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  1. Shmoopy

    Snowden (2016)

    Here's Oliver Stone on O'Reilly Factor. Weird that fairly right-wing (limited government) guys like O'Reilly are totally cool with mass surveillance, but Stone (an admittedly left wing guy) is not. He even kinda throws Obama under the bus in the movie. Anyway, its a pretty interesting interview.
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    Snowden (2016)

    Hmm yeah, I'd take anything the House Intelligence Committee says with a giant boulder of salt. Especially where it concerns government leaks or fuck ups.
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    Snowden (2016)

    Saw this. Pretty decent imho. I program for a living and none of the "hacker scenes" jumped out as being ridiculous. They didn't spend much time on that stuff anyway, which is good. Stone was able to portray the depth of Big Brother surveillance without going into tech jargon. It's better than...
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    The Higher Education Thread: Justify Poor Life Choices

    Yeah, kinda interested in more details on why the government has such a hard on for putting ITT out of business. No articles really go in depth. I work with a lot of people from Full Sail (the entertainment / gaming industry version of ITT) and no complaints. They can do their jobs for the most...
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    Battlefield 1

    Yeah, same here. This was kinda underwhelming after coming out of the TF2 beta. TF is so playable out of the box, even with base guns and no unlocks. IIRC it kinda has always been the case with BF series - guns for most classes suck until you get unlocks. Also, target visibility was never good...
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    The Higher Education Thread: Justify Poor Life Choices

    Whoever makes articles into 20 page slideshows needs higher education in "How to be Hit in The Face With a Baseball Bat, Repeatedly 101". This is one of the most annoying trends ever. :eek:
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    Titan Quest

    Wait, what? Passives are the best. I'll take mostly passives plz. A dozen situational active abilities sucks ...
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    Battlefield 1

    So, finally got into a game on Xbox One, after the endless disconnects and errors. The Titanfall 2 alpha is just so superior in every possible respect I have zero interest in purchasing this. :eek:
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    Master of Orion

    Is it really that bad? Its got a "Mostly Positive" on Steam reviews. 75 Metacritic isn't too bad either for a sort-of niche game. Master of Orion on Steam Although Stellaris does have "Very Positive" on Steam and more reviews. 78 Metacritic. Stellaris on Steam
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    Crowfall

    Have they talked about diminishing returns on CC yet? There's a single class with at least 2 ranged pulls, a ranged snare, and 2 ways to AOE stun / knockdown ... :eek:
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    Titanfall 2

    Just play single player until you get used to it. Takes a while. I did that transition a few years back.
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    Hip-Hop/Rap thread

    Lafear AKA Dirty Black. He says: "If you don't like his music, you a bitch". :eek: The pregnant women in the video makes it 11/10 imho.
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    Titanfall 2

    A bit more on the changes due to feedback on this reddit thread. They are addressing most gripes. Looks like a couple Respawn employees post there too: We’ll be tuning air speed and wall-running speed to be faster. Players should once again accumulate and retain more speed when chaining...
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    Titanfall 2

    + The TTK might be faster maybe because its easier to shoot people now (not running quite so fast). Guns could be adjusted back a slight bit though. The TTK is still much higher than COD or BF (which are near insta-gib). + I'm fine with the movement. You are still more mobile than in BF, COD...
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    Titanfall 2

    Ehh no Attrition? That was the most popular mode by far. :eek:
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    Titanfall 2

    ^ Looks like matchmaking suddenly went a little wonky a few hours ago. It takes a while. Was fast before that ...
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    Titanfall 2

    Tried it out finally. - Set your control scheme to "classic" and the controls feel almost exactly like TF1. - The CAR SMG shoots just like it did before, which quite nice. Out of the box with no unlocks the gun is awesome. I hate it when guns are shit without leveling them for mods unlocks. -...
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    Titanfall 2

    Bleh, because Origin. :( Titanfall 2 for PC Download | Origin Games Was planning on doing this on Xbox One anyway. It does seem weird to release near BF1 though. Personally, I don't remember it being like that. Got to prestige 5 (only game I have ever prestiged in). Creeps kills were...
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    The Metal Thread

    ^ Oh yeah, Nailbomb. That was a side project of Max Cavalera from Sepultura. Album was decent IIRC. Gonna have to go back and listen. Some related obligatory Sepultura in metal thread. If you aren't familiar with Sepultura, listen to all of Beneath the Remains, Arise, and Chaos A.D...
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    Kurt Cobain was murdered (probably).

    Trivia quiz. Did you know this was a cover of the 60's band that did "I'm your Venus, I'm your fire"? :p Maybe one of the best tracks on Bleach. If you were a kid in the 80's you probably remember the Bananrama version on MTV.
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    Kurt Cobain was murdered (probably).

    Kurt cited the Pixies as a huge influence, but I wouldn't consider them in any way lumped in with the "grunge" sound. I guess they are also under the generic "90's alt rock" term, but that also includes Tool, Primus, RATM, etc. Pretty much any rock band that got airplay on 90's alt-rock radio...
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    Kurt Cobain was murdered (probably).

    Went back and listened to their entire discography at work a few months back. Gotta say, I enjoyed Bleach and Incesticide the most. I don't think I appreciated Bleach as much as I should have back in the day.
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    Craig McGregor just replied on Rerolled. THIS IS GREAT

    I LOL-ed way too hard at this. Necro thread from 2003 and some guy named PeanutGalaxy said he "spent $35k on Star Citizen". :p
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    The Synthwave Thread

    SynthWave BestWave. Mainly listening to extreme metal and SynthWave lately. Not sure the connection, if any ...
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    Who's In?

    Assuming they changed the mob HP vs Player Damage ratios from EQ the video game? Otherwise it would take 100+ dice rolls to kill the average level 60 mob and 1000+ dice rolls to kill raid bosses ...
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    Craig McGregor just replied on Rerolled. THIS IS GREAT

    Rerolled gonna be dead soon anyway. :( Also, LMAO whoever is spamming under the "OUAriakas" name. Every single thread over there has the Ferris Bueller "Go Home" video on it now. :p
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    The Synthwave Thread

    The band that did the Stranger Things sountrack must have liked Kavinsky: