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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

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  • #3992
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Is it not free delivery from Amazon when the order is over €20-€25? It always is for me anyway unless its from people/companies selling on Amazon rather than Amazon itself.


  • #3993
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    You wrote Burn:Cycle, didn't you?!
    And I see someone got all enthusiastic and went for Half Life and the Lambda before finding he couldn't remember how to draw one, looking like an idiot in the end.... ah well....

    Bit of Sensible Soccer down in the corner there as well. This was early in the evening, I didn't check back on the blackboard later to see how it filled up.

    It was all very busy at the launch so I didn't really get to try much out, but it was a bit underwhelming to be honest. There was one interesting exhibit that you play one game across successive generations of gaming systems (it didn't work right though)

    Some good talks coming up though.


  • #3994
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Achilles wrote: »
    Use Parcel Motel.

    its a pain if there's not one near you (lucky enough to have one near where I
    work). Massively handy for buying UK /only free postage to uk stuff on ebay and the like (saved 15 quid postage a few days ago)


  • #3995
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    There's more parcel motel locations being introduced soon though isn't there? And also, the point about getting something parcel motel'ed & then forwarded onto you by a friend/family member is a good one


  • #3996
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Yeah I cant wait till a parcel motel opens up close enough to me. Ebay sellers just charge stupid amounts for international shipping


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  • #3997
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    EnterNow wrote: »
    There's more parcel motel locations being introduced soon though isn't there? And also, the point about getting something parcel motel'ed & then forwarded onto you by a friend/family member is a good one
    I don't know anyone, friend or family, that lives near a Parcel Motel, so that's out. I'd also check to see if what Steve said about anything from Amazon direct having free postage for anything over €25, but I can't really check, since my last 3V voucher expired.


  • #3998
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    I don't know anyone, friend or family, that lives near a Parcel Motel, so that's out.

    We should probably set up a private group amongst ourselves here, where we can help out those in need of parcel motel. I wonder if it'd be worth while


  • #3999
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    I don't know anyone, friend or family, that lives near a Parcel Motel, so that's out. I'd also check to see if what Steve said about anything from Amazon direct having free postage for anything over €25, but I can't really check, since my last 3V voucher expired.

    Amazon most definitely offer free shipping on €25+ deliveries, so you're grand.


  • #4000
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    EnterNow wrote: »

    We should probably set up a private group amongst ourselves here, where we can help out those in need of parcel motel. I wonder if it'd be worth while
    We've none down here so I'd love it if you're serious, though retro might do that for me anyways


  • #4001
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Amazon most definitely offer free shipping on €25+ deliveries, so you're grand.
    Ahhh. Guess I'll pick up a €60 voucher so I can get UDHD and Total Recall (the original of course, not the remake). Thanks for that.


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  • #4002
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Someone (Japanese, of course) has crafted a nightmarish, 'real-life' interpretation of Kirby:

    A7usyjlCYAAi7Ie.jpg


  • #4003
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Someone (Japanese, of course) has crafted a nightmarish, 'real-life' interpretation of Kirby:

    A7usyjlCYAAi7Ie.jpg
    running_animation_test_by_plusone-d3brfuv.gif


  • #4004
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    I don't even have a desk :(
    Sera wrote: »
    We've none down here so I'd love it if you're serious, though retro might do that for me anyways

    There is one opening up in Limerick sometime in November according to them.


  • #4005
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Yeah if the postage costs were being sent to my PayPal account I'd easilly get stuff sent to my Parcel Motel or pick stuff up for other people. Happy to help out.


  • #4006
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Thanks to the magic of the Curiosity Cube you can now chip away at the World Trade Centre brick by brick and wrack up lots of bonus coins!


  • #4007
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Give me strength :rolleyes: - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056808928


  • #4008
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Give me strength :rolleyes: - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056808928

    'Are violent videogames bad for kids' is such a 1990s topic. I thought we were over that.


  • #4009
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,325 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I thought Jack Thompson was disbarred and disgraced a few years ago?


  • #4010
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    I queried with Parcel Motel the rationale for selecting locations. The key one is that they're placed in locations of min population of 20000.

    So if you're in the sticks or in a town like me (Arklow) you're sh1t out of luck.


  • #4011
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    'Are violent videogames bad for kids' is such a 1990s topic. I thought we were over that.

    From the article:
    But I am convinced that the graphics in computer games are now so realistic that children can’t tell if they are computer generated or not and that’s what causes this behaviour.

    Holy Jaysus, what sort of out of touch, gimp of a dinosaur forms an opnion like that? So much for a college education :rolleyes:

    But i suppose, its easy enough to get press with opinions like that ;)


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  • #4012
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    They said the same kind of thing about the digitized sprites in Mortal Kombat. Look at them now :D


  • #4013
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,325 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Real reason this study showed a connection between violence and videogames is because it's from a small university and small time researcher trying to make a name for themselves. Controversy for the sake of controversy and using terrible test groups. I'd love to know the name of the journal and find out how small the impact value of the journal is where this 'research' will be published. More than likely it won't even be getting published.

    Of course every media outlet fails to do their research and see that by far the most comprehensive study carried out by multiple researchers in this area and funded by the British government was the Byron report which showed there was no link between videogames and violent behaviour. The Daily Mail weren't happy with the results because it cut down dramatically on their videogame scaremongering quota.


  • #4014
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    There is one opening up in Limerick sometime in November according to them.
    Any idea where? There's so many places in town they could go but I bet it'll be out miles away


  • #4015
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    And why is violence the only trait which passes from games to reality?

    Why aren't Harvest Moon kids becoming farmers? Pokemon players working in zoos? Streets of Rage players eating their food off the ground?

    Okay, so I do the last one. But only within the 3 second rule!


  • #4016
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Sera wrote: »
    Any idea where? There's so many places in town they could go but I bet it'll be out miles away

    Texaco Castletroy according to their Facebook


  • #4017
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Sera wrote: »
    Any idea where? There's so many places in town they could go but I bet it'll be out miles away

    Castletroy Texaco I think but I vaguely remember reading about a second location. Where that is I hadn't an iota.

    Too slow!


  • #4018
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    The Great Chinholio wrote: »
    Texaco Castletroy according to their Facebook
    That's miiiiles away. Just on the FB page, says Cahirdavin and Dock Road as well, both a bit closer, thanks for directing me to it :p


  • #4019
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    RIP, you horrible American sugary bastard: http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/11/16/who-killed-hostess-brands-and-twinkies/


  • #4020
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I tried a Twinkie last time I was in New York as a matter of interest. They're absolutely sick.

    Never had a snack made me feel so obese eating it.


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  • #4021
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,325 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Most American confectionary is. My mate I trade games with goes bananas for the sweets and chocolate I send him over. The problem is I believe to do with them having to use corn syrup rather than cane sugars to sweeten products. It tastes completely different and 'sick'.


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