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Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
La Volpe said:
Ha, indeed. I was a bit disappointed in Fallout 3 because of the massive shift from the original genre. In its own right, it's a great game, just not what I was looking for when I started playing it (later on, it got me kind of hooked). Anyway, I have New Vegas bought and waiting in my Steam library; I just need to get around to actually playing it.

I hear that it's supposed to be much better than 3 -- is this true?
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New vegas is in my opinion the best game in the franchise. As it was created by some of the fellows behind the original games, it feels alot like fallout 2. There is choice, actual choice, in almost every quest. The world is truly interesting and internally consistent. The endings vary completely depending on your choices. All paths to the endgame are fun. The story is engaging and makes sense. And unlike in fallout 3, you will actually give a damn about the characters because they are so well-written.

Do yourself a favor and play it. You will thank yourself for it.
 
Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
For the gamers among you, Saints Row 2 is currently available for free on Steam for a limited time. Just a few days ago I thought about buying it so I was pretty excited to see it there. Maybe someone around here wanted to have the game as well.
 
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Chessie

Istari
Banten said:
New vegas is in my opinion the best game in the franchise. As it was created by some of the fellows behind the original games, it feels alot like fallout 2. There is choice, actual choice, in almost every quest. The world is truly interesting and internally consistent. The endings vary completely depending on your choices. All paths to the endgame are fun. The story is engaging and makes sense. And unlike in fallout 3, you will actually give a damn about the characters because they are so well-written.

Do yourself a favor and play it. You will thank yourself for it.
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My favorite part of New Vegas was hooking up with Benny and giving him his just deserts as he smoked his cigarette. Then again, I play Black Widow characters in every RP game. Fallout rewards it big time though.
 
Tom

Tom

Istari
Car troubles, school, and an eight-hour shift. I curse this awful day! (Although technically it's yesterday now.) I've got the final paper under control now and I'm going to spend a little time before bed on my personal writing to relax.
 
La Volpe

La Volpe

Mystagogue
Banten said:
New vegas is in my opinion the best game in the franchise. As it was created by some of the fellows behind the original games, it feels alot like fallout 2. There is choice, actual choice, in almost every quest. The world is truly interesting and internally consistent. The endings vary completely depending on your choices. All paths to the endgame are fun. The story is engaging and makes sense. And unlike in fallout 3, you will actually give a damn about the characters because they are so well-written.

Do yourself a favor and play it. You will thank yourself for it.
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Sounds good. I'll slot in in after I finish Lost Odyssey and Fire Emblem Awakening.

TheCrystallineEntity said:
^I don't have Steam. Though since that's the only way to play Clannad...hmm...
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You... you don't have Steam? If you play PC (or Mac, I guess?) games at all, Steam is a must. It's free, convenient, and has loads of specials all the time.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

Istari
If I cough any harder, I shall vomit my left lung. Or at least, I'll end up with a six-pack. My abdomen is aching.

My immune system has failed me yet again.
 
Tom

Tom

Istari
DragonOfTheAerie said:
If I cough any harder, I shall vomit my left lung. Or at least, I'll end up with a six-pack. My abdomen is aching.

My immune system has failed me yet again.
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Oh, Dragon, that sounds awful! I hope you recover soon. It's no fun to be that sick. In the meantime, if you have Netflix I recommend you curl up in bed and watch a good nostalgic movie. Always makes me feel a little better. My favorites when I'm sick are Coraline, The Iron Giant, The Secret of Kells, Lilo & Stitch, Road to El Dorado, Prince of Egypt, and Treasure Planet (although I think they might have removed that last one). Anything animated, basically. :D
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

Istari
Tom said:
Oh, Dragon, that sounds awful! I hope you recover soon. It's no fun to be that sick. In the meantime, if you have Netflix I recommend you curl up in bed and watch a good nostalgic movie. Always makes me feel a little better. My favorites when I'm sick are Coraline, The Iron Giant, The Secret of Kells, Lilo & Stitch, Road to El Dorado, Prince of Egypt, and Treasure Planet (although I think they might have removed that last one). Anything animated, basically. :D
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PRINCE OF EGYPT!!! That movie was my childhood. We have it on VHS somewhere. I didn't see it for like 10 years and when I watched it again it was just as fantastic as I remembered.

As for The Road to El Dorado, uh...I watched that with friends once at a sleepover party at 4 am. I was falling asleep and remember it as of through a haze of delirium. :p
 
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DragonOfTheAerie said:
PRINCE OF EGYPT!!! That movie was my childhood. We have it on VHS somewhere. I didn't see it for like 10 years and when I watched it again it was just as fantastic as I remembered.

As for The Road to El Dorado, uh...I watched that with friends once at a sleepover party at 4 am. I was falling asleep and remember it as of through a haze of delirium. :p
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Yes! I have Prince of Egypt on tape too! I haven't hooked up the VHS player in awhile, but now I want to just for the nostalgia value. I used to watch Prince of Egypt at least once a week; it was kind of a hyperfixation of mine for a long time. I actually haven't seen it in...a year now? Hm. Need to fix that.

Road to El Dorado's not as good plot-wise as Prince of Egypt, but it's hilarious. Probably Dreamworks' humor writing at its best, honestly. When it first came out I saw it in theaters, but didn't watch it again until I was a teenager. For years I was convinced I had hallucinated it all, since I never saw any merchandise or advertising for it after that. The only proof I had that it was real was a toy I got at McDonalds--it was the horse, Altivo, and it looked a lot like the horse from Mulan so I could never be sure.
 
TheCrystallineEntity

TheCrystallineEntity

Dark Lord
Oh, wow, that takes me back. I watched Road to El Dorado when I was fairly young, and I mostly just remember the cultural ineptness of the two 'heroes' and the ending, which totally confused me. :p
 
Tom

Tom

Istari
TheCrystallineEntity said:
Oh, and Coraline I have never seen, but I liked the book.
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The movie is definitely worth watching. Neil Gaiman collaborated in its creation, so it sticks very true to the book. Laika's one of my favorite animation studios, and their stop-motion animation is exquisite, especially in Coraline. The color theory and stylization alone...amazing.
 
DragonOfTheAerie

DragonOfTheAerie

Istari
Tom said:
The movie is definitely worth watching. Neil Gaiman collaborated in its creation, so it sticks very true to the book. Laika's one of my favorite animation studios, and their stop-motion animation is exquisite, especially in Coraline. The color theory and stylization alone...amazing.
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Do you happen to have seen Kubo and the Two Strings? That ones pretty amazing.
 
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DragonOfTheAerie said:
Do you happen to have seen Kubo and the Two Strings? That ones pretty amazing.
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Yes, I have! It's probably my favorite animated movie to come out recently (most of my other favorites are from the late 90s--early 2000s). The imagery, especially color palettes and textures, is just gorgeous, and I was really impressed by how seamlessly the CGI blended with the stop-motion. I loved Charlize Theron's performance--it was so expressive, and she did a great job striking a balance between humor and heavier emotions in her delivery. Beautiful score, too.

Well, in other news...wow. I finished a critical analysis paper on the life and worKS of Jackson Pollock today, and tomorrow...um, technically later today, actually, I have to start a research paper on the origins of the American side of the Abstract Expressionist movement. My stack of source books is over a foot tall. Ach, finals. *collapses of exhaustion*
 
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Ireth

Ireth

Mythic Scribe
I'd forgotten how good huckleberry jam tastes. <3 Got two little jars of it from a friend in the States, after first trying it three years ago. Definitely gonna make it last as long as possible.
 
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