Collective Foal

You don't like EA, is what it seems to me. You like all the companies that EA has swallowed and made work. Battlefield 3 is a pretty great game. It's made by DICE, but published by EA, who actually destroyed some features of the game that DICE wanted. Mass Effect is produced by BioWare, but because EA bought them out, they get a massive chunk of the profits from those games. People Can Fly were a really easy target for EA. They were for the most part an indie game company. Then EA gobbled them up and said "MAKE THE EPIC POTTYMOUTH GAME!" NFS is one of the few EA games that is actually MADE BY EA. And yea, it's a good series, and I'll certainly concede that. But EA is just a modern-day Standard Oil. They blanket monopolize, smothering small, GOOD companies with their oodles of money and releasing their games and taking the money they earned with only EA's ridiculous moderation and deadlines (which certainly don't help) to thank. They actually did a study on Extrinsic and Intrinsic motivation. Employees are far more productive and happy in an intrinsically motivating work environment (Valve style, where you work on what you want, when you want) than an extrinsic (EA style, where met deadlines and good products are rewarded with continued employment and the occasional raise.) I personally think Valve's games are 100 times better than anything EA pops out. TF2 has lasted 6 years for a reason, whereas Call of Duty gets a new installment every year (if you want an EA example, every sports game by them, ever) but the mechanics stay the same and hardly anything gets seriously changed from the previous. TL;DR : EA sucks because they don't do anything. They just collect money because they own everyone's asses.

I HAD TEAM FORTRESS 2 YOU LOON!

That's my thought at least. I love being able to play a game myself. When you play with a character shell, like Gordon, he adapts your personality traits wherever he's missing them, and plus you still get some concept of his character from the way the game plays out: 1. He's a good guy, obviously. He knows what's right and refuses to accept Breen's bribes throughout HL2. 2. He's got one hell of a work ethic, unlike the way Ross makes it appear in the game. Gordon does a lot of the dirty work for everyone, simply because he's able, and he never refuses. 3. He's highly intelligent, given his MIT background and job at Black Mesa. 4. He's a kind friend, as he takes good care of Alyxx and Eli (a very cool guy if you ask me) treats him like they're best friends. 5. He's an amiable character. Everyone likes him and gets along well with him.

Impressive we've lasted any length of time, huh? What I don't get is how bullets just kinda bounce of of them (the super-human alien guys). It's a piece of streamlined lead moving at you faster than sound. I don't care how ripped you are. Metal will pierce muscles. Also, Krillin vs. Mr. Satan (Hercule) in a fight? Also, why does shonen intentionally use names offensive to Judeo-Christian culture to upset Western viewers? I never got that. I mean, Hercule doesn't seem like a bad guy, he's just full of himself, yet his name's Mr. Satan. Whatever.

This. So much this.

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So it wasn't a fake...

Cause when you're 15 miles above the earth, moving at Mach 3+, who the fuck needs a gun?

Return of the Jedi. Prequels ain't got nothin' on the original trilogy. And I hate you for picking Revenge of the Sith. That was the worst prequel, just with the best special effects. Cornbread Pancakes or Latkes?

Banned because maybe he's telling the truth.

9.5/10

It's Later.... And I caught up!

Watching DBZ. I've come to the realization that even though, by human standards, Krillin is a fucking god, he's absolutely useless in the series.

Any thoughts and opinions on THQ's going under as a company, post here. Honestly, I absolutely loved these guys. This company made 60% of my games as a child, as I was a heavy PS2 gamer and had a LOT of Nickelodeon licensed games, to which THQ had the rights. I blame EA, quite frankly. They're a bunch of pricks who need to have fire ants stuffed into their colons with the only possibility of removal being their consignment for bankruptcy. However, THQ gets ultimate Sir Points for going out with so much style as to donate all proceeds from their THQ bundle to charity. That was a beautiful act and it warms my heart to know that most gaming companies aren't EA. If you know more details about this whole ordeal that you'd like to tell me because I'm an idiot and I don't know what I'm talking about, or you just wanna contribute, feel welcome.

This is why I love Hunters. There are very few enemies in that game that seriously challenge you as stand-alone enemies. Plus, their model design is so beautifully smooth and elegant. Headcrabs? Pfft! a well-timed crowbar fixes that problem. Zombies? Nah, a double barrell shotgun blast to the head solves that problem (except Poison Headcrab Zombies, which is why I like those guys) Combine? They're pack hunters. Easy to kill alone, but just straight up annoying in their numbers. You can't focus all your attention on one guy: You have to keep flipping all over the place (The Plaza Defense in HL2 is my least favorite part of that game) Striders? OH FUCK YEA! Those sons o' bitches are so fuckin hard. I replay the triple strider battle in HL2 all the time, as well as the rocket defense in Episode 2, because Hunters AND Striders. My favorite character is probably Barney, just because he's the only relatable guy in the whole damn game, and he makes for a hell of a comic relief. My least favorite character is either Magnusson or Mossman, but most likely Mossman, because she's a gutless flip-flopper. At least Magnusson knew whose side he was on. My favorite enemy, as you might guess, is a tie between Hunters and Striders. My least favorite enemy is the Grunts from HL1 (and especially Blue Shift). The bee gun was so ridiculous to fight against. It just irritated the hell out of me.

Oh, and I've got Alyxx to thank for having every Valve game ever (Except CS:GO)

Which one's Matt Smith. I pick him... 90s Nick or 90s Cartoon Network (late 90s, so it includes old Spongebob)

How do I even expect to come with a clue of what is going to be where the how do I even do?

6/10 getting old...

8/10 Dually noted

1/10 No. Those jokes died with the passing of 2012. Stahp. Nowwww.

I'm not familiar with Trine, so GTA 3. OT: Changing the avatar and writing up my lab report for Physics.

weegee, you're really getting on my nerves.