Oh my gosh, you guys! The writer of Scary-Go-Round, Bad Machinery, and Giant Days replied to me! He replied to me!
I’m so freakin’ out right now!
1) Yes. EVE Online. Sorry. I did like Parasite Eve, though. I was all set to finish the Chrysler Building when my memory card reset and I lost everything except my Legend of Mana data. This is why I avoid third party products.
The fundamental idea behind hardcore is that your reward for doing well is nothing special; it’s just the ability to play the game. Your punishment for doing bad is taking that way. I’ll give you a perfect example: XCOM Enemy Unknown’s hardcore mode removes the ability to load and saves everything you do. If somepony dies, they die. If you fail a mission, you fail. If you lose all support, you start over. You could lose some thirty hours or more of work and have nothing to show for it. EVE isn’t a textbook example, but it is very much hardcore in the scale of how much you can lose.
“Nintendo hard” isn’t really hardcore. I’m not all that at video games, but I’ve beat Contra without dying. All it takes is practice and memorization. That conditioning, basically.
[omitted], I beat Megaman X2 without dying and getting the secret upgrade; and that took 3 hours! 3 hours of not dying once!
2) Bon-Bon: We don’t even have a leaf blower. And last time she used one she-
Lyra: Oh! Hamtaro and Bijou were my favorite! I liked Oxnard too! Cels, I want to watch it again! I wish it still aired…
3) No! That’s not me! That’s not who I am! [/Chowder]
1) B: I’ve seen one of those before. It’ll show you whatever you want to see, with no bearing on what’s real. Great if you want a five second vacation in your head, but little else.
B: If there were an easy solution to everypony’s problems, we’d have used it.
2) Alright, look. I’m in hard mode here and this Macca is important. If I give you some will you for real join me?
3) Well, that is sort of the point. Being ruled by a single entity for a long duration only works if the one in charge is truly benevolent and willing to sacrifice for the advancement of his/her subjects.
Otherwise a government for the ruled needs to be governed by the ruled. Rotating an individual in and out every few years only minimizes the damage caused by whoever managed to win a popularity contest.
4) Thanks! That means a lot. Things are a little… shaky right now, but I’m okay and I hope to be here for many years more!
holy [redacted] i cant draw dogs though.
especially doGS THAT I ONLY FOUND OUT EXISTED LIKE 5 SECONDS AGO. I THOUGHT A BLUE HEELER WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A TYPE OF ROLLER BLADE WHEN I SEARCHED IT UP., BUT TO MY SURPRSIE IT WAS A DOG.
Awesome! I was sort of expecting something a little bluer, but I wasn’t expecting it to be so detailed! This is great!
1) Overestimated? No. I think you just have no idea what exactly you should be afraid of. Which is how it’s supposed to be. At least I always thought so…
2) I don’t know for certain what this means. I’m going to guess “no” but I reserve the right to change my answer if need be.
3) Well… Casual games are certainly all about having fun. If a casual game isn’t fun then it has failed as an electronic form of entertainment. But not all games are necessarily very fun. They can offer other things instead. Usually a sense of accomplishment. I might not be having any fun clicking through menus to twink upgrades on weapons and armor, but I can get a great sense of accomplishment once I see the fruit of that effort.
The problem is when casual games, like what Call of Duty actually was (maybe even still is, I don’t know I haven’t played one in a while), get inundated by “hardcore demographics” looking for a sense of accomplishment in a game that’s supposed to just be fun. And of course, if those mic-chewing pricks tried to pick up a real hardcore game, like EVE, they’d get ground up and used for space fuel.
And thus we have the brown/gray, washed out games that are supposed to be “big name titles” catering to this “hardcore demographic” with games that are about as hardcore as J-Pop. Congratulations. You know where to stand, where other players will spawn, and the most efficient method of killing them. Once you get there, you’re not playing anything. You’re just acting on your own conditioned responses. This is also why I hate MOBAs.
4) Well, yes. But you have to remember that prisons in Equestria aren’t just cages. They teach real skills and can even hire prisoners to work on public projects.
B: You still don’t get it, do you? They know who you are. They were watching you. They were the ones that took your house. They know what you can do and they can track you. Any ace-in-the-hole you could have provided is gone, if it ever safely existed.
B: This is not something one pony can solve.
On the train from Manehatten to Ponyville to help a friend of mine with something that may be one of the biggest things to happen to her.
It’s a good thing that this computer has internet access, otherwise I’d be bored to tears. Going to watch something on Netflix. I think I’ll watch Escape From New York (1981, John Carpenter) tonight. What do you think Zach?
1) And it was awesome! Thank you so- Ginza, huh? Opening those mystical chests for the best reward? Sacrifice fusion? Oh! Maybe you’re trying to get a stat up from the shop using tickets!
2) Well, I was supposed to be substituting for the summer. Haven’t worked a day yet. Not looking good.
3) Oh, I don’t know. They aren’t mine. I’m sure they could if they wanted to, but I don’t know for certain. I don’t eat flowers much. They’re kind of expensive. A daffodil and daisy sandwich is like… [omitted] 3 bits.
4) I played GTC 4’s multiplayer a little at a friend’s house. Was fun!
5) Lyra: … Can I-?
Bon-Bon: No you can’t play with a leaf blower.
Lyra: Aw…
Bon-Bon: But of course I’d welcome a new costumer! Not that Pinkie Pie empties out the store or anything. Reliable, though.
Lyra: I don’t know how well I could live by that, but it is cute and adorable and happy and upbeat. Kush kush!
6) Very tiring. Also somewhat disturbing to view, from what I’ve been told.
7) Uh… Rarijack.
Well, alright then.
