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Well his promos don't cure my insomnia, so I'd put him more in the category of Triple H Jr.

I had a feeling I had to have missed something with this guy since he keeps getting work. I'll have to watch Flyin' High sometime. I also didn't know that Cornette brought him in (and I actually liked Cornette's run with ROH), I figured someone from Sinclair liked him and saw him as being marketable or something. Yeah, Conway's awesome, he main evented the last NWA Smoky Mountain show I went to (back when he was one-half of the World Tag champs) and he got the almost dead crowd (they had just pulled a b.s. no-contest finish the match before, ruining what was the best match of the night.) to come back alive pretty much single-handedly.

I'm not talking about engines. I'm talking about how The Wolf Among Us, aside from having more action sequences, has the same base gameplay as the first Walking Dead season with few differences. Like how every 3D Zelda goes through the same motions, but with a new gimmick. It can make for a very good game, possibly even GotY. But when you're not innovating anything, why should you get Developer of the Year? My GotY: Come to think of it, nothing has really jumped out at me this year. And I keep forgetting I have Divinity and Wasteland. So the game I've enjoyed the most and actually beaten that came out this year would be The Wolf Among Us... Is it that hypocritical, or just ironic?

I realize I'm rather tardy to the party here (and not exactly that up on puro), but can someone explain to me how the hell someone like Michael Bennett keeps getting work with New Japan? He's not exactly a talented wrestler (Lance Storm had to pry a decent match out of him) and all he seems to be able to do gimmick-wise is play an arrogant ass, which half the Bullet Club seems to already have covered.

I admit I didn't really explain what I meant. I meant that Paradox games tend to follow the same grand strategy formula, there are differences in the major goals, but they tend to run on similar formulas for shared aspects. Ex. Crusader Kings & Europa Universalis run functionally similar when it comes to war, but Hearts of Iron is much more detailed in that aspect since it's about war. While CK is about medieval politics and EU is about colonial exploration. Basically what I meant to say was that they start with the same base and expand on what the focus of the game is going to be. It's why they can put out all these different games. Honestly, I didn't use the best examples I could have. What Telltale does is closer to Call of Duty (I'm going to die for this) in that they work from the same (since TWD S1) gameplay and change the story and characters. The only difference is in that Telltale doesn't half-ass their games. How Icewind Dale is closer to a mod of Baldur's Gate than a separate game would also be a good comparison. There's nothing wrong with any of these games doing this, a good core is key to a great game. All I was trying to say initially was that it would be just as ridiculous to give Telltale Developer of the Year for making the same game they have for years as it is to give it to Nintendo for the same thing. I'm sure I'm still not phrasing this correctly. I don't think bad about Telltale, I love Telltale and I love Paradox too. Paradox is the reason I started to expand on the variety of games I play, so their games mean a lot to me. So I'm really not trying to insult either developer nor the people who like them. I just wanted to point out that Nintendo isn't the only developer that relies on formula. Who the hell plays any Paradox game for world domination? That's so cliched.

Mass Effect and Dragon Age have the same dialogue system, but that's about it. Mass Effect is an Action RPG and Dragon Age is a full-on CRPG. Don't know about Civ. Borderlands, yes, same core gameplay in all three. Hell, I just told my brother yesterday that if you can play one Paradox game you can play them all. None of these things make them bad games, aside from Civ, I love them all. I was just saying that I don't see how you can credit Telltale (who I also love) for making four games when at their core they're the same QTE-filld choose-your-own adventures. Their magnificent writing keep the games enjoyable. But can you seriously say that, when it comes to gameplay, there's any difference?

I don't see how, they don't exactly try for the same audience. There are some crossover fans yes, but most of those watch both anyways.

I don't indulge in alcohol. http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b500/theswanton/Misc/PlusTenRapscallion_zps0aa5bc64.jpg

Well I personally would count all four games as the same one since Telltale pretty much uses the same gameplay and just changes the story, setting, characters, etc. Ironically, quite like Nintendo. And I would wager that Inquisition won game of the year because quite a few, myself included, see the game as a return to form for BioWare. Though like I said before, with as big of a corporate shill as Geoff Keighley in charge, these awards are completely meaningless.

Pretty sure it was 04, though I think 05 gave you the same free roam.

Another Slammy season, another lost chance for Big E to win Best Rack in WWE.

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004. Fun game.

Not defending him, because I think it's petty too. But I think what makes Punk mad is that he feels like they wanted to give him one last "go screw yourself!" so they bided their time until they could make his "official" release more than a formality.

I idolized Benoit when I was a kid, I had already decided less than a year into watching wrestling that I was going to move to Atlanta when I was 18 and beg him to train me. So that whole business gutted my love of wrestling for years, only guys like Danielson and Nigel McGuinness kept me watching any wrestling. And after Benoit, seeing guys like Danielson throwing caution to wind and doing that damned headbutt, the move Harley Race has gone on record as saying that he wished that he'd never invented it, just make me terrified that it's going to happen again. His neck problems and his match at WM 30, a three-way between a smark favorite technician and two infamous politickers, certainly don't help my worries.

He might see DBD as too laid back to be a major level player. Or Danielson could be planning to retire soon and Vince is one of the only guys who knows. Personally, I hope he is, I'm getting too many Benoit flashbacks with him for comfort.

No, there's no way to play GBA games on any 3DS (unless it's through Virtual Console), you can get a GBA SP for less than 50 bucks off of eBay these days though.

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/293/590/6f6.gif I always love a good shitstorm.

Dude, every time Punk has come up lately, you talk about him like a jilted ex. Chill out, he's just a guy from TV, and, unless he punched you in the face or something, not anyone worth this level of hatred.

And by most people's accounts Raven has an inflated opinion of himself. It's a common trait among wrestlers and performers in general. Also, you do realize how disrespectful it is to call him Scott Levy right? Yeah, Punk can be a jackass, hell, Cabana even pointed it out in the interview! But I think what he said lines up with what a lot of people say about working there and (especially how little the doctors care) really raises quite a few questions in my mind about how WWE treat their wrestlers.

I KNOW, it's almost like these guys are trained how not to hit people.

Ugh, anyone else uncomfortable seeing Jamie Noble take those back bumps considering what retired him? EDIT: Anonymous Raw GM is back: http://replygif.net/i/272.gif

Because you don't like him, or because it seems wrong to have WCW's franchise guy in WWE?

That's the best part about Bray! He looks and acts like a hillbilly (who, in my experience, are pretty greasy dudes) who would be more at home in an asylum than a wrestling ring. It's certainly more unique than another guy with a short haircut and black tights. EDIT: ...Jingle All the Way 2, starring Santino and Larry the Cable Guy...WHYYYYYYY!?!?

Because Sting didn't want to sign with WWE 12 years ago? And they've got to use him for something, especially after that huge pop for the 2K15 reveal. It's better than another depressing Taker match.

I don't get why people care about award shows, they're absolutely meaningless. Barring Metallica and Daft Punk I don't think a single band I listen to has won a Grammy. Does it change how awesome I think they are? Hell no. The album/game/etc. of the year is whatever you think it is. Anyone who claims to be the authority on who the best of the best are is full of shit.