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Wash · August 2010

Pony wrote: »

Fluffy, Our Beloved Flopsy Bunny Friend wrote: »

Playing the villain is a refreshing alternative to playing the hero. Especially after growing up with Zelda, Mario and all that 'save the day' stuff.

i actually find playing the villain to be mostly boring

i have a hard time playing an "evil" character in Fable 2 for example because the evil in that game is so needless.

like you're doing it for the sake of being evil and you can't really find any character motivation for it or whatever

the Mass Effect series does this right, i think.

you can choose between boy scout, no-nonsense soldier, or belligerent asshole

but at the end of the day you're still the hero saving the galaxy

even if you were sort of a shit-heel as you did it

i am okay with that

more games need to have that sort of spectrum, instead of "pet kittens or burn orphanage", a little more difference between playing Superman or Frank Castle would be nice.

both can be boring. it just depends on how it's handled.

villainy gets bonus points for me because it's rare.

So It Goes · August 2010

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

i need some new music

suggest random bands that i probably haven't listened to

Calexico

Podly · August 2010

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

i need some new music

suggest random bands that i probably haven't listened to

lately I've been digging

Flying Lotus
Autechre
Robyn's new album
LCD Soundsystem's new album
Crystal Castle's new album
Stockhausen Spiral I/II and Pole
Steve Reich Early Works

Sarksus · August 2010

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

i need some new music

suggest random bands that i probably haven't listened to

Frou Frou and Metric?

Evil Multifarious · August 2010

So It Goes wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

i need some new music

suggest random bands that i probably haven't listened to

Calexico

heard on the iron and wine collab thing, i believe

NO DICE

Organichu · August 2010

Pony wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

Rust wrote: »

Pony wrote: »

i actually don't have a whole lot of interest in playing a bad guy in video games

i mean, i do "dark side" playthroughs of video games where moral choices and shit result in different story and content

renegade playthroughs of Mass Effect, sith playthrough of Kotor II, etc.

but if a game basically asks me to play as an amoral bastard, i don't have a huge amount of interest in it

SR2 is sort of a weird exception because it's cartoonishly goofy

pony i want you to play nier so badly

actually i want everyone to play it, but you especially

i want to see how you two react

i want it to be the baking soda in the papier-mache volcano of your mind

he will post about six or seven posts musing about it

the first one will be a reply to someone

the rest will be thoughts that occur to him several moments later, in succession, addressed to no one in particular, expanding and nuancing his previous statements

oh no my posting style revealed

Pony wrote:

so i played nier- interesting game

i'm not sure how i feel about it because i had a stroke as the game entered its denouement, but it was pretty interesting

Pony wrote:

oh, you played nier? yeah, i just finished it, like i was saying last night

thought about it some more, still not sure how i feel

Pony wrote:

given it some thought since a few minutes ago, actually

it has all of these intimatios about fear and its root in the people around you, and- guess what- i don't like that!

i'm a guy who's been around scary people, and who's even been a scary person at times, for a long time

i am not comfortable with this game bringing those things to the forefront so casually, and i won't be replaying it

Pony wrote:

hey

guess what

i didn't say you couldn't like it

i don't know why my statements are always twisted- i wasn't even arguing!

guess what, sometimes i express my opinions strongly, i can't control reactions

oh boy, big surprise

Pony wrote:

also, it occurs to me that the game had shitty music

Pony · August 2010

evil multi has me pegged though i seriously do post like that

i don't think there's anything wrong with it so i will continue to do so 8-)

Evil Multifarious · August 2010

Sarksus wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

i need some new music

suggest random bands that i probably haven't listened to

Frou Frou and Metric?

i think the forum just coughed up a post from five years ago, here

So It Goes · August 2010

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

So It Goes wrote: »

Evil Multifarious wrote: »

i need some new music

suggest random bands that i probably haven't listened to

Calexico

heard on the iron and wine collab thing, i believe

NO DICE

FUCK YOU THAT'S NOT THE SAME GOD

Senjutsu · August 2010

So It Goes wrote: »

Senjutsu wrote: »

recycled paper is stealing from hard-working pulp mills and lumberjacks

I went a sustainability event yesterday night in Portland (boyfriend did a short presentation) with lots of people who are into green and sustainable and reusing stuff

I would love to hear those guys react to that newspost

You and your second-hand thieves will be rounded up by our new corporate masters and be forced to pay for your crimes against humanity

Irond Will · August 2010

make a new chat

i'm going to bed

night guys

Penny Arcade

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