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johnny_ultimate · 16-01-2013 05:35PM

So Neo Aquarium 2: Ace of Seafood (best name for a game ever?) is looking good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtTxW9-AVSY

MrVestek · 16-01-2013 05:38PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

So Neo Aquarium 2: Ace of Seafood (best name for a game ever?) is looking good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtTxW9-AVSY

...WTF?!

CathalDublin · 16-01-2013 06:16PM

http://touch.adverts.ie/adphotos.php?item_id=2531258
Who nabbed this?

Nerdkiller1991 · 16-01-2013 07:01PM

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/3740422/the-life-and-death-of-the-american-arcade-for-amusement-only

eddhorse · 16-01-2013 08:21PM

Special edition controllers over the years

http://imgur.com/a/T9SjA

16-01-2013 08:37PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/3740422/the-life-and-death-of-the-american-arcade-for-amusement-only

Thanks. Great read. I am all over barcade if I go to New York. What a great business idea. I'm glad it's not here, I'd never be out of it.

Will go on a street fighter pilgrimage to Chinatown fair too :-)

o1s1n · 16-01-2013 08:53PM

eddhorse wrote: »

Special edition controllers over the years

http://imgur.com/a/T9SjA

I keep forgetting I have a Steel Battalion kit. It's a disgrace that it's in an attic!!!!

Retr0gamer · 16-01-2013 08:55PM

Was in Barcade in Brooklyn myself last Summer with one of the HG101 guys and my mates. Had a great time. It's a great pub and not just because of the arcade machines which are fantastic. The beer there is all craft beer and they also do cask beers as well which are only available for limited times. Also make sure you try the beef jerky they sell there it's amazing even if it's ridiculously hot. A tactic that developed during the night was shoving beef jerky in the mouth of whoever was playing at the time to put them off (oh er matron).

There's also one in Jersey about an hour and a half away which supposedly has a better selection of games, I was meant to go for a HG101 meet up but ended up drinking elsewhere.

Myrddin · 16-01-2013 08:56PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

A tactic that developed during the night was shoving beef jerky in the mouth

Yeah, I'm sure it did...

o1s1n · 16-01-2013 08:57PM

I really wanted to stop by the last time I was over there. Didn't have time in the end.

It's in Williamsburg right? Is it full of hipsters?

Retr0gamer · 16-01-2013 08:59PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I really wanted to stop by the last time I was over there. Didn't have time in the end.

It's in Williamsburg right? Is it full of hipsters?

It is indeed in in Williamsburg and yes it is pretty much johnny ultimate's Mecca.

CiDeRmAn · 16-01-2013 09:00PM

MackDaddi wrote: »

Mods: This is a really interesting discussion, but it's got feck all to do with retro games. Should we move it to it's own thread, or can we just carry on messing up this one?:D

The issue of HMV, especially as it relates to gamers and those who still have vouchers, is relevant to pretty much everyone.
I have no issue with it on this thread and won't be moving anything anywhere, not for the moment anyway.

As a quick reminder, this forum is Arcade & Retro Games, with HMV being a major source of various formats releases of arcade titles, like Rising Star and G.Rev shmups, Fighters and the like, so a major player on bringing these niche titles to us is of paramount importance.

16-01-2013 10:05PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Was in Barcade in Brooklyn myself last Summer with one of the HG101 guys and my mates. Had a great time. It's a great pub and not just because of the arcade machines which are fantastic....There's also one in Jersey about an hour and a half away which supposedly has a better selection of games

Theyre opening one in manhattan apparently. Much more central location.

http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2012/12/barcade-opening-in-manhattan.html

CiDeRmAn · 16-01-2013 10:21PM

Williamsburg, isn't that where 2 Broke Girls is set... or so I here.... I can't help it! My wife loves it and I get to admire Kat Dennings for 20 minutes!

CiDeRmAn · 16-01-2013 10:25PM

o1s1n wrote: »

I keep forgetting I have a Steel Battalion kit. It's a disgrace that it's in an attic!!!!

I wonder if the Rez Vibration Pack has been disinfected, or just given a quick wipe?

Love the DK N64 controller, better than the game!
Also want the 3DO SF2 controller, cool device for a great version of the game.

johnny_ultimate · 16-01-2013 10:41PM

I was in Williamsburg once for a couple of hours. I was only twenty at the time, but I was able to blag my way into Brooklyn bars because the reversed Irish date on my passport. We went to see a !!! concert, because nothing says hipster like a band whose name is unpronounceable to the casual observer. They played for like thirty relatively decent minutes and then walked off stage with nary an encore. If I was pitchfork I'd have given the gig 9.7/10.

So yeah, video games eh?

o1s1n · 16-01-2013 10:44PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I was in Williamsburg once for a couple of hours. I was only twenty at the time, but I was able to blag my way into Brooklyn bars because the reversed Irish date on my passport. We went to see a !!! concert, because nothing says hipster like a band whose name is unpronounceable to the casual observer. They played for like thirty relatively decent minutes and then walked off stage with nary an encore. If I was pitchfork I'd have given the gig 9.7/10.

So yeah, video games eh?

Only a true hipster would be sarcastic about being a hipster.

Myrddin · 16-01-2013 10:45PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

!!!

Jesus, thats pretty extreme hipsterism. How do hell does one pronounce this, The Quadruple Exclamation Marks?

johnny_ultimate · 16-01-2013 10:46PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Jesus, thats pretty extreme hipsterism. How do hell does one pronounce this, The Quadruple Exclamation Marks?

Chk Chk Chk is the official enunciation, which probably doesn't clear anything up. I think that's the point?

Atavan-Halen · 16-01-2013 10:50PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Chk Chk Chk is the official enunciation, which probably doesn't clear anything up. I think that's the point?

Yeah they're like my favourite band. You've probably never heard of them. I've never even heard of them because nobody can pronounce their name.

johnny_ultimate · 16-01-2013 10:55PM

I actually don't really like them that much. Catchy enough I suppose. We wanted to head to a gig and they were the only band playing we'd ever heard of, but there are vastly superior Williamsburg hipster bands. Probably their greatest achievement is being the hardest band to search for on search engines. Here's a very hipster video of theirs. Hipster haircuts and pants all over the gaff. Hipster!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl0XLHy7kes

Sparks43 · 16-01-2013 11:09PM

Jack burton · 16-01-2013 11:10PM

I saw them a few years ago at electric picnic...Dont really like them

I'm really getting into north African folk reggae rap now....google doesn't even comprehend my music tastes haha

Actually the search engine I use works backwards and shows the most irrelevant stuff first, you probably wouldn't know it

16-01-2013 11:40PM

Sorry, this might just be cos I'm old, but what the fook is a hipster???

Is it what a hippy is called now?? When did that happen..??

**scratches head**

Sparks43 · 16-01-2013 11:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Sorry, this might just be cos I'm old, but what the fook is a hipster???

Is it what a hippy is called now?? When did that happen..??

**scratches head**

Finnally we have found someone who is more out of it then Cideroldagedude

johnny_ultimate · 16-01-2013 11:49PM

MackDaddi wrote: »

Sorry, this might just be cos I'm old, but what the fook is a hipster???

Is it what a hippy is called now?? When did that happen..??

**scratches head**

According to the Oxford English dictionary, a hipster is someone who likes something because most people haven't heard of it, regardless of merit (although pretension is better), but will dislike it as soon as most people have heard of it.

They also wear tight pants and ridiculous accessories.

Synonyms include scenester. Observable hipster habitats include Williamsburg, the offices of Pitchfork Media or Vice Magazine, Urban Outfitters / American Apparel and Girls concerts.

Andrew76 · 16-01-2013 11:56PM

Jack burton wrote: »

I saw them a few years ago at electric picnic...Dont really like them

I'm really getting into north African folk reggae rap now....google doesn't even comprehend my music tastes haha

Actually the search engine I use works backwards and shows the most irrelevant stuff first, you probably wouldn't know it

Lol wut?

How in the fook did you come across that if such a thing even exists? Oh and love the "north" reference like that makes it a bit more normal. You wouldn't want to be seen to like that crazy "west" African folk reggae rap... :pac:

17-01-2013 12:04AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

According to the Oxford English dictionary, a hipster is someone who likes something because most people haven't heard of it, regardless of merit (although pretension is better), but will dislike it as soon as most people have heard of it...

Aaaah, ok. In the old days we used to call them gobsh1tes...

So it's "hipster" now is it?

Nice one!

OwaynOTT · 17-01-2013 12:10AM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Lol wut?

How in the fook did you come across that if such a thing even exists? Oh and love the "north" reference like that makes it a bit more normal. You wouldn't want to be seen to like that crazy "west" African folk reggae rap... :pac:

Hey don't be knocking Highlife! It's more hip hop anyway.

o1s1n · 17-01-2013 12:50AM

Holy jesus. The poor cabinet!!!

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