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BG Newsletter #5

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BG Member Of The Week: shidobu

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. My account says 2008 but it feels like longer. I use to post on KI thread back in my XI days. Then ended up here some how!

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. It's easy to say FF11 mainly because of the people and friends i've made in my career(ff11 was a full time job), but that may just be nostalgia talking.

Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty well known for Final Fantasy. Do you have a favorite Final Fantasy character?
A. Sazh from 13 because Japans view of black people can be hilarious at times.. (looking at you Barrett). Sazh imo is the best character out of that game. The scene where he confronts Vanille about his son is intense. And who wouldn't love a guy with a choco in his fro?

Q. What's something you find interesting about yourself?
A. I love to cook. Im always cooking random things at random times. I try to find new recipes each week and try them on the weekends. I've yet to make a perfect general tso's chicken sauce.. this is my unicorn.

Q. Tell us about a memorable Halloween costume you have worn or if you are going to dress up this Halloween what will you be dressed as?
A. Uh back in high school i dressed up as Morpheus from The Matrix.. standing with your hands behind your back for 2hrs is annoying as hell.


Now I'm reminded of how I had to stand at attention for marching band for hours on end. Makes me wonder how people in the military hold up. Onto the trivia!

Weekly Trivia Question 1: Which two national flags are the exact same color and pattern with just the colors reversed?
Weekly Trivia Question 2: Who was Capcom's original mascot?

Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter for the trivia answer.

Major Game Releases Arriving Next Week:

Alien: Isolation
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Release Date: 10/07/2014
Xbox One Xbox 360 PS4 PS3 PC

Get your alien spook on!:
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/119...)?goto=newpost

Mina: The visuals look very nice which is pretty essential for a believable horror game. From what I've heard from the reviews out there this game is set to be a pretty decent horror game. I look forward to people coming and saying how good this game is. I hope there's a lot of playtime and it lives up to the expectations everyone has set for it.
Sonomaa: I want to be excited for this game, it has a lot of promise but an obnoxious amount riding on it since the Alien Colonial Marines mishap. I mean seriously guys, you have the perfect ultra killing machine enemy and you still havent found a way to make a really good game out of it. Maybe amping up the fear factor will work out for them.
(BGer of the Week) shidobu: This game has a lot of potential to be great. The part in the trailer when the alien comes down from the ceiling. I was like "yoooo sh#$! got real". I've watched the movies as a kid and enjoyed them. If they can recapture that feeling of being stalked from the shadows and extreme paranoia they might have a great game. And if they remake Ripley running around in panties & tank top...... GOTYAY

Costume Quest 2
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Release Date: 10/07/2014
Xbox One 360 PS4 PS3 Wii U PC

Mina: If you played the first one then you will be a definite immediate buy on this one I am sure of it. The game is more of the awesome that Costume Quest was. I regret not finishing the first one because this one looks just as good. Damn. I need to go play Costume Quest.
Sonomaa: This reminds me of an old Sega Genesis game where you put on different hats and got awesome powers. I cant remember the name of it. I watched a trailer and it didnt really interest me until the combat seemed ripped out of an old school RPG then I was curious. But it has candy corn in it, I do hate candy corn.
(BGer of the Week) shidobu: (based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TY...youtu.be&t=30s ) Why does the black guy gotta face plant? This is pretty charming style wise. Would be really good intro to rpgs for kids. And anybody giving out candy corn at Halloween needs to have their house egged. This is something to play with the kids which is a plus for Playstation aint much selection for them outside of LPB and barbie games..

MX vs. ATV: Supercross
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Release Date: 10/07/2014
360 PS3 PC

Mina: Nordic Games AKA Those guys who bought THQ bring you a racing game. I've seen footage of it and I'm sure there there is a market of people who are interested in this but I'll be honest and say that if I were making a racing game I would aim for the latest gens and try to push as hard as possible on the graphics. I don't see this game having much to offer on the older ones.
Sonomaa: I used to adore the racing games but Ive grown lax on playing any of them for a while (except Burnout Paradise, that game was fucking sick). I dunno, these games seem to come out semi annually and hit a niche walmart market of people.
(BGer of the Week) shidobu: eh... before i even look at this trailer ima assume its full of "Sick Air and rock and roll? maybe metal?". I feel like this is one is gonna be in the bargin bin 3-4 weeks after release. .. Feels like a lack of polish in this game. I can't tell what its trying to be a sim or arcade type game. Not my cup of tea. Grid series has ruined racing games for me nothing compares imo

Random Comic:
http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/g...a5d19b00a4.jpg
The Punchline is Machismo presents Manly Guys doing Manly Things. This webcomic brings together a cast of familiar characters from games all over. Most of them are your beefcakes from the series and the comic strives to show them learning to get back into society--kind of. The comic has a bit of romance, a bit of action, but it's all humor. One of the best game-related webcomics out there.
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/

Threads of Interest:

Tons of people playing Smash in our Smash Bros thread. Join in. I've seen a few of you pop in the chat to converse about your matches.
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/116...)?goto=newpost

Are you a Whovian? Come talk with the others who are!
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/904...o?goto=newpost

It's almost time for the fanfest! Are you going?
Fan Fest: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/122...t?goto=newpost

Weekly Trivia Answer:
Spoiler: show
1. Poland and Monaco (also can accept Cuba and Puerto Rico)!
2. Captain Commando


Question of the Week:

Previous Question: What is something about the gaming industry that you would like to see changed? (Include solutions)
Quote Originally Posted by Omniyoji
1) Shifty Business practices - possibility of corporate side of industry hurting the art of the gaming industry. Taking advantage of gamers with extras like addons, dlc, OMGWTFBBQ special editions. Charging gamers for more content on top of the already expensive game.

2) Insane Budgets Hurting Innovation - Gaming industry is very huge and makes a lot of money. The cost of a game nowadays is well over +3000% or more compared to a couple of generations ago. Scale of the companies have increased in all departments too quickly (adding people in charge of various departments not knowing a thing about games) and will only push out what sells. The gap between the corp and indie ever growing.

3) Lack of Creativity - Companies relying on success and creating sequels (this is partly our fault). Hashing new games with various mechanics from the past. Developers have forgotten the point of the gaming industry in general.
NEW QUESTION: Which do you find more fascinating--what could be in our oceans or what could be out there in space?

Updated 2014-10-06 at 16:42 by Mina

Comments

  1. Xno Kappa -
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    Cuba and Puerto Rico?
  2. Mina -
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    You know what. I'd give full points for that anyways because that's pretty much the idea!
  3. Serra -
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  4. Rocl -
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    <URL for the Comic>
  5. Mina -
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    XD Goes to show I make plenty of mistakes.
  6. Charismatic -
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    Unacceptabooru, only perfection allowed!
  7. Xerlic -
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    The seas man. Pacific Rim heralds the apocalypse.
  8. Xerlic -
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    Indonesia has the same flag as Monaco. Also, Ireland and Ivory Coast are reversible too iirc.
  9. Charismatic -
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    Also, all the FGC guys on BG probably know the Capcom mascot one.
    CapCom was very well-known in MVC2.

    Also, anyone played the Captain Commando beat-em-up in the arcades way back when? That game was fun.
  10. Omniyoji -
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    NEW QUESTION: Which do you find more fascinating--what could be in our oceans or what could be out there in space?
    "The ocean covers 71 percent of the Earth's surface and contains 97 percent of the planet's water, yet more than 95 percent of the underwater world remains unexplored. The ocean and lakes play an integral role in many of the Earth's systems including climate and weather."

    --NOAA

    It's always exciting to see what new weird fishy we found or pulled up from the ocean. Never before seen life already here on our planet. Why go to space when we can go under the sea... we could create a utopia for society's elite to flourish outside of government control. We could call this place Rapture...
  11. Amiricle -
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    Space!
    A quote from Elon Musk "I think there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multi-planetary,’ he told me, ‘in order to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen, in which case being poor or having a disease would be irrelevant, because humanity would be extinct. It would be like, “Good news, the problems of poverty and disease have been solved, but the bad news is there aren’t any humans left.”

    It's so easy for a single random cosmic event to totally eradicate one planet, that I don't get why focusing on getting the human race inter-planetary isn't a pressing concern.
  12. Skai -
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    I've yet to make a perfect general tso's chicken sauce.. this is my unicorn.
    That's because General Tso's chicken is a terrible dish!
  13. Skai -
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    Source: Chinese guy