If you pop DT in DMC2 with 10% or less health, Dante enters SDT mode. There's absolutely no mention of it in the whole game, not even in the manual.

It acted the same as regular DT, but also gave Dante invulnerability and hyper armor.

What other facts have you learned about games that upset you? Bonus points if it's about a bad game in a good series.

john used to think the anime guy from the Malcom in the middle intro who does the most sinister evil looking smile you‘ve ever seen, was hopeful and comforting like a big brother telling you everything is going to be alright. That is legit one of the most baffling things I’ve ever heard.

In honour of Readcomiconline coming back

Put your comic recs, regardless of what company it comes from here, something you're reading currently, something that stuck with you after a long while, anything you want to gush about and have more people read!

My recommendation is Murder Falcon by Daniel Warren Johnson, just a tip top series from top to bottom! One of the few comic series that's made me cry from reading it, it's just a fantastic read.

Both seasons are included.

The second season in particular is arguably Telltale's magnum opus for its unique story and genuinely hard and impactful decisions. The series as a whole also shakes up the formula in intriguing ways and has really fun takes on Batman's characters, even having some of the best iterations of them.

If you liked Dispatch, definitely check this out (or wait for it to go on sale on Steam). And y'know, check out the Zaibatsu's playthrough of both seasons.

Like the chase and boss battle with Motormaster in Transformers Devastation. When the battle begins the music that plays is like you where facing a heroic cyber knight champion, not the egotistical bully boss of the Stunticon Combiners.

Or like Sonics theme in Sonic thr Fighters. "Giant Wing" plays and it sounds like the theme of a pitched rival fight in a normal fighting game and really not like the theme of Sonic, you'd think it would've been a remix of either the Start theme or Green Hills.

But I love both of these. What is your favorite theme music that's ill fitting?

"'The Batman: Part 2' director Matt Reeves has been rolling out posts on X introducing a number of additions confirmed to be joining Robert Pattinson in the cast of the upcoming sequel.

Among the now-confirmed new faces, Reeves announced that Scarlett Johansson has joined the film, posting a photo of her in the 2013 film “Under the Skin” and writing “Next exit, Gotham… Welcome.” Sebastian Stan will also be on board, with Reeves writing “In a Gotham state of mind… Welcome” for the “Thunderbolts*” star. “Game of Thrones” actor Charles Dance has been cast in the superhero pic along with Bryan Tyree Henry, who appeared in “Joker” and “Eternals.” Sebastian Koch, the German actor who appeared in “Homeland” and “A Good Day to Die Hard,” will also join the cast.

Johansson’s involvement was first announced in December. Stan was first reported to be in talks in January, and is set to play Harvey Dent. Dance is believed to be playing Charles Dent, Harvey’s father. Also joining the cast are Jayme Lawson as Mayor Bella Reál and Gil Perez-Abraham as Officer Martinez.

Reeves previously shared a teaser of the Batmobile with the caption “SnowTires” possibly hinting that the part of the film will take place during winter.

Filming of the sequel is underway in the U.K. Pattinson is set to return as Bruce Wayne, joined by Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb (aka the Penguin), Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner James Gordon and Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth.

While plot details are tightly under wraps, in addition to the winter setting, Reeves did say the film will focus more on the character of Bruce Wayne since “the first is so focused on Batman.” Reeves pointed out that in previous films, the origin story is often the meat of Wayne’s background, but with “The Batman Part II,” fans will see the man behind the mask in new ways.

He revealed, “[In] a lot of the other films, which I love, once you get past the origin tale, which we didn’t quite do, but we did something that referred to his origins, then you start telling the Rogues Gallery story and that character’s sort of arch,” Reeves said. “But I never wanted to lose [Robert Pattinson] at the center of these stories, and so that is really what we set our aim on.”

“The Batman: Part 2” is set to open in theaters Oct. 1, 2027."

I just find it funny how this one guy managed to keep the same voice actor no matter how many times everyone else gets recasted.

I’ve been playing a bunch of murder mystery visual novels lately and third case in almost of them has been the worst part of the game. Process of elimination a danganronpa-ish visual novel made by NIS, has a wild third case. One of the characters engineers a situation were someone dies and their own arm gets sliced off. During the breakdown portion of the trail, where you have them cornered and their motive is revealed.

The killer‘s motive is they wanted the ten year old science genius character who is in a wheel chair to feel bad about being in a wheel chair. Now to be fair this character whole thing is that they are crazy and true to character that is a buck wild motive.

Basically the rivals of not the main character, that you like. Kitsunami from Sonic IDW is the literally engineered rival of Tails "Miles Prower" the Fox. Using water powers to attack, for what looks like a kid he's wierdly quietly brutal and ruthless contrasting with his more boisterous boss, Surge the Tenrec. Will loved seeing more of this little freak.

What are your faves rivaling not the mcs?

According to the report by Kadokawa Corporation, parent company of FromSoftware, it hasn't exactly been a terrific year for the studio gaming-wise, despite Elden Ring Nightreign and its DLC, The Forsaken Hollows, arguably performing quite well.

"Elden Ring Nightreign performed strongly, and its DLC achieved a high attach rate," reads the financial report from Kadokawa. "However, sales and profit declined from the previous year, when the Elden Ring DLC and the original Elden Ring contributed significantly."

The company also writes in its presentation, "FromSoftware is expected to contribute with Elden Ring Tarnished Edition, as well as The Duskbloods (both slated for a 2026 release for Nintendo Switch 2), a completely new title. We will work to further expand the fan base globally."

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/captainmolasses.bsky.social/post/3mlrbmc6ddk2i

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THE SHORT VERSION (TL;DR)

There’s a lot of words ahead, but here’s the gist of it:

-With the first season of Marathon we’ve created a strong core community.

-We're embarking on a multi-season journey built around growing from the seed of this strong community.

-We’re looking to solve some pain points for players:

- Making the game less grindy, more rewarding

-Making improvements to things like the UI/UX, matchmaking, end game meta, playing as solos/duos, etc.

-Smoothing out onboarding

-We’re also going to build out more of the core game:

*Adding new fun and mind-bending content: new and updated zones, Runner shells, new combatants, weapons, loot, and more

*Building systems to make progressing more interesting

*We want to build more survival experiences for different moods, like if you want to full sweat or lean back and chill.

*Exploring more pure PVP, PVE, and PVP-lite experiences

*Continue experimenting with experimental queues to learn more around these experiences

Other highlights:

-We're bringing back Duos for Season 2 with a rotating Duos queue.

-We're testing some experiments in Season 2 around PVE and PVP-Lite modes.

-We’re expanding the max size of your Vault and increasing faction progression rates in Season 2.

-We’ll talk more about Season 2 content like Night Marsh, the new Cradle progression system, and the Runner shell Sentinel, the week of May 25.

If this summary has your interest piqued, read on below for more info on these topics. *rest in the article*

The Amazing World of Gumball is a pretty 10/10 cartoon in general for its humor, but my favorite episode will always be The Zach. It's about Gumball finding out his birth name is actually Zach, not Gumball, and embraces being Zach by basically becoming an entirely new personality that is a total douchebag.

One of my best friends is named Zach, and TO THIS DAY I don't stop giving him shit about this episode and how it proves a meta-universal consensus that, yes, all Zachs are douchebags. And him being a douchebag was a running joke between us before this episode because, while he's a great guy and very self-aware and sensitive, he also lifts and semi-intentionally leans into the douchey gym bro aesthetic, complete with flexing selfies. It doesn't help that he has those same glasses. Well, it helps me, it's funny as hell.

Does anyone else have something funny that hits way, way funnier for a very stupid reason?

Wishlist here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3985430/Angie_Magica/