PSNOT 2.0 - I kind of want to subscribe to IndieBox.

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GatorBeerGeek said:
George, you got me worried about that 100 days trophy so I let it run all night. That was after playing a couple hours before that and with all the time I had already spent in that world. I was even more worried when it had not popped some time over night. It did finally unlock about 10am this morning thankfully.
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Nice, I got mine yesterday while Pharm's team was getting it's ass kicked because I wasn't able to watch the game due to NFL Network being a complete asshole.

 
PapiChullo said:
Farscape is on Netflix, added it to my list to check out.
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Nice. Like I said first several episodes are not very great. The second episode in particular. If you end up sticking with it until season 2 the ride is better and better from then on. The show runs for 4 seasons and then has a 4 hour movie to wrap up the story after fans petitioned. The movie is well done, but not as good as the show. Basically they took what would have been the overarcing plot of season 5 and shoved it into 4 hours with no real side content.

 
Backlog_Overload said:
Would you recommend just watching the original trilogy then? Or would I miss out on major plot shit?
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Eh, I am a bad person to ask because I dont remember all the minute details of every character, place and reference. And I am not sure a 30-40 year old movie can hold up if you have no nostalgia for it. I find old movies to be terrible across the board if I hadnt seen it when it released.

But if it were me I would skip episodes 1-3 and only watch 4-6. I dont remember much (or care to) of anything from 1-3 anyway other than the major plot points (and Jar Jar because fuck him). And I doubt it will affect my enjoyment of the new movie one bit.

 
Backlog_Overload said:
Would you recommend just watching the original trilogy then? Or would I miss out on major plot shit?
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Could always do Machete order:

Ep 4, Ep 5, Ep 2, Epd 3, Epd 6, and maybe Ep. 1 at some other time, it is pretty pointless to the overall narrative.

That preserves some of the surprises in New Hope and Empire (though you probably know many of them already from pop culture) which are spoiled in the prequels. It's like taking time out for an extended flashback to somewhat explain how the characters ended up where they are before entering the end game, Return of the Jedi.

Having not seen the new movie yet, I would watch at least the original trilogy though, I don't know how well it catches people up to it, but I would think one would be somewhat lost without the context of the OT.

 
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guardian_owl said:
It is awkwardly phrased, the first part of the sentence is one complete thought and the second part is changing topic slightly, but it isn't obvious since the second part is so sparse. maybe something like:

"Indie games were all the rage on PlayStation Plus this year. but what was the best game out of this year's entire Plus catalog?"

Though since the big title in bold is "Best Playstation Plus Game" and not "Best Indie Playstation Plus Game," then no, you don't have a leg to stand on.
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He returns back to the indie subject after the list by saying "For an indie game superfan such as myself, PlayStation Plus in 2015 was an embarrassment of riches." Whether he intended for it to be a best indie list or a best list period I'm sure he'll post about later, but either way you're right that the article wasn't written clearly.

I did check wiki out of curiosity and the definition there is that indie games are made by small companies without 3rd party financial assistance. They give the example of Bastion, which was published by WB but Supergiant Games refused any funding from them for development. Kickstarter games seem to be included, however, and "small" is again up to interpretation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_game

 
I never really got into Star Wars as a kid and watching it nowadays the movies aren't all that great. I'm sure if you grew up on it the rose-tinted glasses help a lot, or if you were around when it first released and was a bigger deal, but watching the original and prequel movies back-to-back makes it clear that George Lucas was never a good writer. He created something passable at just the right time and it became a huge sensation similar Harry Potter and Twilight and the like. With that in mind I'll be really surprised if Disney's treatment of the movies isn't (to me, a non-fan) better than the other six movies.

I'll find out tonight, though!

 
Which is just a statement that he REALLY enjoys Indie games and that this year Plus was an embarrassment of riches for him because (of what he said in the first part of his opening statement) "Indie games were all the rage on PlayStation Plus this year".

 
Thermopyle said:
I never really got into Star Wars as a kid and watching it nowadays the movies aren't all that great. I'm sure if you grew up on it the rose-tinted glasses help a lot, or if you were around when it first released and was a bigger deal, but watching the original and prequel movies back-to-back makes it clear that George Lucas was never a good writer. He created something passable at just the right time and it became a huge sensation similar Harry Potter and Twilight and the like. With that in mind I'll be really surprised if Disney's treatment of the movies isn't (to me, a non-fan) better than the other six movies.

I'll find out tonight, though!
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Did you just say Harry Potter was just passable and was only successful because it hit at the right time? And then compare it to Twilight?

 
Zimm108 said:
Did you just say Harry Potter was just passable and was only successful because it hit at the right time? And then compare it to Twilight?
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Yep. HP was unarguably a product of barely-concealed plagiarizing from a couple of popular existing works and wasn't written very well at all. The world is not fleshed out at all and the characters are absurd from beginning to end. Twilight (aside from the plagiarism) can be similarly described.

 
Thermopyle said:
Yep. HP was unarguably a product of barely-concealed plagiarizing from a couple of popular existing works and wasn't written very well at all. The world is not fleshed out at all and the characters are absurd from beginning to end. Twilight (aside from the plagiarism) can be similarly described.
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Wasn't written well? Not fleshed out? Did you even read them or just make a comment on it without knowing it like all the other shit you comment on.

 
I put Therm into the Harry Potter Spell maker and used a Kneazle Whisker wand core and Slytherin House.

BLADDER TEMPORUS

And I am too old to have been into Harry Potter. I did play the lego games though.

 
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Zimm108 said:
Wasn't written well? Not fleshed out? Did you even read them or just make a comment on it without knowing it like all the other shit you comment on.
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Fun fact, that series of books is just a rip-off of the movie Troll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7rg8C8w5ZY

ok, not really, but it is quite startling that the main kid's name is Harry Potter and he does battle with magical creatures.

 
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pharmacrest said:
If you didnt grow up with the original trilogy I can see why some of you didnt get into Star Wars. Episode 1-3 were no where near as ground breaking. In fact they sucked by comparison because they were just run of the mill action movies (at best) with weird alien characters.
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Yeah I grew up on the originals. 1-3 weren't that great. I just can't get excited for this latest one. Perhaps my memories of the original ones just is putting a damper on the whole thing. Or maybe 1-3 are. Wife asked me if I wanted to go. I told her I really didn't give a shit. I probably have seen a few spoilers too. Just not sure I care. I am off next week perhaps I will change my mind but I hate going to movie theaters in general and just not HYYYYYYPPPPPPPEEEEEEDDDD for this.

 
Dear life coaches of PSNOT,

Shadows of Mordor PS3 is on clearance for $5. I know last gen and no vengeance/whatever things with friends list.

Yay or nay?
 
Zimm108 said:
Wasn't written well? Not fleshed out? Did you even read them or just make a comment on it without knowing it like all the other shit you comment on.
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Oh, I read them. Rowling isn't much for world-building or consistency. Look at how every bit of the way the government works in the novels is inconsistent, the complete lack of accountability and investigation for multiple attacks and deaths at the school (Quirrel, the troll attack, people petrified for most of a year, Lockhart, Moody, Cedric.) Also look at the incoherence in Voldemort's past versus his standing and the lack of any real platform or message behind the entire Death Eater organization. Dumbledore is at best incredibly incompetent from the beginning of the series to the end but somehow manages to represent multiple levels of the wizarding world without being questioned.

Granted they're intended (at the start) for kids so the lack of world detail and the inability for adults to be anything other than incompetent or cruel isn't abnormal, but those problems don't go away as the subject material in the books becomes more adult. Explicit death and torture and abuse and persecution and societal failure written the way Rowling portrays it just doesn't work well with a world simplified for children. The inconsistencies mentioned above plus the series not addressing any of those major issues as the subject matter evolves indicates that the absence isn't by choice so much as in skill.

I doubt anybody cares about this argument so if you want to take it further you can PM me.

 
Velo214 said:
this chic on cb has 155,000 tokens right now. one guy tipped 90,000. that means he tipped her $4500 so far today. wtf
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Wonder if he used a stolen credit card to buy them or some how otherwise got those tokens for MUCH cheaper?

I was watching one couple yesterday. He had an swastika tattooed on his chest and two S lightening bolts on his back. The room was tearing them apart. He really seemed a few bricks short of a full load. She seemed to be a bit more intelligent but seemingly a bigot too.

I couldn't get over how many followers they had and how many decent tips and stuff. Was bizarre watching two naked people spout off hate those in the room insulting them right back.

 
Zimm108 said:
Dear life coaches of PSNOT,

Shadows of Mordor PS3 is on clearance for $5. I know last gen and no vengeance/whatever things with friends list.

Yay or nay?
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Nay. Why play the inferior version when you know (at least I think you do) that you'll be getting a PS4 eventually?

 
kanamit said:
Zimm's already stated he's on the "get next gen system when it's no longer next gen" plan.
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My point still stands though. He'd still be playing the inferior version. I'm sure he has plenty to play so it's not like he's just looking for something to play right now.

 
Thermopyle said:
Oh, I read them. Rowling isn't much for world-building or consistency. Look at how every bit of the way the government works in the novels is inconsistent, the complete lack of accountability and investigation for multiple attacks and deaths at the school (Quirrel, the troll attack, people petrified for most of a year, Lockhart, Moody, Cedric.) Also look at the incoherence in Voldemort's past versus his standing and the lack of any real platform or message behind the entire Death Eater organization. Dumbledore is at best incredibly incompetent from the beginning of the series to the end but somehow manages to represent multiple levels of the wizarding world without being questioned.

Granted they're intended (at the start) for kids so the lack of world detail and the inability for adults to be anything other than incompetent or cruel isn't abnormal, but those problems don't go away as the subject material in the books becomes more adult. Explicit death and torture and abuse and persecution and societal failure written the way Rowling portrays it just doesn't work well with a world simplified for children. The inconsistencies mentioned above plus the series not addressing any of those major issues as the subject matter evolves indicates that the absence isn't by choice so much as in skill.

I doubt anybody cares about this argument so if you want to take it further you can PM me.
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Its okay Therm. Just let it be fun.

 
Thermopyle said:
You can always buy it from GS. Anything pre-owned games can be returned until 1/16 since we're in the holiday period. I wouldn't suggest then renting approach some people take, but you certainly have enough time to legitimately try the game out.
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Yeah that or I could Redbox it, if one of the ones near me has it. They usually have paltry game selections.

 
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