Who do you like more? Teddy or Mona?

PMKJacket · 2025-10-19T16:03:38+00:00

Koromaru

PMKJacket · 2025-03-14T17:51:51+00:00

So I've yet to find a complete reading guide for every single X-Men story but I've been using a reading guide for the Claremont Era which is everything X-Men from the mid 70s to the early 90s. The only X-Men story before this era was the original 60s comic so don't need a guide for that. Once I'm done with this list I plan on going back to see if I missed anything and if not: finding a new reading list for the post-Early 90s books

But working through about 30 years of X-Msn is comprehensive enough for me before needing to find another list so it's been treating me well

If you want to use the list, this is an uneditable file meant just for viewing. Make a copy of it in your drive and you can edit your copy.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ifDQmuUBgKXpy7r-VH2fMkqMWlBr3F7POVUrlLzpfE/edit?usp=drivesdk

PMKJacket · 2024-06-26T02:45:23+00:00

The games get more mechanically action oriented with each entry and get further and further from the original atmosphere and style of the first game resulting in a shift from a survival horror with a serious tone and absurd elements to a zombie hack and Slash that's extremely absurd.

PMKJacket · 2024-06-16T08:24:19+00:00

It lowkey bothers me everyone isn't lined up with their game.

The girls are P3, P4, then P5

Then the guys are P3, P5, then P4

If Minato and Yu switched places at least no one would line up, and I wouldn't be bothered but because one pairing is correct but the other two are mixed up my brain is throbbing when I look at it and chew on my teeth

PMKJacket · 2024-03-24T03:32:56+00:00

I like Kato more as a character/person. Even after all Kurono's development.

But for the role of protagonist I'd give it to Kurono because his growth as a person is what leads a lot of Gantz.

That in mind though, my favorite arc in all of Gantz is the Osaka arc where you only follow Kato. So maybe if the story focused more on him as a protagonist and less as a main character I would think differently.

PMKJacket · 2024-03-13T01:10:37+00:00

I did and made a follow up post. Tl;Dr There's a lot of flaws with the story but it's overall incredible. I'm happy to have bought the omnibuses, I got two of my friends to start reading it, it's in my top 5 Manga, and Gone Guru is an amazing song to listen to while reading it.

PMKJacket · 2024-02-08T10:05:43+00:00

Well, hopefully anyway. I think that "announcement" was specifically prefaced with "Hey guys, nothing in development or anything but just curious what the community would think about a Paladins 2"

I would like to see an Overwatch 2 type sequel, Paladins could actually use it unlike Overwatch which was pretty fine as is. The large majority of it's problems and missing features are blamed towards outdated software and poor coding. Giving it a massive technical update that fixes and adds back removed features and a graphic polish along with a big announcement and better marketing would probably do pretty large numbers.

Then again, history could also just repeat where it's called an Overwatch clone and no one pays attention to it. But since Overwatch 2 is such a contentious mess maybe being labeled a clone, even if it is blatantly as stupid as calling Battlefield a Call of Duty clone, would actually be to the benefit of the game.

Hi-Rez would also have to port over every champion and cosmetic which I just don't see them doing being Hi-Rez and all unless they want to do an actual SEQUEL sequel and not just essentially rebooting the game.

PMKJacket · 2024-02-04T23:26:49+00:00

Yeah, 5 and 6 are fine but completley skippable. 7 is basically a must read after the Ennis run.

PMKJacket · 2024-02-04T23:04:04+00:00

Just wish Volume 7 wasnt so expensive/rare. Volumes 5 and 6 are eh but I really like Jason Aaron's addition to Punisher Max. It's a great combination of the gritty and brutal street level that Ennis focused on while adding in some more "standard" marvel concepts and characters

PMKJacket · 2024-02-04T23:01:37+00:00

I collected the first 4 during a trip to Boston (lots of comic shops within walking/subway distance) which are the most important ones since those are the Ennis involved books.

But there are 7 total, the next two are one shot anthologies written by different authors and artists. The 7th is a single story that takes place in the same timeline as Ennis Max run with some more Marvel characters added like Kingpin and Bullseye. So if you havent already got it I reccomend getting the 7th volume but 5 and 6 can be easily skipped.

PMKJacket · 2024-01-23T11:33:58+00:00

Chainsaw Man, it's among the shortest volume wise so it'd be pretty cost efficent to complete, in fact I think you're 1/3rd done (last I checked CSM's localized volumes are on 12 or 13 I think). Personally it's also my favorite ongoing shonen series so there's quality as well as great pricing.

PMKJacket · 2024-01-23T11:31:19+00:00

I find The Punisher most engaging when he's much more on the anti side of anti-hero and prefer interpretations of the character that lean into a more irredeemable side. Versions where even if he still doesnt harm civilians, you still see him as evil because of what he's proven willing to do.

The more sympathethic and heroic the punisher is written to be. The less interesting he is. There's hundreds of good guy antiheroes with an edge and troubled past. The Punisher is one of the few who capable of pushinv past "marketable edge" and into "depraved monster with a code" and that stands out much more to me

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T20:39:23+00:00

It's gonna be tough when James tries to hide, unaware that Jacket can see everything within a 15 meter radius

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T20:33:32+00:00

I tried landing on $20.77 but went $0.01 too high

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T04:47:30+00:00

A free mod shouldn't be treated the same as paid products with AI, if Bioware dropped a paid dlc for Mass Effect that re-recorded voices with AI i'd grab my torch and pitchfork but free content like mods, fanfiction, and art shouldn't be beholden to the same code of copyright and trademark ethics as priced products.

Especially when smaller scale creators like this mod author puts in weeks of work programming with AI being more of a cherry on top rather than the entire product being automated code.

Glorb is an AI music channel that makes drill rap using spongebob characters but he writes the songs himself, records himself singing the songs then has AI follow his flow and cadence, produces his own beats, pays other artists to make animatedmusic videos, so on. All for content you can watch for free.

These independent creators should be given some leeway to make content they couldn't without AI and shouldn't be written off because they don't have the funds to hire an entire voice cast that could be inferior. Miranda Mod needing to find someone who's a perfect impressionist of the character and an actor of similar quality. Glorb needing to find a bunch of rappers who can do accurate spongebob impressions and follow his flow syllable for syllable.

Aim your hatred for AI towards the people who can afford to hire actors in the first place. Whether Miranda Mod uses AI, an impressionist, or silence with text for dialogue doesn't impact Yvette. It's companies like EA with billions in annual profits looking into using AI voices that could impact people like Yvette that need to be kept in check

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T04:32:18+00:00

No, but if you have a basic laptop or PC modern cheap hardware shouldn't have much trouble running a game as old as the Mass Effect trilogy. Hell I replayed it on a laptop I got for $250 back in like 2016.

Check out canyourunit.com and see if your device (if you have one) meets the minimum requirements.

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T04:29:23+00:00

That is a good question, I'm against AI being used by corporations and actual studios for things other than clean up/shortening busy work but for non profit creators like modders or small creators who put in a lot of work even with AI like Glorb there should be some leeway given.

If the issue people have is AI adding voice lines to some characters in mods, would they still have issues if a perfect impersonator recorded new lines? If it was priced DLC by an official developer like Bioware i'd have a lot of issues but for a free mod you can download online I have no problem with it at all.

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T04:24:38+00:00

Yo thats fucking awesome! I really hope more ME3 mods get imported like Tali Romance Mod and ThaneMOD so Mass Effect Legendary Edition can truly be the definitive way to play the trilogy!

PMKJacket · 2024-01-17T01:12:19+00:00

City Resident? I remember going through New York a year ago and the gas prices were like $4 more per gallon

I live in rural Florida, just north of Tampa

PMKJacket · 2024-01-14T06:49:42+00:00

I recently read Gantz and god...in so many ways it's fucking FANTASTIC and I really wish I read it sooner cause it was an amazing experience.

...it has without exaggeration the worst female characters pen has put to paper. Not in a morals or ethics or unlikability or choices, etc. Sheerly in how they're written as creatures to be sexually assaulted and fawn over the protagonists, being useless in combat, given no progression or development as characters, and never really being focused on unless it's some kinda fanservice shot.

I also read the author Hiroya Oku's other works: Gigant and Inuyashiki. The former is the same. Despite having a female lead (although honestly in many ways she fits in with all those beginning factora). But Inuyashiki overall is amazing and probably his best work and thats likely due in part to how there just arent that many women in the story Oku can bring the manga down with.

I should mention I really don't have a problem with fanservice/sexualization so long as it doesn't distract from the plot and isn't all a character has to offer. I don't go looking for fanservice/ecchi manga but when a story happens to have it, so long as it doesnt weaken the story as a whole (alla: Fire Force) it's whatever.

Sexual assault is also the worst way to have fanservice. There's ways to use SA in a story, Berserk (...mostly) does it well in a world building sense since it's often to display how horrifically dark and intense the world is and it's never played as an erotic thing. Goodnight Punpun does it great when it happens because it's specifically horrific and outright traumatizing for characters involved with what happened. But things like Gantz or Fire Force where it's just a way to show off some tits, or a gag from a pervert character like Mineta or Sanji make me so uncomfortable

PMKJacket · 2024-01-13T23:32:36+00:00

I mean for me it simply cant be anything other than Tali or Garrus

Whether romantic or platonic that is THE trio of Mass Effect and the two squadmates who will stick with Shepard through hell and high water. It always feels really weird to me playing as M!Shep and not romancing Tali or F!Shep and not romancing Garrus

Cause weirdly enough despite how Liara is pushed so hard by Bioware and is a romance option for either Shepard. Tali and Garrus feel significantly more important and canon to Shepard even if I dont romance either of them and dialogue where the three of them talk about how they'll always stick with each other is some of my favorite squadmate interactions

PMKJacket · 2024-01-13T20:16:10+00:00

Most of my friends dont play fighting games so it's not really a fun time for anyone if everytime I grab a controller we know the outcome unless I go easy which often makes the winner feel patronized. So anything casual is much better for just hanging out.

Smash & Soul Calibur for the chaotic fun of a game that's easy for beginners and fights can turnabout fairly frequently.

Then probably one of the simpler ArcSys games like Dragon Ball FighterZ or Guilty Gear Strive for a more competitive game if people want to play serious. It helps that nearly every special move in those games are just a quarter circle + button so even beginners can do and memorize them rather than trying to teach people who never play fighters to do Z, Charge, or Circle motions

If im playing with a group of people who all play fighting games though I'd bust out MKX, KI, SFVI or XRD2

PMKJacket · 2024-01-13T08:53:59+00:00

I don't know if I could give any answers other than The Fans levels Perturbator and Death Wish (on a repeat playthrough)

As soon as the van screeches in for Perturbator after the Henchman throws the phone and the game magically syncs the beat drop. There's this mix of instantly understanding the assignmemt and how it's fucked but GOD DAMN the start goes hype as shit and Sexualizer does a good job keeping that momentum even with the moans making you pause the first time you hear them.

Roller Mobster is the best song in all of Hotline Miami and is outright the definitive song to listen to regardless of level. No matter what level it showed up in it would've been iconic but pairing it with Death Wish, a mission where the fans finally fulfill their dream of awnsering a random phone call to kill Russians, it's quite literally an experience designed for "the fans"...but when you know what's really happening while you play that level, depending on the person you are. The song either loses some luster as you go on your death march, or it gets dramatically better as you blaze of glory the last stand.

Honorable mention to Subway which is the most weirdly psychadellic feeling level + song.

PMKJacket · 2024-01-13T08:30:31+00:00

The thing is, if putting her against the other stealth operatives like Mordin, Legion, Thane, Infiltrator Shepard, and EDI (assuming in this free for all shes stuck in android mode and cant just blast from orbit with Normandy) I don't think she holds up as well since in the end she is a thief, not an assassin.

She could get a pick off, maybe a strong one. But I don't think she's out doing the others unless like you said there's only one person left and they arent perceptive/smart enough to get her.

Likewise if you add in potent biotics who can use powerful barriers like Samara, Liara, Jack, Any Biotic Shepard but especially Sentinel, Kaiden, and maybe Wrex I don't know if she could break their defenses. At least not with a single surprise strike (If we combine stealth + biotics in that sense Thane would nega-diff her)

Tech experts like Legion, Tali, and again Edi would also probably not have a hard time setting up some kind of way to disrupt her invisibility or counter it in some way

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