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    miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    Yeah, the Seatbelts are Yoko Kanno's band

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Antimatter wrote: »
    mainstream lesbian porn is pretty much made for straight dudes to wank to
    can't speak to gay male porn
    At the risk of sounding like an idiot

    What would the difference be between lesbian porn targeted at straight men and lesbian porn targeted at lesbians?
    NSFW NSFW NSFW

    some of this is inaccurate/rude but eh

    Uh

    That shoe part

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    for the record i'd like to say that the 'gold star lesbian' terminology/discussion is what i thought was rude/inaccurate but well you know

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    Yeah, that was news to me too

    I mean I guess it's something you can be proud of, but assigning winners and losers to lesbianism (oh I guess that is a word) is a little odd.

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    it's insulting and wrong to be frank

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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    I think the real trick to enjoying FLCL is to realize that it doesn't take itself seriously at all, but still has a lot of heart

    the world it creates is goofy and silly and weird, but the characters all feel like actual people and their interactions are incredibly genuine

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    i wish i could see the appeal of gainax shows but i can't

    havent gotten more than a third into anything theyve done

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    Isn't Gainax mostly an animation studio these days? I think they mostly adapt existing stories. Unless it's the animation style you don't dig?

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    miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    anti, you should give this piece of gainax animation a shot, it's got robots and kaiju and electric light orchestra
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-840keiiFDE

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    PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    FLCL is a 26 episode budget show spread out over 6 episodes. From a pure technical animation standpoint it's worth the watch because holy shit what an awesome irresponsible financial decision.

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    FLCL is a 26 episode budget show spread out over 6 episodes. From a pure technical animation standpoint it's worth the watch because holy shit what an awesome irresponsible financial decision.

    That is how most OVAs go. Also they don't have to worry about retaining a TV audience week after week so they can easily avoid cliffhanger BS.

    The shorter the series the better isn't a terrible rule of thumb when it comes to anime.

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    The magic number with anime is 26 episodes

    with very few exceptions, if you go over 26 you're going to see a gradual (sometimes marked) decrease in quality

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    KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    anime thread

    I miss bleach

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    Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    FLCL rules. The only question I still have about it is which I love more: the animation, or the soundtrack

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    your ideal anime episode count

    is zero

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    JarsJars Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    anime thread

    I miss bleach

    you mean you miss when bleach was good?

    the first 140 or so naruto episodes felt preeeetty solid

    even some of the filler wasn't bad because naruto/hinata/kiba never got old for me

    Jars on
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    AdusAdus Registered User regular
    naruto was okay when sasuke was not present, or mentioned, or referenced in any form

    because he is the fucking worst

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    Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Jars wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    anime thread

    I miss bleach

    you mean you miss when bleach was good?

    the first 140 or so naruto episodes felt preeeetty solid

    even some of the filler wasn't bad because naruto/hinata/kiba never got old for me

    Bleach ended last year. Adult Swim is airing the episodes they have to catch up on, which ends next August which is when they'll air the last produced episode.

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    KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Jars wrote: »
    Kwoaru wrote: »
    anime thread

    I miss bleach

    you mean you miss when bleach was good?

    the first 140 or so naruto episodes felt preeeetty solid

    good bad whatever

    just give me more bleach cartoon that isn't the terrible made up filler stories

    I mean, its good they stopped making the show at least for a while, because they had done the exact same "fight an evil version of yourself" filler arc about 5 times in a row to let the manga get ahead again

    but I like what the manga is doing and would enjoy watching it broken up into little 22 minute chunks of cartoon at some point in the future

    edit I've watched the whole thing up to the end on hulu

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    i liked bleach at first

    and then

    "oh neat they're going to soul society that will be a cool brief diversion to flesh things out"

    "wowwww this is taking a while, but, okay, they gotta get back to anime ghostbusting eventually, right"

    "hurray they're finally finished! Even though... several of the bad guys got away..."

    "Oh they're just gonna keep doing this shit that I don't care about, huh. Wellll fuck it then"

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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    Why can't all anime filler be as good as dragonball

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Just beat Arkham Origins.

    Thought it easily had the best story and characterization of any of the Arkham games.
    I really liked how they explained Bane's grotesque appearance in Asylum and City. All the stuff with Alfred and Batman was great. Troy Baker was fantastic as Joker and peeking inside Joker's head and perception of Batman was really interesting.

    Good game.

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    Why can't all anime filler be as good as dragonball

    Because there aren't any cars in Naruto

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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    aren't there computers in naruto

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
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    NeoTomaNeoToma Registered User regular
    I've just got the the third mission of Device 6 and damn this game is Super Dope.

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    Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Why can't all anime filler be as good as dragonball

    Because there aren't any cars in Naruto

    Didn't they have two full episodes devoted to taking a written test

    Didn't one of their non-filler episodes that aired on AS just 2 or 3 weeks ago focus entirely on a girl getting slowly beaten into a coma because she refused to stay down in front of Naruto and Naruto refused to stop cheering for her to keep getting up

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    at this point i am convinced that my game of the year is going to be either D6 or Super Mario 3D World

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Hey anime thread I went to work so I need to late clarify myself

    I am not shittalking LA Noire, I really really liked LA Noire

    I like The Wolf Among Us even more, and that's super high praise

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    NeoToma wrote: »
    I've just got the the third mission of Device 6 and damn this game is Super Dope.

    But would you say it is super gangster?

    Or super hot?

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    simogo put out 2 games in 1 year and both games are probably in my top ten of the year and one of them is one of my favorite games of all time

    come on dudes stop making everyone else look bad

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    Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    speed i am glad you went and grabbed device 6

    that is a wonderful game

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Oh also the classiest/best comedian in the world, Paul F Tompkins, just posted the Bub Ducca tribute to Ryan on his Tumblr

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    Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Man the Tex Murphy games were great. Glad I kickstarted the new one. It looks like the same kind of fun and stupid.

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    WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    the anime of the year is samurai flamenco, by the way

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    basically, if kickass had been written by someone with a scrap of faith in humanity

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Vann Diras wrote: »
    speed i am glad you went and grabbed device 6

    that is a wonderful game

    it is thematically similar to MGS2, aesthetically similar to The Prisoner, and mechanically super unique and original

    there is nothing for me not to slobber over

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    What is Device 6?

    I've got some spare cash floating around on an iTunes giftcard, I think.

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    NeoTomaNeoToma Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    What is Device 6?

    I've got some spare cash floating around on an iTunes giftcard, I think.

    It is a interactive story? A puzzle game? You wake up locked in a weird place and solve mysteries.

    I want to say it has a very The Prisoner feel to all of it.

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    PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    Hullis wrote: »
    the anime of the year is samurai flamenco, by the way

    link for size

    basically, if kickass had been written by someone with a scrap of faith in humanity

    So, the Kickass movies then? Sounds good but that may be in part due to the comparison with Mark Millar who is a sociopath who drops the ball on every good idea he has.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Inquisitor wrote: »
    What is Device 6?

    I've got some spare cash floating around on an iTunes giftcard, I think.

    I would honestly say the best way to hit it would just be to go in blind. It's only $4 and I guarantee you will at minimum get your money's worth.

    If you want a description of it though:
    It's a little hard to explain, because I'm not sure there has ever been something exactly like it

    in really broad strokes you could call it an "adventure game"

    at first blush, it looks like an illustrated eBook, but as you go further into it, the words start to break out of traditional paragraph formatting and take on the shapes of rooms, stairways, and corridors, so that the physical text roughly resembles the space that the words are describing. As you scroll through, there are pictures with parallax scrolling, which give the impression that they're "windows" into the world. As you scroll through the text, sounds play that fit with what's going on, like footsteps when your character walks, that kind of thing. Some of the windows have interactive buttons, which are usually used to input codes. By combing the text, pictures, and sounds for clues, you find the codes you need to input to progress.

    All in all the game is like 3 hours long, tops, so it's not a big money or time commitment. But it is incredible and you should play it

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