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Phylum 08-01-2012 11:37 PM

That's not really fair for CnC. The first game was far from the best. EA did something different for TT and lots of people didn't like it, but that doesn't mean the middle games should be overlooked.

Ridg3 08-01-2012 11:40 PM

Mass Effect was a pretty poor vote as well. I enjoyed that game as thoroughly as the rest and just because people think the ending was poor doesn't mean the franchise as a whole should be brought down because of it. Gamers are fickle creatures.

Havoc 08-02-2012 03:04 AM

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That's not really fair for CnC. The first game was far from the best. EA did something different for TT and lots of people didn't like it, but that doesn't mean the middle games should be overlooked.

Nah CnC became ass raped the minute EA bought Westwood and fired half the dev team on the spot. I also agree with Mass Effect, ME2 and 3 were in many ways completely different from ME1 and stepped away from the role playing and the story quite a bit, focusing more and more on the action.

Glad to see people still have faith in Simcity though, but I bet the announcement for the new game had a lot to do with that. Looking at the last few Simcity franchise games that red bar should be full.

Wings of Fire 08-02-2012 03:08 AM

The whole thing is fucking retarded.

It's the internet, come on people.

Bullet Magnet 08-02-2012 10:20 AM

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17uq...g/original.jpg

Dynamithix 08-03-2012 01:47 PM

"Then Halo punches him into the face so now he's the Burger King."


Wings of Fire 08-03-2012 02:02 PM

I don't think I'm the target audience for that video.

Dynamithix 08-03-2012 02:20 PM

I like his videos, it's all silly fun.

Wings of Fire 08-03-2012 02:49 PM

It's certainly all silly.

MeechMunchie 08-03-2012 03:26 PM

Wings of Fire is such a serious person.

Bullet Magnet 08-03-2012 03:43 PM

This was on the front page of DeviantArt just now http://www.deviantart.com/#/d59rnv4

MeechMunchie 08-03-2012 04:07 PM

It always reminds me of the start of Arcanum. Imagine a stuttering priest saying:

"And LO, the heir shall be reborn on WINGS of FIRE..."


Or rather, I should say, the start of Arcanum reminds me of WoF. You should be honoured, being able to intrude my otherwise enraptured mind while I'm playing one of my favourite games.

Also Assault Marines in Dawn of War talk about "bringing the Emperor's fury on wings of fire". It's a popular expression.

Wings of Fire 08-03-2012 04:41 PM

Actually my username comes from a heavy metal song about the devil.

And I'm quite a silly person, seriously.

STM 08-03-2012 04:42 PM

Yeah, whenever I hear the steely voice of an assault marine, I think of you, dear WoF.

scrabface 08-05-2012 09:12 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ith_phase2.gif

Perigäum and Apogäum

also

edit: well that was an ugly countdown panel so here's a link

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

MeechMunchie 08-06-2012 09:12 AM


DarkHoodness 08-06-2012 09:23 AM


DarkHoodness 08-07-2012 03:02 AM

*double post*
You gotta admit that the Curiosity rover's landing system was pretty damned incredible, and I'm amazed that something so far-fetched actually worked (but perhaps the NASA animation makes the concept of it look too unreal, as if it's sci-fi and not sci-fact). Here's footage they released of the landing - Though it's a shame they didn't have another camera ontop of the rover to film the crane dropping it onto the surface even if another satellite managed to capture a photo of one of its landing stages.



It's an amazing time for human science indeed.

EDIT: Oh yeah, this was leaked. Perhaps it'll be worth the weight. (:p) They could've done a better job with the voice acting though - But this is pretty damned amazing for a fan project. The people bitching about it seem to forget that it was made by fans and doesn't even have a budget.


Manco 08-07-2012 12:25 PM

So here’s a website I came across which details the story behind a couple of complete and utter psychopaths who use the internet to get in people’s heads and then mooch off them.

The webmaster’s experience is by far the worst part of it. Lotta words, worth reading.

OANST 08-07-2012 01:18 PM

Why?

Dynamithix 08-07-2012 02:02 PM

Someone give a TL;DR for all that. Crazy Final Fantasy fans attacked someone or what?

OANST 08-07-2012 02:50 PM

I actually got really bored, and read a bunch of it. Frankly, it reminded of stories I've heard about AbeBabe, and Sydney. What a bunch of fucktards they were, huh?

Manco 08-07-2012 02:57 PM

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Someone give a TL;DR for all that. Crazy Final Fantasy fans attacked someone or what?

A couple of crazies believe they have spirits of video game characters inside them. They participate in internet fandoms or some shit and manipulate and bully the people they meet online into playing along with their bullshit, spending money on them, and then get them to move in with them and mooch them dry.

I thought it was fairly fucked up that people like that exist, so in that respect I thought it was an interesting read.

OANST 08-07-2012 03:07 PM

To be fair, every single one of those people are fucking morons.

Manco 08-07-2012 03:23 PM

That goes without saying.

MeechMunchie 08-07-2012 04:32 PM

Yay! They got the original voice actor. It does seem weird that his life went on so long - I'd always assumed that he was an old man finishing a near-life sentence. Then again, I guess he's probably a skooma addict - that'll age you pretty badly.




JennyGenesis 08-08-2012 02:35 PM

Don't fuck with Santa.

Varrok 08-08-2012 03:10 PM

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Don't fuck with Santa.

he didn't look so though here

OANST 08-08-2012 03:35 PM

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he didn't look so though here

You didn't look though. So there.

MeechMunchie 08-08-2012 05:47 PM

Hey, only I'm allowed to make fun of his English.



Also,

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_...image-14xl.jpg