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I don't have a problem with Anita, or anyone else, critiquing video games. I have a problem with Anita cherry picking, using half-truths, and sometimes going so far as blatantly lying as part of her critiques.

Gerald? I think you're looking at it the wrong way. Think of the choice and consequence possibilities? Before that fight Geralt could have the choice to either spend time or not spend time with a certain sorceress. That choice would completely alter the *ahem* physics in that battle. I'll show myself out.

Boobs and ass have long been staples of video games, and for good reason, because boobs and ass are awesome. However, it's about high tide that we get equal genital representation in games. I ask for, nay, demand proper dong representation in vidya games. #GiveMeDong

Iga's Kickstarter for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is now live and unsurprisingly has already smashed its initial goal. Pros: Iga is making a new 2D-ish Castlevania game. Cons: No in-game anything to show, only concept art.

This is just as entertaining and, dare I say, slightly more sane than an Oby thread.

Oh good, an excuse for not being able to get a date/hook up so that people can feel like they are victims instead of facing the fact that they are ****ty people no one wants to be around. This will fit nicely next to all the bogus excuses people come up with for why their kids turn out to be ****ty rather than facing the reality of them being ****ty parents. Reminder: When things don't go your way, you are surely a victim of something (make something up if an appropriate bogus excuse doesn't already exist). You being inept can't possibly be the reason because, remember, everyone is a star and you all get participation trophies. Hugs for everybody.

I'm excited to watch youtube videos of select trailers a few hours after they were shown during presentations. I predict a bevy of marketing buzzwords and people awkwardly standing up on stage and "playing" short demos of games. I predict at least one really misguided "hip and trendy" Ubisoft presentation met with halfhearted applause. I predict Fallout 4 being announced and me being disappointed when it's revealed that Bethesda themselves are developing it. I predict Nintendo making me sad for the umpteenth straight year with a lack of a new Metroid or F-Zero. I'd love to see M&M XI get announced, as I really liked M&M X, but that might be optimistic as Limbic is finishing HOMM VII right now. Hopefully something really exciting comes out of left field.

Still playing Star Trek 25th Anniversary. I like how each act/chapter is presented as an episode of the show, and it really feels like it too. I'm beginning the 5th episode now. I think there are 7 episodes in total (?) Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun with the game. I'll likely scoop up Judgment Rites once I finish this game.

Good, goooooood. All you Windows and Mac folk can beta test Galaxy for me and get all the wrinkles out. Then when the Linux version comes out it will be 100% stable with absolutely zero bugs.

Star Trek 25th Anniversary - It's worth it for the banter between Spock and Bones alone.

2 tanks, 2 supports, and 7 damage classes. I sense an imbalance here. Maybe some of the "damage" classes are DPS/support or DPS/tank hybrids? From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I dig Necromancers the most.

What about Witch Hunt from Canada?

Yeah, I've put off my second playthrough until the GotY Edition also. I wonder if the changes will make my Supreme Jerk all melee base party playthrough more viable or even more dude, why are you doing this to yourself bonkers?

Well, I haven't finished the LP, I got maybe about halfway (?). I may return to it and finish it eventually... Or I might not. For essentially a home brew game it's surprisingly professional feeling. It's an old school style jRPG with many of the caveats that come with it. It has its positives but it definitely leaves much to be desired in other areas. The story and characters are pretty charming and it foregoes the whole chosen one save the world from an ancient evil BS, at least initially (it may come to that later, I don't know). It has a "gather" system for powering up abilities that adds some strategy to the game. However, the "gather" system doesn't come into play that often as it's usually a waste of time (literally) to use in most battles, outside of drawn out boss type battles. As it's a jRPG, it's quite grindy and gets really tedious after a while. To make matters worse, there is no way to increase battle speed, which exacerbates the problem by making even super easy battles needlessly long.

Oh, King Art Games, you beautiful ****lords. https://youtu.be/U8_2yBVd2KM?t=1313

For those wondering about the game, I started my LP of 25th Anniversary, so you can see what the game is like for yourself here.

Finished Metro 2033 Redux. I was taken aback by how easy, comparatively speaking, the final chapter was. The lack of any sort of final boss battle (the trippy final sequence doesn't count) was a bit of a bummer. Regardless, I thoroughly liked the game, crappy checkpoint autosave system aside. I'll play Last Light in the future. For now, I'm diving into Star Trek 25th Anniversary.

Screw it, imma get 25th Anniversary and LP it. If it's any good, I'll get Judgement Rites too, since it's a direct sequel.

I'm curious about that too. I might take a chance on 25th Anniversary and LP it, for better or worse. I'm down for a point & click.

I've made it to the final chapter in Metro 2033 Redux. I think I've suffocated as many times in the game as I have gotten killed by enemies. I did develop a trick for stretching out the lifespan of my filters, though: Take off the gasmask when I'm running low, go on without it for about 7 or 8 seconds, until I'm about to suffocate, then put it back on for a few seconds, then take it off again. Lather, rinse, repeat. It's a cheesy trick but I absolutely needed to use it in one part where the game autosaved seconds before my gasmask made the ratcheting noise warning me the filter is about to run out and I had to go through a scripted elevator ride down and several amoebas before reaching a locker with more filters.

It's heroin for children, essentially.

I personally liked the combat in The Witcher 2 much better than TW1. I'm one of the few people that thought the combat in TW2 was straight up good. It could have been more responsive, but I overall really liked the system. I though the combat in TW1 was just plain garbage. It was basically a rhythm music game, minus the music, and I'm not into rhythm music games. Anyway, I made it to Polis Station (and chapter 5) in Metro 2033 Redux. I still have a ways to go, but I'm over the hump now and can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel (pun very much intended). I had a super tense moment in the last chapter while carrying the little kid. I got to a point where I was out of medkits and was almost dead (screen quickly blinking red) and reached a checkpoint (stupid checkpoint autosave system), so I was stuck going through the rest of the chapter at basically 1 health. On the plus side, it did force me into frantic run for my life gameplay, which was super duper tense. I managed to get through it before I died too many times and got frustrated, so it worked out in the end, I guess.

I don't much care about achievements (the nudie cards were cool tho), but I will definitely do a sleep with absolutely everyone possible playthrough, even if it isn't my "canon" playthrough.

Point of Lore: Sorceresses have no nips unless they're deliberately being "tantalizing". Immershun restored. You are welcome. But Ciri is not a full fledged sorceress. She's only partially Witcher trained (no mutagens) and partially sorceress trained.