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    It's true, console games also went to shit quite some time ago. Personally, I blame it on the trend of removing any semblance of challenge whatsoever from games. Shit like the new Prince of Persia where you very literally can't lose should be considered unacceptable, instead it is just the...
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    Let's Read Let's Read the Neonomicon! (Alan Moore writes porn)

    They're anti-pollution domes. I don't think they're actually important to the story aside from hinting at a parallel universe or the future for the setting, but since they appeared in the original Courtyard short story (and are mentioned very briefly in the comic adaptation when Sax is faxing...
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    An utterly shocking news : Grimoire

    Cleve's "son". Posting in exactly his "father's" style, dissing the Codex. Yeah, right. Hey Cleve, not a single person believes your sockpuppet blog, son, or for that matter your imaginary wife Rosie Palms. A guy who has a psychological breakdown over a one-night stand just isn't able to keep...
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    Games with brutal 'skill' based difficulty.

    I find that Ghouls n' Ghosts had a pretty balanced (if hard) difficulty level, really. Once you learn the order in which items spawn on chests you'll know which ones to avoid and when to get the Silver Armor back, and it's really well-distributed in levels. I'm actually big enough a sperglord...
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    Games with brutal 'skill' based difficulty.

    The NES saw a port of Ghosts 'n Goblins, which really was impossible to beat. The SNES entry in the franchise (Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts) is actually easier than is Arcade predecessor, though it's shitty design and long, drawn-out stages made for a much more harrowing experience. Now, Ghouls 'n...
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    Who keeps posting that shitty blog?

    Wyrms, if your definition of "art" completely precludes having fun and your definition of "fun" necessarily comes with adjectives like "mindless" or "uncerebral", being utterly destroyed by critical thinking about what provides you entertainment, doesn't this help create the numb, unquestioning...
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    Who keeps posting that shitty blog?

    It's really not. Don't literature critics constantly refer to the "writing" in a book? Yet I don't see Zirbas shrieking like a hysterical "fagot" that books are comprised solely of writing, which is certainly truer than saying games are comprised only of gameplay. His "bookread" strawman might...
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    Is playing old consoles like Sega Gen, N64 acceptable?

    Lol at "acceptable". Troll thread? The Neogeo had a very limited library. Sure, what good games it had were awesome and leagues above other consoles, but aside from the few genres it excelled at (fighting and run n' guns, mostly, some puzzlers as well) it was seriously lacking. It was also...
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    Insomnia Reviews

    Anthony Zirbas is only ever good when talking about old action arcade games (the one genre he actually understands), and even then he makes you wade through whole fucking paragraphs of self-aggrandizing derping about Nietzsche, himself and gaming journalism (not to mention his ridiculous...
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    Books, Movies, & Music Forum

    Probably a stupid question, but are comics fair game on the Library as well? Buddhist hell, basically. I'd guess Kz3r0 is into Lone Wolf and Cub.
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    Anyone remember Splatterhouse?

    Yeah, way back in 2008. I was convinced this was vaporware by now. As for the new look, I think they based it on his Mutant Rick form from 3 but I don't like how it turned out at all, especially the giant hands and OH GOD the shoes. Still, not the sort of thing that makes or breaks a game for...
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    Anyone remember Splatterhouse?

    I remember being hyped for this on its announcement a couple of years ago. Since then, they revealed Rick's new Hulkish look, auto-regen and, worse of all, this God-awful metal soundtrack which sounds absolutely nothing like the originals' music. Now this game can pretty much go fuck itself...
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    Castlevania Turds of Shadow

    I now declare this thread to be about awesome CV music. Castlevania Vampire Killer Wicked Child Heart of Fire Out of Time Simon's Quest is pretty much covered with Bloody Tears, but the mansion theme Dwelling of Doom is cool, if a bit repetitive. Castlevania III - the japanese...
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    Castlevania Turds of Shadow

    Simon's Quest was pretty cool aside from the obscure, sometimes intentionally wrong info you'd get from townsfolk (the guy who thought that one up should be shot) and the laughably easy bosses. Plus, you can't hate the game that gave us Bloody Tears.
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    Castlevania Turds of Shadow

    Yeah, those were cool additions (especially flailing it around to destroy projectiles), but I don't think the level design put them to very good use. I recall using upwards/downwards whipping to basically break the game at some points because I could kill enemies on platforms without them ever...

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