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ILX is hard to quit!

LOLOL. My fondest memory of playing CS:Sauce with Melton was him explaining ILX politics to Darramouss, which ended with Meltang yelling into his mic "... but i don't post on ile BECAUSE IT'S SHIT!"

Sir Gregory of St.Kitts (g-kit), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

hold on, there are video games where you talk to each other?

this is craziness. the last game system I every owned was the nintendo with super mario bros. and duckhunt. what am I getting into?

Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

if "talk to each other" = Melton randomly shouting "WILLY!" while we shot people, then yeah, people talk to each other now.

Sir Gregory of St.Kitts (g-kit), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

hold on, there are video games where you talk to each other?

yes, what Sega and the Simply Red dude failed to realise in their ads was that people had been 'playing together' already for years on PCs.

ste, Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I was at a LAN event and people were talking via headsets to the person sitting next to them.

I usually mute everyone on public servers to save me time working out who is repeatedly shouting "fucking faggots!"

nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

how do you mute yourself, d00d?

Sir Gregory of St.Kitts (g-kit), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't like multiplayer headsets. If i don't plug mine in, i can at least pretend the people i'm playing against are normal human beings - rather than degenerate 15 year olds who haven't seen the sun in weeks :(

Why is multiplayer gaming so much better in theory than in practice? I like the idea of cooperative game..but all it does is invade my homes with new levels of social awkwardness.

Andronicus (The One and Only Andronicus Co), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link

b/c being able to blast your friends is way better than blasting random AI, much in the same way that blasting imperial stormtroopers is way better than blasting random demons.

kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link

"much in the same way that blasting imperial stormtroopers is way better than blasting random demons."

Blasting my friends I'm ok with. It's blasting sweaty 35 year olds who have posters of Princess Leia on their walls which ends up making me fell dirty.

Andronicus (The One and Only Andronicus Co), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Get one vent server.

jim (jim), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I played the zombie mission in Vice City Stories last night, haha. Shoot and slash zombie actors in a film mock up in the mall. Too easy though.

Ste (fuzzy), Friday, 1 December 2006 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Still fighting through M2TW. 100 turns played so far, and the fucking French just put 3 of my captured settlements under siege in the same turn. They're all stuffed with poorly armed militia and peasants, so I'm pretty much resigned to losing them.
I'm just gonna write them off and turn my attention to the less powerful Danes.

Loving this game. Better than Rome.

teh_kit (g-kit), Friday, 1 December 2006 13:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I started playing FFIII on the DS, but it took me a few tries to get past the first boss, then I couldn't figure out how to save so figured I'd just keep playing til any kindly townfols say "You can always save your progress by doing X", but it never happened. I then promptly died and refuse to play through it all again (I probably will though).

I also got a PSP recently and started GTA:VCS! It's pretty good! Not got very far yet. I should try actually playing games to completion...

Craig Gilchrist (Craig G), Friday, 1 December 2006 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh HOT DARN I meant to go and get Animal Crossing this lunchtime, but work was busy so I just ran out for some oatcakes and forgot. ARGH! And I have stupid gym assessment immediately after work so can't go to the shop afterwards either. OH NOOOO.

Wot I AM playing on the DS instead is COOKING MAMA! It's so great! I have stalled in Partners in Time. I am at the bit where you have just finished fighting Mrs Thwomp, a battle which took me ONE HOUR AND TEN MINUTES of frustration, boredom and ANGER - I was nearly in TEARS! And it never EVER tells you the hit points of your opponent so you have no CLUE how close/far you might be!

And you know what happened after that? A wander into a volcano which took all of about 20 minutes... and now ANOTHER boss fight, with Adult Bowser and Baby Bowser! Just letting ONE of Bowsers attacks hit you reduces you to half life points and it just seems NOT WORTH IT! Let Peach suffer!So no wonder I like a simple cook-em-up game instead!

Have finished Gyakuten Saiban 2 :( *thumps chest*. Oh Phoenix! Oh Maya! Oh Edgeworth! Oh Pearls! Oh Mia! I love Phoenix Wright SO MUCH why oh why does it have to end??

I don't suppose any of you chaps would have a Japanese GBA rom of Gy4ku+3n 541b4n 3 by any chance? I simply CANNOT find one, but you need one to run the ongoing fan translation project. I am so desperate I am even willing to buy the actual GBA cart (it is best price so super cheapo anyway) but ARGHH how would THAT do me any good?! Anyone know how you get roms off the cartridges? What, we're in REALLY illegal terms here well tell me something I didn't know :(

Sarah (Science of Unforunate Events), Friday, 1 December 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Is Cooking Mama out?

I'm trying to decide between a Yoshi game and the new Castlevania.

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I've seen in it shops in the UK - actually WEEKS before my copy from play-asia arrived, but I guess it's out in the US as well as my copy is NoA.

Sarah (Science of Unforunate Events), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

FF3 apparently only lets you save while out & about on the world map. no dungeon or town saving, for a game on a protable system = I'm going to Amazon and deleting this from my wishlist right now

TOM. BOT. (trm), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

The last GBA FF game I played didn't let you save in dungeons, I don't think, but you could "suspend" or something (basically worked like a temp save).

JordanC (JordanC), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Has anybody tried out BLUE RESCUE TEAM?

TOM. BOT. (trm), Friday, 1 December 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.retrothing.com/2006/11/review_beggar_p.html

jw (ex machina), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Well I got me some lego star wars action. And call me a grumpy old bastard, but I have so many issues with this game. Unskippable cut scenes, infuriating control system (I cannot do the flying missions for shit), frustrating camera angles, ridiculous puzzles (you want me to use the force to grow some flowers? Which then explode? And then I have to smash them with my lightsabre? And make a bridge with the planks underneath?!?) The Dagobah mission near killed me. Yeah it's a cute concept, there's a few roffles in the cutscenes, but the gameplay is currently providing me with negative fun.

ledge (ledge), Friday, 1 December 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Those aren't puzzles, those are part of "fucking around with everything you see".

You're OTM on unskippable cut scenes, especially when you're revisiting bits you've already done to collect minikits or whatever.

Using the flip thing in flying is invaluable but I agree the control is a bit clunky.

nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

FF3 apparently only lets you save while out & about on the world map. no dungeon or town saving, for a game on a protable system = I'm going to Amazon and deleting this from my wishlist right now

-- TOM. BOT. (tombo...), Today 4:41 PM. (trm) (later) (link)

The last GBA FF game I played didn't let you save in dungeons, I don't think, but you could "suspend" or something (basically worked like a temp save).

-- JordanC (jordan...), Today 4:46 PM. (JordanC) (later) (link)

FFIII lets you quicksave at any time.

Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 1 December 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

This hamster is stuck in a video game

a.b. (abanana), Friday, 1 December 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I so want to see the hamster fight against a level-end boss! And then he can do a little victory dance or something! Also, very impressive level design

jibe (jibe), Saturday, 2 December 2006 01:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Well I got me some lego star wars action. And call me a grumpy old bastard, but I have so many issues with this game. Unskippable cut scenes, infuriating control system (I cannot do the flying missions for shit), frustrating camera angles, ridiculous puzzles (you want me to use the force to grow some flowers? Which then explode? And then I have to smash them with my lightsabre? And make a bridge with the planks underneath?!?) The Dagobah mission near killed me. Yeah it's a cute concept, there's a few roffles in the cutscenes, but the gameplay is currently providing me with negative fun.

You're wrong. So wrong.

Today I bought:

GTA: Vice City - Disk so scratched it keeps skipping :(
Star Wars Battlefield II - WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ARE THEY SHOOTING AT ME? AM I GOOD OR BAD? OOOOO LIGHT SABER...
The Warriors - Savage. Can anyone give me a clue how to spot the police? They are currently really pissing me off!

kv_nol (kv_nol), Saturday, 2 December 2006 02:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Football Manager 2007 because I am

A) Canadian
B) affected, it seems

TOTTENHAM + DOWNING + MADURO is WIN

If your GTA game is skipping, it might be the PS2. That game is nostril-rape on a PS2's systems (also GTASA, if I remember correctly, and to a lesser degree, Bully)

Will M. (Will M.), Saturday, 2 December 2006 02:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, when my San Andreas disc started skipping and refusing to load it was the first sign of my PS2 dying. WIsh I'd known that before buying another copy, try it on someone else's first.

Cressida Breem (neruokruokruokne?), Saturday, 2 December 2006 07:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Nostril rape.

PPlains (PPlains), Saturday, 2 December 2006 07:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok,hamster video game is the beast thing I have seen on YouTube since "Guinea Pigs on a Bed."

Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 2 December 2006 07:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2117
You MAC lovers might dig this^
Mac OS on a Genesis/32x.

Geza T (The GZeus), Sunday, 3 December 2006 03:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Penny Arcade talked me into trying the Bookworm Adventures from Popcap and now I wannit.

forksclovetofu (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 3 December 2006 05:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i have bought ps2 games for my boy! I will buy the machine this weekend! I am excited! How hard should I try and hide that this is also a gift for myself?

Ah heh heh. You totally have to watch this clip, Aus comedy troupe Tripod... singing about their woman... and, well, you'll see the relevance to this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSqFqhUzutg

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 3 December 2006 05:16 (seventeen years ago) link

HEY DUDES

I just realized that the Guardia Castle music from Chrono Trigger lifts its melody in that one section from "Theme from A Summer Place"! Who knew that the Yas wz a Percy Faith fan?

step hen faps (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 4 December 2006 02:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Could be a coincidence. Japanese music hes a tendency to re-use chord progressions alot(in different keys and scales) and inevitably you'll overlap with something that has the same progression.
it is possible though, and interesting.

Geza T (The GZeus), Monday, 4 December 2006 05:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Wii Need for Speed is really hard to get used to after playing so much Excite Truck.

cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 4 December 2006 05:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, I finally found a good WWII flight sim, that'll let you fly most of the Allied fighters(RAF/Red Army/USAAF) and Axis, too.

kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Monday, 4 December 2006 06:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm afraid to open up my DS for Animal Xing; it's been months and months so everyone will have moved out and there'll be nothing but desert and tumbleweeds and algae choking the river :( Also, it is in Seattle and I am not.

To kill time today, I downloaded Kyodai and have been playing Clicks all day long. click click click click click click click click

jaq (jaq), Monday, 4 December 2006 06:38 (seventeen years ago) link

The Warriors is king! PS2 will be bought in Jan sales. It was second hand so never had much faith. I bought it to play Katamari thanks to bloody ILG :)

kv_nol (kv_nol), Monday, 4 December 2006 09:18 (seventeen years ago) link

The Warriors is king! PS2 will be bought in Jan sales. It was second hand so never had much faith. I bought it to play Katamari thanks to bloody ILG!

kv_nol (kv_nol), Monday, 4 December 2006 09:19 (seventeen years ago) link

My mind has lost its mind. If that mind had a mind and that mind ever existed...

Proof:

I cannot stop my brain/mind from designing a NEWER BETTER FASTER Genesis/Mega Drive and CD unit.

I didn't know jack shit about digital ANYTHING, really until about a month and a half ago.
Now:
How can I sleep without knowing what version of the 68k family I should be using in Enhanced mode?(68040 looks good...just looked now)
How much memory can each chip address in each mode?
What should the chips do in each mode?
What changes should be made on the CD end?
What VDP should be used? An existing design? Which one?
If a new design, what features should be added?
What about the sound unit? A new one is needed, but what needs to be done? Can an existing design be used? What patents are still held on X chip?

That's just the beginning. The easy part's the hard part(MIND??!!?!?):
I need to re-design these chips myself/with help.
FPGA. What chip/memory will be doing the re-programming of the gate array(s) to change modes?

Teaching english to people of two different ages, cultures, and native tongues, learning Chinese, and now designing computer actitechture.

This is one step beyond masocism. This is the brink of martyrdom...

Geza T (The GZeus), Monday, 4 December 2006 10:20 (seventeen years ago) link

You're not a martyr if no-one gives a shit.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 4 December 2006 10:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I am playing Grid Wars 2. It is insane.

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/gw17.jpg

caek (caek), Monday, 4 December 2006 12:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Wow wtf. That looks flashback-inducing.

Logged a shit ton of Wii hours this weekend with the boy. Nu-Zelda is amazing, the little surprises really make it (horse-back battle sequence that climaxes in duel on bridge over chasm, very Conor Smedley-esque melodic elements [HOOOWWWLLLL], walking on ceilings, etc). Also BOMB ARROWS. Hooray for fun!

drunk Friendster massage (nklshs), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link

YAY I GOT MY VIDEO CARD AND AM IN NWN2 HEAVEN

BOO 2 YRS OF PLAYING WOW HAS RUINED THE CONTROL SCHEME FOR ME

Jesus Dan (dan perry), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Don't fret, Dan... 4 years of playing NWN1 has ruined the control scheme for me and every other NWN player. OH WAIT, MAYBE OBSIDIAN SHOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

"If it ain't b0rk3d, don't fix it" is obviously not their motto.

Still a great game, though.

teh_kit (g-kit), Monday, 4 December 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

"You're not a martyr if no-one gives a shit."
See, that attitude's gonna get you killed whether I have to do it or not, so it doesn't matter that I don't know where you live.

Geza T (The GZeus), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

oh bloody hell, here we go again

kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

very Conor Smedley-esque melodic elements

'licious, I think you just sold me on the Wii.

Donkey Kong New York (Lee), Monday, 4 December 2006 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link


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