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CiDeRmAn

CosmicSmash wrote: »

And
Perhaps this first, seeing as you're gonna get screwed

Doge

MrVestek wrote: »

For 50, really?!

Or am I just misunderstanding how much it originally cost you?

50 in pounds which is about 70 euro. Theres one adverts right now for 70 euro.

Atavan-Halen

Always risky buying outside the EU this time of year, customs are obviously checking more with Christmas presents and all that. Might want to buy a few of these just to have.

http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant-Gallon/dp/B005MR3IVO

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Doge wrote: »

I was able to request a full refund when escalating the claim today.
So hopefully i can get the full refund back.

I'm just glad I didn't escalate til today! :eek:

It's recommended to wait 7 days I think. I had 3 disputes open with Teefury letting me down, wasn't til I raised them to claims I actually got the refund. I had a partial refund for 1 before I started the claim.
Hopefully you'll get sorted.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Just posting Christmas wishes to whoever's online, hope you all have a great day tomorrow .

Retr0gamer

So I both one of the SNES holy grail games recently and was hoping post would be slow but it's already arrived in Dublin. Unfortunate thing is I posted it to Sligo and won't be there to collect it until the 4th. Fully expecting this one to get snared by customs. Any idea what the best way to maybe get it rerouted to Dublin or held for a little longer, don't fancy a 6 hour drive there and back to collect it?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Any idea what the best way to maybe get it rerouted to Dublin or held for a little longer, don't fancy a 6 hour drive there and back to collect it?

Is it tracked? I assume you'd just ring up and ask.
Maybe this? http://www.anpost.ie/anpost/maincontent/personal%20customers/managing%20mail/mailminder/mailminder.htm
otherwise "If you have any further questions please contact our Customer Services Team on 1850 57 58 59."

eddhorse

Playstation store down for anyone else?

I think they are getting hammered again. Scum of the earth hackers.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

eddhorse wrote: »

Playstation store down for anyone else?

I think they are getting hammered again. Scum of the earth hackers.

Doesn't that always happen around Christmas though? It being down I mean

eddhorse

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

Doesn't that always happen around Christmas though? It being down I mean

Well it doesnt have to be? DDOS as usual

Retr0gamer

eddhorse wrote: »

Well it doesnt have to be? DDOS as usual

Could just be so many new systems connecting at the same time. With the crappiness of Sonys servers it would work just like ddos.

eddhorse

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Could just be so many new systems connecting at the same time. With the crappiness of Sonys servers it would work just like ddos.

True i guess. Ah well

Nerdkiller1991

Myrddin

Has anyone seen Nintendo Quest? Basically a guy was challenged to accumulate all six hundred odd official NES releases (US) in 30 days without buying anything online, and the docu-film is a record of his taking the challenge. It's like Game Chasers but less whacky, and more focused on the hunt with a few nice little bits of historia interspersed

eddhorse

Myrddin wrote: »

Has anyone seen Nintendo Quest? Basically a guy was challenged to accumulate all six hundred odd official NES releases (US) in 30 days without buying anything online, and the docu-film is a record of his taking the challenge. It's like Game Chasers but less whacky, and more focused on the hunt with a few nice little bits of historia interspersed

Yeah i liked it, its on Netflix and Vimeo, listened to a podcast with the two guys also.

Myrddin

Yeah I enjoyed it myself, well worth a watch for anyone interested

Doge

I played Oddworld New n' Tasty briefly for the first time the other night.

The new sound and visuals are absolutely stunning! They have done a great job of keeping it faithful to the original game, I can see why it has great reviews.

the groutch

just a reminder that AGDQ starts on Sunday

https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule

highlight for me has to be the Super Mario Maker blind race.

Retr0gamer

Doge wrote: »

I played Oddworld New n' Tasty briefly for the first time the other night.

The new sound and visuals are absolutely stunning! They have done a great job of keeping it faithful to the original game, I can see why it has great reviews.

I actually hate the new visuals. Now they aren't bad. The problem is it all feels very copy and paste with textures repeating and it completely loses the detail from the original where every screen was hand crafted with unique details that added atmosphere and a sense of place that just isn't conveyed when everything is made from the same prefabbed units.

This video explains it a lot better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkhDrngAQZ0

Jack burton

I enjoyed new and tasty... worth the plauthrough definitely but a HD remaster of the original would have been the ****

o1s1n

That's a really interesting comparison video. It's been years since I played the original, forgot how great it looked.

CiDeRmAn

There's some really imprrssive 2D games on the PS, Skull monkeys is another one, with both great visuals and a nuts soundtrack.

CosmicSmash

Just sitting down now watching bullseye and they're giving away a SNES.

Nerdkiller1991

CosmicSmash wrote: »

Just sitting down now watching bullseye and they're giving away a SNES.

Finally, they stopped giving away those crappy prizes.

Myrddin

All those cat mod jokes Cidey...now look what's happened

CiDeRmAn

Myrddin wrote: »

All those cat mod jokes Cidey...now look what's happened

Feck....
I hate cats....
Can I change my mind?

eddhorse

Might interest some of you:

Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection Is Getting A Collector's Edition With Art By Wil Overton

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/01/super_famicom_the_box_art_collection_is_getting_a_collectors_edition_with_art_by_wil_overton

Apologies if already posted.

Mr.Saturn

And tonight I wil be mostly lamenting SNK Playmore's new habit of teasing a new Metal Slug entry, only to pay off the tension with the revelation that it's an iOS app/free-to-play/microtransaction-y/tower-defense-amabob.

Doge

This one is for cidey, since he's the mod of Accessibility and Mobility:

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

Myrddin

One for o1s1n...the fecker - http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/5/10712572/oculus-announces-free-kickstarter-edition-rifts-for-backers-of