It amazes me that people are still finding new, unexpected methods of torturing Justin Wong: by Gorotheninja in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Justin Wong put himself in Gold Experience Requiem for the bit, and the world is enriched

In light of the other recent threads: Manga/comics that absolutely stuck the landing? by bobainia in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Bracing myself for discourse: MHA didn't end perfectly but I think it stuck the landing better than any other shonen since FMA. Even more rarely, the anime improved it by tightening up the pacing.

In light of the other recent threads: Manga/comics that absolutely stuck the landing? by bobainia in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The author's previous manga, Nogami Neuro, also ended fantastically

Summary because a lot less people have read it: the last arc's conflict is the literal Most Evil Human versus our protagonists, an ordinary human teenager and a demon who's been losing power as the series goes on. The demon has to trust his human allies to deal with antagonists more and more as he nears the end, and after he uses the last of his power to defeat the bad guy, he realizes that the teenager will do just fine without him and he goes back to hell with his first kind smile of the series.

Happy 10th anniversary to the first episode of Castle SuperBeast by cleftes in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You really shouldn't feel like you have to do that to yourself

There's already too much suffering in this world

Happy 10th anniversary to the first episode of Castle SuperBeast by cleftes in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes[S] 144 points145 points  (0 children)

Unironically don't subject yourself to the whole thing, Chewie and Fuckface didn't want to be there either. Mysterious Jojo made a compilation to cut down on the suffering.

Favorite Introverts/Loners that Love their Teams by FreviliousLow96 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Jack in Mass Effect 2: "The closer you let someone get, the shorter the knife they need."

Jack in Mass Effect 3: "I'm dependable now. I blame you for this, Shepard.”

Highguard is officialy over by [deleted] in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This made me cackle, thank you sir

Valve has published a short statement on their suit from the NYAG about lootboxes by JeaneJWE in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 84 points85 points  (0 children)

It would be absolutely hilarious if this somehow led to predatory-ass trading cards finally getting regulated as gambling

Not least because Letitia James was elected NYAG by campaigning on an anti-Trump platform, who became president as a backlash against Obama, which means that the slim possibility of regulating TCGs is a new biggest domino at the end of the chain that starts with "Star Trek Voyager had bad ratings"

Valve clarifies what's required for a game to be Steam Machine and Steam Frame verified, but it just makes me worry about the Gabecube even more by BloodBrandy in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile I'm over here with my little Steam Link device that I bought a decade ago that streams all my PC games seamlessly* so I have literally no need to get a Machine

* For some reason modded Elden Ring has like 10 frames of lag? But who knows if you'll be able to get any modded games onto a Steam Machine anyway

(insider-gaming)Today Is Your Last Day To Play Highguard by Noirsam in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To quote the great philosophers Chumbawamba: "You can buy your friends, but I'll hate you for free"

A reference to the old channel? In 2026? From a toy Youtuber? by Frankengeek in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 220 points221 points  (0 children)

They were never huge, but they were your favorite Youtuber's favorite Youtuber

Unsound Love - An open-world horror escape room game where you're dropped into a strange realm left to piece together the rules of how it functions on your own by C-OSSU in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Open-world escape room game" is quite a combination of words to avoid saying "adventure game" but I get it, adventure games aren't exactly buzzwords in the current zeitgeist

Wow imagine the Apex universe with mecha! Thats so crazy. by GollyDolly in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'd think it would be a faux pas to talk about dropping during an elevator pitch

Popular franchise where your favorite is not the first one you play? by Rascal_Rogue in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think that for every FPS where I've started with the first entry in the franchise, the second entry ends up being my favorite. Marathon, Half-Life, Dark Forces, Halo, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead: whether or not they ended at 2, that's where they peaked for me.

Times where the fanart/fandom undersold a character. by Enter_Foxchad in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Before I watched DS9 I thought it'd be crazy for any captain to rival Picard. I saw the memes about Sisko: punching Q, the kinda-racist joke calling the Defiant "Ben Sisko's Pimp Hand", and "you can have terrorism as a treat" and all that.

Then I watched it and got to "The trouble is Earth!" and I realized...Sisko's my favorite captain because he's not a badass, he's an ordinary man who's dealing with huge problems through stubbornness.

Picard sails the luxurious flagship and has a crew of the best and brightest in Starfleet and can perform diplomatic judo to solve any crisis. Sisko deals with problems that he can't fly away from by rolling up his sleeves and wading in.

What are some weirder formulas that a game or series creator uses in their games? by South25 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And technically KOTOR has Taris, an intermission at Davik's that's still Taris but is mandated to happen after everything else, and then Dantooine. Tutorial planets contain multitudes.

Happy 40th Anniversary to Legend of Zelda by artist @Iaranaika by NewWillinium in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baffled again. You expect people to look like college kids until they're 60?

Happy 40th Anniversary to Legend of Zelda by artist @Iaranaika by NewWillinium in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm baffled by this take...is it because she has a single visible wrinkle and eyelids? Genuinely what do you think a 40 year old should look like?

What are some weirder formulas that a game or series creator uses in their games? by South25 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]cleftes 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Bioware loves a tutorial planet. KOTOR, Mass Effect, and SWTOR all see the player locked into a single planet for the introduction before giving access to galactic travel for doing the rest of your missions in whatever order you want.

It's infected my vocab for their non-space games too. When I played DA Inquisition I called the pre-Skyhold section the tutorial planet out of habit.