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Son Of General Retro Discussion

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  • #3152
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I'm also extremely excited about the 'puzzle-like problem'.

    What could we be dealing with?

    An enigma?

    A conundrum?

    An obscurity?

    Heaven forbid it could be an anagram!

    Squenix are going to revolutionise the gaming industry, no doubt.


  • #3153
    SdoowSirhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭SdoowSirhc


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Make sure to check out Pom Poko if its on. One of the best but most underviewed of all Ghibli films.

    They do them once a year, but it was great to be able to catch up on their catalogue after Spirited Away was released. Channel / Film 4 provided my first intros to Totoro, Mononoke, Naussica, PP and many others.

    Also, just remember: if its dubbed, turn it off :P

    I think it must have been bout 4 years ago when I first watched Spirited Away subtitled on that ghibli season. It was the first Miyazaki that i saw and i loved it but it was titled in japenese and it took me like 6 months to find out what it was in called in english.
    I NEED TO SEE POM POKO!


  • #3154
    SdoowSirhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭SdoowSirhc


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    I'm also extremely excited about the 'puzzle-like problem'.

    What could we be dealing with?

    An enigma?

    A conundrum?

    An obscurity?

    Heaven forbid it could be an anagram!

    Squenix are going to revolutionise the gaming industry, no doubt.
    Perhaps, even a wordsearch of destiny?:eek:


  • #3155
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    So I took to youtube in an attempt to catch a glimpse at the red ring that surrounds the player's character with a radius of about 3 meters. But I instead discovered an amazing unadvertised feature:

    2j6u8i.png

    CINEMATIC ACTION, YO!


  • #3156
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I'd love to see Akira, Porco Rosso and Steamboy on the big screen.
    How can we make this happen?


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  • #3157
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Akira was on but a few weeks ago in the IFI!

    Never cared for Steamboy I must admit.


  • #3158
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,322 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Thought I'd have Dark Souls beat this evening. Apparantly Gwyn just refuses to die though :(

    You don't need parry for the whole game, and then...:mad:


  • #3159
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,074 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    loldaddy.com-1321798396.gif


  • #3160
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    I got hopelessly drunk while watching the Toy Show... as such I really don't remember it at all... don't remember going to bed either, woke up at 6am lying on my bed fully clothed.

    I'm terrified to check my twitter timeline to see what crap I was saying while watching it last night.

    Had to then drag myself out of bed this morning to the radio station to record an xmas special of my science show where we had kids in the studio to review science related toys.

    Oh... also went to see the new Martin Scorsese movie, Hugo, today. It's sooooo... boring. It's supposed to be a kids movie, but I implore you, if you have kids don't inflict it on them! Apparently there's a videogame tie in for it due for release, I can't imagine what you'd do in it.


  • #3161
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    The new patch makes Dark Souls much, much easier for anyone still struggling in the early games. Basically renders farming irrelevant with the new soul gain levels.

    And to o1s1n I can only express my understanding of your difficult situation. Don't know how the **** some of the lads found Gwyn easy. A right little bollocks.


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  • #3162
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,091 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Gwyn was a whore, took me a while to get the toming down but once I did he went down easy. Pity you can't take other players with. People are using tthat place as a high level PvP arena so you'll only get butchered on the way in human form.


  • #3163
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Doge


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Still around but studying like hell.

    Probably going to do a degree after i get my A+ and then hopefully a job

    If IT support is what you would like to do you'd be wasting your time doing a degree imo!

    If you want to move up the ladder, you'd be better off using the 4 years doing more certifications and getting some work experience in the field!


  • #3164
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    waveform wrote: »
    If IT support is what you would like to do you'd be wasting your time doing a degree imo!

    If you want to move up the ladder, you'd be better off using the 4 years doing more certifications and getting some work experience in the field!

    A degree is great to have and will come in handy when you start to move up in the IT/Business world .

    But if your just starting out I'd agree that more IT certification and work experience is what you really need (a MCSE/MCITP and CCNA is a good start and most places will want you to have these).
    A degree or masters can be done while working in IT. I did my masters a good few years ago while working and the company paid for the whole thing.

    But as someone who's worked in IT for nearly 12 years now and with things the way they are I wouldn't recommend to anyone to get into IT at all.


    .


  • #3165
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Steve SI wrote: »
    But as someone who's worked in IT for nearly 12 years now and with things the way they are I wouldn't recommend to anyone to get into work at all.
    .

    FYP

    :(


  • #3166
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Steve SI wrote: »
    But as someone who's worked in IT for nearly 12 years now and with things the way they are I wouldn't recommend to anyone to get into IT at all.

    Agreed on your points. Although in some instances get the experience first and the paperwork later. In IT I think a degree really means sod all these days.

    Elaborate on the quote though, I'm a bit :confused: by that. I've been working in IT now for over 10 years and I personally think the IT jobs market in Ireland alone is looking a lot healthier now than it was 18 to 24 months ago.


  • #3167
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Agreed on your points. Although in some instances get the experience first and the paperwork later. In IT I think a degree really means sod all these days.

    Elaborate on the quote though, I'm a bit :confused: by that. I've been working in IT now for over 10 years and I personally think the IT jobs market in Ireland alone is looking a lot healthier now than it was 18 to 24 months ago.

    That's what I said, get the degree later. But you will need certificates of some sort to get in the door.

    A degree and masters come into there own when you start to leave the technical stuff behind and work on other things. It might not matter for the day to day stuff but when it comes to salary it does.

    On the whole IT thing.
    If you had a kid would you really recommend they go into IT though?

    Yes, the IT market has picked up in the last while but it's still not great and we have so many people with IT qualifications looking for work as it is.

    Of course if a person has a gift technically and/or loves that type of stuff then sure go for it if that's what they want, don't let anyone stop you.

    I'm talking about people who are undecided, people who are just starting out and looking to see what they want to do with their lives.

    Maybe they have an interest many things as well as IT.


    .


  • #3168
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    A degree and masters come into there own when you start to leave the technical stuff behind and work on other things. It might not matter for the day to day stuff but when it comes to salary it does.

    Very true.
    If you had a kid would you really recommend they go into IT though?

    I wouldn't recommend it per se, but if that's what they wanted to do I wouldn't advise against it, maybe advise on what particular area they might want to look at I guess...
    Yes, the IT market has picked up in the last while but it's still not great and we have so many people with IT qualifications looking for work as it is.

    True. But it's still healthier than what it was given the current climate. If anything it's one of the biggest growth areas in terms of pools of work I think. I've had recruiters tailing me for work and I've shooed them away as I'm obviously already employed. That's not me stating "oh look at me, I'm great", I'm simply saying that there is work out there and in the IT sector particularly it appears a bit more plentiful than in other areas.
    I'm talking about people who are undecided, people who are just starting out and looking to see what they want to do with their lives.

    Maybe they have an interest many things as well as IT.

    Fair enough, I was just a bit puzzled as to the previous post that was all. :)


  • #3169
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    somebody here might appreciate this so I'll put up a picture or something i finished today

    DSCF1738.jpg


  • #3170
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,352 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Nice runners. :)


  • #3171
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VxIfsc-KQ


    Watch that and you'll want a pair too haha


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  • #3172
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,322 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I want a pair!!!

    No, no, I want five!!!


  • #3173
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    I got 2 pairs since Es is going out of business in January. One pair to wear now and one to be buried in haha


  • #3174
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Doge


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    I wouldn't recommend it per se, but if that's what they wanted to do I wouldn't advise against it, maybe advise on what particular area they might want to look at I guess...

    I think it's definitely one of "healthier" fields to get into.

    When we hear of 150 or 300 new jobs opening up in the news every so often,
    they're almost always IT related.

    I mean what else out there is stronger and more secure at the moment?

    B.I.S. maybe?

    If I was to recommend something to a kid, it would certainly be Software Development, as there's no shortage of work there that's for sure.

    In fact most of the IT jobs advertised online are Software Development jobs.


    I just wish I was more interested it, and my head was less prone to brain melt.


  • #3175
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    A&R Secret Santa is ending tonight, PM Jack Burton if you wanna be in it


  • #3176
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Anyone else catch Charlie Brooker's new show Black Mirror this evening?

    It was pretty brilliant. Avoid spoilers at all costs if you haven't seen it yet, but definitely worth watching.


  • #3177
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,091 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Anyone else catch Charlie Brooker's new show Black Mirror this evening?

    It was pretty brilliant. Avoid spoilers at all costs if you haven't seen it yet, but definitely worth watching.

    Didn't know it was charlie brooker. Is there a repeat?


  • #3178
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    4oD y'all: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/4od

    I'll give it a watch. I usually like Charlie Brooker, but on the infrequent occasions I log into Twitter I'm usually met with a wall of nonsense posts from him. I'm usually too apathetic to unfollow him.


  • #3179
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Didn't know it was charlie brooker. Is there a repeat?

    Think it's up on 4oD now which you can access in Ireland.

    You'd swear Chris Morris also had a hand in it going by the tone of the thing.


  • #3180
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭Doge


    Thought it was well executed, the acting was decent and the production was spot on.

    It certainly got a big reaction from me, I just didn't take to the outcome of the plot though,
    as you can see in the other thread!

    Better off watching it before spoiling it by reading other threads.


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  • #3181
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    They have the HiDef version and Standard on "thebox" website for those interested.

    Looks interesting anyway.

    .


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