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Yuletide Gaming
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I bring my PC home to my parents and just play the games I never got a chance to play during the year and spend Decembers pay cheque on the steam sale
Usually lots of multiplayer stuff as well when the relatives visit so lots of Nintendo.
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Good suggestions
For me, nothing beats a quick go of Christmas nights on the Saturn. Cheery and upbeat, perfect.
I'm definitely going to master some arcade games. I refuse to simply continue in arcade games. If its absolutely rock hard, I'll start with 2 credits and no more.
Have almost got monster maulers down to 1 credit. Rtype is bloody hard if you die and lose all power ups. Salamander will be a challenge. And then the multiplayer Konami games with friends and family, mystara too. Okay, that's plenty
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Ah! I have my coins slots disabled, so only I know how to reach inside machines to credit
Speaking of zelda at Christmas, I remember this ad blowing minds. Music was perfect, lifted from Conan the barbarian by poledaris. Side note, Conan is basically an Irish character, yet I don't think many know it!
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Was thinking of giving a proper mystery dungeon rogue like a go to try and get into the genre. So either the Switch and Vita will be coming to my parents with Chocobo Dungeon Everybuddy and Shiren the Wanderer respectively.
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Yeah I didn't know that until recently actually.
There's always been a bit of argument over whether the Slaíne character from 2000AD is based on Cú Chulainn or Conan.
I was always of the Cú Chulainn persuasion, wondering why some Arnie sandles Barbarian would have anything to do with an Irish character - woops.I seem to remember, in the introduction to one of the Titan collected books, where the writer, Pat Mills, talked of Slaine being an Ancient Briton, a celtic warrior but of the broader Celtic tribes that inhabited the whole British Isles rather than Ireland or Scotland/Wales, those traditionally "Celtic" parts.
I think the language was more like Welsh/Cornish/Breton than the Gaelic that the Irish and Scots speak.
All that said, the Wiki page does refer to Slaine as an Irish warrior, and many of the characters and tribes are straight lifts from Irish stories.
Im not too familiar with 2000ad beyond judge dredd, but yeah, there were very strong links between Ireland, Conan and the author Robert Howard. Even gods names like Crom are derived from Gaelic (but strongly "irish" gaelic) and so on. A lot of it came from his family. Very interesting guy!
He was also quite good friends with H.P Lovecraft, who also had some strong irish gaelic elements in his stories. When you read through the conan stories, its practically impossible to imagine anyone else except arnie. Even arnies overall attitude in real life was very similar to conan. Besides the accent, perfect casting!
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I seem to remember, in the introduction to one of the Titan collected books, where the writer, Pat Mills, talked of Slaine being an Ancient Briton, a celtic warrior but of the broader Celtic tribes that inhabited the whole British Isles rather than Ireland or Scotland/Wales, those traditionally "Celtic" parts.
I think the language was more like Welsh/Cornish/Breton than the Gaelic that the Irish and Scots speak.
All that said, the Wiki page does refer to Slaine as an Irish warrior, and many of the characters and tribes are straight lifts from Irish stories.
Yeah I'd say you're right alright. I suppose it's the 12 year old Irish lad in me reading 2000ad on a Saturday morning, claiming Slaine to be 'one of our own'
There's also the glaringly obvious link between Slaine and Conan via Simon Bisley when he went all Frank Frazetta on the strip with the Horned God, it's pure Frazetta Conan.Im not too familiar with 2000ad beyond judge dredd, but yeah, there were very strong links between Ireland, Conan and the author Robert Howard. Even gods names like Crom are derived from Gaelic (but strongly "irish" gaelic) and so on. A lot of it came from his family. Very interesting guy!
He was also quite good friends with H.P Lovecraft, who also had some strong irish gaelic elements in his stories. When you read through the conan stories, its practically impossible to imagine anyone else except arnie. Even arnies overall attitude in real life was very similar to conan. Besides the accent, perfect casting!
Anywho….Crom laughs at your four winds
That's all incredibly interesting, especially the Lovecraft link. You can only imagine what that pair discussed over a few pints!The Last Bandit wrote: »Going to replay Metal Gear Solid again, just need to decide on what to play it..
Planning on some Amstrad love as well.
PS1!
Metal Gear Solid isn't Metal Gear Solid without this;
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Yeah I'd say you're right alright. I suppose it's the 12 year old Irish lad in me reading 2000ad on a Saturday morning, claiming Slaine to be 'one of our own'
There's also the glaringly obvious link between Slaine and Conan via Simon Bisley when he went all Frank Frazetta on the strip with the Horned God, it's pure Frazetta Conan.
That's all incredibly interesting, especially the Lovecraft link. You can only imagine what that pair discussed over a few pints!
PS1!
Metal Gear Solid isn't Metal Gear Solid without this;
Oh yeah I love all that stuff, what lovecraft and howard would have been chatting about! As far as I remember, they never actually met, but only wrote letters to each other. Lovecraft was interested in the "cosmic horror" elements of Conan (of which there are loads).
To drag this thread way off course, theres a cool little video of the locations of the conan films, then and now. Its done very well. Worth a quick look, even if you skim it. Gonna be popping over there soon enough, and apparently theres more than a decent chance of finding old parts of the sets and props and such, being that its all in a semi-desert. That would make my day I'll report back if I find anything...
And to get the thread back on track, that simpsons/playstation meme is good :P Probably the best way to play metal gear (but the twin snakes has some great points!)0 -
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Has anyone any particular games they play around Christmas? A Zelda game is my Christmas game of choice most years...I think I'll play through the new Switch remake of Links Awakening this year.
I usually try and play some of the modern games I got during the year that I never spent much time with. Also turn on some of the older machines and hope they still work, have to fix my B&O too.
Although my eldest non-believing son decided this year he wanted Dungeons & Dragons stuff after watching Stranger Things - after doing some research on how to actually play them, sounds more like work than fun to me! Snakes & ladders it is not. 0 -
Although my eldest non-believing son decided this year he wanted Dungeons & Dragons stuff after watching Stranger Things - after doing some research on how to actually play them, sounds more like work than fun to me! Snakes & ladders it is not.
Ugh, board games. Always hated them, especially big involved tabletops
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Ugh, board games. Always hated them, especially big involved tabletops Like you, it just seems like work to me
As opposed to spending infinite time tweaking settings on an emulator to just hit the sweet spot which you never quite hit, and wait for another update, so you can tweak the settings a bit more. Work like that you mean? :pac:
(yes, I am partial to a not too heavy board game now and then!)Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.
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Ugh, board games. Always hated them, especially big involved tabletops Like you, it just seems like work to me
I absolutely love board games, but actual board games with boards and pieces!
Really do not like D&D role playing type fare where it's more a character pantomime/acting session. Tried it a few times and found it mortify. :eek:0 -
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D&D isn't a board game... (Though there are some board games based on it)
Tabletop maybe? I was just never into games like that, be they board games, or more complex and involved role playing/adventure type games. I just never had the patience for them. I think I discovered video games too early, and there was no going back from that
I do make one exception, Screwball Scramble....that was a lot of fun if I remember.0 -
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I absolutely love board games, but actual board games with boards and pieces!
Really do not like D&D role playing type fare where it's more a character pantomime/acting session. Tried it a few times and found it mortify. :eek:
I was dragged into a D&D group a few years ago and ended up loving it and really miss it. I think it's best to not take it seriously and enjoy it. I used to play characters with serious character flaws to make it more fun. One was a kleptomaniac and another was a total arrogant asshole who got the party in trouble all the time.
Then again my favourite hobby is amateur dramatics so possibly that helps!
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