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Off Topic / If you were marrying Kratos. Would you opt for a prenuptial agreement?

« on: November 20, 2024, 03:12:12 am »

He is the primary provider and also fathered Atreus solo. The courts may also take into account that he climbed Mt Olympus barefoot and slayed hades. Which makes his work ethic higher than yours. Courts will side with him in matters of child welfare. He most likely will take your home either judicially like adults. Or by force.   Prenup protects this.


However.


If you sign a prenup. You can't push to aquire his 3 headed dragon, his axe that uses powers of greek gods coursing through pulsing blue energy pockets to always return when thrown through demi god immortal skull and of course his ragnorokian armor plates made of endangered pelts of arctic beasts he slayed years prior. Which he may or may not retain depending on if you decide to blackmail him with a domestic violence angle. As he has attacked maybe 50,000 people before. Judges side with this.  (Please note Kratos never layed a hand on you. He was a dignified gentlemen) f you play the long game. And photograph instances when atreus was in danger. Which isnt hard to do. And dont sign a prenup. Kratos may face his most dreaded boss yet.  Divorce court litigator.  But thats what we call in the private sector. "Mud ball" and babe ruth never did play that way.

Courts will grant you a permenent restraining order if he does decide to get boisterous. And will consider him a flight risk.

Id sign the nup. I dont know the man so close as yall do.

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Off Topic / Re: What TV/Netflix show are you currently watching? (Megathread)

« on: November 19, 2024, 11:04:41 am »

Started monsters a series on the Menendez Brothers. If you have curiosity on them. It's a brutal but entertaining watch. It takes liberties but overall it paints two sides of the story.  Does a vivid job in painting them as evil.  Then immediately twists it to be about the sad underbelly underneath. Dark enough it made me cry.


Overall. Reccomended. Its deep. And has ignited feelings none of the other true crime docs have.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Resident Evil vs Silent Hill vs Luigis Mansion vs TLOU (you can only keep one)

« on: November 19, 2024, 10:51:44 am »

Resident Evil, no question. I'm not a fan of all the games in the series, but I'd say 80% of them I either really enjoy or I absolutely love them.


I enjoy Silent Hill, at least the ones I've played, but to my understanding, the series is essentially the first three are great, 4 is good depending on who you ask, and then the rest range from wildly mediocre to complete trash. Giving up Silent Hill 2 would absolutely pain me though, just saying.


TLOU is an amazing game, and while it has some fairly annoying narrative issues, I am actually one of the people that liked TLOU2. However, neither the first game with how well made it is, or the best parts of Part 2 can hold a candle to RE for me.


I've never played a Luigi's Mansion game so I can't really judge them. However, I will say I'm still somewhat bitter that Luigi's Mansion was Nintendo's follow up to Super Mario 64, and not a game that felt like more of a direct sequel. I have a hard time saying Sunshine is a sequel, even though it technically is. I really don't think a proper successor happened with Super Mario 64 until Super Mario Galaxy.

I cant reccomend Luigis mansion enough.  Esp 3.  An absolute chef's kiss.  I just recently picked up RE2 remake and almost feel like I was reborn lol.  Cant believe I went that long with the glory of that game not gracing my life.


Mr. X. Is truly the scariest game character ive experienced.  His situational awareness and how he always seems to be so aware of the player characters position regarding him is haunting.  He's so menacing. The game does such a good job of giving you barely enough to fight. So even the simplest NPC feel like these terrifying squadrons of fear and retreat.  Then the narrowness of it all. You just feel smothered at all times.  I can see why the franchise became the standard. 

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Classic Video Games / Re: Resident Evil vs Silent Hill vs Luigis Mansion vs TLOU (you can only keep one)

« on: November 19, 2024, 10:44:41 am »

Which of these 4 survival horror franchises is the survival horror king? You can only keep one.

Two of these franchises aren't even regarded as survival horror. A more interesting topic about survival horror specifically would have been comparing the former two options alongside Alone in the Dark (the series most popularly recognized as the introduction to the genre but certainly not the first title ever), Fatal Frame, or Clock Tower.

With that said, Silent Hill is easily my preferred franchise for P.T. alone, though I've not yet played Resident Evil games while instead only spectating.

I respect the inclusion of clock tower. I just worried it was too niche so I chose mainline icons. But I do love clock tower. Perhaps I took liberties with Luigis mansion. But TLOU is a survival horror game no doubts about it. Plays like a hallway shooter, for the most part. Linear. Jumpscares. You have to scavenger resources like first aid kits, medicines, ammo and weapon upgrades.  You have to solve puzzles to access new areas. And you have to be stealthy to avoid certain hoardes of undead.  Just like resident evil.  Even a lot of the monsters are similar.  The collectibles and weapon upgrades. Parts system. All similar. 


Even the official fandom for tlou ps3 wiki says

The Last of Us is a third-person action-adventure survival horror video game created exclusively for PlayStation 3, and was later remastered for the PlayStation 4.   


I just sometimes feel like these categories are so vague and then people exclude worthy entries. RPG does this more. So many games are RPGs.  A game can be both first person shooter. And an RPG.  Fallout for example.

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Classic Video Games / Resident Evil vs Silent Hill vs Luigis Mansion vs TLOU (you can only keep one)

« on: November 16, 2024, 10:35:41 pm »

Hello everyone.


Talking franchises. Not the single games.

Was thinking of how universally epic both the silent hill 2 remaster and RE 1-4 remasters have been. And was wondering who would win in the survival horror duel? Then felt a strong disturbance in the force.  Another survival horror games comes from the confines of Nintendo's loins to battle two PS1 era juggernaut franchises. With 3 entries. Has he done enough?


Resident Evil


Perhaps the most important for the genre. The founding father if you will.  A game very critically loved. Filled with amemorable characters (Jill) and spin offs (racoon city) its a dark iconic symphony of horror emotions blended into a good story.

SILENT HILL

Perhaps even more psychological in the psychological horror elements. A bit less RPG but a lot more puzzley and story driven.  A franchise with 3 solid entires spanning multiple decades and tons of creative spin offs.


Luigis Mansion


A big hitter in a whole different field. An underground. Has less entries and less time in the game than the other 2. Is also more cartoony. Easier. Less gorey and all around disadvantaged plot wise. But makes up for it the way Nintendo always knows how.  Fun factor. Mario character fondness. And just sweet delicious level design. 

TLOU


Story driven excellence by naughty dog. Only 2 entires compared to a good 2 dozen among the other 3 franchises. But these stories have won countless praise. A 96 on meta critic.  And a show spin off that is emmy award nominated.  It spans all of our collective hearts. We all know what we felt the first time we felt Sarah fall into Joels arms.


LM - The cartoony Sleeper Pick
TLOU - the industry titan playable movie
RE - The OG and the trend setter
SH - the spooky brain twister

Which of these 4 survival horror franchises is the survival horror king? You can only keep one.

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Off Topic / Re: What TV/Netflix show are you currently watching? (Megathread)

« on: November 16, 2024, 07:01:16 pm »

Watched the Mike Tyson Jake Paul Fight.  Wasn't pleased.

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General / Re: Past Collections

« on: November 12, 2024, 04:17:52 pm »

Remasters and compilations are 90 percent of the time always 200x better than original software so I enjoy them.  I mean the biggest shining example is Resident Evil.  With nostalgia glasses off. RE1 and RE2 were clunky messes with terrible controls but now they are stunningly playable.


Graphics improve 20 fold.

Trophies add a whole new element of collecting and purpose to the game.

And finally

You get to use a PS5 dualsense on games that otherwise would use something as blasphemous as a 3 button genesis controller or n64 monstrosity.

I took the nostalgia glasses off years ago. Playing old games on new hardware is simply typically bigger, bolder and better. Esp games I dont feel like spending a couple of kidneys and a first born on. Like tomba.


Games id want to be compilated or redone


True Crime Streets of LA and fight for NY


Dude how in the name of anything has this game not been redone? It was a cult classic. People loved it back then. If snoop dogg is IP and the contract expired. Just replace him with a original corn rowed rapper character. The game was so iconic. Ahd activision is no stranger to these games.


Death Jr

Deserves to be done bigger and better. Cleaned up a bit.


Oni and State of Emergency


Two iconic games from back in the day that are itchihg for a fresh coat of paint. I can see State of Emergency as an online 20 person multilayer game to see who can cause the most carnage.

Midnight club LA and Dub Edition


The PS2 generations Need for speed rival.  Sad rockstar is too busy selling shark cards to 5 year olds and making 1 big money pitt game every 500 years to actually be creative ever again. Loathe that company.


Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 

Idk how this hasnt been redone. It was a solid zombie game. With epic specials and decent plot. But shined in the days of couch coop. Boy do I miss it.



Some of the others off top


Zombies ate my neighbors (not a hd port. A remaster)

Jet set radio

Viva piniata

Rule of rose (so broke people can play it lol)

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Off Topic / Re: Did You? Or Do You Currently Smoke?

« on: November 02, 2024, 05:23:21 pm »

Smokers say "tobacco helps you calm down and enjoy life" because they are chemically hooked on a substance to the point where that life quality decreases without it.  Not because it improves you from baseline normality. as every cigarette smoker I have met are typically ansy, self deprecating and jittering over every lifes occurances. 

That's the addiction talking. 


It actually pisses me off when smokers go out of their way to advocate it on non smokers. Like its some miracle cure for stress. Trust me. NOBODY has had a more relaxing life from having picked up the habit.  They only have the illusoon they do because they picked up a dopamine stimulator as a habit and cant be happy without it.  But truthfully. Who tf is happy with it?  Compare every convo you have had with chainsmokers and pot heads. 

Now im not advocating either. But marijuana uses do generally seem happier. THC has that effect on the brain. Surveys have shown nicotine abuse actually makes humans more stressed. Higher blood pressure and worse quality of life.


Plus smelling like skunk placenta is never fun.  Truly. Cigareettes are a true evil.

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General / Re: Will you be sad when Gamestop goes out of business?

« on: November 01, 2024, 06:37:01 pm »

It was a damp dew laden monday morning when Allison approached the gamestop beast. Gamestop is the Al Gore of game dispensaries. She knows this. We all know this. A 5 headed monster known for it's knack for 3rd party counterfiet cases, known for giving 25 cents for complete copies of earthbound, known for preying on the local school children for sustenance. Howweeeeeeellll.  Howeeeelllllllleeee.  Gamestop has harmed me. Shunned me like a dragon infant in town square. Poked me with sticks and said "you ruined the night. You ruined the night" as tears trickle down both cheaks.  Was it horizon forbidden west? Forbidden? Ahahhahha. NOPE. Horizon Zero Dawn?   A PS4 case for a PS5 case. And with a howl and a cry Allison charged every last bit of energy within the Jeff Bezos blade of unreckoning. And WISPHASSSSSHHHHH.  She unloaded a plucky squire esque doom slash.  Double backflip.  You harmed me gamestop. You made my niece weep because all she wanted was Horizon Forbidden west for PS5. And in the mail arrived a fake case. Grey plastic.  Noooo. Noooooo the world howled in unison.  And inside? Expired codes. HORIZON PS4 case. We were duped. A gamestop employee sat there with ill intent. And printed the label.  How? Why? Just curb stomp my game.


Chapter 2. The afternath.


There I laid.  Half naked. Shirt torn. Covered in what appeared to be maintain dew but was most certainly urine. Reduced to the caveman animalistic state. A moment in a lifetime had become a lifetime in a moment. Gamestop had caused pain. And then I figured. Well Allison? We still have those 25k reward points. We are free. Free of the emancipation of the grey vicuous beast that is our gamestop overlords.  Click the link. Open the profile.  Summary.  Reward points. -25k points.  Stolen. None. Taken. Within a week.  Why Pondu you promised me.  So I cry. I CRY. Z


I hope gamestop rots and dies. No necromancy either. No "one last blockbuster in kansas" documentaries. No "beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice"   gamestop and also all of its case art destorying, customer support limited, rewards points stealing, improper address lying socialist worm affiliates.  May all go under and may amazon crip walk on the ashes of what once was.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: October 23, 2024, 10:51:25 pm »

Scream 2 - Better more juicy plot twist than 1. But worse pacing and character developnent. So its a toss up. Ending or substance? Gonna say 1 is slightly better. 94/100

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: October 22, 2024, 03:44:37 pm »

My SPOOKtober 2024 Season


Scream 1996 - What a brilliant tongue in cheek horror flick. Complete with stellar performances. Neve Campbell is well for lack of a better phrase, perfection.  She really doesn't trope it up but kinda gives the stereotypical female victim vixen Killer bait role a complete 360. Just slaps it in the mouth and is easily the biggest boss on screen. You come for gore and ghostface. You stay because of the girl led cast of stellar acting.  Its honestly one of the rare times in horror movies I believe what is happening.  It has its hiccups but Syndeys reactions to ghostface are simply authentic feeling. From a place of pre plotting and wit. Not just damzel nonsense. I was seriously surprised. 

Theirs a long backstory of why this movie was a big step for me. As a child I was attacked by an adult in a ghostface costume in my bed at night, and suffocated until the grips relented. Kinda stalked in the dead of night. It was most likely a nightmare. But to kid me. It was real. Still feels too real. I almost died. And ever since I have been deathly afraid of the character.


SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS


SPOILERS

The movie helped alleviate that. Now that I know scream is really just a whiney high school dork that honestly got uppercutted by drew berrymore and fell to the ground. He's easily the least intimidating villain of the big 6. But nightmare scream is a whole different entity.

Overall 95/100.  Its slasher gold.

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Marketplace / SOLD: PLEASE DELETE ADMIN

« on: September 26, 2024, 09:35:59 pm »

Hello everyone!    ITEM HAS SOLD NOW

Today im selling a portal.

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m96250404898?sv=0

Link is just for the pics and details. Because this site wont let me post pics normally on mobile. I will also accept paypal or cash app direct.  I played it for less than 3 hours. The seal was broken today at 1 pm. 

Comes with box.  Sent usps priority flat rate. Bubble wrapped and cellophaned.  With extra paper packing. And bubble cushions.

170 but for you guys id do 150 with free shipping. Which is 25 percent off retail. Its basically new.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Playstation 5 Pro

« on: September 26, 2024, 05:48:39 pm »

Loving my ps5.  Selling a portal if anyone wants one. I posted a big rant here but decided id rather sell it. Peace blessing for all you.

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General / Re: Old Youtube gaming channels/videos nostalgia thread

« on: September 24, 2024, 07:40:03 am »

I used to watch a guy named AlphaOmegaSin. Long hair metal dude that had a very "basement game cave" vibe with this feel that was hard to put a thumb on. Really felt like you were hanging out in a friends basment cave. He had a great collection. He stopped posting.


I also really miss GTA IV rick roll videos. Hated them at the time. Anyone remember "spawn sultan rs in gta IV" or "100 kill glitch call of duty world at war CANT GET HIT x5xp" just for it to be a rick roll. They sucked at the time but boy do I miss being rick rolled.

AlphaOmegaSin was a casualty of the Youtube adpocolyps back in the mid 2010s. His channel got nuked by youtube and he became more or less un-monetizable, so his videos got buried. It's crazy because I found him when he was at about 10k subs and loved watching his videos after work all the time. His channel began to get a little tiresome towards the end when all he wanted to do was make Gamergate outrage vids, but I still enjoyed his work for the most part. But yeah, he just vanished shortly after the ad debacle. He would appear in random Game Chasers episodes after that, and once in a blue moon resurfaces to talk about some game he's really excited about, but I doubt we'll ever have regular AOS again. They guy seemed super cool, definitely the type of guy I could see myself befriending and talking games all the time.

Damn, that sucks. I wish he'd make a comeback. I used to watch him after I got bored of metaljesusrocks when he got too commerical and started relying too heavy on twitch streamer cameos. AVGN can only upload so much and I needed some quality retro fix. I remember people saying AOS died so im glad he's at least alive and gaming. Glad to have read this. 

He had a lot of niche games I never heard of and he really did seem approachable. We could really use more gamers that can give that old school gamer friend from the late 90s dungeons and dragons, metal and hot pockets vibe. I miss it. I ddint expect anyone here to know him. Pretty cool

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Modern Video Games / Re: Playstation 5 Pro

« on: September 24, 2024, 06:13:22 am »

UPDATE ON MY PS5 - Loving my PS5 slim. I know im late to that party.  I was always under the impression that the graphic upgrade was small over the PS4 pro.  And while it is smaller than PS2 over PS1 of course. It is still very much so noticable. And massive even.

Its the little things you dont notice until you play one. Sometimes its not even the fidelity. Its the draw distance. Omg I love this draw distance. I dont miss seeing items render mid race on need for speed or the pixels in the distance. PS5 can render a palm tree in good detail from 3 miles away. Simply glorious.

Frames are much better.

Load times are a NYC "forgettaboutit" GTA 5 used to take me like 7 business days to load on PS4.  A clean 30 seconds tops for menu to franklins room on PS5

And the ray racing is simply noticeable. And thats all I can ask for when graphics get this good.

Im loving it. The PS4 is probably my favorite console of all time. It saved my life twice. Its been with me through every trial. Though deaths and financial woes. It was my coping mechanism. And I love it with all my heart. Truly more than a console.


The PS5 is simply a big white PS4 with better load times. Cant go wrong.