Recent content by SecondPrize

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    The $100 Steam Direct Fee is Bad for Steam, and Bad for Gamers

    I've never bought any asset flips on steam. What's your problem?
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    Zero Punctuation: Dead Rising 4

    I'm not sure how Japanese devs can write better American characters than Canadians but this series continues to prove that they can.
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    Sony Refund Policy Criticized Following No Man's Sky Launch

    Valve's refund policy isn't meant to protect buyers from themselves. It's meant to allow refunds when games just won't work on your machine or they're instantly recognizable as complete garbage upon playing like the stuff Jim Sterling is fond of on steam. It's a reasonable policy.
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    A Person Uses Transgender Law To Expose Gender Discrimination

    I'll wait till he handily wins the kids in a divorce to cheer him on. Ladies Nights are for everybody. They're not even worth a strongly worded letter to the editor, much less faking a gender transition.
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    SAO getting live action American TV adaptation

    I'm torn between my lack of faith in Hollywood and the badass tv shows that some have come out with in recent years. Honestly, I don't see this working. SAO has some interesting themes about the 'real' world vs things online but this show would just be "Death game, death game, death game," right?
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    The worst video game ending ever

    Neverwinter Nights 2 has got to be it for me.
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    What is your GOTY so far?

    Overwatch by default, as I don't buy new games. I think Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds were the most fun but they're from the late 80s so... Squad will replace it when they add transport choppers if you can loop them.
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    Investigating Overwatch's Stingy Loot System

    Unlockables were all over the place. I owned more clothing and accessories in Virtua Fighter 4 evolution than I probably have owned in reality. You couldn't pay for the stuff either.
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    Snipers and you

    I like sniping in games where it's hard. I had probably 1000 hours playing as a sniper in BF2. Being able to headshot other players zooming by in a HMMWV is fun, being able to do it every time is awesome. Same goes when their head is a few pixels and you drop them with your first shot. I always...
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    Your thoughts on... Nerd/Geek culture of today.

    Geek culture is fine. We do need some higher quality in the new shit we get, outside of Marvel's recent motion pictures, which have been pretty sweet.
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    Ghostbusters Director Calls Out "Assholes in Geek Culture"

    So he get's to gamble on setting representation in Hollywood back five years when his film turns out to be absolute shit but the people pointing out the smell wafting from it are the ones who are assholes. Fuck you too, Feig.
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    What is your Hype meter for Upcoming games?

    I'm looking forward to Underworld Ascendant and the new Toejam and Earl. Everything else is reading zero on the hype meter. My confidence the AAA industry can deliver on great games has been shattered so I expect the worst and allow myself to be pleasantly surprised if they come through with a...
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    Poll: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Should I?

    I watched the first episode of phantom blood and would have given up then and there if not for the Yes out of nowhere at the end. So I watched the second episode and stayed for the character names and watched the rest of them. It was totally worth it.
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    "Mokoto Kusanagi can be white" Yeah okay, I'll let you have that...(Rant)

    For me, GiTS is the first animated movie and how the Major got where she is in it is pretty much left a mystery. As to whether they went with Scar-jo to appeal to a broad audience. Yes, of course they did. That is how it is done. You pick someone with star power and bank on the fact that they...
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    A lot of negativism towards gaming journalism?

    In other trade press' the journalists tended towards actually having training or education in journalism. In the gaming trade press this is very much not the case. Critiquing or reviewing is taught. There is a glaring difference between a review from someone who bothered to learn the craft they...