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Launched Dec 7th, 2018 for Nintendo Switch Been a huge hit so far, already selling 12 million copies as of this topic posting. That puts it in the Top 50 of all best selling Nintendo games of all time - less than 6 months into its lifespan. Shouldn't be too long before it surpasses Brawl's 13 million copies for the best selling Smash Bros title. Who plays this? Who do you main? Do you think you're any good? What controller do you use? Why won't Webhead with us play anymore?

Yeah fuck Twitter.

Not a bad start by Jimmy today all things considered. Showed some good poise after throwing that early pick-6. Hopefully he keeps moving forwards.

"We're the Patriots. You're lucky we don't charge you just to wear that glorious jersey. You'll take whatever we decide to pay you and you'll like it."

I was actually pleasantly surprised at how soon Mario Odyssey dropped down to $47. I think it happened the Spring after the Holiday season when it released, so less than 6 months? Then again, I never did see BotW on sale...

Just waiting to see if Jimmy G will improve under Shanahan. Losing basically an entire year just when starting with a new franchise is going to hinder his development; I only wonder how much. It was good that he got to face his demons by revisiting that spot he blew out his knee at Arrowhead in preseason at least. It will also be interesting to see if the defense steps it up this year. We have too much draft stock invested in our front D line to keep being mediocre.

Yeah, we're definitely due an Earthbound HD Remake.

What is twitter jail? Also, what is twitter?

Skip to :20 and watch it on mute.

Yeah it's probably running a different ROM for each console since they're technically not backwards compatible on the same exact system even though the Switch has the hardware horsepower to handle them. Kinda like how your android phone still needs different emulator apps to run GBA games and N64 games. I'm actually super stoked AF for this. This means I can finally ditch the Virtual Console on the 3DS and the emulated games on my android tablet that I couldn't play any other way like the OG Star Fox (Nintendo couldn't legally re-release it until now due to strange copyright shenanigans). Zelda ALttP Super Metroid Star Fox Super Mario World Mario Kart F-Zero Plus I'm gonna get even more mileage out of my 8BitDo SN30 Pro bluetooth gamepad now. I've already been using it for nearly a year as a Switch Pro Controller, Android controller for emulators, and as a PC controller for Steam games (used it when I recently played Dishonored 2), but it was literally made for these SNES games.

Astral Chain Nintendo Page New Nintendo IP from Platinum Games, the makers of Nier: Automata and Bayonetta. Looks like an anime "near-future" type sci-fi theme. Ghost in the Shell meets Evangelion meets Persona meets Xenoblade or something. E3 Trailer: Premise and gameplay looks cool, but also looks like gets pretty heavy on the shonen anime angle. Pretty good initial reviews. 87 on Metacritic.

Daniel was literally the only name both my parents could agree on, and was like each of their last choices.

NES at my first neighbor friend's house. Kindergarten maybe? Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt also but the parents wouldn't let me use the light gun since I was only like 5 and I was always trying to take things apart. (friends were a few years older) We didn't have enough money for our own system until 1993 or so and got a Sega Genesis first, with Sonic. We tried it for a bit, didn't like it, took it back and got an SNES with Super Mario All-Stars. Came with Super Mario 2 and Super Mario 3 that I played a ton of. Only other game we actually owned was Super Mario World. Played a bunch of other games that I just borrowed from my friends like F-Zero, Star Fox, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Metroid.

RIP Netflix

Two episodes in a row anything is binging for me.

Time or sign up for Netflix for 1 month, binge this and then cancel again.

Wow, apparently I've had A LOT of jobs. Plus I have a mechanical keyboard and absolutely LOVE typing on this ting. I'll try to keep it somewhat organized and condense with spoilers. You have been warned... 2001 -college starts- 2003 2006 -moved out of my parents- -college ends- 2007 2014 2016 2018

AD to LA isn't really a problem unless they also get Kyrie.

Forgot to post this, but I ordered a few new upgrades so I'll post it now while it's still on my mind. Also including components Web was too lazy to post like the PSU and webcam. (Upgrades in bold) Computer: Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 550D CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ROG Strix RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 PSU: CORSAIR CX series CX750 750W System Drive: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB Platter Drive (full of random BS): Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB NAS Storage Drives (Mirrored in RAID 1): HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5" 4TB (x2) DVD Drive/Burner: LG Internal Super Multi Drive Bluray Drive/Burner: LG Electronics Blu-ray DVD Writer Webcam: Logitech C920 PVR Dual HDTV Tuner: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Peripherals: HTPC Mouse: Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse ($274.90 at time of posting, WTF) Office Mouse: MOJO Silent Bluetooth Vertical Mouse HTPC Keyboard: Logitech K800 Wireless Illuminated Keyboard Office Keyboard: iKBC CD108BT Wired + Wireless 2 in 1 Mechanical Keyboard with Cherry MX Brown Controller: Xbox 360 Wireless Controller HTPC Monitor 1: Samsung PN51F5300 51-Inch 1080p 600Hz Plasma HDTV HTPC Monitor 2: TCL 55S423 55" 4K UHD HDR Roku Smart TV Office Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23" Full HD 1920x1080 IPS Stereo Receiver: Yamaha HTR-3067 AV receiver 5.1ch / 4K Ultra HD L/R Speakers + dual subs: Pioneer CS-G303 1980's vintage towers HDTV Antenna: Mohu MH-ANT1000 Leaf Hdtv Antenna Headset: SteelSeries Siberia 840 (RF + Bluetooth + 3.5mm audio + 2x removable batteries) This is my only desktop and is an HTPC / Gaming PC that runs primarily in the living room with two HDTVs as dual monitors, driven by a wireless keyboard/mouse/controller setup, complete with a full-powered home stereo system via optical audio. It also has that HDTV antenna and tuner if I want to record free aired TV right to my HDDs. However, the tower itself resides on the other side of the wall behind the TVs; in my office behind my desk. All the cables run through an outlet-sized hole in the drywall that feed through Cable Pass Through Brush Wall Plates. The TV/stereo setup is close enough that none of the HDMI, optical or ethernet cables need to be longer than 10ft, including a USB 3.0 expansion hub so I can plug things into the PC from inside the entertainment center the TVs are on. Having the tower on the other side of the wall also makes it 100% silent in the living room when watching TV or movies. The 3rd monitor is on the desk in the office where the PC tower actually is. I'm not in there as often so all that's setup in there is the single monitor, keyboard and mouse. There are no speakers in there but my wireless Steelseries headphones work perfectly there since I'm technically closer to the receiver than when on the couch on the opposite side of the living room. Thinking of possibly expending that setup to have two monitors in there so I can actually get shit done, but that'll mean I actually have FOUR monitors which gets kind of strange when trying to move the mouse around without it getting lost on screens that I can't see because they're "in the other room". I'd still rather do that than buy and build a whole additional PC just for that office given how much I've invested in the main PC.

You sound like me in 2015.

I will grant you that the way Thor dealt with his lashing from the Russo Bros was far more realistic than anything Cap did. Even with all my gripes about Thor getting the short end of the plot stick, his arc still >>>>>>>> Cap's arc.

Consistency is going out the window again here. Is Cap perfect in every possible way or not? KK's saying he's not, but that he has more life experience than a 1000+ year old Asgardian God of Thunder. Kyle's saying not only was he worthy and able to lift Mjolnir, he was also such a better person than Thor even then that he pretended to not be able to lift it just to save everyone else's feelings since he didn't want them to know just how inferior they were to him. What a guy. 100% perfect AND 100% humble. He's like Marvel Jesus! ? Unless you have a daily calendar showing he saved 600+ worlds over those 2 years or some shit, this is pointless. He clearly stated in Ragnarok that he took time to mourn Loki's death. You really think he lied about that? Or was only sad for 20 min and pretended to be over it? Or that he's so heartless that he forgot to also mourn for his mother? He was also doing most of this alone and therefore likely had more alone time than anyone other than Hulk during that period for reflection. I mean shit, you see him sitting by himself for how knows long long in a cage at the opening of Ragnarok, specifically reflecting on past events and how he ended up where he was. He was constantly processing everything. Besides, that sounds an awful lot like how Black Widow dealt with her grief after Infinity War, as well as Rocket, Rhodes, Nebula and Okoye; all delving into their work and just keeping busy as much as possible. Rocket especially mentions in Infinity War that he still has a lot to lose after talking to Thor... and then does proceed to lose it all after the Snap. Then he laments to Thor about how he lost the only family he ever had. Did you not believe him? Did you not really buy his grief? He didn't spend 5 years in a drunken stupor and become completely useless in the Time Heist mission did he? Having someone spiral out as fantastically as Thor did is not required to sell that they're dealing with grief and loss. What about Tony? He went up against Thanos and lost fantastically also. Had to watch Spider-Man disintegrate in his arms, which was his fault because he told Peter to follow the wizard (and gave him that suit). But after the battle he just passes off the blame to Cap saying it's all his fault for not listening to him before, then goes off, fathers Morgan with Pepper and lives guilt-free in the woods not planning on helping what's left of the world he couldn't save? What you don't seem to realize is that this was a work of fiction. Just like with Rocket and Stark, the Russo's could have gone in any direction with Thor's arc once they were handed the end of Ragnarok and what did they do? Shit all over him. Nothing forced their hand, this was a creative choice. So again, I'm criticizing their creative choice and you're trying to argue back on the false premise that there was an objectively correct and incorrect way to depict Thor's reaction to adversity. As if it'd somehow be scientifically or psychologically inaccurate to have him react differently, even though it's been said multiple times already that everyone deals with grief differently because there's no right or wrong way to do that.

Thor never dealt with loss or defeat? By what point? Before he lost his mother and brother in the same day? Before his girlfriend dumped him? Before his sister destroyed his hammer and then just effortlessly kicked his ass twice? (He never defeated Hela, BTW. He's still holding that L) What you're talking about is Ragnarok. Before Ragnarok you could probably make the argument that he'd lived a perfect enchanted life thus far, free from all notions of loss and defeat. (if you pretend his mom's and Loki's deaths had no effect on him) After Ragnarok though, what else did he still need to lose? What facet of his character was still lacking to the point of him still being in need of emotional growth through pain and loss? What argument for, "He hasn't experienced hardship yet" could be made after Asgard is destroyed in their literal end of the world? This is what I don't get. And this proves what exactly? That during the five years between when he first ran into the Quill and the Guardians, to after Endgame and all his "emotional growth", he's still exactly how he was then? He's objectively being an ass to Quill, purposefully pushing his insecurity buttons and being generally disrespectful. Guess Korg really is gonna have to die in Guardians 4 as Thor continues to flounder around getting his shit together. This is why I specifically mentioned Cap and Tony trying to rationalize why they couldn't lift the hammer at the end of Ultron. You read a quote from Anthony Russo who was not a writer for Whedon's Age of Ultron and had nothing to do with that Mjolnir scene. I've always hated Cap. I just can't be inspired by an avatar that embodies impossibly perfect standards. You could argue that Cap lost more than everyone due to being plucked out of his time... but you'd never know it based on how he just put his head down and did what Fury told him right out of the ice. How is that an example to people going through something similar and looking for inspiration? It's like asking someone for advice and hearing "Just make all the right choices and do everything perfectly." It rings hollow when you can't relate. Then it gets nauseating after 5+ movies.

Just checking the consistency here. Age of Ultron: Cap couldn't lift the Hammer (and was trying to rationalize it away with Stark at the end), while Thor and Vision could lift it. You're dismissing that as meaning absolutely nothing since Cap was more worthy and perfect than everyone else in that room? I still straight up reject the implication that Thor was such a huge steaming pile of shit of a character after Ultron/Civil War that he still needed to lose everything over the course of four entire movies to redeem himself. This is why you're haters. "He lost his mom, his brother, his girlfriend, his father, his sister, his best friends, his eye, his iconic weapon... his entire planet? .... " ".... Nah that fucking douche still hasn't learned his lesson! Kill off half of his entire race, then make him the main failure at ground zero of the universe's greatest tragedy and then watch him writhe around in guilt and emotional agony for a few more years. Then we'll see if Valkyrie and Korg need to die too..."