The Bore does what NeoGAF doesn't.

[Jansen]

Lol @ the vinyl chair

[benjipwns]

2. Every person alive during WW1 is dead.

insensitive, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Morano

#ThinkOfEmmaDICE

[benjipwns]

last guy to see trench warfare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch

When the war ended, I don't know if I was more relieved that we'd won or that I didn't have to go back. Passchendaele was a disastrous battle – thousands and thousands of young lives were lost. It makes me angry. Earlier this year, I went back to Ypres to shake the hand of Charles Kuentz, Germany's only surviving veteran from the war. It was emotional. He is 107. We've had 87 years to think what war is. To me, it's a licence to go out and murder. Why should the British government call me up and take me out to a battlefield to shoot a man I never knew, whose language I couldn't speak? All those lives lost for a war finished over a table. Now what is the sense in that?

Patch was featured in the 2003 television series World War 1 in Colour and said "if any man tells you he went over the top and he wasn't scared, he's a damn liar." He reflected on his lost friends and the moment when he came face to face with a German soldier. He recalled the story of Moses descending from Mount Sinai with God's Ten Commandments, including "Thou shalt not kill" and could not bring himself to kill the German. Instead, he shot him in the shoulder, which made the soldier drop his rifle. However, he had to carry on running towards his Lewis Gun, so to proceed, he shot him above the knee, and in the ankle. Patch said,

I had about five seconds to make the decision. I brought him down, but I didn't kill him.... Any one of them could have been me. Millions of men came to fight in this war and I find it incredible that I am the only one left.
          —Commenting on graves at a Flanders war cemetery, July 2007.

What a coward, Bill Kristol must be ashamed that this man walked the same Earth he does.

[benjipwns]

jeez, the last American alive to serve in WWI, did again in WWII and wound up a Japanese POW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buckles

When asked the secret of long life, Buckles replied that being hopeful and not hurrying were key traits, adding: "When you start to die ... don't"

deal with it Kara

Buckles was the Honorary Chairman of the World War I Memorial Foundation,[48] which seeks refurbishment of the District of Columbia War Memorial and its establishment as the National World War I Memorial on the National Mall. He was named ABC's World News Tonight's "Person of the Week" on March 22, 2009, in recognition of his efforts to set up the memorial.[49] Those efforts continued, as Buckles appeared before Congress on December 3, 2009, advocating on behalf of such legislation.[44][50][51][52] He did so as the oldest person who ever testified before Congress.[24] On Armistice Day (i.e. Veterans Day) of 2010, he made a further appeal:

"We still do not have a national memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor the Americans who sacrificed with their lives during World War I. On this eve of Veterans Day, I call upon the American people and the world to help me in asking our elected officials to pass the law for a memorial to World War I in our nation's capital. These are difficult times, and we are not asking for anything elaborate. What is fitting and right is a memorial that can take its place among those commemorating the other great conflicts of the past century. On this 92nd anniversary of the armistice, it is time to move forward with honor, gratitude, and resolve."[21][53]

Passage of the legislation remained in doubt, because opponents sought relocation of the proposed monument, or alternatively some benefit for the District of Columbia.[54][55] As of July 2013, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey was concerned that such a memorial would lead to the National Mall becoming "cluttered".[56]

the National Mall becoming cluttered by something that already exists

has he seen the National Mall and surrounding area?

[Great Rumbler]

BBC doc about the last surviving WW1 veteran to serve in the trenches:

[VomKriege]

Tom Chick & Qt3, making imbeciles (preemptively !) butthurt since 2007

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202880413&postcount=5243

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202881661&postcount=5252

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202885529&postcount=5288

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202880797&postcount=5248

 

[benjipwns]

  Tom Chick

I always like the complaint that because his tastes are wildly different (I mean, just look at the games he loves more than what he doesn't) from the standard reviewers he shouldn't be reviewing games.

He'll call a game uninteresting and that this and this made him dislike it early and it didn't seem to get better so he was bored and people go OMG YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REVIEW GAMES...some of the funniest ones for this are his Call of Duty reviews because they're all over the place. (Which is interestingly how people now are seeming to look back at the games in the series, there's like two they really like, one that's okay, and some boring, garbage and/or boring garbage.)

I also like the ongoing thing where Metacritic won't fix their scale for his site and he doesn't care about Metacritic enough to pester them about it.

It's too bad he made this though: http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/03/24/the-official-journey-review-faq/

Q: Aren’t you the guy who gave [insert game here] a [insert low rating here]?

A: Yes, that was probably me.

Q: Why did you give Journey a 40%?

A: I didn’t. Quarter to Three uses a five star scale. One of the reasons I avoid percentage ratings is that too many people associate it with grade school, where anything below a 70% is a failing grade. Any scale where only the top third of the ratings is considered acceptable is a broken scale. Which is fine for children doing multiple choice questions about The Scarlet Letter, isosceles triangles, or the capital of France. But adults evaluating entertainment should be afforded the full range of any ratings scale.

Q: Okay, why did you give Journey 2 stars?

A: At this point, I would refer you to the actual text. Ratings or scores are the least interesting part of a discussion about an opinion. But basically it comes down to me putting Journey a notch below the middle of the scale, which would be 2 1/2 stars. Hence, 2 stars.

Q: Why did you give [insert game here] a perfect score?

A: Again, I would refer you to the text of a review. I would also like to point out that I take issue with the idea of a perfect score. That implies a perfect game. I’d rather call 5 stars what it is, namely the “highest score”. That’s a much less loaded way to express how a reviewer uses his highest score.

Q: Why isn’t your review objective?

A: That’s not how I write. Furthermore, I would argue that’s not how a review works. To me, a review is one person articulating his experience with a movie, a book, an album, a game, or whatever. That person will bring his own voice, context, and even baggage to the review, none of which is “objective”. If you want objective reviews, try IGN. I hear they’re very good at that sort of thing.

Q: Say, aren’t you a failed actor?

A: You could put it that way. Among the things I’ve done in Los Angeles are delivering sandwiches and acting. Creatively speaking, they were equally gratifying. As an actor, I have had the honor of personally frustrating Joss Whedon, Allison Janney, and Rob Lowe. I have a Kevin Bacon number of 1.

truth fact: he was Oscar's boyfriend on The Office, also was in a NewsRadio episode but I couldn't pick him out as I watched it

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202882539&postcount=5262

The guardians 10 (5 stars) and Shacknews' 9 hasn't been added to the list. I'm also guessing we will get a few more 10's.
Hopefully this hits 95 or at least stays at 94.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202905569&postcount=5386

Also who the heck said this wasn't funny in comparison with UC2. This is just as funny. In a more witty, Frasier-esque way, but equally funny. I've had a bunch of good belly laughs already

[mormapope]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202925477&postcount=2407

Oh my fucking god.


OH.MY.FUCKING.GOD!!!!!!!


The fucking E3 set piece?? FUCK.

I cannot come up with the right words to describe the experience of actually playing that shit on your own TV yourself.


The build up to it is fucking crazy. I swear to god I am not lying, I'm literally shaken up. I feel like I just got off a fucking roller coaster. Idk what the fuck happened just now but that shit was straight up sensory overload.


That shit had to be the best fucking thing I've ever seen in a video game, scratch that entertainment medium period. Nothing else has ever come close.

Youtube videos and text doesn't do it justice.

Actually playing it does. It's slightly different so even if you saw it, it's as if it was my first time seeing it.

I had the PS Golds on...

The sound, the fucking intensity of everything was at fucking 11.

This is literally not just the best "Uncharted" set piece, this is the best video game set piece, action scene ever fucking made. I swear to god, your jaw will drop or your money back guaranteed!


Oh my god. This game is worth the hype brehs. GOTG material here just for that shit alone.

AHHHHH Fuck yo I'm literally pumped full of adrenaline and it's 4AM!

I cannot even imagine that scene running at 60fps on PS4Neo.

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202927633&postcount=2430

Yes.

> It was incredible to watch.
> It was literally unbelievable to play.

I was shouting. I was screaming. I was laughing.

You don't realise just how much you're in control of that scene every instant. You're in control of climbing up/down the rope, where to swing, which guys to shoot, which cars to jump to. It's all so dynamic and 100% fucking thrilling from the first moment.

Just incredible.

You want to know the sad truth? They made it look better than it actually looks. Well, some of it.

[Your Stalker]

I need whatever drugs he's on.

[Let's Cyber]

Yeah Uncharted is amazing....as a privilaged white, cis man power fantasy simulator where you "globe trot" aka impose American Imperialism on impoverished countries while killing hundreds if not thousands of PoC for nothing more than treasure and fame

Uncharted is a modern retelling of the greedy, genocidal Christopher Columbus and anyone that purchases UC4 doesn't care to understand the plight minorities face all across the world



lol jk 

[Yulwei]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1215937

[VomKriege]

The meltdown edit is what makes the post. OP seems to be assuming way too much (triangle disturbance = cloaking = massive spaceship QED. Also he's estimating distance and size which is known to be mistake prone at night).

UFOlogy is one of the richest crackpot pseudoscience out there.

[Mr. Nobody]

Yeah Uncharted is amazing....as a privilaged white, cis man power fantasy simulator where you "globe trot" aka impose American Imperialism on impoverished countries while killing hundreds if not thousands of PoC for nothing more than treasure and fame

Uncharted is a modern retelling of the greedy, genocidal Christopher Columbus and anyone that purchases UC4 doesn't care to understand the plight minorities face all across the world



lol jk 

I'd say I'd be tempted to post this but I forgot, feds watching

eat shit besada you fat pig 

[Joe Molotov]

I need whatever drugs he's on.

PS Golds, bro.

[TakingBackSunday]

Am I the only one who doesn't give two shits about uncharted 4

[zomgee]

Am I the only one who doesn't give two shits about uncharted 4

I think it's more that you're not emotionally and spiritually invested in it. And that's pretty healthy.

[Cerveza mas fina]

is it ok to like uc and tr reboot?

[zomgee]

is it ok to like uc and tr reboot?

CHOOSE.

[Kara]

jeez, the last American alive to serve in WWI, did again in WWII and wound up a Japanese POW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Buckles

When asked the secret of long life, Buckles replied that being hopeful and not hurrying were key traits, adding: "When you start to die ... don't"

deal with it Kara

Died   
February 27, 2011
(aged 110 years, 26 days)

Hmmm, guess he didn't take his own advice.

[Rufus]

That's sounds like it's from a Discworld novel. "To fly, continuously dodge the ground."

[FStop7]

That's sounds like it's from a Discworld novel. "To fly, continuously dodge the ground."

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. Its knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

[pilonv1]

Am I the only one who doesn't give two shits about uncharted 4

The only thing I can say positive about Uncharted is that it makes for a nice change from the endless fawning over Souls games

[pilonv1]

Tom Chick

I always like the complaint that because his tastes are wildly different (I mean, just look at the games he loves more than what he doesn't) from the standard reviewers he shouldn't be reviewing games.

He'll call a game uninteresting and that this and this made him dislike it early and it didn't seem to get better so he was bored and people go OMG YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REVIEW GAMES...some of the funniest ones for this are his Call of Duty reviews because they're all over the place. (Which is interestingly how people now are seeming to look back at the games in the series, there's like two they really like, one that's okay, and some boring, garbage and/or boring garbage.)

I also like the ongoing thing where Metacritic won't fix their scale for his site and he doesn't care about Metacritic enough to pester them about it.

Tom is such a boss that Paradox hate him yet still sent him some Stellaris review code to stream

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?77507-Stellaris-grand-strategy-space-game-by-Paradox-discussy-thingy-thready-thingy&p=3975375&viewfull=1#post3975375

Yeah, pretty much this. Johan -- to his credit -- finally contacted me and said they weren't comfortable helping someone cover their games when that coverage would "hurt them" on Metacritic.

[VomKriege]

Chick also had a podcast with the Metacritic founder, not listened yet but he's one for transparency in his method (or obviously he's just scheming how to best troll the system and cause the ruin of the score fore poor small AAA games). It's pretty sad to read that even Paradox is anxious over it, though it might be also be that their CEO has the reputation of being... colourfoul, erratic and assertive...?

Meanwhile the "UC4 review thread" is now not even about anything review related anymore (not even the metacritic) but page after page of preloading, amazon shipment and obligatory circle jerk hype.

Am I the only one who doesn't give two shits about uncharted 4

The only thing I can say positive about Uncharted is that it makes for a nice change from the endless fawning over Souls games

With a game for each franchise this year, it's gotta get ugly when it will be the awards season 

[benjipwns]

is it ok to like uc and tr reboot?

You will be forced to choose.

[pilonv1]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202935687&postcount=53

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202938531&postcount=107

"Please stay out of my console safe space"

spoiler (click to show/hide)

What happened to the guy in the hat looking like he was thinking emoticon?

[close]

[Take My Breh Away]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202935687&postcount=53

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202938531&postcount=107

"Please stay out of my console safe space"

spoiler (click to show/hide)

What happened to the guy in the hat looking like he was thinking emoticon?

[close]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202986579&postcount=278

 

Seriously though. PS4 neo GPU sounds like it's kicking around the power level of a R380X. Fairly decent upgrade, but it's not going to be near Fury X or GTX 1080 levels like the stanleys are hoping. Or even the GTX 1070 for that matter. 

[Rman]

What's with GAF's obsession with Crash Bandicoot these days?

[archie4208]

What's with GAF's obsession with Crash Bandicoot these days?

Sony stans are nostalgic over what is possibly their first video game ever. 

[mormapope]

Xbox boys should start stanning for Blinx and Voodoo Vince. Threads would probably get locked though.
 

[Cerveza mas fina]

What's with GAF's obsession with Crash Bandicoot these days?

Sony stans are nostalgic over what is possibly their first video game ever. 

[mormapope]

Crash always seemed like "this would be a really fun rental" type of series. I remember getting the third game in the series as a present, and I remember getting really bored by the middle or last 1/3 of the game. I had more fun with the Bugs Bunny time travelling platformer than Crash 3.

Platformers are one of the easiest genres to grow out of. Classic 2D Mario was never about collecting shit, it was about speed and doing shit right based on memory and skill. When collecting shit became the focal point for platformers, specifically the 3D era of platforming, its easy to check out and never want to play another one ever again.

That's why Conker's Bad Fur Day is still a classic, its a linear game with puzzles, point A to B platforming, and action. There was very little fluff.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Kind of like when open world games became about doing menial tasks of the Ubisoft variety and not just running around

[mormapope]

Open world games need to move past GTA 3's design. Ubisoft games are still GTA 3 for main missions, but main missions in Ubisoft games amount for four or five hours of gameplay it feels like. All that side shit makes the main game look bigger and more complex.

Its also about using the map and the space in the map correctly. Majority of open world games do that poorly.

[VomKriege]

What's with GAF's obsession with Crash Bandicoot these days?

Sony stans are nostalgic over what is possibly their first video game ever. 

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=202997861

Obviously it's Activision that is out of touch not to have revived yet some B grade mascot.

[demi]

idk man the first three games are pretty fire. Glad I took advantage of the hiccup PSN had that let you buy Spyro and Crash for Vita (they arent supposed to be playable on US Vitas for some reason).


After that . . . . .


Conker is awesome too. I replayed it recently for Rare Replay. Until the "WAR" segment which is easily the worst part of the game. Then it gets awesome again with the Matrix and Alien final levels.

[qq more]

http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/uncharted_4/features/article/uncharted_4_review_an_apology.html



I love this

[SmokyDave]

http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/uncharted_4/features/article/uncharted_4_review_an_apology.html



I love this

Fuck, I just chuckled at a games site. Haven't done that since UK Resistance was around.

Oh, I'm also one of those cunts that likes all the Uncharted games, and thinks the 'new' Tomb Raider games are shit hot too.

[octopushover]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216227


 

i haven't seen a struggle boner this big since the days of 256-colour dial-up porn

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216227


 

i haven't seen a struggle boner this big since the days of 256-colour dial-up porn

lawl, he whipped out his dong for a bot

The Future is here!

[Atramental]

OP forgot rule #37 of the internet. There are no girls on the internet. 

[Brehvolution]

Yeah Uncharted is amazing....as a privilaged white, cis man power fantasy simulator where you "globe trot" aka impose American Imperialism on impoverished countries while killing hundreds if not thousands of PoC for nothing more than treasure and fame

That's the best thing about being white, doe

The absolute best part is taking a couple of shots and being able to shake it off after a few seconds. 

[archie4208]

http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/uncharted_4/features/article/uncharted_4_review_an_apology.html



I love this

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216253

Some of those replies. 

[VomKriege]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=203005829

 

[Joe Molotov]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=203005829

 

But other than, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

[Great Rumbler]

What's with GAF's obsession with Crash Bandicoot these days?

Spyro was better.

Spyro was one of the first games I got for the PS1. The controls could be kinda derp at times, but it was still an incredibly fun game with a lot of personality.

[Jansen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216295

This shit reads like marketing

[VomKriege]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203014999&postcount=209

I'm no stickler for 60fps, it probably doesn't hurt the gameplay (though if I wanted to be snarky I could wonder if that's not a sign that it's not that tight or precise either) and I'm sure Uncharted 4 looks spectacular considering the hardware constraints but the defensiveness is hilarious. Maybe I'm too cynical but I also found odd that the framerate thing is not even a discussion anymore (there was a decree by The Wise GAF Hivemind™ when it became known that it was not relevant, apparently) when a lot of games get lambasted from a pretty vocal minority for being 30fps.

[Take My Breh Away]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203014999&postcount=209

I'm no stickler for 60fps, it probably doesn't hurt the gameplay (though if I wanted to be snarky I could wonder if that's not a sign that it's not that tight or precise either) and I'm sure Uncharted 4 looks spectacular considering the hardware constraints but the defensiveness is hilarious. Maybe I'm too cynical but I also found odd that the framerate thing is not even a discussion anymore when a lot of games get lambasted from a pretty vocal minority for being 30fps.

PR filled their heads with "Targeting 60FPS" and the reveal trailer at E3 2014 was in 60FPS. Sony PR and Naughty Dog implied the absolute crap out of "This game will be 60FPS" even when the first demo of the game in December 2014 was 30FPS and then just backed down at E3 last year. It's a sore point for Sony stans who were absolutely convinced of "Give me 1080P 60FPS or Give me death"

They marketed the PS4 too well that their own fanboys either expect impossible things or run damage control on why Sony changed things even when it's obvious that "The console can't handle it". Politicians would kill for the hold console brands have on some people.   

[Yulwei]

This shit reads like marketing

lmao

the NeoGaf™ experience

[bork]

I can't believe he spent so much time making a thread on a 10 year old E3 reveal.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216283

[VomKriege]

This shit reads like marketing

lmao

the NeoGaf™ experience

Speaking of which :

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216283

I get the value of looking back on those type of things, I guess... The OP is still unsettling.

EDIT : What he said !

[Rufus]

When you don't like the future, you focus on the past.

[Joe Molotov]

Yeah, but when your past kinda sucks too... 

[VomKriege]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203023595&postcount=71

And to celebrate this 10 year anniversary of an amazing E3 showing that started off the Wii's life to ultimately become one of the most successful pieces of videogame hardware ever, Nintendo this year will take a big fat steaming shit on all of our faces and do absolutely nothing

 

[zomgee]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

[bork]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203023595&postcount=71

And to celebrate this 10 year anniversary of an amazing E3 showing that started off the Wii's life to ultimately become one of the most successful pieces of videogame hardware ever, Nintendo this year will take a big fat steaming shit on all of our faces and do absolutely nothing

 

 

[mormapope]

360/PS3 only got better as time went on. The Wii was the most alluring before it actually launched.

The idea of owning only a Wii during that gen 

360 versus PS3 was a pretty good rivalry early on in that generation.