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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: February 18, 2024, 05:11:03 pm »
Lisa Frankenstein - This a lot of fun, pretty hilarious, and has a killer vibe, but I can't help but feeling like Diablo wrote herself into a corner and couldn't decide where to go with the multiple threads that have been going throughout the whole thing. One plot not coming back in any meaningful manner and just how nonplussed Lisa's father is about everything (proving that Mr. Wheeler is the same in any universe) being the two primary culprits. It does not help that the last 10 minutes to so are edited so choppily that I wasn't 100% sure if it were a dream, hallucination or what actually happened until the final shot.  All that said, I  still really clicked with this overall.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!
« on: February 18, 2024, 04:50:02 pm »
19. Area 51
I finished this for the first time of my life. Cartagia was the better shot. I was a horrible marksman. And my arm got tired by the time the credits hit. Did those guns get heavier or am I just getting older? Oh well. Solid game. It felt like I was at every bowling alley ever.

Ok, my arms were getting tired too, but I didn't want to say anything!  And, as I mentioned, I played that game a lot, so at a certain point muscle memory just took over.  It was like I could see the code of the matrix.

And, kashell is also a pretty cool dude.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: February 14, 2024, 09:00:18 pm »
Planet of the Apes (1968) - It's a little clunky in spots and the "mystery" doesn't quite jive for anyone who is versed in sci-fi, but it's still a spectacularly made and bombastically entertaining film.  Even better than I remembered.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes - Not nearly as good as it's predecessor. The absolute insane last act almost makes up for what has been, up until that point, a lethargic rehash of the first film.

Escape From the Planet of the Apes - Holy hell this rocks.  Such a different vibe than the first two films bit still a terrific sci-fi parable with killer acting that more than makes up for the obviously shoestring budget.

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Best Buy keeps doing "clearance" listings, and for the most part anything at a good price is gone immediately, and what is left usually isn't a great price, but I did manage to get Shantae: Risky's Revenge for PS5.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party
« on: February 05, 2024, 06:50:49 am »
Honestly, it looks like Microsoft has already picked up on what all the streaming services are finally figuring out - subscription fees (Game Pass) aren't enough to make the games profitable.  Especially big expensive titles like Starfield.  They need the full sales price.

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I haven't watched Hazbin Hotel, and I've still listened to 'Loser, Baby' several times.

Finished Nathan Fielder's The Curse.  Dense and complicated, and not at all afraid to not be for everyone.  It can be a difficult watch but if Fielder has ever interested you, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Third season of 12 Monkeys is probably the most consistent overall, but the show really feels like it is spinning its wheels sometime, having character motivations just go round and round and ending up back in the same place.  It's also not nearly as clever as it thinks it is with all of its time travel.  Maybe that's just because I watched Dark already.

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Downloaded the new free Silent Hill game last night, so I got something in under the wire.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Palworld.
« on: February 01, 2024, 10:07:13 am »
The survival aspect is toned down by allot though, it's pretty casual in that department.

And it's mostly the start aswell, you could just focus on catching new creatures, breeding them going into battles with multiples at once.

also those mundane tasks get automated, you can get your creatures to do the dirty work while you do something else so you don't really have to that stuff later on and focus on exploration.

I haven't played, but I was following a few streamers who were, and this seems like the biggest innovation in the game.  Having all these helpers that are actually doing work of the upkeep in your base seems like a godsend.

That said, I've never been that into Pokemon or survival games (other than a stint in Minecraft), so I doubt I'll end up checking this one out.

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Not that this group needed another signal flare, but Spec Ops: The Line was removed from pretty much all digital marketplaces (it was still on GOG last I looked) without warning because the music licenses expired.  The publisher said they have no plans to relist, but knew this was coming and still said nothing until after it was removed.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: January 31, 2024, 10:35:32 pm »
Strays - It's got some funny moments - I'm always a sucker for altered reality drug sequences - but something about it just fell flat.

A Star is Born (2018) - Totally floored by how good this is.  The first 45 minutes or so are perfect.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold - A lot of the effects are horrible and it wants to be like 4 different movies, but Isabela Merced is 110% committed to the bit and makes it a fun enough watch.

Cape Fear (1991) - Striking, violent, horrifying, and oddly still one of Scorsese's mainstream feeling titles, even with all of the noir throwback sensibilities.

Coraline - I forgot just how messed up this gets.  It looks incredible and is just all around great.

Jerry & Marge Go Large - Totally sweet film about retirees who figure out how the game the lottery and use it to revitalize their town.  Inoffensive way to spend 90 minutes.

Past Lives - Just an achingly beautiful film.  Currently one of my favorites from last year, and I wish it got more attention.

The Equalizer 2 - The main plot is a bit undercooked, especially in the last act, but it's not that much worse than the first film, and it gets everything done in under two hours before the credits hit.

Theater Camp - I had fun with this, but it gets a bit unfocused in the second act. Finishes extremely strong, though.

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Modern Video Games / Re: State of Play | January 31, 2024 thoughts?
« on: January 30, 2024, 04:54:00 pm »
They need to remake Code Veronica and then call it a day with the remakes.  They lucked out 2 of 3 times with great updates to well loved games, and need to quit while they are ahead, but I'd also expect a new title be announced before another remake, as that has been the pattern.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: January 28, 2024, 07:25:41 pm »
Self Reliance - It has trouble balancing its tone, but hits the notes on each side pretty clearly.  Serious bits hit, funny bits hit, but it is a little spotty on the hit rate. Johnson shows a lot of promise as a director.

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Black Bird is a very solid true crime drama mini-series that stands out mostly due to some really incredible performances. It's one of Ray Liotta's last roles and he's just utterly heartbreaking, while Paul Walter Hauser was able to say his lines faster than Jamie Taco and won an Emmy.

Schmigadoon! is a musical comedy satire series on Apple TV+ that watched before my trial runs out. I think the first season benefits from a solid single style, but the second season had songs that felt more thematically linked through the episodes.  Pretty fun overall.

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: January 24, 2024, 11:46:33 am »
Cha Cha Real Smooth - Dakota Johnson is great as Domino, but I was far more invested in every other relationship in the movie - particularly Cooper and Lola and Cooper and his mom. Overall a pretty solid slice-of-life picture.

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