Re: Chat Thread

[Motinator]

I got Plus the other day. Gonna start the transition to digital games, and with Brothers and Tomb Raider I've basically already paid for it.

But now I don't want to get a Vita until a blue one comes out in NA. Am I too picky about this? I like my phone being black because it's out all of the time and I don't want it to stand out particularly. But when I'm playing video games I want to stand out, ya know? Is getting one imported from Japan a good idea?

[Rainjar]

Can we all agree the 2DS looks like the most uncomfortable looking and least practical console made in recent years? I'm surprised anyone wants one. Plus its name is stoopid >:l.

[ajapam]

Vita = best system to play games on. 3DS/2DS = system with the best exclusives. That's how I see it

@Mot If I were you I'd just save up the money until it comes out here. Not sure how much importing would cost, but it probably wouldn't be worth it for me

[volvocrusher]

Honestly, I can't see how 2DS could be more uncomfortable to hold than the original 3DS or Vita (thanks to that rear touchpad). Thank god for handheld grips.

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

Can we all agree the 2DS looks like the most uncomfortable looking and least practical console made in recent years? I'm surprised anyone wants one. Plus its name is stoopid >:l.

Nope because i actually own one and really like it. Only issue I have is its back is just black. Otherwise I love it.

[ajapam]

I still think the 2DS looks like it was made for alien hands. If it's actually somewhat comfortable to use, Nintendo must be magic

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

I don't get how it looks any more uncomfortable than any other handheld. The button placement is pretty much exactly the same. It looks different cause its one screen instead of two. You hold it just like anything else.

[Krubixcube]

It looks like an old gameboy...which is fine I guess, I'd just prefer the clamshell design of the normal 3DS I suppose. Screen protection and whatnot.

[Rainjar]

Can we all agree the 2DS looks like the most uncomfortable looking and least practical console made in recent years? I'm surprised anyone wants one. Plus its name is stoopid >:l.

Nope because i actually own one and really like it. Only issue I have is its back is just black. Otherwise I love it.

It just doesn't look very comfy to hold at all. The 3DS and Vita angle off at that perfect spot so you can properly wrap your hands around 'em which the 2DS looks like it lacks. There's also the fact it the least practical out of the lot when it comes to a portable device which is pretty big deal for a portable gaming device.

Maybe I'm wrong though and it's comfy. If I ever get to try one I'll come back and tell you I was right.

[lenny.b]

Thanks guys! I think that I'm leaning towards a PS Vita because I already have PS+ and would rather have a handheld that I can play games on at my leisure. The fact that the PS Vita is directly connected to my PS+ account is great in the sense that I can have a smorgasbord of games when I buy the handheld alone. Granted, it seems like the 2DS has an outstanding array of exceptional games, I don't have as much free time as most to actually spend time playing the handheld device, so investing in 2DS games would be a hassle since I wouldn't know when I would be able to play a game next.

Thanks for all of your advice and opinions!

[Krubixcube]

Glad you made your choice Lenny.

Man, Japanese health coverage is pretty great. I pay...not too much but i went in to a doctor today cuz I burned my hand (heated oil + Hand = you're gonna have a bad time) and it was "hey, I burned my hand" "right, well, ointment for you then my boy" Paid $10 for the whole thing, including the ointment took less than 40 minutes with no appointment.

So used to shitty American health insurance, having affordable coverage (that is decent) kind of blows my mind.

[pspiddy]

Not to sound too cynical, but that's pretty friggin amazing you can even consider going to the doctor for a burn.

[Krubixcube]

Exactly. I didn't out of American instinct of just dealing with it. But then I remembered it's super cheap and close by here so I thought "fuck it".

Also, any ointment you can get in a normal drug store are weak as hell here, all the semi-good stuff has to go through a doctor.

[lenny.b]

@Krubix - yeah, one of my friends was extremely sick while he was there (for his first time) a few summers ago and I can remember his shock when he came out of it with two prescriptions and a bill that cost them less than $60. I took one of my chickens in to see a Vet and it cost me $150. Absolutely ridiculous.

[pspiddy]

I'd like to think I'm pretty good at my job. I can troubleshoot the shit out of technology and can find specific solutions for a vast array of needs. But it's always nice to come down to earth every once in a while with a slice of humble pie also known as my mother. Try as I might, there is simply no fucking way-no matter how easy I make it- to fucking explain even the most mundane of modern life. The woman is brilliant with a pen and paper. She fucking loses it when it comes to earbuds.

Earbuds. Because the pair I bought for her are apparently alien and her phone is giving her brain cancer. And before anyone says she's early onset alzheimer's, this has been status quo my entire life...

Rant over. I thought a few of you might get a chuckle out of that diatribe. Sorry for the profanity.

[BretBaber]

Sounds like your mother is my average customer. I know how your heart feels too well.

[pspiddy]

How do you do it, Bret? I mean, that's kind of rhetorical, but still...

[Miraculous Kaydybug]

my mother is kind of like that too. It takes like telling her something 800 times to get any point across, and even then she still doesn't understand. I told her the other day to stop clicking on suspicious ads on the internet and five minutes later Avast is having seizures again picking up a shit ton of viruses. She still wonders how this happens.

[volvocrusher]

I logged onto my school email today and saw I had a message from Matthew Thompson wondering how and why Trip sent a message to my school email before remembering that's what my professor's name is too

[BretBaber]

We should call Trip the Professor from now on.

@pspiddy - Not sure how I do it, but I'm a pretty nice guy so that helps. There's lots of George Costanza in me though, so that doesn't help. I'm at my worst though the very first day back from days off. Every single person that talks to me makes me want to commit murder.

Question for you folks, how would you guys pronounce this word - Hisense

[TripOpt55]

I logged onto my school email today and saw I had a message from Matthew Thompson wondering how and why Trip sent a message to my school email before remembering that's what my professor's name is too

Someone I follow on Twitter retweets another Matt Thompson and I'm always like, "Who is this imposter?"

[BretBaber]

I'd be surprised if there were another Bret Baber out there. If there is, he probably spells it with two T's like some kind of doofus ass.

[ajapam]

We need a better way to differentiate all of the Matt's out there. Last names clearly aren't enough

[pspiddy]

Random relationship advice that seems to work well for me:

1. Buy your significant other plenty of pretties for every single pretty you buy for yourself (eg: I get a Vita and she gets a Kindle, 3DS, and all of my trade-in credit for shit like Harvest Moon)

2. Find a significant other whose taste in books and television shows is opposite of your own. (Star Trek and Star Wars notwithstanding)

3. This is the most important thing- Make sure one of you is all about the cheesecake and the other is all about the graham cracker crust with the burnt bits of cheesecake.

It's still going to be tricky, as all relationships are, but things will be much easier.

[BretBaber]

I'll add a 4.

4. Make sure she likes video games, or else every time you play one when she's home you'll hear some bitching.

[Rainjar]

Leaving to start my journey to Germany in about an hour. Getting slightly nervous of having to do loads of stuff I haven't done before despite that fact it should be fine. I'm mostly dreading the long levels of boredom, first there's the couch to London for multiple hours, then waiting around in the airport for multiple hours, then sitting on the plane for however long, then getting off and sorting all that out. Just want the entire thing to happen all in one go, no long ass waits inbetween.

Will probably post on here once or twice while I'm away.

[Krubixcube]

Any of you guys have experience dealing with an asshole boss? As in direct 1-to-1 confrontation. Got a series of super unprofessional e-mails from my boss, almost go to the point where I was ready to resign. Decided against it. Not have to confront him about the tone of those e-mails tomorrow but feel like he has all the cards.

Stress ensues.

[pspiddy]

@rainjar: Just remember to have fun, man!

@T-wolf: Keep it professional. Be the guy people can count on regardless the situation. Unless it's a dead-end job. In that case go all Office Space and eat some Cheetohs and side step his ass.

Worst boss I had liked a co-worker so much that I was always in the wrong even though my earnings were more. She was never inappropriate with me though. Her boss fucking loved me so it didn't matter much.

If the person you are mentioning has a higher up, go to them and state your case. If not, do the absolute minimum of your job requirement and show the asshole what being an asshole really means. Remember what Tony Montana said, "You fuckin with me, you fuckin with tha best"!

[BretBaber]

At wal-mart, one of the store managers of my time had rage problems. During a meeting where they discuss sales and things of the such, he flipped on me and a girl I work with. After the meetings they do a Wal-Mart cheer (it's as stupid as it sounds). Well we were doing it, apparently not to the level of enthusiasm he wanted. After it was done he got in our faces and said "You will do the cheer, or you will not have a job at this company!" Later he got fired for pinning a department manager against the wall by the neck. He was a real psycho. It's fucking Wal-Mart, there is not one thing important about it to give any kinds of fuck.

[pspiddy]

Damn, Bret, that's messed up. Fun to read, but really messed up.

Speaking of fucked up, whoever made up "Emo Ellen Page" as a title is an asshole. Not because it's obvious, no, because it can be applicable outside of video games. Hipster Wario or Lucky Hit would be more appropriate.

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