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o1s1n · 30-05-2015 08:29PM

safetyboy wrote: »

Mitch Murder also made these classics

Just been checking out this guy's stuff, amazing video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugowO0sSrM

the groutch · 30-05-2015 09:50PM

for me there's only one "Interceptor"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSfr7rlGg48

johnny_ultimate · 30-05-2015 10:02PM

When exactly did cheesy 1980s crap become something to be celebrated and resurrected rather than forgotten in the strongest possible manner? :pac:

(Mostly I just have a low tolerance for the ever more common throwback satires that are awful on purpose - missing the weird sincerity of the originals. Garth Marenghi's Dark Place is an exception and awesome).

Steve X2 · 30-05-2015 11:31PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

When exactly did cheesy 1980s crap become something to be celebrated and resurrected rather than forgotten in the strongest possible manner? :pac:

(Mostly I just have a low tolerance for the ever more common throwback satires that are awful on purpose - missing the weird sincerity of the originals. Garth Marenghi's Dark Place is an exception and awesome).

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Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 30-05-2015 11:48PM

Dr Bob wrote: »

Humble Bundle :'Hey nintendo , want to be charitable and do a humble bundle?"
Nintendo ."..uh maybe ..is there any way I can use this to f$%k over Europe?, maybe just straight exclude them"
HB:'...I ..I guess but I dont know why you'd wa.."
Nin:"yeah..yeah I'm in ... f£$k those guys"
HB:"..but ....you'll lose money , we'll lose money thats less charity"
Nin:"...heh hehe ..excellent"
HB:"..and the only way we can work it is removing japan as well it'd be just crazy"
Nin:" do it ..DO IT!!! muhahahaha"

To do with region locking I suppose? only thing I can think of it it's EU and JP excluded (and isn't Aus PAL too? Brazil is also excluded).
A friend in PocketGamer says they might do EU codes in future but don't hold your breath.

safetyboy · 31-05-2015 12:39AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Just been checking out this guy's stuff, amazing video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugowO0sSrM

Chexx this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMFhcC4SvQ

Andrew76 · 31-05-2015 07:37AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

When exactly did cheesy 1980s crap become something to be celebrated and resurrected rather than forgotten in the strongest possible manner? :pac:

Nostaglia is a big factor in anything retro you know that.

On a similar vein, saw the new Mad Max yesterday, wasn't blown away by it all. The action sequences were ok but that was it, maybe it was because I didn't think much of the originals. Off topic but who the feck would pay 12.90 to watch anything in Cineworld, thieving feckers! (Versus 6.50 in the Lighthouse.)

Jack burton · 31-05-2015 10:08AM

Finally some retro wave synth music love. This makes up about 70% of the music I listen to, anytime I have a few hours of work to do I just throw on a playlist

https://www.youtube.com/user/NewRetroWave

https://www.youtube.com/user/LuigiDonatello

https://www.youtube.com/user/ManiacSynth

Those 3 channels are full of some some awesome music

Myrddin · 31-05-2015 10:27AM

Anyone know if Dealz still sell the Wii RGB Scart cables? I had one before & gave it away, not knowing that some VC stuff won't work through component

TechnoFreek · 31-05-2015 11:06AM

Check out neros77 channel on YouTube.
He sets synthwave tunes to 80s and 90s tv and movie clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Cpb61R-4U

Forest Demon · 31-05-2015 11:45AM

That clip reminded me of something. Did you know that the predator DLC for MKX includes a Carl Weathers skin for jax?

Love that retro synth music and have done a bit of it myself. Must give it a go again.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 31-05-2015 02:30PM

Just went onto Twitter (it's rare) and it says "Chibi Robo is trending"
What? What? What!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Mj3MPtLL4

I love the older games but I'll take any Chibi Robo action I can get, I have to get that Amiibo

CiDeRmAn · 31-05-2015 02:57PM

I really must play those Chibi Robo games, I've got both the GC and DS games and they've gone largely unplayed

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 31-05-2015 03:00PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I really must play those Chibi Robo games, I've got both the GC and DS games and they've gone largely unplayed

The GC one is the better of the 2, I liked the NDS one a lot, it's so much fun but so far haven't heard much good from others who played it.
There's a photo one in the 3DS shop as well, haven't played any of it yet.

Hank Scorpio · 01-06-2015 01:21AM

Thought this was class.. Console is timeless

Tomo.Murphy · 01-06-2015 08:43AM

As of early this morning I now own 4 games for a console I don't own yet. I don't suppose there's some sort of A&R AA I should be looking into, is there?

On a completely different note, I woke up this morning to find a Studio Ghibli movie on TV3. When did that become a thing??

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 01-06-2015 11:51AM

Tomo.Murphy wrote: »

As of early this morning I now own 4 games for a console I don't own yet. I don't suppose there's some sort of A&R AA I should be looking into, is there?

On a completely different note, I woke up this morning to find a Studio Ghibli movie on TV3. When did that become a thing??

I probably have a few games there but no console to play them myself, but can't think atm.

I'm sure I saw Arrietty on there a few times. Usually it's on Channel 4.

CiDeRmAn · 01-06-2015 11:51AM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Thought this was class.. Console is timeless

Sadly, if released as a game, there would be no bewbs and the blood would be green!

o1s1n · 01-06-2015 02:48PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Sadly, if released as a game, there would be no bewbs and the blood would be green!

Unless you imported the Japanese version of course. Boobs and blood galore :pac:

Retr0gamer · 01-06-2015 04:01PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Unless you imported the Japanese version of course. Boobs and blood galore :pac:

Not anymore though thanks to the Cero rating system. Japanese games used to be awesome for stylised gore and violence but are totally neutered now where one decapitation can see the game end up on store shelves covered in a black wrapper and relegated to the porn section of shops.

CiDeRmAn · 01-06-2015 09:25PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Not anymore though thanks to the Cero rating system. Japanese games used to be awesome for stylised gore and violence but are totally neutered now where one decapitation can see the game end up on store shelves covered in a black wrapper and relegated to the porn section of shops.

That's why you were in that section and you're sticking to that excuse!

Doge · 01-06-2015 09:41PM

So the Dirt Rally early access is full of Rally Sim goodness.
Things are looking really good for the game,
So glad to have a proper Rally Sim on the market since Richard Burns Rally.
Makes me wish I had a gaming PC though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtEiFZJC1FQ

CiDeRmAn · 01-06-2015 10:06PM

Last time I had a really good time with a rally game was with these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXPJCheJF9I

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZrFm1RNl6Q

eddhorse · 01-06-2015 11:24PM

Network Q ah the memories. Blockly rolling cars. Was good though.

I had a cracked no cd Colin McRae version too. Great game.

Myrddin · 02-06-2015 08:50AM

Colin McRae 1 on the PS1 blew me away the first time i played it. Sand & mud sticking to the car as you progress through the stage was really cool to see

Myrddin · 02-06-2015 09:39AM

I finally got around to watching Interstellar over the weekend. Hmm, I was expecting a lot more from it tbh after the hype/praise I've heard. There was nothing really new in it, the concepts of the film I've all seen done before & apart form the scientific accuracy and impressive use of practical effects, I didn't find a whole lot else in it for me.

Been a while since I've seen it, but I remember Contact being a much better sci-fi film.

Retr0gamer · 02-06-2015 10:32AM

My problem with Interstellar is it went 2001 at the end but without any of the nuance that 2001 had. It just turned into utter nonsense in the end which is unfortunate because I enjoyed it up until that point.

The Last Bandit · 02-06-2015 10:36AM

If I watch Sci-fi, I like to see cool space ships & aliens not a goddamn

book shelf

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Andrew76 · 02-06-2015 11:09AM

Myrddin wrote: »

I finally got around to watching Interstellar over the weekend. Hmm, I was expecting a lot more from it tbh after the hype/praise I've heard. There was nothing really new in it, the concepts of the film I've all seen done before & apart form the scientific accuracy and impressive use of practical effects, I didn't find a whole lot else in it for me.

Been a while since I've seen it, but I remember Contact being a much better sci-fi film.

Contact is decent enough but I found all the religious BS too much, but I'm guessing that was to please the greater American public at the time.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

My problem with Interstellar is it went 2001 at the end but without any of the nuance that 2001 had. It just turned into utter nonsense in the end which is unfortunate because I enjoyed it up until that point.

I can forgive the ending. Fabulous soundtrack too. But don't most sci-fi films contain some amount of nonsense in them, or at least have ideas that stretch belief. Wouldn't be sci-fi otherwise.

The Last Bandit wrote: »

If I watch Sci-fi, I like to see cool space ships & aliens

Guardians of the Galaxy is your fix there.

Retr0gamer · 02-06-2015 11:39AM

Andrew76 wrote: »

But don't most sci-fi films contain some amount of nonsense in them, or at least have ideas that stretch belief. Wouldn't be sci-fi otherwise.

Yes they do but my problem with the ending is that it's all based on coincidence, it all works out because of that. That's not sci-fi, it's just bad writing.

Also I'd file Gaurdians of the Galaxy under space opera. Interstellar would be proper sci-fi, just not a great one.

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