Woohoo, official off-topic thread!

Originally posted by Cyner
Surprised I didn't see this sooner but it's spot on about my feelings on the God of War series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtgA6SaHHa0

Video is terrible so far, and entirely ignores why he threw himself into the sea. He didn't do it because he REALISED WHAT A TERRIBLE PERSON HE WAS, he did it for a far more selfish reason: The gods would not take the memories of what he did away. Even at the end of 1, he could not admit what he did was his fault, and indeed, the wording implies that he realizes the horrible nature of his actions in general. Only Kratos does not regret being an unrepentant mass-murderer (Indeed, he wouldn't be unrepentant then), he only cares that the memories of what he did haunt him, not as much that he did in fact do them. He didn't want "redemption", he wanted to forget. For a character touted as the ultimate badass, it is actually a pretty cowardly solution to clamor for.

No seriously, continuing to watch this video, it is hilarious how off they are. "Oh, he's so sad that he committed deicide and left innocent dead in his wake..."

No he isn't, lol.

The video subscribes to the idiotic idea that for a character to be good, or "meaningful" to use his prissy fairyboy vocabulary, they must be relatable, or even likable.

No they don't. Caim in Drakengard was a torrent of violence and sociopathic insanity that Kratos could only dream of being, and yet this was such a unique and interesting take on a JRPG protagonist that his character was all the better for it.

What of American Psycho? A profoundly two-dimensional, shallow serial killer.

Kratos is an evil character, and the series treats the bulk of his actions as in the wrong. And this is good.

Also, the first-person thing was just to give you a better look at Kratos punching faces in.

Man, if Drakengard wasn't such an awful dribble of swanshit gameplaywise I would replay the crap out of it. This is a game where your party is made up of a sociopath, a pedophile and a baby-eating madwomen.

Thanks for the reminder Neme.

Kratos is an evil character.

YouTube video

Anyone else remember this shit?

I was a little git when I last saw this, lol.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Only Kratos does not regret being an unrepentant mass-murderer (Indeed, he wouldn't be unrepentant then), he only cares that the memories of what he did haunt him, not as much that he did in fact do them.

I disagree with only this part.

He cares about what he did just as much as he cares about it haunting him. Hence the whole self-forgiveness thing he had to go through.

He would not be able to undo what he did, so that's not even something he can hope for. He can hope for forgetting though, so that's the thing that gets major mention from him vs the two.

But for sure, being a mass-murderer does not bother him, he could not give a rat's ass about that. In-fact it is outright stated that battle itself is one of the few reprieves he has from the haunting memories, and that it numbs the pain, albeit temporarily.

I poorly worded that.

He obviously did not desire to kill his family, and indeed regrets doing so, but he doesn't face up to that as a man would. He doesn't consider the moral ramifications of doing so, and never desires to. His only quarry with the deed is that he remembers it, and his remembering of it haunts him. Despite his family being the only people he could really care for besides himself, his "retribution" towards himself for murdering them is still rather selfish and unconcerned with them.

Siwwy Americans.

rekt

haermm An old classic.

My cat just tore my arm up, it looks like I was attacked by a dog, and I can't even rest my wrist on my desk while I type. This sucks.

Originally posted by ScreamPaste
My cat just tore my arm up, it looks like I was attacked by a dog, and I can't even rest my wrist on my desk while I type. This sucks.

>Single Male
>Owning cats
>ever

ISHYGDDT

I bet that lighthouse moved right the **** out of the way too. Pussy Canadians.

Originally posted by Cyner
>Single Male
>Owning cats
>ever

ISHYGDDT

A guy just seriously picked jail over house arrest with his Xbox.

Those must've been some really crappy games.

After a year? Even the best games aren't that good. 😬

I have an extensive enough library that I could last a year on my games, to be honest.

My father also has a hugely varied movie library, which could keep me entertained.

Also, internet.

So I'd be fine.

Yeah a year is easy. And there is nothing in the rules against buying more stuff online.

So... The newest episode of DeathBattle was great. Maybe cause i'm old and watched the heck out of those two shows but He-Man vs Lion-O was just awesome.

Originally posted by NemeBro
I have an extensive enough library that I could last a year on my games, to be honest.

My father also has a hugely varied movie library, which could keep me entertained.

Also, internet.

So I'd be fine.

A whole year with nothing else to do though? Can't go outside or nothin.

Maybe he didn't have internet.

Originally posted by Cyner
So... The newest episode of DeathBattle was great. Maybe cause i'm old and watched the heck out of those two shows but He-Man vs Lion-O was just awesome.

Was rooting for Lion-O the entire time.

But usually the character I want to win rarely does so I held no hopes. And sure enough He-Man won. Laem.