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    Has any game ever achieved a magic system as a power fantasy?

    That's exactly my point. This is a fantasy, magic should feel great to use, but it never does.
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    Has any game ever achieved a magic system as a power fantasy?

    Magic should feel godly powerful. Arcane bending of the fabric of the universe should be the greatest power fantasy of them all. Yet, for all the magic systems and fantasy worlds gaming has seen, I don't know of any game that has magic that makes you feel powerful. This is usually because...
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    There's Apparently a Sleeping Dogs Movie In the Works Starring Rogue One's Donnie Yen

    Oh God, is Donnie Yen going to be 'Rogue One's Donnie Yen from now on. The guy's a legend of East Asian cinema and modern martial arts films, but this is what we're recognizing as his most significant work. Jeez, that's depressing. And Samael Barghest above is completely right, this is...
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    Best Fight Scene Move?

    I love my intense martial arts fights, so I can give some good shout-outs. Most of The Raid could fit the description. That film is so unrelentingly tense, concise and brutal that it's hard to isolate particular fights, but I'd have to go with the ending fight of Mad Dog vs Rama and Andi...
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    Valve Announces Winners for the First Steam Awards

    I think this goes to show that if take a massive group of people and find the average opinion on broad categories, you get some pretty dull opinions. I'm not denying any of these are great games, but there's no surprise in hearing any of these. They're just the most popular games that everyone...
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    Zero Punctuation: Final Fantasy XV

    So it seems to me the difference between Western and Japanese styles of open world is that the Japanese open worlds are not sandboxes. Ever since GTA every Western open world games have felt the need to allow you to mow down pedestrians and do jumps, even if it has nothing to do with the...
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    Saints Row IV Now Includes Support for Steam Workshop

    It's a bit late now, isn't it? And also, I don't think people need to worry about NSFW mods for SR. NSFW seems pretty on-brand.
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    Music recommendations similar to the Life is Strange soundtrack?

    Thanks all, great suggestions. I never thought of the Scrubs, but thinking about it they were great, thanks! I guess I might as well add my own suggestion for those interested. Check out The Mountain Goats. All Hail West Texas is a great album.
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    Music recommendations similar to the Life is Strange soundtrack?

    I've been loving the Life is Strange soundtrack over the summer, can't travel without it. I'm loving the sincere acoustic guitar with harmonious melodies. It's nice, soft sincere indie music telling lovely stories. Even if you have no interest in the game I'd recommend listening to the...
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    #150: Halp

    The title of sir/ser predates formalized spelling, so it was written as it's said, so in medieval fantasies it's right either way