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    7 days ago

    That’s what’s bugging me about Ready Player One the most. You can’t tell me it took YEARS for gamers to figure out the secret about the racing track.

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        Yeah the movie really didn’t do the book much justice. The message was the same, but the movie completely undermined itself. Saying ‘Real life is more important than the digital world because it’s where real connections and food is.’ doesn’t hit as hard when it’s the very fact that it was Wade’s obsession with the digital world and having encyclopedic knowledge of Halliday that allowed him to win. The book is still clunky but it’s Wade’s actions in the real world that really set’s him apart from the sixers and gunters.

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      …i’ve always considered that a game gear title first, even though both formats were released nearly simultaneously…

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        I was going to tell you were wrong but decided to make sure before making a fool of myself. It was the right call, eheh.

        The game was developed specifically for the Game Gear and that was the first version to be developed though the Master System version was the first to be released.

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          …i’m pretty sure the only difference between versions is the physical cartridge format; the software is identical and there are adaptors available for both platforms…

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            The games are mostly similar but there are a few differences.

            The Game Gear has a lower resolution so most games had to have slight changes to account for it. There was a MS adapter for the Game Gear but games would look too small since they weren’t made for a tiny screen. The other way around was not possible without altering the games themselves because the GG had a different color palette with more colors.

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      That level was the Entryway, and the chainsaw is next to an outside area that Doomguy presumably came in from. That means he had to have walked right past the chainsaw on the way in.

      How did he even make it to doom ii with such poor observational skills?

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    In Serious Sam there was a secret you could only reach by starting running backwards while the level was still loading. The hint was that you heard a “door closing” sound from behind.

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    I mean, that’s what being a gamer is. You know the tropes.

    You know someone should know them as well. So they surely can and will apply them.

    And you sure as fuck ain’t letting another gamer get the upper hand on you, we don’t do that here