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Gloves

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  1. Not a lot of people with that on their list of best shmups lol. What makes you like it so much? I like it a lot, not sure if it sits among the best for me though.
  2. I took a break from beating games to play the ever loving hell out of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2) online. There are a number of PS2 games with small communities dedicated to playing their online versions (gonna play some OG Killzone in a bit here...) and there was an achievement set added to BF2MC, so I felt the call of the completionist as I tend to do with competitive multiplayer FPS games. Yesterday I wrapped that up, earning the final achievement I needed for 100% completion. The whole thing took around 90 hours to do, which honestly is actually less than I expected. The existing player base is insanely highly skilled at the game, and I ended up rank 21 upon completion, so I believe we can now consider me to be insanely highly skilled at the game. There was a pretty significant early game hurdle to get over, the people playing are not very welcoming in their gameplay style; sure they'll greet you nicely enough on Discord, but in-game you're gonna get fuckin' stomped. I had to really suck it up and git gud quickly before it got too frustrating, and while I still go "ugh, this guy - may as well just turn the game off" when I see certain people hop into the game, I got there in the end; there may even be a person or two now who see me login and go "ah shit I'm fucked". Anyway, that's my annual dose of bragging. That out of my system, I can get back to playing normal human games.
  3. Conquistadoooooooor! Conquistadoooooooooor! Conquista-doooooooo-ooooooooooooooor!
  4. I held my score so close to my chest that I didn't even end up playing the game lol.
  5. It's done so a few times, yeah. I've not pared down recently, trying to avoid having to do so (despite the no job thing) as I legit have like 99% of my personal collection goals completed and I don't want to have to revisit that in the future. Over the last year or so I've started a very humble big box PC game collection, but it's slow going; I basically started with the one key game I wanted to get in mint condition (Might and Magic VII), and everything after that is icing on the cake. I did manage to get an ok condition Planescape: Torment for $20 hand delivered to my door, so that was pretty excellent. Beyond deals like that though I'm currently prioritizing keeping my house over game purchases. I have plenty of games to keep me busy, RetroAchievements to earn via emulation, and Oldschool Runescape for when I wanna veg out. Honestly I could basically be set for life right now if I never bought another game again.
  6. I've not played it, and it'll be a long while before I entertain doing so. You know I was really disappointed with the direction of both the combat and the story in the first Remake game, never finished that, so it's a hurdle I'd have to overcome to even glance in this one's direction. I'm honestly really disappointed that I don't like it. They don't have to cater to me, nobody needs to make games the way I want them, but such a drastic shift from both what I'd consider a good remake of FF7 and from what I enjoy playing in general has made the whole thing incredibly unappealing for me.
  7. Those are fakes and reprints. The average price today for an original (alpha) Black Lotus is over $150k, and one sold for over $500k slabbed not too long ago.
  8. Stew is by far one of my favourite meals to make. Top 3 easily.
  9. Oh, this is a thread! I've beaten the following since February: Ultraman: Legendary Giant of Light Yumimi Mix Remix Powerslave The House of the Dead Hyper Duel Guardian Force In the Hunt Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story I: Blue Fear Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story II: Heir to the Blue Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story III: The Condemned Worms (I beat every team at least once) Advanced V.G. Arcade Gears Vol. 1: Pu-Li-Ru-La
  10. I regularly, near daily, play retro games. As for 4-1, I recently played through the game on All-stars, if you wanna count that (I played and beat every game on the compilation), so a few weeks ago.
  11. I'm in the politburo.
  12. And here I was thinking I was being original! I have a terrible memory lol. Maybe I'll call it a "revival"!
  13. "Why should movies and games get all the attention?", I asked myself today. And so here I am stealing @Reed Rothchild's formula for success and totally definitely not gonna stop at number like 10 or whatever cuz I get bored or busy or something. So let's start with something people have probably actually seen. Ren & Stimpy.
  14. Never played it. Would like to but I need to play the first game first (and obtain copies of both).
  15. Honestly I don't remember much about it, which isn't great for a comedy movie. I recall liking it when I watched it, but I think it maybe blends a bit too much with his other stuff in the landscape of my mind.
  16. It'd need to at the least be internet capable, unfortunately. They work directly with the emulator Devs to get integrations working.
  17. I'd only heard Live and Let Die prior to this thread, so I gave the other two a solid listen. Didn't like Beautiful Boy at all, gave it a 4. End of the Line on the other hand, I really liked, found myself nodding along and probably gonna be going "It's aaaaaaalright!" for the rest of the day. Solid 8 on that one for me.
  18. It's a real theater club movie - if you were in a drama class or participated in plays and the like in high school voluntarily then you're probably a fan of this. That's not to say you had to be but if you were you're almost certainly into this and similar stuff. Everything is very over the top and at times quite random, and of course it being a musical helps too. I like it a lot but I really have to be in the mood. I actually kinda prefer the sequel, Shock Treatment, largely for the themes which are a bit less... alien?
  19. I do like Hot Ones, but I'm speaking from experience. I've had it and my experience mirrors yours, it's really best as a heat enhancer.
  20. Oh so you're insane - duly noted.
  21. Poking fun aside - definitely just consider it a challenge. I could "beat" Guerilla War as a kid because you have infinite lives/continues and can just plow through it all without losing progress. I've not tried again as an adult but I have to imagine I'd get my ass handed to me without a lot of practice, and honestly taking advantage of cheats and infinite lives, to me, is depriving oneself of the joy of learning and overcoming a challenge. Get out there and git gud!
  22. I can beat the game in under 20 minutes without dying, so it's a super short game for me!
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