Recent content by Thyunda

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    Warner Bros. Hit with FTC Settlement Over Paid Shadow of Mordor Videos

    Your first part is the important issue. The character of PewDiePie is the 'influencer,' as the corporations rather cynically put it, but it's a flimsy defence for Kjellberg. As PewDiePie is not a clear parody of anyone in particular, and merely an exaggeration of Kjellberg's own personality, you...
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    Warner Bros. Hit with FTC Settlement Over Paid Shadow of Mordor Videos

    The issue isn't that Warner Brothers was paying people to play Shadow of Mordor and talk about it, the issue was that, in their terms, they were paying 'influencers.' I'm not sure WB are at fault here, because soulless marketing is just part of the industry, but PewDiePie should know better. He...
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    New Civilization VI Trailer Introduces the Newest Unit: Builders

    Oh, no, I totally agree. I should've clarified my post - I would assume that this 'questing' means that the 'correct path' through the eras no longer exists, otherwise a coastal city will advance faster than a landlocked one, or...I can't remember what the path is in V. I was never too bothered...
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    New Civilization VI Trailer Introduces the Newest Unit: Builders

    I don't think 'questing' is quite the word for it - it just seems like a more rational way of dealing with technology and research, because the current system allows a totally landlocked empire to develop sailing at the same rate as an archipelago, depending on the player's priorities. At least...
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    Snipers and you

    I had a number of very unsuccessful Destiny Crucible matches with my pulse rifle/sniper loadout, and then changed up my strategy completely. Originally I'd been trying to play conventionally, and unfortunately, since I had very little DLC equipment and was only level 28 (I hadn't played since...
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    so this Toby Turner guy...

    Toby Turner/Tobuscus is mostly famous for his Literal Trailers - y'know, where he'll sing over a trailer what's happening in it. To the tune of the trailer's music, of course. Kinda funny. I did keep up with his Let's Plays for a while but they got a bit too...well, 'PewDiePie' for me so I went...
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    So what's the lesbian term for a Beard?

    It's usually a bit of a celebrity thing. Celebrities have their relationships put under all kinds of scrutiny and a missing opposite-sex partner is usually a story in itself.
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    A question about drunk legality, and holding people responsible.

    Definitely an easy question with a definitive answer if you haven't actually met any real people. I mean, I dunno what you're on about. I drink in a padded cell alone all the time. I call it the Drunk Tank. Of course, most of the real, living people I know tend to drink in public or among...
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    Is this guy a dick or is this ableism?

    You could offer to help. He's as cold as you are.
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    Skinner Boxing

    That plus a more engaging combat system would make all MMOs just so much more fun. The Elder Scrolls Online goes some of the way there - with block and dodge mechanics being as intuitive in the MMO as they are in the singleplayer games, and quests involving killing a specific number of enemies...
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    XCOM 2: Mods or no mods?

    I only got the Rogue (submachine gun and pistol) and Trooper (any weapon, supposedly) but I do need to get the Leader one. They're okay, I suppose, my problem was that the only Trooper I've ended up with - a Scotswoman named Charlotte Sutherland, if I recall correctly, got captured on her first...
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    XCOM 2: Mods or no mods?

    I have so many mods. Another gun? Customisation? Voices? Nations? Gotta have 'em all. I haven't subscribed to anything that would alter gameplay beyond additional, balanced classes, though, because that would render my achievements moot and my friends would mock me.
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    Explaining yourself on Valentine's Day....

    It's funny - I don't actually see anything in this post that even implies the OP wants a partner. Just a whole lot of complaints that there isn't one. So, who are you into? Who's the lucky girl you're hoping to fill this void in your life with? Or is it no-one in particular and you're...
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    Why Make Games Random?

    Yeah - this. I sometimes roleplay a bit on IMVU and the issue with it is that the combat systems have no chance of failure. Player 1 strikes, player 2 reacts. There's no chance of either player screwing up their action - only them making the wrong action. As a result, tabletop tends to be...