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FirstAidKite posted:Also the pinball ban is a real thing lmao IIRC a lot of pinball games had a target called "bonus", I think because it would give you a free game or not depending on if it violated gambling laws in the state (where some considered a free game prize to be gambling)
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Sep 3, 2021 03:31
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Posting Pat Posting Pat Posting Pat and his black and white cat
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Sep 3, 2021 03:32
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Finished Sam & Max Save the World. Definitely something I would have liked a lot more back in its time, but still a pretty comfy way to spend a few evenings. Can't wait for the remasters of the next seasons. Completed Jedi Fallen Order Ace Combat 04 AI The Somnium Files The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Sam & Max Save the World In Progress Ace Combat 5 Okami HD Travis Strikes Again Need To Get Back To Monster Hunter Rise Want To Get To No More Heroes 3 Psychonauts 2 Shin Megami Tensei V Ace Combat 0 I'm Always Playing This And I'm Just Waiting For The Expansion Final Fantasy XIV
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Sep 3, 2021 03:33
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I have decided to add Fire Emblem Three Houses to the list of games I want to buy soon.
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Sep 3, 2021 03:49
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the edge of dawn...
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Sep 3, 2021 04:06
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Three houses has two houses too many
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Sep 3, 2021 04:15
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Fire Emblem: Animal House
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Sep 3, 2021 04:34
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It actually has four houses doesn't it
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Sep 3, 2021 04:42
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I haven’t played the dlc but my understanding is that it’s a house that lives in the sewers
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Sep 3, 2021 05:02
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Jay Rust posted:I haven’t played the dlc but my understanding is that it’s a house that lives in the sewers So they made a DLC about me.
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Sep 3, 2021 05:04
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lol I am just now learning that Yakuza 1 & 2 were ported to Wii U in Japan only.
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Sep 3, 2021 05:40
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theyre HD ports of the PS2 games also, not the kiwami remake that came out like a year later. very weird game
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Sep 3, 2021 05:43
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Wanna see the Yaluza Miiverse.
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Sep 3, 2021 05:45
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Jay Rust posted:I haven’t played the dlc but my understanding is that it’s a house that lives in the sewers this is correct
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Sep 3, 2021 06:03
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Waffleman_ posted:Wanna see the Yaluza Miiverse. https://www.destructoid.com/miiverse-may-we-never-forget/       Assepoester fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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Sep 3, 2021 06:07
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My buddy is convinced that Kubrick was killed cause eyes wide shut got to close to the truth of the illuminati. I think that's pretty dumb, like why wouldn't they have shot him sooner before the premiere
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Sep 3, 2021 06:13
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Gaius Marius posted:My buddy is convinced that Kubrick was killed cause eyes wide shut got to close to the truth of the illuminati. I think that's pretty dumb, like why wouldn't they have shot him sooner before the premiere That's what they want you to think.
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Sep 3, 2021 06:16
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If I were the Illuminati I'd have killed Kubrick for how bad that movie was. I'm not talking about Eyes Wide Shut, I'm talking about The Shining
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Sep 3, 2021 06:34
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Barudak posted:If I were the Illuminati I'd have killed Kubrick for how bad that movie was. I'm not talking about Eyes Wide Shut, I'm talking about The Shining Your opinion's no good here, Mr. Barudak.
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Sep 3, 2021 06:59
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The shining is literally the only good horror film
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Sep 3, 2021 07:03
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Gaius Marius posted:The shining is literally the only good horror film Alien?
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Sep 3, 2021 07:05
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I think Kubrick was probably the last artist of film. He never made a sequel, always tackled different themes and styles. He was a true master of his craft that pushed the medium forward. Nobody is doing that now. Even the best movies of recent times, once upon a time in Hollywood and the new blade runner, are stuck in this mold terrified of breaking outside of it.
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Sep 3, 2021 07:06
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I have always been obsessed with why the UK had such a moral panic over depictions of ninja weapons specifically for like a decade Another goon wrote this in a previous UK megathread: "I mentioned how the Simpsons wasn't considered at all risque in the UK in 1990, but this is the same era that 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' had to be renamed 'Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles' for TV (the movie name stayed the same), and all depictions of Michelangelo's nunchucks had to be edited out because the head of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) was a completely insane person named James Ferman. Nunchucks were (are?) illegal in the UK, despite being an incredibly stupid weapon that is more likely to knock you out than whoever you're trying to harm, and Ferman was a huge stickler for arbitrary rules. He's responsible for an enormous amount of media censorship in the UK from the mid 70s to the late 90s - he was the person that blocked The Exorcist from being released on home video (it eventually got released on DVD about three months after he retired). Ferman's particular hatred of nunchucks extended to how he felt he was "unable to tell the difference between a martial arts weapon and a sausage" in a scene in which Michelangelo uses sausage links to fight bad guys. Ferman stated that the sausages looked like real weapons "to any streetwise 8 year old" and ordered the scene to be heavily edited so as to avoid a "dazzling display of swinging sausages indistinguishable from chainsticks". Despite this insanity, Ferman was considered to be extremely liberal by Mary Whitehouse, who is basically the UK's version of Phyllis Schlafly. When Ferman retired, he campaigned to have legislation around hardcore porn severely relaxed, so that he could enjoy his twilight years. He died 3 years after stepping down."
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Sep 3, 2021 07:07
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Is that the same Whitehouse from Pigs(three of them) the best pink Floyd tune.
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Sep 3, 2021 07:09
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Horror is such a personal subject and topic, its always funny how some things spook the hell out of people and others are just, eh, whatever. Like there is an absolutely poo poo horror film I can't remember the name of at the moment about people getting murdered arbitrarily while vacationing in a rural cabin and since that was a fear I have had since childhood it was unwatchable while the Shining inspired a nostalgic comfort of time in hotels and other resorts (you know, when the axe isn't swinging). Or put another way, Dr. Strangelove is a good movie but the ending of Fail Safe works much better for me.
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Sep 3, 2021 07:27
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frytechnician posted:Your opinion's no good here, Mr. Barudak. Lol
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Sep 3, 2021 07:29
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Gaius Marius posted:The shining is literally the only good horror film I disagree but you're entitled to your opinion and I think you're throwing away a lot of great cinema by singling out The Shining as the only good one.
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Sep 3, 2021 07:42
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Barudak posted:Horror is such a personal subject and topic, its always funny how some things spook the hell out of people and others are just, eh, whatever. Like there is an absolutely poo poo horror film I can't remember the name of at the moment about people getting murdered arbitrarily while vacationing in a rural cabin and since that was a fear I have had since childhood it was unwatchable while the Shining inspired a nostalgic comfort of time in hotels and other resorts (you know, when the axe isn't swinging). One of the darkest things I have seen in any video game is the ending of one of the versions of Pokémon X/Y of all things (can’t remember which, I saw a play through). In that game, the villain is an elitist eco-fascist who wants to stop the degradation of the planet by basically killing everyone who is not the 1% (I.e. Team Flare, his organization which you need to play a shitload of money to join) using some ancient civilization‘a technology that was also used to provide immortality. When you defeat him, in one version of the game he simply tries to kill you. In the OTHER he basically goes “OK, I can no longer commit genocide but I still have enough juice in the machine so I can make you guys immortal out of spite. Enjoy hellworld for all eternity, motherfuckers!”, but luckily you escape. The prospect of being immortal past the collapse of society is probably one of the worst things I can imagine. And they put this in a POKÉMON game.
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Sep 3, 2021 08:44
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The problem with the horror genre is that unlike drama or comedy or romance its tools and language all have limited lifespan. All horror movies boil down to the fear of the unknown but as soon as you put it in a movie and a bunch of people see it the unknown becomes known and then it's no longer scary (and eventually reaches the point of parody). Like if you watch Nosferatu now it doesn't move the needle at all but back in 1925 it was terrifying. It's why horror goes through phases like the classic monsters of the 30s, the slasher flicks of the 80s and the torture porn of the 00s. You find what works and you milk it until the audience goes numb and then you find the next thing. So just cause horror films aren't scary any more it doesn't mean they're bad. Nosferatu's still a classic.
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Sep 3, 2021 08:57
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I think rarity is on to something with that. That said the same tropes that makes horror bad as a genre makes the horror parody genre so incredibly strong. I recently watched both scream the movie and scream queens the tv show and both were excellent.
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Sep 3, 2021 09:03
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I like horror a lot and personally I've had positive experiences watching older horror films that still managed to scare me. I feel like the best horror movies maintain scariness regardless of how old they are. In some cases they might even get scarier.
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Sep 3, 2021 09:48
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I can't articulate my thoughts on horror as a movie genre right now so I'm gonna sleep on it. But having just finished my rewatch of eyes wide shut I'll say the movie really could've used another hour or two. Still a great film but another couple hours would've really elevated it as a creative endeavor
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Sep 3, 2021 10:17
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The Great Silence is the film Funny Games wishes it was.
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Sep 3, 2021 10:23
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Just as I suspected, you can indeed be gay in Lake.
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Sep 3, 2021 10:52
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exquisite tea posted:Just as I suspected, you can indeed be gay in Lake. But can you be happy?
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Sep 3, 2021 11:08
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I started playing Apex Legends just to see what it was all about and I am pleasantly surprised. It was TLOUsday Factions sessions that caused me to try playing another bih MP game and as it is from the Titalfall 2 guys it has that decent feel. I know I am late to the party by a long way, but hey, Lifeline every time all time 
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Sep 3, 2021 11:19
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ymgve posted:But can you be happy? Can anybody? Ever? Truly?
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Sep 3, 2021 11:23
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FirstAidKite posted:Can anybody? Ever? Truly? I'm happy
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Sep 3, 2021 11:24
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Btw anybody seen Simone at all? I haven't seen her in the chat thread recently, hope things are going ok for her
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