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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on February 10, 2026, 01:22:10 AM »

Saw a rather spirited debate on ANN regarding a certain recent piece of trash that was up for review, so I thought I'd take a break from gaming and partake in the feast.

I sat down and watched "Backstabbed in a backwater dungeon: My friends tried to kill me, but thanks to the gift of an unlimited gatcha I got LVL 9999 Friends and am out for Revenge on my former Party members and the world”

Go ahead. Guess what it's about.

That's right: "racism", specifically that this is a fantasy universe where humans are enslaved and tortured for fun by every other fantasy race.

And yes, it's a shameless Overlord knockoff, though at least "Light" is a slightly more morally defensible character than Ainz Ooal Gown. I checked out of that show once he started torturing prisoners who had surrendered after capturing them in a raid he arranged.

The show's not good, but it is somewhat entertaining in its trashiness. I got a good chuckle out of "Light" adopting the name "Dark" as his edgelord undercover adventurer name. At least the dub cast seem to recognize how stupid the show they're in is, so they ham it the **** up. Nice touch giving the sentient gun with the funniest lines in the show something approaching a Goofy impression.

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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« Last post by Khushrenada on February 09, 2026, 05:52:00 PM »

What will we do if the spambots win this contest?

Give them old usernames like DAaaMan64 and Ceric and pretend its those users still posting all over here.

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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« Last post by broodwars on February 09, 2026, 09:33:31 AM »

With the news about Discord this morning now requiring a Facial scan or ID to use, I expect the forums are about to become much more popular. I would hope, anyway.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by broodwars on February 08, 2026, 08:54:57 PM »

Tried the Monster Hunter Stories 3 demo. Yeah, it's certainly pretty, if suspiciously visually similar to Breath of the Wild at times, but after trying the combat this just isn't my thing. For some reason, I wasn't expecting them to still be using that predictive rock-paper-scissors combat system from the original Monster Hunter Stories, and I didn't care for the combat there, either. I also didn't like the foreboding feeling I was getting scooping up generic crafting loot off the ground every .5 seconds just walking through the overworld. Looks like a quality game if you're into what it's doing, but it's not for me.

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TalkBack / Re: Labo VR Kit To Also Serve As A Play Option For Nintendo Classics Virtual Boy Library

« Last post by broodwars on February 08, 2026, 03:16:43 PM »

If they're still gonna make things compatible with the Labo VR kit, then they should re-issue it, those cowards!

I suspect the VB games being compatible with this thing turned out to be a happy accident someone discovered testing the games with various peripherals, so they figured they might as well tell people given the general complaint online that you have to buy overpriced crap in order to play this eye-destroying crap.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by broodwars on February 08, 2026, 12:41:21 PM »

Finished off Ball x Pit and got the Plat. Fun little game, but it sure gets kinda boring and monotonous in the end game when you've unlocked all the worthwhile upgrades and basically just have levels you've already played a lot with characters you don't really like using. Can't really say the game has that much replay value, and I don't think any update is really going to help that.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by NWR_insanolord on February 06, 2026, 08:09:34 PM »

Deep Space Nine's a classic. If you liked the writing in DS9, you might want to check out the Battlestar Galactica reboot from the early 2000s, as Ronald D Moore went on from DS9 to write for that. I have issues with how that show ends, but it was pretty good for the most part.

I'm very familiar with Battlestar Galactica. I watched it as it was running and was a big fan. It's funny you mention it, though, since I was already leaning toward watching it again next, largely because a podcast I'm a fan of is currently doing a watchalong series for it.

Yeah, I should probably get around to watching those BluRays I purchased some 20 years ago of it. I just remember being so soured on that show by its final season that I don't know if I can objectively watch it again. Yes, I bought the BluRays anyway. That's just how it goes.

On a side note, I actually have a stack of DVDs I've been meaning to get to for quite some time. Back in the day, I really got into this show called The Librarians, but for some reason or another bailed on the show around its 2nd or 3rd season. It's basically a knock-off of Warehouse 13, albeit an entertaining one. I should get around to a rewatch/finally finish it, especially since I hear the show got a sequel recently...because.

BSG ran for four seasons, and I would say the first two and a half are absolutely incredible, then it stated to fade. I watched it originally, then I watched it again with some friends in college years later and they enjoyed it but were a little checked out by the end. It'll be nice to be able to binge it if I go through it again, as I remember some of the cliffhanger season endings were brutal. I specifically recall seeing the Cylons marching down the streets of New Caprica after tracking the humans down, having it cut to black and then having to wait like a year and a half to find out what happens next.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on February 06, 2026, 08:02:28 PM »

Deep Space Nine's a classic. If you liked the writing in DS9, you might want to check out the Battlestar Galactica reboot from the early 2000s, as Ronald D Moore went on from DS9 to write for that. I have issues with how that show ends, but it was pretty good for the most part.

I'm very familiar with Battlestar Galactica. I watched it as it was running and was a big fan. It's funny you mention it, though, since I was already leaning toward watching it again next, largely because a podcast I'm a fan of is currently doing a watchalong series for it.

Yeah, I should probably get around to watching those BluRays I purchased some 20 years ago of it. I just remember being so soured on that show by its final season that I don't know if I can objectively watch it again. Yes, I bought the BluRays anyway. That's just how it goes.

On a side note, I actually have a stack of DVDs I've been meaning to get to for quite some time. Back in the day, I really got into this show called The Librarians, but for some reason or another bailed on the show around its 2nd or 3rd season. It's basically a knock-off of Warehouse 13, albeit an entertaining one. I should get around to a rewatch/finally finish it, especially since I hear the show got a sequel recently...because.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by NWR_insanolord on February 06, 2026, 07:55:20 PM »

Deep Space Nine's a classic. If you liked the writing in DS9, you might want to check out the Battlestar Galactica reboot from the early 2000s, as Ronald D Moore went on from DS9 to write for that. I have issues with how that show ends, but it was pretty good for the most part.

I'm very familiar with Battlestar Galactica. I watched it as it was running and was a big fan. It's funny you mention it, though, since I was already leaning toward watching it again next, largely because a podcast I'm a fan of is currently doing a watchalong series for it.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on February 06, 2026, 07:49:24 PM »

Deep Space Nine's a classic. If you liked the writing in DS9, you might want to check out the Battlestar Galactica reboot from the early 2000s, as Ronald D Moore went on from DS9 to write for that. I have issues with how that show ends, but it was pretty good for the most part.

As for me, been doing a lot of gaming lately so as far as TV stuff is concerned it's mostly been watching a bunch of generic trash anime on Crunchyroll, as the good stuff only recently started spinning up their English dubs. Man, what happened to the variety of shows we'd get in the 90s and 2000s?

A co-worker of mine recently started getting into anime, unfortunately with the inferior Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and now with Code Geass. Trying to steer him on a better path, but apparently he plans on jumping into Evangelion after he completes Geass.

The Eva talk reminded me, though, that I'd never gotten around to watching my RahXephon BluRays, so I spent a few nights catching up on an old favorite. Man, they really don't make them like that anymore. While the show looks pretty terrible on BluRay (this being a DVD upscale), in general I think it holds up. The writing is generally pretty solid, though I didn't remember all the hinting about Haruka's origins being as blatant as it is. I'm pretty sure even toddlers figured it out by episode 5. I also don't remember the action in this series being as...bad...as it is. This is ostensibly a mecha show, and yet the mecha fights make up maybe a 1/10 of the overall show. And even when there is a fight scene, it's not particularly creative or exciting. It's very...workmanlike. It's obvious that it's just there to fulfill a necessity, as the show is much more about character relationships.

Still, can't fault that Yoko Kanno music. Apparently, she's gotten back into touring with the Seatbelts again.

Speaking of which, trying to steer the guy into watching Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star, since he's very music into Jazz music and he wants something "like Star Wars."