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Hey all! Until very recently I have only had the means to play my Switch in handheld/portable mode. (Yes, that mournful braying you hear in the background is that of perhaps the singularly saddest trombone.) Beyond that, being a Nintendo guy, I’ve never really had the chance to play any HD games. But after moving into a new apartment and Uncle Sam deciding to give us a bigger than expected tax return, my wife and I got a pretty nice projector! I’m super excited to try out some HD games on the big screen (wall?), but I admit I am a bit out of the loop when it comes to what’s out there for Switch.

I have Zelda, Smash, Splatoon 2 and a handful of indie games, but not much else. And I like pretty much all genres of games other than sports/racing. So please, enlighten me, and hit me up with your recommendations for some of the prettiest Switch games out there. ^_^

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General Gaming / Re: Board Game Discussion!
« on: March 21, 2019, 02:42:42 AM »
Currently some coworkers and I get together to play once or twice a month, so we get to try a few new ones.

Jealous. I recently moved and all my board game friends are far away. ;<

And yes, Catan and Ticket to Ride are why we’re having this discussion today. 😬

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General Gaming / Re: Board Game Discussion!
« on: March 21, 2019, 02:39:09 AM »
Yay, my peeps!

There is a sandstorm element in Desert that’s pretty different from anything in Island (that’s how the tiles get buried iirc), but there are similarities, too... trying to collect certain things, parts of the map becoming unavailable (but you can reclaim (excavate) them temporarily)... umm but yes, good ones! Lots I haven’t heard of too, which is cool. :D

But don't just ask - tell us what you like too!

Oooh ok ok—
Probably my favorite, which just got a rerelease this past year... Pillars of the Earth. Worker placement game where you’re trying to contribute the most toward building a cathedral in medieval England. It’s based on a book series by Ken Follett but you don’t need to have read them to enjoy the game. Absolutely beautiful art and production.

Letters from Whitechapel is another favorite. One player takes on the role of Jack the Ripper and the others play as constables trying to catch him before he completes his fourth grisly murder. Hidden movement game.

I’d also have to say that Dead of Winter is right up there too. Really dig the storytelling aspect to that one. Zombies are generally a good time, too. ;)

So, any games on the horizon that you’re stoked about?? What’s the hot thing out there these days??

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Golf clap to Steefosaurus for providing an epic final day, and khush and pokepal for being the unbreakable townie duo. Also, I wonder how many times MASB nearly blocked our hits... Anyway, this was a fun time, thanks for having me back. And sorry to my mafia peeps for my presence being so spotty. Work+toddler+being sick+moving to a new apartment = a bunch of lame excuses!

We had challenges after day 1 because decoyman was largely unresponsive and Lucario wanted me to communicate via the NWR discord, although I had never been on there before, so I didn't want to raise suspicion as to why I was there all of the sudden during the middle of the game.  Turns out it didn't matter much in the end.

It was close in the end! Kudos to lolmonade and lucario for keeping us in it after I went out. Never forget what coulda been... it woulda been glorious... *fistbump*

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General Gaming / Re: Board Game Discussion!
« on: March 17, 2019, 05:23:40 PM »
Sort of have this thread.

I swear I did a search before I posted. ;(

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General Gaming / Board Game Discussion!
« on: March 17, 2019, 04:20:42 PM »
I'm kind of surprised a board game discussion thread doesn't exist here! I've been playing more board games (the physical kind) than video games for the last few years, and I love everything about them. The tactile nature of all the pieces, the way it brings friends/family together, the strategy, the art... I've even started designing my own board game! (But that is a topic for another time…)

Any other board gamers around here? What's your favorite game/genre/mechanic/etc.? Why? Any board game you've really been playing (or wanting to play) a lot of lately, or are looking forward to releasing?

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Resident Evil 2 Revelations
…Let's make the game harder with bad gameplay!…

Resident Evil 2 Revelations
…- This game is BROWN, it's HD console in 2007 brown. It gives Gears or War 1 a run for its money. It gives Resistance Fall of Man a run for its money!

Hallmarks of the series, both! :D

I recently played Dust: An Elysian Tale, and had a good time with it. It's a modern, side-scrolling, metroidvania adventure/buddy-copswordsman game with great graphics/effects, decent voice-acting, and fun (if a bit button-mashy) gameplay all under a Disney-esque exterior.

My only complaint with it is that it ends rather suddenly. They spend the whole game building up this villain who seems like he might be sort of sympathetic, but suddenly the game's over and much of the build-up just disappears without any resolution. He's just evil, it turns out, don't worry about it! And then I read a developer diary and realized that yeah, there was supposed to be another chapter after that one, but it got cut when they were trying to meet this Xbox Live Summer deadline. So… that explains that.

Still, it's a good play and I'd recommend it. It's all the more amazing because it was designed almost solely by this formally trained animator who'd never designed a game before and taught himself pretty much everything he needed to create it (i.e., LOTS OF PROGRAMMING).

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia 79 Dead Thread - Nintendo is teh D00med
« on: March 16, 2019, 08:17:40 PM »
The day thread is oddly quiet and somehow doesn't have any votes yet. 

IF I WERE STILL ALIVE AT LEAST YOU WOULD HAVE SOME MEDIOCRE, PINT-SIZED CLEANING SIMULATION ROLE-PLAYING GOING ON.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia 79 Dead Thread - Nintendo is teh D00med
« on: March 16, 2019, 05:56:09 PM »
Chibi robo, with newly re-attached arm, scampered down the ventilation shaft once again. He was feeling rejuvenated, ready for whatever lay ahead. He wanted to find Telly, say thank you. He had been in a dark place for awhile, thanks to… well, he still couldn't recall, but the fog that had clouded his mind was beginning to lift. He grabbed his toothbrush and stopped to clean a smudge from the ventilation shaft wall. Happy points erupted and flitted here and there.

Yes, Chibi was back.

As he musically padded down the narrow shaft toward a pinpoint of light, he noticed a small rumbling under his feet. The ventilation shaft began shaking violently, and Chibi robo was thrown to the ground. Then he was falling, falling, falling—the whole shaft had dislodged and hit the ground with a crash. Dazed, the little robot crawled from the debris and looked around. It was night out still, but there were bright lights blinding him, and keeping him from seeing what was happening or where he was. But that was of no concern—all he could think of was the mess laying before him. He pulled his toothbrush out once again and began doing his best to clean up the mess. Happy points flitted to and fro as he made slow, agonizing progress. But he didn't mind, this was his duty!

Then he heard the voices, but they didn't sound like friendly voices. The bright lights dimmed slightly, and he saw figures—five of them—standing around him. There was a backhoe idling behind them—that must've been what brought down the ventilation shaft! But why? Why??

"Your time is up, Chibi," one figure babbled to him. His last thought as the backhoe blade fell down upon his little tincan head was, I wish I could have cleaned that blade, I'm sure it would've made the driver so happy.

And then with a crash and a crunch, Chibi robo was no more. Telly wept silently in the distance.







//You monsters.

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Chibi robo looks blankly at the carnage, then takes out his toothbrush to clean up.

No happy points appear as he scrubs.

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Gotta say, the way the discussion is going doesn’t have me feeling good voting for nickmitch. I think I’m gonna go a different route and vote MASB.

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P.S. –

Stevey has a known vedetta :ph: against Khushrenada

I'm glad to see there are some constants in this world. ^_^

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Chibi robo tap-tap-taps his way down the ventilation shaft until he sees a dim light and hears indistinct voices. He props open the vent with his spoon quietly, so quietly, then sits down, dangling his legs over the edge, and watches silently.

Below he sees Reggie Fils-Aimes and Doug Bowser arguing over something. They are shouting and gesturing wildly, but it all sounds like gibberish to Chibi robo. He is interrupted by the sound of whirring nearby. Spinning around, he whips out his Drake Redcrest blaster and points it in the direction of the noise. It is Telly, shaking nervously.

Telly: bl fhbhlah blf ahlhvlh bahl blbhlblah (Chibi, I'm worried about you. What is going on? You can talk to me!)

Chibi robo remains silent, pointing the blaster at the annoying helicopter tv. It is at this point that they both realize that it is suddenly very quiet in the room below. Chibi risks a glance down, but the two executives are nowhere to be seen. He turns back toward Telly, but Telly has disappeared as well. But sitting there in the ventilation shaft where Telly had been… is Chibi robo's arm. It has been polished and the wires and gears prepared for reattachment.

Chibi turns back to the empty room, puts away the blaster, and sits.

And sits.

And sits.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia 79 Dead Thread - Nintendo is teh D00med
« on: March 12, 2019, 08:40:02 PM »
WELP

Probability-wise, you saved a townie last night. All you had to do was be murdered twice. D:

*pours one out for ShyGuy*

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//I should say my role-playing is just for fun and doesn't correlate with anything. I was just too lazy sentimental to change my decades-old avatar and also too easily bored to play as normal chibi robo, ha

Now, to get down to business… It sounds like pokepal is using the logic and the strategy, so I am inspired and going to try that too. Time to delve into the back-threads for a little research...

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From high atop a shelf in the NoA executive offices, Chibi robo had silently watched the bloodbath. Again, his dark, unblinking eyes belied his true feelings. Without a word, he rose and leapt from the shelf. He fell, air whizzing by and ground rapidly approaching, gyro sensors spinning wildly. He hit the ground with a crunch, squarely on his left arm. From the sound, it was clear that the arm was damaged likely beyond repair, and a quick visual inspection confirmed. It was mangled, twisted and bent in an unnatural direction. Chibi regarded it coldly for a moment, as something other than a part of himself, then without hesitation reached over with his right claw and ripped his left arm clean off in a shower of sparks and oil.

Telly, watching from a distance in absolute shock, began moving toward Chibi but reconsidered and fluttered into the shadows. Chibi dropped his severed left arm, put on his Drake Redclaw costume, the helmet which now had a cracked visor, and cauterized the damage with a shot from his blaster. With a festive chime, his head-lid popped open and out came his pink spoon. Without a word (or an exclamation panel, he skipped off into the ventilation tunnels.

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Hey, guys! Kit Ellis reporting in. Busy burning the midnight oil getting another episode of Nintendo Minute ready.

I was sad to hear that Reggie was retiring, but then my boss, Doug Bowser...

//Umm, I've been out of the Nintendo loop for awhile, but is this a real guy?? I thought maybe you made up a silly name, Insanolord? But then again, if so, where is Phil Mario or Felicia Peach?//

Chibi robo has climbed high up onto a shelf and is watching the proceedings from afar. His head-lid pops up with a festive sound effect and out pops... a blank sign.

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What
as kaz hirai wearing a mario disguise, i most vote my conscience.

vote decoyman

Chibi robo is too busy vacuuming up some muddy shoeprints (??) to notice.

Telly: Blbaha fblha flha blahglhalahblah blblblah! (you've just been voted for in mafia by drewmg!)

Chibi robo looks up from cleaning and locks eyes with drewmg. Is it a look of sadness? Of surprise? Or something more sinister? Whatever the case, chibi robo's cold, dark, emotionless eyes do not look away.



Finally Chibi robo looks away and resumes cleaning as if nothing had happened. Telly, shaken, is nowhere to be seen.

Chibi robo finishes cleaning, opens his head-lid, and pops on his frog costume. He picks up his plug and wanders off to find an outlet.

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What
as kaz hirai wearing a mario disguise, i most vote my conscience.

vote decoyman

Chibi robo is too busy vacuuming up some muddy shoeprints (??) to notice.

Telly: Blbaha fblha flha blahglhalahblah blblblah! (you've just been voted for in mafia by drewmg!)

Chibi robo looks up from cleaning and locks eyes with drewmg. Is it a look of sadness? Of surprise? Or something more sinister? Whatever the case, chibi robo's cold, dark, emotionless eyes do not look away.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia 79 Sign-Ups: Nintendo of America Power Struggle
« on: February 26, 2019, 03:39:35 PM »
Aw, it's nice to see some familiar faces. <3

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia 79 Sign-Ups: Nintendo of America Power Struggle
« on: February 25, 2019, 07:23:19 PM »
i am trying to recruit decoyman back to the forums to join

:D





(in!)

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Future Mafia Games
« on: February 25, 2019, 07:21:41 PM »
… mafia? :D

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Forum Snap Poll: How Sold Are You on the Switch?
« on: March 03, 2017, 11:57:54 AM »
Well, despite not having bought a new system since Wii launch, I had to choose the top option.

Came for the Zelda, will stay for whatever else shows up.

P.S. – Hey erybody!

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TalkBack / Re: E3 Caption Contest Amiibo Giveaway Day 1
« on: June 19, 2015, 03:46:48 PM »
Not quite a thousand words. You call that a caption? Did you even look at the picture?

I thought you'd be flattered – I was doing my best Khushrenada impression! ;D

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TalkBack / Re: New Side-Scrolling Chibi Robo Coming to 3DS in Japan
« on: June 18, 2015, 11:58:36 PM »
I want that amiibo like so bad you guys.

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