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    Zero Punctuation: Hellblade

    Well in Nier it was because But the game doesn't do it without warning. It explicitly tells you and asks if you want to proceed. To be honest thematically I think it would've been cool if the game did it without telling you. It would've resulted in a lot of pissed off players though.
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    26 year later: The new season of Twin Peaks.

    Just quoting myself since I'm revisiting my remarks. After watching the first four episodes they've definitely dropped the soap opera format, but instead of taking it in a more modern TV direction it's more like a David Lynch movie stretched out into a TV series. It definitely has Fire Walk...
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    26 year later: The new season of Twin Peaks.

    I'm very much looking forward to it. I only watched the series for the first time about five years ago. And I just finished watching it again a few weeks ago in preparation for the new series. I rewatched Fire Walk With Me the other day as well. The show has its issues but overall I enjoyed it...
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    Favourite Game Marketing Campaigns (Good or Bad)

    I don't know if I have a favourite but the PS2 ads have stuck with me after all these years due to how bizarre they were.
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    Hidden Game Mechanics

    Final Fantasy 10 had a hidden affection stat that would affect which party member would speak to you in a handful of cutscenes. The stat was impacted both in battle and in scenes where you could talk to several team mates. It's only a small thing but it's a nice touch that could potentially...
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    Streamlining that you agree with

    Not to mention the fact that it makes no sense that someone would be attacking an enemy's corpse. And now in Sun and Moon they've finally dumped the fucking HMs. It boggles my mind that it's taken them this long to do it.
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    Let's talk about famously bad movies!

    I'll go right for the cliche and say The Room. I don't have much to say other than it really is a lot of fun. But I do want to mention that if you like The Room definitely check out The Disaster Artist. It's a book by Greg Sestero, the guy who played Mark in The Room and long time friend of...
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    Fuck The Witcher 1. Seriously. (rant)

    I'm not saying Geralt kills all monsters. But the purpose of Witchers is to kill monsters so it makes sense that they would give you the option. If the game had made Geralt kill him without giving you a choice I would've taken issue with it.
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    Fuck The Witcher 1. Seriously. (rant)

    Some legit criticism here but some of it feels a bit overblown to me. I thought the combat was not good but not terrible, kind of on Morrowind's level. Sidequests were a mixed bag. I ignored a lot of the fetch quests but there were a few narrative based ones that were pretty good. I liked the...
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    Would you resent someone for no attending a funeral?

    People grieve in different ways. If going to a funeral helps you with the grieving process, go for it. If it makes things more difficult for you, don't put yourself through it. If you spend your time at a funeral getting worked up about someone being "disrespectful" because they didn't make a...
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    Well THAT was a shift!

    From Dusk Till Dawn. I didn't see this movie until years after its release but I had no knowledge of it other than that it was a Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez collaboration. I honestly had no idea what to think about it. It took me a while to even decide if I liked it (I do).
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    Is the Breath Of The Wild hype justified?

    Well, I'd say no just because of claims like "one of the best games ever" being thrown around. That said it's a very good game and well worth playing. The thing about most open world games is that they're divided into two sections: faffing about doing your own thing (which includes...
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    Parts of games you found easy that others found hard.

    When people talk about difficulty in Dark Souls it's usually playing solo, co-op is generally a lot easier. And speaking of Dark Souls I'll go with Fume Knight from Dark Souls 2. I wouldn't say he was easy, but some people talk him up as one of the hardest moments in the game. I think it took...
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    Cheating to save time

    I usually like to beat a game legitimately, if it's too difficult or grindey I'll just stop playing. There have been a few instances where I've cheated though. I used a mod in Skyrim to speed up levelling smithing. It boggles my mind that the developers were happy with how much you have to...
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    Your Newest Game: what did you get and why?

    The last game I bought was Uurnog, the latest game by Nifflas. The reason I bought it is because it's the latest game by Nifflas. It takes a lot of cues from FiNCK, one of his previous games, which in turn takes inspiration from Super Mario Bros 2. The gimmick or hook of the game is that...