Name - Rory McGuire
Located - Maine
For a living I - Am a web developer, focusing in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Velocity
Non-gaming Hobby(ies) - Watching movies and television, hiking, trying to stay consistent in working out, eating potato pizza, drinking craft
Gaming Historical facts - Started casually with a NES and SNES, got more into it when my grandfather gave me the Arc the Lad Collection, fell in love with it when I played Kingdom Hearts for the first time.
Firm believer that - Time you enjoy "wasting" is not wasted.
Champion of - Arc the Lad and Sewers
PSN - Ruaidhri18
Steam - Ruaidhri18
XBL - Ruaidhri18
Twitch - Ruaidhri18 and RorySucksAtGaming
Twitter - @RoryPMcGuire

Best posts made by Ruaidhri18
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RE: Ally Introductions
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RE: What did you just Buy/Receive?
This is Gus. I just bought Gus. Gus is awesome.
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RE: Thank You
You are welcome! The mods love chat for being mostly behaved during these conferences.
Love & Respect
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RE: Explain your avatar!
I have this ongoing joke that when people ask me my name I respond with 'There are some who call me....Tim?" so I decided to make Tim the Enchanter my avatar.
If you don't know what I am talking about, go watch Monty Python and The Quest for the Holy Grail gosh darn it.
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RE: Towns That Tell a Story
@Lotias Whiterun feels like straight up Edoras from the Lord of the Rings, and I love that!
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The Games that Made you a Gamer
I recently did a fun little game with my friends on twitter about the games that made them gamers, and I thought it would be cool for all of us to know what games out there made us who we are with gamers, with a little more explanation that what Twitter could provide. The questions are:
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What was your first game?
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What was the game/s that clicked and made you a "gamer" and why?
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What is your favorite game and why?
Below are my answers. Feel free to go as in depth as you would like.
What was your first game?
My first game was many people's first game, Super Mario Bros. I was graced in being born into a young family. My mom and dad were only 20 years old when they had me, both of them graduating in 89. Because my dad grew up in the boom of video games, he had a the NES he got in high school when I was growing up. I don't remember there ever being a time when there wasn't a console in the house. Naturally he had me and my sister play Super Mario as it was most likely the easiest of the games for us to grasp.
What was the game/s that clicked and made you a "gamer" and why?
I have two games that made me fall in love with gaming, Arc the Lad 2 and Kingdom Hearts. Though I had played many games before these two, it was always just messing around, never really trying to progress through anything, my attention always being pulled to the outdoors. In 2001 I had gotten the Arc the Lad collection from my Grandfather and played the first with my dad. It was fun, but it was very much my dad carrying me through the tactics based game, as my young brain was not honed for that style of gameplay.However Arc the Lad 2 I played by myself, and I was hooked. I remember sinking easily over 100 hours into that game the first time I played it. I was just so in love with the world, the characters, the music. It was one of the great fantasy epics in my eyes. It was the game that unlocked my passion in games, and it should even to my family. Arc the Lad 2 was the game that convinced my mom that I should have a TV in my room, to feed my passion.
If Arc the Lad 2 was the game that started my passion for games, Kingdom Hearts was the game that made me fall in love with gaming. I remember immediately falling in love with storybook feel of Disney with the dark edge of and Square. It didn't even matter that I had never played a Final Fantasy game at that point, there was just something in that mixture that "unlocked my heart" and showed me what games could truly be.
What is your favorite game and why?
As probably guess, or already known, my favorite game is Arc the Lad 2. It stems for all the reasons listed above, but really when it comes down to it, my favorite things are the things I can always consume without getting sick of. With having played through the game 3 times all over 50hrs, I can safely say that I am not sick of that game. Every few months I even get the pull to drop all these new games, and go back in.
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EZA 1 Year Show/Meetup Photos
I have been seeing a lot of photos kicking around online of photos from the EZA 1 Year show and the meetups around said show. I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread where people can put their photos.
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RE: EZA: Username list! Explain your username!
Ruaidhri18- Ruaidhri is the old gaelic way of spelling my name, Rory, meaning "red king" from the Irish ruadh, meaning "red", and rí, meaning "king." This was a spelling of my name that I had discovered in 8th grade, and it is a name I have used ever since for playing fantasy RPGs, MMOs, and user names. Its also fun to hear people confused on how to announce it, so I keep using it. The 18 is just day of my birth.
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Ben Moore Anime Watch List
Ben Moore needs to watch a lot of anime and he wants us to give him suggestions. Put your suggestions below and I will make them into a list here:
Because the list is getting long now, please provide descriptions and why you think Ben will like it in your suggestions to give him some help on ones to pick
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Boku dake ga inai machi (ERASED)
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Hunter x Hunter
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Fate/Zero
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Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
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Tokyo Ghoul
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Shokugeki No Souma (Food Wars)
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lReZero
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lBoku No Hero Academia (My Hero Academia)
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Space Patrol Luluco
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Serial Experiments Lain
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Kino No Tabi
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Kaiba
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Haibane Renmei
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Akagi
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Kaiji
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Texhnolyze
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Inferno Cop
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Jin-Roh: Wolf Brigade
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Patema Inverted
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Cencoroll
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Saber Marionette J
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Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! aka Kono Suba
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GTO
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Law of Ueki
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Haikyuu
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Kuroko no Baske
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Suzumiya no Haruhi
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Hajime no Ippo
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Mai Hime
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Black Heaven
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Knights of Sidonia
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Psycho Pass
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Welcome to the NHK
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Sword Art Online
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No Game, No Life
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Deadman Wonderland
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Seven Deadly Sins
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Osomatsu-san
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Dimension W
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Gunbuster
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Towards the Terra (2007)
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Gintama
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Soul Eater
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Bungou Stray Dogs
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Sakamoto Desu-Ga
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Durarara
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Assassination Classroom
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Hamatora
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Summer Wars
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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Lupin the Third
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Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Ouran High School Host Club
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FLCL
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Yu Yu Hakusho
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Accel World
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Angel Beats
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Another
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Baka to Test to Shokanju
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Btooom!
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D.Gray-man
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Durarara!!
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Elfen Lied
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Gintama
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Ixion Saga DT
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Jormungand
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Log Horizon
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Magi
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Paranoia Agent
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S-CRY-ED
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Shinryaku! Ika Musume
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Steins;Gate
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Tiger & Bunny
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To Aru Kagaku No Railgun
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To Aru Majutsu No Index
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Watamote
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My Hero Academia
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Gintama
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Niea_7
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Natsume's Book of Friends
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Kimagure Orange Road
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Macross
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Macross: Do You Remember Love
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Macross Plus
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Macross Frontier
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Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team
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Minami Ke
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Tekkaman Blade
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Sousei no Aquarion
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Eureka 7
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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki Kun
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Full Metal Panic!
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Martian Successor Nadesico
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Code Geass
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Ergo Proxy
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Yu Yu Hakusho
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Zoids
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Digimon Adventure Tri
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D.Gray-man
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Sailor Moon Crystal
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The Heroic Legend of Arslan
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Parasyte: the maxim
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Zetsuen no Tempest
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry)
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Kara no kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners)
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Ergo Proxy
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Darker than Black
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Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance)
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Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume's Book of Friends)
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Mushishi
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Ixion Saga DT
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Rahxephon
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Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
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Clannad/Clannad After Story
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Air
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Kanon
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Toradora
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Angel Beats
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Romeo x Juliet
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Ef ~ A Tale of Memories/Melodies
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
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Steins;Gate
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Gundam Thunderbolt
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Ergo Proxy
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Blue Gender
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Record of Lodoss War
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Rune Soldier
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Full Metal Panic
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Mirai Nikki
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Space Dandy
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Fist of the North Star.
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Gatchaman
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Gundam
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Harlock Franchise
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Monster
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Lupin III
Animes Ben has Already Seen
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Trigun
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Baccano!
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Death Note
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Fullmetal Alchemist
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Samurai Champloo
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Cowboy Bebop
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Ninja Scroll
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Black Lagoon
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Golden Boy
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Attack On Titan
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Rurouni Kenshin
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Outlaw Star
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RE: Selective Creation: Create the 25 Essential Playstation One List!
- Final Fantasy VII
- Revelations: Persona
- Metal Gear Solid
- Policenauts
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Final Fantasy IX
- Metal of Honor
- Spyro 2 Riptos Rage
- Arc the Lad 2
I put Arc the Lad 2 here really for some selfish reasons. It's my favorite game and I feel that it doesn't get the love it deserves, but really theres some real great story, battle systems, and world exploration in this game. The characters are meaningful and important, the sprite work is beautiful, and damn this game is filled with some great music.
Examples:
Also there are some similar things in this game that are in FF7 except this game came out first soo...
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RE: What Are You Listening To?
Been listening to the new Childish Gambino album a lot lately as well as the Westworld soundtrack. Would highly recommend both
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RE: Kill Your Babies!: Toss Out Both the NES and SNES!
@SabotageTheTruth Yeah I am glad I killed this. Glad I said, GLAD!! MWHAHAHAHAHA!
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RE: Nintendo Switch Friend Code Thread
SW-1182-1749-3123 Add me peeeeps :D
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RE: Considering Crunchyroll Subscription - Recommendations??
It's been said, but seriously, ERASED
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RE: Couple of small suggestions
@Bloodworth I relate completely to your mom. Everything should be responsive!!
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RE: Your gaming dreams
My dream will never happen, but one can dream. I want a new Arc the Lad game!
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RE: No. 1 Most Hyped Game
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
That is all I need to say
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RE: Favourite Moment featuring the Allies
Mine is still probably the reaction to FF7 and Shenmue 3. Whenever I'm feeling down, i give these a watch because I know they will always make me smile.