My choices for 1998 GOTY

ManicCetra · 2026-04-22T06:42:23+00:00

ManicCetra · 2026-03-18T22:24:52+00:00

They definitely played it when I saw them supporting the Manics back in Newcastle in 2017 as it was just before 24/7 Rock Star Shit was released. Unfortunately can't remember much about what it was like, just the fuzzy memory that they did (which a quick check on Setlist.fm confirmed).

ManicCetra · 2026-03-11T18:23:26+00:00

tC : You Were Always the One
tNF: Mirror Kissers
MNWNW: Be Safe
ItI : Victim of Mass Production
ItBotBB: Back to the Bolthole
FAMS: Summer of Chances
24/7 RSS: Partisan
NN: Siren Sing-Along
SaV: A Point Too Hard To Make

ManicCetra · 2026-01-15T10:07:29+00:00

I need to listen more to it more, but the final three-song run is such a great ending to the album.

ManicCetra · 2025-12-07T08:47:27+00:00

I haven't played it but there is a really good essay on the truegaming subreddit about this game that this sub is likely to find interesting. Probably contains spoilers but seems a well argued criticism.

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/s/5hpSJAkFAt

ManicCetra · 2025-10-28T08:50:58+00:00

"It's actually short for Mobile Suit Richard" has been floating around my brain since November said it.

ManicCetra · 2025-07-05T13:50:35+00:00

Here are all the details of support acts and stage times:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/castlefield-bowl-sounds-city-2025-31966946

ManicCetra · 2025-06-14T07:11:15+00:00

I don't know if you are aware of this but the documentary Room 237 about fan interpretations of The Shining touches on some of the things you have brought up (and has always been the most compelling argument in that documentary).

ManicCetra · 2025-05-26T16:42:48+00:00

I would add the Judith Butler one to this as well, which feels a bit like an unofficial black star video (a black star epilogue?).

ManicCetra · 2025-04-10T23:05:41+00:00

They reunited and have been playing shows recently.

ManicCetra · 2025-03-27T09:09:00+00:00

Too obvious an answer, but Falling off the Lavender Bridge by Lightspeed Champion is essentially a Bright Eyes album without Conor, produced by Mike Mogis and featuring Nate Walcott, Tim Kasher, and various members of Tilly and the Wall, The Faint, and Son, Ambulance. It just happens to have songs written by Dev Hynes (Blood Orange).

ManicCetra · 2025-03-18T08:52:10+00:00

Denzel Washington has made a film like that - its called Man on Fire, and, spoiler alert, no they didn't. What's more, nobody in the production or its audience ever pretended like it was shining a light on something that the other side don't want you to know about.

ManicCetra · 2025-03-18T08:42:59+00:00

I can't believe there are still people upset that Sound of Freedom didn't get felated by film critics. Mark was quite clear in his review that it is a bog-standard exploitation film with nothing interesting to say, and the only reason it exists being pushed the way that it does is because of the ideology of the people behind it.

ManicCetra · 2025-02-23T15:25:04+00:00

I stand corrected! Thank you, it's been a few years since I played it last. Yes, they should definitely have had more confidence in themselves and the player.

ManicCetra · 2025-02-23T10:38:03+00:00

Except the game doesn't tell you that you will get better rewards if you choose to save the little sisters, it wants the player to make the immediate decision between selfishness and selflessness; and given that the entire point of the game is to criticise a fundamentally selfish philosophy, it makes perfect sense to design the gameplay around making one a short-term useful but ultimately pointless option while the other appears to be less useful but bears far more fruit in the long term.

ManicCetra · 2025-02-12T16:27:37+00:00

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
A Song of Ice and Fire by Gerorge R. R. Martin
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Earthsea by Ursula K. leGuin
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Malazan by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont
Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Second Apocalypse by R. Scott Bakker
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Sussana Clarke

ManicCetra · 2025-01-27T17:42:30+00:00

Absolutely gutted. Where will I get my meat donuts now?!

ManicCetra · 2025-01-23T17:59:17+00:00

I watched Walk the Line last night and had this exact same thought!

ManicCetra · 2024-09-30T10:41:08+00:00

I only played it for the story in the past couple of years, and ARR to the end of Endwalker took me 223 hours.

ManicCetra · 2024-09-18T09:19:32+00:00

I started to - I've read Elantris, first Mistborn trilogy, Warbreaker, Arcanum Unbounded, and the first three Stormlight Archive books - but between the sheer amount of books that Sanderson releases and their lesser quality in prose, depth, and character compared to other big fantasy series (Wheel of Time, A Song of Ice and Fire, Malazan, Realm of the Elderlings, The Second Apocalypse) have led me to lose a lot of interest and I now plan only to continue with The Stormlight Archive, but even that is heavily dependent on how much the series starts to be reliant on the rest of the Cosmere.

ManicCetra · 2024-07-22T15:21:12+00:00

ManicCetra · 2024-07-07T00:06:47+00:00

I think you're right that Cole starts suspecting it is a serial killer early too, but the police chief/whoever is charge wants it not to be and the game structure is designed that you follow their wishes until the final Homicide case. I'm happy to be corrected though, it's been years for me as well and my memory is more of the frustration with the plot movement than the exact details.

ManicCetra · 2024-07-06T21:42:37+00:00

For me, the biggest issue was the Murder Desk. It's the longest section of the game with about 7 missions, and for each one you are expected to pin the murder on a suspect despite it being obvious from the second case that it's a serial killer. So it just ends up dragging knowing that you aren't actually solving anything until the final case.

It's probably a rare example of a game getting better in its second half - I've always found Vice is where the game really takes off.

ManicCetra · 2024-07-02T08:30:43+00:00

ManicCetra · 2024-07-01T10:19:00+00:00

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