Posts by FMPONE

  • Epic Games Store

    I actually used the Epic games Store to buy a game. I bought Outer Wilds, it’s very interesting.

    Its also an EXXXClusive to the Epic Marketplace, or you know damn well I woulda bought that shiz on Steam.

  • Peace in Korea.

    Quote from Minos

    On 6/30/2019 at 2:44 PM, Minos said: This video gave me the chills. This is a major sign of trust, Trump put his ass literally on the line, there were no secret service agents following him (unless they were hiding on the other side lol), basically anything could have happened at that moment, but like a true commander he demonstrated his lack of fear (or at least his capacity to hide his fear). This video is also a masterclass on body language. Notice how Trump arrives first so it seems like Kim is the one coming to him, how he taps Kim in the arm a few times, then when it's time to return he's the one that points to the ground and Kim follows, like a trained dog would. You can clearly observe how Kim is just a big kid with lots of powers. I have my opinions about Trump, and I dislike many of his actions, but man... this dude has balls of steel!

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    In fairness its an invisible line, the North Koreans are probably happy to grant a photo op if it means they don’t have to make any other concessions (who knows if they have.)

    I’m guessing this mean they can go full steam ahead on doing everything they actually care about such as building nukes.

    Thus far in human history nukes have preserved peace, but long term the more states (especially unstable states) that acquire nukes, the lower humanity’s long term chances of survival become. Even if the country acquiring nukes is Sweden, it’s never a good sign.

  • Salvo

    Quote from Freaky_Banana

    1 hour ago, Freaky_Banana said: Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't I already see this in FMPONE's custom map review? Not sure about how rule 4 applies here (whether your current blockout already counts as having "art" done seems debatable (no offense , it looks great!).

    This appeared on my public feedback stream a while back, but otherwise conforms to the rules. No further feedback has happened, nor is it going to happen, but nonetheless I’m going to disqualify myself from judging it. Our other judges can weigh in on this one.

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from Minos

    20 hours ago, Minos said: Saving this for posterity

    The new movies are incredible too, some of the best art I've ever seen on an anime. The whole show just works on so many levels...so much symbolism it affects me on a subconscious level.

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    I'm really excited to dig into the rest of the series now! It's not perfect, but when something is truly weird, I love it, because most art can't get made if it crosses a certain weirdness threshold, and boy does this ever cross that threshold.

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    edit: finished it. yeah, that shit will rip your heart out! brutal stuff. looking forward to watching the movies to get a real sense of how it ends.

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from FMPONE

    On 6/25/2019 at 3:36 PM, FMPONE said: Watching Evangelion for the first time on Netflix.

    Yikes... some parts of this look good (mechs, architecture) but the animation is kind of hit or miss especially the characters. And the writing, not sure if it’s the translation or the dub, this is not a well written show at all. Overall four episodes in this feels like a slog; going to try to drag my way through it because the mechanical designs and the UI design are so cool.

    Ok I’m like 18 episodes in and I regret anything negative I ever said about this show. It is, hands down, the most batshit crazy piece of media I think I’ve ever consumed. Absolutely mind-melting in every way. My brain is liquified and pouring out of my ears at how profoundly stupid this show is and yet I cannot get enough

    WOW

  • What have you watched recently?

    Watching Evangelion for the first time on Netflix.

    Yikes... some parts of this look good (mechs, architecture) but the animation is kind of hit or miss especially the characters. And the writing, not sure if it’s the translation or the dub, this is not a well written show at all. Overall four episodes in this feels like a slog; going to try to drag my way through it because the mechanical designs and the UI design are so cool.

  • Control (Remedy)

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    On 6/21/2019 at 1:57 PM, [HP] said:

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    RTX ON MOTHeRFUCKERS

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from blackdog

    10 minutes ago, blackdog said: Oh yasss! I mean to go back to this at some point… I watched some eps when was airing in Italy; watched the movie, and watched one-two eps when was put on Netflix… just following along in original language and subs was a bit too much effort at that time (was in my old job).

    I LOVE the ship design and the style generally. Thanks for the reminder! ?

    @FMPONE have you also watched Trigun? Is more light hearted but I watched a good chunk of it.

    One of my fave anime is Macross/Robotech, I watched a good chunk of the English dub and is a bit cringy but again, plane design too cool to care. My anime experts friends told me the English version has been ruined by cuts and should find the original… anyway the theme was so great!

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    I remember not liking Trigun but then again it’s probably been 15 years. I’d like to rewatch the original Gundam series, afraid it might suck tho. Never saw Macross

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from Minos

    2 hours ago, Minos said: Such a great series, the OST is amazing :D Damn, now I'll have to watch it again :) (I got the bluray set for dirty cheap)

    This shit makes me cry:

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    Gorgeous. might need to explore the OST ?

  • The Half-Life 3 thread of closure and memorium AKA what Tyler McVicker just said on YouTube

    Maybe but the combat they implemented was overly faithful to HL2, and uncritically reproduces it, warts and all. A dev on twitter said they will work on improving it now. Worth remembering all this stuff is WIP.

    Also, I was pretty sure that the supply of DOTA spinoffs had radically outstripped demand, but Underlords is having a successful launch. It’ll be interesting to see if they can maintain that momentum.

  • What have you watched recently?

    Re-Watched all of Cowboy Bebop and the movie. The very beginning of the series is the best (first 4-5 eps) and the movie is OK. There were surprisingly few outright cringey scenes for an anime. However there were some really bad episodes (the evil clown assassin one is trash). Overall a pretty enjoyable series that held up quite well. The animation is largely super solid. They hyper-sexualized Faye quittttte a bit, but I guess it was relatively restrained by anime standards. The episode where she remembers her past is really quite touching and profound, it’s genuinely moving. The music was lively and fun.

    Not holding out too much hope for the Netflix series, but it’s the kind of show I could easily see doing very well in live action. If they could pull it off that would be really awesome.

    Biggest complaint about the show is just how short the episodes are and how some of them don’t end up making much sense as a result. If they had gone for 1 hour eps instead of 30 minutes everything would have worked soooo much better IMO, so that’s one opportunity for Netflix.

  • The Half-Life 3 thread of closure and memorium AKA what Tyler McVicker just said on YouTube

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    13 minutes ago, blackdog said: Can’t find a dedicated topic so spamming here

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    I want to like this but it doesn’t scratch the itch. I really respect the professionalism they bring to this but the sound effects, the graphics, the gameplay, everything kind of falls flat for me and seems like a rough HL2 mod.

    To make a good HL3 you have to start with the things we don’t currently have good access to, narrative and story beats. The physics is nice but I don’t feel that physics are a big constraint in current HL2 mods, it’s the narrative excitement and polish that is generally lacking in these mods.

    Are the characters here going to be interesting, are the stories going to be compelling? That’s what I crave from the Half Life universe.

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

    Quote from Interfearance

    6 minutes ago, Interfearance said: @FMPONE I gotchu but when has IGN ever had a "good look" from 2010 onwards? They are a small notch below mainstream media in terms of their knowledge regarding games and the gaming industry. They gave Evolve a 9.0 and they gave Doom 2016 a 7.0 Even from a non-gamer's pov it is not hard to see how mentally debilitated their reporters are; just google both games, and the ratings are essentially swapped in value. Game reporting is harmful to the gaming industry and nobody profits off of it except the websites behind it all. On the other hand, video game streamers and youtubers give back by promoting the game massively every time they play it. Oh, and they are actual gamers...

    it's not going to be a sustainable industry, I don't see outrage click-baiting being sustainable long term

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

    Quote from [HP]

    3 hours ago, [HP] said:

    lol, damn!

    Yeah, this is nothing new though, with each year that passes, you're seeing the divide between the games media and gamers getting farther apart. It would actually be a really interesting psychological dichotomy to try and dissect, if it wasn't such a political minefield, because I've never seen this happen to any industry in my life.

    It'll be interesting to see where this will lead.

    Yeah, this is obviously a bad look for IGN.

    Gamers instinctively reject the idea that games have blunt force effects on reality, they recognize this belief is the same that lead to people like Jack Thompson trying to ban games for political gain, preaching that games lead to real life violence. That idea has been debunked, but the same moralistic panic has moved to "games cause real life racism/mysogny/terrorism/etc".

    Journalists pissing their pants over every "political" comment in games has lead to a cottage industry of people farming themselves out as "X consultants", who will piss their pants about games that don't have enough "X" (hint: no game will have enough X, unless that consultant gets paid. and paying them only temporary shuts up that consultant, there is still a wide industry of "consultants" and "journalists" ready to piss their pants at a moments notice). These consultants are going to criticize every major game release for being insufficiently woke, because high profile game launches are the best opportunity to make X criticism, then shill your terrible book in your pinned Tweet.

    When I used to read Electronic Gaming Monthly as a kid religiously every month, the emphasis was on consumer protection. Not in a moralistic sense, but in a monetary sense: "is this game worth your bucks?" "is this game well designed?". We've totally lost that flavor of journalism, it's all paternalistic moralism now. No one wants IGN to be their mommy or daddy, to tell them if it's morally OK to consume the newest Call of Duty blockbuster, but they know that's the only way to get clicks, to poke a consumer-base that rightly rejects such pants-pissing.

  • E3 2019

    Quote from grapen

    2 hours ago, grapen said: Oh boy, a €200 PVC figure, which would have been €50 if it was a no name IP. ?

    wanted to see what you were talking about, interesting

  • de_zenith

    Quote from text_fish

    46 minutes ago, text_fish said: Sorry Kodiak I think this entry might fall foul of Rule 4 of the entry guidelines, which you can read here:

    It does not. I've run around this map, it's basically some custom developer textures tinted to different colors, and some sprinkled around props. That doesn't rise to the level of significant art.

    We do appreciate people paying attention to the rules and keeping entries honest, though.