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    Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

    We watched the first two episodes of the recent season 2 of Loki and were utterly bored out of our minds. I was determined to finish the season since it's short and the last one but with the long Thanksgiving weekend away from out living room, I don't see that happening. There was just a lot of...
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    Your video game hot take(s) thread

    The "small/indy game is better than big AAA game" sentiment is seeping into my soul and brain actually. I mean I still, like before, insist on being agnostic about that and taking each game on its own. But now that we're at the end of the year and I'm on a major gaming break, I been thinking...
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    Your video game hot take(s) thread

    Some, sure, but also a bit generalizing and unfair. Story time.. Back in college I was into the music scene, hung out with musicians and got some positive reaction to some writing and talking I did on the subject. But that was all out of genuine passion and not for money or anything. As soon as...
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    The last thing we watched, cartoon/animu edition

    For real. I was completely lost going into this last episode. I don't understand why they made one big last season take years instead of just splitting into seasons or something. So I just took in the visuals and enjoyed the ride. Instead of feeling like a finale, it felt like when Farscapre or...
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    What are you currently playing?

    Yeah I saw that (I also have PS+). I may check it out because I can but voxel + first person hurts my eyes so I dunno. FYI Dragon's Dogma is also coming to us in a few days. It's one of those games I feel bad for having quit.
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    General Gaming News.

    Yep. I think that's part of the appeal... well, at least for me. Spiderman 2 was my favorite AAA game of the year and the fact that that it didn't do anything too different, the story beats were pleasant and predictable, and it was all exactly what I expected, is part of the reason why. And...
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    The Escapist Countdown to Shutdown Thread: What’s Next?

    Aw thx. Sure I'll check that out when I'm done here why not
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    General Gaming News.

    Sure.. but also I think those two games had that critical serious acclaim. GoW18 was a big freaking deal- it made the silly Kratos serious and the whole father son thing matured it and critics ate it up (tbf so did I). Same with TLoU2. I think Alan Wake 2 is the game that has that energy now...
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    Game Articles and Videos Thread

    It's so weird that the money is just sitting there. I mean if it was just straight-up fraud it would've been gone. This is like... lying to cover up impotence, maybe? Edit: I meant to type "incompetence" no "impotence" but I'm leaving it there 'cause dick jokes are always good!
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    Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

    With wife watching: Alias season 4 This show is great. It's the perfect mix of stupid and fun and dramatic and preposterous. Every single decision everyone makes on this show makes us yell WTF at them and I think it's brought us closer as a couple. The Morning Show season 3 We're still in the...
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    Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

    Interesting. I was just not feeling the desire to watch this season. I loved the first few books back in the day, fell off the series hard when it went off the rails, never bothered to finish. Watched the first season with my wife and we were both extremely MEH on the whole thing. But I also...
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    What are you currently playing?

    Ken. Or, the blonde dude that reminded me of Ken from Street Fighter. I just generally go with all the default choices when I play a game for the first time. If I replay I'll probably go for the chick in the skirt or the kid with the guitar because they look like they might have more different...
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    General Gaming News.

    Ok so the GOTY Awards... well I'm pretty much not surprised at any of the nominees especially for GOTY. Certainly we all expected BG3 and Tears, and Spidey 2 taking the requisite Sony spot. RE4 also I expected (or the Dead Space remake), ignoring the complaints about remakes counting, because it...
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    What are you currently playing?

    Yeah it's the part where they throw like 20 of those fat dudes at you... like wtf. I actually liked fighting them up until that point and then it's non-stop. Just a major pet peeve of mine in games where at the end it's just waves and waves and gank squads. I don't have that kind of endurance...
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    CG's 2023 year in review.

    Quite a year, indeed. For me I think it will have been the most video game year of my adult life for two reasons: 1) All the post-Covid-delayed games coming out was just insane to watch and follow. 2) I ended up trying a lot of different games outside my normal comfort zone. I don't know if I...