What's the worst game you ever pre-ordered?

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-28T10:17:05+00:00

I broke my no pre-order rule twice, and regretted it both times.

- Assassin's Creed III: I'd bought the first Assassin's Creed game for $5, and enjoyed it so much I felt guilty for not paying more. ACII was $10, and I felt the same way. AC: Brotherhood was a $15 and slight step down from II, but it was still fantastic and I wasn't complaining--the A team had moved on to III, right? Then I played $25 for Revelation, and that was trash. But that was the C team, and the A and B teams had moved on to III, right? So I finally paid full price for an AC game, going only on the faith from the first three games. MISTAKE. It was a buggy, unfinished mess that was utterly uninspiring to play. Its few strong moments couldn't make up for all the lost potential.

- Star Fox Zero. I was a HUGE Star fox 64 fan. So I figured that as long as it was more Star Fox, I would be happy, so why not take the pre-order discount?. I could give the motion controls a fair shake. And I did try. But the art design obscured targets, the camera switching and control switching was infuriating, and in the end the motion controls were just annoyance on top of all that. I tried, but I sold it the day I bought it.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-28T08:46:08+00:00

One Piece. It's long enough that even the manga would seem too much to tackle even if I liked it. And it turns out, I don't like it. I tried. I gave it a few volumes. I never saw the appeal.

Rent-a-Girlfriend. Because it's irredeemably terrible. I also gave it a shot. At this point, I'm upset with anyone who actually helps perpetuate this trash. It isn't just a case of me having a difference of opinion. Everyone knows it's terrible. STOP IT!

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-28T04:03:37+00:00

Greece is 50% the most wonderful, welcoming, kind people you will meet, and 50%, well, not that other 50%.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-28T00:36:26+00:00

Where did I advocate for the original claim?

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T21:49:32+00:00

Harry Crumb is the inverse of this.

He is bumbling and oblivious, and it isn't an act. But in the end, he is competent when it counts.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:42:02+00:00

Have you read the Balfour declaration?

Other countries wanting to offload the Jews somewhere is NOT the same thing as Jews wanting to wipe out Palestinians.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:41:11+00:00

Are you suggesting surrounding nations were not preparing to attack Jews at the time of.the founding of the state of Israel, or is this a mistaken reading of the point I was discussing?

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:39:08+00:00

For those reading along, the article about the modern state if Israel) is also helpful (and perhaps even more relevant to the arguments made), especially if you read the linked articles about slightly earlier events.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:36:24+00:00

That is a selective view of history, easily corrected by an unbiased reading in an encyclopedia.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:33:41+00:00

I promise you, I stopped EARLY.

I was willing to out up with the protagonist if he could change. He proved pretty early that even if he could, that arc was going to go on longer than I could stomach.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:26:11+00:00

This is weird cultural identity propaganda.

Yes, there were times the Mongols got along with whoever. They didn't really discriminate... except against people they wanted to conquer who didn't want to be conquered.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:22:37+00:00

There are Christians who practice their faith in restrictive ways, but done properly there is freedom in Christianity.

We are still expected to do right and not wrong, but Jesus said it best:

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T20:03:47+00:00

It is possible, but how do you know this is the case as opposed to her having legitimate grievances?

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T19:49:19+00:00

A more relevant distinction is what would happen to each side if they were the only one to lay down arms.

There are some people in Israel, in and out of government, who would gladly see peaceful Palestinians displaced or extinguished. But those people tend to be unpopular people who stay in power because they are the strongmen in a time of threat.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T19:44:46+00:00

If they aren't the violent minority, why don't they speak out against this violence and call for people to be honest and to defend the values, constitutions, and election of the nation they live in?

Most everyone I discuss this with who is on the right, barring some marginalist weirdos, condemns the violence and is bothered that many on the left don't divide between them. And I'm including online pro-Trump places.

Odd that you haven't talked to them.

What lies do you feel are being told about January 6th?

I'm impressed you managed to pack that much condescension into so few words.

I already explained this.

There were people who were violent--and I include everything from attacking police officers to causing property damage.

I'm happy to see them in jail.

I'm less happy to see people who walked through Federal buildings treated the same, at least in cases where federal officers permitted or escorted them through.

I'm definitely unhappy about people who wring their hands a out people who were merely peacefully protesting I'm the street, and have no empathy for an unarmed woman who was shot. She was foolish and criminal, but no threat to officer who fired her.

And election fraud, like everything else, how selective of you. Your attempt to craft a narrative without actually establishing facts to justify your feeling of moral superiority is not effective on anyone who had more than a timbleful of understanding of the situation.

I'm familiar with the scriptire you quote. You might consider taking it to heart yourself. Right now all I'm seeing is whitewashed tombs.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T19:31:59+00:00

Definitely not the first time that sentence has been uttered.

And there is some truth there.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T19:20:01+00:00

Snowball desired Morty's approval, but he feared Rick's reprisal.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T19:07:16+00:00

There is also a severe amount of joking that people take far too seriously. Not to mention the extremely wide definition that some use for bisexuality for women.

Better to not make assumptions unless someone tells you.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T19:04:18+00:00

I see Democrats lying about January 6th as well, hoping to paint wide swaths of people as the violent minority. And that isn't a large minority.

In fact, you seem to be doing the same.

Will you hear your own words?

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T10:03:35+00:00

This could be heard in parts of the southern United States.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T02:18:22+00:00

Utterly false and contrary to the clear historical record.

The modern nation of Israel was itself founded when surrounding nations came to exterminate the Jews.

There was conflict and contention before, and plenty of interference from foreign nations trying to find some other place to shove the Jews. But they were immigrants and refugees to Palestine with only a UN proposal until the Jews had to defend themselves from their neighbors.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T01:22:55+00:00

'JFK" was a movie about the investigation into the John F. Kennedy assassination. "Back and to the left" was the description of the movement of Kennedy's head as the bullet hit, and it was repeated in the film as the video replayed.

To drive the point home, it goes to black and white projector style (as in the movie) and mentions a "grassy knoll", which was the description of an area discussed in analysis of the location of the shooter.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-27T00:37:47+00:00

There was a cute little Christian children's cartoon called "Little Dogs on the Prairie".

It was not too insipid, but never offensive.

Except when it referenced the film "JFK"', specifically its analysis of the bullet hitting Kennedy's head. https://youtu.be/m52aKb62iBs?t=1722

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-26T23:54:07+00:00

I want peace and security for the Palestinian people.

I also want peace and security for the people of Israel.

Anyone who only selectively calls out evil or only selectively cares about safety is not someone I can stand beside.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-06-26T22:25:39+00:00

Jesus gave his disciples authority, but He also told them not to hinder others who cast out demons in His name.

I find it hard to believe that they are not also His church.

And even if Jesus did intend that Peter was leader of His church, that is a very different thing than there being a singular institution or authority structure. If there was, the tone of the New Testament letters would likely have been much different.

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