Bits & Pieces VIII (OMG, Hobo visited! Now this title can't be libelous Edition) -

Phylum · #**541** 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 · #**542** 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 · #**543** 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 · #**544** 08-02-2012, 03:08 AM

The whole thing is fucking retarded.

It's the internet, come on people.

Bullet Magnet · #**545** 08-02-2012, 10:20 AM

Dynamithix · #**546** 08-03-2012, 01:47 PM

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

Wings of Fire · #**547** 08-03-2012, 02:02 PM

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

Dynamithix · #**548** 08-03-2012, 02:20 PM

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

Wings of Fire · #**549** 08-03-2012, 02:49 PM

It's certainly all silly.

MeechMunchie · #**550** 08-03-2012, 03:26 PM

Wings of Fire is such a serious person.

Bullet Magnet · #**551** 08-03-2012, 03:43 PM

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

MeechMunchie · #**552** 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 · #**553** 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 · #**554** 08-03-2012, 04:42 PM

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

scrabface · #**555** 08-05-2012, 09:12 AM

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 · #**556** 08-06-2012, 09:12 AM

DarkHoodness · #**557** 08-06-2012, 09:23 AM

DarkHoodness · #**558** 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. (

) 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 · #**559** 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 · #**560** 08-07-2012, 01:18 PM

Dynamithix · #**561** 08-07-2012, 02:02 PM

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

OANST · #**562** 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 · #**563** 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 · #**564** 08-07-2012, 03:07 PM

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

Manco · #**565** 08-07-2012, 03:23 PM

That goes without saying.

MeechMunchie · #**566** 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 · #**567** 08-08-2012, 02:35 PM

Don't fuck with Santa.

Varrok · #**568** 08-08-2012, 03:10 PM

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Don't fuck with Santa.

he didn't look so though here

OANST · #**569** 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 · #**570** 08-08-2012, 05:47 PM

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

Also,