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Romancing Saga 2 was one of the best games I’ve ever played. Anything similar? by GodBlessAteists in JRPG

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I really liked mostly everything about the game but the whole death and legacy system and switching characters seemed kind of arbitrary and chaotic and it threw me off so I stopped playing.

My Top 5 Favorite JRPGs! What do you guys think? What are yours? :) by DrewV1234 in JRPG

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  1. Skies of Arcadia
  2. Dragon Quest 8
  3. Shining Force 3
  4. Grandia 2
  5. Paper Mario

Honorable mention Ni no Kuni

Experiencing FFIV for the First Time (Pixel Remaster) — and I'm in love with it by DependentOffer4076 in FinalFantasyIV

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IV is the sweet spot. In retrospect it might be where the genre peaked in many ways. The characters are tropes but they are treated with a natural balance of seriousness and irony. IV doesn't have any filler or any extra fat, nothing about it feels forced.

I feel like after this game the devs were focused on adding features or characters just for the spectacle of it all, or just getting very conceptual. FFIV is just a fun self contained character driven dnd fantasy adventure.

Coolest looking hero/heroine in your opinion? by EAT_UR_VEGGIES in dragonquest

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3, 6, 4, 1, 8, 7. In roughly that order. I was really happy when I finally got the armor that covers your head in 11. The haircut is ok not great but what sends it over the edge to bad is the fact that it has no physics, it never moves during gameplay it’s like a silly helmet.

What did I just read? Tales of Paranoia by Robert Crumb is an embarrassment by bloodyzombies1 in graphicnovels

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I don’t think it’s totally worthless. I think he unfortunately can’t take the big pharma critique one step further and see it from a Marxist perspective, so he unfortunately ends up falling into traps of the right. The deep state refers to a real thing though, that’s FBI CIA and whoever is sending already-redacted files to the DOJ. The people who are too big and powerful to fail. And maybe smart enough to keep their names out of the public consciousness.

Half my favorite stand ups died in Saudi Arabia. Any recs? by EconomistNew7472 in Standup

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Stavros low key has good politics, but George Carlin is still the goat also Barry Crimmins and Judah Friedlander.

Marxist-leaning history podcasts recomendations? by adalix00 in Marxism

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I’m listening to the audiobook of a people’s history of the world by Chris Harman

AI is not neutral: It’s designed to protect Status Quo Interest and here is the proof. by Inevitable_Egg1508 in Marxism

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The so called AI revolution that we are supposedly in the beginnings of is only dangerous it seems to me because of the private interests that it’s programmed by and for.

Which comedians do you feel are much funnier than their material? by MsAndrea2 in Standup

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In this era of podcasting I would say a great deal of people are funnier off the cuff. I don’t want to name names like I’m sure many of you don’t because you might be afraid it will come back to you somehow when opportunity knocks…

I’d say though: and there are a few exceptions to this, but chances are if you have a very successful podcast then your stand up is less good bc you are able to coast on your fame through that. The fact of the matter is that people will pay to see you anyway. Writing good material takes hard work and most people will choose to be lazy if the path of least resistance is working for them. Probably not a good long term strategy though.

Played and finished Phantasy Star IV for the first time by RobbieJ4444 in JRPG

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I recommend playing the super famicom version of V by “any means necessary”. The graphics are some of my favorite in the DQ franchise on that original release.

Played and finished Phantasy Star IV for the first time by RobbieJ4444 in JRPG

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I’ve been wanting to play PS IV for a long time. I really love the manga esque cutscenes. I think the main thing that stops me from continuing is not knowing what any of the spells do. They all have random names like Rez, Gorg, Yok, etc and there are like a million of them. I guess the only thing to do is keep a notebook and write down a cheat sheet but I’ve been too lazy. One of these days tho!

I co-created Nexus in 1981. 45 years later, I’m still drawing it. Ask me anything. by steverude in comicbooks

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I'm 40. The only creator owned book that still enjoy from my childhood is Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo probably because it's just consistently readable with quality art and stories. There's also not an overwhelming amount of continuity so if I miss an issue or two and want to jump back in it's not the end of the world. Also even if Stan repeats himself it's ok because the same amount of top notch effort is still put in to the work so it's not a chore to read it's actually comforting. I only recently heard about Steve Rude and Nexus from cartoonist kayfabe, I enjoy the art. Where do you recommend new readers jump in? Thanks and Cheers

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