren's Isle was particularly lazy, and K'aresh isn't much better, Undermine was okay). It gave me enough time to catch up on all the pent up years of farming / collecting work thanks to...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I just saw the Brawler's Guild is returning in the next patch, that's pretty cool. I wonder why they keep taking it away for years every time.
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    Gen V

    Marie didn't have to channel anything when she exploded Cate's forearm, it was just reflex. She's only channeling when she is trying to do something carefully (like not exploding the goat), and even then it's clear she's holding herself back involuntarily, with the useless hand gestures (per...