Marvel's Avengers(PS4), The Room VR: A Dark Matter (Oculus, Steam, PSVR), Wasteland 3 (PC), Tell Me Why(PC), Tony Hawk Pro-Skater 1 & 2(PS4), Crusader Kings 3(PC), Nvidia GeForce Now (PC), Surprise Gut Punches, Game Code Giveaways, Thread of the Week, Announcements, and more!
Amanda, Glendon, Rich, and Aaron talk about Surprise Gut Punches in games.
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Tell Me Why
Tony Hawk Pro-Skater 1 & 2
Crusader Kings 3
Nvidia GeForce NOW
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00:01:36 Marvel's Avengers
00:14:56 The Room VR: A Dark Matter
00:22:36 Wasteland 3
00:32:14 Tell Me Why
00:37:24 Tony Hawk Pro-Skater
00:46:34 Nvidia GeForce Now
00:52:03 Crusader Kings 3
01:11:05 Surprise Gut Punches
01:23:47 Game Code Giveaways
I didn't even explain my idea about Aaron Sorkin and XCOM.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
LastSuprise: Destroyer of Wallets would be an excellent tag and/or third handle for you.
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Aaron Sorkin in works like A Few Good Men, Sportsnight, and The West Wing in creating this character relation dramas within professions 99% of the audience was unfamiliar with. So who better to make something about an agency protecting the world from extraterrestrial invasion while weaving through a minefield of global politics and funding also while creating memorable and relatable characters* that the audience can latch on to than Aaron Sorkin?
* = And since the stories of XCOM soldiers prior to the most recent release almost always come from emergent gameplay, it gives any screenwriter free reign to create and develop them as they see fit.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
EvilHomer3k wrote:You are an evil, evil person.
Baron Of Hell wrote:YOU VILLAIN!
“You wouldn’t think Kong’s Quest to be resonate emotionally.”
I MOST CERTAINLY BEG TO DIFFER, GOOD SIR!!!
Loved the article, it was great to reread it.
My fave gut punches.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect (yeah, duh)
I’m wracking my brain because I KNOW there’s one that was so powerful I almost started crying as I was streaming it, but my brain is blanking right now, but it will come back to me.
Oh and it brings me so much happiness that my Pharaoh woes brought so much amusement and joy to everyone.
Especially since a remake is apparently on the way.
EDIT: I remember now. It was Silence. The ending. Oh my gosh. I cried so much as soon as I was off the air.
I blame Clocky.
Hi, can I submit here for a CK3 code?
This isn't the *last* time a game went sideways on me, but it's an all-timer, for sure.
SPOILERS FOR A 33 YEAR-OLD GAME FOLLOW BECAUSE I AM TOTALLY OLD
So. I was a big Sierra adventure gamer back in the day - if it had the word "Quest" in the title, I played it...most likely multiple times, even though they were completely linear games without any variation whatsoever. Having loved 1986's Space Quest, I was thrilled when Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge arrived the next year. I devoured it greedily, working my way through the trademark Sierra-style puzzles on Xenon Orbital Station 4 and Labion, until I finally reached Vohaul's asteroid.
I should digress, here, to point out that I have always been an inveterate save scummer. I save before I do anything, ever. But I do usually try to restrict my slots, and just rotate between, say, three of them, overwriting as I go.
So. On Vohaul's asteroid, I opened the door to an elevator only to be confronted by a xenomorph from the Alien(s) franchise, because LOL intellectual property protections in the '80s. I madly mashed the arrow keys to escape, but I was young and my fingers weren't so coordinated, so I got caught. Much to my happy surprise, the hideous creature just picked up Roger Wilco and planted a big, fat kiss on his lips before dashing off screen.
"Oh," I thought. "Hahaha, you wacky Two Guys From Andromeda! Good one!" Then, I just went about my business, saving as I went. Of course...
Oh, how the game's designers must have laughed putting this little trap in there....I WAS 12. I may have cried actual human tears. I know I walked away from that game for a long, long time, and trusted no one - in games or life - for quite some time thereafter.
Roger Wilco may have survived to battle the Pirates of Pestulon in the next installment, but I still carry those scars to this day.
This one got me too! Especially because, when it happened, it fit so well with the story, and I didn't see it coming at all.
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I think the most memorable gut punch of recent times, outside of The Last of Us Part 2, is the ending of Red Dead Redemption 2 and the name of the achievement you receive.
Spoilers for the Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2.
I hope you like thrill rides - Luis Serra, Resident Evil 4 Remake
Uncharted 4 Multiplayer: Half Nelson