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  1. ~Shockwave~
    I'm really enjoying this game, I haven't enjoyed a Zelda game this much since I played Windwaker.
     
    But...
     
    The problems I have with it are starting to grate on me. The weapon "durability" system is getting extremely annoying. And the stamina meter really, *really* needs to not ever be used again. It serves no purpose other than allowing me to get so very close to the top before I fall off of whatever I was climbing Bonus points if I fall into water and immediately drown. And god help you if you need to do anything while it's raining.
     
    Still really like the game, but I'd really like a conversation with whoever thought all of that was a good idea.
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    I get the basic principle of the game, it's basically a more advanced chess match. But anything beyond that is eluding me.
     
    I've been able to struggle most of my way through some if Awakening but I've hit a point where I got stuck and put it down, and am hoping to pick it up after I'm willing to remove Pokemon from my system.
     
    It might be worth noting that I don't generally play turn based strategy games.
     
    So, any tips?
  6. ~Shockwave~
    Continuing on a fairly recent blog entry of mine dealing with the young lady at the restaurant, it would appear that she no longer works there.
     
    This is not the first time this has happened, though usually my reaction is of relief that I don't have to deal with it anymore. This time I'm a bit dissapointed.
     
    I know it's my own fault, but I just can't seem to do anything about it for a mess of reasons. I thought maybe I could do it this time.
     
    Probably the biggest one is my inability to drive, and I don't want to have to explain that to someone before I even really have a chance to meet them. And I feel like that might be an issue.
     
    Ugh. I really don't know how to deal with this.
  7. ~Shockwave~

    Go Vote

    By ~Shockwave~,

    Today's the day, so if you are registered to vote, I strongly urge you to go make your voice heard.
     
    And if you're voting third party, don't listen to those who tell you it's a wasted Vote, it's not.
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    I don't understand the justifications my friends come up with for continually doing this. I was playing Destiny with my friend and one of his friends and he mentioned that he almost finished paying off his pre-order for GOW4. When I asked him what he would do if that was a bad decision and it was a dud. He nonchalantly said he would trade it in. When I mentioned waiting for reviews, his freind, in a defensive, sort of offended tone stated reviews don't matter and you should decide for yourself weather you like it.
     
    I mean, that's fine, I guess, but I think you should at least wait to see that the game isn't broken.
     
    My friend also defended the AC game that launched a few years ago, stating that it was a new console and they didn't know how to work with it. One would wonder why they where willing to release the game and block reviews until after release. No, they knew exactly what they where doing.
     
    And we wonder why we get so many broken games....
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    Metroid Prime: CLEAR!

    By ~Shockwave~,

    That took far longer then it should have... great game though. Despite it being a decade old it still looks really good, if maybe a bit outdated. Things like missiles exploding and seeing Samus's face reflected in the visor where really nice touches.
     
    On to Metroid Prime: Echoes!
  11. ~Shockwave~
    Okay, so I'm seeing if I can't get a second opinion that's in no way connected to my personal life.
     
    OK, so a little less then a month ago I was at a local restaurant with my family for my father's birthday. When I went up to order the young lady who took it made note that she saw me there often, (which is true) and asked for my name. (She also gave me hers but I was kind of panicking at this point and I can't actually remember it.) Now, my family is convinced that she was flirting with me.
     
    Based on my expierience being on both sides of customer service, I would not consider this normal practice, but my question to you is: at the very least, is that a reasonable assumption? My gut tells me that it's not, and even if it is a reasonable assumption I wouldn't know how to handle the situation, as it just feels fundamentally wrong to put somebody in that situation while at work.
     
    Anyway, I know that's a weird question to ask here, but it's been bugging me for weeks and I thought putting it here might allow me to vent it out and also get a second opinion. Feel free to move right along if you have nothing to say.
  12. ~Shockwave~
    I'm honestly not surprised. I liked some of the 2015 sets and bought some of them, but the 2016 sets where mostly not to my liking. I don't even know what's happened in the story. I was a little sad about the news but I heard of some of the situations with the sets being not released in certain regions so I'm not surprised.
     
    If nothing else the '15 Gali set was phenomenal so I have that to remember it by.
  13. ~Shockwave~
    This day (or tomorrow maybe?) Was when my favorite video game franchise launched. I wouldn't discover it until after the launch of Zero Mission. Which is still my favorite in the series.
     
    I'm going to go celebrate by attempting to beat Prime.
  14. ~Shockwave~
    You can't hear it in the video as it's recorded from the main menu and not in game, but the rest of my team was singing praise for that.
     
    I'm really proud of this moment. (It's even better that I got to spite a Junkrat because the amount of times a Junkrat player has burned their ult to hunt me down and kill me is just really too high.)
     
    Oh hey, look there's my mouse. Can't fix it now...
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    WHY?

    By ~Shockwave~,

    Okay, so, if you work in a building and see a bag has come off the edge of a trashcan and fallen in you have a couple options.
     
    A: notify someone to fix the problem
    B: fix the problem
    C: ignore it and keep chucking your trash in it, it'll get fixed.
     
    If you picked A or B, congrats, you are more competent than some of my coworkers. Give yourself a pat on the back.
     
    Bonus points if you dump liquid in the trashcan...
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    NES classic

    By ~Shockwave~,

    This looks really cool, it has a pretty good selection of games, is pretty cheap, all things considered and the controller is cool. But I feel it accentuates just how expensive the games are to obtain on Nintendo's other hardware. At $5 a pop it would cost $150 to buy them all, assuming they're all available. I understand it took work creating the emulator and putting everything together, but that is one heck of a price difference.
     
    And since it is so cheap, I bet it's going to be a long time before they hit shelves long enough to get one.
     
    Still really excited though.
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    Work/CEO Visit

    By ~Shockwave~,

    A little while ago the CEO of the company I work for visited my place of work. Me being the sole janitor working there obviously had a lot of work to do. It was an exhausting week as you can probably imagine.
     
    I was not able to stay, but several of my coworkers informed me that the CEO was very impressed at how well the place was kept up and that most branches don't put in much effort.
     
    So that's pretty awesome. I wonder how many people can say that. Definitely an improvement over my last place of work.
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    Metroid Prime

    By ~Shockwave~,

    I'm finally getting around to playing this game. Not that I should be in any hurry since it's been nearly a decade since the last release I'm willing to acknowledge. I've no idea how much further I've got to go, I'm thinking it can't be that much further... I just got the power bomb, based on past experience that should be fairly endgame I think.
     
    I'm not really a fan of the enemies that phase in and out of visibility, makes them a pain to aim at, and the Chozo ghosts, while not a threat, shouldn't take 5 minutes to take out.
     
    But other than that I'm really enjoying it, reminds me of when I played Zero Mission as a Kid.
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    E3 Day 2-3

    By ~Shockwave~,

    I was a bit disappointed in what Microsoft brought to the table in terms of games and software, but I really like the crossplay thing they're going to do. I'm still not a huge fan of digital games for consoles but it really doesn't seem like there's a point anymore. and being able to play the same games on my PC will be nice. But I have to wonder, if all of their first party games are going to PC and most third party ones are already there, why should I buy a console from them? The custom controllers are also kinda cool.
     
    I'm really liking what I'm seeing from the new Zelda game, It looks to have some interesting mechanics that should be fun to mess around with. I'll definitely be buying it. I'm still really curious about their new console though. I wish they'd give us something meaningful on it but oh well, it'll happen eventually I suppose.
     
    Also:

     
    I CAN'T WAIT!
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    E3: Day One

    By ~Shockwave~,

    Why are they remastering Skyrim? Can we at least wait a decade? This generation has had too much of it already...
     
    Though if whoever is in possession of the Xeno series licences wants to remaster those for current gen hardware I will definitely throw money their way...
  21. ~Shockwave~
    They get revived and instantly shot down because they've gone AFK in the last two seconds, apperantly.
     
    I got shoved off a cliff for you, the least you can do is not die! Or maybe pick a class that isn't a squishy attack class...
     
    Though, admittedly it is kind of cool to micro manage a teams health bars and watch them win the match, though some recognition would be nice. And I was in a match earlier where a Lucio was on the ball and we where able to take the match. He also go little recognition at the end of the round.
     
    I really like this game but it does remind me why I don't usually play multi-player games.
  25. ~Shockwave~
    Finally! It took more than a year, but I did it!
     
    That was a really good game, but it seemed to make itself really, really difficult to complete at times.
     
    But the story was really good and I really enjoyed the combat.
     
    I only wish it was on a more powerful system because the game was so beautiful but graphically it would have been nice at a higher resolution, but honestly I'm quite surprised it ran as well as it did on a 3DS.
     
    Really good game though. Definitely recommend.
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