Posts made by Phbz

This was hard. Started with 115, then went to 26-22-20. Then ranking 15+5 while leaving some beloved titles out... excruciating.

The lack of Hollow Knight is disturbing and brings great shame upon our community!!!

Wet session, always a thriller.

Hamilton qualifying today was a reminder that he's no doubt one of the greats.

Russell and Leclerc finishing 12 and 11th is kinda funny. Ferraris are really struggling since they were definitely not caught cheating, with Leclerc not even making past Q2 and Vettel just barely. Russell I hope Mercedes gets him a spot on a midfield team, he's not ready for a top spot but Williams is compromising his development. Racing Point, Alfa Romeo, Haas and out qualified by Russell's Williams. Ouch!

I enjoy his movies, Pulp Fiction being one of my all time favourites. But for the most part his work is just fine.

@dmcmaster Last few months have been clear that some back door shady deals were going on between Epic and Sony. It's formal now.

@ozymandsss It is interesting how different people have different ways to experience the same thing.

Lack of agency it's something that pisses me off about Naughty Dog storytelling BUT... Some moments in this game I really enjoyed being forced to do something I really didn't want to, it fits perfectly with the irrational nature of revenge and offers a quite unique perspective on the theme.

Really liked NV but as I was nearing the end the game completely broke. So I really couldn't rank it.

Probably nothing but I would like it to happen.

Most games are good.

Can't wait to see how MS marketing department will manage to screw this up. But I do think they are in condition to have a winner show. They've been doing the background work, now is time to reveal how ambitious their games are. Everything else is in place, Gamepass, powerful hardware now show me the goods.

SMG2 is the game responsible for bringing me back to gaming.

My mother in law gave me a Wii, out of nowhere, with a copy of this game. Completely random thing, unexpected, and I wasn't exactly thrilled with the silly console and what it looked like a kiddy game.

But damn, this game conquered me almost from the start. I love everything about it and is on my top 3 best games ever.

By the way, Igor Fraga - Gran Turismo Sport superstar - is running on F3.

Happy for Lando!

Here's a 2017 IGN article about Jim Ryan's statements regarding Indies.

https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/21/e3-2017-indies-less-relevant-now-says-playstations-jim-ryan

The McLarens apparently are made of glass.

Didn't Jim Ryan himself said a couple of years back that indie games were less relevant now (then) than during the initial fase? I'm guessing Sony will be doing the same, market Indies to compensate for the slower years.

@dmcmaster I think you meant Kane & lynch.

But I think it's not the norm, otherwise you would have tons of similar stories through the years, particularly when you have such a high turnover. Also because a case like this does irreparable harm to the publication once exposed. Yes, there's promiscuity (there's a lot of honest fanboyism too) but there's plenty of examples on all publications you listed of negative reviews and articles against publishers. Microsoft alone would have blacklisted GameSpot if that kind of pressure was standard in the industry.

On the other hand harassment towards reviewers is pretty common. And pretty vicious nowadays.

@paulmci27 That's what Alanah Pearce was saying a few days back. That the biggest pressure reviewers feel is not from publishers or editors but from the public.

AJ was someone I used to follow for the lols. Kind of a precursor of the online outrage culture. That's why I unsubscribe from his YouTube some years ago. There's a limit for how much one can endure from a grown adult making a living out of throwing tantrums.

Regarding his review. I have a certain difficulty in understanding how can someone who gave the original game a 10 give a 7 to this one.

Ok, story is arguably worse (I don't agree with that, but accept the opinion), but pretty much in every other aspect this game is clearly superior to the original. Particularly combat/stealth are much improved.

Not only that, animation, sound design, acting direction, level design, world building are industry leading.

I don't know, but it's really not important. Just silly.

Look Mum No Computer. A synth channel with a lot of ambitious and creative projects.
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Anton Petrov. Really like this channel of Astronomy/Physics. Mostly because it focuses on recent scientific papers/studies so it's a good way to keep informed about what's going on. Thumbnail and title of the videos are click-bait(ish) but content is good.
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Numberphile. Gonna be honest, occasionally I just like to have a special cookies and blow my mind with mathematics. Accessible and short videos.
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Girlfriend Reviews
Just funny and we'll written reviews.
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Boston Dynamics. I like to keep an eye on our future overlords.
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Nostalgia Nerd. Retro game and technology channel.
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Chicken Connoisseur. Reviews of UK chicken joints. Just pure gold imo.
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Vic Berger. Political surrealism clips.
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Very very cool!