This has been something I've observed lately and I'm not sure how many people can relate. I also put this in "Off Topic" because it covers, games, movies, tv and even books and comics

Whenever a new, highly anticipated piece of media is released, everyone on the internet will brazenly talk about spoiler content without warning, for all to see, regardless of who hasn't seen or played it yet. It was a huge problem when The Last of Us Part II was released and it even extends to the second season of the HBO show. 

The most recent example for me was with Andor season 2. They dropped the first 3 episodes on day one but I only had time to watch 2. When I was casually scrolling through my phone the next day, I copped so many spoilers about the third episode just from Reddit and Twitter's home page. Even though the episodes only came out the night before, people were just posting about massively important developments that most people would like to find out from the show itself, and not from some thoughtless sacks of shit on the internet

It mostly happens with big, tent pole franchises, like Marvel or Star Wars. If you don't want anything spoiled, you really GOTTA see it on opening day. Deadpool & Wolverine was the most excited I'd been for an MCU movie in a while and I'm very glad I caught it on opening night, because people were already making memes and posts about all the cameo's and interesting story beats the very next day.

Has anyone else felt really frustrated about this kind of thing recently?

With London Marathon this weekend, and the fact I know we have a couple of runners on this board, I thought this would be a good thread to make. 

Entered the ballot again this year for London Marathon, haven't got it 4 years in a row lmao, and I'm not going to even try raising 2k for charity to run it. Instead I'm hoping to run Firenze Marathon in November this year. Kicking off the training and taking it up a notch recently with a 10 mile run every weekend. 

Anybody got any runs coming up? Or wanna do an MGF run in an organised race together? Get a little relay team going lmao.

The title speaks for itself. Hideo Kojima has spoken openly many times about his admiration of other forms of media like music and movies and how it has inspired him in the making of his works. In this thread I will display how he utilised Paramore's hit track "Misery Business" to form the basis for the story of Metal Gear Solid V.

Let's start at the beginning.

Quote:I'm in the business of misery
Let's take it from the top
She's got a body like an hourglass, it's ticking like a clock
It's a matter of time before we all run out

Quote:she caught him by the mouth

Quote:I waited eight long months, she finally set him free
I told him I couldn't lie, he was the only one for me

Quote:Whoa, I never meant to brag
But I got him where I want him now
Whoa, it was never my intention to brag
To steal it all away from you now
But God, does it feel so good
'Cause I got him where I want him now
And if you could, then you know you would
'Cause God it just feels so
It just feels so good

Quote:Second chances they don't ever matter, people never change
Once a whore, you're nothing more
I'm sorry, that'll never change

Quote:And about forgiveness, we're both supposed to have exchanged
I'm sorry, honey, but I passed it up

jond here. shoutout to wayno/duck/toll for tracking me down.

well it really is a mind fuck seeing all these names from like 10-15 years ago and seeing what some of you all are up to now after skimming a few threads. 

im now 31 and im really only here because when i was 16 i was visiting my brother while he was at college. he was playing mgsf4 and introduced me to the online mode which i found endlessly fun despite its shortcomings. i liked what i played from the actual mgs games but only ever finished mgs3 and 4 iirc. he told me about mgsf and despite never caring about talking about the games i was hooked by the little community full of posters i found smart, funny, thoughtful or otherwise entertaining in some kind of way.

and its a mind fuck being in such a different place in life from back then. well maybe covid is part of that. that time really feels like a different life to me now. i know around the brief time i was posting on mgl i was working disgusting long hours and was generally just too busy for a lot of shit. 

since then i pretty much dropped everything to pick up and move to a new city and while its been a rocky ride ive been able to enjoy life a little more. currently labor/drive forklifts and telehandlers for a living. get to see live music a good amount, got all this great food near me, became a born again pothead, got some family here w me, get to even go to mlb games sometimes etc. living modestly but lifes generally alright at least when im able to disassociate from the current events.

genuinely hope you all are getting by just fine these days and have only upwards to go. i dont want to lie, i cant promise for certain that ill find the time to actively post here consistently. but i look back at mgsf fondly so i just wanted to stop by and say hi/show some appreciation at the very least. site looks good, duck.

- Bames Jond

I'm surely not the only one watching this? Always curious to see a video game adapted into TV/film, and The Last of Us so far has been a runaway success with casual TV audiences.

2 episodes into Season 2 now.

[spoiler]Joel's death still hits like a ton of bricks. Wasn't sure how I felt about Abby monologuing (which she doesn't do in the game) but was eventually sold on it due to Dever's stellar delivery. Be interesting to see whether they follow the same structure going forward or deviate again[/spoiler]

Quote:“Year by year, She erases us.”

Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” And tomorrow we depart on our final mission - Destroy the Paintress, so she can never paint death again.

We are Expedition 33.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a ground-breaking turn-based RPG with unique real-time mechanics, making battles more immersive and addictive than ever. Explore a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque France in which you battle devastating enemies.

Reactive Turn-based Combat
In this evolution of JRPGs, real-time actions enhance the heart of turn-based combat. Craft unique builds for your Expeditioners that fit your playstyle via gear, stats, skills, and character synergies. Open an active dimension in combat - dodge, parry, and counter in real time, chain combos by mastering attack rhythms, and target enemy weak points using a free aim system.

Would it be possible to hide the posts in the shoutbox for those on the ignore list? Xxx

Let's say hypothetically you could recommend only ONE video game for someone to play..

It might be a fav of yours. It might be something you think is underrated and doesn't get enough love. It might just be something you think someone would really enjoy.

I think for me it's probably Prey (2017) and within the context of it being underrated and not enough 'fellow gamers' seem to have played it. Like seriously, that means most of you reading this right now - if you haven't played it, you should.

It's a sci-fi RPG made by Arkane Studios - same guys behind other gems like Deathloop, Dishonored etc. If you like immersive atmospheric games that tell a good story, this is definitely one for you.

I know a lot of us are already signed up, but for those of you who aren't 

wiki Wrote: Last.fm is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Utilizing a music recommender system known as "Audioscrobbler," Last.fm creates a detailed profile of each user's musical preferences by recording the details of the tracks they listen to, whether from Internet radio stations or from the user's computer or portable music devices. This information is transferred ("scrobbled") to Last.fm's database via the music player (including, among others, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz, MusicBee, SoundCloud, and Anghami) or through a plug-in installed in the user's music player. The data is then displayed on the user's profile page and compiled to create reference pages for individual artists.

Hello everyone

Back again for the revival of the GOAT MGS forums. And once again promising I'll be active ._.
I joined back in 2012 and was really only active for a few years before life got really busy, by that I mean I got a job ha

I'll be honest I don't remember alot of my teenage to early 20s life because years of trauma caught up on me and I was in FLIGHT mode, but what I do remember is my time in MGSF and seeing all these names again are kinda bittersweet. So in the 10 years I've been away I'm now in my 30s with two kids.

I remember joining back in the day because I had no one to info dump metal gear stuff too, and I tried to again with my husband in the last year after replaying Death Stranding again and he's all "I love you but please find your internet friends again" and I got a message out of the blue and here I am -roy-

I have a vivid memory of declaring that on the old forums MGS3 was the greatest game of all time, and dying on that hill, but maturing made me realise MGS2 is far superior and I was not complex enough to understand what a masterpiece it was back then HA

It's lovely to be around again, I promise I'll stick around this time c: