Bartimaeus

​I have a knack for dying in Souls games right before literally the last hit. I remember when I died to Smough in DS1 at soul level 1 on NG7 only needing to hit Smough one more time...and I somehow screwed up my roll on his electric jump-butt attack and died. Good times.

Majora's Mask Baldur's Gate II Life Is Strange ​ ​Undertale​ ​ ​Others, I'm sure, but these are the ones sticking out in my head right now.

It really is the only way.

Yeah, I think "most disappointing games of all time" would be better, because it really gets at the heart of the matter - games that you thought were gonna be good that ended up being really bad or otherwise emotionally crushing you for not meeting expectations. You don't even necessarily have to have to played the game in question to know that it greatly disappoints, whereas something like "worst game of all time", that's a pretty lofty title. I don't think I've played 25 games where I could objectively think that they're the worst games of all time - but I could definitely list 25 games that were extremely disappointing for various reasons.

First time I've ever heard of it. Looks similar to Worms.

The parallels with the Roman Empire get stronger and stronger every day...

There was a time in the late 2000s and very early 2010s that I started to get the feeling, stronger and stronger over time, that I might exit gaming altogether, as it seemed like I just didn't "get" the video game industry anymore. Eventually, I realized that it would just be better if video games were no longer my primary hobby, and that'd it better to only try the games I'm really interested in. So...that's what I did. Now I mostly only buy indie games and the very rare AA or AAA game (while occasionally trying an older game or two, such as I did with MOTHER/Earthbound over the past year), and I think I'm much happier for it. Stick to the things that actually legitimately seem interesting to you - what that will be, of course, will vary from person to person, especially as some of us are less forgiving of certain trends in video games than other people - ...and don't spend much more than a glance at the constant barrage of the same crappy games.

Sean Astin is now GM of the Packers.

I'm a little shocked Ocarina of Time didn't get more than two votes (one from myself), especially seeing as Majora's Mask made it onto this list. Ocarina of Time is like the epitome of a classic (3D) adventure game to me, mixing high fantasy, dark fantasy, and even a little horror at times with very solid gameplay (its biggest flaw probably being how relatively simple and easy the actual sword-fighting is these days compared to other games). It also has pretty fantastic music, very much noted for its catchiness. how can anybody say no to these two beautiful faces

Thanks for responding for me - I had planned to respond, but wasn't sure at the time how to, and then forgot algroth had asked me. It is definitely one of the more flawed games that I adore, but I do still adore it for its unique combination of setting and gameplay elements.

I meant The Hill, yes.

I tried Jagged Alliance 2 at the advice of a friend probably around...8 or 9 years ago. About twenty minutes in, I had a seizure (the first I'd ever had, as a matter of fact). I never got back to JA2 after that - I ended up reformatting my computer some months later without saving it or ever even turning it back on again. But anyways, the moral of the story is, JA2 gets #1 on my "worst games of all time" for being the only game to ever literally give me a seizure.

It's a legitimate publication (...more or less), so I would think it'd be alright.

Every game I cheered for the Chiefs to win after Rodgers broke his collarbone they unsanctimoniously lost. I started getting off the Chiefs bandwagon when it looked like the Chargers were going to steal the division from them, so of course they proceeded to beat the Chargers for the division...and I was just starting to think while watching the first half of the wildcard game, maybe, maybe they'll be able to reproduce magic like when they beat the Patriots at the start of the year. Whoops.

Nope, not really, but thanks for asking! Okay, for real, I've only played Stalker (which I voted for) and Civilization 4 out of those. I've always thought at least the last 3-4 Civilization games (i.e. the ones I've actually tried) were too deeply flawed to be deserving on a best games list, but uh, I guess people disagree!

Rhodes...reading that it's actually a popular tourist location. Seems like the place to be if you want to visit Greece...lots of history to it, too, and a wonderful location. Think I'll add that to my list of places I want to visit.

I've always wanted to go to Turkey (Istanbul, specifically), but I guess it's not really the place to be at the moment. Maybe Poland so you can visit Sharp_one.

I don't think anyone voted for ToB (if they did, I missed it). Makes sense, considering ToB was, in many ways, the low point of the series.

Yeah, I wasn't sure of the wisdom of separating expansions and base games, and I was pretty sure MotB was going to suffer for it, and it did. Standalone expansions I could understand, but an add-on to the base game seems like it should count as part of the base game.

Hmm, is that on Steam?

Was it his own? I'd be pretty pleased if I managed to bankrupt a casino that wasn't mine.

My solution was to never do a kick throughout any of the three Dark Souls games. Even if I could get it to work 90% of the time, that 10% would surely get me killed.

Ah...yes, a tablet is a little more tricky. I don't think Windows tablets run standard copies of Windows (I think they run Windows RT, which is ARM-only). I don't know if there are any operating systems you could do what I suggested with if it is indeed an ARM tablet. (e): Seems like Ubuntu may work with ARM-based tablets? Maybe? Your mileage will probably vary with the specific model...

Assuming the laptop drive is not actually encrypted, create a bootable flash drive for your laptop (either Windows or Linux will do - Linux is the easier of the two because Microsoft very specifically tried to prevent people from formatting flash drives with Windows, though it is still possible), and extract the files that way, as you'll now have access to your laptop's hard drive from inside of the flash drive's OS. I have a bootable Linux flash drive for exactly this reason - though some newer laptops may have protections against booting removable drive OSes, not entirely sure.

Gorsuch could be considered an accomplishment in the sense that he, Trump, was elected, by which Gorsuch was allowed to be nominated. That makes it partly his accomplishment - more that scumbag McConnell's than his, though, I'd say. Of course, there's an argument to be made that any almost other Republican candidate would've fared better in the general election than Trump, but ultimately, he did get the job done (..even if he DID lose the popular vote by 2 million-plus votes - our election system's fault, not Trump's).