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Nochielo
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:33 pm

Been playing through Max Payne 3. Fun game but ok Max, you're depressed, we get it. Shut the fuck up.

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Adriankat
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:15 pm

I would've replayed that game four times just for the gunplay if it wasn't for the stupid unskippable cutscenes. The whole "loading during cutscenes" is bullshit, it doesn't take a solid state drive five minutes to load the next part.

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darkeningday
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:21 pm

It's almost like it was made entirely with consoles in mind and the PC was naught but an afterthought.

Totally unlike all other Rockstar games post 1997, of course

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I_Am_Vengeance
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Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:11 pm
Posts: 1927
Location: Australia

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:16 pm

This Max Payne 3 talk reminds me of this gem of a post from DarkeningDay and the most obnoxious thing I've seen posted on the internet.

darkeningday wrote:

RE: MP3

Dear Dan Houser,

You are not Martin Scorsese. And even if you were (and just to reiterate, you're abso-fucking-lutely NOT), would using his dull, tranche de vie storytelling techniques really make a stronger narrative in a GAME?

@ DarkeningDay

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Nochielo
Metalhead

Joined: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:20 am
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Location: Puerto Rico

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:34 pm

Adriankat wrote:

Yeah, that's another thing. I've been keeping my guitar handy just to play a few riffs and stuff while the game loads. It's perfectly fine on a first playthrough (assuming you want to watch the cutscenes) but when doing a replay, it becomes a real pain.

And again whoever thought up of using these lame standup comedy lines every 2 sentences (was it Dan Houser who wrote it?) really has no idea how it works. Most of the things Max says/thinks in these monologues are downright cringe-worthy; it's stupid. They were going for showcasing the motivations of a broken man, but instead got a whiny crybaby. Gameplay though, is tight, really fun shootouts and clearing a room with a headshot is so satisfying.

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OzzyApu
Metal freak

Joined: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:11 am
Posts: 10821
Location: Seattle

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:30 am

I seriously liked the gameplay for Max Payne 3, and while I didn't mind the dramatic storytelling, I couldn't help but find that Max went too far in "I want to do good but fuck everything up anyway" territory. Even after re-evaluating himself halfway through the game and going bald he still pretty much makes the situation worse than it already was. Game was way longer than I thought it'd be, too, which isn't bad. At one point he literally walks through a favela looking like a really obvious, bald, white fat man. There was one entire cutscene where he could have done his slow-mo guns blazing thing that the game does every now and then but instead he walks in and surrenders and someone gets killed when I KNEW I could have taken out 10 guys in 5 seconds.

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MrMcThrasher II
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Location: United States

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:23 am

Apparently there's more information on Plants Vs. Zombies 2. I am totally looking forward to it as I enjoyed the first one a lot.
Only problem is that apparently it's only available for iOS. I think that's what the source said at least.

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In flames became MeloDICK Death Metal

TheDefiniteArticle wrote:

Also hopefully they take it as a sign they're not meant to make more albums.

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darkeningday
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Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:20 pm
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Location: United States

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:56 am

I_Am_Vengeance wrote:

This Max Payne 3 talk reminds me of this gem of a post from DarkeningDay and the most obnoxious thing I've seen posted on the internet.

darkeningday wrote:

@ DarkeningDay

That was pretty bad, but FSM's two letter response to your query of "Can posts get any more pretentious than this?" was fairly amusing, so I regret nothing.

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Dandelo
Metalhead

Joined: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1097
Location: Ireland

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:33 pm

Morrigan wrote:

:hyper:

Boob plate, though? :ugh:

Gotta look stylish while killing Capri Demons.

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I_Am_Vengeance
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Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:11 pm
Posts: 1927
Location: Australia

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:51 pm

So The Last of Us is getting great reviews all around. Fuck me for only having an XBOX and fuck Naughty Dog for being cunts and making PS3 exclusives.

Anyone had a chance to play this? It looks pretty incredible.

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Morrigan
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:35 am

I_Am_Vengeance wrote:

fuck Naughty Dog for being cunts and making PS3 exclusives

Naughty Dog was bought by Sony 12 years ago, dumbass.

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Von Cichlid wrote:

I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:

a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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inhumanist
Metal freak

Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:09 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:29 pm

Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks to Steam sales and Humble Bundles I'm buying games faster than I can play them. First world problems deluxe...

Anyways, the new Humble Bundle is pretty epic. And there's also a weekly one that has all the Serious Sam games.

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If Summoning is the sugar of fantasy metal, is Manowar the bacon?

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Zelkiiro
Pounding the world with a fish of steel

Joined: Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:30 pm
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Location: Pennsylvania

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:36 pm

Morrigan wrote:

I_Am_Vengeance wrote:

fuck Naughty Dog for being cunts and making PS3 exclusives

Naughty Dog was bought by Sony 12 years ago, dumbass.

I thought Naughty Dog was always a Sony company?

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Morrigan
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:53 pm

Nah, they were sorta second party in the 90's but got acquired by Sony a bit later.

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Von Cichlid wrote:

I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:

a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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HellBlazer
Metalhead

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 6:48 am
Posts: 2121
Location: Canada

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:09 pm

inhumanist wrote:

Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks to Steam sales and Humble Bundles I'm buying games faster than I can play them. First world problems deluxe...

*looks at his list of like 200 unplayed games and weeps* :aww:

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wrathchild_88
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Location: United Kingdom

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:10 pm

MrMcThrasher II wrote:

I think it'll be on iOS first, it'll be released on PC later.

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Kveldulfr
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:10 pm

If applies, I'm playing Heroes Call with my android cell phone. It's a great rpg, especially for being a mobile app. I even think it might do it just well for PC; it has plot, feels like a rpg, the battle mode is fairly straightforward but you have a skill tree to spice up, the items are varied and the loot is usually good, it's not that easy and the overall look it's great.

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Kahalachan
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Joined: Mon May 17, 2010 1:46 am
Posts: 573

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:29 am

HellBlazer wrote:

*looks at his list of like 200 unplayed games and weeps* :aww:

Oh man Morrigan wasn't kidding when she said your backlog was huge.

I have.......

1, 2, 3, and 4. Assassin's Creed I, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Revelations, and III
5. Star Ocean The Last Hope International
6. Eternal Sonata
7. Fire Emblem Awakening
8. Shin Megami Tensei Soul Hackers
9. Pandora's Tower
10. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
11. Borderlands 2 DLC
12. Xenogears
13. Wild Arms
14. Fatal Frame (somehow I got lucky and got free $10 credit from Sony for no reason so I got this one)

I might count these but I didn't really buy them with the intention of playing.

15. God of War Chains of Olympus (came with PS3)
16. God of War Ghosts of Sparta (came with PS3)
17. Infamous 2 (PSN+ freebie)

So 14-17.

Since I'm a completionist, 400 hours seems about right for finishing all of these games.

I prioritize by game awesomeness and how close I am to being done. Assassin's Creed III is halfway done so that should be taken care of. Borderlands 2 DLC shouldn't be long and it's awesome. Pandora's Tower and Assassin's Creed I next probably with Monster Hunter sprinkled in. A JRPG if I've had too much Assassin's Creed and vice versa. Last of Us will probably automatically be given priority no matter what depending on how good it really is.

I don't know if I could prioritize with 200 games to choose from.

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MrMcThrasher II
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:47 am

wrathchild_88 wrote:

MrMcThrasher II wrote:

I think it'll be on iOS first, it'll be released on PC later.

Sounds solid. As I said, I LOVED the first game (apart from the lag that seems to get me killed in the freeplay mode thing...)

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Murtal wrote:

In flames became MeloDICK Death Metal

TheDefiniteArticle wrote:

Also hopefully they take it as a sign they're not meant to make more albums.

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wrathchild_88
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Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:16 pm
Posts: 495
Location: United Kingdom

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:13 am

Actually reading things a bit more thoroughly it'll be released on (pretty much) EVERYTHING later. But it'll start off free on iPod/Pad/Phone so I won't have to wait - although I'll probably get the PC version eventually. I know it's not gameplay, but it looks awesome nevertheless!

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Dandelo
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Joined: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1097
Location: Ireland

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:48 pm

Backlog. BACKLOG.

Spoiler: show

Yeah. I have enough games to play. Some of those Xbox games, I look at and go 'why the fuck did I buy this?'

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inhumanist
Metal freak

Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:09 pm
Posts: 5634

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:04 pm

HellBlazer wrote:

inhumanist wrote:

Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks to Steam sales and Humble Bundles I'm buying games faster than I can play them. First world problems deluxe...

*looks at his list of like 200 unplayed games and weeps* :aww:

My backlog is "only" 137 PC games:

Spoiler: show

I have a problem.

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iHumanism: Philosophy phoned in.

Metantoine wrote:

If Summoning is the sugar of fantasy metal, is Manowar the bacon?

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MARSDUDE
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Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:17 pm
Posts: 2300
Location: Canada

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:23 pm

Play some Deus Ex. Wicked series. Hell, I even liked Invisible War.

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failsafeman
Digital Dictator

Joined: Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:45 am
Posts: 11852
Location: In the Arena

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:47 pm

Mine actually isn't that bad. I have about 150 games in my Steam library right now, and I've played roughly half of them. Also, a fair amount of what's left is odds and ends I got in Humble Bundles that I'll probably fiddle with for a day or two and then quit.

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MorbidBlood wrote:

So the winner is Destruction and Infernal Overkill is the motherfucking skullcrushing poserkilling satan-worshiping 666 FUCK YOU greatest german thrash record.

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OzzyApu
Metal freak

Joined: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:11 am
Posts: 10821
Location: Seattle

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:56 pm

Wow you guys, I thought I had it bad with my 6 game backlog.

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failsafeman
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Location: In the Arena

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:59 pm

I like having a lot of options to choose from when selecting a new game to play. My moods vary widely. Also, it's great insurance against buying a much-hyped brand new game for full price. Without my big backlog, I might've caved and bought the new Bioshock for $60! Instead, I'm playing through Duke 3D Megaton Edition, and I'll pick up Bioshock: Infinite when it's $5 in a year or so.

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So the winner is Destruction and Infernal Overkill is the motherfucking skullcrushing poserkilling satan-worshiping 666 FUCK YOU greatest german thrash record.

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Morrigan
Crone of War

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Location: Canada

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:08 pm

I died a little (who am I kidding, a lot) inside:

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/06/07/n ... cy-of-kain

Fuck you, Squeenix. Fuck. You.

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Von Cichlid wrote:

I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:

a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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Necroticism174
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Location: Canada

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:29 pm

Well then. This certainly sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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ShaolinLambKiller
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Location: United States

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:39 pm

Nochielo wrote:

Been playing through Max Payne 3. Fun game but ok Max, you're depressed, we get it. Shut the fuck up.

You say that as if it wasn't covered over and over again in the first 2 games. the narrative fits perfectly along the others. This game is great.

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Dandelo
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Location: Ireland

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:25 am

failsafeman wrote:

Mine's has been growing for several years. The oldest games sitting on the pile were bought in 2010. I do finish about three games per month on average though.

It's when you see something cheap. I don't really PC game, so I'm glad I don't have much of an interest in Steam. It would destroy me.

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BlindTortureKill
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Joined: Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:57 am
Posts: 1205
Location: Netherlands

Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:48 am

ShaolinLambKiller wrote:

Nochielo wrote:

Been playing through Max Payne 3. Fun game but ok Max, you're depressed, we get it. Shut the fuck up.

You say that as if it wasn't covered over and over again in the first 2 games. the narrative fits perfectly along the others. This game is great.

I disagree for the reasons discussed in this video. Though I disagree with both you and that video that Max Payne 3 is still any good at all.
When I found out the game gets infinitely easier once I stopped trying to play it like the old Max Paynes and started playing it like the clunky cover-based shooter it is, I stopped bothering with it.

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Nochielo
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:36 pm

ShaolinLambKiller wrote:

Nochielo wrote:

Been playing through Max Payne 3. Fun game but ok Max, you're depressed, we get it. Shut the fuck up.

You say that as if it wasn't covered over and over again in the first 2 games. the narrative fits perfectly along the others. This game is great.

I'm going to have to disagree there. In the first two games it made sense that he was looking for revenge or something (I honestly can't remember much of either one...) but here he's being whiny and trying WAY too hard to come up with an analogy to the fucked up situation he's gotten himself into. He's a mess, but seems to have forgotten why, so he's going around shooting people for the hell of it. The game gives a great insight into Max and fails to develop him at all, he's a caricature of a tired, rambling man who is on a murderous quest to do absolutely nothing and the only change he experiences is that he quits his substance abuse, nothing that couldn't have been done without shooting up half of Brazil.

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Adriankat
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:45 pm

The crying just didn't fit. He's one dude with superhuman reflexes and extremely proficient weapons training doing as best as he possibly can against an entire military police force and hundreds of pissed off Favela thugs. All the bad shit that happens during the story is usually because of something way beyond his control and yet he places the blame on himself.

Also, Max Payne 3 completely ignored the ending of the second game. "I had a dream of my wife. She was dead, but it was all right." Then fast forward to almost a decade later and Max is living in a shitty rundown apartment taking painkillers and drinking whiskey.

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inhumanist
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:10 am

Adriankat wrote:

I recommend Spec Ops: The Line for variety: You do the worst you possible could and then blame it on others. :-P

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iHumanism: Philosophy phoned in.

Metantoine wrote:

If Summoning is the sugar of fantasy metal, is Manowar the bacon?

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yentass
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:28 am
Posts: 927
Location: Israel

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:45 am

inhumanist wrote:

My backlog is "only" 137 PC games:

Spoiler: show

I have a problem.

Ah, the infamous Steam-sale/bundlevitis. I wouldn't call that a problem though, as long as your backlogging habits don't push you into a financial tight spot - piracy is a "problem". What you're doing is the very opposite of piracy and is far more benign and preferable for everyone involved.

P.S: Yeah, go ahead and recommend a game and spoil it right away. Way to go man :-P

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inhumanist
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:43 am

Spoiler: show

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Under_Starmere wrote:

iHumanism: Philosophy phoned in.

Metantoine wrote:

If Summoning is the sugar of fantasy metal, is Manowar the bacon?

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henkkjelle
Metal freak

Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:54 pm
Posts: 4538
Location: Netherlands

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:47 am

So I just got banned from a Halo online custom edition server for warping.... Which is weird because I wasn't warping at all. Atleast not to my knowledge. Could it be because of my low ping (around 30/40) or could it be because of the fact that I killed 6 people without dying in under 30 seconds and they thought of me as a bot? Gah, I hate it when I get banned for no apparent reason.

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shiduba
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:23 pm
Posts: 176
Location: Finland

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:00 pm

For all you fans of point-and-click games and claymation (who the hell doesn't love claymation) consider backing this new game on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog

The game is made by the same people who did The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys, so you know it has to be fucking awesome. Would be a crying shame if this didn't get backed...

edit: sorry, this was already mentioned in the previous page, but the more people see this the better!

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The SHM
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Location: United Kingdom

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:23 pm

#E3

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The SHM
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:21 pm

Holy crap, the Xbox One costs $500, Jesus Christ!

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