indiana_jenkins

115-120 sounds about right. I was missing four "normal" confidants and skipped the "fusion" confident because I didn't have an interest in using a calculator to max that one. I very nearly maxed the "hanged" confidant. With some better optimization I could definitely have maxed everything out in one playthrough.

Nah man. It's almost perfect.

I will grant you, that cutscene does lack a sense of power/speed, but that is absolutely nailing the vibe of modern Sonic.

Edit: Whether that's a good thing or not doesn't really matter to me personally. I am glad to ignore Sonic games and quietly admire the dumb/fucked up fandom. Tails Gets Trolled and Sonic Dream Collection are highly amusing, and Sonic Forces looks like its gonna be the kerosene to that dumpster fire.

Man, what a bummer.

I'm shocked and can't believe it.

RIP and my heartfelt condolences go out to his family.

Go somewhere cold. It's too damn hot here.

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Super Best Friends Play make good stuff, and they really embody that Youtube style. In a good way. I absolutely love their Halloween/October series "Shitstorm of Scariness" which is weird considering I don't have any real fondness for horror games. Their LP's can be pretty good too, but that is really game specific. When they are way into something they're on fire (Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Rising, RE4, etc.), and when they aren't into something they can usually still make magic happen (anything David Cage). But wow, they can make some bad runs. I don't think I can watch them play another Telltale game ever again. It's just not that fun to watch. One other bad thing is that for the better part of the past year they had a bad string of games that I have zero interest in watching them play, but the channel is picking up again. Reliving L.A. Noire through Woolie's bad shooter hands is strangely entertaining.

Also, I was sad to see Liam go, but he seems happier now.

I just want to play Ninja Gaiden again.

And Maybe Jade Empire.

I'm just glad we're at the point that we can openly acknowledge liking certain Linkin Park albums on GiantBomb.com. We can caveat that fondness all we want, but in the end, we're still saying it out loud.

Microsoft got rid of most of their first party studios. They have 343, The Coalition (Gears), Rare, and Turn10. You can pretty much guess their lineup at this point. They theoretically have enough money to lock up third party exclusives, but seeing as Microsoft Corporate has said they want to get rid of the Xbox division I don't see that happening either.

Here's maybe an upside. Since it is a plastic screen you should theoretically be able to buff out the marks with polish liquid? You could polish screen scratches out of clickwheel ipods and those were plastic. The touchscreen might complicate things.