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I'm ready go tonight. There's a party, alright. We don't need the raisin for joy, oh yeah. Tick down to midnight.
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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Falcon Critical » Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:36 pm

I feel like Vinny is laying the lore on too thick for Alex in ME, but Alex knows Vinny and knows how into it he is so I'm sure they'll riff off it together. I could see other people getting annoyed with Vinny explaining things before the game does, but ME is a known quantity to most people now anyway.

Exquisite Corps was indeed the ending, and it goes exactly as you might think.
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That second to last room is always the one that gets you.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:57 pm

Alex's absolute bewilderment at how Exquisite Corps ended was such a great moment. It was a series that perhaps ran a tad too long, but boy did it end well.

Agreed about the Mass Effect lore from Vinny, though I feel like that'll almost certainly simmer down as the series continues, as Vinny already seemed increasingly self-aware about it in that first episode. Kinda on the same note, Alex being a pretty knowledgeable Star Trek fan has me thinkin' he's just as likely to point out similarities and stuff, which should be fun.

It's such a great idea for a series regardless since each game in the franchise has a lot to talk about and reflect on.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:12 am

I'm loving the HD texture pack they're using. I'll have to grab that if I ever pay the king's ransom EA wants for the Origin versions of the ME games.

Also this decryption minigame totally wasn't in the 360 version. I have no idea how it's supposed to work.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:39 pm

Wow really? I had forgotten about the system but seeing it brought back memories for sure. Typically you just find a spot with no orange blockers and then just wait for the moment to zoom right to the centre when it's clear. There were very few times where I had to move in a layer and then around a bit and in again.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:46 pm

Heh, I can't even remember the OG 360 version of that minigame at this point. I think it might've even been just a super simple number matcher? Or... pipes? I probably just smeared omni gel on everything.

Vinny + Alex + Mass Effect is a perfect combination and already becoming one of my favourite features just two episodes in.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:18 pm

how did EA/Bioware miss out on marketing an energy drink called "eezo"

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:06 pm

So many great references in here.

https://twitter.com/scarymask/status/10 ... 2378044416

Hard to believe it's really been 10 years.

e: today's Mass Alex
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Alex vs. Thresher Maw is a good time. :pacghost

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by DHerder222 » Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:25 pm

I appreciate Robo right in the center. :awesome

What's with Odie from Garfield?

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:28 pm

That would be for Jeff's valiant struggle against various terrible Garfield games.

https://youtu.be/D60VgBhIVHI?t=10m38s

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:10 pm

Re Mass Alex
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As soon as he started fighting that Thresher and actually circle-strafing I felt the insta-gib spawn under the Mako coming. That got me a few times over my playthroughs.

Also that fight sequence towards Liara I remember being a real pain, especially with the terrible checkpointing.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:00 pm

Jack Gallagher and weird old Gamecube anime wrestling games!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6XlJbIko8

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:06 pm

Potential spoiler for the next episode of Mass Alex
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https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status ... 4762749963

OH SHIT I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE MONKEYS

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:23 pm

Is it possible to have more than one conversation with Kaidan as a Femshep without him imprinting on you like a baby duck

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by John Layfield » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:26 pm

Liara is just as bad for this when playing as FemShep, honestly. It's a pain.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Big Boy Season

Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:26 pm

It's kind of a common trope in Bioware games, if you treat your crew with kindness they're like "Thor YES FUCK ME NOW!"

My ace flatmate will tell you about all the bioware relationships she ended up in just because she choose the friendly options. The more player-sexual the characters are, the larger the minefield.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:36 pm

It's especially annoying in ME1 because there's so many unique Codex entries you can only unlock in dialogue, and getting to those right bits of dialogue often brings you perilously close to accidentally flipping the switch on a romance flag.

With Kaidan I kinda remember you can get all that info and still pull up before you hit the mountain on the romance path, but he gets super pissy as a result. Meaning come Virmire I often found myself flipping a coin between "space niceguy" and "space racist" when it's time to decide who gets to headbutt the nuke.

but at least ME gives you that out which is more than KOTOR ever gave you with Carth I think.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Delthazar » Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:46 pm

I somehow only noticed now that Fai Dan is voiced by Armin Shimerman.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Delthazar » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:57 pm

Oh hey, the first episode of Mass Alex is a premium unlock this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utkE9AZUq-E

e: Load Our Last SNESaves is extremely good.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Delthazar » Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:34 am

...have they ever had this many technical problems with VR, or any game ever, really?

https://youtu.be/1ZmKDa8wbfI

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Falcon Critical » Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:58 am

I'll have to watch that this weekend. Just checking the audio.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by John Layfield » Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:19 pm

The FUCK are those desks?!

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Delthazar » Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:35 am

Maaan, that's an odd choice. No-Couch Era GBWest is gonna feel super weird for a while.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Delthazar » Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:12 pm

Waypoint's big charity stream is on.

https://www.twitch.tv/waypoint

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by John Layfield » Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:29 pm

I only watch Waypoint 72-hour streams if they're sponsored by Hardee's.

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Re: [GB/Waypoint] Search That Monkey

Post by Falcon Critical » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:57 pm

Looks like I've got some catching up to do!

On the GB side, I didn't realise 'A Boy and his Blob' was a shitty old game, I thought it was new when that more recent version came out with the blob hugs.