Son Of General Retro Discussion

CiDeRmAn · 11-12-2011 09:49PM

Had a feeling someone would say that, had a feeling it would be you as well!

johnny_ultimate · 11-12-2011 09:51PM

New episode of Black Mirror may be the world's first anti-Kinect parody.

Doge · 11-12-2011 09:55PM

luas_dublin wrote: »

Gaah Windows Movie Maker I hate you so very very much
On top of being generally just ****e it seems to randomly not accept FRAPS Avi captures for NO F@#KING REASON!!
Screw it I'm going to switch to Sony Vegas (this may involve actually getting sony vegas)\

I loved using Vegas myself for the handful of videos I edited.

A free one that might be worth trying is VLC's bigger brother,

VLMC:

http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/wiki/Downloads

CiDeRmAn · 11-12-2011 10:04PM

Someome can edit together a Beers movie!
Hmm, I wonder who'd be the star...
I'll volunteer to do the movie poster, and Johnny can review it!

johnny_ultimate · 11-12-2011 10:06PM

Final Cut Pro 7 for life.

Alas even Apple didn't see it that way.

Doge · 11-12-2011 10:07PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Someome can edit together a Beers movie!
Hmm, I wonder who'd be the star...

Septic Armpit Man to the rescue!

(Except showing the infection where the armpit is, you get the idea!

)

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 11-12-2011 10:08PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Had a feeling someone would say that, had a feeling it would be you as well!

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I'm just after making some, that's actually kinda creepy
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K.O.Kiki · 11-12-2011 10:32PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Did you order any in the end?

I got a few, might try and jazz up my laptop a bit.

I'm still trying to figure out what's the dirtiest sticker I can get away with on my laptop & phone

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 11-12-2011 10:38PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Someome can edit together a Beers movie!
Hmm, I wonder who'd be the star...

Famicom Cap!

DinoRex · 11-12-2011 10:52PM

Just had a go at making myself in Saints Row 3:

Surprisingly poor selection of glasses...

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 11-12-2011 10:53PM

DinoRex wrote: »

Just had a go at making myself in Saints Row 3:
Surprisingly poor selection of glasses...

I heard you can't change your socks or have a jaunty hat

DinoRex · 11-12-2011 10:54PM

Sera wrote: »

I heard you can't change your socks or have a jaunty hat

I can totally change my socks... I just choose not too!

Oh, you're talking about in the game...?

Dr Bob · 12-12-2011 07:55AM

waveform wrote: »

luas_dublin wrote: »

Gaah Windows Movie Maker I hate you so very very much
On top of being generally just ****e it seems to randomly not accept FRAPS Avi captures for NO F@#KING REASON!!
Screw it I'm going to switch to Sony Vegas (this may involve actually getting sony vegas)\

I loved using Vegas myself for the handful of videos I edited.

A free one that might be worth trying is VLC's bigger brother,

VLMC:

http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/wiki/Downloads

Nice one,
might have a look , although a kind mate hooked me up with an old copy of Vegas , to see if it'd suit.Even after 2 hours I was able to do a better looking intro and the whole process was a lot smootherand painfree compared to WMM .(managed to get decent royalty free intro music as well). Rendering time is horrible though but thats my PC I guess... should have a new ( test) vid up this evening....

Pyongyang · 12-12-2011 08:01AM

Nice one, looking forward to your new intro. I use Vegas too. I bought v10 Platinum Suite as the only major difference between 10 and 11 is 3D abilities. Easier to use than I thought it would be.

Pyongyang · 12-12-2011 10:00AM

Anyone here collect SACD?

o1s1n · 12-12-2011 10:29AM

Pyongyang wrote: »

Anyone here collect SACD?

Along with laser discs, they've been on my 'must get into that' list.

I've never actually heard one in person. Would love to see how they hold up against regular CDs.

Pyongyang · 12-12-2011 10:47AM

I didn't know my Blu Ray player was SACD compatible. Sadly I don't think it's XRCD compatible, only JVC units are and the catalog of XRCD's is a bit boring to say the least.

SACD's seem to hold a lot of value. Not sure quite why, is it just a lossless master replica? I assume then standard CD-A discs are still compressed even as PCM files. Toying with buying one disc and buying the same as a CD-A and comparing them. Just for the laugh like.

I remember reading on a forum once (I think it was Head-Fi) about some tediously anal sterophiles that invested in 'stereophile-grade' ear cleaning tools (same as syringing your own ears) in order to keep their lugs in top shape for listening. That's as bad as collecting sealed games and sniffing them.

I've about 4 pairs of high-end IEM's and over-ear phones and a good set of separates, but that's about it. I've never been in to those €30,000 each TAG McLaren floor-standers and €5000 gold interconnects.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 12-12-2011 11:44AM

anyone seen the Lidl site today?

^clickable

Pyongyang · 12-12-2011 11:45AM

Was ist das?

Andrew76 · 12-12-2011 11:47AM

Looks like a knock off Wii or something?

Pyongyang · 12-12-2011 11:54AM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Looks like a knock off Wii or something?

Looks like a couple of 'love eggs' and a 'thingie' for ladies to me. :pac:

Retr0gamer · 12-12-2011 01:06PM

Massive sale on GoG today. Dole tomorrow and I'll be hitting the store like I'm Chris Brown and the store is Rihanna.

Dr Bob · 12-12-2011 02:18PM

Pyongyang wrote: »

Was ist das?

looks quite similar to the one from last year with the mega drive emulator and about 20 sega games built in(plus many wii knockoffs)?

Andrew76 · 12-12-2011 02:33PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Massive sale on GoG today. Dole will tomorrow and I'll be hitting the store like I'm Chris Brown and the store is Rihanna.

Some nice titles in that sale! Must go check to see if I already have the good ones. I presume everything works ok with Windows 7 64bit these days? I remember some games from gog had issues ages ago.

Retr0gamer · 12-12-2011 03:03PM

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit and not had a problem. Sometimes a new release is incompatible but there;s usually a fix on the forums and it gets patched pretty quickly. If there are problems it will be in the game description.

In other news, there's a fantastic Metal Gear Solid 2 retrospective:

http://www.1up.com/features/metal-gear-solid-2-gamings-greatest-con-job

o1s1n · 12-12-2011 03:48PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit and not had a problem. Sometimes a new release is incompatible but there;s usually a fix on the forums and it gets patched pretty quickly. If there are problems it will be in the game description.

In other news, there's a fantastic Metal Gear Solid 2 retrospective:

http://www.1up.com/features/metal-gear-solid-2-gamings-greatest-con-job

Haven't got time to read it now, but does it mention how everything after the tanker level was a steaming pile of androgynous prancing nancy boy ****e?

Retr0gamer · 12-12-2011 03:50PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Haven't got time to read it now, but does it mention how everything after the tanker level was a steaming pile of androgynous prancing nancy boy ****e?

It's all about how MGS2 was the biggest troll in videogame history.

o1s1n · 12-12-2011 04:00PM

Interesting read!

This sums it all up for me really -

The first half of the tanker chapter served as MGS2's demo -- a free extra that sold countless copies of the game it accompanied, Zone of the Enders -- and led eager fans to expect a very different experience than what they received in the bulk of the final game. They anticipated a game featuring Snake in rich, detailed, interactive environments; they received instead an interloper dashing through sterile metal tubes.

Trolling of the highest order. Maybe Kojima had something to do with founding /b/

Retr0gamer · 12-12-2011 04:03PM

I had a long think about it and I don't think that in 10 years MGS4 will be looked at in as favourable light. There's really nothing meta about that games, it's just ****.

Jack burton · 12-12-2011 04:05PM

Just read it myself too

Very good read, I was never a hater of the game but then again I was about 11-12 when I first played it so a lot of the story was lost of me.

I played through all the main games last year and if you do that you realise that Kojima will go down in history as "legit as balls!"

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