It was a mistake. It's nothing but trash.

Trailer from last night's American Music Awards:

I'd like a decent fireteam for Arena. Randoms aren't cutting it for me.

...I've been playing a few hours every day for about a week and I'm getting better than the folks I get matched up with.

Quote from: Kupo No Pico on November 22, 2015, 09:24:01 PM

Quote from: The Lord Tape Measure on November 22, 2015, 09:23:30 PM

Quote from: Kupo No Pico on November 22, 2015, 09:17:40 PM

Quote from: The Lord Tape Measure on November 22, 2015, 09:17:03 PM

Quote from: Kupo No Pico on November 22, 2015, 09:16:11 PM

Quote from: The Lord Tape Measure on November 22, 2015, 11:43:26 AM

Yes it counts, don't let anyone tell you otherwise

exactly what a virgin would say

Too bad I'm not a virgin

oh

Yeah that's right

dickpicsssssss

Ew no I'm not like that

stop

Quote from: Kupo No Pico on November 22, 2015, 09:14:14 PM

>implying this is new

That's my point. The Nazi allegories have honestly been done to death in Hollywood. Pick another boogeyman to saturate the industry with, like honestly.

Like half the point of Star Wars was Lucas' futuristic World War II fantasy (the other half being a retelling/thingy of 'The Hidden Fortress')

it's kind of hard to just ditch that fact and still have it be 'Star Wars'

Yes it counts, don't let anyone tell you otherwise

exactly what a virgin would say

Thank fucksgiving

Quote from: Kupo No Pico on November 22, 2015, 08:40:18 PM

ur a faget-chan

um yes

Another TV spot with tiny snippets of new footage:


Also, Stephen Colbert sat down with JJ Abrams, who revealed a few things about the film, chiefly that there's not as much lens flare as his other films, and that the movie is very nearly complete.

I'm much more open to the idea that mass surveillance is actually helpful, despite being a unilateral human rights abuse. The recent tensions re: refugees and the possibility of extremists hiding among them is what prompted me to have a little more faith in the PATRIOT Act and America's ability to keep the people safe.

There's zero evidence to believe that, though. The government likes to say that mass spying has stopped '50' terrorist plots, but that number remains completely unsubstantiated to this day.

Now, clandestine operations such as spying are important to the security of a free state. Targeted spying has centuries of evidence supporting its efficacy. Mass spying has zilch. The only proven thing about it is that it can and will be abused.

OT: Obama is an ineffective foreign policy leader and the US needs to finally intervene against ISIS.

Quote from: Kîýøhïmę on November 22, 2015, 06:23:34 PM

Alright, fair point regarding the ironically named Phantom.

I'm having difficulty understanding this 'lack of games' thing, though. From what I've seen, the 360 has 1,162 disc games versus the PS3's 1026, for starters. It managed to wrangle games that would have been PS3 exclusives, such as GTA IV, LA Noire, Devil May Cry, Virtua Fighter, FF XIII, and others. Could you elaborate?

"No games" is a common expression that means "no good games" or "no games worth playing."

It's not meant to be taken literally.

Oh.

Yeah, I can't imagine you being interested in endless Gears or Halo sequels or stunted fighting game communities. PS3 sounds like your cup of tea. The 360's exclusives had the benefit of being decent and like, existing, when the PS3's exclusives were neither, but things changed in more recent years. There's ultimately not many 360 exclusives that are still notable today, unlike The Last of Us, or Journey, or Uncharted 1/2/3, Demon's Souls, or God of War 3, or MGS4, to name a few.

Having said that, um,

Quote from: Kîýøhïmę on November 22, 2015, 06:11:19 PM

They were all consoles at some point and failed at their basic promises. Being good, releasing, and being practical in today's world, respectively. I think they're perfectly valid examples, fam.

But they're not. How can you say that a console that was never even released is a valid example?

I could easily just say that the Xbox 360 is the worst physical non-microconsole that was actually released, but I don't really feel like I should have to say that.

Quote

The 360 took the main ideas of the original Xbox and expanded upon them dramatically. There's a reason why Ninty and Sony borrowed controller shapes and online features from the 360. It failed only by being rushed out to the market and thus having utterly unreliable hardware.

Not having any games is a pretty big downfall as well.

Alright, fair point regarding the ironically named Phantom.

I'm having difficulty understanding this 'lack of games' thing, though. From what I've seen, the 360 has 1,162 disc games versus the PS3's 1026, for starters. It managed to wrangle games that would have been PS3 exclusives, such as GTA IV, LA Noire, Devil May Cry, Virtua Fighter, FF XIII, and others. Could you elaborate?

Quote from: Kîýøhïmę on November 22, 2015, 05:21:45 PM

Xbox Live is superior between less lag

I've heard from many people that the difference is negligible at best.

Quote

not getting hacked

Getting hacked isn't a problem if you take care of your account. That is to say, don't put any money on it. Ever. Because that's just a dumb idea in the first place.

PSN being free pretty much trumps anything XBL might have over it.

Quote

and more players with microphones (if that's a problem, universal mute exists).

I fail to see how this is a "pro" anyway.

Huh, in my experience I've had an insufferable amount of lag. Granted, that's just one person's experience.

I mean, the consumer can take care of their account, but the safety of that data is 
ultimately in the hands of the company. The consumer can't practically dictate the security of their information that they've given out. And it doesn't matter if they haven't put money into it, because PSN still asks for personally identifying information such as email address, date of birth, country and state, gender, and a password, which can go a long way. The only foolproof solution is to not make an account in the first place.

I mean, free is both a pro and a con. Sony's given a few reasons to invoke the adage, "you get what you pay for."

More microphones is good for the big bunch of people who like to socialize in their games. Sony's been wise to pick up on that recently. Being in a vacuum is not why folks like to play online, silly.

Quote from: LemOh-n on November 22, 2015, 01:12:49 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on November 22, 2015, 12:50:35 PM

Quote from: CK97 on November 22, 2015, 12:48:41 PM

But i thought you were a console collector

I am, just not with Xbox. But that has more to do with price than anything else. I wouldn't spend more than $50 on a 360.

The original Xbox I have was a gift for my dad from one of his friends.

what's actually wrong with the 360 that you wouldn't spend more than $50 on one?

No games.
RRoD.
Worst controller known to mankind.
XBL is awful and isn't free.
etc.

opinion discarded

>.> to elaborate, well, RRoD is over and done with (although there is still the loud noise and disc scratching issues inherent to the older models), about the same amount of games as PS3 (but PS3 has better exclusives), controller is regarded as ergonomically correct (for the most part--but the SIXAXIS is better for fighting games, which may explain why you prefer it, assuming you do) and Xbox Live is superior between less lag, not getting hacked, and more players with microphones (if that's a problem, universal mute exists).

Ultimately, I see the 360 being remembered for the controller and Xbox Live's dominance, but PS3 will be seen as having done more for games as art. Free games won't be enough to turn around PSN's perception woes :^)

they must be really good to get a 25 memestreak