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Yes he is, and yes, he is a he. Although I'd rather not see too much of him this season, the "romance" with Missandei was close to being as bad as the Dornish storyline.

We should welcome all types of personalities, we need the eccentric and the idiosyncratic..yes a menagerie of various perspectives is exactly what makes a forum strong..and yes I need oby Fixed that for you, loverboy. Now get to it. Hurry lest Meshugger steals oby from right underneath you.

I'm guessing they hit the reset button on the Dorne storyline because of the mess they made last season. Now they're probably going to use Vivienne as stand-in for the war brought by Aegon & the Golden Company (which totally doesn't sound kinky at all, no sir ).

Grabbed the currently available X bundle and Bloodlines. Yay.

In case anyone ever tells you it is only a rumor that Hasslehoff is popular in certain parts of central Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4k_e4q_B_k Now you know they are lying.

I'd say that is proof that oby really is Qistina. A Russian who doesn't like vodka is probably muslim. Qis is too. Therefore Qis = oby. Seems legit.

I see what you did their!

Sitll wondering what purpose the Watchdogs will serve. One episode spent on introducing a vigilante group led by Blake and some personal issues for MAck and since then, well, nothing. I'm guessing we'll be getting a Blake heel-face turn during the finale so he can die while killing Hive. Oh, and yeah, the Shield member who will die as per Skye's vision. I hope they pick one of her team. Or maybe all of them.

I wish I wouldn't associate the instrument with In Extremo, but that sort of was my first exposure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyaDuLHzj7o And while that isn't so bad at all one needs to keep in mind that they also made this absoultely horrible Sisters of Mercy cover with an absolute terror of a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUrJBvKf_I Yeah. I know the end is missing, silly Vevo. But... just be glad it is over.

I'd buy that instantly if they managed to make the entire game like Barcelona.

I get my kicks above the wasteline, sunshine. Sorry, couldn't resist.

I can't believe it. I have a hard time believing this entire year so far, lots of artists and celebrities dying - not only famous musicians (Bowie, now Prince) but writers (Eco, Lee) and actors (Rickman), among others, as well.

Speaking of covers, clearly the best ABBA cover ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNdarr_RpA

Once upon a time I bought the first decent Star Trek DVD sets coming out for 130€ a season only to have complete box sets released for 99€ some time later. I laugh at the difference between 420$ and 159$. ...and sometimes, in weak moments, I look at the 24 boxes on my shelf and I cean hear them mocking me. But it is okay, the sets came with vouchers for super special bonus material or standees for the sets. Which totally weren't cheap cardboard cutouts barely able to hold the combined weight of an entire series. All is well. *breathe* *pant*

If it weren't for the trees on the screenshot I'd have to look twice to realize it isn't UO. Damn. Now I want to play UO again. She's evvviiillll... just no. She's a single class cleric, so... no, just no.

When was Blizard not all about comic graphics? Their graphical style always had a comic-ish bent even back when they made 2D games - especially the Warcraft franchise. It was Blizzard North who made the Diablo games after all, and even there Diablo II moved leaps and bounds away from the dark, brooding gothic style of the first game. Hrm. Well I missed Blizzard when it was more Aliens and Apocalypse Now than it was Pixar: Don't get me wrong, so do I. SC is an good example. Yes, the cutscenes were rather brooding and the storyline and storytelling completely serious, but the graphics where just about as comicy as they could get. Kind of hilarious when you see the techincolor battlefield set against a background of betrayal, genocide and a bleak, desperate fight for survival. It's what I miss most about the old Blizzard. The ability to not only create amazing gameplay but also flesh it out with decent storytelling. These days they're all just about the gameplay and the occasional cutscene. And thus Fenix went from a respectable, if a bit stereotypical, warrior poet to a silly replica robot spewing extremely silly one-liners. Let's march foward into battle! Yay! Oh boy. I'm not sure. I keep forgetting I even backed it and then Ill get an email update and be like "oh yeah". I don't really give a fecal pellet about seeing the game right now, I had hoped to get mah flight jackit at a time when I could still wear it. Alas, that doesn't appear to be happening.

I played a bit of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem. I backed it on KS where it was called Umbra and received an early access key a while ago. It's odd, really. The writing is terrible in every way including spelling errors and elementary school level grammar mistakes. Half the UI isn't finished and it has hilarious bugs like clicking through buttons (nothing beats walking into a group of enemies when clicking on the level up button). The animations are so bad it is almost hilarious. Quests literally add nothing to the game but that at least prettily: It tells you in a very nice box that you received zero gold and experience for your efforts, the merchant sells items for free but buys it back for money, which is also worth nothing because he's the only merchant around. Last but most damning at the moment the gameplay is choppy. It says it is running at 80 FPS but it sure feels like 20... ...and yet, I find the game strangely entertaining. The fact that the first spell you find for your character is called Unlimited Power and lets you blast enemies with chained lightning bolts sure helped. Devs sure have a long road ahead of them if they want this to eventually combat Diablo 3, Grim Dawn or Path of Exile, but the potential is there and some of the ideas they have are quite nice, if a bit ambitious.

Interesting, Fig now displays the proportion between investments and crowdfunding pledges on their campaign funding progress bar. Psychonauts 2 was the only game with an almost equal share between the two, every other campaign (whether successful or not) was much more popular with investors than with crowdfunders. Results might also be a bit skewed because Double Fine's Psychonauts 2 campaign was top notch with all the backer games, constant updates and social media attention while the others really were kind of... lame. Looks like Fig's information about not having any shortage of investors is true after all. Oh, and of course, the Consortium campaign is now up. I apparently have three pledge discounts to give away for anyone who is interested in the 50$ or higher tiers. PM me if you want one.

Does it work as a crowdfunding plattform? Apparently, otherwise they would not have been able to raise 3.8m dollars for Psychonauts 2 - which after all is a Double Fine game and people are kind of rightfully sceptical when it comes to Tim Schafer and crowdfunding. If it actually works for investors, well, no idea. Nothing on there has been released yet so there's no indication. Some posts indicate that there never was any shortage of investors but that may just as well have been exaggerated by the Fig staff. I'm thinking of trying the unaccredited investor option at some point, most likely with an inXile or Obsidian title should there be one.

When was Blizard not all about comic graphics? Their graphical style always had a comic-ish bent even back when they made 2D games - especially the Warcraft franchise. It was Blizzard North who made the Diablo games after all, and even there Diablo II moved leaps and bounds away from the dark, brooding gothic style of the first game. Hrm.

Not entirely on-topic but 30 Rocks is absolutely awesome. Okay, maybe except for Season 4 which was a bit lameish, but most of it is really quality entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGW7FVf2zU

It's the name and hit points, which is a massive advantage in PVP. Nobody knows if and when they can burst you down and it makes you immune to called focusing.

The real beginner's trait is Charismatic.

Yeah, maybe. As if anyone ever played without the creative racial pick.

Bruce, really, I meant that Anita is trolling. She has been doing nothing but trolling with these Tropes vs. Women in Video Games ever since she launched the first one after her Kickstarter campaign. If there's anything amusing here it is that even you the resident SuperSJW find her videos to be intentionally inflammatory.