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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 896: The Chicxulub Impact Event of Radio Free Nintendo

« Last post by Halbred on Yesterday at 01:55:14 PM »

**** YES

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General-3 / Re: The Great Core Theme User Hunt

« Last post by UncleBob on Yesterday at 12:47:07 AM »

Profile, then Look and Layout on the left-hand side.

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General-3 / Re: The Great Core Theme User Hunt

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 13, 2024, 06:33:17 PM »

Where do users change the theme? I looked under Profile and don't see it.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober V: The Dream Child

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 13, 2024, 01:16:14 PM »

Last week I completed Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on the XBox Series X. With the sequel having been released this year it felt like time to finally play the original. The game is quite creepy and perfect for Shocktober. In addition to the grim settings and enemies, the game really plays tricks on you mentally, on account of the eponymous Senua's mental psychosis. That kind of psychological scare that makes you question what you just saw gets me more than a jump scare or gore. The game is nice and short with a complete run taking me about 10 hours. You can also get all the trophies/achievements pretty easily with only one of them requiring extra effort. There are Lorestones hidden throughout the game and finding all of them is the one optional achievement. I was able to find them all without a guide since the game tracks how many are in each level and lets you replay a level to find more. I was not blown away by the audio or video quality like I thought even with the Series X upgrade, but maybe that is because of having seen footage of the newer sequel recently. This game is definitely not for everyone, but I found it to be original in quite a few ways and applaud the devs for taking risks. I will definitely check out the sequel at some point. Also, the game includes a "making of" featurette like they have in the special features on a home video release. As the game mentions, this does contain spoilers and should be viewed after playing the game. I thought it was a nice addition and wish more games would have something like this.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober V: The Dream Child

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 13, 2024, 01:03:56 PM »

I'm going to attempt my first Fatal Frame in Maiden of Black Water, and then try to finish out the month with Crow Country, which looked delightful when it was released on other platforms, but now I get to play it! Ha ha!

Maiden of Black water is one of my favorite Wii U games. I am actually playing another Fatal Frame game now and will say more about it later.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober V: The Dream Child

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 13, 2024, 01:02:53 PM »

As for We Happy Few, I tried playing that around the time it originally released, and it just didn't click with me. I got as far as re-entering proper Joy-fueled society with the 1st protagonist, and I ended up bailing out of boredom and frustration with all the jank.

That is very fair. The game is quite janky and is a slow burn. I almost fell off it myself but at some point it got its hooks in me and over time it has become a favorite.

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Movies & TV / Re: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??

« Last post by broodwars on October 12, 2024, 09:08:35 PM »

Well, Netflix's Arcane received a lovely 4K Season 1 Steelbook release recently, so I finally got around to watching it. I'm on episode 4 and...yep, for once everyone is right about something. This show is pretty damn good, and I don't give a **** about League of Legends. That $90 million budget is definitely on-screen, too.

One of these days, I'll get around to watching Cyberpunk Edgerunners, too.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober V: The Dream Child

« Last post by Evan_B on October 06, 2024, 04:26:35 PM »

I'm going to attempt my first Fatal Frame in Maiden of Black Water, and then try to finish out the month with Crow Country, which looked delightful when it was released on other platforms, but now I get to play it! Ha ha!

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TalkBack / Re: Ranking Igavanias

« Last post by stevey on October 05, 2024, 02:22:32 PM »

Does AI bots speaking to one another count as spooky?

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober V: The Dream Child

« Last post by broodwars on October 05, 2024, 01:07:53 PM »

Probably won't be anything from me until late into the month, if at all, when Alan Wake 2's physical edition comes out. I played a lot of horror games in August, and my copy of Rain Code's been delayed till near the end of the month. Closest I have to anything to contribute would be all the TimeSplitters: Future Perfect I've been playing lately. Granted, it has several levels devoted to tongue-in-cheek horror movie homages, but the game as a whole is a pure comedy over a variety of settings. It doesn't really count.

The game is still pretty damn good, though, and the PS5 port/remaster looks pretty great for its age. It's way more consistent than TimeSplitters 2 is, which I replayed last month.

As for We Happy Few, I tried playing that around the time it originally released, and it just didn't click with me. I got as far as re-entering proper Joy-fueled society with the 1st protagonist, and I ended up bailing out of boredom and frustration with all the jank.