Recent content by J9ACK9

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    Before clicking this, think of a game franchise. Any game franchise.

    ... I came in with Darksiders. Sssssoooo... THQ... that gives me... War and Death, Marvel Super Hero Squad, You Don't Know Jack, Red Faction, de Blob, and Fantastic Animals for the Kinect. Mother of God, what I have done.
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    So.....I have three games I'm thinking about getting.....

    Everything that others have said about Max Payne is essentially correct: it definitely lacks the... previous Max Payne "vibe" of the other two. There's a flash-back sequence in 3 that has him back in New York, and playing that level just made me wonder why the entire game wasn't like this...
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    Poll: Donating blood

    I have no doubt whatsoever that the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s was terrifying: and I really can't blame organizations like the Red Cross for reacting the way that they did by initially (emphasis on INITIALLY, not FOREVER) banning homosexuals from donating blood. But that was thirty years ago...
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    Poll: Donating blood

    Believe me, as soon as progressive medical professionals such as yourself can do away with discriminatory policies such as those, I'll be first in line for the platelet donations, I promise. Every single drop of blood that blood banks get is prescreened for a wide variety of diseases before...
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    Poll: Donating blood

    Has nothing to do with "bravery", bro. I've donated plenty over the course of my life, but I'm not giving it to groups who seem to consider gay people the soul carriers of HIV.
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    Poll: Donating blood

    What about the "I'm not about to donate blood to organizations that discriminate against gay people" selection? Is that just the "No" one? Cause' that's the one I'm going with.
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    Poll: Books that would make EPIC GAMES!!! (how would you rate mine?)

    Discworld has been said like twelve times, I'm gonna make it thirteen. The Black Company books would also make a great game, I feel. Glen Cook, epic dark fantasy. Follows a mercenary unit, wizards in the world are all violent psychopaths, great books. The entire game could play...
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    Pirating Game Dev Tycoon Dooms Players to be Ruined By Piracy

    I bought the game yesterday, I like to think I paid four bucks for the game and four dollars for a good laugh. Jesus, pirating a game from a small indie game company that only charges eight bucks: How much of a cheap piece of garbage do you have to be to do that? Additionally: My...
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    Arkham Horror,

    It's a lot of fun, but holy GOD, is there a time commitment involved... my group usually plays with an expansion or two, and our games can definitely hit the eight-hour mark. Protip: If you're going to play it, make an afternoon of it: Start at 2 on a Sunday, bring snacks. Have a dinner plan...
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    Terminal Reality Reveals Walking Dead FPS Footage

    ... yep, looks exactly like L4D. I suppose it would be a different experience if they incorporated a "one bit kills you, so avoid fights" or a "weapons might get stuck in the bodies" system, but if not... well, there's almost no difference that I can see.
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    What should a 50 year old man watch with his 15 year old daughter on Netflix Streaming TV

    Both of you might enjoy "Dead Like Me"... that was a really good show.
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    Lovecraft and Video Games

    ... I was the only one who played Splatterhouse all the way through, huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cek3YnryR2M 5:10 to about 5:55, that's Cthulhu floating around in that huge green tank to your right, as you run down the stairs. Or, in the case of this video, the large glass case...
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    Server Issues Mar Diablo III's Launch

    Adam Jensen stole my sentence. Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed Diablo. I bought it back in '97, I bought Diablo 2 on release day along with everybody else, but I wasn't about to wait twelve goddamn years for the third one. Torchlight was a clone? Yep. A perfect clone of a fantastic game...
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    Jimquisition: Jimquisition Extra: Virgillio Armarndio's Art Hole

    *deep sigh* OBVIOUSLY, Virgillio doesn't UNDERSTAND "Space Invaders", as it's deep cultural context is OBVIOUSLY underpinned by the imagining that the "cannon" is inherently MALE, (as conceptualized throughout by a phallic image) and that the patriarchy is "defending" it's "bases" from the...
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    Pop-A-Ganda

    "MovieBob: Can't Win for Losing" is such a better choice than "Intermission"... Day One: "Commie Pinko Flag-buring MovieBob spits on U.S. Troops in yet another biased liberal agenda 'Anti-America' tirade that bolsters terrorism because he hates freedom." Day Two: "MovieBob, back from his...