I should be organizing Beyond Two Souls on the racks, but I'm here instead. 
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I want to buy that game, but every time I go into houses and break peoples pots while saying "Heeyah!" looking for money they get all upset and throw me out. ;-;
My feel-good song
Gee, I wonder why.
I would totally grab you a copy but that would be, ah...stealing.
Gee, I wonder why.
I would totally grab you a copy but that would be, ah...stealing.
and yeah, gonna probably wait until the price drop or see how my birthday goes this year.
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So yesterday I had a lady walk in asking if I could increase the HDD space in her 7 year old son's XBOX 360 because he couldn't play the new game he got - Grand Theft Auto V
Yes, she willingly bought her 7 year old son a game which carries an R18+ rating in this country. It really makes me despair about some parents sometimes....
Yes, she willingly bought her 7 year old son a game which carries an R18+ rating in this country. It really makes me despair about some parents sometimes....
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Is there anything wrong with that, though? Some of the best movies of all time involve following the exploits of antihero assholes - Tony Montana, Henry Hill, Michael Corleone etc etc. The thing about GTA5 is that each of those characters - even Trevor - has this deep seated stuff going on that justifies why their lives are so completely fucked.
I think saying videogames can't tell stories like that is a real detriment to the medium. Games are at the point where they can and deserve to be able to tackle those things, and I think Michael in particular is a really interesting character who ends up in a really interesting place over the course of that game. Even Trevor, though, who I found reprehensible in the first few hours of his story, I came to love. Franklin is just young, stupid and misguided, and in a sense his story is the saddest, though I won't go into spoiler territory here.
Or to put it another way: I'd rather have GTA trying to put motivation, reality and gravity into these things (with a dash of their standard ridiculousness) than not, as all you're left with then is motivation-free, quip-filled killing like it ain't a thing, Nathan Drake style. I love Uncharted, but he probably kills more people over the course of one of his linear adventures than all 3 of GTA's protagonists do in the core story mission structure of that game. Why aren't people pulling him up as a psychopath?
I think saying videogames can't tell stories like that is a real detriment to the medium. Games are at the point where they can and deserve to be able to tackle those things, and I think Michael in particular is a really interesting character who ends up in a really interesting place over the course of that game. Even Trevor, though, who I found reprehensible in the first few hours of his story, I came to love. Franklin is just young, stupid and misguided, and in a sense his story is the saddest, though I won't go into spoiler territory here.
Or to put it another way: I'd rather have GTA trying to put motivation, reality and gravity into these things (with a dash of their standard ridiculousness) than not, as all you're left with then is motivation-free, quip-filled killing like it ain't a thing, Nathan Drake style. I love Uncharted, but he probably kills more people over the course of one of his linear adventures than all 3 of GTA's protagonists do in the core story mission structure of that game. Why aren't people pulling him up as a psychopath?
After reading this article about a young boy who is said to have behavioural issues snuck onto a plane because he "thought he was playing GTA" and the parents assumed he was just at a friends house, I myself have lost all hope.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/10/kid-sneaks-past-security-hides-in-plane-blamesgrand-theft-auto/
Yeah but you have to consider, I mean, what, a few hundred thousand to 1 million+ people bought that game? And for better or worse, a not unsignificant number of them will be minors. But when you are talking about those kinds of numbers, statistically you will get people who will do crazy things, regardless of whether your sample is "1 million people who've played GTAV" or "1 million people who've watched Sesame Street". If that kid hadn't watched GTAV, would he not have done that? Maybe. But chances are he would have done something else, I don't think you can pin the blame on an escapade like that on a single experience. Besides, if you read some of the other articles it's clear that kid was planning this, or something similar. He scoped out the airport the day before and took a random bag from luggage check. Then went to a restaurant to eat dinner, when the bill came he asked the waiter if he could watch "his" luggage, while he went to the restroom, and then skipped out on the bill. This kid is clearly smarter than your average 9 year old, and influence or not by GTA, he would have found some way to get himself into trouble sooner or later.
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I have a theory about Patrick in The Walking Dead.
1. He mentions a deer Darryl brought in at the start of the episode, it could of been carrying something.
It seems to be something airborn that will end up killing the person infected with it, and when they turn into a walker, their eyes are different. One of the walkers RIck looked at had the same exact eyes.
EDIT: WAIT WHAT HIS ACTOR VOICED HOPE??? I couldn't tell!
1. He mentions a deer Darryl brought in at the start of the episode, it could of been carrying something.
It seems to be something airborn that will end up killing the person infected with it, and when they turn into a walker, their eyes are different. One of the walkers RIck looked at had the same exact eyes.
EDIT: WAIT WHAT HIS ACTOR VOICED HOPE??? I couldn't tell!
There were too many teases in the ep, Rick and Michonne, Daryl and Carole. SHIP IT.
and in my defense, I couldn't care much about Hope in FF13, and I barely remember his voice in 13-2.
but yeah Sunday is taking its sweet ass time getting here. I need a zombie game or something.
and in my defense, I couldn't care much about Hope in FF13, and I barely remember his voice in 13-2.
but yeah Sunday is taking its sweet ass time getting here. I need a zombie game or something.
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Alright, so I picked up Paul McCartney's new album on my lunch break today (appropriately titled, "New"), and indie record stores were giving away a glowing, color changing cube as a release day promo. When I went, the store probably had about 20 of em, with no real rush on them that I could see. See below:
So anyway, I get home and happen to search for it to see what other people think (it looks pretty cool) and find out it's selling for upwards of $100 on ebay! I feel like I should have bought all the rest of them, now. The album is pretty excellent, too.
So anyway, I get home and happen to search for it to see what other people think (it looks pretty cool) and find out it's selling for upwards of $100 on ebay! I feel like I should have bought all the rest of them, now. The album is pretty excellent, too.
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