JonSmith

@Mirado: Eh, it's a big game. They probably had other priorities. But...

Rats in the sewer / Living like certain reptiles / Not very subtle.

Awful poetry / A horrendous suicide / Scooter learns nothing.

Opportunity / Lies and twisted history / It makes my ears bleed.

An explosive dance / Made Jack quite agitated / Quite enjoyable.

Mordecai's great loss / Death and despair all around / Must make Jack suffer.

I'm kind of enjoying this.

@Mirado said:

Playing as Zero, I know (generally) what he would say to most requests; the haiku equivalent of "Finally a worth challenge!" and so on.

You offer a job

It could be quite difficult

Sounds like a challenge.

How's that?

Sure. Could be fun.

Is it faster, stronger, does it have an elemental effect, does it have more rounds per clip?

I determine what guns I use mostly in that order of priority.

You can fire arrows that blot out the sun.

@FengShuiGod said:

No, of giant silicone based killer space worms.

They're everywhere. WHY WON'T ANYONE BELIEVE ME.

@Brodehouse said:

Paranoid of what. Of what. Web designers and aesthetics?

Nah, seeing potential conspiracy patterns in such a simple thing as similar web design. Paranoid of that. So... yeah. In a way: Web designers and aesthetics.

I watched a bit of the Livestream yesterday, (extenuating circumstances kept me from the full thing). One of the things I managed to see were the plans for the new site design. Which I kind of liked. So you can imagine my surprise when I clicked over to IGN this morning, intent on checking out the Borderlands 2 review, and I saw this:

I don't have a shot of the new site design for Giantbomb's reviews, sadly, so I can't put one up as a point of comparison. But for those who saw the design, does this not strike you as quite similar? Or am I just being paranoid?

If I'm not ***** slapping a Galactus knock off between planets like a pinball, I don't care.

As the US spirals out of control, EA will use it's almighty power over Call of Duty to pay off America's debt in exchange for a controlling interest in the government's decisions. It will then slowly encroach upon all franchises, not just video games. Free refills will be a thing of the past. Free sauce: Gone. You will pay to clock in at work each morning. You will pay to clock out. Any videos against EA will be taken down by the government's top propaganda resources. With everyone believing they are the only ones dissenting against EA's rule, no united movement will be formed. Until Valve steps up. Having prepared for this moment for years, they will lead the charge against EA's tyranny with the release of Half Life 3, knocking the Call of Duty clones EA have been putting out and forcing upon the gaming market from their top spot. EA will try to control them, but the people will back Valve. EA will send the government's armies against the US citizens as they riot under Valve's flag. A war will take place, the people against EA's army. The army, having had their training cut in place of just replaying Call of Duty games to save money, will be inefficient, whereas Valve will put out new, inventive games, keeping their supporters minds flexible and creative. As EA is driven back, desperately trying to control PR, one man will step onto the battlefield. One man, a man who had gone into hiding rather than work for EA, will reappear to preach the truth and lend Valve his support. And this man is...

Now with Valve and Schafer against them, EA will be forced to hand over their controlling interest to Newell and Schafer. After Newell attempts to ban the number '3' from the learning curriculum, however, it will be Schafer alone who stands over the people. And under his leadership, a new golden age of video games shall be ushered into being. Publisher's replaced by people paying for games THEY want. Making choices for those games based on THEIR desires. It will be glorious.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world burns.

Technically, you CAN use the Soul Splitter in combat. You'll just recieve double damage since you have an extra body for them to hit that can't defend itself at all.

But yeah, I agree. The gear in this game was quite lackluster. I feel like they lost a lot of the uniqueness by just doing somethings over and only adding ONE entirely new gear to the game. Plus, I'm wondering how they're going to make another Darksiders game with Strife if Death and War have his guns.