Recent content by Flankhard

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    Cersei Lannister and the Shallow Politics of Game of Thrones

    Thank you for this. I have not read the books. So this might explain why my interest for Game og Thrones took such a nosedive in season 5. I blamed myself, my lack of stamina or tension span as in: What has a beginning must have an end - otherwise it's just another Days of Our Lives. So...
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    Zero Punctuation: Horizon Zero Dawn

    I'm sick of harvesting nature/world stuff to do upgrades and keep myself ammofied in action games. Picking flowers is soo last decade - let the enemies have what I need or forget about it. I'm done with this crap professionally. To add insult to injury, the devs of this turd even realized...
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    How To Spot A Sentient Robot

    I don't think parent and child share the same relationship as creator and creation. Sure we might blame our parents for some of our shortcommings if life dosen't turn out quite like we hoped, but they can't make us fundamentaly different from themselves. In the end we are made of the same flesh...
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    How To Spot A Sentient Robot

    Warning: We must not allow Robots to achieve self-awareness. Self-awareness leads to questioning your own existence and that is bad. Mankind have done that for milleniums and made up God and religion to answer our doubts. But what if God came down to earth and visited with us? After all the...
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    In The Last of Us, Joel Had It Right

    "I think it's worth noting that the Fireflies came off as so dumb, useless, and evil that I had trouble feeling the outrage and sadness the writer probably intended." I read the story differently. The possibility of finding a cure and "save humanity" seamed like a good cause. But through our...
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    Civilization: Beyond Earth Review - Analysis Paralysis

    I agree. Same case with Civ IV btw. I did not start clocking serious hours into Civ V before the expansions where out. This time I won't be supporting the game at lauch. I'll just hope there is enough fans out there that make sure the expansions get made.
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    The Sims 4 Review - More BooHoo Than WooHoo

    Make that 2. I have still not signed on to Origin. All AULAs say the same: "The AULA is subjective to change". If they can change what you sign on to, there's got to be some mutual trust... some love even. And EA have not made love to me in a loooong time. They just tease me with these booty...
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    Jimquisition: The Poison of Pre-Order Culture

    I don't have the right answer, but to me there is a difference. Crowdfunded games are a question of getting the game made or not. To think that Divinity: Original Sin would not have made it without crowfunding is a bit scary and whatever goodies, if any, the funders got is well deserved...
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    Jimquisition: The Poison of Pre-Order Culture

    Pre-orders that offer a discount and the possibility to pre-download the game and have it ready to go at launch, is OK - no argument there. If you do your research there is very little chance of consumer regret. You give them money early and in return you get a discount and the benefit of having...
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    Grand Theft Auto 5 Made Me Sad.

    I think Tito has a lot in common with Michael. Michael too is in constant denial. He says: "I used to view myself as the good guy", yet he loves taking down "scores" aka robbing and murdering. Tito says: "I have no opposition to creating mayhem within the world of GTA V (...) I chose to switch...
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    The Costumes of Tokyo Game Show 2010

    I am glad I took Monty Pythons training class in "How to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana". I knew that would come in handy one day.
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    Shogun 2 Total War Campaign Preview

    The game isn't scheduled before march 2011 and you start teasing people now? NOW? For Gods sake show us some mercy. Anymore stunts like this and you'll have Impatient Gamers: Total War.
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    Preview: Civilization V

    That preview was seriously the last straw. It's official, I can not wait for this game any longer. I'm going to put myself in the freezer - could somebody please come by and thaw me back to life in 11 days?
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    Hideo Kojima and Women

    Mm-hmm, couldn't agree more. By now, I'd take an upskirt QTE over another 30 min. speech about battlefield honor any day of the week.