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There's a correction I'd like to make: Marty Friedman's guitar solo in "Tornado of Souls," is, in fact, the greatest solo of all time. No guitar before or after it has or will ever rival it. It has also defeated itself and the existence of the universe at the time of its recording. That solo called upon the Cthulu and the Cthulu did ravage mankind, for the sake of mankind's sanity, so that it did not have to live in the disappointing world that existed after the greatest solo of all time had already been performed, thus rendering all subsequent forms of art and joy obsolete and meaningless. We have been living in a post-"Torando of Souls"-guitar-solo simulation for some time now, as humanity did not need to exist in the real world any more, its greatest possible accomplishment already achieved.

The Super Friends' Aquaman proves this fact, as it is an unintentional relic of our simulation appearing only after its supposed inception in the 70s. In actual fact, the Super Friends Aquaman you are experiencing is an illusion of modern times.

I always yawned at DBZ games, cause they got mediocre reviews and I wasn't a fan of the series. I'd always catch the filler episodes at the neighbors', and just did not understand the appeal of all the hype (ironically, I was a much bigger fan of Attitude-era WWE at the time, which I liked primarily for the drama part).

Throwing Arc System Works into the mix, however, makes this a day- one purchase for me if reviews are solid.

I remember this from the Xbox press conference. Didn't realize it was playable on the show floor. 

The color coding on Rocksmith already handicaps me on songs I can play in real life, so mismatched color-coding would be a nightmare for me, but otherwise I love the mix of platforming and rythm-action.

It's funny how you said it's a game intended to be played from beginning to end. It brings to mind comedians referencing the fact your skills don't determine whether you can enjoy a full book, movie, or musical album. I guess that's the philosophy driving the easier gaming difficulty lately. 

What is the contest?

That stinks about the dog. Catara pooped on the carpet a couple weeks back, but I'm dead certain it's cause I have her some treats she's not used to and the vet seemed to agree. That's one thing humans and animals share: mess with our diets and we'll get testy. 

I played a couple hours of Andromeda so far. I don't get why people hated on it so much, but it might not be something I continue with, either. Haven't really scratched the surface though, so we shall see.

Does that endless runner involve pugs? May have shared that with a pug-owning half-Mexican friend recently. Lol 

I wouldn't consider any cell phone games a part of my backlog, to be honest. For me to want to finish a game, it has to be AAA or at least AA and have some form of narrative clearly marking a beginning and end outside of trophy hunts. 

I think we came to the realization about mount backlog just not being fun though. I can be a completionist, and I got to a point where I was basically sucking time out of my life trying to juggle too many games. Plus, spending too much money on games I may never be in the mood to play. 

Having said that, now I'm trying to force myself to focus on Horizon so I don't lose track of it, so perhaps I'm a hypocrite. Lol

Good luck with the list. I haven't even touched Horizon again and the DLC I'm wanting to be ready for comes out in August, which is also when Before the Storm releases! I'll probably finish Slaughterhouse Five before anything else. Luckily, it's a short book, so I may even finish tonight.

I've never played any Duke Nukem games, but I want to. I have a vivid memory of my older brother playing the N64 one in our room and it pissing me off I couldn't play it or even watch it (according to him at least) in our room ( I'd just woken up on the bunk bed) on MY N64. I've since gotten over it, of course, but I also remember glimpses of some of the toilet humor I was supposedly too young/immature for. Oh, irony. I also remember seeing codes for it in Nintendo Power.

I know what you mean about those Doom levels. I couldn't tell where I was going in those 90s FPS games like that or Wolfenstein 3D for the life of me. I didn't know Wolfenstein was ever not 3D until recently. Funny how I played that stuff on PC, but wasn't allowed a go at Duke Nukem on N64. I think the N64 was just easier to monitor and my older brother told my parents about the content.

Or I'm mistremembering a vision I was given by Tralfamadores. One of the two.

Yeah, to be honest I probably play songs a lot more than practice stuff like that, but I will tolerate the boring stuff like finger exercises because of how it helps with playing songs.

With video games like platformers or rythm-action like Elite Beat Agents, I might be repeating the same actions a lot, but it's the adrenaline rush of getting it more and more right and the tension that hook me, not the repetition. 

It's the increasing success part that makes the repetition addictive for me. That means the activity feels less repetitive for me, since I'm enjoying the change in my abilities. 

A game like Halo Wars 2 would actually feel more repetitive to me, because it would just be failure over and over again, since I don't easily succeed in such games.

I think that might have more to do with it than simply game mechanics. If I was good at RTS, I might feel differently and maybe vice versa for you with platformers.

You mean their run on N64? That's more what this was trying to emulate. I personally liked Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct on SNES, though. I can understand not liking those.

I think it is a decent game overall, there were just some bugs they didn't work out before shipping that got to me. The newest update to the game specifically mentions fixes to the boss I rage quit on (Rampo), so I feel vindicated. lol

Moana to me was pretty typical as far as Disney story structure and characters, but the animation is stunning. 

We're not, but I might stay where I am and just help him move in October. It's an odd situation I don't feel like getting into, but everyone is still friends as of now. lol

I'm glad you mentioned the gym, cause I need to go today, myself.

You mean the global warming message? It's more of a backdrop, really, but you can tell the creators believe in it. It's not heavy-handed though; in the game's narrative, it's just another "wtf?" thing that happens when she gets her powers. 

Yeah, why wouldn't Sony let me pay for stuff I've enjoyed on PS+ from their store, rather than me buying physical copies elsewhere? I guess it's to keep people like you on PS+, but I'd honestly just keep PS+ and buy the games anyway, so ...

It's tablature, and works basically like Guitar Hero, but maybe there's an option to switch to notes? I bought it so I could make sure I was able to play songs in time, but the ones I already know how to play in real life that have different tabs than what I'm used to can be frustrating. And the game's detection is really good/sensitive, but it isn't perfect, and some of my failures are a result of not reading the screen correctly, rather than anything to do with my guitar prowess. 

Yeah, but we tend to get out around 2 or 2:30 p.m. if it's a Home Depot. We're only actually working 5:30 a.m. to that time; we have to travel to the site via a van that meets about an hour or 45 minutes earlier. So the van driver has to work all that time, but passengers can do whatever for that 45 minutes to an hour. 

I did a voluntary Eyemart warehouse inventory, and we were there from 7 a.m. (left 5:55 a.m. due to Dallas traffic) and din't get out until 6 p.m. or later though. I thought it was gonna be like 4 hours, but nope. I'm not complaining about the hours though, especially since we start at $12/hour now. We even have this week off, since stores are doing their 4th of July sales. We're doing some JC Pennys in Missori and Oklahoma next week and a coworker is going to show me some Game of Thrones and record my reactions. 

My only issue when we're not doing Home Depots (our district's bread and butter) is the managers for these "support stores" want to question every thing I do like I'm some sort of rebellious teen. Sometimes, I want to whip out my faculty card and say, "you treat me with respect, dammit!" but I know that would only make things so much worse. lol

I think I'd like Crash. I love doing mindless bullshit over and over until I'm finally good at it. It's my favorite thing about playing guitar!

I have started to enjoy games that are much less intense physically and more about emotional investment or puzzles though. I think my need to relax as an adult has made me soft in some ways.

I had some ice cream as well. We ate at Red Lobster after seeing guardians 2. No fireworks for me aside from a distant glimpse on the highway and some noises outside my Windows though. I kinda wish we'd have gone to see some. Oh well.