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There is a quote, popularly attributed to Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens, that states that golf is "a good walk spoiled." I refute this: I would instead argue that it was a bad walk to begin with, as there's barely anything to see besides manicured grass and a remote though still possible chance of getting beaned on the dome by an errant slice. Suffice it to say my animosity towards golf also exte...
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Here we are with another round-up of the good, the bad, and the weird of the games featured in this year's Summer Games Done Quick charity speedrun event, as well as the wiki pages that pertain to them. For those of you who are new to any of this, here's a quick primer: Summer Games Done Quick is a week-long streaming event on Twitch where various members of the speedrun community - those that...
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Hey there folks. It's been a while since I last put anything up here. I hope this blog finds everyone well (if, indeed, it finds anyone at all). I had originally hoped to start up something away from Giant Bomb, for reasons I outlined in my last proper blog post way back in October . Unfortunately that hasn't come to fruition yet, with various other life-related commitments getting in the way,...
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Eh, Indie enough. Goetia is a 2016 horror-themed (or really just horror-adjacent, more on that in a moment) adventure/puzzle game published by Square Enix's "small games" division the Square Enix Collective , which also put out The Turing Test , Children of Zodiarcs , Tokyo Dark , and others. It is named for the Belgian-born singer best known for his 2011 single "Somebody I Used to... OK, wait,...
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Nintendo bought the rights to Ron Jeremy porn parodies Super Hornio Brothers I and II to keep them from ever being released again. Before Mario Maker, this was the only place where you could see Mario lay pipe. Super Mario Maker 2 is a week and change away, and the wait has been excruciating. To kill the time before its release—and the consequent moment where the police break into my home and d...
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It became obvious about halfway through the run of press conferences this year that if the publishers were banishing gameplay demos from their briefings, then audiences were going to have to do more of their own spelunking to know what the games would look like in action. What I hadn't realised at the time was how much digging the average user would have to do to find the videos of those games...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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With E3 over until next year and all the information of everything has been given out and there is nothing left to do or talk about, forever. If only that were true. There are still things happening and games to play. Entertainment Jessica Jones: Season 3 - I only watched one episode but it was good. When I get some time I'm looking forward to watching some more. Too early for a rating... NA/10...
dudewantshisrug (Premium member)
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A Disclaimer From The Author This was certainly more "eventful" than I anticipated! First, I want to start this blog with a public disclaimer. If you are looking for an objective perspective about Square-Enix's presence at E3 2019, you should look elsewhere. While my love for Square-Enix is a recent development, objectivity on my part is not possible. Thus, if you are looking for reasoned cover...
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This is SELF REFLECTION, so if you collect games ( or comics or whatever ) and love it - dont be upset. I'm not hurting you or your collection :) This is my perspective whether you agree already or disagree; even then one day your circumstances may align to help you relate with me. I think my father summed it up well once - collections are like chains you form around yourself, you lug them thro...
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One robot ninja's noble journey to see how far they can travel across this great cosmos of ours without spending any money or exerting too much effort. Part 6: Warframe! I'm Gonna Live Forever! Welcome to another installment of my monthly Warframe check-in. Auspicious times, my friends, as my domination of the Solar System continues unabated. Mostly unabated. All right, so I'm having a bit of t...
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E3 is a mess. The ESA may be a bigger mess. The whole thing is broken and because of deals already signed it might not be able to save itself from the udder futility it’s heading towards. It doesn’t have to be this way either, that’s probably the most damning and frustrating part of this. This isn’t about if E3 is dying or if it’s necessary anymore, it’s about squandering an opportunity to capi...
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Lot's of stuff was talked about at the E3 shows this last week. Some of it was exciting while other stuff was disappointing. Entertainment Captain Marvel - I thought it was good but I feel like I missed something because I just don't see how people think it was amazing. Maybe it just wasn't what I was expecting or wanted. For being just another Marvel movie that wasn't marvelous... 2.5/5 Games...
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I’ve put in at least 100 hours into Fire Emblem Fates, even if I don’t consider myself an expert on the game (never played past the normal difficulty). I don’t think it is as memorable as Fire Emblem Awakening, but I really liked playing Fates regardless and I expect to play it for the foreseeable future. Its stories in either the Birthright or Conquest paths are a combination of derivative and...
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I'm not sure what I was expecting from its sequel after playing the first Holy Potatoes! plate-spinner sim, but "annoying Faster Than Light clone" wasn't it. Holy Potatoes! is a lighthearted, genre-hopping franchise that isn't so much unified by what I thought were the specific type of sims where you have to split your attention between multiple active nodes at once - your classic Diner Dash sc...
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Nintendo is the originator for the technique of spreading your announcements throughout the year and lubricating their distribution to the audience through live but accessible video streams. For the fans, it's meant no more arduous year-long waits for Nintendo news, and if there was a game they weren't hot on, it was easier to avoid it. A built-in flaw of the press conference format is you have...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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E3 Day -1: Ys E3 Day 0: The Legend of Heroes E3 Day 1: Zwei E3 Day 2: Xanadu E3 Day 3: Everything Else For 2019's Alternative to E3 series, we're looking at a bunch of Falcom games! I've loved this RPG developer for a while and have been searching for an excuse to talk more about them, so that's what we're doing this year instead of poring over E3 trailers and news. Be sure to check Day -1 for...
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Hey y'all, I've been playing through this wonderful game Ys recently, and ran into some cool little easter eggs the localization team put in there, and wanted to share them to people. Ys is an action RPG similar to Secret of Mana, but in 3D, and somewhat far into the game you run into these little creatures called Roo. Roos have been in several of the games before, and in many of them they have...
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E3 Day -1: Ys E3 Day 0: The Legend of Heroes E3 Day 1: Zwei E3 Day 2: Xanadu E3 Day 3: Everything Else For 2019's Alternative to E3 series, we're looking at a bunch of Falcom games! I've loved this RPG developer for a while and have been searching for an excuse to talk more about them, so that's what we're doing this year instead of poring over E3 trailers and news. Be sure to check Day -1 for...
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Judging by the crew's reaction to Gooigi , I had to make this, and I'm sorry for everything, especially to Brad.
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It used to be that Ubisoft was seen as an also-ran that spent too long on awkward humour and cheap motion controls games, but then, in 2017, they hit a stride, and have spent the past couple of years putting out a surprisingly joyous showcase of games. Low expectations were a factor in our positive reception of its press conferences, but they managed to keep up a better momentum in them than in...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
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E3 Day -1: Ys E3 Day 0: The Legend of Heroes E3 Day 1: Zwei E3 Day 2: Xanadu E3 Day 3: Everything Else For 2019's Alternative to E3 series, we're looking at a bunch of Falcom games! I've loved this RPG developer for a while and have been searching for an excuse to talk more about them, so that's what we're doing this year instead of poring over E3 trailers and news. Be sure to check Day -1 for...
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The controversy surrounding Bethesda and the tactics which the conference used to respond it were immeasurably more interesting than the games on show. After putting out a clunker like Fallout 76, there's nothing you can say or not say that will make things alright. You can't be seen ignoring that mess or your audience won't think you're listening but acknowledging it only draws attention to th...
chuck@giantbomb.com (Premium member)
