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  1. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    I'm sure she will find some tampons, Gigantor's dilator, and a rainbow flag to hang up at Tommy's village later, too. I laugh at this shit because anyone not cranking out babies is just nailing the coffin shut for the human race, so this whole gay shit would be shelved really fucking quick if...
  2. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Not surprising since the DLC this is based on was Druckmann's personal baby where he finally got to do whatever he wanted without any oversight. Notice the actually interesting parts (Ellie battling hillbillies at the frozen mall) are completely gone and there is even MORE pointless backstory...
  3. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Really. No weapon is more iconic for zombie shooting than a shotgun and from a post apoc standpoint they are among the easiest to maintain and fab ammo for.
  4. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    PS- Hennig did a lot of the core story work on the base game before she got pushed out. The fact that Druckmann retconned the entire ending in the sequel pretty much proves that.
  5. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    There are a number of sources on how it went down, but I think Critical Drinker's video summarizes the whole situation the best I have seen. A lot of dirty laundry got aired during the final run of the production of the second game. Even the super woke voice actors, like Troy Baker, kind of...
  6. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Yeah in the game this was the first thing Druckmann wrote entirely on his own (not rewriting the female rival he drove out of Naughty Dog's material) and it shows. Its MUCH more like the second game than the one it is supposed to be part of and the entire thing is basically done to canonize the...
  7. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    To be fair, the older power plants in small rural towns like that one are much simpler than the more complex modern ones. And with good maintenance, these older ones can last forever. Available raw materials for that maintenance is the biggest concern, particularly lubricants as stated, as...
  8. Phazael

    The Last of Us

  9. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    In theory with an active farming operation, yeah they could fabricate low grade substitutes for lubrication. Two problems remain, however. First, even if you had a locked container of light bulbs from 20 years ago in mint condition, you would never replenish them so wasting them on shit like...
  10. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    In theory they can keep grazing areas or at least grazing hay outside the main walls. They only get fucked if some raider crew decides to burn it to flush them out and have to have armed guards patrolling when harvesting it for their domesticated live stock. Given the had working electricity...
  11. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Its not ideology. Its actual real social science. There have been studies on this shit. You just don't hear about them as much because no one likes the realization that they are not as smart as they believe themselves to be (e.g. Free Will is limited at best) and it basically invalidates...
  12. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    60-80 is the absolute upward ceiling with big brained people. After that you stop knowing who everyone is and trust breaks down, no matter how smart everyone is. You also start running into serious issues with mate selection. So yeah 30-50 is ideal and coincidentally as big as chimp tribes...
  13. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    I get that its a commune which makes sense in context, but I don't see them letting a complete stranger eat and get a horse given that he knows their location and anonymity is a major component of them remaining apart from both FEDRA and the Fireflies. Made more sense in the game because they...
  14. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    My point is that was never in the game. Joel buried that shit and just became more murdery if Ellie was in danger. Its completely new in the show. Its well written and acted, but its not from the source material. If this is just them using the expanded format of TV to add backstory, I can...
  15. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    You can bypass the lift entirely if you want by using an alternate route up, too. Assuming you are too lazy and/or don't wish to bother with the medallions, that is. The Caelid fort one is kind of rough if you are new and try to get it early on. With very few exceptions, there is usually more...
  16. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    The super commie perfect town shit was a bit eye rolling. That change from the game was just pure wokism. In the game, they are just some people trying to get a hydrodam going again and Joel helps them repel some raiders. Ok they hook him up with one of the raider horses, makes sense. In...
  17. Phazael

    Atomic Heart

    Very entertaining game thus far. Good pacing and if you liked Bioshock at all, this game is made for you. Aiming is somewhat janky on console, but you can tweak the controls considerably and even crank up the aim assist. Visually, its fucking incredible both in design and execution. Music is...
  18. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    On topic, I think Gavin is actually giving the best advice here. She sounds nice and you seem to give a shit about her. Honesty is the best course here and let the chips fall where they may.
  19. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    This is the German way. No history of divorce in my entire family. Someone has to die. Those are the fucking rules. And I honestly don't care if its me at this point, reading this thread and seeing what the dating world is like.
  20. Phazael

    Blood Bowl 3

    Games Worshop legal cease and desist orders is how. They literally attacked the entire community that had been keeping the game alive out of the blue the minute they wanted to wrangle some money out of the IP again. The history is back a ways in the BB thread, but essentially a fan community...
  21. Phazael

    Blood Bowl 3

    Cyanide as a developer, the new shitball money grabbing GW rules, and microtransactions are what happened. I still play BB2 from time to time, but the last LRB or the first edition post them killing FUMBL will be the only version I play or recognize. The state of the game in tabletop is...
  22. Phazael

    Blood Bowl 3

    I am out for the simple reason that its using the new GW BB rules which are complete shit on every level.
  23. Phazael

    Atomic Heart

    I have a new consumer principle that my wife and I have been following. If it pisses off the right people, we buy it. So far, it has been working great. My wife is enjoying Hogwarts Legacy and I am digging this game so far. The SJW crowd is so far up their own asses that literally all you...
  24. Phazael

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Wife is really into the game. Funniest thing to come out of this so far was the Girlfriend reviews people being thrown under the bus by their fellow wokesters. Then the girl (Shelby I think) goes on a side rant about how the goblin thing makes her mad as a Jew and how the game is "aggresively...
  25. Phazael

    DC Universe (Batman vs Superman thread).

    You are probably absolutely right. But I reject the idea that every movie or story has to lead to another installment to be of any entertainment value.
  26. Phazael

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Yeah my company is sniffing around on this for the fourth time in a year. I told them the day they hired me there was zero fucking way I was going to drive 90 minutes across town to sit in a shitty cube with an eye bleeder monitor while users come fuck with me all day. I was going to turn down...
  27. Phazael

    DC Universe (Batman vs Superman thread).

    Power Girl is best version of Supergirl. Also, I can't stand Ezra but I really liked the Snyder cut of JL so I may give this a try. If this bombs I wonder if WB goes completely tits up before Gunn even gets his plan off the ground. That would be the ultimate irony after how Cavil got done dirty.
  28. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Also as entertaining as the game was, it was basically a track meet. Very little effective Defense was played on either side, which is why one fumble decided the entire game.
  29. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    I watched five games a year a week and never saw anything like that sequence. But the other take on all of that is that the Eagles clock management was Mike McCarthy levels of bad. They were constantly riding the delay of game boundary (something else that needs addressing by the rules...
  30. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    If they want consistency in that substitution shit, then they need to make it so the ref gives a signal for when its ok to snap and assess a 5 yarder if they snap prior. But to someone elses point, the gaming of the challenge system needs to be dealt with as well. I didn't think there could...
  31. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    I watch a lot of Joggerball, even the terrible thursday night games. I have NEVER seen something like that play out. As for the holding, yeah I get it big money QB who is hobbling the refs are not going to call much holding, but there was some clear tackle from the back shit that really needed...
  32. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    PS- The phantom TD run by Rape Ape Rothlesburger remains the worst call by officials in SB history.
  33. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    I really did not have a dog in the fight on this, but the fucking constant ball gargling of Mahomes by everyone and lopsided officiating actually had me pulling for the Eagles by the end. And the officiating was bad in that game. They had been letting shit go like that all fucking night, but...
  34. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    Here is that whole Bill sequence as it originally played out. A lot of character arc material got cut out so they could make Brokeback Zombros.
  35. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    My biggest issue with the Gay Ron Swanson episode was actually not the gayness. In the original game, the entire encounter with Bill set the tone in a lot of ways. And Frank's suicide was more of a shock that impacted everyone. In their efforts to win awards with their stunning brave bear...
  36. Phazael

    What are you playing?

    Elden Ring for the fifth time....... Had just beaten GOW Ragnorok and Tactics Ogre before that. Elden Ring has spoiled me for all othe games, gameplay wise, and GOW for story. And once you play Tactics Ogre, there basically is not another tactics RPG worth playing.
  37. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    I think you could credibly put Goff in that mix, as well. Goff had a rough patch in there, but Detroit was fucking ridiculously good on offense for most of the season.
  38. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Anyone old enough to have been around during the Marvin Lewis days when they would usually flub playoff games due to bone headed personal foul calls remembers enough to hate the Bungles. Plus it takes a shit fanbase to generate real hatred. Cinci fans got nothing on Boston area sports fans...
  39. Phazael

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    First Failure? Fallout 76 ring any bells? I am out. Not buying a new computer or an XBox just to beta test their shitty buggygame, now with wokeness. Making it XBox console exclusive removed any interest in this game for me.
  40. Phazael

    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    Vikings have pretty much followed this pattern every year for a while now. Look good early, back into the playoffs, then lose to the first real team they have to play. Plus for whatever reason, the Giants seem to have the NFCN's number and have forever. Nothing about that game even remotely...