Hmm… what do you mean by new points? Like what? Trump has been either president or looming over the presidency for a decade… I’d be profoundly surprised if anyone manages to come up with anything new to say at this point, comedians or otherwise.
Then who is? Millions of people are gonna buy the new Call of Duty on release. Who are they?
Yesss!!! I love Harvey Birdman! One of my many Adult Swim comfort watches.
I have nothing to add, but I wanna say his first appearance on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is one of my favorite episodes. It’s not necessarily funny, but it’s a fascinating conversation nonetheless.
Oh, and if anyone hasn’t watched Strangers with Candy yet, track it down and watch it! Easily top 10 underrated comedies of all time.
This dude is a lot more than this Late Show.
Good because I felt bad leaving Mr. Show out. Edited, thank you for pointing it out!
They’re good, but 3-8 are just untouchable. 9 was good too, but it’s when I start to see cracks.
I started to lose interest around season 8~9 but made it to season 12. It’s just not as tight as it used to be overall.
I’m deep in the Adult Swim pit again… constantly flipping between Aqua Teen, Superjail!, and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell. Cannot get enough!
Fuck, this is a tough one and will most likely be all over the place:
I bought it and so I wanted to finish it, especially since it’s not all that long. And I don’t like leaving things unfinished 😂
Understandable, TBH.
That makes me feel so-so about it, especially having spent I think around $9 on it (last chance before it getting delisted). I heard there is somewhat more of a story in it? That was one thing holding LIMBO back for me.
I think I paid about $12 or something, but that was back in 2018 maybe, and it was on Steam, not GOG—I always felt GOG has that DRM-free tax and sales don’t go as hard on there.
There is more of a story but not really because of the nature of the story… it’s, uh, nonconventional to say the least. It’s fantastically bizarre, but in a modern, industrial setting. Definitely more interesting than LIMBO overall. Best way I can put it: it’s that scene in Eraserhead where he was walking home in an industrial hellscape, but stretched to a 5-hour game.
It apparently runs okay on Xenia Canary but I haven’t looked into it yet.
Yeah, you’re right! I forgot you’ll need to setup Xenia to play it, but it’s just as easy to set up as Xemu, and runs great.
Why did you stick with Blasphemous 😂 I remember you hated it a couple of weeks ago.
INSIDE is better than LIMBO, IMO—in terms of production and sound design, at the very least. Without revealing too much, some sections are more fun. Although the core gameplay is not much different, unfortunately.
My opinion on LIMBO and INSIDE hasn’t changed since playing them: they’re worth $2-3 each, not more.
Xemu is super easy to set up, yeah. I hope you enjoy the rest of your NGB playthrough, and you can definitely beat it, yes!
Word of warning about Ninja Gaiden 2 Black: it’s more or less Sigma 2 reskinned, unfortunately. They called it “Black” for marketing, but it’s not really the definitive version. You can pick it up and install the White mod, which brings it closer to OG NGII, but if you already have Xemu set up, might as well just play OG NGII—it’s an incredible experience, but also get ready to experience a ton of NES bullshit moments in 3D 😂 It’s downright hilarious how OG NGII just doesn’t give a flying fuck about balance, but it’s definitely part of the charm.
On Ninja Gaiden 4, it’s a collab between Team Ninja and Platinum Games, which’s exciting, but I’d say maybe adjust your expectations for a slightly different experience than the typical Ninja Gaiden.
OK, seeing the fighting game community is experiencing some kind of tag fighters resurregence right now, I decided to give them a fair shake.
I had not before because they seemed too much work. Like, picking and learning 1 character is so difficult that I felt exhausted just at the thought of picking and learning 3. I also always thought the team composition aspect of it adds a premeditated layer of strategy that I could do without.
All that said, I still felt I was missing out, so I picked up Dragon Ball FighterZ and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 this week.
Now, I faintly remember watching parts of some DBZ episodes when I was younger, and just loathed it. I did have a weird and not necessarily good taste as a child though, so I’m not sure if I’d hate it as much now. That said, I still do not feel desire to check out the show, TBH. I feel it doesn’t have a lot I’d be interested in after playing the game.
Before getting to the gameplay, and even though I bought it on a deep sale, I’d like to bring up that buying it was not a pleasant experience. Bandai successfully bamboozled me into buying the base game and the first season pass separately, which costs $2 more than the FighterZ Edition, which includes both. TBF, I could not have foreseen my desire to buy the season pass because I don’t know much about the roster and couldn’t have foretold I will like and want to designate Android 17 as the point in my team.
I’m willing to admit the fault is mine as much as it is Bandai’s, but I still feel bitter about the $2 😅
Gameplay is surprisingly super fun, although I’m yet to figure out how to effectively do tag combos, chain supers, or any of the super fun shit I picked up the game to ultimately experience. Learning BnBs and getting familiar with the game mechanics has been fun so far. It helps a lot it’s an Arc System Works game and I’m familiar with their combo systems and whatnot.
I still haven’t fucked around enough with Marvel to talk about how I feel, but I can say I bought it on a deep discount too, did not run into any issue buying it because it’s the Ultimate edition, so no DLC bullshit, and I’m excited to learn Viewtiful Joe and Amaterasu.
Even though it’s revered, a reason to hesitate before buying UMVC3 was it still has delay netcode to this day, which more or less means it’s unplayable online. I hope this changes at some point, but just the act of buying it now represents the first instance of my breaking the “no rollback = no buy” rule… I don’t feel good about that, but the way I try and cope is justify it with: (1) it’s a super deep discount—less than $5—and (2) it’s Mahvel… way I understand it it’s the quintessential tag fighter… avoiding it would feel like avoiding Kurosawa while exploring Japanese cinema.
Pikmin 2
How do you feel about removing the time limit?
Yeah, I play shmups the same—still stuck on arrange in Crimzon Clover, haha. Gotta put more time into practicing the TLB.
What are your favorite shmups on Steam?
Hmm… I think of difficulty, or lack thereof, as integral part of the fun. I think they’re inseparable, essentially.
I don’t really enjoy the process of learning and getting better at 3rd person shooters, for example, so I don’t typically enjoy playing those on higher difficulties. If I pick one up, I know I’ll most likely have more fun playing on lower difficulties because it eliminates a process I don’t really enjoy. In other words, shooting shit is still fun, but I need the difficulty toned all the way down to enjoy it.
Conversely, I love learning the intricacies of combo systems of action games and figuring out how to exploit enemies and whatnot, so I have to play those on the highest difficulty to get the full experience and have the most fun.
Eh, not really. If it’s not fun, I’ll lower the difficulty or refund if this is not an option, I don’t care.
I play all of my favorite games on the hardest difficulty because the challenges they throw my way are a big part of why I find them fun—why would I bother with higher difficulties if I’m not having fun?
Im curious if its possible to enter a game competition or something as a casual player?
Yes.
want to someday atleast try one but im not sure what game to get better at or what sites to use to enter some without making myself look like a fool?
The game to get better at is the game you enjoy most, and what sites depends on the game. You can ask again here after you decide on a game and I’m sure you’ll get a good number of suggestions.
No one cares if you lose. Really. Everyone loses at some point, and if you happen to run into a dick who makes a big deal out of beating you, just say ggs and move on. It’s not worth it to take the bait.
In my experience, most people are nice as long as you are, and they’ll even give you advice if you ask.
I also dont want to pay because thats sort of like gambling at the start.
I think about 90% of online tournaments are free, so don’t worry.
I use Linux to get away from PowerShell 😂 I did try zsh though, it was nice, maybe give it a shot.
I have no interest in any kind of physical media. GOG and Itch.io do not carry any of the games I’m interested in, so I only buy through Steam.
I like Steam, I just wish we were buying the games, not leasing them. Bullshit system and I hope it changes one day.
I only buy games on deep discounts—I spent only $100 over the course of the past 4 years to buy 14 games.
If I’m curious about a game but not sure if I’ll like it, I sail the high seas to try it before committing.
Damn… I barely played any of these games… somebody had me try LoL like a decade ago, and I tried PUBG and Pokémon GO on my phone when they were hot, that’s it.