The Pitters' Place

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Ehhh, that sounds like a lot of work. I think I'll just kill animals and pick up herbs, and then collect my paycheck.

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A lot of people are. But they're all lvl 200 and I'm lvl 5. And I suck at those insta-kill headshots, and therefore need my own posse. Online can be wildly fun if you play with friends.

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Can someone play RDR2 online with me? No? OK then.

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Went through the thread to refresh my memory and caught this funny exchange. Deserves to be called out now that he's back: I forgot who Molly is. But yeah, I liked Christa. I wonder if they will show up in Season 4 though. Might just add a dose of realism to never know what happened to them. Part of...

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And here I thought that the fourth season was one of the stronger seasons! I'm a bit puzzled about the things that ruined the show for you - the rape stuff, Shae's storyline, Catelyn (who died in season 3 so that's what you might be referring to). But your mind is pretty much made up about all of it...

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I will! I don't even remember when I stopped playing btw. Do you remember what I last discussed with you? Did I start the final season? What's your non-spoilery verdict? Yesterday I started playing RDR2 Online and it was kinda enjoyable... getting my ass handed to me every few seconds. Now I know wh...

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Can you check out the two D&D episodes of Community? You might like them, even if you wouldn't know the characters (or the sitcom archetypes they somewhat fit into). I can kinda relate to all of this stuff about emotional investment in fictional D&D characters and improvisation and one-roll-...

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There is too much for me to catch up on here so I'm just going to say that I'm with Lyndon on his Ballad of Cable Hogue recommendation.

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Yeah there'd need to be some kind of big showdown reserved for the final episode, right? I have a feeling the key players will survive next week and then regroup at Yara's place, where they will ponder about whether they should save Cersei/King's Landing from the white walkers. Episode 5/6, we'll ge...

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I do think the series is edging towards Danny paying for her mistake in burning those two guys with Jon taking the throne in the end. Or it could be wicked cool and the constant bickering between the sides ends up with all of Westeros consumed by the walking dead. But people would be pissed and HBO...

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I'm not here because I stopped watching this show at the fourth season, and now I have no idea what's happening, so I can't contribute anything. I could start watching from that point, but that seems like a huge imposition to me. I'm not even managing to watch the few things I'm trying to watch. +1...

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I only know of D&D through some episodes on Community. I don't know if the show presented the game accurately, but it was really fun to watch.

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I didn't really think much happened this last episode, I've seen a ton of people online say this, and I don't really get it. There were tons of things that happened in this episode. Jon learned about his parentage, how to train a dragon, Sam learned who murdered his brother/father, tensions between...

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Are we the only ones watching? Where are Bruce, Derived, and Cassius?

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Cersei was drinking. Did she lie about being pregnant?

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I got the impression that Brandon/Three-Eyed Raven is apolitical and the fight that matters to him is the one with the dead. This doesn't explain the obsession with Jon's true parentage but maybe Jon being king is required to win the fight.

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[laugh] Bran is seriously continuing his season 6 streak of just being impolite, impatient ass. Funny that no two characters have sat down to talk about what just he's been through or why he can see what he sees. No one cares, I guess. Except Jaime. Btw, any theory as to why Brandon was specifically...

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Aahhh, yes. So am I... crazy for thinking she will hand over the crown to the guy who doesn't really want it anyway? Because she has the hots for him? I guess that is out of character for her. Man, I should have seen it coming from the start... [sad] The stuff with Sam and Jon in that crypt was so p...

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Heh, and rock, metal, and classical are the three genres I've explored the most! You can blame my dad since I grew up listening to him playing rock music on drums. Of course that was mostly 70s to early-90s stuff. It was discovering Iron Maiden at ~15 that got me on the metal bandwagon, and they're...

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Derived Absurdity wrote: In other news, I am now on episode 3 of the third season of Twin Peaks! I am moving very very slowly!

Well at least that's a show that can't really be spoiled for anyone.

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Didn't believe you about what? Gotta be clear here, man. Too many things happening...

I thought that was a solid episode. Loved the parallels with first episode of season one. It really does feel like the beginning of the end, and it's making me sad.

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I saw Darkest Hour and Dunkirk, and thought both of them were just okay. I liked that both films are set in the same time period and feature the same conflict from different perspectives. Anyway, the former became a propaganda piece culminating with a somewhat silly scene in the Tube that showed Chu...

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This is all maz's fault, somehow. No doubt. The bastard's over in the music thread tempting me back to sugary pop and away from my healthy diet of classical and jazz. I suspect he's a Russian Agent. [eek] Guess it's time to reveal the truth. The cat is out of the bag. I have indeed been spying on y...

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Believe it or not, Alter Bridge is just Creed with a different singer, but it's a big difference considering Scott Stapp sucked and Myles Kennedy is probably the best male rock vocalist today. I remember when their first album came out everyone on my guitar board was shocked because nobody thought ...

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Gendo wrote:Best cover of a Taylor Swift song:

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Ok. I just discovered Ryan Adam's cover of the entire 1989 album. 4 am here and I am not getting any sleep now. This is so, so good!

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I'm lost, I can't figure it out. Just tell me Rax! With spoiler tags so Jimbo still has the option to guess.

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On an unrelated note, what do you make of this cover? This song is in my Taylor Swift top 5, so it is kind of a big deal that I'm intrigued by this cover:

Good on him for not changing the genders in the lyrics.

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Yeah, there's technically not much to the solo... just some bluesy pentatonic bends into that little tapping bit, but it's just the fact that it happens at all. I kinda feel like rap breaks have taken the place of guitar solos in popular music, but, yeah, I really miss guitar solos. I don't think I...

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It occurred to me that, in all our talk of female singers, I've never mentioned Eva Cassidy. She only did covers, yet her voice and interpretations were so strong that almost every song she did became my favorite version of that song. Her Live at Blues Alley (recently expanded in the Nightbird set)...

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Well the films Jimbo is talking about when he says that are the post-Dziga Vertov Group ones, after Godard started calming down politically. IIRC even Jimbo just gave up on the DVG films. He even tried to warn me away from them lmao. BUT I WILL PREVAIL!!!!!! Lol, guess you're a trophy hunter in tha...

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Anyways as far as character stuff being weaker in S7...I'd have to rewatch to say one way or another. You could certainly throw in the Aryra/Sansa/Littlefinger weirdness as evidence of that though. I'm only two episodes in so far, and I'm already beginning to change my mind about the character mome...

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Yeah FWIW when I say "Cleganebowl" I specifically mean a version where the Hound kills the Mountain and then lives a happier life as a result. If the Hound challenges the Mountain and dies, or gets revenge but does not end up satisfied as a result or something, or something else happens t...

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You're probably right about that, lol. Still, it can be fun to have those debates anyway...

Hey, you can't fool me. I read your review of it on the other thread. I'll check it out when I'm in the mood for some subversive, talky stuff.

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Lol... well... I'm okay with that if it ends with the audience favorite dying. But then Arya comes on the scene to get her revenge while wearing Cersei's face... Maybe I should just have faith in the writers to NOT do this. [laugh] Anyway, I'm gonna rewatch season 7. I liked it, but I think it was a...

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Here's to hoping the last season is not audience pandering fan service.

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Lol, no, it's not like that. Just been super busy with work and it does not like that that will change anytime soon. [sad] The free time I have I save for watching shows and playing games. I would have liked to have wall of text wars with you about TLoU, but alas, it is not meant to be. For the mome...

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If you didn't like the characters, tone or gameplay from the get go, it was unlikely the ending would have done much for you. I didn't realize other games had examined this kind of story before though; which ones are you referring to? I love art that blurs the line between good and bad so hit me. I ...

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I had buried that fact somewhere in the deep, dark recesses of my mind. That's why my head exploded, all of this was just too much for my feeble mind to handle. Well, at least, we'll have your film reviews to look forward to. Personally, I'm okay with not having to read up on any further TLoU write-...

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[sad] Ignore Rax, Jimbo. He is always a contrarian when it comes to games I like. He ripped apart W3 in similar fashion. If I ignore rax I wouldn't have many other people here left to talk to! But, yes, I've noticed his contrarian nature with these acclaimed games. I guess I'm only a moderate contr...

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Oh, right. We already knew that! That's why W3 got an eventual pass.

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I think the real reason for the nitpicking is that you're an unfeeling robot.

Or... maybe you just have a tendency not to like AAA titles not made in Japan. I see a trend.

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Eva Yojimbo wrote:Holupaminute, new Girlfriend Review. Maz will appreciate this one.
The whole Super Metroid bit was just

Hilarious, and spot on! Does this review make you want to check out the game, btw?

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Ignore Rax, Jimbo. He is always a contrarian when it comes to games I like. He ripped apart W3 in similar fashion.

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Weeeeeeeell, yes and no. I'd say, yes, there's a lot of talented singers out there, but I'd also argue that Ariana is rather unique talent even among such types. For one thing, she has an effortless smoothness throughout her range. Every time she does runs and riffs I marvel at how seamless it is. ...

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Ha, I saw it! It was on point, and I'm glad she recognized how great it is for "backseat gamers" in terms of how the story "is omnipresent in the environment". I love how she throws shade on the gazillion fetch quests from other non-linear games like Witcher 3 ("here, your f...

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What you say about her being robotic is interesting because I get what you're saying, but I had a different take on it. On Sputnik I'd mentioned the above stuff about my frustration and then said this: "...(but) I keep listening because something about her is really magnetic. I think it's some...

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FWIW, I didn't dislike the father/son dynamic in itself, it just wasn't terribly original or captivating. It just seem to pound on a couple of tonal points over and over and then have a few abrupt changes. I actually can't think of any films or games or series, maybe outside NGE (but there's it's r...

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We've already spoken about the other artists, but just wanted to acknowledge that Janelle Monae number. So cool! That's a sexy, groovy track. Her first album goes on the must-listen list. Maybe I should actually dive into Prince while I'm at it...

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Hilarious! Not a huge Star Wars fan so it was cool to see a layman's review of it.

I also saw the Witcher 3 one and thought it was great too! Tempted to see all of them, but gotta pace myself, lol

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