Son Of General Retro Discussion

Retr0gamer · 09-01-2012 8:26pm

Thanks, i'll try and keep it in mind!

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 8:38pm

If hooradiation were here now, he'd be throwing the term '****ing weeaboo bull****' around to beat the band :pac:

johnny_ultimate · 09-01-2012 8:41pm

o1s1n wrote: »

If hooradiation were here now, he'd be throwing the term '****ing weeaboo bull****' around to beat the band :pac:

An unusually bitter and aggressive fellow.

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 8:43pm

o1s1n wrote: »

If hooradiation were here now, he'd be throwing the term '****ing weeaboo bull****' around to beat the band :pac:

Only for I forgot the term, I'd be throwing it about myself

Bloody weeaboo-hipsters, even worse than normal hipsters. Where's Nyarlo when you need him! This place needs some beer & pool tables

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 8:43pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

An unusually bitter and aggressive fellow.

johnny_ultimate · 09-01-2012 8:44pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Where's Nyarlo when you need him!

He's been over in films recently. Always fun to watch the confusion his posts cause amongst the unsuspecting posters, followed by bursts of frustration as logic takes a much needed vacation.

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 8:45pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

He's been over in films recently. Always fun to watch the confusion his posts cause amongst the unsuspecting posters, followed by bursts of frustration as logic takes a much needed vacation.

In fairness, we fell victim to it here too

He's actually a clever chap, when he's not talking about Doom that is

johnny_ultimate · 09-01-2012 8:47pm

Depending on my mood, I either find it funny or annoying.

I did chuckle when he made the ludicrous generalisation there is no great film that isn't sci-fi.

I did rip my hair out when he disrupted yet another thread with his bizarre claims that Your Highness is the cinematic masterpiece of the year.

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 8:49pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Depending on my mood, I either find it funny or annoying.

I did chuckle when he claimed every single one of the great films are sci-fi.

I did rip my hair out when he disrupted yet another thread with his bizarre claims that Your Highness is the cinematic masterpiece of the year.

I reckon he gets a chuckle out of it himself. Nobody with any modicum of sense could be that pig-headed! He winds hipsters up, & for that, I salute him!

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 8:50pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

An unusually bitter and aggressive fellow.

He on the other hand, doesn't have that amusement factor that Nylarlo gives...horadiation genuinely seems to be a reallife Victor Meldrew

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 09-01-2012 8:52pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeSQne3RDCY

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 8:54pm

There are two main angry online types -

Those who spout vitriol and are detacted from it - with hilarious results. They're angry but without letting emotion cloud their writing. If you say something to them, it's water off a ducks back, but with a nuclear holocaust of a retort. I love reading stuff like that.

Then there's the car crash type. Those who are genuinely angry. When they start getting wound up and you hit a nerve you can see that it really bothers them. Their retorts are messy and defensive. They're great fun to wind up

Retr0gamer · 09-01-2012 8:54pm

EnterNow wrote: »

He on the other hand, doesn't have that amusement factor that Nylarlo gives...horadiation genuinely seems to be a reallife Victor Meldrew

I thought it was me

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 8:57pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I thought it was me

Your a boards VM, in real life, only Sera knows

Edit - I reckon your safe. Anyone humorous enough to wear school girl uniforms cannot possibly be compared to Sir Meldrew

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 8:59pm

I spend a fortune buying fancy tickets to Download in June JUST TO SEE see Black Sabbath live, and now Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer?!

Retr0gamer · 09-01-2012 9:01pm

Yeah it sucks. Hope he pulls through

pdbhp · 09-01-2012 9:06pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I spend a fortune buying fancy tickets to Download in June JUST TO SEE see Black Sabbath live, and now Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer?!

Poor Tommy hope he recovers.
Download is that in Castle Donington, great spot for an outdoor event.

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 9:09pm

Ah it's caught early, so he'll be grand. It's just whether he is in time for the concert or not!

Myself and the girlfriend really wanted to go as we're massive Black Sabbath fans, but aren't willing to sleep in a tent for days...or put up with the usual festival ****e from arseholes.

So we thought we'd do it in style, and rented out these little house things in a 'pod village' on site. They're in a VIP area and have electricty and everything.

When I was buying the tickets I knew something like this would happen. I'm cursed with expensive purchases!

pdbhp wrote: »

Poor Tommy hope he recovers.
Download is that in Castle Donington, great spot for an outdoor event.

That's the one!

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 9:17pm

Oh and on a more upbeat note, I saved those two Halo displays from the garbage before leaving work. Dumped them over in front of my desk.

Getting them home shall be interesting :pac:

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 9:29pm

o1s1n wrote: »

So we thought we'd do it in style, and rented out these little house things in a 'pod village' on site. They're in a VIP area and have electricty and everything.

When I was buying the tickets I knew something like this would happen. I'm cursed with expensive purchases!

You know its rough when only the VIP's get electricity

o1s1n wrote: »

Oh and on a more upbeat note, I saved those two Halo displays from the garbage before leaving work. Dumped them over in front of my desk.

Getting them home shall be interesting :pac:

Good man, I hate seeing stuff like that getting binned.

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 9:36pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Good man, I hate seeing stuff like that getting binned.

Indeed, I'm totally the same way myself. Unfortunately people in that kind of enviornment don't value things like that at all. I hate to think what they've thrown out in the past. Probably crap loads of promo (possibly even proto/beta) stuff. Tis such a shame.

A good few of the meeting rooms have discs of old xbox games on the wall, kind of something similar to golden vinyl discs you see in record studios.

There's not much attention paid to quality though. I've seen a Perfect Dark one, but still haven't come across Steal Batallion or Panzer Dragoon Orta!

Steve X2 · 09-01-2012 10:19pm

I just watched The Seventh Seal on Netflix.

I've not used Netflix before today but isnt there supposed to be some sort of queue you can add movies and shows to that you can watch later?

Anyone here use it?

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hooradiation · 09-01-2012 10:33pm

EnterNow wrote: »

He on the other hand, doesn't have that amusement factor that Nylarlo gives...horadiation genuinely seems to be a reallife Victor Meldrew

I didn't realise my presence was causing such consternation among you and your knitting circle, I'll be sure to be mindful of those delicate sensibilities in the future.

Professey Chin · 09-01-2012 10:34pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I just watched The Seventh Seal on Netflix.

I've not used Netflix before today but isnt there supposed to be some sort of queue you can add movies and shows to that you can watch later?

Anyone here use it?

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Not sure if the queue feature is properly live here yet

Myrddin · 09-01-2012 10:37pm

hooradiation wrote: »

I didn't realise my presence was causing such consternation among you and your knitting circle, I'll be sure to be mindful of those delicate sensibilities in the future.

Mr Meldrew HOW are you? May I welcome you to these parts, I'm sure you'll bring much joy & positivity to the group

o1s1n · 09-01-2012 10:39pm

hooradiation wrote: »

I didn't realise my presence was causing such consternation among you and your knitting circle, I'll be sure to be mindful of those delicate sensibilities in the future.

And the Kraken wakes! Welcome

Maybe we can knit you a hipster jumper.

Steve X2 · 09-01-2012 10:46pm

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Not sure if the queue feature is properly live here yet

Ahh, ok. I suppose its only been running here for a day or so. They haven't got all the movies here yet either, probable licensing problems or delays.
Apparently they are supposed to have 75,000 movies on the US Netflix service. Not sure how true that is though, seems like a lot :rolleyes:

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Myrddin · 09-01-2012 10:47pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I just watched The Seventh Seal on Netflix.

I've not used Netflix before today but isnt there supposed to be some sort of queue you can add movies and shows to that you can watch later?

Anyone here use it?

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I installed it on the 360 today, seems to work very well. I havn't delved deep into queue settings yet, but the months free trial is a no brainer

Steve X2 · 09-01-2012 11:07pm

EnterNow wrote: »

I installed it on the 360 today, seems to work very well. I havn't delved deep into queue settings yet, but the months free trial is a no brainer

Yeah, the monthly fee after that seems ok as well(6.99 euro).

Its really handy the way you can be watching a movie or show on the iPad or iPhone and when you get home you can just continue from where you left off automagically.

Quality is good on the iPad so far by the way, even over 3G.

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Pyongyang · 09-01-2012 11:09pm

I signed up today for Netflix. Looks alright but HD doesn't seem to be working for me for some reason. My broadband speed is plenty fast enough so not sure what the issue is.

Doesn't seem to be that big a selection of films right now though is there?

johnny_ultimate · 09-01-2012 11:18pm

The PS3 HD stuff looks amazing - big step up for streaming round these parts.

I think the selection is a solid start - haphazard but enough curiosities to keep going for a few months. Hopefully the selection will keep expanding, because it's half a gamechanger as is.

Steve X2 · 09-01-2012 11:27pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

I signed up today for Netflix. Looks alright but HD doesn't seem to be working for me for some reason. My broadband speed is plenty fast enough so not sure what the issue is.

Doesn't seem to be that big a selection of films right now though is there?

HD is working for me most of the time. Seems to be a few teething issues with it running the HD stuff on web browsers. Seems to work better in Chrome than Firefox at the moment. It'll start in SD and then switch to HD if you've set the option to allow it on your account.

Either way its really cool to have it in Ireland at last and hopefully we will see much more content over the next while.

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CiDeRmAn · 09-01-2012 11:29pm

I'll await Netflix on my 3DS with interest.
3D movies, on the go...
Much falling down manholes, walking into lamp posts and getting smacked by unseen planks shall ensue...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVc9vr2Ov2A

johnny_ultimate · 09-01-2012 11:42pm

On the 360 app and discovered the anime section! Huzzah!

Basic selection but no excuse for y'all now not to watch the gem that is Summer Wars!

Oh wait. It's dubbed. Okay there is an excuse

Steve X2 · 09-01-2012 11:45pm

On a different note, 3D printer + sugru = handy way to mold parts.

Really cant wait to get my printer and try a few things.
sugru is great on its own for repairing or modding things(fixing old retro parts) but if you stick it in a mold you can make some really precise parts.

http://sugru.com/gurus/categories/sugru-hacks/topics/repaired-audio-plug-on-earbuds

If you don't have some sugru then get some, its really cool stuff.
There is a shop on Georges St that sells it if you dont want to order online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7HRx2ZlBQ

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Professey Chin · 09-01-2012 11:46pm

Tbh I cant really fault it for a launch service especially since its the really 1st of its kind here. Plenty for me to watch new and nostalgia and a more then fair price. Hell the price is worth it for the old cartoons and tv series!
Although Id forgotten that Sonic Underground cartoon existed

Sparks43 · 09-01-2012 11:52pm

will netflix work on a softmodded wii?

DinoRex · 10-01-2012 12:07am

Cheekily using a VPN I can access the complete US netflix selection using my Irish account.

Jack burton · 10-01-2012 12:20am

o1s1n wrote: »

Oh and on a more upbeat note, I saved those two Halo displays from the garbage before leaving work. Dumped them over in front of my desk.

Getting them home shall be interesting :pac:

I once got my then girlfriends to carry home a Giant Eddie murphy display head, must have been about 7ft tall.

I hung it on me wall!

Jack burton · 10-01-2012 12:20am

o1s1n wrote: »

Oh and on a more upbeat note, I saved those two Halo displays from the garbage before leaving work. Dumped them over in front of my desk.

Getting them home shall be interesting :pac:

I once got my then girlfriend to carry home a Giant Eddie murphy display head, must have been about 7ft tall.

I hung it on me wall!

CiDeRmAn · 10-01-2012 12:21am

Just realised that I have a money order for €40 in my coat pocket for a selection of N64 games I shifted!
Happy days!
Now, what to spend it on?
A local Neo Geo stick would be just the ticket, regret selling my NeoGeo CD controller now!

Is there anywhere I can get a premade arcade stick, suited for wiring into a supergun?

Atavan-Halen · 10-01-2012 12:50am

Help! I'm hovering over the buy it now button on overblood on the ps1. Someone convince me otherwise :P

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 10-01-2012 12:55am

atavan-halen wrote: »

Help! I'm hovering over the buy it now button on overblood on the ps1. Someone convince me otherwise :P

get it so that Retr0 doesn't have to take his out of the glass case for the next beers you said you were hosting :P

Retr0gamer · 10-01-2012 12:56am

atavan-halen wrote: »

Help! I'm hovering over the buy it now button on overblood on the ps1. Someone convince me otherwise :P

Do it. And get Overblood 2 while you are at it. Pipo compells you!

Jack burton · 10-01-2012 12:56am

Listen your in the wrong place looking for people to talk you out of buying things

I've just racked up about 130 euro worth of purchases over the last 3 days. Some good schtuff in there though

Sparks43 · 10-01-2012 1:06am

The wii impresses me more and more every day.

Got my wireless BB sorted today after being on lan for a few months:D
So i connected the wii into the wireless and booted up the homebrew browser.
Few downloads later and now i can play all the point and click Scumm titles

Other half is playing Monkey island at the mo

Also have frodo installed for Boulder Dash 1 and 2 and ill get a speccy emulator for BD3

And even more just lashed a usb keyboard into the wii happy days:D

Steve X2 · 10-01-2012 1:11am

Sparks43 wrote: »

The wii impresses me more and more every day.

Got my wireless BB sorted today after being on lan for a few months:D
So i connected the wii into the wireless and booted up the homebrew browser.
Few downloads later and now i can play all the point and click Scumm titles

Other half is playing Monkey island at the mo

Also have frodo installed for Boulder Dash 1 and 2 and ill get a speccy emulator for BD3

And even more just lashed a usb keyboard into the wii happy days:D

You can even run a web server on it if thats your cup of tea.

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Atavan-Halen · 10-01-2012 1:13am

Sera wrote: »

get it so that Retr0 doesn't have to take his out of the glass case for the next beers you said you were hosting :P

I never agreed to such a thing! I'm prettey sure I said *incomprehensible drunken slur*

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Do it. And get Overblood 2 while you are at it. Pipo compells you!

And so it is done. NTSC-J of course. I'll get a PAL overblood 2 next month. Also have a copy of Obscure sorted too! Any other relatively cheap "so bad they're hilarious" games I need to be made aware of?

Retr0gamer · 10-01-2012 1:26am

Sparks43 wrote: »

Also have frodo installed for Boulder Dash 1 and 2 and ill get a speccy emulator for BD3

Found the C64 emulator to be rubbish. Absolutely rapes the excellent SID chip music and is really choppy.

atavan-halen wrote: »

Any other relatively cheap "so bad they're hilarious" games I need to be made aware of?

I'm pretty sure both Overbloods are in english, although it might only be the voice acting.

Any Dreamcast horror game that isn't Code Veronica. Illbleed, Blue Stinger, the Ring. The Mad Dog McCree games as well.

Sparks43 · 10-01-2012 1:32am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Found the C64 emulator to be rubbish. Absolutely rapes the excellent SID chip music and is really choppy.

Retro says its crap therefore it must be brilliant:D

Other half is very happy with monkey island and nicely distracted so time to grab the psp and head to bed for some hard as a rock Boulder Dash action:D

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