Recent content by Sewer Rat

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    Lucasfilm Makes It Official: Star Wars: Expanded Universe Is Dead

    Trouble is, Star Wars had no consistency as it was. From technology inexplicably getting worse between the prequels and the original trilogy, Jabba the Hutt being presented as a seemingly completely different character in Episode 4 when compared to episode 6, conflicting novels that vary in tone...
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    Lucasfilm Makes It Official: Star Wars: Expanded Universe Is Dead

    I really don't understand Star Wars fans feeling like they, "Wasted their time." If you enjoyed the books, who cares, you had a good time. If you didn't enjoy the books, well A. you should have stopped sooner, and B. You should be glad they are no longer part of the continuity. Most of the EU...
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    "The Most Realistic Gaming Gun Ever" Due Christmas 2013

    How long before some idiot decides to chop off the orange tip and try to rob a bank with one of these things? Bad idea, bad product, stupid advert, and reaffirming a stereotype most gamers would like to get away from.
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    Baby Names and when you picked them

    Girl: Slania (yes it is a real name) Boy: Canas (Not so sure about this one,it is the name of my favorite character from Fire Emblem 8, but I'm not naming the kid for a video game character, I just liked the name) The chances that I would find someone who would actually be willing to go along...
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    New Super Smash Bros. Roster Discussion

    Who I want to see: Hector (Fire Emblem 7) Canas (Fire Emblem 7) (Yeah it will never happen, but he is my personal favorite character) Return of Mewtwo Who we are probably going to see: Chrom (Fire Emblem Awakening) Mii Some new gen pokemon I don't know. Oh and Wii Fit Trainer...
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    Xbox One: We must make a pact.

    I read the first two sentences of the thread, realized it was just another xbone complaint thread, albeit presented in a completely ridiculous way, and immediately lost interest in reading the rest as I can make a pretty educated guess at what the rest of the wall of text says. We get it, the...
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    What did Sony do that was so great?

    It's not so much that Sony did anything to particularly stand out, it's more that they didn't completely screw up and turn off their audience like Microsoft did. And with Nintendo being more or less a no-show, that makes them winners by default.
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    Next Xbox Practically Confirmed "Always-Online"

    You hear that? That's the sound of a dying console. PS4 and Wii U may have taken huge missteps, but if this really happens then not only are Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot, they are hacking it off with a dull knife and throwing it to a pack of dogs.
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    Dragon's Crown Designer Apologizes for Exaggerated Characters

    This strikes me as looking for something to complain about more than anything else. Yes the sorceress taken on it's own seems like sexualization for the sake of it, but when compared to the rest of the art the theme of exaggeration is easily seen both on the male and female characters. I am not...
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    PC gaming THE COST

    I paid about $1250 for my ASUS G75VW and I couldn't be happier, has the odd stability issues since it is a laptop rather than a tower but other than that its served me well and is able to run just about everything I throw at it at High to Best quality. Run Starcraft 2 on it right now at max...
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    Disney Closes LucasArts

    Goodnight sweet Game Producer, and flights of Star Wars cash ins sing thee to thy rest. Honestly though, despite their pedigree, recently they just haven't put out anything worth a damn with the arguable exception of the Battlefront series which were mostly done by Pandemic (RIP) anyway.
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    Metal Gear Solid V Drops David Hayter As Voice Of Solid Snake

    Well, was a good series while it lasted. Sorry, but the character of Snake pretty much is just the voice. It's like Indiana Jones without the hat, it just isn't going to work.
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    Weird game "habits"?

    I horde named weapons in games like Fallout or Skyrim. I even go so far as to make elaborate displays with them in my houses. You would not believe how hard that was to do with the Oblivion physics engine.
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    Poll: So some people don't like the Escapist...

    At the end of the day I don't really care, I enjoy (some) of the original content posted and the forums have in general been entertaining. I enjoy it so I read and post occasionally. If other people don't like it then fine.
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    The Old Republic Plans to Shut Down Asia-Pacific Servers

    1. Acquire really popular IP. 2. Make single player campaign. 3. Tack on Online Sandbox and call it an MMO. 4. ???? 5. PROFIT! In all seriousness though, I'm not that surprised, may have more players but not all those players necessarily are going to engage in microtransactions or subscribe...