The Witcher 3 Finished, Hearts of Iron IV Preview, Sean Sands Goes to London, Geometry Wars 3, Our Look Back on Covering The Game Industry, Your Emails and More!
This week Shawn, Elysium and Julian do an extreme amount of navel gazing and talk about how their history covering the industry.
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So.... No E3 predictions then?
Awesome talk about E3. As a relative newcomer to GWJ, it was great to hear about those early days and I'm definitely looking forward to those pics (even though I'm pretty sure I've already seen one of those, and Shawn's right, you *do* look like babies, and I mean that in the best possible way).
As for high fiving the Game King? Ha! I'd love to, but maybe I'd be too starstruck.
And yeah, I agree with Julian and Jonman on the relationship. I complete relate with Julian's anger, and here's hoping we actually get a great one sometime soon.
Not sure I agree with Shawn's premise that marriage excludes "going out and being reckless", because sometimes you have to. I'm mostly thinking along the lines of historical situations like "go to war to defend your home."
Interesting comments on the Yenn/Geralt/Ciri, Shawn. Kinda curious based on what I've read in the books.
Finally, regarding long, stable relationships and how they factor in combat situations, I've definitely constructed an entire head canon on ME3, my Shepard and Kaidan, but that's just what it is, all in my head. It definitely would be interesting to see it impact gameplay or even story (a girl can dream, but the gamer in me realizes that would be very complex to implement) in some manner, although I couldn't say how.
Anyhow, great episode this week, thanks gang!
Jeff Cannata is playing through the Witcher 3. He might be a great candidate for a spoiler section. Not sure how close he is to finishing the game.
I hope you like thrill rides - Luis Serra, Resident Evil 4 Remake
Uncharted 4 Multiplayer: Half Nelson
Was someone playing a game or something with weird dings around 15 minutes, or was my Nest smoke detector alerting me that my house was burning down?
Teacher by day, gamer and musician by night, husband and father all the time.
Also Danielle Riendeau from Idle Thumbs.
Michael
Pics!
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
To echo Eleima, hearing GWJ history is really neat to a newer Goodjer. That's why I spent last summer reading the entirety of the Goodjer Commandments! I really enjoyed hearing about your first E3 and experiences while building the foundation of the site and community.
Teacher by day, gamer and musician by night, husband and father all the time.
Oh my gosh, Shawn, I barely recognized you. Bet it feels like that E3 was a whole lifetime ago!
What, no pillow? Or was that different occasion?
I would love if you managed to swing either of those. Especially Danielle, her enthusiasm always brings a smile to my face.
Time to remedy that:
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
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Wow, Jeremy from Pure Pwnage! I haven't seen him in ages.
"World Domination, Ho!" - My wife
"I'll be your frosted pastry." - Cory "Demiurge" Banks
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Super nice guy, too. Loved that web series he did. Ahead of his time in a lot of ways.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Caption for the first photo:
GWJ meets their biggest fan.
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
PS4: SwayOkay, Steam: [GWJ] Sway, Origin: SwayGWJ
Also glad to see the Pillow of Heterosexuality has made it's appearance.
Can't wait to listen to this one! E3 always makes me nostalgic.
Looks like they're working on a movie:
"World Domination, Ho!" - My wife
"I'll be your frosted pastry." - Cory "Demiurge" Banks
Steam padriec#1126
Oh, Julian. It was Dead or Alive 3 on the original Xbox, and it was developed by Tecmo's Team Ninja, not Konami.
You guys need to get more guests that like Japanese games. No real talk on Splatoon? I am disappoint. Also, it does have a two player mode, it just focuses on balloon popping. So no split screen for online play, sadly.
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Gaming married couple: Mr and Mrs Pac-Man. I'll see myself out.
A stable, married relationship between two NPCs: Dragon Age 2's Aveline and Donnic. Yeah, Hawke helps get them together in the second act, but in the third act there's lots of ambient dialog between Fenris, Varric, Isabela, and Aveline (and a few little comments during Aveline's own personal quest) that show how much they care about each other without any commentary or input from the player.
It's simple and lovely.
And absolutely infuriating that it's so rare.
Seeing myself back in to say whoooo, thread of the week!
Every time I see that picture, this is what happens in my imagination:
Talk nerdy to me.
Steam: [GWJ]MeatMan | "Now I know where to go if I have a hankering for testicles." –Higgledy
This is the greatest.
@timeyles | Steam | Battle.net troubleshot#1672 | Uplay troubleshot-GWJ
Michael
Worst slash fiction ever.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
Why is nobody asking who took this photo?
I want to send them a thank you basket.
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Hey, maybe I missed it, but if not: Shawn why the heck would Warren Spector hate you? Don't leave us hanging!
For touch screen games that utilize a virtual control stick that centers itself wherever you touch, I've run across 2 other games that do that. They're both by the same developer: Mage Guantlet and Wayward Souls. It works so much better than static virtual control sticks.
Backloggery
In regards to the marriage email, what about Fire Emblem: Awakening? Awakening follows multiple relationships through the friendship, dating, and marriage phases. Fight together, become stronger.
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It was me, and if I remember right I abused my admin powers to insert it into a E3 wrap up article at the last minute.
Right, but that's exactly what I'm getting at.
Your example is relegating the richness of a decades-long relationship to the status of an Amulet of Dexterity.
You've never known true joy until you've shaken a lich stick at someone.
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