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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    I mean, okay, it's not good

    But goddamn if it ain't some great pulpy scifi shit

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited June 2015
    simonwolf wrote: »
    ... people think Zero Escape is good?

    I thought it had decent puzzles, an interesting plot, and was pretty user friendly. Combine that with being nostalgic for escape-the-room flash games and craving more wacky characters like in Phoenix Wright, and I personally liked it.

    E: I can see why not everybody would like it, though. The plot's interesting but the writing and localization aren't amazing in the way Phoenix Wright is (I'd still say it's good, though), there are occasional annoyances with branching paths, a few of the puzzles are obtuse, and the voice acting isn't A-list. I'd say it's certainly good enough to look past all that, though.

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    oh bogart you are the best
    What’s the best piece of acting or writing advice you’ve received?

    I never listened to anyone with advice for writing

    REALLY

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2015
    Winky wrote: »
    I mean, okay, it's not good

    But goddamn if it ain't some great pulpy scifi shit

    It is legitimately one of the most terribly written and paced things I've ever sat through an entire Let's Play of

    The first game was bad enough, Virtue's Last Reward was unbearable unless you're actively mocking it

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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    I have a deep love for things with outlandish twists and fourth-wall breaking shit, so Zero Escape is up my alley.

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    No, she seems way more weeabette than that. Her profile is all like Macross, Persona, and Zero Escape.

    And if she actually is the same girl I'm thinking of she's the kind of person who comes to classes wearing a tartan skirt with thigh-high stockings and stands around pigeon-toed, etc.

    i

    hmmmm

    proceed with caution

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited June 2015
    simonwolf wrote: »

    It is legitimately one of the most terribly written and paced things I've ever sat through an entire Let's Play of

    The first game was bad enough, Virtue's Last Reward was unbearable unless you're actively mocking it

    Did the Let's Player not know you can skip through repeated scenes? Because that was a huge issue with the first game and if you don't skip through repeated text, yeah, it'll be a loooooooong ride.

    As for the pacing, I dunno. I like the idea of showing you part of conversations in one path while letting you listen in on the whole thing in other paths, especially given the plot, but that did make things drag a bit.

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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »

    It is legitimately one of the most terribly written and paced things I've ever sat through an entire Let's Play of

    The first game was bad enough, Virtue's Last Reward was unbearable unless you're actively mocking it

    I loved the awful writing, in the same way I love the Phoenix Wright writing! Yeah, I mean the pacing is terrible and it does the very Japanese thing of explaining shit to you like 80 times in incredibly awkward ways, but I forgive it for how ridiculously far the story goes into left-field. Also it has a fantastic robot waifu character!

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Winky, ask her who her favourite Madoka Magica character is

    if she answers anything other than Homura, do not bang

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Orphane wrote: »

    i

    hmmmm

    proceed with caution

    Believe me Orphane, this is well-tread territory for me

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »
    Winky, ask her who her favourite Madoka Magica character is

    if she answers anything other than Mami, do not bang

  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    I was sent a copy of this book by the author for an honest review; but even if the author decided not to send me a copy, I would’ve forwardly accepted buying a copy, as this book did not fail to live up to the many other 5-star reviews it already has.

    OhMyGod. This book was pretty much, literally perfect.

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »
    Winky, ask her who her favourite Madoka Magica character is

    if she answers anything other than Homura, do not bang

    Incorrect.

    The correct answer to any question related to Madoka is to make Mami related puns.

    mamiusb_02-900x900.jpg

    e00ba4c3b180720876d1ca45fe181752.jpg

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  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    Listen I know we were joking about how you like giving head a while ago, but that's just obscene

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    listen u guys can talk shit about mami all u want but i think we can all agree she was ahead of the game in horrible deaths

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »

    Listen I know we were joking about how you like giving head a while ago, but that's just obscene

    Uh excuse me simon; in my canon spin-off manga it's all the other girls who lose their heads and then Mami lives happily ever after.

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    I regret starting this pun train already.

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  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    hu is OTP for Ranma 1/2

    answer now, no thinking

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    hu is OTP for Ranma 1/2

    answer now, no thinking

    Ranma 1/4 + Ranma 1/4

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    You always kind of assume the first five to ten reviews of a self-published book on Amazon or GoodReads or wherever are the writer's family, friends and other members of their writing class. When they're not actually the writer posting under a pseudonym from the library or the internet cafe down the road, of course.

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    we need to switch to a new topic to head off the spicy discussions about best meguca

    (ps its still Mami)

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    Ranma 1/4 + Ranma 1/4

    Everybody knows that parings are ZxY, so I think you mean Ranma .707 x Ranma .707

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    milski wrote: »

    Incorrect.

    The correct answer to any question related to Madoka is to make Mami related puns.

    mamiusb_02-900x900.jpg

    e00ba4c3b180720876d1ca45fe181752.jpg

    None of those are puns. False advertising, 0/10.

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    To be clear: Mami / Fuuka / Rise

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    To be clear: Mami / Fuuka / Rise

    Even the localization team knows that Chie is the correct answer.

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  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    Uh excuse me simon; in my canon spin-off manga it's all the other girls who lose their heads and then Mami lives happily ever after.

    In seriousness, outside of the official adaptation of the series and such, the only reference to Mami's head being removed in any of the official spin-off stuff from the franchise is joking meta-reference in comedy manga

    There's one ongoing series that is just called Mami's Everyday Life, focusing on her as she does... everyday life things?

    my thesis is a nightmare of staring into the abyss of moenomics

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    milski wrote: »

    Even the localization team knows that Chie is the correct answer.

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited June 2015
    Winky wrote: »

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    Spoiler
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    Bonus Chie Cosplay
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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »

    In seriousness, outside of the official adaptation of the series and such, the only reference to Mami's head being removed in any of the official spin-off stuff from the franchise is joking meta-reference in comedy manga

    There's one ongoing series that is just called Mami's Everyday Life, focusing on her as she does... everyday life things?

    my thesis is a nightmare of staring into the abyss of moenomics

    "Well yeah she's a pretty minor character who only exists to raise the stakes for the actual protagonists by subverting her assumed character arc, but is there any chance you'll make an OAV of her brushing her hair for 30 minutes?"

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    "Well yeah she's a pretty minor character who only exists to raise the stakes for the actual protagonists by subverting her assumed character arc, but is there any chance you'll make an OAV of her brushing her hair for 30 minutes?"

    One of the producers has stated that a potential future project for the franchise would be an anime version of that manga, since it is fluffy slice of life material that would be eaten up by the fans. Nothing official is slated for release in the near future, though, beyond the franchise continuing to cash cow the nichijoukei aspect of the franchise with manga and character goods releasing

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited June 2015
    To be fair, spinoffs like that are pretty common when anime becomes a cash cow. Like, the number of comedic (and noncomedic) spinoffs of Fate is ridiculous.

    Hell, even Teen Titans got in on it, and it was just anime inspired.

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  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    They don't make cash-in spin-offs of Satoshi Kon's works...

    (Please don't correct me on this)

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    one thing i wish i could see more in manga and such are extended timeskips (I guess the premier example right now would actually be Naruto) but i guess they tend to shy away from that stuff because speculation energizes the fanbase? and because fans who don't get their OTP get upset?

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Orphane wrote: »
    one thing i wish i could see more in manga and such are extended timeskips (I guess the premier example right now would actually be Naruto) but i guess they tend to shy away from that stuff because speculation energizes the fanbase? and because fans who don't get their OTP get upset?

    One thing I wish I could see more in manga and such are space dandy

  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    One thing I wish I could see more in manga and such are space dandy

    he is pretty dandy...

  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Orphane wrote: »
    one thing i wish i could see more in manga and such are extended timeskips (I guess the premier example right now would actually be Naruto) but i guess they tend to shy away from that stuff because speculation energizes the fanbase? and because fans who don't get their OTP get upset?

    DBZ and One Piece definitely use timeskips, and I'm pretty sure Bleach does as well. It's pretty common in Shonen stuff, but I think it's pretty difficult to pull off unless you need a justification to introduce new powers or gloss over time between major events. Otherwise it just interrupts the flow.

    Non anime/manga example, but the worst timeskip I ever saw was in the web serial Worm, since it glossed over a huge number of events right when the plot was starting to turn and it just felt really out of place given the otherwise pretty steady pacing of the story.

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  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »

    One thing I wish I could see more in manga and such are space dandy

    Space Dandy was excellent, and the dub was amazingly on point.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »

    OMG, who is this man. I can't stop laughing.

    It's like reading a Terry Goodkind interview without the part where I just feel vaguely sad for the guy.

  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Why has early morning Euro-[chat] morphed into animoo [chat]? This is an invasion of some kind.

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