The Pitters' Place

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Split from Raxi's movie thread, but anyone feel free to join in. Good call! I'm sure you've heard Jepsen's Call Me Maybe. That was on her second album and not E*Mo*Tion, though. Ha, yeah, I had heard of that Jepsen song, but I had assume she would be one of those one hit wonders. Didn't realize she...

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The thing is the optional places were just badly handled. One should've been early in the game, the other later, and they shouldn't have made it so grindy in order to upgrade your gear. So, yeah, part of it was my fault for being obsessive about it, but part of it was just bad design too (and I don...

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No Rax. We need your thoughts on TLOU. It's time.

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Besides the first two HP's I haven't seen any of these. I was going to wait until I read the other HP books before watching the rest but never got around to it. I never could quite get fully immersed into that world. Have you seen All About Lily Chou-Chou from Iwai? I remember loving that. Read the...

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I saw all of the Harry Potters when they were new but haven't seen them since then. Those books and movies were certainly big at my school when I was young- I'll always remember one guy who was kind of a troublemaker but was so into reading the books that the only way our teacher could think to pun...

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It's been a long time since I've seen Dogtooth, but I remember liking it a lot and currently have it on my list of favorite movies. What didn't you like about it? I really hated The Lobster, though. It's similarly been a long time for me, but I remember just thinking that it was trying really, real...

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Recommendations... if I take out Swift my top 10 albums (from those artists) would probably look like this: 1. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid -Actually really close with Swift's Speak Now as my favorite album from that marathon. Really awesome blend of Prince, Bowie, OutKast, and other odd touches...

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Actually, if you back up a bit you'll notice I said I changed my rating system: no more half-points, so my old 7 is a 6 (7.5 would be a 7), so we're not that far off actually. I do think I just burnt myself out on the game by the time I got to the end--too much grinding in Muspelheim/Nifelheim--so ...

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Eva Yojimbo wrote:LOL, why is everyone here at 4AM? I mean, I fucked up my sleep schedule by staying up way late yesterday trying to edit that damn review, but that's my lame excuse. :p

I live on the other side of the world. It's only 2 pm here. ;)

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Thanks! If you head to the 80s Music thread you'll notice I mentioned I spent the last several weeks exploring the last ~20 years of pop. Swift was just another artist on my list along with *deep breathe* Avril Lavigne, Pink, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Demi Lovato, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon ...

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Actually, yes, when I was thinking of recent westerns, Mad Max came to mind! It is like a post apocalyptic western, in a way. But, yeah, I agree with you on how the genre shouldn't be tied to a specific country when the themes are the same. Did you see the latest from Coen yet?

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Always good to see you, period, Rax. Well, RDR2 is indeed set in the wild west, but it's also, at its core, a fun shoot-em-up with Rockstar's usual sense of zany and a richly rendered world, brimming with life and odd encounters - all qualities that are appealing to the mainstream. Rockstar could pr...

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OMG! A 6 for God of War? It was, at worst, a 7.5. [razz] I loved the father-son narrative, the slow reveal of his mother's identity, that calm, soothing ending at the top of the cliff. I also loved the combat system! I think I played on the Hard difficulty, except when I turned it down to Easy when ...

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I have a lot to catch up on here - A LOT - and I probably won't have time for a while, but I just wanted to quickly express my appreciation for Jimbo's Reputation review. When LWYMMD came out, I couldn't believe that so many didn't realize the irony she was clearly going for (even after the video ma...

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Inside Out is depressing?! How?

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Dammit Rax, stop tempting me... RE7 was fun but it was also stressful, lol.

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I've seen a bunch of movies I want to talk about, but haven't had the time to post here. Will get to it soon...

That, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey has taken over my life. :[

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I liked the 2004 film. Should I check this out?

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Haha, well, I guess you do like it a bit more! I could easily justify a 9.5 if I was just going with my gut reaction. There's also a lot to admire there as well; I remember when it came out discussing on IMDb about its various motifs (the orange/white light dichotomy, tunnels, certain repeated came...

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Ah, so it's just a "be patient, watch for/memorize patterns" type of thing. Gotcha. TBH, though, this is mostly what old-school hard games were as well, though they had some other components (like lack of save points) that often added to the difficulty. I think a lot of those older games ...

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I did check out God of War but it's still pretty pricey at like $30. I guess I can go ahead and grab it. This is the last day of the sale. Looks like the original trilogy is dirt-cheap too, guess I'll get them while I'm at it. Haha, man, your no-holds-barred approach to buying stuff! I haven't play...

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Raxivace wrote: Also the build/class you start the game with really, really does not matter.

Hmm, not sure about this. For a while at least (until you can level up), a mage always sucks!

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I saw Roma a few days ago, and I fell in love with its utter visual gorgeousness. When you said this I thought you were talking about the Fellini film! Didn't know Cuoron had a new one out. It's on Netflix (was produced by them too!). When you, ehh, take a break from the gaming, this and mother! sh...

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WTF, that DLC! *shudders* One last thing I think I'll say about RE7 is that I think the game has a bit of a identity crisis. Like the first half of the game is emulating classic style RE, but I don't think its nearly as good as something like REmake at doing that. The second half of the game obvious...

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Glad to hear the new Tomb Raiders are fun. The gamplay and environments were the biggest appeal of the original PS1 games. I really loved the first one back in the day--there was nothing quite like it back then. The sequels weren't quite as good, though. I will say that I miss the old TRs just on a...

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This makes, what, a Hepta-Post? 229. A Star is Born (1976, Dir. Frank Pierson) - This seems to have the worst reputation of the four different versions of A Star is Born but I dunno, it didn't seem that bad to me. Changing the story from Hollywood to country music is inspired, and Kristofferson doe...

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Ah, okay - yep, I misread.

You should really check out The Fountain. I'd be curious to hear your take. I'm a bigger fan of it than Jimbo here.

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It's not so bad if you split it up over several playthroughs. Doing the speedrun unlocks the buzzsaw weapon, which makes a Less Than Three Heals/Less Than Three Item box run really easy, and then makes a Madhouse run way more manageable. There are tricks around the other conditions too- you can sne...

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I saw Roma a few days ago, and I fell in love with its utter visual gorgeousness. I've always been a huge fan of Cuaron, so maybe I was biased going in, but goddammit if Roma doesn't prove he is one of the best filmmakers alive today. I don't know if it is a masterpiece (maybe it could have digresse...

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Yeah I liked RE7 a lot but there are things I think it could have improved. I think Capcom learned some lessons from it though and it seems like RE2make is addressing them. Also even by Resident Evil standards, RE7's story is fucking nonsense that contradicts itself from scene to scene but I'll get...

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Eva Yojimbo wrote:
I may have played too many video games in my life.
Nah, no such thing as playing too many games, watching too many movies/too much TV, reading too many books, listening to too much music, etc. if that's what you enjoy doing. You just do you, Raxi. :)

Seconded!

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We finished the main game yesterday. He really liked it, and we even chatted a bit about it afterwards. My dad's kinda the stoic, "doesn't have strong reactions to anything" type, so for him to even be talking about it afterwards is about as much as I could've hoped for! We played a bit o...

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I actually convinced my dad to watch the game, so I guess I'm going to be playing it through a third time! LOL This time I set it on Easy only because I want him to enjoy the story without having to watch me die over and over again, but I'm going to play it as if it was on Hard (trying to stealth, ...

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About halfway, yeah. RE7 is not a very long game. That makes me happy and like the game more. I like games that are not repetitive. I should add that after you deal with Lucas (And his segment I quite like to be fair) you're coming up on the worst parts of the game though tbh. I don't think it ever...

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Raxivace wrote:About halfway, yeah. RE7 is not a very long game.

That makes me happy and like the game more. I like games that are not repetitive.

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I played Uncharted 2 since it came with my PS3 and didn't really care for it. It just felt very generic to me. Come on! I might understand if you felt that way about the gameplay (I played it for the location exploration and sense of adventure myself rather than the crouch-behind-box-and-shoot mech...

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I dunno man, RE7 plays fairly differently from every other game in the series. Though I was also able to beat the game four whole times the week it came out (Including a speedrun) so you know. Don't worry too much about conserving ammo- there's always more, you just have to look around. If you're a...

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Haven't played Ratchet and Clank. But speaking of other Naughty Dog games, you may want to check out Uncharted. Four games in total, but I still think the second one was the best one just on account of cinematic and gripping it was. Parts 3 and 4 were nice, but they offered more of the same and I ca...

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Yeah, I should've played it the first time on Normal, but on most games these days "Normal" is like the old equivalent of "Easy," and considering they had two levels above Hard (Survivor and Grounded) I figured it made most sense to do Hard. One thing I DID like about Hard was t...

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Raxivace wrote:Also after you finish RE7, play Evil Within 1.

And then after Evil Within 1, play Evil Within 2 which is the actual best survival horror game of 2017.

Do those also specialize in jump scares like RE7 though? Maybe survival horror just isn't my thing, lol.

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Raxivace wrote: Perhaps TLoU's execution is just bad.

I think it's time for you to play TLoU, a triple A game you have thus far been avoiding. It's time.

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I agree with Jimbo about how it sucks that there's no auto-aiming when enemies are up close in these games. I started playing RE7 and it's fucking scary, especially when the zombies are breathing down my neck and I can't aim accurately for their head and I end up exhausting all my bullets. I can't ...

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What I found more annoying than even the difficulty was the game insulting you with that whole "remember you can change the difficulty at any time by going into options" after several restarts of a section. Why didn't they just say "haha, you suck, loser. Turn the difficulty down as ...

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I agree with Jimbo about how it sucks that there's no auto-aiming when enemies are up close in these games. I started playing RE7 and it's fucking scary, especially when the zombies are breathing down my neck and I can't aim accurately for their head and I end up exhausting all my bullets. I can't p...

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I'm about finished with my second play through of The Last of Us. In terms of quality this is one of the most bipolar games I've ever played. There's some things I absolutely love about it, and some things I hate with a passion, so buckle up for a long review. I think the story/characters is what h...

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Oh, I've got Sorry, Wrong Number downloaded and had made up my mind to watch it this week. What are the odds... A-are you pirating movies? What the fuck... *nervously chuckles and evades gaze* Curious about this Frank Capra film that you've written so much about (I did not read to avoid spoilers). ...

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Do you guys know any decent websites for tracking games you've played? Something like IMDb or Letterboxd for movies, or Goodreads for books. I've tried different ones in the past (How Long to Beat, Player.me, and Backloggery for example) but none of them seem to function as smoothly as something li...

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Oh, I've got Sorry, Wrong Number downloaded and had made up my mind to watch it this week. What are the odds...

Curious about this Frank Capra film that you've written so much about (I did not read to avoid spoilers). Something I'll come back to later.

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Ah, gotcha. Maybe Jimbo can comment.

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Raxivace wrote: I don't think I'll ever be fully on board with New York, New York though I respect the attempt at doing such a weird idea..

This just caught my eye - how was it weird?

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