long time reader, first time B*tcher..
So I work with a guy who is a complete jackass and he's also completely imcompetent.
The problem is that he's also good friends with the boss who looks the other way every time he f*cks up.
Titanfall. anyone playing it? I'm having a blast - and I usually tire of multi-player games quickly.
I think the game does a great job of combining a few key features in a very fluid way.
Free Running -
Get up high very quickly, wall run for great distances, jump onto the shoulders of Titans - hitch a ride on friendlies or shoot the brains out of enemies.
Titans -
stumbling around in a big mech suit is a LOT of fun and every player is equiped with powerful alternate weapons that can drop a titan quickly. This keeps you on your toes.
Epilogue -
Once the point scoring part of the game is over, the losing team have a chance to evacuate the battlefield while the winning team tries to stop them. It's a fun addition and there are big rewards to be had if you survive.
Moving forward I think it will be very interesting to see what other games take from Titanfall.
I meant Ant Man the character - in the film franchise, not Ant Man the Man. I am aware of the history and connections of the character [avengers/ ultron etc]
I never said it would be bad - I just have no interest.
I find Avengers to be greater than the sum of its parts - when you get those characters and ideas together there is room for some interesting storytelling but the only character I enjoy in their solo outings is Iron Man.
I can enjoy the spectacle of Thor movies but I can't take them seriously, Captain America is mildly entertaining and the less said about the Hulk the better.
I feel like Agents of SHIELD is wasted potential and I'd much rather see something focused on Agent Carter, Howard Stark and the formation of SHIELD.
I quite like the one-shots, crossovers and Easter eggs throughout.
I have zero interest in stuff that is loosely tied to the universe such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant Man etc.
I feel like they've done well so far to tie it all together even if some of it is weaker than I'd like. It hasn't been perfect, though. Iron Man 2 suffered from Too much Nick Fury / Avengers meddling.
Down again for quite a while.
There is something about Adele's voice that I just cannot stand - it's like fingernails on a blackboard to me.
The Depeche mode song is good but I'm just not feeling it, And I'm not sure how the movie would feel overall without a musical title sequence.
If you're open to ideas - I just stumbled upon this on Vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/89015152
https://vimeo.com/88165960
https://vimeo.com/53594411 - title sequence without actual text titles - could prove useful but it's not in HD. Hopefully available somewhere..
Yeah, down again last night. seems fine today. [GMT +10]
Still going down.
TV's Frink said:
TV's Frink said:
Anyone play Simpsons Tapped Out? My stupid IRL friends won't play so I need you fake people here to friend me so I can get more money and donuts.
:(
I played it a while back. I'll let you know if I get back into it.
Started playing Deus Ex: The Fall. seems a bit basic compared to Human Revolution.
Anybody playing Titanfall? crazy good fun.
still happening.
Since this is a JJ film it'll probably just be called STAR WARS.
MORE SPOILERS
All that AND LIAM F*CKING NEESON saying "Yoda, Go to Dagobah!"
It went a long way to undoing a lot of the nonsense of the prequels. It really did feel like they were trying to tie up as much as possible in that short arc - I wonder how much of it was revised after the cancellation..
It had a very ESB sort of feel but it's probably too late now to consider as a resource for ESB Revisited. Although there might be some useful stuff for future edits.
He's all talk. He never even finished Jedi school.
Those are some cool tributes but I'll be very upset if they kill off Egon just because Harold is no longer with us.
RIP Harold.
IIRC, More American Graffiti had a different 'look' for each of the time periods including different aspect ratios.
It's been happening to me every day but at completely different times. Just a generic error like the first image SilverWook posted.
that would be awesome.
I assume there will be an extended soundtrack at some point but I wouldn't expect the bar scene tunes to be included, or any other source music ie: Beastie Boys.
^ anything you can share is definitely appreciated.
So here's something potentially interesting. Listening to and reading about the soundtrack I discovered that Harrison's [;)] music isn't on the soundtrack - and it's a pretty damn good piece of music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m3kV47Jgwg
I then discovered that the music in the bar when Kirk calls up Scotty is different based on release territory. I just checked my Itunes files and the two versions [theatrical / commentary] indeed have different backing songs during that scene. - they sound similar with different lyrics [different performers] - I think the tune was written by Abrams.
I wonder what the odds are of compiling all versions of that scene?
brief making of the Australian version -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrlhFSlcPg
details of the different songs -
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Port_of_San_Francisco_bar
EDIT: found some more details -
http://www.thetrekcollective.com/2013/06/into-darkness-catch-up-part-2-music.html
Down for me last night for a few hours. no issues previously..
Hmm, not sure if that is really worth including. the other stuff is all great.
@ digitalfreaknyc
what remains to be done?
No sign of the infamous shower scene? - Odd, since we know it exists - JJ showed it off in public.
I didn't set out to watch a lot of Cop shows...it just sort of happened.
True Detective - best thing I've seen in a long time. Sick of people recommending trash while I search for something good to watch. Now I'm all set. The story jumps between now and 1995 where we follow two state police officers on a Homicide case.
Brooklyn Nine Nine - Sitcom set at the 99th precinct, follows a bunch of detectives. A few familiar faces - Terry Crews, Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher
Almost Human - Cop show set at some point in the Future, Karl Urban is the Human [he does the typical human stuff] who gets partnered with an Android. It's hard to decide if I like the show or if I just like watching KU acting like an asshole.
G R A V I T Y
all the balls.
xhonzi said:
http://www.indiegala.com/ Interstellar marines is on sale. Get a copy for $1. Get 3 copies for $5, one of which is the deluxe version.I already have it, but I bought the 3 new copies anyways. Hit me up if you want a copy. I think this could turn into something awesome.
For a dollar?
picked up Deus Ex 1 and 2 [yes, DX fans - DX2 exists] for cheapsies. I forgot how chunky these games look. DX2 definitely feels like a console port and yet...no controller support - strangely the menus can be navigated with a controller. Looking at some 3rd party options, playing it with a keyboard just isn't that much fun.
Got into the TITANFALL Beta. So far it's a good bit of fun but already I can see that it suffers from the same issues as other shooters - mostly jerks.
The wallrunning / parkour style when you're on foot keeps things fast paced and you get special weapons for dealing with the mechs [Titans].
One thing that bothers me about these games is that you have to grind to unlock the good stuff - but at least it seems to happen fairly quickly in TF.
There isn't much variety in the Beta. Hopefully there's a lot more content in the full product.
EDIT: looks like they are opening up the beta to all xbox one owners [xboners?] - go get some.
That would be amazing.
I'm not entirely sure if 'we' have them yet but I wouldn't consider the project complete without them.
can we get some confirmation, guys?
Edit: stumbled onto some amazing poster artwork that could probably be adapted into cover art -