Forum: RPGWatch
December 26th, 2011, 09:44
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Replies: 87
Views: 23,137
Yes, one can only shudder at the thought of…
Yes, one can only shudder at the thought of hundreds of homeless codexers busting through the fences of the codex refugee thread here and migrating freely to new forums to nest and proliferate.
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Forum: RPGWatch
December 26th, 2011, 09:30
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Replies: 87
Views: 23,137
That's a bit of a shock. I've been lurking there…
That's a bit of a shock. I've been lurking there for years, as much raging at the seemingly bottomless pit of stupidity as enjoying the odd profound insight about RPG mechanics and lore. I guess it's…
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Forum: General RPG
February 28th, 2011, 11:47
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,258
Well, you simply do it another way (set traps on…
Well, you simply do it another way (set traps on his most likely escape way, send a thief hiding in shadow, or under the effect of an invisibility potion, to backstab him, dispatch the other group he…
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Forum: General RPG
February 28th, 2011, 10:38
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,258
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Forum: Tech Help
February 27th, 2011, 17:03
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Replies: 91
Views: 9,671
Pibbur, I'd very much like to have your opinion…
Pibbur, I'd very much like to have your opinion again on the HTC desire in a week or two, when you have played a bit with it. I'm planning to buy a smart something too, but I'm not sure if I'm going…
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Forum: Off-Topic
February 24th, 2011, 05:37
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,008
I always thought that off-topics is what keeps a…
I always thought that off-topics is what keeps a forum alive, giving people inspiration for new threads, and occasionally shedding unexpected new light on the "official" topic. And it looks to me,…
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Forum: General RPG
February 23rd, 2011, 11:06
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,485
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Forum: General RPG
February 22nd, 2011, 15:10
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,053
I actually enjoy more the games where there's a…
I actually enjoy more the games where there's a lot of reading, as long as it's a game (meaning that I actually have some impact on the story) and not an interactive novel where all I can do is…
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Forum: News Comments
February 18th, 2011, 17:57
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,405
I never got around trying Jade Empire, though…
I never got around trying Jade Empire, though I've heard mostly good things about. At the time I could easily have found a copy, I was put of by a friend who told me that the whole thing was too…
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Forum: News Comments
February 18th, 2011, 16:28
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,405
The saddest part is that you don't even have to…
The saddest part is that you don't even have to invent anything new, just drag creatures from myths and legends, maybe from other spheres than the Nordic one, that haven't yet been exploited.
You…
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Forum: News Comments
February 18th, 2011, 04:40
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,405
I'm not so sure about the no-cliché of…
I'm not so sure about the no-cliché of science-fiction / space opera settings.
As pointed out in the article, any fantasy settings goes first with the commonly know mythology (orcs, elves, …) and…
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Forum: General MMORPG
February 18th, 2011, 03:18
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,899
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Forum: General MMORPG
February 17th, 2011, 15:57
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,899
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that a ……
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that a … friend of mine who deemed himself a knowledgeable and all-around hardcore gamer, confessed in shame that he just discovered the existence of MUDs, and…
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Forum: General MMORPG
February 17th, 2011, 15:29
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,899
What I'd love to be is some kind of lore master….
What I'd love to be is some kind of lore master. Instead of killing things, I'd like to be able to level up by studying them … and then share the knowledge with the farmers. Ryzom was supposed to do…
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Forum: Off-Topic
February 17th, 2011, 14:33
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,772
Until then, I'd just like a present where you…
Until then, I'd just like a present where you could synchronize easily your mobile device and your full blown pc.
Anyway, it certainly looks impressive. I feel like the 2000's is starting to look…
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Forum: General MMORPG
February 17th, 2011, 10:58
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,899
I see the focus on killing as some kind of a…
I see the focus on killing as some kind of a necessary evolutionary step of the media, in the same way that literature "started" (I know, not only) with glorious war account of who killed how many…
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Forum: General MMORPG
February 17th, 2011, 10:09
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,899
But at some point, doesn't exploring the world…
But at some point, doesn't exploring the world and killing yet another kind of monster get old as well ? (I'm not sure about the first part though, I could spend days labelling every pixel of a game…
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Forum: General Non-RPG
February 16th, 2011, 08:57
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,944
Yeah, it looks like at the beginning, the mixers…
Yeah, it looks like at the beginning, the mixers would only work on 8bits oldies, but there are a few good pieces from CRPG. Try to look for 'pirate of oblivion', for example, or 'the Fallout of…
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Forum: General Non-RPG
February 16th, 2011, 02:50
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,944
I think a lot of people here know overclocked…
I think a lot of people here know overclocked remix - http://ocremix.org/ (if you never heard about it, you're in for a pleasant surprise).
Anyway, a not-as-good-as-the-original-yet-not-bad remix…
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Forum: General Non-RPG
February 15th, 2011, 12:22
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,944
A quick search through wikipedia to get a few…
A quick search through wikipedia to get a few infos and … surprise, it's actually a pater noster, in swahili.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yetu
Actually quite fiting, given the game.
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Forum: News Comments
February 14th, 2011, 16:48
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Replies: 39
Views: 6,998
The DS seems to offer a lot of point & clicks,…
The DS seems to offer a lot of point & clicks, though it look likes it's the Japanese take on the genre (999, Ghost Trick and other Phoenix Wright).
Never been too interested, but I might as well…
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Forum: News Comments
February 14th, 2011, 13:03
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Replies: 39
Views: 6,998
Well, part of the problem is that the word RPG…
Well, part of the problem is that the word RPG has come to encompass such a large group of sub-genres, it's hard to find out what it means anymore. RPG elements has invaded pretty much every game,…
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Forum: General RPG
February 14th, 2011, 02:00
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,958
Thanks JDR13, for the welcome and my avatar:)
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Thanks JDR13, for the welcome and my avatar:)
In a pre-internet era, I spent *months* looking at every inch of the game, looking for the inexistent secret to make that hamster (?) useful in any…
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Forum: General RPG
February 12th, 2011, 08:44
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,958
(first post, yay !)
Memento - you start the…
(first post, yay !)
Memento - you start the game halfway through the final combat, with a shiny +5 armor, a diary full of accomplished quests, a beautiful princess looking at you from the other…
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