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nckillthegrimace

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formated4tv said:
Here we go...

Short version of a long issue - My grandmother (who made it to almost 93!) was told today by her doctor that she has about two weeks left to live, and that they'll make sure that she is as comfortable as she can be. (She's been going through chemo for almost a year now, and she's gotten sick too many times from it for them to want to keep doing it. That's why I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt with the timeline.)

Anyway, today I went with my mom to visit her in the hospital, and my mom gave me time with my grandmother to say goodbye to her.

While saying goodbye to her, I was an absolute wreck, but now that I'm home I don't know how I feel.

Like...I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with this at this point. I said goodbye to her, but she's not "gone" yet. Typing this is making me freak out again about it, and I'm sure if I really wanted to, I could go say bye again, but I don't know what that would do. I'm sure she'd LIKE to see me again, but I feel like her and I made our peace about "our" relationship.

I'm just rambling at this point, so has anyone else had to go through with this? Am I normal? Or am I fucked up because of how I feel at the moment? (I can accept either, it's fine).
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You will never, ever, ever be able to see her again after she passes away, so please consider visiting her as much as you can, especially if she wants to see you again. And distance isn't going to help. You'll just regret not having spent more time with her.
 
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Jintor

Member
formated4tv said:
Here we go...

Short version of a long issue - My grandmother (who made it to almost 93!) was told today by her doctor that she has about two weeks left to live, and that they'll make sure that she is as comfortable as she can be. (She's been going through chemo for almost a year now, and she's gotten sick too many times from it for them to want to keep doing it. That's why I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt with the timeline.)

Anyway, today I went with my mom to visit her in the hospital, and my mom gave me time with my grandmother to say goodbye to her.

While saying goodbye to her, I was an absolute wreck, but now that I'm home I don't know how I feel.

Like...I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with this at this point. I said goodbye to her, but she's not "gone" yet. Typing this is making me freak out again about it, and I'm sure if I really wanted to, I could go say bye again, but I don't know what that would do. I'm sure she'd LIKE to see me again, but I feel like her and I made our peace about "our" relationship.

I'm just rambling at this point, so has anyone else had to go through with this? Am I normal? Or am I fucked up because of how I feel at the moment? (I can accept either, it's fine).
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i've been there pretty recently really. my uncle passed a few weeks ago and he was like a grandfather to us in some ways. I managed to visit him in Malaysia before he went and had i guess my final audience with him. At the time the prognosis wasn't as bad as it ended up being, but I was leaving the country the next day, so we still treated it like a goodbye, which devastated me and him. Only time i've ever seen him cry. I went home (mum stayed behind) and a few weeks later he passed during the night unexpectedly.

I don't know what to say really, but you're not alone.
 
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KillerDark

Member
formated4tv said:
Here we go...

Short version of a long issue - My grandmother (who made it to almost 93!) was told today by her doctor that she has about two weeks left to live, and that they'll make sure that she is as comfortable as she can be. (She's been going through chemo for almost a year now, and she's gotten sick too many times from it for them to want to keep doing it. That's why I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt with the timeline.)

Anyway, today I went with my mom to visit her in the hospital, and my mom gave me time with my grandmother to say goodbye to her.

While saying goodbye to her, I was an absolute wreck, but now that I'm home I don't know how I feel.

Like...I don't know how I'm supposed to deal with this at this point. I said goodbye to her, but she's not "gone" yet. Typing this is making me freak out again about it, and I'm sure if I really wanted to, I could go say bye again, but I don't know what that would do. I'm sure she'd LIKE to see me again, but I feel like her and I made our peace about "our" relationship.

I'm just rambling at this point, so has anyone else had to go through with this? Am I normal? Or am I fucked up because of how I feel at the moment? (I can accept either, it's fine).
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I'm really sorry to hear that. If you want to visit her more I'd definitely say to do so, like others have said you won't regret spending more time with her. Definitely a hard situation though, have been there and it's rough.
 
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Incandenza

Banned
Sitting here looking at the GT Sport menu screen and yo, these are some nice looking cars.

Also I think this is the first HDR-enabled game I've played on my new TV and I'm not sure how to feel about it. I can kinda see the difference in some scenes but if it hadn't told me it was enabled I'm not sure I would have noticed anything special. It's more just like "Yep, that sun glare sure is bright!"
 
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robotrock

Banned
Incandenza said:
Sitting here looking at the GT Sport menu screen and yo, these are some nice looking cars.

Also I think this is the first HDR-enabled game I've played on my new TV and I'm not sure how to feel about it. I can kinda see the difference in some scenes but if it hadn't told me it was enabled I'm not sure I would have noticed anything special. It's more just like "Yep, that sun glare sure is bright!"
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is the demo up?
 
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Dr Duncan Steel

Member
Bionic Commando 2009 is such a misunderstood game. Like I totally understand all it's faults but my god that game struck something with me beyond the grappling mechanics.

Put it on Xbox BC please!
 
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EdReedFan20

Member
Incandenza said:
You can preload and watch the attract mode on the main menu. That's it until the 9th.
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Huh. I'm downloading it now. Good to know that I can't play it when it finishes downloading. Looking at the size of the download, preloading the beta makes a lot of sense, especially when it only lasts a few days. Makes no sense to give access to a beta on the day it starts when the download is practically a full sized game (in terms of download size). I mean, you'd spend have the beta time downloading the game! Pretty smart.

On a side note, I tried out the SWBFII beta. I liked it, but something feels off with the space combat. It felt sort of janky to me. I liked the feel of the flying in the first one, even if it didn't allow for advanced maneuvers. Hopefully it's just beta jank.
 
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kambaybolongo

Member
Incandenza said:
Sitting here looking at the GT Sport menu screen and yo, these are some nice looking cars.

Also I think this is the first HDR-enabled game I've played on my new TV and I'm not sure how to feel about it. I can kinda see the difference in some scenes but if it hadn't told me it was enabled I'm not sure I would have noticed anything special. It's more just like "Yep, that sun glare sure is bright!"
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Literally just got one of those TVs and booted up Uncharted: Lost Legacy to test it out. The difference seemed pretty fucking wild to me. I'm sure some games make better use than others though.
 
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Ghostmaster

Member
Piston Hyundai said:
do you take damage for no reason on the serpent form too

just ran into that and I have no idea what's going on
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It's a bug if you try to escape it by going all the way left, you will always take damage. Your only bet is to jump near the edge of the screen when going left and dash to the right. Or hope that he goes right.
 
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kvothe

Member
Rez said:
that Divinity QL was... a little rough
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Such a difficult kind of game to quick look. I think Rorie did a good job, his play-style reflected how I wound up playing Divinity OS 1. I don’t know what else they could do with such a text heavy game.
 
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BreezyLimbo

Banned
Piston Hyundai said:
do you take damage for no reason on the serpent form too

just ran into that and I have no idea what's going on
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sometimes the little purple guy sneaks by and runs into you from the side of the screen

that's what it is

otherwise it's completely avoidable. Just make sure to shoot off screen.
 
Mikey Jr.

Mikey Jr.

Member
I tried Divinity 1.

Man, those games are NOT for me, god damn.

I am essentially at the first city, and now I have to solve a murder, and I literally could not give 0 fucks at this point, and it's the beginning of the game.

I love Dragon Age though. Not sure if those are the same games or not. But DA seems more action focused I suppose.
 
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robotrock

Banned
Mikey Jr. said:
I tried Divinity 1.

Man, those games are NOT for me, god damn.

I am essentially at the first city, and now I have to solve a murder, and I literally could not give 0 fucks at this point, and it's the beginning of the game.

I love Dragon Age though. Not sure if those are the same games or not. But DA seems more action focused I suppose.
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Divinity 1 or Original Sin 1? Divinity 1 is a really different thing
 
Mikey Jr.

Mikey Jr.

Member
robotrock said:
Divinity 1 or Original Sin 1? Divinity 1 is a really different thing
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Divinity Original Sin 1 on PS4.

I played the tutorial dungeon and that was fun.

But now I'm in the first city and I have to talk to people, and there are just so many people to talk to, and everyone have VO. Like, if you love this type of game, this is right up your alley.

But for me, this is way too much of this gameplay that I am not really into.

Plus everything feels really cumbersome on the controller, specifically UI. It's one of those things I'm sure I can learn. I think I just prefer games a little more casual I guess, like Dragon Age.

God damn I loved Dragon Age 1. Don't give a damn about 2 though.
 
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Megasoum

Banned
Watching the Nintendo World Championship from earlier today and never heard of Super Mario Bros Deluxe before... This is crazy lmao.... They need to play this on UPF at some point.
 
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Tagyhag

Member
Mikey Jr. said:
Divinity Original Sin 1 on PS4.

Plus everything feels really cumbersome on the controller, specifically UI. It's one of those things I'm sure I can learn. I think I just prefer games a little more casual I guess, like Dragon Age.
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Yeah a lot of people told me the controller controls for 1 were great but it's only good for combat.

It's reaaaaally slow for everything else, especially UI. I didn't truly start to enjoy the game until I switched to mouse and keyboard.

For example, unhooking your entire party and sending them out to distract 3 different people while your fourth sneaks and steals stuff takes like 2-3 minutes to do on a controller. Less than 30 seconds on your mouse.
 
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Curious Puppy

Banned
LurkerPrime said:
Just started the DOS2 QL, annnd I think Rorie's got the totally wrong idea on what DOS2 is offering. It's not that you can't do everything, it's that you can do anything. It's not an either-or like Mass Effect or the Witcher, where you're locking off other paths, but moreso that all paths are open to you at all times, should you have the ability to walk them.

Like, you know how, in Skyrim, one of its selling points was that you can kill any NPC and thanks to the Radiant AI system it won't change anything? Well, Divinity: Original Sin 1 (and, to a much greater extent, 2) solved that and will let you kill practically anyone and pay the price (or reap the rewards) of such an action, without breaking the game. It can be pretty janky but it works.

Maybe they clear that up later but it's been bugging me more than the "DOS2 is on consoles" info (which is wrong; it's PC only currently).
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Rorie misunderstanding or misinterpreting something is a very common thing so I'm not surprised.
 
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Deleted member 30609

Unconfirmed Member
kvothe said:
Such a difficult kind of game to quick look. I think Rorie did a good job, his play-style reflected how I wound up playing Divinity OS 1. I don’t know what else they could do with such a text heavy game.
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Yeah, fair call. I don't have as much experience with the genre as some so it's hard for me to gauge. (I'm enjoying what I've played of DOS2 though.)
 
K

Karspankey

Banned
PF8lFXS.gif


FORGET THE WAP

YOU GON' GET CLAP
 
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Ashby

Member
Anxiety sure is irrational. Austin on his Twitter is talking about how he has too bad of a social anxiety to see movies by himself, meanwhile I love that shit but could never imagine doing a panel in front of a packed convention center room like he does.
 
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Joeku

Member
The Technomancer said:
ECHO is a really fucking good game you guys, just wrapped it up
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Is it actually? The presentation is very interesting but when the trailer just became vaguely third-person action shooter I kinda tuned out. Good story at least?

Ashby said:
Anxiety sure is irrational. Austin on his Twitter is talking about how he has too bad of a social anxiety to see movies by himself, meanwhile I love that shit but could never imagine doing a panel in front of a packed convention center room like he does.
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I'm struggling with that right now. The different people I would go see Blade Runner with all happened to see it already, so I'm trying to decide whether or not to just go see it myself tonight, but I'm afraid I'm going to be incredibly self-conscious and feel like people will be staring at me the whole time. It's not really rational.

Also, again, guys, new topic: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1444544

Or are we trying to take this one to end of life?
 
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The Technomancer

card-carrying scientician
Joeku said:
Is it actually? The presentation is very interesting but when the trailer just became vaguely third-person action shooter I kinda tuned out. Good story at least?
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Its not really an action shooter at all, I fired maybe two dozen shots my entire playthrough? Its definitely a "vision cones" MGS style stealth game, which isn't what I normally go for, but I had enough fun here. The "enemies copying you" thing ends up being less ultra gameplay relevant than you might like, but its still fucking unnerving every time you hear a door open behind you and realize you taught them that last time around, it really works as a mood setter even if the gameplay remains a tiiiiny bit simplistic

And its a pretty good story yeah, its the closest any game I've played has gotten to evoking Alastair Reynolds/Ian Banks-esque "hypertech space weirdness".

I can't really call any one bit of it incredible, but somehow the overall package comes together so tightly that I enjoyed it way more than the sum of its parts. Its one of the most cohesive games I've ever played
 
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Joeku

Member
The Technomancer said:
Its not really an action shooter at all, I fired maybe two dozen shots my entire playthrough? Its definitely a "vision cones" MGS style stealth game, which isn't what I normally go for, but I had enough fun here. The "enemies copying you" thing ends up being less ultra gameplay relevant than you might like, but its still fucking unnerving every time you hear a door open behind you and realize you taught them that last time around, it really works as a mood setter even if the gameplay remains a tiiiiny bit simplistic

And its a pretty good story yeah, its the closest any game I've played has gotten to evoking Alastair Reynolds/Ian Banks-esque "hypertech space weirdness".

I can't really call any one bit of it incredible, but somehow the overall package comes together so tightly that I enjoyed it way more than the sum of its parts. Its one of the most cohesive games I've ever played
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...Aaaaaand sold.
 
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jambo

Member
I keep seeing people talk about all the great games coming out this year, but all I end up playing is more PUBG.

240 hours in and I still want more.


I at least installed D:OS2
 
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Karspankey

Banned
I take ownership of this thread, now that there is a new one. New posts are only allowed to tell me how beautiful I am.

*Disclosure: My avatar isn't me*
 
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