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I hope he feels better soon! Animals are pretty bad at not eating things they shouldn't eat, huh?
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lolololololol
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Veronica is both the best character and clearly the best actress on the show. I hope this show is just fuckin' buck wild in conclusion. here's the theory i drew up from like episode one and while i know there's virtually no chance this is correct I'm praying for a reveal of:
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Middle-Earth: Shadow of Waldo
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Update - thus far they seem to have kept with the Story of Seasons decision to get rid of elaborate mining which I could not be happier about. I like that starting the game you can pick what perk you want (start with more money, start with more stamina, etc.) it lets you customize your start a little based off of play style. I'm excited to get further in. I am only on day like 6 in the spring. I really like that the job board is back and expanded so that you can have more to do, especially early on when you don't have enough farming to do quite yet.
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Harvest Moon is a name owned by a publisher. That publisher no longer has the publishing rights to the games that were historically developed by the Harvest Moon developer. That publisher has a different developer that they are using to sell games under the name Harvest Moon. The developer of the historically 'Harvest Moon' games are now published under the name Story of Seasons.
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i give it a scrolltroll/10
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Important If True 4: A Thousand Dormant Machines
jennegatron replied to Jake's topic in Important If True Episodes
Just opened the Rock-Afire Explosion wikipedia page and it includes this superb quote "Looney Bird shares Billy Bob's stage, as they are supposedly close friends." I love the idea that someone out there doesn't believe that they're actually friends. -
A new Story of Seasons game came out last week (Trio of Towns) and none of you fools told me. I bought it last night and I am working through the tutorial. I will report back with thoughts.
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I try to use the Netflix star rating system in my life where it's 1 star - hated it 2 stars - didn't like it 3 stars - liked it 4 stars - really liked it 5 stars - loved it I try to avoid using half stars, but I will use 2.5 to reflect something I'm truly neutral on.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: open your eyes and die a lot
jennegatron replied to eRonin's topic in Video Gaming
I'm totally with your wife on this one. Combat in games, specifically combat that occurs in real time - even in its most benign forms, like Mario jumpin' on Goomba heads, makes me super anxious and I tend to not play those games -
TIMMY AND TOMMYYYYYY what a couple cute idiots.
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I will likely come back to write something more later about this, but I thought this game was truly exceptional. I loved it the way I wanted to love Oxenfree (which I liked, but didn't love even though I wanted to so bad.) The heart with which it sees the crumbling of the American dream in Rust Belt towns especially by corporate greed and globalization hit me hard as a product of the Midwest. Loved it. I give it 10/10 drinking too many beers at a party and vomiting.
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GDC 2017 Meetup (Update: 2018 info within!!)
jennegatron replied to coughlinjon's topic in Idle Banter
My boyfriend's mom came into town on short notice so I think I'm bringing him and her both tomorrow? #IdleMoms -
Official Giant Bomb Thread Mostly for Complaining About Dan
jennegatron replied to tegan's topic in Idle Banter
Approaching something from the vantage point of being a white man in America with a steady income and a formal education (like the GB guys) is a political vantage point that will be inherently colored by the experiences of the creator. Everyone brings the baggage of their life to the table. Coming from the dominant/majority group is still a political stance, and that will permeate anything created by that person. It just so happens that because this person's experiences fall in line with the dominant narrative, it is seen as apolitical, when really it is in fact political - it is just doing nothing to challenge the status quo. (I don't think that everything necessarily needs to challenge that status quo, but I want to acknowledge that its political nature is largely invisible due to the fact that it doesn't challenge it.) I think it's too easy to conflate 'political' with 'dealing with political bodies or policy.' I primarily mean things like race & gender & sexuality & able-bodiedness etc aka identity politics or social politics. I agree, not everything needs to tie back to Trump, and those connections become tiring. However, those aren't the political conversations I'm interested in talking about here. Talking about why the 'bad guys' are PoC when no one else a game is - that's still a political conversation. Not every piece of writing or every podcast needs to grapple with heavier subjects, but there is politics baked into virtually everything we create because it's baked into the assumptions we make about the world, and about the people around us. -
amazon aws is down so imgur is affected
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Official Giant Bomb Thread Mostly for Complaining About Dan
jennegatron replied to tegan's topic in Idle Banter
I get what you're saying, but I would just like to point out that the content of the show(s) may be apolitical, but the choice to not talk about political topics is not apolitical. Seeing something as apolitical is usually because it is holding up and reinforcing a status quo. I can understand why that constant angle of media being intentionally analyzed for political content can be exhausting, and I understand the impulse to escape under the weight of that by listening to shows that don't have explicit political content. GB's opinions, just like anyone's, are never going to be apolitical because they are coming from people and those people approach and talk by being informed their experiences (mostly as white straight dudes) and lenses of varying academic/intellectual attributes. Not talking about white protagonists of games (for example) is a passive choice, but a choice none the less. Leaving that political topic unanalyzed may be apolitical content, but apolitical content does not make it an apolitical choice. (I'm using political here to mean social politics rather than actual governmental policy.) I would never begrudge someone the escapism of non-politically interested media. I consume lots of media that doesn't explicitly have political conversations, but I think it's worthwhile to remember that that's a choice we're making - a choice to consume media that isn't having explicit political content, and instead that the audeince is passively accepting a hosts/creators defined status quo. As an audience and as hosts, I think it's helpful to just talk about what assumptions we're making about a topic and at least acknowledge them, even if there isn't any interest or attempt at analyzing why that is. I hope this makes sense. I'm glad you enjoy GB darthbator. I'm glad there are some shows still that serve your needs - namely a video game show that doesn't have explicit political conversations. I just think it's worthwhile to think about the politics of those choices, even if you behave the same way after going through the mental work of thinking about it. I think that work is the actual important part. -
My favorite 30 for 30 documentary is "The U" primarily because of this video
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Also from the crystal kingdom
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#TwentySerpentine. My heart was pounding leading up to the end of this episode. I had a moment of realization at the point in the episode when fuck i love this show.
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Important If True 2: Fight Garbage With Garbage
jennegatron replied to Jake's topic in Important If True Episodes
yessss crazy ex-girlfriend is so fucking good. -
You can try some vpn nonsense I guess, but Seeso is US only - owned by NBC. I am sure torrents of it will float around also. I would also recommend tweeting as Seeso to let them know that you're interested in watching it outside the US.
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Yeah, all 6 episodes are up on Seeso right now.
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I just watched the ghoul busting episode and holy fuck it's so good. I love these boys so much.
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I'm loving this. I played probably 90 mins last night and am thoroughly charmed. I got to play a slice of this at Day of the Devs back in 2015 and have been so excited ever since. It is so funny and sharp.