Justin Leego

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  1. It's best to read this thread imagining that all posts are being vocalised by Vin Diesel's voice.
  2. Other podcasts

    Yeah, I loved the super techy inside baseball moments when they occurred, but really wanted more well differentiated, expert insight from all four casters when it came to breaking down how and why games worked for them. Still feel that there's the makings of a good cast there, willing to check back in later. I also had a bit of a Nick-Sean-Steve experience with Isometric in finding it difficult to distinguish the voices of two of the hosts (not that I've had the same with the Thumbs, just that it's a classic listener trope). The positive upshot is that it made me consider whether I am actually a massive sexist. Good. Going to give Indoor Kids a spin. One of the recent eps has something to do with "Junior Mints." Wonder if it's the real deal...
  3. General Video Game Deals Thread

    confirmed
  4. Movie/TV recommendations

    Use the short link and just paste it in, thus: Not as slick, but The Other Final is kinda similar to Next Goal Wins. It's about a match played between the world's two worst footie teams, Bhutan and Montserrat, on the day of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.
  5. I Had A Random Thought...

    You get to have all the fun with that setup.
  6. The Ethics of Battlefield: Hardline

    Good point. Perhaps there's something going on in terms of associations made with other forms of more culturally established televisual media? For example, I find myself linking the Payday games to the wild fantasy shootouts of Heat ("this is a work of fiction, no-one is really getting hurt, it's supposed to be over-the-top and impossible, and everything worked out mostly ok in the end"). The tone of Hardline's first trailer reminded me more of a percieved trend in US TV police procedural (and serialised drama in general) towards a pessimistic realism ("this is essentially real life, which, for the purposes of the show, is aggressively selfcentered and futile").
  7. And then there's the question of how much of a channel's generated revenue actually makes its way back to the host. Thematically speaking, excellent timing on behalf of the This Is Phil Fish video.
  8. General Video Game Deals Thread

    Truth be told, I'm pretty much in the same boat, Griddle. I've got ~40 on my wishlist, but my actual mental musthavelist, specific to this summer sale, is for Gone Home at 75% (thank you trading card funds) and that's it.
  9. Other podcasts

    Wasn't she driving a microphone under the influence of (too much) alcohol for that one? I think she came out and said as much afterwards. And lo, there was much armchair analysis that didst follow.
  10. General Video Game Deals Thread

    I can't seem to rid myself of the persistent thought that the last Steam sale saw you purchase a total of 2 games.
  11. Plug your shit

    Get yourself an agent, Rubi!
  12. Far Cry 4: A grenade rolls down everest

    I hope they do female attire cosplay dlc
  13. Life

    All the best in a worst of times, Gormongous. That's hard news. It's ok for your face to discombobulate in these circumstances. Please accept a comforting and steady hand on your shoulder from Idle Thumbs community forums.
  14. Star Wars VII - Open spoilers

    I feel like it's more relevant to the new Avatars than the new Star Wars. Warses. Warii. THE JOKE POLICE HAVE SPOKEN.
  15. Destiny

    Aw, you make it sound so straightforward. Go on go on go on go on
  16. The threat of Watch Dogs

    So it's more stable with the mod, but you have to accept molevision as part of the deal?
  17. Life

    Whoops! You gotta admit, it's pretty easy to confuse the two.
  18. The Ethics of Battlefield: Hardline

    I can appreciate the creative impulse to make a first person shooter about something other than shooting aliens or equally justifiable opposing militant forces in the face, but this iteration feels like a bit more than tone deafness. More of a mist-step. The "glitching out of a penthouse suite window without a parachute" kind? Also it takes ages to actually get anywhere, not all the skyscrapers have the trailerized rooftop views, and at this stage in the beta the lifts are weird. Also I suck at Battlefield Hardline. For me, part of it is the interactive and relentless nature of the cop on criminal deadly violence that drives the genre dead-end home.
  19. Life

    So that's what El Muerte looks like. The avatar lies! To a non-Dutch speaker, you were the least immediately unusual convention-goer. How do you feel about that?
  20. The Nintendo Wii U is Great Thread

    Towel?
  21. Plug your shit

    Tremendous
  22. Life

    Chuffed for you Synth, sounds like it's going to be a great day!
  23. The E3 Retrospectapalooza

    No-one wants to face up to thinking that slaying realistically rendered, gender normative crowds with gibsploding force is a fun thing to do, let alone begin working through the identity trauma that such a realisation could cause on a personal, cultural and international economic scale.