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On 3/19/2024 at 9:56 AM, Darc_Requiem said:

This interview was absurd. Her replies were ridiculous. "You're shaming a rape victim..." Then she precedes to disparage E. Jean Carroll in the next sentence. Her explanation is "it's only a civil case". Yet there was no charges brought in her case. She's literally contorting herself into a pretzel to avoid answering the man's question. She, not he, should be ashamed of herself. 

 

As for Trump, he's wasting money he doesn't apparently have. He was convicted in court. If he's won his case against Carroll, it would be a different story. However he didn't.

All she had to say was, "Gee I don't know George, why don't you tell me considering you spent 4+ years working for a guy who has had loads (lol) of rape and sexual harassment accusations against him from his college days all the way up past his time in the White House. And that's not even counting his escapades on Epstein's island." Talk about no self awareness on Stephanopoulos' part especially considering he worked on Clinton's '92 campaign, and considering how much vetting goes on, there's zero chance he didn't know how much of a scumbag Clinton was in this department before he helped get him elected.

And what she said about E. Jean Carroll was fair. A rape victim bragging about what they're going to spend their settlement money on is low class and gives detractors ammunition to make other victims look bad. Carroll is absolutely insane though so I guess her saying that tracks.

On 3/19/2024 at 12:55 PM, Reticently said:

 

 

 

This might be an unpopular opinion, but:

If you leave your AirDrop on all the time, especially out in public places where a lot of people are gathered, you deserve to get hit with dick pics. Especially since you have to hit Accept for the file to come through and why would you do that when a stranger is sending you something in that situation?

4 hours ago, OPTIMUS124 said:

DARK BRANDON STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!

Once I saw the second trailer, I knew it was going to be trash. 

 

If the premise was actually based on a satirical take on the trope, it could have been great. A good modern example is "The Blackening". 

All I've seen is the preview and from what I could tell it was not what you said which actually could be a funny movie or done right. I'll check out that video though

3 hours ago, MillionX said:

I was curious to see if Campea would talk about that "Magical Negroes" movie... so far not 1 video in sight from what I've searched.... so he's probably going to avoid having to say anything 1 way or another about that movie, as I figured 😆 hey, that's just what they chose for the title... no sense in feeling apparently uncomfortable about saying it, imo.  I'm *guessing* he may have thought it would just sound silly if he tried covering it while only saying part of the title....and concluded he would just avoid commentary on it 100%.

I've seen a few previews for that movie on TV. They're just greenlighting anything now

55 minutes ago, MillionX said:

 

 

For the first time in quite a while I played Switch yesterday--- in Dead Cells I randomly unlocked a new character outfit, which was a nice surprise...it's the outfit to make you look like the guy from Katana Zero....I almost lost the unlock because I forgot about the situation where mimics are now possible everywhere there's a shop area in the game....one popped up so I was getting chased through the rest of the whole level by that and other enemies....no I didn't dare stop to fight it... the mimic in Dead Cells is one of the most dangerous enemies in the game....in fact yeah I'd say it is *the* most dangerous.  Golem isn't that bad in comparison.

 

 

Using Hattori's Katana with that skin gives it some extra juice, so be sure to try it!

I love that they included that skin because I love Katana Zero so much. When you beat the game using that skin, it says "Yes, that should work" like it does when you beat a section of KZ. When I first saw that, it almost made me

a little lol

13 hours ago, MillionX said:

Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 = 7.99.... I'm always on the fence here, because it's such an unfortunate mixed bag.  The game starts off as one hell of a cool vampire power fantasy like I've always wanted.... and then some asshole decided to throw in some *forced* stealth crap that makes no logical sense.

 

 

I've been thinking about this game lately, thought about giving it another shot. I actually was in a GameStop yesterday that had some used PS3 games but alas no LoS2, although I think I still have the pirated copy of the PC version I played years ago so maybe I'll just go that route.

11 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

I really hate that I feel like can't just fundamentally disagree with people who believe that "you can't be racist to white people" and not get completely tossed in with probably some of the worst human beings on the planet.  This whole thing with Sweet Baby and the non binary person for Black Panther is really bringing out the worst people.

She should be fired; if she was white she would have been gone a long time ago. It's a shame that this is going to be attached to that Black Panther game regardless of how good it is. All the work those people under her are doing on the game will be for naught unless people memory hole this.

And denying that you can be racist to white people is either a racist covering for their own racism and/or a way of tacitly saying that non-whites have no agency or power, which ignores reality (as well as the definition of "racism" the people who say that type of thing use.) So in a backhanded way, it's actually racist toward non-whites as well.

2 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

"This skin suit activates HARD mode"

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

Honestly, I don't care that dude said this. The concerning thing to me is how thin skinned people are. People are getting salty about this. This is "1st world problems" personified.  So what. Gaming is bigger than Hollywood. It's not some niche industry that's being "punched down" on. 

Indeed. Imo anyone down in their feelings about this is worried deep down that they've wasted a lot of time playing games.

That said, I don't think the two things need to be mutually exclusive. I got an NES at however old you are in 5th grade and spent a ton of time on it, as well as the SNES before selling the Snes to buy my first guitar at 16. My musical skills have only continued to get better despite that I play probably 2 hours of games a day on average. Anyone who really and genuinely cares about something like music will prioritize it, and if it isn't that big of a thing to them, they won't.

I think video games do tend to have a drug like effect for some people, but just like drugs and alcohol, not everyone who uses them is going to get addicted.

Edit: And this is even before we talk about how game music even back in the 8 bit days has always been really inventive. Listening to the SMB3 soundtrack, it's honest to God amazing what they were able to do with a measley 3 audio channels. Whoever did those arrangements is fucking brilliant because there is A LOT going on there.

After playing USF2 for a couple weeks, I'm at a point where I'm smoking more of the beginner players but getting smoked by the better cats. I feel like I'm in no man's land right now lol

2 hours ago, Camacho said:

Might be time to upgrade to a steam deck if you want a better handheld experience. 

I wasn't planning on getting it. I played so much Contra as a kid I'm pretty much over the series at this point, but who knows. I don't really want to plunk money for a steamdeck either.

2 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

Honestly, for games like Contra, it's inexcusable. From a sales standpoint, these type of games do best on Switch. It's not a hardware intensive game, why the issues. I mean there are 140+ million Switches out there. This isn't a Wii U situation where there was little incentive, outside of just plain integrity, to optimize ports.

Yeah that's what I thought. And it isn't like there's anything weird about the Switch's guts (that I know of) that would make it really tricky. Seems like a constant problem though.

3 hours ago, Camacho said:

First review of the new contra I've seen.  Short version is that they loved the game, but the switch version is total crap. 

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/contra-operation-galuga

I don't understand why the Switch is always such a bitch to port games to. I get that they aren't always going to run perfectly especially if they're multiplatform games that run on higher spec platforms, but it isn't like this is a new thing and it seems to happen constantly. Is there just no beta testing going on anymore? It's like the PS3 all over again.

Ggs boys, and yes we should definitely do this again soon!

Hecatom I'm gonna quit while I'm ahead, your Iroha has been the bane of my existence tonight lol!

Couple more games for me then I'm heading out

19 minutes ago, Reticently said:

Don't forget that Wan get a command grab when unarmed 

I don't know what I'm doing with him, I didn't even know he had one lol

18 minutes ago, Hecatom said:

TBH, while I love the game, I can't cosign the sentiment, since there have been a lot of games that have come out that I feel have very interesting matchups and gameplay 🙂

Which games would you say? Would be interesting to have more good matchup based games,

I love the crowd noises 🤣

3 minutes ago, Reticently said:

The match ups in this game are STILL more interesting than almost every game that's come out since, lol

Yeah agreed. It has a similar thing that SF2 has where there isn't a lot of extra shit baked into the game beyond the characters' movesets and that really appeals to me

3 minutes ago, Hecatom said:

I kind of feel that Earthquake does a little much of guard damage thanks to his multi hit attacks, but at this late stage o the game, it is what it is 😅

I don't know how good he is tierlist wise but he has a bit of sauce and he's fun I think. I honestly have a love/hate relationship with Amakusa in this game, so it's nice to have another character that does a similar thing in some ways.

Shoot, Hecatom you must have had only a sliver of POW to be able to do that issen! I didn't expect that!

I'll play one more and then sit out a few so you guys can play each other for a bit

2 minutes ago, Reticently said:

Earthquake on a tear tonight 

He's fun, and I think I actually play better with him than Amakusa

6 minutes ago, Reticently said:

Man, as much as I love Cham, sometimes I wish I could remember how to play even one other character 😆

With Nako you probably want to use more of the bird than you are to help pin me down a bit

REticently, you don't want to hang back when you have POW, if anything that just squanders your damage potential.

2 minutes ago, Hecatom said:

Does he hit high and low on the bouncing attack?

I'm not sure tbh. I wouldn't think so but I don't know much about tha tmove

50 minutes ago, Sonero said:

 

My PS4 been collecting dust since I switched to PC. Don't even know if i have PSN anymore.

 

😂

 

Y'all have fun though. 😤

Dig it out

This is so hilarious, we're like a human game of rock/paper/scissors tonight in terms of who beats who lol

2 minutes ago, Reticently said:

I kinda mugged you at the end of that one.  I'll take it, but lol didn't really earn it 

Nah you earned it

UNLIKE @Hecatom who I have absolutely no answer to tonight 🤣

Damn Reticently ;_; Nice issen