Mister Jack

RPGs where you don't have to hold down a button to run. Why would I ever want to go slower? The button should be for walking, not running, or at least give me an auto-run like Pokemon X does when I hold the circle pad in a direction (although technically that's auto-rollerblading).

I just started Pokemon X today. I'm not very far yet but I can say that this is the first Pokemon game I've been able to genuinely have fun with in over a decade. I dabbled in a few of the others, but the bland battles and the snail-like pace always killed it for me. While the battle system is mostly the same in X as far as I can tell, having 3D visuals really helps to make it more interesting. More importantly, I really appreciate that X seems to be going out of its way to keep things moving at a brisk pace. Getting EXP for catching pokemon and sharing EXP with every pokemon in my party helps to cut down on a lot of tedious grinding, and the rollerblades are a nice touch too. I'm sure there are some "hardcorez" who are complaining that this "dumbs the game down" but RPGs have reached a point where if you're forced to grind for hours to get through the story (what little there is in a pokemon game), then the game is doing something wrong.

Shin Megami Tensei IV. Holy shit is it hard. I'll either have to lower the difficulty (would prefer not to) or spend a ton of time grinding (REALLY don't want to).

I beat Mario and Luigi: Dream Team for the 3DS. The last area was a lot harder than I expected from a Mario game, and I actually had to switch on the easy mode for the final boss because I didn't feel like level grinding. I just wanted to finish the game so I could play one of the many other 3DS games I bought recently. I'll probably go back to it at some point to beat it "legit" and do the bonus boss. Right now though, I'm moving on to Shin Megami Tensei IV and Pokemon X. I'll probably play back and forth between them until I see which one sucks me in more.

Yeah but in the episode right after that he admitted he was bluffing.

That raises a question, though.

Unalaq would definitely be arrogant enough to think that he could purify him. I'm pretty sure he can't.

DEW AND DORITOS! DEW AND DORITOS! DEWANDDORITOSOISHOSHSHAOHRUAHGOUHGHGH

I just finished this week's two-parter. I don't know if everyone else will feel this way, but I really liked it.

Survival payouts got nerfed? Are you fucking serious? Do you have a source for that? I don't see it on the sheet you posted.

New patch rolling out today. http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/51603/new-gta-online-title-update.html

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I also saw Gravity last night. Like FDS says, the 3D is actually an asset for once. This isn't a movie you see for the story, though, even though the story is perfectly serviceable. You see it for the spectacle, to get a sense of the sheer enormity and desolation of space through the extremely impressive visual effects. Put simply, if you don't see it on a big theater screen then you might as well not bother seeing it at all.

I just had a dream so bizarre I don't even know if I want to go into detail. But here's the short version: Attack on Titan/My Little Pony crossover. No, it's not what you're probably thinking.

Is there a manga for Kill la Kill or just the anime? I'm intrigued by what I see, but I don't know if I want to start keeping up with another show on top of the four or five I'm already watching.

Looks like they finally came up with a "deal." I use quotes because the republicans get pretty much nothing, just a provision to Obamacare that mandates people applying for subsidies verify their income, which was already part of the law in the first place. GOOD, I say. Fuck them. I don't like Obama much lately, but he is 100% right when he says that if he caved to the GOP on this, they would just keep doing it every time the ceiling needs to be raised. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/republicans-shut-down-the-government-for-nothing/280611/

I'm actually okay with the delay since I've already got too much shit to play as it is. Sucks for anyone who had this as their most anticipated game, though.

I've never read the comic it's based on but I wasn't lost or anything. This game is excellent. I haven't finished the episode yet, but I'm already looking forward to more. God help me.

Ignorance, mostly. People buy those games as gifts way more than they do for themselves.

You'd be surprised how well that sells