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Oz wants to live in a pre-industrial era world? I can only imagine that would be his idea of going on a diet.
I don’t hate Bethesda… I love fallout and Skyrim and don’t really understand the hate
21:38 I think that this is an amazing example of what you're talking about Oz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdHkHslFIU
But unfortunately, from what I've learned over the years is that the modern-day soldier is trained to react on instinct so that they're not faced with the moral dilemma of killing someone else, they just act on instinct and it's not until after it's happened that it sinks in what they've done.
Simon here has an excellent video on the subject that's really worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsuSNjNunQ
What Oz said about eating monkeys gives you AIDS is partially true. Some chimpanzees carry HIV, but it does not hurt them. If a human ate an infected chimp, they could contract AIDS. This is actually how humans first got HIV.
Hahahahaha Oz was talking about that farming spot in Elden Ring where you can stand up on the cliff and shoot the giant Dino Chicken to get it to run off the cliff for 13,000 runes and I'm sitting here listening to this as I'm standing on that cliff shooting at the giant Dino Chicken to earn 13,000 runes!
I love that Elden Ring has no quest list. It’s so simple, uncluttered, and refreshing. If something cool happens, or you meet a character and learn new information, you have to remember it. It’s fine that other games have quest lists and cutscenes and cinematic storytelling. But the simplicity is an immersive, deep breath of fresh air.
Oz might be thinking of garageband.
47:00
"Animals are on earth to serve humans."
wow shad. wow.
Is love if you guys did a podcast.
How could you cut off the outro song like that?! AAARGH!! I NEED THE FULL OUTRO! WHY YOU DO ME DIRTY LIKE THIS?
"You can't say the word to tell people what word is offensive to say" just reminds me of Monty python.
"YOU HAVE SAID THE WORD THAT MUST NOT BE SAID!"
"What word is it?"
"YOU SPOKE THE WORD AGAIN!!"
"How can I not say it if you won't tell me WHAT IT IS?!?!"
The mirror test is the primary test used to determine self awareness. A human 2 year old will fail the test were as some bird species and many other mammals will pass it. Self awareness is a very sticky area to make value judgements like eating/ not eating meat. Also HIV evolved from SIV which occurred when people eat the uncooked meat of chimpanzees.
HOW does having a nebulous-as-hell story enhance the game play?
The entire time i played 'ds' i thought 'boy, sure would be nice to understand why anything i do matters !'
There are several games, infamously exquisite in their code craft and character customization, that offer a ruthless learning curb and replayability and an actual plot, like 'sinking city' or 'vampire the masquerade: blood lines' so dont go an excuse fromsoftware for simple incompetence in basic story telling by saying 'a story would just get in the way, u guys!'
Utter. Bullshit.
Even just a bare bones plot, 'go to x to do y so u can help z or get z or find z' is essential to the ttrpg tradition these games are poorly miming.
I've been playing triangle strategy, a medieval fantasy game, and one of the focal points of the game is the conflict arising from the production and distribution of salt. It makes me wonder if the real medieval people fought for salt at some point.
The song O-Zone – Dragostea din tei
I'm stuck on the lord of blood boss on a dex faith build(confessor class) I just keep rage quitting him
22:10 immortalized in the song "No Bullets Fly" by Sabaton
Oz quoting Papa Ted just solidifies the fact he is my spirit animal.
you gotta do a show through of your bookcase one of these days
57:45 you might wanna get a doc for oz, he's starting to blur
I will say that Elden ring lacks character motivation. and the game design leaves where to go next after the first boss to open-ended I literally haven't found the next place to go.
1:00:40 but why repeat yourself?
1"07"01 they know, they are fully on board with it, because to them all media must push the revolutionary message
Macca's nuggets are made from beef. I know this cause of my work line in an Abattoir.
Shad, if you could make a tiny character, the hitbox would have to be smaller to. That would change the game completely.
And the characters are almost completely covered by armour / clothes.
Edit; also the term Retard is used on aircraft. There is a voice that yells at you if you are going to hit something.
Quote from computer "retard…. PULL UP!"
1:03:45 his grandparents are leather fetishists?
1:06:10 the last Tolkien should have put it in public domain. it would be less bad than what they are doing now.
Man Horizon dev badmouthing Elden Ring's quest design is really rich. Zero Dawn was so goddamn boring I couldn't bring myself to play it for more than maybe about 10 hours,after which it started to feel like it was the most stereotypical and bland AAA open world game with outposts and all that other busywork. Why would I buy the sequel when the previous title somehow managed to make a game about post apocalyptic cavemen hunting robot dinosaurs boring?
I've had far more fun with Elden Ring's NPC questlines than any of the "go to this spot marked on the map and collect/kill or talk to X" quests HZD threw at me. Ranni's questline is the best of the bunch and rewards you with something all fans will recognize and even those who don't will almost certainly come to love.
November 19th is International Men's Day.
Boy I sure do hate you guys.
Liked and subscribed.
Where did you get those leather-bound books?
They are amazing!
I'm not personally into Souls games, so Elden Ring has no allure for me. However, when I look at this situation from the outside, is the spartan nature of the game 'A design choice for an immersive and unique game experience' or was it just cutting corners to save time and money in development? I don't play the game but everything that I've seen about it says to me that it could go either way. The lack of customization options screams about a corner cutting model which you would think they would have buffed up what elements that the did include since their design choices cut out so many other areas that saved them time and money.
Shad another example for the innocent casualties of war during a siege is the Siege of Alesia in the Gallic War. The Romans and Gauls did the same thing as the Romans were besieging the Gallic rebellion’s capital while being besieged themselves.
We have have always had a problem with being ruled by the evil and corrupt. Power draws such people to it, and power is a corrupting influence in itself.
Comparing Elden Ring on the same level as Skyrim is the worst insult to Elden Ring you could make.
Oz is confusing Garage Band and Bandcamp.
The engine brake on large trucks can also be called an engine retarder. It makes the engine slow you down or hold you back.
Love the news. More!
7:27 Now that is how you cover Arcane. (I'm looking at you EFAP; Arcane History Month/Every Frame Arcane)
Wanting the negatives of pre-industrialisation is genuinely fucking stupid
A woman's week? Dang, and they call me sexist for celebrating men's day.
That punch was shockingly poor
Make the “Team Oz” hoodie with a zipper and I’ll beg for it to be a birthday present.
18:40 In Soviet Russia, map plots YOU!