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I'm mostly a JRPG & Adventure gamer, and I haven't found anything that really grabbed me in a long time. Here's my list of favorites and flops. Please let me know if anything is missing that you think fits in with my tastes. One thing I noticed while making this list: the games I really loved usually had musical scores that I really loved. Perfect Games: Psychonauts Final Fantasy III/VI Final Fantasy VII Secret of Mana Chrono Trigger Terranigma Legend of Zelda LoZ: A Link to the Past LoZ: Ocarina of Time LoZ: Majora's Mask Skies of Arcadia Legends Great Games: Final Fantasy II/IV Lufia I & II LoZ: Link's Awakening LoZ: Wind Waker LoZ: Twilight Princess Super Mario Galaxy Chrono Cross Monkey Island Series Fun Games: Final Fantasy V and VIII through XII Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest Secret of Evermore Illusion of Gaia Soul Blazer King's Quest Series GB & GBA Zeldas Meh(felt like a chore to finish or lost interest before finishing): Dragon Warrior 7 & 8 Tales of Symphonia Wild Arms 1-2 (Don't remember these clearly, but I did finish them.) Breath of Fire 1-3 (Don't remember these clearly, but I did finish them.) Mario RPG & Paper Mario Final Fantasy Tactics Sierra and LucasArts other than Monkey Island and King's Quest 7th Saga DS Zeldas Steerpike fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Mar 8, 2010 |
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Steerpike posted:I'm mostly a JRPG & Adventure gamer, and I haven't found anything that really grabbed me in a long time. Here's my list of favorites and flops. Please let me know if anything is missing that you think fits in with my tastes. One thing I noticed while making this list: the games I really loved usually had musical scores that I really loved. Have you tried Seiken Densetsu 3 on the SNES? It's a Secret of Mana game that didn't get released outside of japan, there's a fan translation for it. I personally liked it way more than SoM.
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Mar 8, 2010 08:46
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:I've got a rather vague request for ideas, a friend of mine is going through a kind of poo poo time and it helps her relax to watch someone else (me in this case) playing games. She likes watching people play expansive, engaging games, offhand I know she likes stuff like Oblivion or Fallout 3. I know it's not quite like the games you listed, but in my opinion Resident Evil 4 is fun as hell to watch. You can get the Wii version which is probably the best one. Canemacar posted:So after playing Borderlands, I'm in love with the kind of "sci-fi meets the old west" setting. Are there any other games that combine those two elements, preferably with a gritty, run-down atmosphere? I like to call it Rustpunk. Borderlands pretty much unashamedly rips off of Fallout 3 in terms of atmosphere and the gameplay is pretty similar too, except Fallout 3 is more RPGish, but if you liked one you'll probably like the other.
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Mar 8, 2010 08:56
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Wasn't there some steampunk-ish game coming for the 360/PC that started as a Quake total conversion? I remember it having a similiar setting to Borderlands.
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Mar 8, 2010 11:27
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Demicol posted:Have you tried Seiken Densetsu 3 on the SNES? It's a Secret of Mana game that didn't get released outside of japan, there's a fan translation for it. I did too back in my anime-lovin' days, but my otaku buddy who is obsessed with JRPGs absolutely LOATHES it. I dunno, maybe if you're a hardcore fan of SoM it's a horrible desecration, or something. There are also a few things you need to know about it first regarding class builds and difficulty settings, because it's entirely possible to gimp your game. Steerpike: Play the Persona games goddammit. 3 and 4 are considered masterpieces of the genre, and the music is loving badass. I say this as someone who loathes jrpgs but is compelled to play them for some reason, so my standards are pretty high. Gormenghast fans represent 
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Mar 8, 2010 12:33
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This might be a bit obscure, but are there any games with a similar mechanism to the Castle Fight warcraft3 mod? I like the idea of a basebuilding rts that focuses on broad strategic direction, without unit micromanagement (or preferably with automatically spawning and fighting units). I had a blast playing castle fight years ago, but I seem to have since lost my CDs. If you happen to know of flash or free games or other mods that are similar, that's fine too!
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Mar 10, 2010 19:09
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I guess I'm not looking for suggestions on possible choices, but rather advice for/against a particular choice. I've been playing GTA: SA for probably close to a year now since I bought it on Steam, and it's honestly one of the best games I've played. It's fun, funny, and entertaining, especially when you download an editor or two and make crazy supervehicles that you can use to plow everything off the road while going 150mph, turn on a dime and stop in an instant. However, it's starting to get a little old, and Saint's Row 2 is starting to pique my interest. Since I liked GTA: SA, especially messing with config files, would I like Saint's Row 2? I'd get the Steam version, if that makes any difference (it does for GTA, since mods and half the tools don't work for the Steam version). Forever_Peace posted:This might be a bit obscure, but are there any games with a similar mechanism to the Castle Fight warcraft3 mod? I like the idea of a basebuilding rts that focuses on broad strategic direction, without unit micromanagement (or preferably with automatically spawning and fighting units). I had a blast playing castle fight years ago, but I seem to have since lost my CDs. If you happen to know of flash or free games or other mods that are similar, that's fine too!
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Mar 10, 2010 19:54
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Forever_Peace posted:This might be a bit obscure, but are there any games with a similar mechanism to the Castle Fight warcraft3 mod? I like the idea of a basebuilding rts that focuses on broad strategic direction, without unit micromanagement (or preferably with automatically spawning and fighting units). I had a blast playing castle fight years ago, but I seem to have since lost my CDs. If you happen to know of flash or free games or other mods that are similar, that's fine too!
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Mar 10, 2010 20:10
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I want something simple, non-restrictive, and exploration-based that I can approach at my own pace. If it's something more akin to a toy or interactive art, like Panic! for Sega CD or superbad.com, that's great. Edit: I've played Everblue 2 and Endless Ocean.
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Mar 10, 2010 22:36
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Rollersnake posted:I want something simple, non-restrictive, and exploration-based that I can approach at my own pace. If it's something more akin to a toy or interactive art, like Panic! for Sega CD or superbad.com, that's great. Kyntt - An atmospheric game where you crash land on an alien planet after being abducted and have to find the missing parts to the ship scattered around the various environments in order to get home. The quest is there more to just get you to explore the different areas and see all the cool pixel art/listen to the cool ambient music. pixelbaron fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Mar 10, 2010 |
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Mar 10, 2010 22:40
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pixelbaron posted:Kyntt - An atmospheric game where you crash land on an alien planet after being abducted and have to find the missing parts to the ship scattered around the various environments in order to get home. The quest is there more to just get you to explore the different areas and see all the cool pixel art/listen to the cool ambient music. I've actually played Knytt and other games of its ilk too, but forgot to mention them.
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Mar 10, 2010 22:49
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Hmmmm. How about Stranded II? You're stranded on an island and have to survive by exploring, hunting, building, etc.
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Mar 10, 2010 22:58
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Games where you can slow down time to cap bitches. One of my favorite parts of Modern Warfare was unlocking the slo-mo cheat and using it in firefights, I love the slow motion firefights. In Hitman: Blood Money one of my favorite things is when you get almost dead and then time slows down. It doesn't just have to be Matrix-esque bullet time with jumping everywhere. I can think of: Time Shift Max Payne The Matrix games FEAR (iirc) Plus the aforementioned games. Fnoigy posted:Since I liked GTA: SA, especially messing with config files, would I like Saint's Row 2? I'd get the Steam version, if that makes any difference (it does for GTA, since mods and half the tools don't work for the Steam version). Saints Row 2 is like GTA except it's funnier and (pretty much) everything you do involves shooting. If you want to do a lot of shooting, Saints Row 2 is awesome. It also provides for more character customization that I enjoy, no stupid leveling up, you have a phone but the most you ever HAVE to do is press E to answer it. Serious Michael fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Mar 13, 2010 |
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Mar 13, 2010 19:30
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I'm looking for a first-person military combat game (Call of Duty, etc) for ps2 for my nephews. It needs to support split-screen multiplayer (either co-op or versus) on the same console since they don't have internet access. I know the split-screen experience in most games isn't that great, but is there something like this for ps2 that doesn't completely suck? Are there any good fps options that meet the above requirements but aren't specifically military-type games?
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Mar 13, 2010 20:06
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Fnoigy posted:Since I liked GTA: SA, especially messing with config files, would I like Saint's Row 2? I'd get the Steam version Yes, you'd like Saint's Row 2, but do not get the PC version. It was unplayably buggy at release, and at least as of the second patch, still ran horribly for me. I had to run it at graphics settings that made it look like a Sega Dreamcast game to get an acceptable framerate, and it would still crash every 10 minutes. And I can run Lord of the Rings Online at close to max graphic settings on the computer, so I don't know what the gently caress.
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Mar 13, 2010 21:38
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Steerpike posted:I'm mostly a JRPG & Adventure gamer, and I haven't found anything that really grabbed me in a long time. Here's my list of favorites and flops. Please let me know if anything is missing that you think fits in with my tastes. One thing I noticed while making this list: the games I really loved usually had musical scores that I really loved. Have you tried Star Ocean? It was a fantastic SNES RPG only released in Japan, but there was a brilliant fan translation done somewhere. Is this  ? It was from almost 15 years ago and I don't think you can even buy it legitimately anymore, at least not in the US.
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Mar 13, 2010 21:51
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Fermata Forever posted:Have you tried Star Ocean? It was a fantastic SNES RPG only released in Japan, but there was a brilliant fan translation done somewhere. Is this It was released for PSP in the US recently. I'm not sure to what extent it's a remake and a different game, so I dunno either.
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Mar 13, 2010 21:52
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Rollersnake posted:It was released for PSP in the US recently. I'm not sure to what extent it's a remake and a different game, so I dunno either. Oh, if there's a remake on a newer console, then it's probably not kosher. Oh well, hope the guy who asked has a PSP...
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Mar 13, 2010 21:55
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I've been needing Diablo 3 for a year or two now. I've played Titan Quest before and had all kinds of fun with it. Someone recommend me a good Diablo 2/Titan Quest style action rpg. I have a serious gaming itch I need to scratch while I wait years for diablo 3.
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Mar 13, 2010 22:28
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Is there a racing game with a customizable championship series mode i.e. being able to choose the tracks you want for the season, and optimally, number of laps and other conditions? This feature alone would be enough to carry the game for me assuming the racing itself isn't terrible. New gen consoles are out, anything else is fair game.
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Mar 13, 2010 22:31
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Hypnolobster posted:I've been needing Diablo 3 for a year or two now. I've played Titan Quest before and had all kinds of fun with it. In general though good D2 clones seem to be few and far between, and you've already played the one I personally liked best.
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Mar 13, 2010 22:56
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Hypnolobster posted:I've been needing Diablo 3 for a year or two now. I've played Titan Quest before and had all kinds of fun with it. Have you played the Eastern Sun mod for Diablo 2? It adds a ton of stuff. New enemies, a ton of new rune words, set items, uniques and even skills. You can customize all your items as well to make them even more powerful. And to make up for the new badass items, there are new zones that are hard as hell. It's like playing Diablo 2 for the first time all over again (well, almost). http://homepage3.nifty.com/miyoshino/es/es3top.htm is the site. Not much in the way of screenshots, but you can check out some of the new items. Other then that, yeah Torchlight is probably your best bet.
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Those both sound fantastic. Thanks guys.
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Mar 14, 2010 05:50
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Gangsta Lean posted:I'm looking for a first-person military combat game (Call of Duty, etc) for ps2 for my nephews. It needs to support split-screen multiplayer (either co-op or versus) on the same console since they don't have internet access. I know the split-screen experience in most games isn't that great, but is there something like this for ps2 that doesn't completely suck? I've just been messing around with Giant Bomb's back-end API, that lets you interface tools to their gigantically huge database. This seemed like a good early test. EDIT: made better code:Doctor What fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Mar 15, 2010 |
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Mar 15, 2010 03:58
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Gangsta Lean posted:I'm looking for a first-person military combat game (Call of Duty, etc) for ps2 for my nephews. It needs to support split-screen multiplayer (either co-op or versus) on the same console since they don't have internet access. I know the split-screen experience in most games isn't that great, but is there something like this for ps2 that doesn't completely suck? TimeSplitters isn't really a modern military type game, but it's your best bet for fun co-op multiplayer on the PS2. The rest of your options are pretty poor.
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Mar 15, 2010 08:49
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I'm looking for a do-what-you-want, free-roaming kind of action/RPG game. I'm a big fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and I've played all the Fallout games to death. I've played Oblivion a bit, but I didn't really like it, and I've gone through just about every major BioWare release (including Baldur's Gate), as well as The Witcher. If you could recommend me a game that is like any of the ones I mentioned--preferably one that I can sink quite a few hours into--that'd be great. Character customization is also a plus.
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Mar 15, 2010 09:16
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Serious Michael posted:Games where you can slow down time to cap bitches. I think Stranglehold is a notable exception from this list. Not a perfect game but still a lot of fun.
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Mar 15, 2010 09:19
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Enigmatic Cardboard posted:I'm looking for a do-what-you-want, free-roaming kind of action/RPG game. I'm a big fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and I've played all the Fallout games to death. I've played Oblivion a bit, but I didn't really like it, and I've gone through just about every major BioWare release (including Baldur's Gate), as well as The Witcher. If you could recommend me a game that is like any of the ones I mentioned--preferably one that I can sink quite a few hours into--that'd be great. Character customization is also a plus. Risen is like this, it falls apart once you hit chapter 3 though since you have to just fight a million lizardmen in huge caves, chapter 1 and 2 are quite lengthy and cool though
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Mar 15, 2010 09:22
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SM64Guy posted:Risen is like this, it falls apart once you hit chapter 3 though since you have to just fight a million lizardmen in huge caves, chapter 1 and 2 are quite lengthy and cool though Yeah, I think that's about up to the point where I played Risen.  Guess I forgot to mention that one.
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Mar 15, 2010 09:42
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Enigmatic Cardboard posted:Yeah, I think that's about up to the point where I played Risen. Oh okay, maybe Divinity 2 then? Problem with that game is it starts out pretty horrible for the first three or so hours then begins to get pretty drat good
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I'll look into it! Anyone have any other suggestions? \/\/\/\/ Oh, how I wish I had bought a PS3 instead of a 360. 
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Mar 15, 2010 12:04
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Enigmatic Cardboard posted:I'll look into it! If you have a PS3, Demon's Souls might be good for you. On that note, I'd love any recommendations people have for PC games that are as similar as possible to Demon's Souls 
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Mar 15, 2010 12:24
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Osmosisch posted:If you have a PS3, Demon's Souls might be good for you. On that note, I'd love any recommendations people have for PC games that are as similar as possible to Demon's Souls I haven't tried this yet myself, but there is Sword of Moonlight, a game creator tool by From Software based on King's Field (their earlier series with which Demon's Souls has many similarities). Apparently it's been translated to English, and there was a new fanmade King's Field released just this year, so I imagine it still works on current OSes.
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Enigmatic Cardboard posted:I'm looking for a do-what-you-want, free-roaming kind of action/RPG game. I'm a big fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and I've played all the Fallout games to death. I've played Oblivion a bit, but I didn't really like it, and I've gone through just about every major BioWare release (including Baldur's Gate), as well as The Witcher. If you could recommend me a game that is like any of the ones I mentioned--preferably one that I can sink quite a few hours into--that'd be great. Character customization is also a plus. Have you played Arcanum? I've come across it a few times, usually mentioned as a cult classic sort of thing, though I haven't played it myself. It's apparently an open-world isometric RPG from some of the people behind Fallout 2. Could be awesome.
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Enigmatic Cardboard posted:I'm looking for a do-what-you-want, free-roaming kind of action/RPG game. I'm a big fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and I've played all the Fallout games to death. I've played Oblivion a bit, but I didn't really like it, and I've gone through just about every major BioWare release (including Baldur's Gate), as well as The Witcher. If you could recommend me a game that is like any of the ones I mentioned--preferably one that I can sink quite a few hours into--that'd be great. Character customization is also a plus. Same series, but most people liked Morrowind better than Oblivion. I've only played the former so I can't compare but I'm told its a lot deeper and more freeform, and has literally thousands of mods for it. It's also very long. Kind of out of left field, but Grand Theft Auto (San Andreas especially) and Saints Row 2 kinda fit the bill too. Stats, unlockables, linear story progression as well as lots of sandboxy stuff. I do not recommend Arcanum for that, though. The action is not great and is just a backdrop for the story and characters, the game is really all about dealing with characters and quests in your particular way rather than doing your own thing in the world at large. You can run around all over this huge world but it's actually incredibly linear with a fair number of side quests. I love Arcanum to death for what it is, everyone should play it, but it's pure story-driven RPG.
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Mar 15, 2010 21:10
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Is there any other games like the Dreamcast game Armada? For those unaware it is a top down action RPG with spaceships.
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Mar 15, 2010 21:23
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I'm really looking for another Steampunk game. I just finished Bioshock 2, but I wasn't ready to leave that kind of world. Any suggestions?
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looking for a semi easy to learn free mmorpg for a friend and I to just waste time on. Don't want: -Super Graphic/UI intensive (WoW) -A game where all the good stuff can be bought for cazh monay Want: -Something that I can possibly troll around -Something newly released so all the quirks haven't been exploited yet
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Enigmatic Cardboard posted:I'm looking for a do-what-you-want, free-roaming kind of action/RPG game. I'm a big fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series and I've played all the Fallout games to death. I've played Oblivion a bit, but I didn't really like it, and I've gone through just about every major BioWare release (including Baldur's Gate), as well as The Witcher. If you could recommend me a game that is like any of the ones I mentioned--preferably one that I can sink quite a few hours into--that'd be great. Character customization is also a plus. If you have a 360 and you have a high tolerance for cheese, Two Worlds sports a very large, open, game world.
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Regicide posted:I'm really looking for another Steampunk game. I just finished Bioshock 2, but I wasn't ready to leave that kind of world. Any suggestions? Hmm... I can't think of anything.. maybe try reading a book. Like Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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