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Quote from: Big Boss on May 24, 2017, 06:55:05 PM

I recorded a few seconds of it while I could

That's unbelievably creepy.

Dude sounds like he's summoning satan in the next room, of course I'm getting audio.

I was just pottering about doing stuff, and I heard some noises coming from the room next to me. I couldn't make out what the hell it was at first, but it was a voice. I don't know what the fuck he was on about but it sounded reeeeal weird.

I recorded a few seconds of it while I could, but unfortunately he stopped. Might need to wear headphones cause it's a bit quiet.


Afterwards I went in and asked him if had just been talking, and he said no. I asked him if he had been playing a video, and he said no. Wtf?

sure mate I'll be right on

Quote from: huxley full-power ssb on May 24, 2017, 04:02:24 PM

Quote from: Flee on May 24, 2017, 02:55:48 PM

Goku and the gang vs. Black and Zamasu is the first real awesome fight.

you're already at the Goku Black arc? Damn. I'm waiting for the dub. I only started watching the sub in the assassinatiom episode after that arc.

Yeah man, go hard or go home. Weeb voices are bad but it's whatever. Already at episode 63.

Dunno man, I used to hate the Japanese voices but I grew to really like them in the Future Trunks saga. Especially this bit.


Don't care if anyone hates grandma Goku, Nozawa's Goku Black was fucking spot on too.

What is thy bidding my master?

It's a disaster,  White Walkers we're after (not)

Seven in 10 Brits support 'world government' to protect humanity from global catastrophes

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/climate-change-global-warming-nuclear-war-asteroid-pandemic-volcano-global-catastrophe-a7752171.html

'Whether it’s the spectre of nuclear conflict over North Korea or our planet tipping into catastrophic climate change, the need for effective global cooperation has never been greater'

Nearly seven out of 10 people in the UK support the creation of a form of world government that would be able to force countries to deal with major risks facing the world such as climate change and nuclear weapons, according to a major new survey.

And 62 per cent said they considered themselves to be “a global citizen” in addition to being British, which will likely disappoint Theresa May who told the last Conservative conference “if you believe you are a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere”.

The ComRes survey, commissioned ahead of the G7 Summit in Sicily by the Global Challenges Foundation, interviewed 8,100 people in eight countries, Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, South Africa, the UK and US, which are collectively home to half the world’s population.

The Swedish foundation also issued a report, called Global Catastrophic Risks 2017, which detailed a diverse range of possible threats.

A giant asteroid hitting Earth, disease pandemics, a massive volcanic eruption, artificial intelligence turning against us, weapons of mass destruction and ecological collapse all made the list.

The report warned that if the bleakest scientific estimates of how bad global warming could get turned out to be correct there was “a high likelihood of human civilization coming to an end”.

So it was perhaps encouraging that, across all eight countries, the survey found significant support for taking action on global warming.

Some 88 per cent of respondents said they would be prepared to make changes that would affect their living standards to prevent catastrophic climate change in the future.

Mats Andersson, the foundation’s vice-chairman, urged the G7 to work together to address people’s fears.

“As world leaders gather for the G7 Summit, they should be aware that citizens across the planet are yearning for them to collaborate and work harder to find solutions for these critical threats to humanity,” he said.

“Whether it’s the spectre of nuclear conflict over North Korea or our planet tipping into catastrophic climate change, the need for effective global cooperation has never been greater.”

In the UK, some 71 per cent ranked the potential use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) as one of the main dangers and 80 per cent agreed climate change could turn into a global catastrophe.

Sixty-two per cent felt the world had become more insecure in the last two years and 69 per cent said they would support the creation of a new “supranational organisation to make enforceable global decisions” about major threats.

A lower proportion, but still a majority (54 per cent), said they would be happy for the UK to give up some of its sovereignty to address the world’s most serious problems.

The countries most concerned about global insecurity were Brazil (80 per cent), Germany (71 per cent) and South Africa (70 per cent). Of the eight countries, China was the least concerned (41 per cent), followed by India (47 per cent).

Support for a supranational organisation was highest in India (84 per cent), China (78 per cent) and South Africa (76 per cent).

But this idea was popular across the board with the US on 67 per cent and Germany, which had the lowest figure, on 62 per cent.

Some 74 per cent of people in the US thought climate change could become a global catastrophe, the lowest level among the eight countries; Brazil and South Africa were the most concerned (both 91 per cent) followed by India (90 per cent) and China (86 per cent).

On the risk posed by nuclear weapons, the Global Catastrophic Risks report said since their first use against Japan in 1945 the world “has lived in the shadow of a war unlike any other in history”.

“Although the tension between nuclear states has diminished since the end of the Cold War and disarmament efforts have reduced arsenals, the prospect of a nuclear war remains present and might be closer today that it was a decade ago,” it said.

“Its immediate effect would be a catastrophic destruction of lives and cities and debilitation, illness and deaths from radiation, but another concern is the risk that the dust released from nuclear explosions could plunge the planet into a mini ice age, with dramatic ecological consequences, severe agricultural collapse and a large proportion of the world population dying in a famine.”

On climate change, it noted that discussions tended to focus on the prospect of an increase in the average global temperature of one to three degrees Celsius.

“These would have severe consequences with potentially devastating effects on the environment and human societies,” the report said.

“However there is also a non-negligible and less often considered ‘tail end’ risk that temperatures might rise even further, causing unprecedented loss of landmass and ecosystems.

“Even in mid-range scenarios, entire ecosystems would collapse, much agricultural land would be lost, as would most reliable freshwater sources, leading to large-scale suffering and instability.

“Major coastal cities – New York, Shanghai, Mumbai – would find themselves largely under water and the populations of low-lying coastal regions – currently more than a billion people – may need to be relocated.

“In high-end scenarios, the scale of destruction is beyond our capacity to mode with a high likelihood of human civilization coming to an end.”

This game's been out a while now, some of you have probably played it. I just finished the PS4 version so while it's still fresh in my mind I'll put this up. I plan on reviewing more games to add to my collection to get my thoughts out.



Prototype is an open world sandbox game originally released in 2009, and was later remastered for the Xbox One and PS4 in 2015.

GAMEPLAY
Prototype is an open world action game in which players take control of Alex Mercer, an angsty, foul mouthed man who has been infected with a horrific virus that has bestowed him with incredible shapeshifting powers. These powers include turning his arms into an assortment of deadly weapons, super speed and durability and the ability to consume other beings to both restore health and assume their form as a disguise. Throughout the game the player is able to accumulate points and spend them on upgrades to expand their deadly arsenal. Ever wanted to disguise yourself as a sweet old lady, run up a skyscraper and then elbow drop someone on the ground with a massive mutated fist? Well this game lets you do that and then some.

Your wildest dreams have come true.

With Alex Mercer's incredible athletic skills, the city is simple to traverse, and you are able to sprint, hop and glide from rooftop to rooftop. In mere seconds you can go from ground level to standing atop a towering skyscraper, surveying the grisly red hue that envelops most of the game's world.

The real meat of the gameplay comes from being able to switch Alex Mercer's offensive power on the fly. You can begin by slashing at an enemy with your claws before finishing them off with your enormous sword arm. There's fun to be had by experimenting with different combos and power swaps, although some definitely see more use than others. More often than not I found myself resorting to using the whipfist (a long, bladed whip arm) to hit and grab enemies from a safe distance. While the powers themselves are a joy to use, the actual combat itself isn't too great. If you don't utilize your movement skills to hop and dodge enemies you will frequently find yourself being rag-dolled around the area while losing large chunks of your health. Many of the enemies use rapid flailing attacks that are hard to escape from which can lead to much frustration when dealing with multiple enemies at once.


The Whipfist is probably the most useful power in the game

In addition to your own mutated capabilities, you are able to utilize the weapons of the military force known as Blackwatch to combat both them and the mutated monstrosities that are out to ruin your day. Any weapon can be hijacked, so that means you can pick up guns, drive tanks and steal helicopters, if you so wish. They're nothing special, I personally have more fun using the powers but sometimes the situation calls for more heavy steady artillery that only rockets and heavy machine guns can provide. The chopper can be quite awkward to use, as the button used to rotate the chopper is also the button that switches your locked on target so you might frequently find yourself hitting the wrong enemy while you try and position yourself.


PRESENTATION
Prototype isn't the prettiest game in the world. Bland textures, stilted looking facial animations and repeated models make the game feel more like a high end PS2 game than an Xbox or PS3 game. Do you like the color red? Do you like being absolutely bathed in it? Because this game has tons of it. From the excessive gore caused as a result of your bloody trail of carnage to the streets to the sickly pink color of the infected mutants, the game is a reddish assault on your eyes. I understand that it was part of the design choice to fit the theme of a city undergoing a mass infection but after a while I just got sick of seeing red all the time. At least some of the cutscenes that weren't from the in-game engine looked nice and the game as a whole ran smoothly for me for the most part.


Red. Everything is red.

STORY
Prototype's story involves a really pissed off man who doesn't remember anything and gradually learns more about himself and the sinister conspiracy around him as the game progresses. Sound familiar? Well, Prototype doesn't really do anything groundbreaking or shocking with it's story, it's your fairly standard tale of secret government projects and biological weapons 'accidentally' being unleashed on an area. There's no real shocking revelations, no unexpected betrayals from lovable characters and no incredible twists that will eventually make it onto a Watchmojo list. Actually, the only somewhat interesting character in the game is Alex Mercer himself, and I will admit there are some things you learn about him that I found interesting and won't spoil. By the end of it all I didn't really feel like I had accomplished anything major or revolutionary, I just beaten another boss, a harder version of the same enemies I had been pulverizing throughout the game.


CONCLUSION
Prototype is somewhat of an oddity. It doesn't look great, the story isn't very interesting and the combat can often be frustrating. There's something about it that keeps making me come back to it, though. There's something undeniably fun about having all this power at your disposal and being given free reign of the city to do what you want with it. In fact I'd argue that the best part of the game is when you're done with the story, you've unlocked everything and you just embark on a roaring, gory rampage , cleaving through streets of infected with glee, freely leaping from building to building before doing a back flip off the tallest point and landing a bullet dive drop on some unfortunate soul that happens to be standing right at the point of impact. If you play games for deep stories or are just in it for the visuals and presentation, you may be disappointed here but if you are able to just enjoy causing mindless carnage and creating your own fun gory scenarios then you may just enjoy this grisly power fantasy.

Regardless of religion, it's still horrific.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/roger-moore-dead-aged-89-10482929

Quote from: Big Boss on May 23, 2017, 08:01:32 AM

Quote from: Flee on May 23, 2017, 08:00:37 AM

Quote from: Big Boss on May 23, 2017, 07:52:49 AM

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3625751/manchester-arena-bombing-isis-claimed-terror-attack-latest/

I know, >The Sun but what do we think?

IS claims every attack they can. Possible, but I'm sceptical. Wouldn't be the first time they lied about this for media attention.

But then stuff like this, posted hours before the event makes me think.

>suspended account

How fucking annoying. Does this count as spoliation of evidence?

I'd assume so. The authorities should be able to request to see suspended profiles, right?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3625751/manchester-arena-bombing-isis-claimed-terror-attack-latest/

I know, >The Sun but what do we think?