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RickVoid posted:Ooh, speaking of Woody's axe, I saw something about it that I really really thought was cool. If you look at it, the Axe head is clearly the original brought over from their world. But the handle looks like this. So he must have had to replace the original at some point. Another excellent bit of subtle world-building from Telltale. Ahhh that's so cool! Good eyes! Lord Gorchnik posted:Is this game currently free for PS+ members? Heard a lot of great things about it and watched a little of the LP but I think I would rather enjoy it for myself before seeing another persons take on it. It looks like it's about twelve deformed E's, actually. (£11.99) Bacter fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Go help Toad. Guy's had a rough day, what with us wrecking his car. Also, whoever's ransacking the woodman's place might well be a suspect - after all Faith was there.
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Jan 19, 2015 01:16
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Go To Lawrence's Apartment. Toad is kind of an rear end in a top hat, and we have a murder to solve anyways.
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Jan 19, 2015 01:25
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Bacter posted:Ahhh that's so cool! Good eyes! Any plans to get the no commentary version of episode two up tonight? Got my wife into this but she prefers the no commentary vids. (Not that your commentary is bad, that's the version I watched before I had her sit through it.)
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Jan 19, 2015 01:57
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I vote for Lawrence because I went to Toad when I played through 
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Jan 19, 2015 01:59
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I vote for Lawrence as investigating him seems like it'd at least get you an idea on the deceased's prior movements; at the very least, it might offer some information. Besides, Toad deserves nothing because of the horrible pun of his Car's plates.
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Jan 19, 2015 02:16
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I vote for Lawrence only because I went to help Toad in my own playthrough and I want to see what I missed.
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Jan 19, 2015 03:01
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dscruffy1 posted:I vote for Lawrence because I went to Toad when I played through This in reverse is why I'm voting for Toad.
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RickVoid posted:Any plans to get the no commentary version of episode two up tonight? Got my wife into this but she prefers the no commentary vids. (Not that your commentary is bad, that's the version I watched before I had her sit through it.) Yep! Quite soon! (Hope it's not too late!) Bacter fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Jan 19, 2015 04:24
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Am I the first to say this LP got me to break down and buy the series? This LP got me to buy the game.
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Jan 19, 2015 05:58
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This LP made me want to buy it right after I find a job. Instead I started The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, which was fun until it crashed my mouse driver. Maybe I'll go back and finish the Sam and Max games instead . . .
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Jan 19, 2015 06:25
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I'm going to refrain from voting because I've played through both paths, but I have to say I love what you're doing with this LP, Bacter, especially going into more detail about the fables themselves and how they change and morph through the ages.
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Jan 19, 2015 06:32
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In the middle of watching Episode 2, got to the Tarot part and since I happen to have a deck that I occasionally play around with, wanted to contribute a bit. Note: I don't believe in fortunetelling. Tarot is far more interesting from a psychological stand point, as what you believe the specific order of drawn cards means is far more important that what someone else thinks they mean. So here's what Bigby (or someone other than Bigby, as we only have the three cards there) drew: Strength: Power, Energy, Action, Courage, Magnanimity. If drawn upside down (reversed), means Abuse of Power, Despotism, Weakness, Discord. Since these cards were specifically chosen for this game, could be directly referring to Bigby's dual nature. The Tower: Misery, Distress, Ruin, Indigence, Adversity, Calamity, Disgrace, Deception. If drawn in reverse, it means basically the same thing but to a lesser degree. Was right-ways up. Not looking so good for our hero here. 10 of Swords (Yes, I paused the video to count): My little booklet basically says it means basically what you see on the card. Ouch. Also Pain, Affliction, Tears, Sadness, Desolation. Reverse means Advantage, Profit, Success, and Favor, but none of them permanent. Nice. If I was the one drawing these cards, I'd have probably stopped there too.
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RickVoid posted:Strength: Power, Energy, Action, Courage, Magnanimity. If drawn upside down (reversed), means Abuse of Power, Despotism, Weakness, Discord. Since these cards were specifically chosen for this game, could be directly referring to Bigby's dual nature. One thing I would like to point out about the Strength arcana is that the art almost invariably depicts a calm woman holding dominion over a powerful beast, usually a lion. In this case, though, the art depicted a woman and a wolf. Of course, I interpreted this as symbolizing Bigby's involvement in the plot. IIRC, in Tarot readings, the first card drawn determines who the reading is about.
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Jan 19, 2015 06:42
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By the way, I gotta say. Thread title is fuckin' perfect.
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Ouch. I appreciate the info, RickVoid! We'll get more tarot cards as the game progresses, and I WAS curious as to their meaning. Edit: And that's a double-bad reading for Bigby then. I saw something about a "three card spread", where the first card was the past, the second was the present, and the third was the future?  Little late maybe, but there's that update! Probably a Book of Fables next, and I'll give it another day or so for votes to stream in. You've really not seen ANYTHING yet, action-wise! Waffleman_ posted:By the way, I gotta say. I'm pretty happy with it. It was a moment of inspiration! Edit: Fixing the link! Got the wrong dang video. Bacter fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Jan 19, 2015 06:48
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If that's a three card spread... yeah, that's gonna suck something awful for our buddy here. If we're getting more cards though, it could be the Celtic Cross, which uses about 11 cards total for a complete reading. The first card that gets pulled is the Significator, which is the card that represents the person the reading is being done for. Our Significator here appears to be Strength, and as noted it represents Bigby pretty well. This card is apparently pulled from the deck not a random, you actually choose it. The first of the random cards is for the environment our significator is in. The Tower fits pretty well with Fabletown, I'd say. It's pretty much the world Bigby is living in. The second of the random cards is the obstacles our significator faces. If we had drawn a positive here it would be a short-term good that is going to go to poo poo. How pleasant. 10 of Swords is a pretty nasty card to draw for this, but it matches the rough and tumble world Bigby lives in, and I'm sure we'll have someone or another trying to kill us sooner or later. Obviously we've got more to go, and I'll try to keep up with this as the game progresses. One other note: my little booklet says the following about the Swords suit: Swords correspond to persons with dark brown hair and possibly grey, hazel or even blue eyes. Telltale did their homework when they put this little bit together, it seems. I know you said you were going to do something on the cards Bacter, but it seems you're not bothered by me doing this. Hope I'm right.
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Jan 19, 2015 07:09
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Dunno if its been pointed out yet but the illustration for the vorpal sword is pretty much directly lifted from the jabberwocky poem. this game looks pretty neato.
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Jan 19, 2015 07:23
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RickVoid posted:10 of Swords (Yes, I paused the video to count): My little booklet basically says it means basically what you see on the card. Ouch. Also Pain, Affliction, Tears, Sadness, Desolation. Reverse means Advantage, Profit, Success, and Favor, but none of them permanent. Nice. If I was the one drawing these cards, I'd have probably stopped there too. The Ten of Swords is generally considered the worst card in the deck to have drawn in a non-vulgar position. It's the one card that actually means death, unlike the Death card which is more symbolic and can mean the end of anything rather than the end of a life, at least according to the method I was taught for reading cards.
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Jan 19, 2015 08:17
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Lawrence, the man seems to be hurt
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Jan 19, 2015 08:43
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My vote goes for Toad, by the looks of things in the mirror, Lawrence isn't going anywhere except a bodybag.
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Jan 19, 2015 08:59
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Jan 19, 2015 09:32
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At current count, Toad is at 12 and Lawrence is at 10.
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RickVoid posted:10 of Swords (Yes, I paused the video to count): My little booklet basically says it means basically what you see on the card. Ouch. Also Pain, Affliction, Tears, Sadness, Desolation. Reverse means Advantage, Profit, Success, and Favor, but none of them permanent. Nice. If I was the one drawing these cards, I'd have probably stopped there too. Alternative approach: Swords are the suit of the Mind. 10th card shows the complete deterioration of the suit's energy. 10 of Swords, thus, is reason run mad: overanalysis, self-destructive spirals of reflection, being lost in your own mind and its constructs, blind to reality, etc (all that obviously leads to all those tears, afflictions, sadness and desolation). So it can basically mean "stop overthinking poo poo, it's only making things worse".
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Jan 19, 2015 15:41
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Guess that's the beauty of card reading: there's so many completely random and arbitrary poo poo attached to the symbols that some meaning somewhere is bound to stick.
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Jan 19, 2015 17:00
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Gonna vote for Toad.
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anilEhilated posted:Guess that's the beauty of card reading: there's so many completely random and arbitrary poo poo attached to the symbols that some meaning somewhere is bound to stick. And that's why the magic mirror is so snarky about it, too. I guess it's good to have both - it's like riding in a car with an incredibly foggy front window, but a very clear side window: Still Not That Safe, better than nothing!
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Jan 19, 2015 17:35
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I'm voting for Lawrence, since Toad sounds like he's not in any serious danger unlike the guy who was seen with a puddle of blood next to him.
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Jan 19, 2015 17:40
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Your chapter 2 silent link is just an image?
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Jan 19, 2015 18:19
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Go see Toad. Pretty sure the other dude is dead.
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Jan 19, 2015 18:51
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I am voting for Lawrence. A man with a knife in a pool of blood is more important to look into than a toad croaking on about the Woodsman being noisy again.
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Jan 19, 2015 19:02
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No-commentary video link fix'd. Edit: Also - new book of fables entries for Bufkin and Crane. Actual video BoF coming up tonight, and at midnight tonight or so I'm calling the voting. Edit edit: If we're going for the past/present/future interpretation of the tarot, well... quote:Strength: Fortitude of character, being able to rise above the obstacles in your way. This is hard times for Bigby! Bacter fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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anilEhilated posted:Guess that's the beauty of card reading: there's so many completely random and arbitrary poo poo attached to the symbols that some meaning somewhere is bound to stick. Oh absolutely! It's amazing how you easily can get replies of "that's exactly right" and 'wow' from people by just using what little you know about someone and applying the very vague meanings of the cards to them. I had some woman so convinced that she thought I had supernatural powers or something - I had used some false shuffling so two separate readings came up with the exact same cards for her. Of course, one should always explain that it's just for fun and there is nothing really behind it after it is all said and done. Cartheon fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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Jan 20, 2015 02:02
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I'll vote for Lawrence because I visited Toad's place on my playthrough. 
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Jan 20, 2015 02:24
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Like I said, the psychology behind it is where the real fun is.
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Jan 20, 2015 02:26
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I'll throw in a vote for Lawrence. Considering that there's blood everywhere, that seems like the place to go. Also, I am really liking what Telltale did with the whole Tarot thing-it's impressive how much work they put into one small bit.
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Jan 20, 2015 03:14
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Oookay. It's tied right now, 14 for Toad and 14 for Lawrence. Anybody else wanna vote?
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Jan 20, 2015 03:46
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Toad's situation seems more pressing.
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Jan 20, 2015 03:47
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Lawrence seems more likely to lead us to Faith's killer.
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Go to Toad's , there is a likely crime in progress, and Bigby is trying to be a good cop.
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