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Glazius posted:The Quiet Year Never heard of this game before. Looked into it and it seems pretty cool. The way its structured makes it seem like it'd work well for play by post.
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It's been a while since I've watched Evangelion, but wasn't pretty much the entire idea of that show to on one hand make sense of the fact that the pilots in mecha anime tend to be teenagers (i.e. in the case of Evangelion you need a sympathetic connection between the pilot and the host spirit occupying the EVA, so teenagers who have lost a family member in an EVA-related incident are the best candidates) while at the same time trying to really make the point that using teenagers as mecha pilots is pretty sick (because teenagers tend to be really fragile and unstable, so making them fight big monsters from outer space in giant robot suits is bound to gently caress them up)?
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Forums Terrorist posted:Yeah, I'm really glad I went basically looking for "David Lynch makes a robot anime". Man, that is exactly the kind of cryptic giant I don't want appearing in my dreams. Something something hit the bottle with the lance of Longinus on the first take.
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Ratpick posted:It's been a while since I've watched Evangelion, but wasn't pretty much the entire idea of that show to on one hand make sense of the fact that the pilots in mecha anime tend to be teenagers (i.e. in the case of Evangelion you need a sympathetic connection between the pilot and the host spirit occupying the EVA, so teenagers who have lost a family member in an EVA-related incident are the best candidates) while at the same time trying to really make the point that using teenagers as mecha pilots is pretty sick (because teenagers tend to be really fragile and unstable, so making them fight big monsters from outer space in giant robot suits is bound to gently caress them up)? Well, there's also the fact that the guy who was writing it more or less had a nervous breakdown during the process, so...
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Jul 1, 2014 20:17
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Evil Mastermind posted:Well, there's also the fact that the guy who was writing it more or less had a nervous breakdown during the process, so...
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This is pretty long, but it's the best and most comprehensive discussion of Evangelion I've ever watched. :nsfw: because he really goes into everything that the series discusses. Nothing visually explicit, but not something I'd watch in front of my boss due to the inevitable discussion of "that scene" from End of Eva (you know the one). http://blip.tv/foldablehuman/s3e2-end-of-evangelion-and-the-audience-author-membrane-6540094 edit: the follow up is pretty good, but not essential if you don't have the time or aren't interested: http://blip.tv/foldablehuman/s3e2-1-end-of-eva-follow-up-6558464
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Spoilers Below posted:This is pretty long, but it's the best and most comprehensive discussion of Evangelion I've ever watched. :nsfw: because he really goes into everything that the series discusses. Nothing visually explicit, but not something I'd watch in front of my boss due to the inevitable discussion of "that scene" from End of Eva (you know the one). That review owns because he keeps bringing that scene up. 
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Jul 1, 2014 20:36
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I never got into Eva (thank God) despite being in Animes Club in college when it came stateside, but I know enough about it that I can appreciate this.
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Jul 1, 2014 20:45
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In conclusion don't play anime games
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Evil Mastermind posted:I never got into Eva (thank God) despite being in Animes Club in college when it came stateside, but I know enough about it that I can appreciate this. There's a spinoff manga which is basically the adventures of Gendo Ikari, World's Best Worst Dad. (It's a comedy take on the show, not horrible psychological scarring. Everyone's parents are alive, for instance.) It's my favorite thing, hands-down.
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Jul 1, 2014 20:59
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Captain Foo posted:In conclusion don't play anime games It's amazing how terrible all teen anime games are and Monsterhearts just kind of sits there being boss as hell. It's probably the PbtA.
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Jul 1, 2014 21:04
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Obviously someone should run an anime high school themed Monsterhearts game.
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Jul 1, 2014 21:05
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Isn't that half the Monsterhearts games that got played in the Game Room?
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Jul 1, 2014 21:07
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ImpactVector posted:That's why the players in my group take it the other way: Evil Mastermind posted:Why are you charging the d10 with the 8 face-up? You'll throw off the calibration! Everybody knows you let your dice sit with the highest value showing. Noway are you crazy? You always charge your dice with 1 facing up! A.)it uses up most of the 1's rolls so you get less. B .)it puts the energy directly into the highest value. And C.) it shows all ones instead of something dumb like 2 6's and an 8.
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Jul 1, 2014 21:08
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Mr. Maltose posted:Isn't that half the Monsterhearts games that got played in the Game Room? Really? Most of the MH games I see look more like middle-Americana things like Tollymain's game. The only exceptions would be the Game of Thrones inspired one and Ningyou's Regency England Jane Austen pastiche one. Of course, most of the character art being thrown around is pretty anime, for reasons I think I know but won't say 
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Jul 1, 2014 21:11
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Mr. Maltose posted:It's amazing how terrible all teen anime games are  Everyone always forgets Teenagers From Outer Space
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Jul 1, 2014 21:18
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I'm officially recanting my position because Teenagers from Outer Space was indeed boss as hell.
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Jul 1, 2014 21:24
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Any comedy game where bad puns are a valid, potentially explosive, and possibly unintended source of damage is a good game.
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Jul 1, 2014 21:32
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Elfgames posted:Noway are you crazy? You always charge your dice with 1 facing up! A.)it uses up most of the 1's rolls so you get less. B .)it puts the energy directly into the highest value. And C.) it shows all ones instead of something dumb like 2 6's and an 8. Wrong wrong wrong. You put the highest number up so a) the die learns what number should be showing, and b) it settles a bit, so the mass goes down to whatever face is opposite the highest number, causing it to roll that number more. Seriously, it's like you don't even know your basic gamer physics.
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Evil Mastermind posted:it settles a bit, so the mass goes down to whatever face is opposite the highest number, causing it to roll that number more. Doesn't that require microwaving the dice?
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Jul 1, 2014 21:37
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Any comedy game where bad puns are a valid, potentially explosive, and possibly unintended source of damage is a good game. Does it even need to be a comedy game?
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Jul 1, 2014 21:37
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New Demon says no, no it does not.
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Jul 1, 2014 21:39
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Davin Valkri posted:Of course, most of the character art being thrown around is pretty anime, for reasons I think I know but won't say Don't worry. We know. 
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Jul 1, 2014 21:49
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Captain Foo posted:In conclusion play anime games
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Jul 1, 2014 22:02
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Hahah. Ha. I am laughing nervously because I have an identical dice that we call the Dice of Destiny; it pretty much only rolls 1s and 20s. It is dimly sentient, we posit. And malevolent. Oh, so malevolent.
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I would like to thank Halloween Jack for the shoutout in the Goldmined version of this thread. I only wish I looked that much a nightmarish dandy in my foppish gear.Spincut posted:Turns out that the two players were angry at each other for real-life reasons, but at the time I was just like, "Whaaaaat the fuuuuck this is the most awkward thing in existence." Well, the portal led to the afterlife, and he had no way to return. About a real-life year later, same campaign, he and I were much better friends and no longer at each other's throats at all, he is playing a different character, all is well. Our party finds a portal into the afterlife that should allow a return--of course we find him once we arrive--and without any discussion the two of us turn to face each other and start screaming about how stupid/awful the other one is for what had happened. It was the best role-playing moment ever.
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Late in on the Evangelion discussion, but one of the reasons I like Rebuild is that it makes Shinji less of a failure and worthless loser, and more like the character people clamor for him to be. And the result is that things go even more badly for humanity in that version of the story than they do in the original.
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Late in on the Evangelion discussion, but one of the reasons I like Rebuild is that it makes Shinji less of a failure and worthless loser, and more like the character people clamor for him to be. And the result is that things go even more badly for humanity in that version of the story than they do in the original. Aw be fair to Original Flavour Shinji, if there's an anime protag that's had the shittiest hand imaginable dealt to him it's Shinji.
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Forums Terrorist posted:Aw be fair to Original Flavour Shinji, if there's an anime protag that's had the shittiest hand imaginable dealt to him it's Shinji.
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Forums Terrorist posted:Aw be fair to Original Flavour Shinji, if there's an anime protag that's had the shittiest hand imaginable dealt to him it's Shinji. Oh for sure. I'm just saying that Rebuild Shinji having a spine has turned out to make things worse. My reactions, so far... First Movie: "This version of Shinji actually does things, cool." Third Moive: "SHINJI STOP DOING THINGS. JUST STOP."
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Have you guys considered watching good anime instead?
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Speaking of, play the Titanworld hack some time. It's simple, thematic, and a lot of fun.
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Mr. Maltose posted:Have you guys considered watching good anime instead?
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Jul 2, 2014 02:57
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I watched Avatar: the last airbender on netflix last year, I thought it was pretty good. does that count as anime?
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Jul 2, 2014 03:01
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If I have to repeat that Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Galaxy Express 999 are the best animes in every monthly thread I will. Technically the best anime is Legend of Galactic Heroes but you can't convince anyone to watch that much anime in one go.
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anime-watchers would consider killing themselves before ever parting with their precious terrible anime
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Jul 2, 2014 03:04
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Did you fools think you were free of Smilin' Sammy G? You were wrong.  He's inside all of you.
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Error 404 posted:I watched Avatar: the last airbender on netflix last year, I thought it was pretty good. does that count as anime?
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Sammy was modeled on the face I make when I drop a PC to negative HP.
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If we talking anime, I will always have a place close to my heart for Haibane Renmei
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