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Not to mention that stylized graphics almost always wind up being significantly less taxing on the hardware than striving for photorealism.

The delicious irony is that a significant portion of these moral crusaders and defenders of justice are some of the most bigoted people out there. That doesn't really come as any surprise as history has shown again and again and again that those that engage in aggressive posturing and preaching so often are doing so to compensate for and draw attention away from the skeletons in their own closet. One of the most wonderful byproducts of this whole GamerGate consumer revolt is so many of these crusaders outing themselves as the hateful bigots they are to the world. Many of use have know or suspected as much about some of these people before, but now everyone can see it for themselves. This ordeal has put pressure on them, and it's much harder to effectively wear a mask when under pressure as people naturally and instinctively revert to their innate behavior and personality in such times.

Welcome to Isla del Keyrock A lush tropical paradise that's equal parts the ideal vacation destination and the residence of your dreams. This veritable utopia is overseen by the wise, beautiful, talented, magnanimous, and just Carmelita Tavarez. Rest assured that any and all rumors of executions and extortion are completely and utterly false, your benevolent ruler would never ever eeeeever consider stooping to such shameful acts.

Ricky Rubio is out 6 to 8 weeks with a severe ankle sprain. Man, the injury list is growing quickly this season. Maybe Ricky can spend those 6 to 8 weeks figuring out how to shoot the basketball? Wishful thinking.

Given the nature of the comment referenced, your ire was quite understandable, Nonek.

I finished up the story in Bayonetta 2. There are several chapters to do after the final story chapter called Witch Trials. They are basically a series of Muspelheim or Alfheim-like arenas where you fight increasingly more powerful foes each verse one after another. You can't use any items in the witch hunts, so it's all about taking the least amount of damage you can each verse in an effort to get to the end. It seems like they are 6 or 7 verses each. The first witch hunt was a piece of cake, the second one was tough, but I got through it eventually. I'm on the third one now and it's kicking my ass. The first 2 verses are easy, but the third verse is a pair of Pains (essentially demonic tank robots) and I'm terrible against those enemies. It's going to take some time to get the dodge timing down on them. Beyond that, I'm going to start running through the story chapters again on 3rd climax difficulty (hard) so that I can unlock the chain chomp. I also played The Talos Principle public test all the way through. It took me about an hour to figure out all the puzzles. I'm pretty impressed, I like these kinds of puzzle games. I look forward to the full game, whenever it arrives. Lastly, I fired up Tropico 5 for some relaxing banana republic dictator sim goodness to offset the frantic fast paced action of Bayonetta 2. One thing I really love about the Tropico games is the music. It's hard to not have a good time when they play music like that.

Some screenshots from The Talos Principle public test. I made sure to not include any puzzle solutions.

I'm definitely a bigger fan of Gabriel Era Genesis than Post Gabriel Era Genesis, but they absolutely did release some good stuff even when they went heavy into pop.

I'm an advocate of no bounds in comedy. No subject is off the table, including things like murder, rape, the holocaust, Jonestown, etc. That said, if you're going to incorporate one of these subjects into your jokes, you better make damn sure that the joke is very clever and very funny (Mr. Tait's comments fits neither of these criteria IMHO) to make it worth the potential wholly justified backlash you may receive for it.

In my opinion Genesis' output from the early to mid 70s can go toe to toe with any band's output in a similar stretch of time. They put out some amazing stuff during those years.

I'm Polish and while my family isn't Jewish, I did have family die and suffer at the hands of the Nazis. Needless to say, I don't find holocaust humor to be the least bit funny and Mr. Tait, whoever he is (should have I heard of him?) should be ashamed of posting such things whether it was meant in jest or literally.

I downloaded The Talos Principle public test (essentially a free demo) on Steam and gave it a quick spin. It's kind of Myst-y with religious and philosophical undertones, from the brief bit I played. It's cool to see Croteam put out something that doesn't involve shooting hundreds of aliens, plus I really like weird puzzle games where they essentially drop you somewhere with no instructions and just let you figure out what it is you're supposed to be doing on your own. I think they're using the same engine from Serious Sam 3, probably with some tweaks and upgrades.

Not my type of game but it does look cool.

Still one of the top 3 best prog records ever:

You get to pilot a freakin' mech in Bayonetta 2, because of course you do. The best part is that after you beat this chapter it becomes available to buy so that you can use it whenever you want.

Cosigned. I definitely don't agree with everything Liana K says, but that doesn't stop me from agreeing with other points. Heck, I agree with some points Sarkeesian makes, I just think she also misrepresents things and sensationalizes and overall does more harm than good.

I absolutely agree. I haven't finished the story yet, I just reached chapter 14, so I should be really close, but once I do I will be nowhere near finished with the game, in fact, I'm just getting started. Having not finished the story, I can't give the game a review just yet, but unless something goes horribly horribly wrong in the last 2 or 3 or 4 or however many chapters are left, this will easily be my GotY 2014. Simply put, going by what I've played so far, this is one of the best games I have played, in any genre, ever.

Interview with Liana K She makes some pretty good points about attention whoring and that it's not just people on the anti-GG side doing it, there are people on the pro-GG side that are just piggybacking off this to gain attention and expand their influence. Such is always the case with any continuing scandal that gains enough traction.

You get 27 Freedom Points™. These points may or may not be redeemable for... something in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF1E5ZO8Lug

Woot! The sale on Tropico 5 I've been waiting for is happening now. I figured I'd get it during the X-Mas sale, but if GabeN wants to toss me a 50% discount now, I'll take it, I doubt I'll see a steeper discount until next year, plus I'm kinda in the mood to run a banana republic soon.

Officer Bayonetta... *bites knuckle*

Eh, who cares? I see her as nothing more than a source of comedy to deride. I just think it's kind of sad. You have a person who quite obviously has mental illness and I suspect, in my highly unqualified opinion, that the events going on currently are doing said mental illness no favors, in fact, the hoopla surrounding this, from all sides, those holding her up as a champion, a martyr, a victim, a charlatan, an antagonist, etc., and I count myself among those people, though I do not exist in any real sort of social networking capacity so I highly doubt she's ever read anything I've written, is likely fueling her illness and driving her further and further into madness. I hope someone offers her the mental help she needs.

I think it's safe to say that Ms. Wu is an antagonist and quite clearly mentally ill. I picture her as a person walking through the woods, happening upon a bear den, throwing rocks at the bear cubs in the den, getting pissed off when they don't react, walking over to the cubs and repeatedly kicking them, then, after the momma bear finally wakes up and mauls her, running and screaming to everyone within earshot that she got mauled and demanding that those bears be killed.

This sort of thing has been standard operating procedure for CDPR for as long as they've put out games. Pretty sad that they are one of the very few exceptions to the norm in this regard these days.