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Re: I've got your Miscellaneous Links for ya, 2012! RIGHT HERE!
« Reply #325 on: July 28, 2012, 07:49:31 PM »
Perspective there, they are talking about reluctance to change stuff due to lack of time to QA it properly now that they are down to under 2 months to release when it is coming to at least one platform that has to pass through an approval process prior to getting released on their market and that happens to be the big meaty market they are hoping to hit, so I don't think they are looking to be bug testing down to the last minute.  Not necessarily something they called back when they started the project.  Definitely seems like they went in with high hopes and might be having to shave it back to more shippable product rather than dream project, but that is what happens.  We know that because we pay enough attention to the industry to know that is the story of like damn near everything.

The bleak reality of it is that they are making this on a short schedule probably on a low budget and are aiming to make a profit on a mobile market with a big install base (quick google gives bad figures from flaky sites, but I would peg just the iPad install base at close to PS3 or X-Box levels including corporate purchases).  Any PC sales are more than likely just going to be gravy.

The douchey part of my of course is going to point out that it is still better than FF remakes.  On any other platform these arguments wouldn't be happening, we would be happy to be seeing roughly a straight port 10 years later because the company that makes the latest version of the console yanked out backwards compatibility because it was expensive.

Also browsing the forums a bit, looks like there is at least some drive to get some kind of mod support in?  So I guess there is that.

Also also, for a bit of lols.  Mobile versions are going to be $10 and not come with the extra characters by default (They will be available for purchase in store).  So it is price matched for the same content, just not on a platform that has access to it.

You could argue that 12 years later the Baldur's Gate name might not pull in the random new people to the mobile market, but hey, a new Ultima mobile game was just announced and that has even less modern relevance and still got a bit of buzz in the intertubes.  People will buy fucking anything with a known brand on it seems to be the line of thinking.
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« Reply #326 on: July 29, 2012, 06:36:25 AM »
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/07/26/the-dark-knight-xxx-porn-review/

Chris Sims review of porn parody of Dark Knight Rises.  The opening sequence is a direct homage to Killing Joke.  All the what the fucks go here.
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« Reply #327 on: August 02, 2012, 07:12:12 AM »

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« Reply #328 on: August 02, 2012, 08:46:01 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

My new favorite song.

Yeah, South Korea continues to make the best pop.

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« Reply #329 on: August 02, 2012, 08:51:35 AM »
Did I just watch a Kim Jong Il music video?

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« Reply #330 on: August 02, 2012, 12:09:11 PM »
Nah you just watched early 2000s house music penetrating into pop culture.
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« Reply #331 on: August 02, 2012, 10:10:46 PM »
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150952332040841.406533.76090440840&type=3

Basically KingdomHeartsFans.JPG times a million.  This is what turns up when you take a game about beloved characters from classic children's movies and turn it into a story about anime bullshit and Original Characters (Do Not Steal).

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« Reply #333 on: August 03, 2012, 10:26:03 PM »
Random comment from GamerOuTLaWz, actually used as advertising:


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« Reply #334 on: August 04, 2012, 10:18:37 PM »
Nah you just watched early 2000s house music penetrating into pop culture.

Yeah, South Korea seems to remember kinds of music that western pop is underusing.

Like, for instance, minor chords:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8I8QGFA1oM

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« Reply #335 on: August 05, 2012, 12:47:40 AM »
Also apparently pink electrified collapsible batons which is a whole ton of jokes that I can make and won't.  I kind of wish there was a mix that kicked the BPM up like 25% on that, you would have a nice hard dance track out of that (not that its base is especially bad or anything).
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« Reply #336 on: August 05, 2012, 03:41:58 AM »
Also apparently pink electrified collapsible batons which is a whole ton of jokes that I can make and won't.

Oh, well, if you just want music videos with lots of stuff you can make fun of, Korea provides those too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_lSP8Vc3o

(Pity the song isn't better to go along with it)

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« Reply #337 on: August 05, 2012, 04:28:18 AM »
Gotham headlines post-DKR. Obviously massive TDKR spoilers.

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« Reply #338 on: August 07, 2012, 08:44:57 AM »
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaymercon/gaymercon-everybody-games

Discuss.

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« Reply #339 on: August 08, 2012, 05:33:00 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95BKEEOf6OI

Just keep watching through to the end.  I need a gif of that.

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« Reply #340 on: August 10, 2012, 11:58:09 AM »
For those who care, Newegg is having a 72-hour sale. White Knight Chronicles II is availible for 16, PS3 versions of El Shaddai and Nier for 10.

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« Reply #341 on: August 10, 2012, 05:06:57 PM »
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iocainestudios/steam-bandits-outpost-0

I will continue to pimp the best-ever modern version of patronage, Kickstarter, because I love what it's doing for independent artists. This one has a particularly DL bent.
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« Reply #342 on: August 14, 2012, 02:10:40 AM »
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« Reply #343 on: August 14, 2012, 02:24:26 PM »
Pretty sure I posted that before, at least in chat, but it's still awesome.

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« Reply #344 on: August 14, 2012, 04:42:22 PM »
This.

This link is funny, this link is amazing, and I absolutely love puppetry.

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« Reply #345 on: August 15, 2012, 06:10:14 PM »
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/08/15/alternative-medicine-as-religion/#.UCvM9dEI5d4.twitter

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« Reply #346 on: August 17, 2012, 10:33:51 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g
Interesting video about the empathy of the world. Possibly old, but definitely good to watch.

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« Reply #347 on: August 22, 2012, 03:55:25 AM »
http://m.joystiq.com/2012/08/21/nintendo-power-coming-to-an-end/

They were corporate schills, but I will always remember how great the free game guides you got for subscribing were. The LttP one had art done by the team you couldn't get anywhere else, if I recall.

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« Reply #349 on: August 30, 2012, 12:30:47 AM »
http://twitter.com/fanfiction_txt

A selection of the finest quotes from Fanfiction across all genres. Will they ever surpass "It was not unusual to see Haggar on the streets fighting crime. He had not been seen, however, dressed as a bat" one day? I can only hope.