How is it? I enjoyed Far Cry 3 and 4 greatly (Pagan Min is one of the finest computer game villains ever, at least on par with Handsome Jack), but I don't have space in my gaming budget for 5 yet. I have doubts it will go well enough on my laptop anyway, unless it didn't changed much since 4 (which worked fine expect for some scenes that involved too many allies and enemies at once - clearing outposts was mostly fine, though).NobodysHome on FarCry 5:
"Well, I have to find a store first. So that'll be issue #1. How was I supposed to know she'd burn? The first guy I accidentally shot just jumped aside."And that sentence explains why NobodysHome shouldn't play FPSes
You are asking the wroooooooooong gamer:
(1) I abhor FPSes
(2) In MMORPGs I'm always the crafter/gatherer/tank/healer; I don't do DPSSo Shiro, Shiro's son, the Impii, and NobodysWife are all really having a blast playing Far Cry 5 and talking about how fun it is. And NobodysWife similarly deplores most FPSes.
I died 27 times in the tutorial.
On my first attempt to use a grenade, it blew up in my hand. In my second attempt, I threw it at the structure I wanted to blow up, it bounced off, landed in my lap, and blew up.
I've burned myself, my followers, and random shopkeeps to death with a flamethrower.
If you want hilariously bad play that should be posted on YouTube, I'm your guy.
If you want an honest evaluation, I am *so* not the right person. But the rest of our group is avidly playing it right now, so whatever.
(After I got killed 8 times this afternoon trying to get to my very first, not-burned-to-death shopkeep, NobodysWife promised that tomorrow night she'll escort me on a "get to the store" mission.)
Yeah, I'm really, really, REALLY Not Good.
Man, Death Road to Canada - attempting to use fire and explosives basically means my entire party's death is extreeeemely immanent. Also any innocent citizens. And merchants. And pretty much everything except some of the zombies.
Good afternoon, everyone.
'Sup?
:D
Finally got a decent night's sleep, for the first time in forever!!!
I never would have thought that sleep would become my elusive Grail Quest...
WOO!
Nothing much. Just sitting here at work, waiting to see if anyone has trouble leaving. Glad you did well on the Belt Test.
Thanks!
Hoping it goes smoothly for you tonight!
Unless, of course, you are allergic to cats. Then they don't hate you at all and want nothing more than to cuddle with you all damn day long.
Can confirm.
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So yesterday I had a panicked email from another teacher at my school who was upset because Hermione, who is in her class, had told her that "Mama got a new job at Comic Con". And had told another teacher as well. And so the rumor was that I was quitting but hadn't told anyone, and since I'm head teacher, site director, etc...
What I *wanted* to say was, "Don't worry; the day I have finally had enough with the soul-crushing poverty, ostracization by the rest of the parents community because they don't trust the boss, and constantly being judged by *everyone*, I'll let you know. Personally."
But I didn't.
I guess that day finally came!
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But, neither 08th MS Team or the Full Metal Panic series had people screaming attack names, and no other giant robot series exists...
that is because those are "real robot side" series.
Super Robot Side series like Mazinger Z(and its descendents), Grendizer, Combattler v, Brave Fencer Raideen, and Voltes v usually rely upon multiple pilots (usually preteens) from different backgrounds either piloting their own robots or vehicles that come to form one giant robot to defeat a monster that appeared out of nowhere to terroize the city in which they live. Said monster was usually sent there/created by a villainous organization bent on world domination, aliens from another planet that want to conquer earth, or some combination thereof. The science in these series border on the magical and are often lighthearted- Maginger Z is composed of an alloy called Japanium, for example. Super Robot Side is sometimes referred to as Giant Robot. This name has fallen into disuse as people sometimes confuse it for Giant Robo, another Super Robot Side series. It is largely accepted that the first Super Robot series, indeed, the first giant robot ever, was Tetsujin 28- literally Iron Man number 28- which was controlled by remote control by a little boy who used it to fight other giant robots which were used to commit crimes usually. It is famous for having no special attacks, no shouted moves (although the boy pilot would occasionally tell the robot what to do, and it would respond with a strang although it did use very basic boxing, karate and judo moves to defeat the other robot.
Real Robot Side series like Mobile Suit Gundam, Dragonar, Macross, Armored Trooper Votoms and Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 usually include more serious storylines and are aimed at an older audience than a Super Robot Side series. The cast is usually older to boot. The science is a bit more realistic, though not much, and the weapons are far more conventional- larger versions of modern firearms, cannons, missiles and the like. Conflicts are usually political, with more than a few naked parallels to conflicts and issues going on in the time period the series is made. Arguments to this day persist as to which is the first Real Robot Side series, most say Mobile Suit Gundam, but there are other contenders depending on the criteria.
Lions can too sing! Okay, it's really awful on human hearing and doesn't sound as melodic, but they can sing!"Ugh, The Lion King is so unrealistic. You'd never get two males in the same pride."
"[Student], I'm also fairly certain lions don't sing."
"Okay, yeah, but still..."
Hey!
Beardeer.
Like a musketeer, but wields a beard instead of a musket.
Hallao.
This sounds amazing.
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Vanilla is an extremely complex flavor made from over 250 chemical compounds, and yet we use it as a synonym for simple and boring.
Just be careful you are getting real vanilla and not castoreum (fake vanilla).
And when enjoying a real vanilla-flavored snack, make sure you know where your milk comes from. Yes, really.
I'll stop posting gross stuff now.
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Winged kitties!
Tressym!
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Isn't that a bit like saying that DBZ isn't a proper shonen because to many people watch it?
Or did I misunderstand?
There is no DBZ netflix series created by someone other than Akira Toriyama working off the collective fanon of the series to create a new one with no connection to the previous, so this isnt the best example.
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88 pages left!
... DAGGUMMIT!
(Though, actually, I'm less far back, because I've been participating in the last several pages.)
EDIT: clarity
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Don't know whether he intended it or not, but that's how I took it. Freehold is into hipster anime.Isn't that a bit like saying that DBZ isn't a proper shonen because to many people watch it?
Or did I misunderstand?
Depends on how you define hipster.
As I prefer older series that have already been completed, and openly mock spin offs and bad sequels, many would point to that and say "hipster".
However, from the perspective of what many hipsters seem to be into- which is to say largely deconstructionist fare- I would say no. The only deconstrucrionist series I truly loved was Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was a very harsh and even cruel deconstruction of the giant robot genre. There are other takes on deconstructist anime I enjoyed, like Dai-Guard(a take on a giant robot [super side] that is owned by a company that gives its pilot enployees strict limits on what they can and cannot do with the robot both in the name of PR, government oversite, and financial responsibility) and the Daichis (a similarly named series with a similar gimmick save it is a family piloting the robot and costs must be kept under a certain amount of money- this is a comedy, while dai-guard is a rather serious show with the occasional joke thrown in), I truly detest Martian Successor Nadesco, which was a deconstructionist lampooning of super robot tropes primarily, then moving into deconstructionist looks at anime in general, Eureka Seven (which dares to deconstruct Mobile Suit Gundam, the unmitigated GALL it takes to touch a sacred series is considerable), and Code Geass (a [very argueably to some] take on deconstruction of a giant robot series with no small amount of psychic powers thrown in, it could also be argued the main character is simply a villain- or a fanatic extremist of sorts- instead of a hero), and Gurenn Lagann (I only liked the hentai to come out of the series, and even then not that much- and this is me speaking). So from that point of view, which I view as more accurate, no, I do not like hipster anime.
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Vanilla is an extremely complex flavor made from over 250 chemical compounds, and yet we use it as a synonym for simple and boring.Just be careful you are getting real vanilla and not castoreum (fake vanilla).
And when enjoying a real vanilla-flavored snack, make sure you know where your milk comes from. Yes, really.
I'll stop posting gross stuff now.
why we arent eating those is beyond me.
They are innumerable, full of protein, and according to some, taste great. We could solve world hunger in a day and a half.
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No wait, I got cockroaches confused with cicadas.
Sorry about that. Cockroaches have a defense mechanism that make them taste awful.
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The studded black leather Tibetan bullwhips came out at HEMA tonight.
Hum.
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There's nothing wrong with being a hipster as long as you're genuine.
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Re kitties and doggos.
Love both. Different critters with different personalities, and a very different instinctive disposition (TL said it best in his post). Miss not having my own :(
Would be nice, to at least have someone who would like to smuggle up to me in bed, for once…
Re Me…
Still down.
Gotten over the firing and started looking for a new job. Haven't really helped my depression. Hate my summer depressions, luckily they are somewhat rare.
Re Freeholds anime choices.
I guess that means no turtle - Freehold anime night. Tend to fairly like deconstruction shows ^^ (Heck even most of those you've mentioned).
Consider myself a "Anime cretin", meaning that I adore all the lowbrow stuff that would make your curl your toes if shown in a traditional movie - excessive violence, plentiful T&A, extremely harmful social behaviour and utterly deplorable "heroes".
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Geez... nothing like a slap in the face to remind you just how ruthless Corporate America is.
California is an "at will" state, and they just gave us infinite vacation so we don't carry vacation balances.
Just had a colleague laid off. No notice. No payout. Just, "Sorry, don't need you any more. Clean out your desk. Today is your last day."
Kind of thing that makes you wake up and say, "Holy s***! What would I do if that happened?"
The good news is that the jobs are out there: The tech industry is still booming, though not as stupidly as in the 1990's. But, "Hey, guess what? You have to live without your income for 2-3 months while you round up another job," is a kind of scary proposition.
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Well, as far as my taste in shows go, I can't stand any form of stilted acting, which is why even though I should be into it, I can't get into The Flash, or any other live action tv shows like that. The way they add "drama" makes good actors act stilted, unfortunately, it even happens to agents of shield somewhat, and it slowly turned me off of the series...
Which is why I love animation! you can pretty much get a decent voice actor to never act stilted, and then its just up to animation and art quality. I don't mind low-brow stuff as long as there is a reason for it (i.e. no violence for the sake of violence, rather let blood shed, death and other stuff move the story along, and not BE the story.) deconstruction and meta-humor is fine as long as you are self aware and fully flesh that out and have some sort of point to it all.
speaking of which, I ADORE Doki Doki Literature Club for doing every single thing on that list pretty much to perfection.
Edit: I got double ninja'ed so i hope that makes this post make more sense.
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I don't watch anime, just don't get it.
I love me some cartoons, comedy, mysteries, and anthologies (like Fargo or AHS).
Of course, only one show mixes it all together.
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Even if you don't get anime, I still recommend DDLC, it's a free game on steam, you can play it in chunks, and takes 6-8 hours to play all the way through. well worth it.
Also, for the most part I am very picky about the anime i watch, and can generally tell if I'm going to like it about 4 episodes in.
Edited for grammar purposes.
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Epic Systems is based in Verona, I'm pretty sure with your resume you'd get a call back almost instantly.
Especially if you put "can shave an angry bear with a skid loader" on your resume.
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Re kitties and doggos.
Love both. Different critters with different personalities, and a very different instinctive disposition (TL said it best in his post). Miss not having my own :(
Would be nice, to at least have someone who would like to smuggle up to me in bed, for once…Re Me…
Still down.
Gotten over the firing and started looking for a new job. Haven't really helped my depression. Hate my summer depressions, luckily they are somewhat rare.Re Freeholds anime choices.
I guess that means no turtle - Freehold anime night. Tend to fairly like deconstruction shows ^^ (Heck even most of those you've mentioned).
Consider myself a "Anime cretin", meaning that I adore all the lowbrow stuff that would make your curl your toes if shown in a traditional movie - excessive violence, plentiful T&A, extremely harmful social behaviour and utterly deplorable "heroes".
we can watch some ecchi together then...
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I do not watch TV shows at all, unless you count the odd episode of 1980s He-Man, or Zorro, or the Addams Family, on Youtube.
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Kjel, by utterly deplorable "heroes", do you mean the main characters in an anime like Black Lagoon?
i cosplayed dutch a few times....
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Kjel, by utterly deplorable "heroes", do you mean the main characters in an anime like Black Lagoon?
Yes, a pretty good example of deplorable heroes.
From Revys sociopathic tendencies to Dutchs apathic, but pleasant business-like focus to Rocks card carrying Not-by-choice-but-this-is-kinda-fun villainy.The show got a nice range of deranged baddies too from dime-store thugs to wacky nazis to the squick twins.
Fine show(s), would recommend (though a little heavy on the bad childhood = Sociopathic killer, people can break down/get better later in life is an option too you know…).
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Epic Systems is based in Verona, I'm pretty sure with your resume you'd get a call back almost instantly.
Especially if you put "can shave an angry bear with a skid loader" on your resume.
This also applies to all you other techy or edumacated types out there.
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I do not watch TV shows at all, unless you count the odd episode of 1980s He-Man, or Zorro, or the Addams Family, on Youtube.
80s He-Man is on Netflix and both of my boys think it is the most epic thing EVEEEERRRRRRRR.
(They also often now say, "I'M HE-MAN!" and then try to punch something.)
Man at Arms Reforged: Stormbreaker
Speaking of remakings and Man-at-Arms, the 2002 He-Man reboot was amazing... at least every episode I was able to watch of it, which wasn't much. The 80s intro was better, but the '02 one worked because of how good the 80's one was, and it really knew its stuff and handled pretty much everything really well, I thought.
(Despite clearly being animated by computers; not the 3d nonsense, but that kind of 2d computer animation that was everywhere at the time.)
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I do not watch TV shows at all, unless you count the odd episode of 1980s He-Man, or Zorro, or the Addams Family, on Youtube.80s He-Man is on Netflix and both of my boys think it is the most epic thing EVEEEERRRRRRRR.
(They also often now say, "I'M HE-MAN!" and then try to punch something.)
Makes sense to me.
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Everyone's got a shadow alias these days.
I got mine "on loan"
All I gotta do is periodically catch it and stitch it to my feet against it's will.
Do you ever wonder if maybe Captain Hook wasn't the bad guy...
I dislike deplorable heroes and anime that ends with either everyone dying or the world as nothing but suck or similarly downer endings. Also, no Hentai or Gorror kthnx.
Otherwise, I'm often a fan; though some series either takes getting used to - e.x. Aggretsuko, one of the best modern anime out there - or isn't my cuppa - e.x. Speed Racer -, I can often appreciate the series for their strengths and solid make.
Generally, I feel the same way about "non-anime" too, though my suspension of stupidity-cringe and slapstick seems to be much, much weaker for non-anime.
Let it be known, though, that, though emotionally manipulative, and definitively NotFun(tm), I kind of appreciated Grave of Fireflies sometimes - I honestly waffle whether it's really good or purely suck. Stuff like Princess Tutu holds a special place because of its beauty, elegance, sweet nature, and intentionally-unsatisfying (in a story-book way) oh-so-satisfying (in a storybook way) ending. Akira is a good film and its ending is not really as depressing as it may otherwise seem. So those may belie what I suggested above... but as a trend, it holds true.
Everyone's got a shadow alias these days.
I got mine "on loan"
All I gotta do is periodically catch it and stitch it to my feet against it's will.
Do you ever wonder if maybe Captain Hook wasn't the bad guy...
Oh, he was never "the bad guy."
I mean, he was a bad guy, yes, absolutely, but there is no denying that Peter Pan is also a bad guy, just being pickier about his targets of cruelty and not a thief. But there was a reason he was widely distrusted by the island natives.
(Also, Peter's shadow is also a bit of a bad guy, but not that bad.)
That said, the Dave Barry and Ridley Scott Peter and the Starcatchers version of Peter was awesome, and I heart that series. Would strongly recommend.
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It should be noted that I love Thundercats to this day.Noone summoned you Mum-Ra do back to your crypt and keep playing with your cats you crazy cat mummy.
As a side note does anyone else think that thunder cats is secretly the story of a crazy cat lady just embellished and animed up?
Munda was always humorously incompetent as a villain - even his hypothetical “minions” (who, truth be told, didn’t particularly want to be there anyway, and only worked with him out of effective necessity) didn’t really respect him.
“Raaaahhh! Now I will destroy y- OH GOSH, IS THAT WHAT I LOOK LIKE AAAAGGGGHHHRUNAWAY!” /first episode
Yeah, me too, but it's been the source of much social awkwardness.
Like, a couple of years ago, I started noticing that a lot of young, well-built guys were walking around sporting tee shirts with what I thought I remembered as the Thundercats logo. And I thought, "Hey now, geeks are getting hotter!"
And I may or may not have actually said "Thundercats OOOOOOOO-oooohhh!" to one of them. Or two.
And didn't understand the blank stares.
And then one day I drove past the Ralph Gracie Jujitsu school in Berkeley and realized that all the shirts I had been seeing were Berkeley Ralph Gracie shirts.
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This might have already been shared here, but Cumberbatch saves the day!
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Vanilla is an extremely complex flavor made from over 250 chemical compounds, and yet we use it as a synonym for simple and boring.Just be careful you are getting real vanilla and not castoreum (fake vanilla).
And when enjoying a real vanilla-flavored snack, make sure you know where your milk comes from. Yes, really.
I'll stop posting gross stuff now.
I prefer more of a raw beaver butt taste.