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Good read although I've played different MMOs than WoW where currencies and crafting were used to force players to interact in a community. Downside being if players were scarce the server population could spiral downwards due to lack of options.

Some people (like Yahtzee I think?) have pointed out that XP points are very similar to a specialized type of currency. That might be why I've found XP systems in games like EVE Online or Elder Scrolls to be fascinating although flawed for exploring different ways of awarding players with skill progression than selling them for an XP point "currency".

@alistercat: I managed to get all seasons of Metal Gear Scanlon as far as I recall but I did do it in several runs aborting and resuming.

You would need to increment offset by 100's for Endurance Run and other +100 episode shows (like Lockdown 2020).

E.g. start with "offset: 0" then "offset: 100", "offset: 200" and so on.

Anyways glad I could help :) The increments could probably be programmed into the tool by TigerDX however I can perfectly understand if he moved on to other hobby projects.

I compiled the unfiltered show id's anyways so might as well post them if anyone might need them:

@alistercat: I got them from the "id" part of the results from the API endpoint "video_shows".

showname is just a comment

I think it should recognise stuff that's already downloaded if it has the same naming from that tool.

I might compile the full list of show id's later tonight but I got work first.

Some duder made GB-Video-Grabber that I'd recommend and it works quite well for bulk downloads however it will only download in highest quality (you can modify the source code though and build a version for another quality).

It lets you filter by show id and I posted a list of the significant ones in the thread at the time:

https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/api-developers-3017/terminal-application-for-grabbing-latest-videos-1885649/

For non-coders you can find the binary executables here:

https://github.com/benmurden/GB-Video-Grabber/releases

"GB-Video-Grabber_0.2.1_Windows_x86_64.zip" is probably what you're looking for.

Great analysis of design "upgrades" that get miss the mark.

Overwatch was never in the original X-COM so nerfing it shouldn't have hurt as much.

Hunt: Showdown might be a candidate for Jeff B.'s multiplayer group but then again he characterized them as dumb-dumbs.

We never knew the GOTY "Hoarders" skit would finally materialize as sincere GB content.

I might guess that Ryan would be proud of Jeff.

This game and GTA V made my Xbox One purchase worth it in itself.

Xbox One might not have had many exclusives but there were a couple relatively strong entries (Dead Rising 3 seemed well liked) early in the life of the console.

Cool write-up and those are some wild swings in your list.

First game was decent and the sequel was definitely an improvement.

I have weird taste so a couple things soured the game for me even if I did persist long enough to kill 2 of the chosen:

• I actually like the overworld and base building with multiple bases from the old games and Xenonauts so I wish they would have spent some of the effort for WoTC on that instead of longish boss levels
• too many different one/two-shot enemies like the cobras were a major pain and did make me save-scum too much for my own good
• something about the art style rubs me the wrong way (don't think I tried the soldier editor you mentioned but I did customize armor, tatoos and haircuts for the amusing vignettes); might be the bulky GI Joe torsos for practically every soldier regardless of gender or the slightly westernized anime style of everything

Overall I don't regret playing it but can't help feel bittersweet about the not quite perfect experience of a sequel.

Wow, that's pure gold haha.

What a great actor :)

I like the angle of this blog.

I almost hated the spacesuit platforming as much as I enjoyed flying the spaceship (admittedly due to all the practice I got from killing Kerbals way back).

I've been stuck on connecting the last branch for over a year now so I'll probably just check the ending on Youtube so I can uninstall it.

For someone who finds puzzle (and horror) games like the Witness impenetrable I'm kind of proud I stuck through so much of it. In hindsight my fascination with more absurd parts of physics might have helped drive that since the game presents that in a unique way.