SecretAsianMan
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I've lately felt like watching Stargate again so I've been re-re-re-rewatching the series (both SG-1 and Atlantis) on Amazon Prime Video. It's schlocky, cheesy, goofy, and dated, but damned if I don't love it anyway. I really wish that Stargate MMO came out. I imagine I'd still be playing it to this day.
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15 hours ago, SgtWhistlebotom said:Beastcast listeners correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dan replay RDR just before RDR2 in anticipation of its release? I think this is part of what the disappointment is based on.
I believe this was the case. Either him or Abby.
I finally finished Most Disappointing. I was surprised at how much I found myself agreeing with Dan (that just leaves a bad taste in my mouth). I haven't played RDR2 and never plan to but I feel like I'd share his annoyances. I'm rather like Jeff in that I don't have any fondness for RDR but having seen enough Rockstar gameplay I think Dan's got some good points. I thought Brad was very reasonable at first but he definitely started to dig his heels in too much at the end (Alex as well to a degree), especially considering Dan managed to turn several people over to his side. I totally agree with Jeff's sentiment that it made for a much more interesting discussion than if everyone just agreed from the start. Look at the complete lack of discussion for Sea of Thieves. Everyone pretty much agreed it was the winner from the beginning so it wasn't talked about at all. Hearing them hash out RDR and Fallout 76 was way more entertaining.
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On 1/31/2019 at 10:30 PM, twmac said:I was referring specifically to the discussion related to making RDR2 being 'most disappointing'
I've just started that part and from what everyone has said about it so far I'm not sure if I should be dreading it or looking forward to it.
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I can appreciate that. I do like that The Orville is trying to appeal to the classic Trek aesthetic and not going for "gritty realism". I find some of their ideas clever and I even like that many of the situations don't resolve cleanly. I'm not very into the characters though (except maybe for one who seems to have left the show) which makes it hard for me to feel invested.
It sounds like I might hate Discovery based on what I've heard.
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Abby was never going to be happy with the final outcome. She's in a similar position to Austin and Patrick before her. She favors the less mainstream games which just aren't going to make the final cut most of the time. Not that the rest ignore these games but the number of "games that no one else has played but me" is probably higher with Abby than anyone else on the crew.
It's also why I dislike GOTY lists. GOTY discussions are fine, great in fact, but lists are terrible.
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14 hours ago, Roderick said:Friends of mine fall squarely in this category: they hate what they know of Discovery (though they're not watching) and are projecting everything that they like about Star Trek [TNG] on The Orville. Since I haven't watched that last one apart from the first two episodes (which were fine), I can't say definitively whether it's one way or the other. Guess it depends on how much rancor you have about Star Trek being a little more flashy and violent nowadays.
But have I mentioned they were talking about the prime directive for a full-length conversation scene yet?
I've long accepted that the more solemn, dignified Star Trek of yore is gone to make way for lens flares and dramatic chase sequences. My main beef with The Orville is it's suffering an identity crisis. I can't tell what the show's trying to do. It wants to be everything while simultaneously doing and saying nothing. Some parts of it are refreshing such as showing the crew having actual lives outside the bridge or talking more like actual people instead of an academic conference. But at the same time you get episodes where a virus infects the ship via a porn download while they're trying to save the last survivors of a planet before their sun explodes. It's a very strange juxtaposition.
7 hours ago, Ben X said:I'll tell you something I learned a long time ago: other people are idiots.
I can find no fault in your logic.
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I just want some kind of closure. Although if an actual HL3 game came out, it would have to be such a different beast compared to the previous entries in order to not feel extremely dated and clunky. Which would be great but it seems unlikely.
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The main reason I'm still watching The Orville is because I'm trying to figure out why other people seem to like it. It's one of those low critic, high public score shows. I've seen several pieces talking about how people think The Orville is better Trek than Discovery. Having not seen Discovery yet I can't make the comparison myself but it makes me wonder if either I'm missing something about The Orville or if Discovery is really that bad.
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I've been watching The Orville season 2 and I'm not sure how I feel about this show. I liked the first season enough but it's really all over the place. It's not very funny, it's not very serious, and it's there no real message, story, or focus of any kind. I felt like the first season had a lot of "everyman" Star Trek in it but now that definition makes the show feel very undefined. It's got all the trappings of Trek without any of the merit. The moments that are meant to be poignant don't feel earned and are rather awkward when paired with the attempts at humor. I don't want to dump too much on the show and am legitimately trying to give it a chance and look beyond it's pedigree but man it's hard.
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I haven't gotten to most disappointing yet (I'm about halfway through hottest mess) but hearing Brad's discussion of RDR thus far it does seem like he's being excessively argumentative. Alex also seems to share his enthusiasm for the game but at least he's open minded enough to be willing to hear and acknowledge everyone else's opinions.
Also Alex calling Fallout 76 the French waiter of video games made me laugh entirely too hard.
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I finished The Messenger today. I was watching the run from AGDQ and they mentioned that it was free with Twitch Prime so I picked it up. It's a 2D platformer that starts very reminiscent of NES Ninja Gaiden but then later turns into a Metroidvania. It's pretty fun, although the back half of the game has way too much required backtracking. There's a few portals that let you quick travel but they're spaced pretty far apart so you still need to cover a lot of ground. There's a lot of meta humor that frankly got old quick. I have a couple of nitpicks with the movement and controls but I eventually got used to them. The music is absolutely fantastic, definitely a highlight of the game. I liked it overall, though I suspect many people will find the first half more fun than the second.
A couple of my favorite tracks
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21 hours ago, twmac said:Also, to add I threw in about 260 dollars on the original kickstarter, but wasn't a patreaon supporter due to not having a regualr job/income at that time. If the Thumbs did come back, and I get the job I am hoping for - I will definitely be backing them, even if it is only 5 dollars.
They haven't charged for the Patreon since the hiatus started and don't plan to until they can figure out how to produce content again. They even refunded last month when they forgot to waive the charge. You could back them now for essentially zero dollars and get informed of any updates posted on Patreon. I'm sure they'll say something before they start charging again.
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The Super Metroid run this year was reverse boss order and it's really intense. A big chunk of the run is done without having the needed suits so Samus is constantly taking damage just from the environment. There are multiple points in the route where the runner uses the crystal flash technique to restore his health, all of which are intended.
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I've started watching the VODs. I admit my enthusiasm for this event has waned over the years but its still fun to watch. So far the Dead Cells race is a highlight. It's really confusing if you aren't familiar with the game and probably still is even if you are but it's fast paced and very energetic.
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I've had an urge to watch some Trek lately so I've been dipping into random TNG and Voyager episodes. Still good in case anyone was wondering.
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Another movie I just remembered I watched, The Incredibles 2. It was pretty good, though I like the first one more. There's a lot of lingering plot details that either never get resolved or fleshed out enough to feel relevant but I read that this was due to the release dates of it and Toy Story 4 being swapped.
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1 hour ago, Roderick said:What makes the Mission so Impossible is that in every single movie, Hunt gets disowned, and it keeps happening, and it will keep happening.
And then solves it with an elaborate unnecessary stunt and some kind of cosplay.
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On 12/21/2018 at 8:18 AM, Merus said:I have no idea where any trackers are
I did end up looking up a guide for where chests are, which ended up unblocking me because the Magic Mirror had been popped into the small room next to Misery Mire that I'd thought was part of the dungeon and ignored.
The big thing I need to learn for Keysanity is how many keys you need to finish a dungeon. A lot of my dips into dungeons were stymied by not having enough keys to finish it even though I expected to, including a real painful Ice Palace run. Because you do sometimes need to go into dungeons you can't finish, it's not an automatic thing, but it's a piece of information I need to keep in mind.
The one I recommend is EmoTracker if you're interested. It includes a package for Keysanity that has dungeon key counts.
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I forgot that I also watched Mission Impossible Fallout. I don't get why people liked this movie so much. I think it was ok, but it's the same movie that the last 2 have been with some slightly different characters. Those weren't bad movies either (I actually liked 4) but at this point I can barely tell them apart.
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I watched a bunch of movies recently on a trip to/from China.
Deadpool 2 - more of the same but less so. I liked the first one but this just felt meh
Venom - not bad for a B-movie, very bad for an actual blockbuster
Ocean's 8 - I liked 11, 12, and 13 (well parts of 12) but wasn't into this. The all lady cast was fine but the story lacked any of the pizazz and charm
Ant-Man and the Wasp - As someone who thought that Ant-Man was just ok, this didn't seem any better
Ready Player One - oh god this was dumb. Lots of nerd candy in the visuals and references but almost no real characters or story to speak of.
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I recently watched Venom during a flight back from China and I think it's not terrible... IF you view it as a B-movie. It's got all the trappings of one: nonsense plot, shallow villain, terrible acting (though Tom Hardy was pretty good), bad dialog, etc. I'd put it on par with other cheesy sci-fi flicks but as a tent pole major motion picture yeah it's bad.
Relatedly, I also watched Deadpool 2 on the same flight. I liked the first one and this was mostly more of the same but much less satisfying I think.
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Did you use a tracker for your Keysanity run? I'd be really intimidated to try one without a tracker, I've become so reliant on the thing even during normal rando.
I've yet to try Keysanity as I want to get more familiar with the base randomizer before dipping into the variants. I've watched several Keysanity runs though and they do look interesting. I think I've only had one pedestal required run so far. If I remember correctly it had my boots which I needed to get the Fire Rod from lumberjack tree which meant I also had to beat Aga1. That was a painful run.
The Bow is required for Eastern Palace and Palace of Darkness. It is possible to beat the game without using Silver Arrows but the logic will never make this a requirement if you're playing No Major Glitches (I think anyway). I know the theory of how to do silverless but I've never attempted it. I think I've only ever gotten silvers before bow once and I've done about a dozen runs so far. There's only a handful of dark world chests that can be opened without the Moon Pearl and getting dark world access in the first place requires at a minimum the Power Gloves plus some combination of Titan's Mitts, Flute, Magic Hammer, Flippers, and/or Hookshot (unless you beat the first Agahnim fight which most people try to avoid if at all possible since it's very little reward for such a big time sink).
I think part of what I'm loving about ALTTPR is that it turns a very linear Zelda into a Metroidvania.
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Does six degrees of Kevin Bacon still work? If not, who's the new Kevin Bacon?
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I hear ya. I think there's some entertaining moments in the film but I found myself questioning everything FAR more than I have in any other Marvel movie to date.