Recent content by Hawk of Battle

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    The Avengers: Infinity War (Red Carpet Premiere)

    It amazes me that people call the ending stupid or a fakeout or whatever other crap they're spouting. We KNEW this was how the movie was going to end, because it's the goddamn Infinity Saga. This is exactly how the comics did the same story decades ago; Thanos assembles the gauntlet, snaps his...
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    Projects that fizzled out that you really wish hadn't.

    In addition to many of the things already said, I'm going to add Stargate Universe. Yes, yes, I know, many people didn't like it, but as a massive SG fan who's watched the previous shows about 10 times each, I thought it was ok. It was different, yes, but after 15 seasons of two other shows...
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    Best game music.

    GTA; Vice City still has the greatest soundtrack of all games ever.
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    Monster Hunter World new endgame Boss/Mode this week

    As a player who has yet to reach High Rank or even finish the main questline yet, I really need to get my arse in gear.
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    A new book in the Middle Earth Legendarium to be released this year, The Fall of Gondolin.

    Yeah, the opening is hard to get through, but if you can manage it it's worth it. Once it gets past the metaphysical creation of the gods and the world and gets down into Arda and the elves awaken things get much more interesting.
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    A new book in the Middle Earth Legendarium to be released this year, The Fall of Gondolin.

    Yeah this is pretty cool. I always wanted to know more about the Fall of Gondolin (the Silmarillion only glances over it), especially considering, as you say, it was the first part of the entire Legendarium to be written, it really needed to be fleshed out more than it was. I should really...
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    Childhood Traumas

    I remember staying up late 1 night and secretly watching Even Horizon until 1 in the morning. I think I was around 11 at the time. It was the only time in my life I have been too scared to sleep.
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    Gaming and Real World Combat Tactics

    This. Exactly what "tactics" or training are these people supposed to be learning from these "murder simulators?" How to move and shoot on the run? Aiming with a pair of joysticks is totally different than using your own arms and legs to move and aim whilst also controlling your breathing...
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    Venom film coming this Fall!!!

    I genuinely thought it was just so when I watched it like a week ago. Still surprised that it isn't. That said, I greatly anticipate seeing Venom in one of these Venom trailers at some point!
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    what are your top 10 games of all time? Name one game per franchise

    In no particular order because fuck it; Final Fantasy X Resident Evil 3 Deus Ex Skyrim Worms Armageddon Red Alert 2 Horizon; Zero Dawn Mercenaries; Playground of Destruction Unreal Tournament 1+3 Borderlands Dark Cloud/Chronicle Warframe God of War 1-3 Devil May Cry 3+4...
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    Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer revealed.

    I'm still mostly just salty that we never got a proper Mass Effect style Han Solo; Intergalactic Smuggler rpg game at any point in the last 30 fucking years! This movie does not make up for missing out on that!
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    What types of anime are you into and why?

    Hmm, let's see if I can compile a list of all the anime/cartoons I've seen over the last few years; Neon Genesis Evangelion Sword Art Online Log Horizon Gate Steinsgate Fairy Tale Death Note A Certain Magical Index A Certain Scientific Railgun (I preferred this more than Index) Akame...
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    So Monster Hunter World

    I'd always heard about Monster Hunter games and had looked up on occasion over the years, but I've never actually played one. As others have said, it always just seemed like a shallow loot grind fest, ala, Borderlands (though, I actually really enjoyed Borderlands), but without any kind of...
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    How do you feel about breaking the forth wall in fiction (movies, TV, games, books or plays)?

    I'm currently on a massive RWBY binge, and they do occasionally 4th wall break, but only very subtly. Mostly by lampshade hanging events or ideas that fans want to see or fan theories they shoot down, but they do it in a logical, in-universe fashion. Other than that they leave in references in...
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    Man killed by police after angry CoD gamer SWATs player for lost $1.50 wager match

    How... does this happen? Like, the guy doing the phone call was claiming HE was the one with the gun, according to that video in the second link, and presumably gave the wrong address, that he got from the guy he was pissed off at. But he was calling from a completely different address right? Do...