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General Discussion / Re: A screen recorder without lagging the slow XP computer? (solved)

« on: May 31, 2013, 02:45:06 pm »

Word of advice: if you're planning to upload your recordings to YouTube, don't bother recording at anything higher than 30 FPS. YouTube has a 25 FPS cap on its videos.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Your #1 RPG you ever played?

« on: May 22, 2013, 08:29:37 pm »

It's definitely worth at least one playthrough. Just be warned, though. The plot takes a major backseat in the second half of the game to focus on sidequests and world-building. If you don't prioritize plot that highly in JRPGs, you should be more than satisfied with that part of the game.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: XBOX ONE

« on: May 22, 2013, 08:15:11 pm »

Lol you guys have to see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOxdMQhDMIU&feature=player_embedded#

Its the way that conference sounded from a Gamers perspevtive.

Personally, I prefer this one, but I guess that's cool.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Your #1 RPG you ever played?

« on: May 22, 2013, 08:08:43 pm »

Nah, but I really wanna get the GC version one of these days.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Your #1 RPG you ever played?

« on: May 22, 2013, 07:24:42 pm »

Honestly? Final Fantasy VI.

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General Discussion / Re: I have rewatched Puella Magi Madoka Magika lately...

« on: April 29, 2013, 07:34:33 am »

Haha. Well, if you put it way...

Honestly, I'm not too aware of the state of anime atm. I don't watch that much of it. But hey, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood came out in the past five years, and I thought that was a good show.

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General Discussion / Re: I have rewatched Puella Magi Madoka Magika lately...

« on: April 29, 2013, 12:03:51 am »

I've seen all 12 episodes of the show, so no need to worry about spoiling it for me. But still, I don't get how all the dark and depressing stuff makes is so special. I guess the incongruous art and themes show some hint of originality, but they don't make up for the show's boring characters and rather stupid plot.

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General Discussion / Re: I have rewatched Puella Magi Madoka Magika lately...

« on: April 28, 2013, 11:12:49 pm »

I don't get why people like this show so much. What's so great about a bunch of little brats in goofy outfits fighting a bunch weird-looking monsters?

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 27, 2013, 10:20:21 am »

I think the biggest reason they stuck with that setup on the GBA is because it's more comfortable for menu browsing than the setup you show above. Nobody wants to use B and Y to navigate menus. That setup is strictly geared towards action games and platformers, and doesn't provide any real benefit to games lying outside of those genres. And wouldn't you know it, the best-selling games on both the GB, GBA, and DS are RPGs (Pokemon), which are heavily menu-driven and work perfectly with the slanted A and B setup.

EDIT:

This point actually reminds me of another issue involving a lack of remapping options. Anyone else here find it annoying that the PS3 doesn't allow custom button setups for old PS1 games? Cause I'm tired of constantly having to get used different menu controls in that console's library. Some games use X to confirm and O to cancel, some switch that around, and yet others use X to confirm and Triangle to cancel... it's such a mess.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 26, 2013, 11:58:16 pm »

Played Klonoa - Empire of Dreams on my bf's older model DS.
That one has the Y attack / B jump arrangement from the get-go,
but it at least allows another control scheme.

That's because the DS has four face buttons. The GB, GBC, and GBA only have A and B, which are arranged in a slanted position and are geared towards the control method I showed before.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 25, 2013, 07:30:34 pm »

lol what? I've been using that method on the CC you see in that GIF for five years and the button hasn't worn down at all. The d-pad has gotten a bit finicky, though. :|

Have you ever owned a GameBoy or GBA? They pretty much require that sort of method as well.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 25, 2013, 05:55:47 pm »

I suppose doing something like this is physically impossible in your book...

http://imgflip.com/i/18qzm

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Games with just ONE problem that keeps you from enjoying it

« on: April 13, 2013, 12:53:34 pm »

The controls in Kid Icarus: Uprising. I tried pretty much every option and I still couldn't get used to them.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: MGS - David Hayter is Snake No More!

« on: April 09, 2013, 03:55:41 pm »

Sad to see him go myself. I'll miss that raspy voice.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Breath of Fire

« on: April 05, 2013, 11:12:56 pm »

I tried playing BoF2 and BoF3 and just couldn't get into them. They seemed way too cookie cutter for my tastes. I don't know, maybe playing them for about 7 hours each wasn't enough for a good judgment, but I really hate it when games take like 10 or so hours to get good.

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General Discussion / Re: Yoichi Wada steps down

« on: March 29, 2013, 05:52:03 pm »

Also, Tactics Orgre was made for the SNES in 1996 by a company who is not related to Square nor Enix, exept that I think the worked together with Square to produce the original Final Fantasy Tactics (which is why it's gameplay is so similar to TO).

Ahem. Great remake. Definitely worth checking out if you like SRPGs.

On the other hand, avoid The World Ends With You... Unless you like angst and a battle system almost completely comprised of flicking the DS stylus around like a retard.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Victoly!

« on: March 19, 2013, 12:07:34 am »

Finally beat the PSP version of Tactics Ogre after sporadically playing it for over a year. Holy crap was this game good. Definitely recommend it to anyone who has any interest in SRPGs.

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General Discussion / Re: Girls' Names

« on: February 24, 2013, 09:16:31 pm »

Rhialda
Margaret
Elena
Christina

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General Discussion / Re: So What's Your Favorite Movie?

« on: February 04, 2013, 12:37:17 am »

You guys will probably hate me for this but... Shawshank Redemption.

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General Discussion / Re: What/who are your top 3 favorite bands/musicians?

« on: January 30, 2013, 04:19:19 pm »

Yeah, I just picked the artists I listened to the most myself. Honestly, the third spot could have gone to a number of them.