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belo
08/12/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
I remember years ago a girl I was dating broke up with me, and I wasn't all that sad about it cause I could spend more time playing games that I wanted to play at the time... lol :P
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zenpoet
08/13/09

@belo: Back in college, I actually broke up with a girl because she tried to limit my Unreal Tournament playing.

I am not sure which one of us was the unlucky one in that scenario.
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AJ Glasser
06/11/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
BTW, guys, I said *2009* games. There are like a bazillion good games for break ups spanning decades (my personal favorite still being the original MGS/Twin Snakes -- or FFX-2, depending on who left whom and how hard I want to 100% the latter). Anyone got anymore?
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aw3str1k3r
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
I'm surprised to not see any GTA being mentioned. THAT's good for a nice angry rampage to clear your mind!
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roscoe
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
here's something a little more sentimental than usual. neat and interesting article, AJ. loved the way you concluded with SFiV and the most important advice of all: "Whatever you choose to do to handle your feelings in the wake of a breakup, just make sure you're taking care of yourself."
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Rem
06/10/09

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Dumb article =\

It's never reasonable, under ANY circumstances, to play LOTR: Conquest.
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Sihaya- I wanna be Yue Ying when I grow up.
06/10/09

@Rem: more like Dumb article PERIOD...GOOD LORD they pay this chick for this? Perhaps I should demand the library pay me for my game reviews for their blog too, better than this crap.
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roscoe
06/10/09

@Sihaya- I wanna be Yue Ying when I grow up.: satire.

learn it.
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Sihaya- I wanna be Yue Ying when I grow up.
06/10/09

@roscoe: apparently you've never read any of her other articles have you? now THAT's a joke
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roscoe
06/10/09

@Sihaya- I wanna be Yue Ying when I grow up.: i've read plenty of her articles - what is the joke?
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NeVeRMoRe666
06/11/09

@Sihaya- I wanna be Yue Ying when I grow up.: Sounds like someone's JEEEAAALOOOUS!
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misc.insanity
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
So Metal Gear Solid 2 is the game to play during the events leading up to the break-up, right? Your girlfriend keeps hounding you with the same trivial questions and then bam, one day you wake up naked and you have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on.
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UltimatePancakeSensation
06/10/09

@misc.insanity: The fact that people still play Metal Gear games after Sons of Liberty is proof of how forgiving a gamer's heart can be.
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(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
God of War or something mind numbing like Dynasty Warriors is what I play to go through any bad day. When I broke up with the last girl I was with though, I went out with friends and was binge drinking to - er - clear my head :/

I did play a game I bought 4 days prior to that breakup though and it was Bully. I forgot about her ever since... DAMMIT CAROL WHY?????!!!!! T______T *hugs conveniently placed teddy bear*
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Ashurahori
06/10/09

@Goldwings: Forgot why his avatar is a creepy looking, smili...:

Darling there will never be another

Because I love you so

Don't ever leave me

Please do never go

I will always want you for my sweetheart

No matter what you do

Oh Carol

I'm so in love with yooooooooooooou...

(sorry, my situation = same girl's name)
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FarmboyinJapan
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
Well, my breakup game was Metal Gear 4.

Two days before the most anticipated game of all time was released, my fiance, who I had been seeing for nearly three years decided she was tired of putting up with foreigner, and decided to dump my ass.

I dove headfirst into MGS4, thinking that after waiting for years, it would ease some of the pain....it didn't. As a matter of fact, I now associate nothing but negative memories to that game. Whenever I fire it up and try to pay through it again, I just remember the absolute devastation and heartbreak I was feeling while playing.

Looking back....it was like a weird fever dream...what was going on in my life, and what was going on in the game didn't make any sense.
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Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons!
06/10/09

@FarmboyinJapan: After reading this and previous comments, I think its safe to say that women are cold, soulless, and heartless creatures that love nothing more to cause pain to undeserving men.

Thoughts?
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FarmboyinJapan
06/10/09

@Kenny:

While I wouldn't call women 'cold, soulless, heartless creatures', I think a lot of the time the don't really realize just how devastated we are after a relationship.

Its been nearly a year since my fiance left me, and I am still down in the dumps.

Whats a conventional excuse for a break up coming from a women? 'We've drifted apart, You aren't interested in me anymore, we don't talk anymore, I've found someone else...'

But when the person who you love most in the world says to you 'I don't want to be with you anymore because you are from a different country'....my friend, let me tell you....the wounds those words cause DO NOT go away easily. I feel as if I get into another relationship with a Japanese girl, that the EXACT SAME THING is going to happen.
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Milkzhakes
06/10/09

@FarmboyinJapan: damn dude thats brutal. i can see why you were down, but hey man if she said that she didn't want to be with you cause you were from another country, it makes me wonder was she ever okay with in the first place. i mean not to be cliche but if the love is there a simple thing as an accent or something shouldn't come between the both of you.
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FarmboyinJapan
06/11/09

@Milkzhakes:

Yeah, you would think that after 3 years of dating, and my proposing to her, and she saying 'yes' that we would be over the whole 'cultural divide' thing....but I guess not. Because the last thing she said to me was 'gaijin wa iya' (Foreigners are no good)
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Malfunktion v2
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
Step 6: - Stalking - Braid "If I can't have you, I'll follow you around like a creep".
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Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons!
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
When my girlfriend ditched me I subscribed to LOTRO.

Nothing kills newly acquired free time and lingering depression better than an addicting MMO.

It was either that or take up alcoholism and drugs.
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BubbleF**kingBuddy
06/10/09

@Kenny: Don't you hate it when things you once loved remind you of old flames, or bad memories?

I've ruined so many of my favorite songs and movies that way.
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UltimatePancakeSensation
06/10/09

@Kenny: I can imagine MMO's would be fantastic for this.
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BubbleF**kingBuddy
06/10/09

In reply to Five Good Breakup Games
I play Fallout 3 whenever I want to hate the world.

1. Fast Travel

2. TALON COMPANY FFFFFFFFFFFFFF...

3. "Dogmeat has Died"

4. Reload save

5. Fast Travel

6. TALON COMPANY FFFFFFFFFFFFFF...
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Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons!
06/10/09

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Also, you can just open up the console, click on Dogmeat, and type:

setessential 1

to make him invincible. Beats reloading saves.
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BubbleF**kingBuddy
06/10/09

@Kenny: PS3 version, pal. I'm not getting the PC version until I can update my graphics card.

The problems have been reduced lately, though. I just got Star Paladin Cross. It's like Grace Jones and a guardian angel had a baby and put her in Power Armor.
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tptmanno1
06/10/09

@BubbleF**kingBuddy: Puppies perk plus Plasma rifle will solve that problem...
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TaylorEatWorld
06/10/09

@tptmanno1: >PS3 version
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Boxworth
06/11/09

@TaylorEatWorld has PopPop in the attic: On the 360 version you can equip your Chinese Stealth Armor prior to a fast travel. I wouldn't call that "fixing the issue," but it makes the game infinitely more relaxing. I play Fallout for the scrounging and exploring. If I want to yell at something, I play Ninja Gaiden.
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Boxworth
06/11/09

@Boxworth: Additionally, I know we beat this issue TO DEATH and back again in many forums, but unless it's a fighting game (and you don't own an arcade stick), a PS3 exclusive, or a game you desperately want to play with a PS3 owner, buy the 360 version. Developers seem to abandon their PS3 versions for some reason (TF2? Fallout 3? GTA4? Hell, I bet Kojima comes up with something playable for MGS:R Multiplayer now that it's coming to 360!).
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BubbleF**kingBuddy
06/11/09

@Boxworth: Actually, the extra perks are coming to the PS3 at the end of the month. That's why I bought it last week.
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Dukeman330
04/01/09

In reply to The Simpsons Almost Killed Dead Space
"EA's only horror title ever created"

Undying says hello.
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AJ Glasser
04/01/09

@Dukeman330: That's *Clive Barker's* Undying, not EA's Undying. Remember, Dead Space was totally in-house.
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dunetiger - he's up on the effin' roof!
04/01/09

In reply to The Simpsons Almost Killed Dead Space
Dead Space is simply one of those fantastic gems that defied common game business practices to make its way into your hands. It is incredibly clever and by far the best sounding game I've ever played. SOMEone over there deserves a bj for that game's sound design and, honestly, maybe the exec that kept it from getting axed.

These guys were smart enough not to deviate too far from modern gaming conventions, so it is both at once familiar and unfamiliar. Yes, it's an over-the-shoulder shooter, but the focus is on dismemberment instead of headshots. Yes, it's a space horror theme, but they told a story relatively new, crafting it around stuff that's come before. It's solidly designed and didn't require a major gimmick. For all the Stranger's Wraths, BG&Es, and other unnoticed gems, I'm glad Dead Space broke through the sea of FPS/duck-and-cover games.
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Garro
04/01/09

In reply to The Simpsons Almost Killed Dead Space
You know this is another huge reason I don't like Dead Space. Instead of focusing on creating a game that shifted us back towards actual survival horror, they focus on things like color scheme, lighting, and design. I mean...come on, these are not the crowning jewels of horror design. If people creating horror media had a bad habit of throwing in neon pinks, hearts, and care bears, grim colors bad lighting and "gothic" architecture are very odd places to start your lynchpins for scares.

I'm just saying, I think they moved way far away from fundamentals and stretched too far into what should have been examined at the polishing/crunch stage.

I think this game is one of the most overrated, and I don't get why everyone is putting it on such a massive pedestal. Sure, they had a cool collection of really "man, that's kinda tense" pieces, but nothing came together to feel unified, and the amount of innovating their IP allowed went so unfulfilled it's not even funny.
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Garro
04/01/09

@Garro: Argh... I meant design as in architecture, not game design.
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excaliburps
04/01/09

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Haven't played it but heard very good things about it.

It's weird and refreshing at the same time to see EA striving to develop new IPs. I mean, sure they'll release yearly sequels or whatever until the well runs dry but that just comes around to having more funding to develop new IPs.

It's like a more whorish diagram of the egg and chicken thing.
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