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  1. Comment on In praise of mass immigration in ~misc

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    I agree in general that immigrants are good for the US, but using them as a barometer for the health/appeal of the US obviously isn't the whole story - domestic problems in Central/South American...

    I agree in general that immigrants are good for the US, but using them as a barometer for the health/appeal of the US obviously isn't the whole story - domestic problems in Central/South American countries are the other side of the coin that absolutely should be addressed in some way.

    10 votes

  2. Comment on What games do you most wish had a remake, or a sequel or both? in ~games

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    It has sequels (the second of which I think is fairly good), but I desperately want a sequel to Life is Strange 2 centered on Max and Chloe again. Bonus points if the original developers made it,...

    It has sequels (the second of which I think is fairly good), but I desperately want a sequel to Life is Strange 2 centered on Max and Chloe again. Bonus points if the original developers made it, not that that'd ever happen.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Why did you select your username for Tildes? in ~tildes

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    Because Asuka is best girl. It's pretty simple when it comes down to it.

    Because Asuka is best girl. It's pretty simple when it comes down to it.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    I think the story fundamentally doesn't work if Abby's half isn't part of it. Making you feel miserable about playing as the girl who TLOU II SPOILERS bashed Joel's skull in is the a big part of...

    I think the story fundamentally doesn't work if Abby's half isn't part of it. Making you feel miserable about playing as the girl who

    TLOU II SPOILERS bashed Joel's skull in
    is the a big part of the point. You're supposed to hate her like Ellie does, and eventually you're supposed to come around to her... unless you're just intent on hating her, in which case I guess the game and its message just aren't going to land for you.
    5 votes

  5. Comment on What are your favorite webcomics? in ~comics

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    It's nuts that it's still going. Over 18 years of the author's life have been put into that thing.

    It's nuts that it's still going. Over 18 years of the author's life have been put into that thing.

  6. Comment on What are your favorite webcomics? in ~comics

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    Gunnerkrigg's the one for me. With only a handful of times I've missed/forgotten, reading the new page every Monday/Wednesday/Friday almost first thing in the morning has been a ritual of mine for...

    Gunnerkrigg's the one for me. With only a handful of times I've missed/forgotten, reading the new page every Monday/Wednesday/Friday almost first thing in the morning has been a ritual of mine for over a decade.

    Unfortunately I think it's kind of fallen off over the last five or so years - the two big mistakes in my mind were completing Annie's character arc in chapter 57, so she's just kind of "normal" now and has no more growth, and Loup as a character just not being as interesting/fun as Coyote or Ysengrin alone - but it still sucks me in and I'm really hoping Tom sticks the landing with the ending. The comic's really hyped up whatever Coyote's big plan is, Tom's gotta have a good ending/twist in mind...

  7. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    I thought the humor was too good in Portal 2. I like 2 a lot, but I think the difference was that in Portal 1, GLaDOS felt like a completely insane, deranged, decaying superintelligence and the...

    I thought the humor was too good in Portal 2. I like 2 a lot, but I think the difference was that in Portal 1, GLaDOS felt like a completely insane, deranged, decaying superintelligence and the game felt a little more scary and real as a result. She feels completely sane and just a little too human in Portal 2.

    11 votes

  8. Comment on What's a sequel you were disappointed by? in ~games

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    I feel compelled to reply since The Last of Us Part II has become my favorite game of all time. I thought the split structure was a fantastic choice. Playing as Abby was off-putting to me... for...

    I feel compelled to reply since The Last of Us Part II has become my favorite game of all time. I thought the split structure was a fantastic choice. Playing as Abby was off-putting to me... for an hour or two, but once she picks up Yara and Lev and you start getting a feel for what her story was going to be about, I was sucked in and enjoying the story again. Obviously the point of splitting the story that way was to fully immerse yourself in Ellie's mindset and then to flip your feelings on their heads and try and force you to understand why Abby did what she did, and it landed pretty much perfectly for me.

    The last section in Santa Barbara feels bit tacked on and has you thinking, "God, there's more?", but it's absolutely necessary. At the end of the Seattle arc, Ellie still didn't have closure over

    TLOU II SPOILERS Joel's golfing accident
    which is really the point of the entire game and the point of the Santa Barbara section.
    8 votes