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Welcome to Whose America Is It Anyways, where everything's made up and the promises don't matter.
We're gonna go right into our first game, 'protests.' Your job is to use these props to come up with a cause to be for or against, and you'll go back and forth whenever you hear the buzzer...
/covers self THAT IS NOT APPROVED FOR PRIMETIME TV.
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It's okay you're a guy, they'll only show your ass anyway.
Especially if you're middle aged.
It's called the NYPD Blue paradox.
Or as it's referred to in cinema, The Kevin Costner Moneyshot.
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Aaaaannnnd, (in an effort to "Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted." {bonus points if you can cite the reference}) . . . .
Drop Dead Studios has a Kickstarter up for their Spheres of Might product, planned for release late this year. They've got a couple of samples already out; I've taken the liberty of tracking them down. I hope you enjoy!!
Spheres of Might Kickstarter Thread
The Kickstarter page
Spheres of Might Sample 1
Spheres of Might Sample 2
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And here I was resisting the political commentary.
Ain't none, man!! It's GAME TIME!!
Spheres of Power is awesome; Spheres of Might looks just as cool.
:)
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Pea Bear yesterday sent me and the General links to a story about a 103 year old lady that credited eating chocolate every day with her longevity.
Today, I ask "does anyone have any requests for the grocery store?"
Pea Bear: Could you get some chocolate? did you get the story i sent about the lady that ate chocolate every day?"
Chocolate purchased.
Honestly, I don't know where she gets her appreciation for circuitous plans...
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Yeah, but she's really good at it.
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Former President Bill Clinton checking out Ivanka Trump, then caught by Hillary
And now the Circle is complete.
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Super Mario Sunshine is the prettiest, best storied, beautifully realized, thoroughly crafted (non-RPG), WORST DAGGUM CONTROLLING, FRUSTRATING MECHANICS main series Mario game I've ever played.
But seriously, game. I'm in the middle of a cutscene you don't allow me to skip in which I can't move. It does t seem so much to me to be a problem to ALSO paralyze the enemies so they can't, I don't know, explode on me, knocking me off a really long tower and into a poison lake immediately after aid beaten the level-! ... er, strictly as a hypothetical, of course.
>:|
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Also, is it too much to ask that Mario be a) a little looser, and b) NOT take extra steps/backflipping leaps of faith off the daggum rail I'm on?
I mean, look. The controls are simply too tight and finicky. Slipping off a thin rail would be super irritating, but the current mechanics are almost as bad, if not worse: sure, he sticks every landing, but if he actually walks anywhere, it's a square shaped box step (plus one extra daggum step) in a world that very much so isn't designed in the rigid movement forms Mario is constrained by. Platform ing is certainly possible, but it's like you never actually play tested it with real people who actually, you know, play Mario games.
Dang it.
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So why isn't this a thing?
I was commenting to GothBard that my (female tiefling) life oracle was going to have to resort to grappling the (female human) alchemist, because she couldn't hit her and didn't have any decent offensive spells.
Which spawned this thread:
She needs "oil of grappling".
Only useful when a female is trying to grapple another female.
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Super Mario Sunshine is the prettiest, best storied, beautifully realized, thoroughly crafted (non-RPG), WORST DAGGUM CONTROLLING, FRUSTRATING MECHANICS main series Mario game I've ever played.
But seriously, game. I'm in the middle of a cutscene you don't allow me to skip in which I can't move. It does t seem so much to me to be a problem to ALSO paralyze the enemies so they can't, I don't know, explode on me, knocking me off a really long tower and into a poison lake immediately after aid beaten the level-! ... er, strictly as a hypothetical, of course.
>:|
SMS was gorgeous and soothing, probably in my top 3 favourite Mario* games (Legend of the Seven Stars is 1 and Paper Mario is 2). I should play it again.
*Luigi's Mansion is also one of my favourite games.
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[Captain Bright] Fritzy, what are you doing?! Fire the Mega Bicycle Cannon![/Captain Bright]
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I will never claim it is not beautiful. It is probably the most beautiful main-series Mario game. I love it's world, town, and people. It's like a better version of Mario 64 in that regard - instead of a barren maze-castle, you have beautiful islands, and all sorts of fun environments related to those. Reminds me of my Hawaiian honeymoon, actually!
The controls, however? Infuriating.
I'm very ready to admit that it's just my play experience.
Open the cork for the waterfall and beat the boss? Awesome! Watch the shinesprite, and you can't move, unless the leftover bombombs blow you off the mountain top, into the poison pond so far away from land that you can't make it back without dying! Woo~!
Do it again? Great! Same thing happens with the bombomb he managed to launch even after you carefully cleared everything, only you survive!
... at one hit point! And get to slowly, and frustratingly climb up! Again!
Or maybe on the docks and you've carefully climbed all the way up to the rafters? Awesome! Better hope he doesn't walk right off the cliff by taking an extra step you didn't tell him to!
Okay, so you've made it a second time! Great! You even corrected for the last stepping time! But instead of casually walking the other direction, he does his side-flip right off the side once more!
And don't forget the wind jerks whose only job is to knock you off!
Also, the control scheme is wwweeeeeiiiiirrrrrrd.
All the buttons are in the "wrong" place for what I want to do with Mario.
Spray button
Switch button
View button
Map button (DAGGUMMIT, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE MAP AGAIN praisehelix)
... pretty much everything except the run button are in the "wrong" places for me. I've gotten able to force myself to use the right buttons, but it still feels wrong.
And the finicky controls - do wall jumps and slides! Except when you purposefully jump into a wall, in which case Mario will simply bounce off or just fall to his doom instead of sliding down! Do it unintentionally, when you're trying to drop down? Instead he wall slides almost every time~! Wee~!
To me, it's the frustrating combination of super-precise and semi-randomly activated extra mechanics. And Mario being super-precise, except when he's not.
I wish more games were like 'Sunshine in the appearance and world building. And less in the mechanics.
Again - it's not even F.L.U.D.D. that's the problem - cool device and great concept. I do think linking it to Wii for the targeting mechanics might be better, though - one of the few times I've thought motion controls might benefit a game more than their lack.
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Oh, s++%!
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[Captain Bright] Fritzy, what are you doing?! Fire the Mega Bicycle Cannon![/Captain Bright]
I tried, man. I really did. Hollered about new game development work. Even included a movie reference!!
Not my fault.
This time.
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So, these baked corn snacks are 'Rib & Saucy' flavoured, eh?
By Lugh and Epona, I hope my ribs don't taste like that.
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Let's see about that...
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So... look up this thread and ask yourself, "Just why hasn't TacticsLion developed finger strain by favoriting all those posts?"
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Carpal tunnel, at the very least.
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Hmp. Lousy internet ate my post.
So... look up this thread and ask yourself, "Just why hasn't TacticsLion developed finger strain by favoriting all those posts?"
Carpal tunnel, at the very least.
I think CY once posited that I may be a robit or something.
Another possibility is that I have some sort of alien psychic powers, or burgeoning Power that allows me to favorite things by mind alone.
A third idea is that I became a super-cool l33t h4x0r and programmed a 'bot to favorite things for me.
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No, I said you're able to enter the Matrix. :-)
Oh! Nevermind! Yeah, it's looking more and more like mind-powers, one way or the other...
XD
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To be honest I have no idea what the Matrix is. I pretty much fall asleep five minutes in.
Something about constant darkness and Keanu Reeves' drone being better than sedatives.
Although, the same thing happens when I watch Speed...
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To be honest I have no idea what the Matrix is. I pretty much fall asleep five minutes in.
Something about constant darkness and Keanu Reeves' drone being better than sedatives.
Although, the same thing happens when I watch Speed...
Kinda like having to interpose someone *other* than Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai.
But The Matrix had me hooked as soon as Carrie-Anne Moss did her "floaty ninjy kick". Saw it 5 times in the theater. I also liked how Hugo Weaving set his "They all look like me" schtick precedent in the follow-ups. Too bad the "mind *blown*" wore off in about three minutes of the second. The third was an unmitigated disaster.
But not as bad as . . . . .
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REI took lots of my money. Like, $570 of my money.
I now have:
Vasque brand hiking boots
A Marmot brand tent
An REI brand collapsible chair
A sleeping pad
A package of topographic maps of the Yosemite area
A UTM grid reader
A book on foot and leg care for hikers
An emergency poncho
An extra large water bottle
I also got some pack straps and an army blanket from Amazon.
So, who wants to guess what I'm doing this Spring Break?
REI took lots of my money. Like, $570 of my money.
I now have:
Vasque brand hiking boots
A Marmot brand tent
An REI brand collapsible chair
A sleeping pad
A package of topographic maps of the Yosemite area
A UTM grid reader
A book on foot and leg care for hikers
An emergency poncho
An extra large water bottle
I also got some pack straps and an army blanket from Amazon.
So, who wants to guess what I'm doing this Spring Break?
Stay home and watch Frozen?
I dunno, you're being kind of vague.
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Going to Myrtle Beach!
Stalking Chris Pratt across the set for Jurassic World 2: Even More Slow Motion Footage Of Chris Pratt Shirtless In The Rain.
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I can't have a second birthday. It would mean I wasn't a Sagittarius anymore, and I am NOT going to be one of those heathen Pisces!!!!
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To be honest I have no idea what the Matrix is. I pretty much fall asleep five minutes in.
Something about constant darkness and Keanu Reeves' drone being better than sedatives.
Although, the same thing happens when I watch Speed...
Kinda like having to interpose someone *other* than Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai.
But The Matrix had me hooked as soon as Carrie-Anne Moss did her "floaty ninjy kick". Saw it 5 times in the theater. I also liked how Hugo Weaving set his "They all look like me" schtick precedent in the follow-ups. Too bad the "mind *blown*" wore off in about three minutes of the second. The third was an unmitigated disaster.
But not as bad as . . . . .
I once took a Religion, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Fiction course in which the prof had us watch the first one, in order to demonstrate the similarities it has with Christian Gnosticism. The world around us is a lie, the man pulling the strings is a sinister being, the Savior is one who understands the true nature of what we call reality, etc.. I think the prof mentioned that the Wachowskis drew direct inspiration from Gnosticism, don't quote me on that though.
Man, what a course!
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HAVING CARPY INTERNET SUCKS SO DAGGUM BAD, I'VE SPENT THE LAST HOUR TWO AND A HALF HOURS TRYING TO WATCH A TWENTY MINUTE VIDEO, I'M HALFWAY DONE, AND DAGGUMMIT YOUTUBE, LET ME SKIP THAT FREAKIN' ADD THAT I'VE ALREADY SEEN THREE DAGGUM TIMES BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT I'VE SEEN IT DUE TO A TERRIBLE CONNECTION OH-MY-DAGGUM-WORD IT RESET THE ENTIRE VIDEO ANDNOWI'MSTUCKONANUNLOADING30SECONDAAAAAAADDDDDDAALSKDJF;ALKJ;LNDBKLSDN B,.SNVJKLZ VBSDFKLZJC
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I feel like you need to hit the blame Cosmo thread.
It's been an hour since I posted that. I'm now at 17:19 on a 23 minute video. Yeah.
And no, I don't wanna - it'll take forever to load the thread, and I'll still not be done.
:I
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To be honest I have no idea what the Matrix is. I pretty much fall asleep five minutes in.
Something about constant darkness and Keanu Reeves' drone being better than sedatives.
Although, the same thing happens when I watch Speed...
Kinda like having to interpose someone *other* than Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai.
But The Matrix had me hooked as soon as Carrie-Anne Moss did her "floaty ninjy kick". Saw it 5 times in the theater. I also liked how Hugo Weaving set his "They all look like me" schtick precedent in the follow-ups. Too bad the "mind *blown*" wore off in about three minutes of the second. The third was an unmitigated disaster.
But not as bad as . . . . .
I once took a Religion, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Fiction course in which the prof had us watch the first one, in order to demonstrate the similarities it has with Christian Gnosticism. The world around us is a lie, the man pulling the strings is a sinister being, the Savior is one who understands the true nature of what we call reality, etc.. I think the prof mentioned that the Wachowskis drew direct inspiration from Gnosticism, don't quote me on that though.
Man, what a course!
Felt more like eastern philosophy (the world is suffering, the Matrix = a veil obscuring the real world, Morpheus as a bodhisatva), with added Messianic-figure, to me. But YMMV.
I poured a 22oz can of Sapporo into a large stein and squeezed the juice of a whole lemon into it. Now I'm wondering why I didn't try that ages ago. Japanese lager is...
how do I say?
Heavier?
Than Mexican lager, which the lemon seems to hold up better to than a lime might.
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The matrix is totally Plato's allegory of the cave, but eastern and western philosophy do sometimes have parallels.
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Hiking through Yosemite. Not even a guess, really.REI took lots of my money. Like, $570 of my money.
I now have:
Vasque brand hiking boots
A Marmot brand tent
An REI brand collapsible chair
A sleeping pad
A package of topographic maps of the Yosemite area
A UTM grid reader
A book on foot and leg care for hikers
An emergency poncho
An extra large water bottle
I also got some pack straps and an army blanket from Amazon.
So, who wants to guess what I'm doing this Spring Break?
...Maaaybe
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Felt more like eastern philosophy (the world is suffering, the Matrix = a veil obscuring the real world, Morpheus as a bodhisatva), with added Messianic-figure, to me. But YMMV.
It did have a great many "universal" touchstones. For me, with my Christian upbringing and training, the Gnostic angle quickly became . . . "obvious" seems to plain a word for it.
Y'know -- credits are rolling, you're walking out, and WHAM! "Y'know, that reminds me of . . . . Oh. . . . . But, then . . . . Hey! Kinda cool!!"
I was more intrigued by the dystopian vision of an AI future, though.
And the floaty ninjy kicks.
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Hey! Some people haven't seen it yet...
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I don't get the trend to redo Disney cartoons as live action films.
Do they really think having Hermione Granger poorly lip sync dated songs to a less intimidating though dreamy beast will bring them fists of money.
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I think the warm weather is making him delusional, he'll figure it out... eventually.
I dunno, didn't Cinderella bomb.
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I don't get
the trend to redo Disney cartoons as live action filmsDisney's trend of redoing perfectly good films.Do they really think
having Hermione Granger poorly lip sync dated songs to a less intimidating though dreamy beastrehashing awesome movies from the 70's will bring them fists of money?
FTFY.
And it appears to be a fully armed and operational functional battlestation business model. Soft Reboot Bank of Corporate America opening soon in a location near you!