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Weekend Spent: Sept. 22-23 - How are you spending the weekend?

Borderlands 2? More Borderlands? FTL?

Words: on September 21, 2012
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  • ParagonT - September 21, 2012 6:46 p.m.

    Probably going to burn away some Guild Wars 2 and finish my Typography project. One of the first weekends without out-of-class work, so I'll probably be social this go around and stay on campus this weekend. Other than that, probably hit a bar with a friend and watch anime. By the way, anyone have any good suggestions for some anime that's less "mainstream"? I need some true diamonds here, because I've watched a LOT.

  • BladedFalcon - September 22, 2012 8:19 a.m.

    Well... I don't know if they are still too mainstream for you, but I really loved Trigun And the Rurouni Kenshin Anime. (At least up until the Kyoto arc, which is amazing.) Aside from that... well, movie-wise, Princess Mononoke has always been and remains to be my favorite anime movie ever, and personally I never mind watching it again. And summer wars is a jolly good time as well.

  • Moondoggie1157 - September 22, 2012 8:55 a.m.

    Fuckin' eh, Falcon. Princess Mononoke is definitely on my top 10 films list

  • BladedFalcon - September 22, 2012 9:46 a.m.

    I am full into Sleeping Dogs now, and most likely will remain as such for the entirety of the weekend. Pretty fun game so far... But kinda like the first Assasin's creed, you can see that the core game has pretty good ideas, but they aren't fully fleshed out, like the minigames, I can see those being actually pretty damn good with a bit more effort thrown at them. But unlike Assasin's Creed, the level and progression design isn't as rotten that make the game a chore to play, and really, breaking a dude's knee or crushing them with a fan never gets friggin' old.

  • BladedFalcon - September 22, 2012 9:51 a.m.

    Yeah, honestly, I consider that film to be pretty much a masterpiece. ...And pretty much the only film I've seen with an environmentalist message that doesn't feel preachy, forced or tacky. Probably because for once it doesn't make the other side feel like merely one dimensional, greedy jerks.

  • GoldenEagle1476 - September 22, 2012 10:24 a.m.

    Jumping back into Battlefield 3, probably gonna be playing some League of Legends too.

  • ParagonT - September 22, 2012 10:36 a.m.

    Watched them all, not to say they are not good, just seen them a lot. My girlfriend is pretty much on a buying spree every birthday/holiday to get me all of Miyazaki's masterpieces XD. But thanks for the recommendations though. I'd say out of anime films, Lupin the Third:The Castle of Cagliostro would be one of my favorites.

  • patbateman17 - September 22, 2012 10:47 a.m.

    Sounds apple-y :)

  • patbateman17 - September 22, 2012 10:48 a.m.

    Damnit, I'm sitting in the office on a Saturday afternoon applying to law school when I just want to get started on Borderlands 2 :) Ah well, priorities priorities.

  • BladedFalcon - September 22, 2012 11:13 a.m.

    Heh, fair enough, again, I was aware that pretty much all I mentioned was still very mainstream, but that's what stuck on my mind so far... OH! I just remembered one! I think those one is definitely more obscure, although the subject topic might initially turn you off: Slam Dunk. Yes, it's about Basketball, but first and foremost it's a comedy, and in that respect I found it to be absolutely hilarious XD And take into account that I actually kinda hate sports in general XD But that did nothing to diminish my enjoyment of the series. Though it's also kinda oldish and somewhat old budget, so the graphics aren't the sharpest or the most fluid, but i still think it's pretty well drawn and the animation does the job great most of the time.

  • Clovin64 - September 22, 2012 11:16 a.m.

    Yeah, its like Darksiders 2 but made from apples.

  • winner2 - September 22, 2012 11:28 a.m.

    Going to be doing some studying since I don't have a console or any games here at college. Game related though, I will be continuously watching vids of Dishonored and AC3, as well as waiting impatiently for them. Also, SUPER PISSED that my little brothers are playing Borderlands 2 right now and I havn't played anything but Dragonvale since mid august.

  • ParagonT - September 22, 2012 11:31 a.m.

    I loved that anime! I love how he hits his head off the ground to "focus" in particular haha. Alongside with the delinquent hair style (have no idea what it's called, it's pretty funny through and through. The animation reminds me of GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka), very sketchy/overly detailed, but hilarious. I'm working on Black Butler II, but it's seriously not going anywhere with the plot =/.

  • BladedFalcon - September 22, 2012 11:34 a.m.

    Hahaha, yeah! that and I always liked how silly he acted around the "Fatty" coach XD And indeed, while i haven't watched GTO, The similarities in the animation are undeniable, wouldn't be surprised if they were animated by the same studio.

  • patbateman17 - September 22, 2012 11:50 a.m.

    That sounds amazing, I'm in! How far in are you? I had to take a stop at about 17 hours, it started to get super repetitive...but I'm sure I'll dive back in, it's still a lot of fun and I actually like the combat even though I HATE GoW style combat...but I'm focusing on Arcane (magic) so that might be why. Also, thanks for having a sense of humor :)

  • Clovin64 - September 22, 2012 3:40 p.m.

    I'm only about 5 hours in, and even though the game hits all the right buttons (cool graphics, great gameplay etc) I still don't feel like I'm loving it. :( Maybe I'll like it more further on...

  • avantguardian - September 22, 2012 4:53 p.m.

    that's a sad story...

  • NoMoreNiceGuy - September 22, 2012 10:55 p.m.

    Im going to playthrough Bioshock for the first time, get some achievements and snuggle with my newley adopted cat (Mr. Meowington the third) i found him cold and wet on my garden furniture, so i took him in and now he is always sleeping in my bed.

  • PleasantPig - September 23, 2012 2:54 a.m.

    You watched Monster? That's a good, less mainstream one.

  • GamesRadarSophiaTong - September 23, 2012 10:52 a.m.

    Yeah dragonvale! I'm trying to get the equinox dragon.

  • GamesRadarSophiaTong - September 23, 2012 10:54 a.m.

    I like ponyo :D such a cute story.

  • Hollander_Cooper - September 23, 2012 11:10 a.m.

    THATS MY XBOX LIVE AVATAR

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