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Kratos was right to murder all of those people.
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If anything he fits in well with all the Norse gods who are real shitlords themselves
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May 7, 2018 20:55
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lets hang out posted:If anything he fits in well with all the Norse gods who are real shitlords themselves yeah by comparison the greek gods were just randy as hell but total peaceniks
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May 7, 2018 20:56
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Internet Kraken posted:Kratos is such an unredeemable shithead that its offensive to act like he can be redeemed though. not really
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May 7, 2018 20:56
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lets hang out posted:If anything he fits in well with all the Norse gods who are real shitlords themselves Honestly the Norse gods tend to feel like much nicer people than the Olympian gods. Like Odin never turns into a swan to rape someone
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May 7, 2018 20:59
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I'm not super sold on the plight of sad dad Kratos but I'm appreciating the party dynamic that's developing as I go along. Didn't expect there to even be a party.
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May 7, 2018 20:59
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cheetah7071 posted:Honestly the Norse gods tend to feel like much nicer people than the Olympian gods. Like Odin never turns into a swan to rape someone There's plenty worse than that in greek mythology. The story behind Medusa is a particularly bad one if I remember right, and a depressing reminder of how little things change. All mythology is super hosed up it turns out. chumbler fucked around with this message at 21:07 on May 7, 2018 |
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May 7, 2018 21:04
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Internet Kraken posted:Kratos is such an unredeemable shithead that its offensive to act like he can be redeemed though. i havent played the game but "how can the unredeemable be redeemed" seems like an interesting theme
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May 7, 2018 21:06
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I get that people who create pull from their life so the whole parenting thing will undoubtedly become a more common theme as the industry ages. I wonder if the opposite will have any impact on story telling, I have no interest in having kids but I don't think many people will champion stories that are about being in your 30s and not having a child to care for.
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May 7, 2018 21:06
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Dad of War doesn''t really attempt to redeem Kratos for what he's done, and in fact makes things go bad for him when he tries to downplay the crimes of his past, it just makes it clear that he's grown to the point where he doesn't want his son to end up as lovely as him
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May 7, 2018 21:06
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There's a saying that the Greek gods are comedic characters treated deadly serious and the Norse gods are serious characters treated as comic relief Like the Greek gods are constantly being petty and doing ridiculous things to try to one-up each other but this is all treated as being dramatic instead of silly. Whereas the Norse gods always have serious responsible motives but then you get stories about Thor dressing up in a wedding dress or trying to empty a drinking glass which had secretly been connected to the ocean
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May 7, 2018 21:07
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Kratos doesn't seek redemption, he just wants to make sure his kid turns out differently but doesn't really know how. Admittedly I never played the originals, but I thought it worked pretty well.
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May 7, 2018 21:13
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Ciaphas posted:i never thought about this but micro/zero grav "jiggle physics" (and not just women's boobmeat) must be insanely distracting IRL That's why everyone wears loose fitting coveralls. It looks slimming and keeps the rolls in check. e: I wish coveralls were just the normal thing to wear. An adult onesie.
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May 7, 2018 21:19
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I said come in! posted:Because they are not real journalists. These opinion pieces are just brain stormed in a team meeting room and handed out randomly to their writers and they are told to try their best to write some words. It's pure clickbait for views that in turn generate revenue. It's worth noting that this isn't exclusive to video games. When we talk about "games journalism" I think people latch on to the "journalism" part and apply the same standards that they'd apply to news reporting and investigative journalism. But games journalism is entertainment journalism--it's the same as the various fluff pieces you'd see in Entertainment Weekly, People, or that kind of magazine. That doesn't mean it's good, but it's worth noting what it's trying to be. I think what we really mean is that these entertainment journalists are poor critics, which is extremely true.
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May 7, 2018 21:31
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Harrow posted:It's worth noting that this isn't exclusive to video games. When we talk about "games journalism" I think people latch on to the "journalism" part and apply the same standards that they'd apply to news reporting and investigative journalism. But games journalism is entertainment journalism--it's the same as the various fluff pieces you'd see in Entertainment Weekly, People, or that kind of magazine. Opinion pieces aren't meant to be critiques either, it's someone describing their personal experience. It's fluff regardless of the medium.
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May 7, 2018 21:36
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Most movie critics also suck but nobody is sending them death threats about it
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May 7, 2018 21:37
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In Training posted:Most movie critics also suck but nobody is sending them death threats about it I may have sent a headless chicken to Armond White over Get Out.
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May 7, 2018 21:38
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In Training posted:Most movie critics also suck but nobody is sending them death threats about it it's cause games are way better than movies.
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May 7, 2018 21:41
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In Training posted:Most movie critics also suck but nobody is sending them death threats about it feel pretty confident in claiming there have been more than a few death threats vis a vis marvel, dc, and star wars movies
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May 7, 2018 21:42
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In Training posted:Most movie critics also suck but nobody is sending them death threats about it Cowcaster posted:feel pretty confident in claiming there have been more than a few death threats vis a vis marvel, dc, and star wars movies
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May 7, 2018 21:44
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That just makes me think about how Jeff Gerstmann has said he actually would have rated Twilight Princess lower but Gamespot's rating system had a formula that whrn he plugged in the elements it made it higher than he thought it deserved
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May 7, 2018 21:45
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I'm still waiting for the Jean-Luc Godard of video game criticism to emerge, who can than ascend to becoming the Godard of video game developers.
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May 7, 2018 21:47
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Poops Mcgoots posted:[Kirby Meme] Good news this one got an upgrade. https://twitter.com/akfamilyhomeak/status/993491075959373824
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May 7, 2018 21:47
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al-azad posted:Opinion pieces aren't meant to be critiques either, it's someone describing their personal experience. It's fluff regardless of the medium. Yeah, I meant to add that. Fluff is fluff and I feel like gamers take the existence of fluff pieces about games like some sort of insult. al-azad posted:I may have sent a headless chicken to Armond White over Get Out. I can't help but feel vaguely fond of Armond White because I have to admire his level of commitment to being so very consistently wrong.
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May 7, 2018 21:49
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I never played God of War 3, should I buy the GoW remaster and re-play 1-2 & 3 or just get God of W4r? Do 1-2 even hold up at this point?
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May 7, 2018 21:51
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How Phoenix Wright Made Me a Better Lawyer
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Good news this one got an upgrade. still loving hilarious and i still don't really understand why absurdism is powerful
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suuma posted:I never played God of War 3, should I buy the GoW remaster and re-play 1-2 & 3 or just get God of W4r? I'm enjoying the original games for what it's worth, but I haven't touched the new one yet. There's lots of little bits that haven't aged well but overall they're pretty fun.
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May 7, 2018 21:52
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Harrow posted:Yeah, I meant to add that. Fluff is fluff and I feel like gamers take the existence of fluff pieces about games like some sort of insult. Armond White recently seemed to start spouting that the Parkland kids were crisis actors so gently caress him.
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glam rock hamhock posted:Armond White recently seemed to start spouting that the Parkland kids were crisis actors so gently caress him.
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May 7, 2018 21:54
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glam rock hamhock posted:Armond White recently seemed to start spouting that the Parkland kids were crisis actors so gently caress him. Oh well gently caress that guy then, christ
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Phantasium posted:I'm enjoying the original games for what it's worth, but I haven't touched the new one yet. There's lots of little bits that haven't aged well but overall they're pretty fun. I should probably ignore them both since I have enough poo poo to play but I stumbled upon a couple GoW3 fights on YouTube and it seems topical to play that before I eventually pick up Dad of War
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glam rock hamhock posted:Armond White recently seemed to start spouting that the Parkland kids were crisis actors so gently caress him. *cineD voice* he's right
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May 7, 2018 22:01
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Motto posted:*cineD voice* he's right SMG got a month probation for that and of course people complained about it
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May 7, 2018 22:21
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I feel bad for Galactic Nova. It's like killing Shenron in Dragon Ball, he just grants wishes man.
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May 7, 2018 22:24
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al-azad posted:I feel bad for Galactic Nova. It's like killing Shenron in Dragon Ball, he just grants wishes man. isn't NOVA just a machine, and anyway i think a wish-granting machine is too dangerous to live in a universe with as many meta-cosmic horrors as the kirbyverse
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May 7, 2018 22:28
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May 7, 2018 22:28
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al-azad posted:I feel bad for Galactic Nova. It's like killing Shenron in Dragon Ball, he just grants wishes man. If i wished to rule a planet and got turned into a horrific monster I'd be pretty pissed
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