Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Capt. Fargus said: Likewise from the misses and I Merry Christmas everyone You as well! I'll pray for a happy one for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 (edited) Merry Xmas for everyone!🎄 For those for whom it already is, and us still on the Eve. Admittedly I feel like I wasted the magical holiday season. I posted this like a year ago, but eh, why not post it again? Not like I have much else from vidya games for the occasion.😅 I'll also post a link to the Christmas playlist of food history videos that I watch.🤓 Which doesn't yet include the newly-added fruitcake video. 6 hours ago, GuardianSing said: As a side note, you say built by the Chimu "culture" which got me thinking about how commonly we generalize a thing that a governing force did as something that the entire culture or people did. Historians will say things like "The Romans did this, the Russians did that, the Americans won this war, the Chinese traded with the Persians" And so on. Obviously we do that for simplistic sake so we don't have to over complicate the explanation every time by specifying "The X country government" every single time. But still it's curious and sort of bleeds into folks being racist towards a group of people for actions that the government did, China being a great example funnily enough. Native Empires especially tend to get bogged down by European histories misrepresenting their centralized state as a "culture" because many non-natives implicitly assume that indigenous people never had fully centralized or complicated political structures of government, so whenever they did something cool it's often described as something the "culture" just decided to do spontaneously. Not to accuse you of anything of course, especially if this wall in particular was built by collectivized volunteers of the local community who lived there rather than a state of officials and hired laborers. I definitely don't know as much about the Pre-Columbian history of South America as I should. In this case, it seems like "culture" doesn't imply decentralization here. Though "Chimor" seems like the proper term for the kingdom, with palatial building and artsy culture enough that the Incan Empire adopted bits of it, maybe that means it was centralized? Edited December 25, 2023 by Interdimensional Observer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armagon Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I'll never forget Intsys hyping up Gunnthra's arrival for months only to immediately kill her off. It's like the bit from Spy Kids 3. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: PoV: Tanith uses Reinforcements Command 9 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said: "And thus, boy met girl" So simple-sounding... yet so profound... Okay, the home-stretch, let's do this! The final chapter is so peak. 8 hours ago, Lightchao42 said: Huh, I wonder where I would find that. Hint: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said: Merry Xmas for everyone!🎄 For those for whom it already is, and us still on the Eve. Admittedly I feel like I wasted the magical holiday season. Merry Christmas to you as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Before I can't get the chance. Merry Christmas everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 To you as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 "Suddenly, he stopped talking. Around them, Dharga felt an odd presence. He turned towards the entrance to find it completely enveloped in darkness. Before them stood a large figure. He was dressed in black and wore an odd mask, obscuring everything but his eyes and their unnerving glow. Maintaining his composure, Dharga looked back to the man he had been speaking with. He stared back eyes wide, his head swinging wildly back and forth. “D-do something! Please! I’m not-” Suddenly, Dharga’s arms released the man. At first, he thought it was from the man’s violent shaking, attempting to flee the scene, but that wasn’t the case. Dharga was the one shaking. “Too much to drink again… dumb-ass...” Dharga muttered. His face hardened once again as he turned to face the dark figure. “So he’s the one you’re scared of.” As those words escaped his mouth and he stood face to face with the man in black, Dharga strained to stay standing, as an urge came over him to simply collapse. The figure spoke. “You. Don’t complicate things for me. Hand that man over, and I shall leave you be.” Dharga, in an effort to overcome the immense aura of fear, forced a smile to his face. “To be honest, I hate stuck-up assholes like that Haven guy more than anything. Somehow, you’ve even managed to beat him at that.” -Not sure if the last hour of Christmas Eve is the correct time to start (and not finish) reading the Xenogears light novel that was recently translated.😆 But damn, Grahf got presence.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armagon Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 It's nearly Christmas so i have to post a Christmas-y scene that keeps living rent free in my head. Merry Christmas y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Oh lol. We're watching old saved replays, and there's one where the match ends because... I forgot who, but between my brother and cousin one was using Ike, and the other got the Black Knight from an Assist Trophy. Then the Ike player tries to use their Final Smash on the BK, naturally fails, then the BK sends Ike knocking out of the stage and ends the match. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Happy holidays, y'all. 8 hours ago, Armagon said: PoV: Tanith uses Reinforcements Command It's a fun idea, but it really needed to be in a different game. In PoR all it does is make the game even more mindless and slow. I'd say it'd need to be better balanced, too, but I mean, Sacred Stones's 1 HP phantoms were already quite powerful. I don't know if there's really a way to balance spawning a bunch of disposable peggies onto the map with no downside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Shrimp Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Happy Holidays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I pray everyone enjoys their time to the fullest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Actually read the entire XG light novel last night. It was only about 90 pages. -According to XS Wiki, it isn't canon? Not sure why it couldn't be, the Wiki says "timeline conflict", but I'm not sure if that'd have to be the case. Spoiler It'd just need to happen shortly before Grahf fights Khan. The suggestion that Grahf was forced to swap for the nearest body he could find after being injured could actually provide an explanation for how Khan could """"win""" against Grahf. Or at least find Id alone and suppress him, by having Grahf return just a little late from a little search. Lore-wise, Grahf got tricks I don't recall in XG, but they're not inconceivable for him to have them nor do they create issues. ...And on the matter of Old Xeno talk, coincidentally... Gatcha intra-company crossover costumes for the most part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltosian Kadath Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Happy Holidays everybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 (edited) I've always wondered why people are so quick to say "English dub of something is trash compared to JP." What makes JP better? Many viewers cant even understand most of it and claim it's better... but why? Edited December 25, 2023 by Lightcosmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Shrimp Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Lightcosmo said: I've always wondered why people are so quick to say "English dub of something is trash compared to JP." What makes JP better? Many viewers cant even understand most of it and claim it's better... but why? To me it just sounds much better and are able to bring the feelings across better. It's not just English dubs, i hate dubs in general that aren't in their original language, Ie German dubs of murican movies for example. Trash. Thankfully, when it comes to games, English dubs are generally pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said: To me it just sounds much better and are able to bring the feelings across better. It's not just English dubs, i hate dubs in general that aren't in their original language, Ie German dubs of murican movies for example. Trash. Thankfully, when it comes to games, English dubs are generally pretty good. I understand what you mean, I can agree in some cases. See, this is how i feel, and yet so many seem to think "JP VA's are better!" I dunno, maybe i just prefer being able to understand what the hell is going on. Although for Reverie i wished i hadn't heard the EN version lmao. It's so bad sounding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Just swapping between Saber and Gunner mode for Crow and hearing "changin' into (voice breaks off here to start the next line) you ain't goin' nowhere!" for Gunner mode and "changin' into (again voice abruptly breaks to start next line since it's not all one line) I'll cut you through!" Holy hell does it sound bad. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Shrimp Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Lightcosmo said: maybe i just prefer being able to understand what the hell is going on. yeah, but without my ears bleeding or cringing please XD 2 minutes ago, Lightcosmo said: Although for Reverie i wished i hadn't heard the EN version lmao. It's so bad sounding. huh Cold Steel generally had a good english dub. Infact, the only good aspect if Blanco is his voice actor. Wth happened in CS5 dub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Just now, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said: huh Cold Steel generally had a good english dub. Infact, the only good aspect if Blanco is his voice actor. Wth happened in CS5 dub? I loved his work for I-IV but here (only for battle lines, otherwise he sounds good) he just sounds... drained. Like idk if you remember but when you got a link strike the character yelled a line like Rean for example in I was "now's our chance!" or "go!' and he exclaimed it with excitement? Reverie's he's literally saying the line "it's down" with zero feeling at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Shrimp Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Lightcosmo said: I loved his work for I-IV but here (only for battle lines, otherwise he sounds good) he just sounds... drained. Like idk if you remember but when you got a link strike the character yelled a line like Rean for example in I was "now's our chance!" or "go!' and he exclaimed it with excitement? Reverie's he's literally saying the line "it's down" with zero feeling at all. Even the VA is done with CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said: Even the VA is done with CS I would have to guess the directing for the game was just... bad? Don't get me wrong, some still sound great to me. And the newer chars VA's sounded good, the only one i would prefer in JP is Nadia. Damn she sound so fricken CUTE in JP! XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I now have enough to day 1 buy Trails Through Daybreak when it releases in EN: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Side note: check out Agate's HP/EP numbers, somethings weird there: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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