The Blackangel

An emotional connection to the character you play as, if we're talking about current gen games. If I feel no emotional connection to my character, I get bored quickly. It's part of the reason Skyrim and Witcher 3 never got their hooks into me. No emotional connection. If we're talking about classic games (my bread and butter) then there's not going to be an emotional connection. So story and plot are paramount. It has to have an engaging story. But that's true for any game regardless of when it was made. You have to be drawn into the game. To lose yourself in that world. Otherwise, it's pointless for one to be playing it.

The voice actors for RDR2 didn't just do voices. They were also film actors. Rockstar filmed them acting out almost the entire game, and then digitally edited the film to place the character over the actors for the game. It was a massive undertaking (and a risky one at that), but proved to be a risk worth taking, as it was one of the most successful games they have ever released. If we're already at the point of filming the game, and just editing the film to put a digital image of a character over that of the actor, then I just wonder how we can even go any further in games, or gaming in general.

Edit: What HUMAN character would you want a head start from?

If the music on the game would go in and out of tune in a slow kind of way, or just out of tune as it slows down and stops, that would add to the game. Otherwise, the music just takes away from the experience. All the horror games I play are silent, and that makes them more of a horror experience.

There are several games like that. It's all based on a score count and not a level progression. There's nothing wrong with that, as a lot of people love those games. I'm a huge Galaga nut. I play the game all the time. Mainly on my GBASP. The limited narrative of classic games is part of their charm. It's less complicated which often allows you to get right in there and go for the gold, so to speak. But linear games aren't for everyone. The majority of the ones that play them is those of us who need the nostalgia of a simpler time. Whether that was a good time for the individual or not, is another story.

Oh the horror! Oh the horror! But whatever the result is, make sure your son is safe. Maybe he should stay with his grandparents the next few days until you know?

There is no such thing as security online. Even if you surf the surface web through TOR and use a VPN, you're still not secure. Someone is always watching, and hackers are getting more and more skilled every minute. The pentagon, FBI, and CIA have all been hacked more than once. And their infrastructure is some of the most heavily guarded and well protected in the world. If their top secret files were released to the public, that would constitute treason on the part of the one who leaked them, and would warrant an immediate "kill on sight" execution to prevent further leakage. There's most likely some government asshole (🖕fuck you you bastard🖕) who's watching me type this right now. They have programs designed and built specifically for them that allow them to watch people online in real time. They use specific terms to search for and spy on what they deem to be suspicious activity or suspicious sites. I doubt they care much about a video game forum, as they probably think we're all a bunch of angsty 12 year olds. But there's nothing they can't do. And there's nothing they won't do.

I think I'm going to be sick.

Good luck on that. If you do find a show like that, let me know. Maybe I'll start watching TV again. As it sits now, all my video entertainment is YouTube, DVD, and streaming services.

It depends on the philosophy and your preconceived notions of it.

Being on disability, I have nothing but free time. So there is only one option in this one for me. Also disability doesn't pay jack shit, so the extra money would be a godsend.

Email is so common that it doesn't have the same thrill it used to. Sure I enjoy getting an email if it's from someone I care about, or something I'm passionate about. But to get a physical letter would be a new-old novelty. So I would like to receive a letter.

Even before I was in the wheelchair, I would have preferred the beach. So called "amusement parks" never offered any actual amusement for me.

Hot obviously. Iced coffee is an abomination that never should have been.

The kid jumping over the railing (approximately 1:30 in the video) reminds me of when I fell. I was loading up on the lift to a disability van I used to have. It had lifted me up. The last thing I remember was being on the lift. The next thing I knew I was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. I had somehow rolled off the back and fell over 6' onto the asphalt below. My head hit the ground so hard I was knocked out instantly. The rascal I was on almost landed directly on me. From what I was told, people were freaking out, and airport staff even came running. It's a tiny little local airport, so they were able to see it easily. The shocking thing was that I didn't get a concussion or any broken bones. Maybe I'm some form of indestructible, I don't know.

"Trust" is a meaningless word. Anyone who is stupid enough to actually place trust in an individual deserves the repercussions. I trust no living soul, not even myself. The only thing that can be trusted in this world is a nonhuman creature. They're not deceptive. They're always honest. They don't have the ability to lie.

I wouldn't intervene there either. That's nature, and I will let nature be natural as much as possible. But I'm thinking of something due to unnatural causes. Or extreme natural causes. Like when Katrina hit in 2005, there were a sickening number of dogs and cats in New Orleans that drowned because they couldn't get out of the water. Hurricanes are natural, but I would have dove into the water to try to save them. And with the fighting, afterwards I would check to see if one had been killed by the other if I saw only one walk away. If it was laying there suffering and there was no saving it, I would end its suffering. If it could be saved, then I would fight with everything I have, no matter how dangerous of an animal it was (bear, lion, wolf, etc.) to save it. If I got torn up in the process, then that would be fine by me. As long as it made a full recovery.

Let's say you piss a character from one of your favorite games off. I mean REALLY piss them off. They're ready to kill you. You just ask them to give you a 20 second head start to run your ass off in an attempt to run away and survive. Who would you choose? Me personally, I would choose Sadie Adler from RDR2. The woman she became after what the O'Driscolls did to her and her husband, is not a woman I want to tangle with. She is brutal, and shows no mercy to anyone if they piss her off. If she's willing to stab a stranger through the hand in a bar because he's annoying her, what do you think she'll do if you really piss her off? Personally, I don't want to find out.

That's where you're wrong my friend. Zelda II, TMNT, Castlevania, and the Mega Man games are so far beyond easy that they're almost boring. Sure they have their difficult spots, but all in all, they're very easy games. I've beaten them all so many times, that I could do it with my eyes closed.

Saving an enemy only places you at their mercy. They must be taken out before they take you out. Death is the only option. Kill or be killed. There is no other choice.

It's not technically "legal" in the sense that we here in the states define the word. But in most places you won't face much of any kind of punishment for killing one. Or 20.

I'm not looking for any heroic label. I just value their lives above my own. Merely an opinion. I'm not trying to pass it off as some sort of bone hard fact, It's just how I feel.

@m76 You're pretty damn sure the election was stolen too, aren't you? I'll grant you that you may be talking about what you see in your country. But you haven't the slightest clue what's going on over here. Racial profiling has skyrocketed during the Adolf administration. Racist propaganda was endorsed by Adolf. Not publicly, but it was evident to every American whether they wanted to admit it or not. Everyone who wasn't a straight, white, cis, xtian was on the chopping block. I was on the chopping block. I'm part of the LGBTQ+ community. I'm not a xtian. I'm Satanic. I'm in a wheelchair. The comments I hear from people are enough to make me want to kill. Despicable things. But my family (not by blood) are Hispanic. They were racially profiled the entire time they went out. They would get nervous when they saw a sheriff or state trooper go by because they thought that they were going to be separated and caged due to the policies set up by Adolf. Despite them all being AMERICANS. Systemic racism is rife within this country, and you have no right or privilege to try to say it isn't because YOU DON'T LIVE HERE, HENCE YOU DON'T WITNESS IT.

Absolutely not. My enemies can all die, and I hope it is the most excruciating death, both physically and emotionally at the same time. And I hope it would be by my hand, and that I get away with it. I would actively work to bring about their death. It would be so satisfying. Or I could turn them into what I call a "conscious vegetable" instead. Cut off their hands and feet. Rip out their eyes. Cut out their tongue. And bust their eardrums. They can't walk. They can't hold anything. They can't speak. They can't hear. They can't see. They have to live the rest of their life trapped within their own mind with no hope of escape. That would be a death beyond death. It would be a slow torturous death. And more than satisfying to befall them.