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Penny Arcade - PATV - First 15 – Adventure Pop

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edited February 2017 in The Penny Arcade Hub

imagePenny Arcade - PATV - First 15 – Adventure Pop

Gabe and Tycho play a game for 15 minutes and then judge it accordingly. This week they play Adventure Pop.

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  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    Man, this game REALLY benefited from the games they played before it (they quit out of The Dwarves halfway through, then played Tower of Guns). To me it just seems okay. It's certainly polished, but I feel like I've played it before so many times.

    The idea has potential, though. I'm imagining using this mechanic for something like multiple "enemies" (bubble groups) on the screen at once, with strategic weak points and different bubbles that the player can actually choose the order of (like swapping weapons/characters).

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  • GDT1985GDT1985 Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

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  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

    Considering their love of pronouncing things wrong on purpose, this is a very safe bet.

    See also: leev-eye-tation.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Chimera is a tough one because that's genuinely how people who've never heard it aloud pronounce Chimera

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    Tube wrote: »
    Chimera is a tough one because that's genuinely how people who've never heard it aloud pronounce Chimera

    I also vaguely remember that modern greeks pronounce it a bit different than either the "correct" or "frequently mistaken" English pronunciations. Something to do with the K sound being less hard and blended with a bit more with a breathy H sound.

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  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Chimera is a tough one because that's genuinely how people who've never heard it aloud pronounce Chimera

    And it's not a word that comes up in casual conversation all that often. I said it incorrectly till I was out of college.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    Chimera is a tough one because that's genuinely how people who've never heard it aloud pronounce Chimera

    And it's not a word that comes up in casual conversation all that often. I said it incorrectly till I was out of college.

    I said "wyvern" incorrectly until last year. And I'm Jerry's age.

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  • jerodastjerodast Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    I'm pretty sure I still say wyvern incorrectly. Chimera at least comes from Greek mythology (more popular than Welsh, generally), and sees modern use in genetics.

    Also, Mike ignoring the potential of his booster to make some insane shots made me sad.

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  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

    Yeah, it's pronounced 'kai-mera' right? Nyuk nyuk.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    I imagine Jerry has the issue that a lot of readers have: fantasy books rarely come with pronunciation guides.

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Golden Yak wrote: »
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

    Yeah, it's pronounced 'kai-mera' right? Nyuk nyuk.

    Y-yes?

    Is that not right, either? Because then I say it wrong too...

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • GDT1985GDT1985 Registered User regular
    That is the most common pronunciation, yes.

  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    Golden Yak wrote: »
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

    Yeah, it's pronounced 'kai-mera' right? Nyuk nyuk.

    That's how they said it on the X-Files.

  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Golden Yak wrote: »
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

    Yeah, it's pronounced 'kai-mera' right? Nyuk nyuk.

    Y-yes?

    Is that not right, either? Because then I say it wrong too...
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    Golden Yak wrote: »
    GDT1985 wrote: »
    I refuse to accept that Jerry doesn't know how to say Chimera. I assume he pronounced it wrong on purpose.

    Yeah, it's pronounced 'kai-mera' right? Nyuk nyuk.

    That's how they said it on the X-Files.

    Oh. I always thought that was the wrong pronunciation. I mean, I use it too because I find it easier, but I always thought the proper one was 'shee-meur-ah', like in this clip (around 0:22).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1WqKXSyXGk

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