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#82355 The General Games Discussion Thread.
Phoenix Arrow
#82330 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
Without wanting to sound like a cunt, don't use Windows 8. On tablets, it's fine. On PCs it's a massive ball ache. If you can, I'd highly recommend rolling back to Windows 7. It just works better as an operating system, most of the bugs are ironed out, it looks nicer, you can actually install shit on it, it's more user friendly. We would've had a lot less calls from people trying to work from home this year if Windows 8 hadn't happened. We also wouldn't have to say "there is nothing we can do, Windows 8 just won't let you use the software".
The best thing I can suggest doing is messing with your DPI settings if you can. If that was happening to me, I'd just reinstall Windows tbh. I'd resinstall Windows 8 once more, maybe twice, and if the same shit happened I'd go back to 7.
#82329 The General Games Discussion Thread.
Phoenix Arrow
That's not to say my opinion wouldn't valid, but reviews aren't wholly opinion pieces. They're persuasive. The reviewer plays the game, writes an informed review and uses that to try and persuade the reader to either buy or not buy the product. Even if they don't say it outright, that's what they're doing. Me scrawling "COD IS SHIT 17.2%" or "BLADE KITTEN IS AWESOME 96.8%" on a wall in a public bathroom isn't a review. Blade Kitten was awesome though... and I wrote a review about it.
Metacritic COULD weight reviews by game without telling anyone and might get away with it, but why? What would they gain? Nothing and if they got caught, noone would ever trust them again.
#82259 The General Games Discussion Thread.
Phoenix Arrow
Sure you can. They have done.
#82223 The General Games Discussion Thread.
Phoenix Arrow
Yeah, the scores are weighted but noone really knows how. It seems to be so that the websites which have reputation for being controversial for the sake of page views don't get as high a weighting as the more "professional" sites. But if it's all weighted the same on each game then it doesn't really matter, it's just so one troll-y website doesn't fuck up all the averages.
#82207 The General Games Discussion Thread.
Phoenix Arrow
Well, there's nothing wrong with Metacritic itself, it's basically just a website which has lots of review links on it.
The problem is when publishers use metacritic to hold a gun development companies. Some publishers will say if this game doesn't make this score then we're taking away funding or not giving out bonuses or whatever. It ends up encouraging developers to take less risks and that kind of thing. Metacritic hasn't done anything wrong, it's just provides and easy way for publishers to be dicks.
#82189 The NHL Thread
Phoenix Arrow
#82110 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
I found a shit ton of Pokemon doubles I had in an old cupboard and I don't have any proper bookmarks because I'm not a massive fag so it seemed like the best thing to do. I was going to use a psychic energy one, but I didn't want it to use dream eater on me.
#82039 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
#82027 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
Then you were wrong. Even if you don't like his stories, his writing is beautiful in the way sentences are put together.
#81989 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
Comined with a bunch of Barr's Cream Soda, yoghurt raisins and condoms. I am the best at life.
#81770 This place needs more moderators
Phoenix Arrow
#80982 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
#80968 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
The finals going to be pretty electric though. Two Original Six teams who hadn't won anything in decades looking to win their second in the space of a few seasons. Game 7 is the night before I have to wake up at 6am or some shit to go on holidays. I guess an all nighter will be in order.
#80963 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
Naw.
LIGHT THE LAMP, THROW A HIT,
BLACK AND GOLD, NEVER QUIT.
#80750 The NHL Thread
Phoenix Arrow
And Rask. I always said he was better than Thomas.
#80743 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
#80740 The NHL Thread
Phoenix Arrow
Against Pens.
wat
#80323 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
Maybe you should get a job. Then today, you would've had a day off and you wouldn't consider it a pointless holiday.
#79950 Game of Thrones
Phoenix Arrow
Not really. They killed all the traders right? So she said you can stay with me or go and do whatever you want. What she basically said was "stay with me and kill folk or die alone in the desert". The Unsullied aren't exactly human anyway. She has an army of monsters.
She's a whiney whore who would be dead if it weren't for (a) her brother, (b) Drogo and (c) the dragon eggs she accidentally hatched. Shola is right, she's been given a nuke and she's having it around so she can get her own way. She's a shit leader, without honour and boring character.
Unlike Renly. Never forget.
#79389 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
Phoenix Arrow
Iron Man 3
Cabin in the Woods
Elvira
Zombieland
Iron Man was good. The story wasn't very interesting to me but it was well acted and the action scenes were pretty awesome.
Cabin in the Woods was interesting as a concept. It was completely devoid of all meaning though and felt like more could've been done with it. Something a bit different from a horror film though which is always fun.
Elvira is a character piece about a goth woman with big hair and big tits. Obviously it was completely empty, but she had some pretty good one liners. It is what it is I suppose.
Zombieland has Woody Harrelson in it so it's awesome by default.
#79095 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
Watches look pretty decent though. Might pick one up. That website is fucking diabolical though. Good, you're raising money for charity that's nice. But I'm trying to buy a watch. Can I see what it looks like please?
#78660 The NHL Thread
Phoenix Arrow
Though I'd love an original six final.
#78659 Game of Thrones
Phoenix Arrow
#77390 The NHL Thread
Phoenix Arrow
Hahaha. Shut up.
#77389 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
#77216 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
#76969 What's the last thing you bought thread
Phoenix Arrow
It does if you're fat and standing next to a mirror.
#76877 The Lower League Thread
Phoenix Arrow
Oh, and there's a photo.
#76696 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Phoenix Arrow
Ha, no way.
I told about this and her reaction is "my work here is done".