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[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Fixed that Neo ad to better represent the truth.

 

[Off-Topic / Re: D&D Next Playtesting Open Beta]

Played 'next' last night. Overall, I like it better than 4th edition: it seems less CCG-ish. I did have some issues, though:

The way sneak attacks work now could be nightmarish. You have to spend an action hiding, and then move and make your attack at some point after that. If you move past people, you have to figure out who's facing what way and make opposed wisdom vs stealth checks. that's a lot of rolling, and a lot of facing rules that were not supplied.

There were differences between the character sheets and what the book said (an axe that did 2d6 damage vs the book saying it should do d12)

Skills were somewhat ambiguous. It was said that skill checks were stat+skill, but it did not specify what stats belonged to what skill. Perhaps they're trying to make it more freeform (for instance, you could use int+stealth to figure out where you think someone is hiding) but that wasn't directly stated.

Third, we were a bit confused about how spellcasting worked. we weren't sure if everyone was basically a sorcerer now, or what. There were two Clerics and they both seemed to use the same learn a spell, prepare and cast it model that Wizards use, and whether you could learn more spells without leveling.

Finally, the book seemed to suggest that magic items were going back to the 2nd ed. model, i.e. they're priceless; I always thought that was BS, and I don't know why they're bringing it back.

With all that said, it's still better than 4e.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: How old were you when the Turbo Grafx came out?]

In Fall of 1989 I was 10. Didn't actually get one until Summer 1998, when I was 19.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What was the first Turbo Grafx game you've played?]

Got a used Turbo and some games off Yahoo auctions in '98. First Turbo game I put in it was Keith Courage.  Not a good first impression. However, I also had Bomberman, Galaga '90 and Ninja Spirit, which were much better

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Zonk reincarnated?]

if you squint really hard, there's a slight resemblance. but not much.

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

Latest episode:

Frustrating Games!

Another good episode. But I don't like the new intro music. Why the change?

[General Gaming / Re: Chiptunes are not a genre / me complaining that alot of chiptune people are dens]

Good stuff Tats

[General Gaming / Re: Chiptunes are not a genre / me complaining that alot of chiptune people are dens]

So I've been working a lot of overtime for the last month or so, and have been listening to an internet streaming station that plays chiptunes.

At least there, it seems that about half the music is made with a NES, 40% is SID stuff, and 10% everything else (gameboy, POKEY, Yamaha FM, etc). Some of it is good, some is not so good. Such is life. Why get worked up over it?

[Fighting Street / Re: words or terms you cannot fucking stand...]

Hahahaha, Oh yes!!... Pal, buddy, chief, boss or guy are right up there for me... Hahaha wow I wine rage cringe when I hear some stranger say that to me. Grrr

Ever read 'acts of gord'? the titular character owned a videogame shop in Vancouver. He tells a story where, long story short, he punches out a shoplifter, but then immediately calls him "buddy".

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: SNES, Mega Drive, NES, DS, Games and Systems]

Stupid question: is that HK version NES a legitimate licenced product, or a clone?

It's legit. It's supposed to be pretty much a re-branded European NES.

Thanks for the info

[General Gaming / Re: Nice set up]

not all flat panel displays are fail (just most)

Some suck less than others, but all will alter the image in some way.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: SNES, Mega Drive, NES, DS, Games and Systems]

Stupid question: is that HK version NES a legitimate licenced product, or a clone?

[Off-Topic / A history of the Animaniacs]

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/126115

That show was good stuff. There's a lot in this article I didn't know about 'em. Enjoy 

[Off-Topic / Re: Oh no!]

facebook.com/photo/?fbid=205112099572320

Good.

Better

[Off-Topic / Nectarsis, stay away from Portland.]

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/28/portland-prosecutor-says-innoc.html

A Portland City attorney argued in court that a Portland police officer was justified in brutally tasing a non-violent man with no criminal record because it was later discovered that the man owned a classic kung fu film collection. The jury didn't agree, and the taxpayers now get to pay a $250,000 settlement. Naturally, Officer Benjamin J. Davidson remains on the force.

http://www.theagitator.com/2012/04/28/wrong-guy/

[Off-Topic / Re: What are YOU watching on YouTube.com?]

Modern Warfare 3 troll gets kid to argue with himself:

I probably shouldn't be as amused by this as I am, but

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx games drop off the Virtual Console]

well that's really fucking shitty.

[Fighting Street / Re: words or terms you cannot fucking stand...]

I'm guilty of "so....". I think I may have used it on you, Keranu, at the MGC.

[Fighting Street / Re: words or terms you cannot fucking stand...]

Politics has a ton of buzz words. I can't stand "on the table".

This ought to piss you off even more then: in UK English, the phrase has the opposite meaning to the same phrase in US English. when an American says it, we mean 'to give something consideration'; in UK English, it means to remove something from consideration.

But how can you remove something if it's on the table!

different metaphors. in their case, it suggests that it's been looked at and put down.

[Fighting Street / Re: words or terms you cannot fucking stand...]

Politics has a ton of buzz words. I can't stand "on the table".

This ought to piss you off even more then: in UK English, the phrase has the opposite meaning to the same phrase in US English. when an American says it, we mean 'to give something consideration'; in UK English, it means to remove something from consideration.

For my own contribution: 'going forward' to mean 'in the future'. It's annoying as corpspeak, and it's started to creep into daily usage by some of my friends. 

[General Gaming / Re: The Wii U]

What I find funny too is alot of the games on Wii that I really like, could've been released on Playstation 1 almost, or even PS2.  They don't visually impress me much.  They're fun at least.

I think you're viewing the PS2's abilities through nostalgia-colored glasses. It probably doesn't help that in some cheap ports, graphics were taken directly from the PS2 version of a game.

it also doesn't help that Wii games tend to use deceptively simple graphics. Consider the Mii heads: simple, right? Not really. Rendering a teardrop shape takes lots and lots of polygons, and putting animated textures on it is even more complicated. and there are multiple such shapes it has to render.

[Off-Topic / Re: Midwest Gaming Classic 2012]

Barring my winning a lottery I haven't entered, I'm not gonna be able to make it this year.

Have a good time this year, guys

[Off-Topic / Re: Send them your money]

   awesome! 

[General Gaming / Re: sorry xbox 360 haters sega got some lovin' comin']

I will wait until MS changes over to real dollars instead of the retarded point system they have now.

So you can give them your credit card number for hackers to steal? No, thanks.

[General Gaming / Re: sorry xbox 360 haters sega got some lovin' comin']

Hawt!

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I LOVED the hand made Styrofoam shipping "tomb" my game came in.
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A Tomb? Full of Giant Robots?



LOOK OUT IT'S HAGGAR!

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

Almost as entertaining as the episode itself is watching the Genesis fans come out of the woodwork in the comments section and start complaining how it's "not fair" to compare the Turbo port of Forgotten Worlds to the "early release" Genesis port. Not only that, but the Turbo port is "hundreds of megs" because it's on CD-ROM and must also take advantage of the "CPU upgrades" offered by the Turbo's CD-ROM drive.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: CPS2 18-in-1, Boxed Marvel Super Heroes and Soul Calibur pcbs]

I am   over that 18 in one. Sadly, it will have to go to someone else, I can't afford it

Also, what does "phoenixed" mean?

[PC-FX Discussion / Re: "Traditional" Fighter on PC-FX]

That's neat!

The sound effects are PCEish, other than the voices. Was that a stylistic decision, or does it hint at an even earlier origin?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: RAFFLE: Victory Run!]

[General Gaming / Re: The "Steam box"]

Well, I guess that's for the best, as I couldn't justify buying one in the foreseeable future anyway.

[Off-Topic / Re: PCEngineFX Picture Thread (Formerly "Mugs")]

 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FC Twin boxed for trade/sale]

I busted the tabs off of it to play SFC games already.

why would a pirate console try to implement region lockouts?

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I bought the lot for the laseractive and the sega cd games... I didnt even look at what cart games were included.  I'll have to sort through em.  Master of Monsters?

I thought you were being sarcastic! the carts alone are a good haul.

[Off-Topic / Re: Frozenintears is Dave Medina/Nintega]

I just caught up on the tail end of this saga that I missed.

I am slowly coming to the realization that this will never. end. ever.

It will end. When we bury him. _Alive.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I'm so confused right now.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are YOU watching on YouTube.com?]

Oh man, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard! Watch this!

Hentai Boost 2007 DX
http://www.heisanevilgenius.com/wvg/index.php

WTF?

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

it's still been held, at the tokyo big sight exhibition east hall. until this friday.

it's not game related by any means. but where ever a NEC booth is, there is bazzy itmes as well.

Really? NEC is still promoting a 20 year old game?

Awesome stuff in any case

[General Gaming / Re: Strange and Uncommon?]

I really don't understand why that thing exists. Was there a 3 player game for the PCE before Bomberman came out? If it came out after Bomberman, who would want a 3 player tap at that point?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Avenue Pad 6 problem]

Some games do not work properly with 6 button pads. I know Bomberman is one of them. Don't use it for those games.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: RAFFLE: Victory Run!]

Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New keyring]

I have a finnicky Neo Geo AES Super Spy I have been thinking of doing that with.

that's not a keychain, that's a keyballandchain!

[General Gaming / Re: The "Steam box"]

I'm pretty sure MS is still, overall, in the negative from the entire Xbox enterprise 10 years after they started it.

http://m.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/digital-home/home-networking/xbox-360-finally-makes-money-for-microsoft-161411
The Xbox division of Microsoft has been in the black since 2007.

The only reason to sell consoles is to sell profitable games and collect license fees from other people's games. Valve is already very successful at doing this so...why the fuck would they?

They want a piece of what Nintendo, MS, and Sony have?

Edit: to elaborate, the biggest selling PC games of all time are The Sims(16 million), Sims 2(11 million), and Starcraft(13 Million), and possibly Lemmings(15 million, but that includes console port sales)

There are 7 games on the Wii alone that outsold all of those.

[General Gaming / The "Steam box"]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/2/2840932/exclusive-valve-steam-box-gaming-console

A few tantilizing quotes and a patent - but are they close enough to announce something at the Game Developers Conference, or even E3? what do you think?

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

I don't know why you didn't use Wonderboy 3.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Here are some comparison shots between the old fake, new fake and real Sapphire game.

If I'm looking at it right, the new fake logo is now the right color (instead of too orange on top) but her face is now too orange?

and also, "HCD5030" on the lower right rear.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Jungle Bros: lord_cack's pet project! :)]

looks nice

I'm afraid I don't like the new overworld tune as much as the old one, though.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are YOU watching on YouTube.com?]

how do you get genji and heike out of genpei toumaden?

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Jungle Bros: lord_cack's pet project! :)]

Awesome! The clouds and bushes are really awesome.

Still a bit one-sided though. ;)

[Fighting Street / Re: Nintega: still crazy after all these years (now with added Nazis!)]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!