The Swanton825

I can all but guarantee I overused commas like always lol

It's a good thing Game Freak isn't making the game then. Avalanche (different Avalanche from the one that made Just Cause), the actual studio making the game has actual experience making sandbox games. And I think the problem is that for all the inclusivity in the game itself, Rowling still gets money from each game's sale and she is pretty explicit in using her wealth to harm and isolate trans people. Not to mention that most of those inclusivity options are already become more common even before the game's release. When even games like Forza Horizon 5 allow you to pick your pronouns separate from body type, it's not exactly groundbreaking anymore. So while I don't think a boycott will do anything, I can understand why there are people who don't feel comfortable buying it are boycotting it. Of course, paying full price for any game these days confounds me when you can just wait half a year for it to be less than $40 and most of the bugs have been patched by then. Considering the game is published by Warner Bros, it'll probably be free on Epic in like a year as well.

There are some katanas laying around in Skyrim if you want to go full Blade with it. I can't remember exactly where but that should be a dozen places online that have it listed.

I love making RPG characters who are the opposite of their race's "standard" role. Halflings in heavy armor, Orc wizards, Goblin clerics, etc.

IT'S SWANTON RECOMMENDATION TIME AGAIN! Hi-Fi Rush is an absolute must try for everyone with Game Pass. Devil May Cry meets rhythm games isn't something I expected to work, but good sweet lord does it ever! As a bonus, unlike other rhythm action games like Metal: Hellsinger, Hi-Fi Rush doesn't punish rhythmically challenged folks like me by taking away the music the worse you do and instead goes the other way by simply rewarding you with extra damage and faster attacks for being on time. Wrap it all up in a charming art style similar to Into the Spider-Verse, a killer soundtrack that includes Nine Inch Nails and The Prodigy and tons upon tons of references to games the developers love (there's a freaking Xenogears reference in there!) and you get an early frontrunner for my GotY.

I was going to mention Adema but I thought I was the only person in the world who still remembered them! I used to boot up MK Deadly Alliance as a kid just to watch their Immortal video. And agreed. I'm so happy that we've finally gotten past the kneejerk "nu metal bad" thing everyone was stuck on for so long. It was getting to the point where people were just grasping at straws to say that a nu metal band they liked "obviously isn't nu metal" because of some random aspect that ignored all the similarities. "Mudvayne can't be nu metal because they're too heavy!" "Slipknot isn't nu metal because they stopped using turntables as much!" "Deftones aren't nu metal because I like them!" (Frankly liking Deftones is far more of a sin than enjoying nu metal in general if you ask me)

I found them last year and forgot to share it on here. Tetrarch remind me a lot of Korn's best years.

I disagree. There are plenty of games out there that are still extremely fun even if I wouldn't rate them higher than a 7/10. Saying that "good, but not great" games can't be worth talking about is really reductive in my eyes. The Avengers comparison doesn't really work either because there's a million other action games out there that do the same beat 'em up formula better. How many good 3D platformers are out there doing any sort of Sonic-inspired gameplay lately? I'm seriously asking because all I know about is Spark the Electric Jester 2 & 3. If there were a glut of other options then yeah, I probably wouldn't be enthusiastically recommending Frontiers (I'd still be talking about it though because I'm still shocked Sonic Team didn't release a broken mess), but here we are. Also, blame Sony and their deal with Marvel for Spiderman being exclusive not the devs. They get full control over Spiderman's usage outside of comics and live action movies. I highly doubt anyone on the development side for Avengers thought that was a good idea that would help sales and adding him in for free on other platforms at this point would just get them slapped with a lawsuit.

Congrats! I've never been much of a fan of DDR as I have two left feet, but I did used to play a LOT of Rock Band and Muse Dash on Steam is pretty fun. It's for sure rough in places, but the controls actually work for once and the homing attack goes where you want it to instead of doing its own thing like it's done since SA2. Frontiers is one of those games that if you just watch other people play it doesn't seem all that special but then you play it yourself and see why people have fun with it. I'm not gonna come out and say it's top shelf GotY candidate or anything crazy like that. It's a solid 7/10 game that feels like a good foundation for future games. When was the last time that could be said about any Sonic game?

My first exposure to ROH was during their pre-taped PPV era and even then the Briscoe Brothers were lightyears ahead of the rest of the division and most other tag teams going at the time. Tragic that this is how it ends. My heart goes out to his family.

I have no idea how I forgot the companies

You need to create a new database for this mod, then import everything from it into the Default database. My import order (hopefully I didn't forget anything): Workers Worker relationships Tag Teams Moves Move Sets Graduates Alter Egos

So, Sonic Frontiers... I haven't had a Sonic game that clicked with me since I was a wee little kid playing Sonic Adventure 2 in between games of NFL Blitz on my Dreamcast, but Frontiers hits different. Like, this is actually a fun game. Not "it's playable, that's all I can expect", but actually staying up late because I want to finish a zone! It's still got plenty of that 3D Sonic jank (pop-in everywhere, the cyberspace levels suck and they still won't stop taking camera control away from the player) but for the first time the new stuff Sonic Team added to a game is what I want to see more of and the classic stuff less so. It's weirdly relaxing speeding through the open areas collecting rings and other assorted pickups with the calm BGM playing. Then you get to the boss battles, the metal kicks in and the game turns into Asura's Wrath! I've seen people are divided over the gameplay shift in the true final boss fight, but IMO that was the hypest boss battle I've played in a long, long time. Heck, even the story is engaging! A Sonic game with an engaging story, how weird is that!? So yeah, it's a good time.

NGL when I first saw those two I was shocked at how close they, especially Max, were to my mental image of Iryna and Rayisa when I wrote their bios. I'm probably super rusty by now, but if you need any help just drop me a line.

I guess I should've kept watching after Hangman vs Mox. Maybe I'm becoming an embittered old man, but Hangman taking the exact same bump that could've killed him last year followed by running a concussion storyline with Mox just felt tasteless.

The crown prince had a journalist butchered in his palace for being critical of him, the House of Saud sponsored Wahhabism to create an army of fantatics to fight the House of Rasheed for control of the peninsula and continued to help it fester until well after it turned into the brand of Islamic extremism that has killed millions. That's without getting into their long, storied history of human rights abuses that make us Americans look like slackers in comparison. So yes, the source of the term Saudis (I.E. the people in charge) bad. And people can have a problem with all that while also realizing that the rest of modern life is also built upon suffering. Having a red line of what you'll continue to pay money for is the first step in very, very, verrrrrry, slowly untangling the mess humanity is in.

Just wanted to point out that the Saudis already own LIV Golf, the PGA Tour's newest competition and have no trouble getting their tournaments broadcast on US TV. Nobody cares about ethics if you throw enough money at them.

And that's why I shouldn't try to make an argument while I'm half asleep.

In this specific context? It doesn't matter any more than usual. Jericho's done far worse to make me hate his guts. Can't speak for anyone else, but I'm personally exhausted with calls to praise this sad old man for doing crap veteran wrestlers are supposed to. Jushin Liger put over Chase Owens of all people! Where was his ticker tape parade for losing to that geek? Oh right, he was doing the job because his prime was long gone like the guys who came before him did when their time was up. That Jericho is treated as some sort of good samaritan for doing the same says a lot about his generation of wrestlers. I have no issue with Andretti getting a win over Jericho, frankly I'd love it if anyone Jericho worked with in the past ten years not named MJF (and also isn't a POS named Sammy) got elevated by him. I just refuse to give Jericho a pat on the back for doing what any wrestler his age should be doing.

It can be a good thing and Jericho can still come across as a self-aggrandizing jerk. These aren't mutually exclusive. See: Hogan putting Billy Kidman over. The main difference is that Hogan used doing that as an excuse to not put others over while Jericho appears to be using it as "Look at me, everybody! Aren't I the most beloved veteran of all time? Do you not love every single thing about me?"

I mean, the game sold itself on the mythic paths concept, I'm not sure how it's a surprise it went epic in scale? Though I'm not quite sure how Baldur's Gate II is less epic unless you don't play Throne of Bhaal. You didn't miss much. After all the hype of the Arkham Knight being a brand new character, it turns out he's just a version of Jason Todd that doesn't want to call himself Red Hood.

There is no real plan going forward. It seems TK let his old ROHbot days make decisions for him when he bought the company and now he doesn't know what to do with his new toy. Best case scenario, ROH becomes AEW's developmental but more than likely this is the new WWECW.

Can confirm Solasta is fun. One of my favorite parts is controlling an entire party in dialogues and not just "the main character". No more wondering why the bard in my party is standing there silently while I fumble a persuasion because my charisma is crap.

And now I know what I'm using for the greatest Money in the Bank parody: Wallet on a Chain! Low-tier indy wrestlers put it all on the line for twenty whole dollars and a half-used Cracker Barrel giftcard!

I'm still trying to figure out how the guy who stole the show from DiCaprio and Damon in The Departed is the same guy who was in The Happening. Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again: chains on title belts are the best!