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Toonami |MayJun19| Locked up for the crime of being too awesome
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The start of this arc began with "Using Alluka's powers can enact a huge cost, proportional to the wish. It's not a get out of jail-free card and honestly better to not use at all!" That squarely makes it NOT a Deus ex Machina. By the end we learn "Alluka can heal anyone for free and if Killua orders it, she can just do whatever she wants for free." That is a Deus ex Machina and thus begs the question of "why didn't Killua just solve the Chimera Ant Arc so that nobody had to die or suffer"? A good point was made about Illumi's needle but like Killua removes it pretty early in the Chimera Ant arc. Kite and a few others would still be screwed but like everybody else? A lot of legit suffering could have been averted and it's just weird the option wasn't used. I don't think it would have been abusive to use Alluka in that context.
FWIW, obviously the Chimera Ant Arc is better for not just getting "solved" but it does beg the narrative question of if the Killua had this secret weapon all along, why was it never used. If you're just going to say "Togashi didn't think of Alluka until after/most of the way through the Chimera Ant arc", that not a satisfying answer!
One of the decisions Araki made with DiU that I love is how it's still personal and tense despite being low-stakes.
Going smaller in scale with a murderer in a small town in Japan was a really smart move.
DIO was every megalomaniacal shonen villain in terms of his endgame, but Kira was someone who was the opposite of DIO in terms of ambition. He didn't want attention, glory, or to rule anything. He just wanted to secretly kill people in peace and quiet, kinda like most serial killers.
If Kira had won in the end, the world would have kept on spinning. This made DiU more real and relatable as a whodunit murder mystery with some punch ghosts.
Going smaller in scale with a murderer in a small town in Japan was a really smart move.
DIO was every megalomaniacal shonen villain in terms of his endgame, but Kira was someone who was the opposite of DIO in terms of ambition. He didn't want attention, glory, or to rule anything. He just wanted to secretly kill people in peace and quiet, kinda like most serial killers.
If Kira had won in the end, the world would have kept on spinning. This made DiU more real and relatable as a whodunit murder mystery with some punch ghosts.
It lists all the shows though. I feel they would have done the same for Sony if they were there.
Though Minamoto supposedly being on stage at the Xbox briefing is huge in and of itself.
Honestly, Gon getting magically fixed after turning in to a hollowed out husk takes some of the emotional weight out of it. He should have stayed that way and have the story move its focus on to the other characters
Saw HxH....I think I'm gonna wait for the podcast to bring up the two things I couldn't help but question about the scene, but at the same time, it still delivered with the emotions.
But before I go, just wanna say it was super fun rewatching Part 4 with the dub & getting to experience it with you guys, especially for the first time viewers. I was suppose to post that last night before I left, but for some reason, it didn't go through.
But before I go, just wanna say it was super fun rewatching Part 4 with the dub & getting to experience it with you guys, especially for the first time viewers. I was suppose to post that last night before I left, but for some reason, it didn't go through.
Bring Keanu back on stage!
He doesn't need to do anything.
Just wanna see him.
Also I keep forgetting Psychonauts 2 is happening.
He doesn't need to do anything.
Just wanna see him.
Also I keep forgetting Psychonauts 2 is happening.
Yeah, that wasn't as hype as promised. Here's hoping Nintendo brings the heat.
So my ISP decided to shit itself when the conference was happening. I missed most of it.
From what i'm reading, it sounds like I didn't miss that much. Only major surprise was PSO2.
From what i'm reading, it sounds like I didn't miss that much. Only major surprise was PSO2.
Keanu alone makes it a B+. Cyberpunk is coming a lot sooner that I expected. I can't wait for Outer Worlds since New Vegas is in my top 5 games of all time. I like the artstyle they went with Battletoads but its looking pretty choppy in places. Microsoft is totally lost as to how to market Gears of War in 2019. The last Halo really soured me so it's gonna take a lot to make me excited for a new one. I really needed to see some gameplay for Elden Ring. The Tales series looks like it's gotten a major glow up after getting rid of that deadbeat Hideo Baba. And it looks like we are getting ANOTHER DBZ game detailing the Saiyan/Namek arc.
I thought it was an okay conference. Biggest takeaway point for me was how committed they are to Gamepass and the Double Fine acquisition.
So many of the games they showed off though are going to wind up being Multiplatform it's hard to get blown away, especially since the only exclusive they really showed off gameplay for was that Ninja Theory game.
So many of the games they showed off though are going to wind up being Multiplatform it's hard to get blown away, especially since the only exclusive they really showed off gameplay for was that Ninja Theory game.
I did think they'd be a little further along and have something real to show, but I guess not.
Honestly I think that Microsoft doesn't care if you buy an Xbox or not. They have been doing a lot of work in putting their games on other platforms and getting people that don't even own an Xbox get accounts. In a couple of years the Xbox is just gonna be an app you download.
That makes sense. They've been busy building partnerships with Sony and Nintendo on various projects.
We got Keanu instead. Whether that is an upgrade, a downgrade, or a sidegrade is for you to decide.
The website who published the rumor says that they confused him with Keanu Reeves. I don't know how you confuse the two but that what they are going with.
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Sound advice. Won't stop me from having unreasonable expectations though.
I'm ready for the next Yoko Taro game to get announced!
One is a Canadian 54 year old actor
The other is a Japanese 66 year old game producer
THEY'RE BASICALLY TWINS!
My biggest surprise was that the Dying Light 2 Protagonist wasn't voiced by Troy Baker or Matt Mercer.
I never really bother with gaming conferences nowadays. Just give me the trailers via Directs or State of Play.
By west, they really mean North America. It ain't coming to PALand.
Arc Systems Godzilla fighter will be announced any second now. Annnny second now.
My favorite thing in Memphis is the giant glass pyramid with a Bass Pro Shop inside.
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