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I beat Mega Man 2, 3, X, X2 and Legends. I also backed the hell out of this. It's at $1.5m already, so I think those console parts are pretty likely to happen.

Yeah, 2025 definitely has online stuff. Not to mention a fairly ridiculous amount of new features, like different player classes and stuff. I'm stooooked. I'm gonna play it TOMORROW, and probably write about it ASAP, so expect a preview of sorts from me within the next few days.

Does the 360 version of Insect Armageddon have online co-op? That's one thing that 2017 didn't have that I wish it did.

Hmmm. Perhaps I should give it another chance.

You're the first person I've ever heard say they like Insect Armageddon. I thought it was pretty universally considered a way crappier game than 2017.

Agreeeeed.

Oh man, you should go in there sometime for sure. I doubt it is long for this world, and it is a seriously awesome place. They have some great games from the golden age of arcades, (Street Fighter 2 and 3, Raiden, 1942, that sort of thing) and the atmosphere of the place is exactly how an arcade should feel. Seedy, kind of gross, but unique and exciting and awesome.

I'm arriving Friday at noonish, so early Friday probably won't work for me. This is like a week away, so someone should just pick a time and place. Make the executive decision.

I wrote a thing about arcades, for the Australian site Unwinnable. http://www.unwinnable.com/2013/08/22/the-arcade-and-what-we-stand-to-lose-along-with-it/

This is pretty off-topic, but the distinction between hip-hop and rap is actually super simple. Hip-hop is made up of "four elements," of which rapping (ie. emceeing) is one. The other three are DJing, break dancing and graffiti writing. Thus, all rap is a form of hip-hop, but not all hip-hop is rap. To quote the wikipedia article on hip-hop, which actually puts it pretty succintly: "[Hip hop] is characterized by four distinct elements, all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap music (aural),turntablism or "DJing" (aural), breaking (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Despite their contrasting methods of execution, they find unity in their common association to the poverty and violence underlying the historical context that birthed the culture."

On the one hand, good riddance, because GFWL totally sucks. On the other hand, this is going to be a huuuuuge pain in the ass for developers with games that use it. I hope I'll still be able to play Dark Souls...

I think pretty much everyone turns it off. It's an eyesore most of the time, and it's a huge pain in the ass to try to hold the thing at just the right angle for it to not look like shit.

This. This is why I like this book, and a lot of other Hemingway stuff. It's such a deadpan presentation of the realities of the time. Not deadpan in the way it's written - the prose is quite beautiful at times - but deadpan in the way the narrative itself unfolds. There's no great revelations, no boys becoming men, no sudden changes of heart, and certainly no happy endings. It feels like a look into people's lives in a far more believable (and maybe cynical) way than a lot of other stuff I've read.

I'll be there all four days as well, though I'm leaving Monday afternoon, so I'll miss the last few hours. Let's get a thumbs meet together, shall we?

Gonna be checking this out at PAX for sure. I think I have a media appointment for this one. Should be cool!

I've become super disenchanted with New Leaf. I played about two weeks worth, did a couple house upgrades, built one of the public works projects, that sort of thing. Now it just sort of seems like a grind to the next Bells milestone. Next house expansion, next public works completion, whatever. The gameplay loop has become: go to island, fill box, come home, sell all that crap at Re-tail, dump all that money into house loan/public works donation box, rinse, repeat. Am I missing something, or is this really it?

Man, people who think fighting games need to be more accessible are the biggest weirdos. I don't get it at all. Fighting games are so accessible if you're a player who has no idea what they're doing, and you're playing against someone else in the same boat. The two of you can literally just mash buttons and watch cool moves happen, and maybe figure out a couple specials and spam them at each other. It's great fun. Why do you even care that there's super hard combos that you can't even begin to execute? Does the fact that a formula 1 driver can apex a corner like Jesus make you hate driving your Corolla? There's no reason the inclusion of an incredibly high execution challenge/skill ceiling should ruin your enjoyment of entry level play.

Making a game about man boobs sounds hilarious. You better post a link when it's done.

This seems silly to me. The whole advantage of the internet is that - unless you are a famous person like Fish - you can choose who you interact with. You can form communities with the people you want to associate with, without anyone telling you when or where. For an excellent example of how one of these communities can turn out to be a great place where mostly-like-minded people can hang out and have intelligent discourse about a variety of things, you may want to check out this cool forum here.

You forgot to mention...it's free to play! Yaaaaaay!

As promised: http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/16388/article/tangiers-a-thief-inspired-surrealist-stealth-game-is-currently-on-kickstarter/

Wait, who the fuck are those guys in the Game Grumps video? I watched the original Game Grumps videos when they started that channel, and their names were Jon and Aaron. That guy is named Dave? I am confused.

When did I say not to buy things and enjoy them? I just said don't define yourself based on the things you buy and enjoy.

Who you are is not what you buy. As a wise man once said, "you're not your fucking khakis."

I think a lot of people just take issue with people defining their identities based on the media they purchase and consume.