GrizzlyB
Confused and Dazed
So, I've been doing some reading of classic old threads recently, and in doing so, I noticed that a couple users, namely Locke Yggdrasill and Yami Ryu, had "memorial" user rank bars. Since both of them were once prominent/popular members, I just figured that the bars were paying tribute to people who were once a big part of the community here, but no longer came around. Then, tonight, I was reading over some of my old VMs, happened to find one from Locke that was pretty funny, and checked his profile to see if he ever came on anymore. Quickly realized that the "memorial" bar was for users who were known to have passed away. I assume everyone else knew this, but it was still a shock to me. I don't know why I bring this up, except to say that it sucks. I never really knew Yami Ryu, but I remember that her reputation as a critic in the fan works sections preceded her. Locke was one of the first users here I really started to interact with, and while I think the majority of his activity here preceded me ever joining, he was still a great, funny guy, whose infrequent stops here I always enjoyed. Requiescat in pace.
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These all sound highly compelling. Added to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the one about a teenager murdering everybody with a notebook, that makes 5 anumes worth watching.
Yeah, that Gamespot thing is total BS. I've had it happen a couple of times from Amazon sellers, too (not a sticker, but just no shrinkwrap), but the games looked untouched and had everything, so I didn't say anything (plus shipping anything back is a PITA, so I try to avoid it if at all possible). Since everyone seems to agree that $45 is fair for Nier, I guess it probably is, but looking through other games I've been eyeing from that 2009-10 period, for example, Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is ~$24 new and ~$15 used, which is about the range I try to buy games at. (it doesn't have great review scores, mind, but they're better than Nier)
I feel like you've recommended this to me before, when I said that Code Geass was the closest thing to a mecha anime I'd ever watched (still is, AFAIK, unless I watched one that was just that unmemorable). It shall be taken under consideration.
I could get behind this
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The only good anime is the one where dogs fight bears, complete with spinning dog missile attacks.
Also the one where a Japanese dude falls into a hot tub and ends up in Ancient Rome.
Or the one where they do Dracula except Dracula has a son named Janus and mugs a guy for a Hamburger.
These all sound highly compelling. Added to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the one about a teenager murdering everybody with a notebook, that makes 5 anumes worth watching.
$45 new is fair for a hardcopy game that's, I think, seven years old now, especially if it's still in the plastic (i.e. not like what Gamestop claims to be "new" -- admittedly I'm marginally more irritated about them selling me Persona 3 Portable as "new" with just a sticker over the edge of the case to keep it shut years later than I currently am at Atlus JP over their streaming nonsense, even though that is still pretty crappy.
Now if it turns out to be Sega and they do something like that to Sonic Mania, considering I ordered the special edition, I will personally walk all the way to Sega headquarters from here in the middle of a cornfield in Illinois and shove the bonus edition statue so far up Sega's CEO's ass that it will retcon the entire franchise from reality.)
Anyway where was I. Oh yeah, $45 for Nier new is honestly probably pretty reasonable, and $36 is a huge step up after the last few years, but I expect demand has skyrocketed, so blah blah blah ECON 101
Yeah, that Gamespot thing is total BS. I've had it happen a couple of times from Amazon sellers, too (not a sticker, but just no shrinkwrap), but the games looked untouched and had everything, so I didn't say anything (plus shipping anything back is a PITA, so I try to avoid it if at all possible). Since everyone seems to agree that $45 is fair for Nier, I guess it probably is, but looking through other games I've been eyeing from that 2009-10 period, for example, Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is ~$24 new and ~$15 used, which is about the range I try to buy games at. (it doesn't have great review scores, mind, but they're better than Nier)
I like the idea too, but to be frank, I would probably mostly just rec Gundam 0080. It's only six half-hour episodes long, at least, but it packs about as much as other classic Gundam series when it comes to the main themes of the franchise into that length of time. (Also, David Hayter did a voice for one of the characters in the dub, so if you're a hardcore enough MGS fan, you'll want to add that to your watch list.)
I feel like you've recommended this to me before, when I said that Code Geass was the closest thing to a mecha anime I'd ever watched (still is, AFAIK, unless I watched one that was just that unmemorable). It shall be taken under consideration.