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  1. Szlia

    Any decent games for the Nintendo DS?

    I will take my contrarian cap and say that FFIII is a terrible game, that The World Ends With You is a hodgepodge of 25 confusing and semi-optional game systems with an unhealthy dose of mystico-emo-pop anime trope on top (though it can't be accused of not being an original game) and that Dragon...
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    E3 2014

    My jaded self says they'll revive some franchise we don't really care about. Make it on Vita to add to the 'whatever' factor... so... my guess... Siphon Filter on Vita wuwuwu! (though I am being a bit unfair because the PS1 Siphon Filters had no shortage of badass moments, but it somehow lost...
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    Tennis

    The WTA seedicide goes on as Larsson beat Pennetta (12th seed), the young slovakian Schmiedlova beat Venus Williams (31st seed) and, last but not least, the young spaniard Muguruza destroyed Serena Williams (1st seed), 6-2 6-2! The world N?1 had trouble serving but also had trouble with the...
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    Retro and New Video Game Picture/Video Thread

    The most critical one is the difference in screen technology. There are post-processing effects that exist to give a CRT look to emulatedgameson LCD screens, but, at a fundamental level, it can never look like a CRT.
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    Tennis

    Seedicide day: Almagro and Haas had to retire (meaning that Nadal's path to the quarter final has no more seed on it), Ace machine Karlovic confirmed his good form (he reached the final of D?sseldorf last week) by ousting Dimitrov in straight sets (and a single tie-break!). Ferrer won...
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Mmmmmmmh....
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    Tennis

    I thought Wawrinka's power could allow him to hit through opponents even in heavy conditions, but it was not really the case today. As Garcia Lopez played a clean match and defended well, a nervous Wawrinka got increasingly frustrated and ended with more than 60 unforced errors: 15 games worth...
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    Tennis

    So Nadal ended up winning Madrid thanks to Nishikori getting injured and retiring. It really took that to stop the japanese youngster who was leading 6-2 4-2 and giving an anti-Nadal masterclass. Rome ended with a classic Djokovic vs Nadal final that the serb won in 3 sets. Maybe Nadal ran out...
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    These western conference games are entirely too late for me to watch, especially since I managed to catch a cold in May... So apparently Ibaka being back did the trick?
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    The biggest wtf is that the scene in the cell with Tyrion was the first scene he shot on his first day on the job! Way to not have an actor friendly planning guys!
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    Soccer 2013-2014

    Having Costa on the pitch was pretty silly, but the guy who shot on target, immediately surrendering possession, when he had a free kick at the 88th minute is also a genius. I watched the match on french TV with Wenger commenting and he was like: *foul by the Real outside the box* "The Real...
  12. Szlia

    Soccer 2013-2014

    So I was the only one who watched the Champions' League final? A tragedy of monumental proportion for the Athletico, the cursed, the eternal losers. 40 years ago, for their first and only other C1 final, they scored first in overtime only to see their opponents draw mere seconds before the end...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Why should you pay a train ticket if your brother, who is at home, has a pass?
  14. Szlia

    Star Wars: Stand Alone Movie (Not Episode 7)

    It has the potential to result in some great movies. The main trilogies movies are forced to be these grand epic adventures where the fate of everything and everyone is in the balance. Stand alone movies can be anything. Anything. The brand is the universe, so you don't even have to do the Jabba...
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    Handheld Molecular Scanner

    Be an old school chemist and use the molecular scanner you store in your mouth!
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Inversely, the production does not want to have to do gymnastics for a guy in a bit part.
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    The 80s kid thread

    Not sure if that's '80s packaging but you get the idea.
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    WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

    The true champions are Switzerland who beat the fake champions Spain fair and square! By the way, how incredibly lame was that that Spain won all four of the knock out matches on the so marvelous score of 1-0?
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    Mad Men

    You're talking about the guy who created his own job in the firm, sensed the wind turning toward TV before anyone else at the company, never got half the respect he deserved and yet still works there!
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Play like shit, lead by 2. Ok. Also it will snow tomorrow: Durant missed two free throws in a row.
  21. Szlia

    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Games at 8:30 east suck. I wanted to take a nap before it and missed the gameWhat was up with that 10-0 Miami run late in the 4th?
  22. Szlia

    Transistor, new game by the creators of Bastion

    I was about to ask if anyone knew the differences between the PS3 and PS4 versions... but there is no PS3 version! I blame suits!
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    E3 2014

    That does not look like Parasite Eve 2... what else would a PE2 be?
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    The specifics of the rotations can be argued, but the cold hard fact is that when you claw back from a 15 points deficit in the 2nd quarter to find yourself with a lead with 4 min left in the third, not being able to keep it close until the end is a bit lame.
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    OKC shoots like crap for most of the quarter, yet it ends with only a three points gap. That's encouraging.
  26. Szlia

    How have you changed in the last decade?

    Are you saying you were not 100% Pure Soy back in EQ? A myth crumbles.
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    Retro and New Video Game Picture/Video Thread

    I don't hit many boxes in your list of grievances: My 'ancient' consoles work fine. The sound from the custom RGB scart cable out of my Turbo Duo is messed up, but the console also has a headphone jack built in so this took care of that. You sometime have to fight a little with NES or...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Maybe he thinks the Mountain will kill Oberyn in a straight battle. A trial by combat seems like a good way to kill an enemy without having to worry about any kind of additional rancor from his family as the deceased willingly took part in the fight.
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    Mad Men

    One of the very best episode of the show because it was 100% about the very core of it: social transition from the '50s and ad making. The episode is also interesting in the way it shows that while there is evolution for women, homosexuals are not in the same wagon just yet.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Bron fighting for Tyrion would have been seriously out of character and he explained it very well to both Tyrion and us.
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Bosh is really surrounded by a bunch of scrubs. No one is there to pick up the slack when he has a bad night!
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Part acting, part costume (no armor), part scene construction (sitting almost hunched) and subject (injured, both physically and morally), but that scene impressed me because the Hound looked frail in it, which is not exactly the word that springs to mind when we think about him.
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    Retro and New Video Game Picture/Video Thread

    I have enough originalgamesto play without starting to play emulatedgames. The only exception would begamesthat are greatly enhanced by two features only available through emulation: increased speed and save state. The best example was playing through the first Dragon Quest at 500% speed!
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    Retro and New Video Game Picture/Video Thread

    I actually bought Neutopia II a couple weeks ago and played through it last week. OK game. Played it on my Turbo Duo too! Thing is not ageing so well sadly. I have a lot of picture signal that is leaking into the sound for some reason. Also, modern LCD TVs just rape theseretrogames. I guess my...
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    The Legend of Conan-2014 Arnold Returns!

    Sometimes films are selected for the competition based on unfinished material and the director and editor have to rush to have a finished product to show at the festival. A cut that, in some cases, will never be shown elsewhere (creating legends of movies reborn or destroyed by the post-Cannes...
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    The Legend of Conan-2014 Arnold Returns!

    Cannes is first and foremost a film market. You have a couple dozen films in the main selections (competition and 'un certain regard'), several screenings of 'out of competition' movies, several restored classics, a couple of selections of a dozen film that take place during the festival but are...
  37. Szlia

    How have you changed in the last decade?

    I have more hair in my ears and nostrils. Less on the top of my head.
  38. Szlia

    The Martian, starring Matt Damon and directed by Ridley Scott

    Body of Lies? Three movies ago.
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Nets should be leading 3-2 but a severe lack of clutch play makes them lose 4-1. Lame.
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    NBA 2013?14 Season

    Aaaaaah some last second ref'ing! That was missing from the drama!