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Entertainment / Re: DC Animated Universe Thread

« on: June 06, 2010, 02:24:01 AM »

If they were to make Batman a villain, then DC would do something as stupid as OMD.  I like Max, but I don't think comparing making him a villain to making Bats a villain is a fair comparison, due to Batman's history.  Although, this probably wouldn't be a problem for Frank "Gritty" Miller.

Batman IS a villain in Frank Miller's stuff. The "EAT GLASS, LAWMAN" pretty much makes him more proud to be reckless than Sin City's Marv.

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: June 06, 2010, 02:22:54 AM »

This is some fascinating technology, but...
PARALLAX BARRIER? IN MY 3DS?

Just show yourself a picture that reminds you of your mom, and you'll break through.

(murders self for DC reference)

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 06, 2010, 02:21:58 AM »

gmod fanfics


hey while you're at it you should say bad things about sonic shuffle

Okay, THAT I played. The other titles so far, sorry people, I either kinda forget about them, or haven't played them at all.

- Story mode? In a board game?
- Cutscenes. Sonic has a mouth a LITTLE bit too close to his nose.
- Unlocking characters is frustrating.
- Not any fun in single player... not much fun in multiplayer either.
- Minigames aren't very fun, even.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post Pictures Of Yourself

« on: June 06, 2010, 02:19:15 AM »

I'm jacking this lumber topic with a small picture of me and my girlfriend at a small convention we had here.



We honestly didn't have the patience or the immaturity to cosplay as anything, so we basically, just went dressed the way we want to daily but can't because it'd usually ridiculous. And I had my totally sweet black jacket off because it was hot as hell.

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Gaming / Re: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Wii, PS3, 360, iPhone)

« on: June 05, 2010, 07:41:45 PM »

Flashy, backing personal opinion by whatever facts you choose does not change the fact that it is still personal opinion.  I can come up with a rather massive checklist of what is wrong with MegaMan X5, that does not make it factually the worst game.  All games have high and low points, and the weight each carries is subjective.

If I felt like tearing that post apart, I can; in fact I spotted a rather glaring misconception in there well before I was finished reading.  But the difference between you and me, is that when I criticize a game which you consider "bad" but not "that bad", you actually give a damn.  I'm not going to go into a wall of text and the dreaded quote tags over a game that, regardless of any redeeming points which I may see and you do not, will still inevitably be shelved for any game of either the Adventures or Storybook series.  Shadow is my idea of mediocrity, not success.

Oh, I love this. The "Everything is an opinion" argument. Of course, backing up my argument with facts doesn't make it any less of an opinion. The same as a game, when it's filled with bugs, it doesn't mean it's bad, it's simply my opinion that it's bad and unplayable. Some people may like the bugs. Some people may even like the bugs better than good games. Are the game's graphics bad? Who knows? There are people who LOVE blurry textures and constant clip-ins. I mean, there's probably a legion of people out there who consider Big Rigs the best game ever. And do I have the right to argue if it's a good game or not? Of course NOT! Because everything is an opinion! There are no truths or falsities to quality, everything is subjective. Everything is measured by the individual. Gameplay not suiting the levels? Game being the exact opposite of the example for good level design? It doesn't matter. I'll eat my [parasitic bomb], and I'll say it's better than your caviar. And you can't say a damn thing about it because it's "my opinion". Hahahaha.

Oh, of course you could tear down my whole post. You could win the entire argument with just a few words. You noticed mistakes in my post, and yet you didn't correct them. Because you're SUPERIOR to all of this. Debating on the Internet isn't even relevant to you, that's why you haven't been doing it all this time. And of course the difference between you and me is exactly that. It wasn't that I didn't give a [parasitic bomb] about defending Nights properly before you compared it to the worst damn game I ever played, or that you've been judging a game so far in regards to a single level and a bad form of gameplay. It's, of course, because I care more about defending games I like than you do. I mean, that's brilliant. And of course the for you, the game will be shelved for either of those. It doesn't matter that the Storybook series got quite bad reviews when compared to Journey of Dreams. It doesn't matter that the game's been widely much better received than either of the Storybook games. What matters is, of course, OPINIONS. And about how absolutely irrelevant they are for other people besides ourselves.

...and about how insanely stupid that post was. We're debating games on the internet. The POINT of debating games on the internet is to waste time trying to debunk each other's opinions, so we can hold onto our flaming wreck of a speech, and end up reaching nowhere. It's the whole point of it. Were you expecting to reach somewhere? Is this your first time debating games online? Because what you just said, it's as if you reached some kind of stupid common knowledge realization that it's all about opinions and that we're all wasting our time here. Well whoop-de-doo. Congratulations. Now you can leave the topic feeling "superior" because you left and realised that the whole damn point of the net is to say garbled mess at each other, or you can justify what you said properly instead of taking the "I'm better than this" route. So you like a shitty game better than a mediocre one. Great. Justify it, or get out. But don't be a pompous ass. Nobody likes that.

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Entertainment / Re: DC Animated Universe Thread

« on: June 05, 2010, 07:14:04 PM »

Oh of COURSE DC can do stupid retcons.  I'm not arguing that at all.  LoL, even though I really have no problem with my Reality Punchin' Prime action figure, it's still stupid!  Also, as far as I know, Morrison created Prometheus, since I don't remember seeing him before JLA.  Since I don't really follow many of the Bat books, due to the X-Men comic equation of multiple titles + tie-ins = PB poor, I had no idea what became of his character.  Also, I stopped reading Cry for Justice after issue 1 because I saw how out of character they made the characters, and I've learned to keep away from those comics since JLA: Act of God.  Of course, Cry for Justice is actually Canon, so [parasitic bomb].  I'm not fond of what they did to Arsenal, since I was a big fan of him becoming Red Arrow.  Finally, in regards to Max Lord, I will say this; Whereas I'm not the biggest fan of making him a villain, I think he makes a good one.

Oh of COURSE DC can do stupid retcons.  I'm not arguing that at all.  LoL, even though I really have no problem with my Reality Punchin' Prime action figure, it's still stupid!  Also, as far as I know, Morrison created Prometheus, since I don't remember seeing him before JLA.  Since I don't really follow many of the Bat books, due to the X-Men comic equation of multiple titles + tie-ins = PB poor, I had no idea what became of his character.  Also, I stopped reading Cry for Justice after issue 1 because I saw how out of character they made the characters, and I've learned to keep away from those comics since JLA: Act of God.  Of course, Cry for Justice is actually Canon, so [parasitic bomb].  I'm not fond of what they did to Arsenal, since I was a big fan of him becoming Red Arrow.  Finally, in regards to Max Lord, I will say this; Whereas I'm not the biggest fan of making him a villain, I think he makes a good one.

Prometheus originally appeared in New Teen Titans back in 1986. Morrison re-created him for JLA later on, and then he pretty much never saw a good use again. And yeah, I know it gets hard to follow everything at the same time. It's why the only Marvel thing I've followed for a long time have been the event books. And the awesome tiny bits of Cosmic, of course. And yes... Max Lord DOES make one HELL OF A VILLAIN. Because he has always been a wonderful, magnificent bastard. He's always been very smart, and very manipulative. It was just dumb to make him evil. It's like revealing that Batman has been evil all along. Even though it would have been cool to see him act like that, it doesn't make any sense.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 07:07:25 PM »

Shining Force Exa

Okay, I haven't played any Shining Force, any Xenogears/saga, or most of the JRPGs around. Ask me about action games, platforming titles, FPS titles, even some simulators and stuff like that. But when it comes to JRPGs, I'm a western role playing man.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:44:45 PM »

Then the VG adaption to Bebe's Kids? 

Only saw the Nostalgia Critic's rant about it.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:43:41 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76

I hear this thing stopped. Is that a problem?

The Buzzer stopped? That's weird. I wonder if it's broken.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:43:03 PM »

Mr. Batty? Yeah, he does. Then again, he's a first boss.

anyway..

Past: Shining Force 1 (played this on a collection).

Present: All Digimon Worlds.

Neeeeeeeeeever played.

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Entertainment / Re: DC Animated Universe Thread

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:42:33 PM »

Everything you described I have less of a problem with than OMD.  I am one of the few people who have NO problem with the reality punching aspect of Infinite Crisis because in the long run, it's a comic book, so I love that silly otherworldly [parasitic bomb].  I mean Superman could once move planets.  With Batgirl, I don't follow her that much so I had no idea, and thus don't care much about her, which incarnation of her she is.  Last I saw she was the Spoiler chick.  With the Multiverse, I always liked the Multiverse.  I expect them to screw it up or not use it in some way, but I never had a problem with it, despite how much I loved Crisis on Infinite Earfs.  Oh, I'll admit the Jason Todd handling was utter tripe, so no arguments there.  As for Prometheus, I was a huge fan of his when Morrison brought him onto the scene in JLA.  That's pretty much all I ever followed of the character, until the whole Green Arrow thing.  Believe me, with GA, Max Lord, and the other stuff, I'm not the hugest fan of "dark, gritty, & bloody" DC, but despite all of that, I still think OMD is the worst comic event ever, culminating a 5-6 year run of Spider-Man that was absolute garbage. 

Yeah, the Maxx animation would work well for an All Star Supes movie.  And I think they could do Frank's art well enough for animation.

Listen, I still hate OMD more than pretty much any single retcon event in history, because it was a comic that serves only that ONE single purpose. To rid Spider-Man of his marriage. It served no other purpose whatsoever. Bringing back Harry was simply a stupid little bonus which didn't even make sense, but on the whole? The book is simply Quesada saying "Peter is no longer married because I like it better, and aside from the American Son arc, none of his 616 comics will be anything more than pointless shitty drama."

You still gotta admit that DC can do stupid retcons for the sake of nothing at all. Retconning Clark and Lois would simply take a nutty editor taking over after Didio, and deciding he likes Clark better without Lois. I mean, All-Star Superman used that mechanic of Lois not respecting Clark, but going nuts about Supes. Batgirl, you might have not followed her around much, but she was an incredibly good character. And she was needlessly ruined. Prometheus, well... Morrison can make any character be awesome, no matter how ridiculous he, she or it is. Prometheus hasn't appeared much, but in Hush Returns for example, he was atrocious, and that arc brought us what was possibly the worst Joker of all time. (A mafia boss who didn't smile, have a rich mansion of his own, spent all the time whining about his wife and what happened to her in The Killing Joke, and didn't care about Batman, just about finding who set the conspiracy to kill her back then, who aparently, Ed Nigma saw. It was [tornado fang]ing stupid, and it's not clear how much of it is canon). Anyway, the least said about him, the better. Green Arrow's pretty much ruined for good, as well as the characterization of everyone in Cry for Justice. And about Max Lord... well, they pretty much made a retcon of the WHOLE 90's period of the Justice League. All of it. Heck, from 1987 to 2004. And people loved him as a manipulative bastard who was essencially a good guy. I just hope the new JLI book can fix him, if just a little bit of it. What I've read of it... I'm hopeful.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post Pictures Of Yourself

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:25:00 PM »

what's a lumberjack?

A jacker of lumber.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:24:17 PM »

Viewtiful Joe

- Controls could use more fluidity.
- Instead of the VFX bar going up and down in various levels, why not put in a level-up system for it that could last the entire game? This way's kind of annoying.
- Puzzles don't serve much purpose, whole game should be about kicking ass.
- Captain Blue battles are kinda repetitive at first.
- One boss I don't remember has a very repetitive pattern.

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Gaming / Re: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Wii, PS3, 360, iPhone)

« on: June 05, 2010, 06:20:05 PM »

Now you know how I feel about Journey of Dreams.  I think we're done.

I explained why every single thing about the game is bad. You failed to do that, and just went "OMG BOAT AND UNCOMFORTABLE CONTROL SCHEME". Opinions? I think not.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 04:39:43 PM »

Profesor Layton 1

This kinda shows how I feel about it.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: June 05, 2010, 04:37:51 PM »

Oh, he is, believe me. But the thing is, he's a clever ass; he know what he can and can't say, and deliberately pushes the boundaries of decency and taste just to get a reaction. He means very little, if any, of what he says.

The thing is, I personally don't think accepting stereotypes - be they ethnical, racial, etc. - is that easy or will make them magically "go away". People will always say hurtful things for whatever reasons. Taking it as a joke and sweeping it under the proverbial carpet doesn't change the fact that they're often done to be cruel and offensive. As far as I'm concerned, there's a line in comedy you don't cross, and I wouldn't blame people for feeling uneasy around those kind of jokes.

But to get back to the original point, I just think the whole "Irish people talk like leprechauns" schtick makes them come across as ignorant. If you're going to make a joke about being Irish, at least come up with something more original.

But that's the thing! It's like bullying. As long as people feel butthurt about stereotypes, people are gonna keep making jokes. Why do you think the internet's all immersed in activism through Mohammed jokes? Because Islam just doesn't accept them. And comedy can allow for ANYTHING. Comedy is that one threshold that people can be free to say whatever they want. Look at South Park. They make fun on what's current, and what sets people's minds on fire. And that's what makes it good. The fact that it can make Scientologists and their shitty money scam religion so damn nervous. You can make fun of catholicism and christianity all you want nowadays. But do you see tons upon tons of jokes being made about that? No. That's because nobody cares anymore. It's commonplace. They don't feel offended with every single thing, and people have stopped looking for reactions. But comedy, you just can't stop comedy. Comedy is, among other marvellous things, the art of being hurtful. The art of offending with humor. Because as offensive things happen, people are gonna get riled up, and other people are just gonna be looking for reactions from them, just "for the lulz".

Thing is, stereotypes exist and they'll always, always exist. It's better to make fun of them ourselves and live with them, than be offended by every single one of them. I make fun of my stereotypes daily, along with tons of my friends from different countries and ethnicities. Talking crap about each other is a friendly way to show we're close. Being offended about small stuff just makes you look like a stuck-up [Bumpity-Boom!].

Now shut up and give me your lucky charms. I wanna wish for a HUUUUGE barrel of sardines I can eat in my dirty old VW.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 04:19:21 PM »

How about Devil May Cry 3 and 4 then?

DMC3's been done. I'll do of DMC4.

- No extra weapons for Nero? This is Devil May Cry! Where are my extra weapons?
- Why is Nero acting so seriously? Why isn't he eating pizza and getting hurt all over but still laughing?
- Yay, finally playing as superior Dante. Wait... I gotta go through levels, ALL OVER AGAIN? SAME BOSSES?
- Oh, great. The character with which we play with THE LEAST... has like... one new weapon each level? How the hell are we even supposed to enjoy those weapons' gameplay if we barely got time to try them out? Where am I gonna try out Yamato? In the second gameplay run?
- Damn you Capcom, we're never gonna have a final boss as cool as Virgil ever again, are we?
- Oh look, that character who appeared for like 5 seconds is Trish. Did... did we even care about her to begin with?

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Entertainment / Re: DC Animated Universe Thread

« on: June 05, 2010, 03:33:07 PM »

I really REALLY don't think DC is stupid enough to OMD Superman & Lois.  Also, can't argue that it's not the best Supes tale ever told, cause I think it is.

Stupider things have happened. May I count the ways?

- Turning Green Lantern into a universe destroyer was one of them.
- Remember what they did to Batgirl? First, they turned away from her cute River Tam-like character who kicked ass and couldn't read, and turned her into a generic [classy lady]. Then they replaced her with a dumb blonde who runs around the city in her vibratormobile and whose only good moments in the comic stem from Damian calling her a whore. And now, aparently, she's a villain in Birds of Prey, and if my conspiracy theories are correct, Gail Simone is trying to apply to her the old Christian Warrior concept she pitched to DC years ago. Urgh.
- Making a Crisis on Infinite Earths sequel where they make Superboy Prime into a metaphor for whiny fans who murders everything, make old good characters evil, and takes Kal-L, the ORIGINAL SUPERMAN, from his well-deserved happy ending, into dying tragically. (I liked Infinite Crisis, but Johns sure shat around the pre-established characters). Crisis was supposed to set the DCU back on track. But suddenly they decided they LOVE MULTIVERSES.
- Did I mention the REALITY PUNCH?
- "Loeb, we're two issues away from the ending. But we suddenly decided you can't make Jason Todd Hush's real identity. We decided we're never bringing him back. No, you can't make Two-Face him either, we're gonna keep him as a GOOD CHARACTER. Why don't you use that one guy... you know, that friend of Bruce who died in the beginning? Just make some bullshit excuse like he's always hated Bruce or something. You know, [parasitic bomb] all over Jim Lee's lovely art. I know this'll have you work long hours, but you'll be able to spend time with your son later."
- "Hey, you know what would be cool? Let's bring Jason Todd back. Yeah, let's retcon to say Hush had both HIM AND CLAYFACE, and uh... HE SWITCHED HALFWAY THROUGH THE COMBAT!" And, um... make Two-Face bad again!
- Let's not forget the biggest damn blow of them all. [parasitic bomb] ALL OVER FAN'S FACES. They made it as if Maxwell Lord, a blatantly funny character in a comedy comic and an important part to the DCU, had SUDDENLY BEEN EVIL ALL ALONG. All for the sake of murdering Ted Kord in a nasty, bloody way, just for the sake of unnecessary drama for a sideplot in Infinite Crisis. Yes, turn away years of character development in Justice League, Justice League International, Justice League Europe, Superbuddies and all other appearances, just for cheap drama. And break up the Gold and Blue team. ;_;
- Make a book in which Star City is blown up by a small-time character who everyone insists should be the villanous Batman, everyone acts out of character and yells "JUSTIIIIICE" alot, and Hal Jordan is revealed to have put two distinctive, evolved and strong female characters who'd never want to even look at him... IN A THREESOME. Oh, and ruin Green Arrow's reputation in the process, while making him live in a whatthefuckorest like Robin Hood.

Damn it, DC. WHY do you do this?

I would love to see DC make an animated movie based on it, like they did DC New Frontier.

Honestly? Wouldn't work without Quitely's art. I've had dreams about an All-Star Superman series, and the ONLY way it would work, was if it was made like this:

- High quality series like the ones produced in the 90's MTV. Remember The Maxx, or Aeon Flux? Hell, Maxx pretty much picked every single panel from the comic and animated it. Best cartoon-comic adaptation ever.
- Art direction, while not having to follow Quitely all the time (He's my favorite artist but I still think he draws women's faces in a funny way and sometimes makes kids look like old men), would have to be close. That means employing a TON of professional artists and animators, Disney-caliber ones. Maybe get some of those hardcore asian animation studios. The guys who made Paprika would be awesome in coloring and big detailing.
- Not make it a simple cartoon show. Warner Bros could make it a kind of cult show, a superproduction meant for a high quality adaptation of the story. Push Superman AS HARD AS THEY'VE EVER PUSHED HIM. I want him to reach the popularity his first movies had. And that way, they could make an AMAZING hit, and bring All-Star Superman to places it's never gone before.

In the end? We'd pretty much have the best goddamn cartoon of all time. PERIOD.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: June 05, 2010, 03:25:37 PM »

It still irks me. =| I don't really like stereotypes myself.

As long as people find stereotypes offensive, they'll always be used for insults, cracks and jokes. If we get them as commonplace, they'll simply stop being used in comedy and whatnot because they'll be forgotten. Simple as that.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: June 05, 2010, 01:59:25 PM »

Except nobody here actually talks like that. The closest thing would be the Culchie farmers from the rural areas. Pretty much every county has its own unique accent, a lot of them god-awful, but some of them charmingly endearing. The accents where I live are some of the worst I have ever heard. Fortunately, my accent is nothing like that; it's pretty much an extremely diluted Irish one that otherwise sounds like your average English-speaking urbanite.

I know. But stereotypes are still hilarious. I make fun of my own accent, which actually is only used in a tiny flock of villages down south by the oldest generation which will perhaps live  ayear or two. But it's such a hilarious one that I can't stop making fun of it.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: June 05, 2010, 01:20:53 PM »

Speaking of stereotypes, every time somebody says "top o' the morning" to me, I want to wring their necks and eat their kidneys.

I love the expression. Makes me want to use a big rugged accent and just go "TOP 'O DA MORNAN' TO YE LADDIE"

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: June 05, 2010, 12:51:10 PM »

Well,i think i have to say it, Malaysia.

Life is pretty good here(and can be half shitty too,but hey anywhere you go can be shitty right?)....but police are being pretty stupid with their guns lately....shooting people around like that,thinking people as suspiciously dangerous criminal for driving past them too fast.....

I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT WAS MALAYSIA. Hardcore punishment for small-time crimes and tightly wound security for everything. And ashtrays in every corner, right?

In a way, a "perfect" country in the sense that it's safe and it works, but I guess the Orwellian factor is also into place.

(I am probably being ridiculously stereotypical and an idiot who's counting prejudice as fact. Warn my sardine-eating, moustache wielding lips if I am)

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Gaming / Re: New Vanquish gameplay trailer!

« on: June 05, 2010, 12:49:15 PM »

Ridiculous!!

Ridiculous LIKE A FOX.

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Gaming / Vanquish

« on: June 05, 2010, 12:36:22 PM »

<a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-vanquish/100953" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-vanquish/100953</a>

It's like Gears with a jet booster and frantic colors! This is gonna be AWESOOOOOOME.

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Gaming / Re: I say bad things about your favorite games!

« on: June 05, 2010, 12:29:57 PM »

Anyway, any more requests? Just think of a recent game that's come out, or something. No Alan Wake, though. Still gotta buy that.