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The Golden Gilmores?
ClivePwned
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Better than Gilmore Girls: The Next Generation
Streaming services are the present of TV.
Darren870
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I remember going to my grandmas and having to change the channel with a fucking knob.
Let that sink in. We have access to any program with a click or two. I had to get up out of my chair and turn a knob to find something good on the 13 channels she had.
Forget about changing the channels during a commercial break, you dealt with it...
What's a commercial?
Darren870
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Oh yea, I often forget that I am the only one on AusGAF that watches FTA TV.
The programming in this country is actually really good. I like watching my US shows but all the cursing isn't bleeped out anymore like it would be in the US, always makes me laugh.
When I was a small child we had access to 2 channels. 2.
When SBS arrived it was a revelation.
I still watch for some sport, but I'm so used to turning away to talk after a goal has been kicked so it hardly even registers. F1 being interrupted is pretty annoying, but with half the races not on FTA, I end up with ad free versions any way.
Everything else we watch is ABC or SBS.
absolute worst.
Someone used the phrase "cunt struck" on ABC last night.
reptilescorpio
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Back in my day we walked fifty chains up over the hills to school and back, this was before your fancy horses and gravel, this was pure leg pumping action on that stuff your footy players run around on. They get paid hundreds of thousands of dollar doos to experience that but we did it for free, or get a paddlin.
Use electricity? That's a paddlin.
Use electricity? That's a paddlin.
Pretty much. And so most of my local tv comes through iview.
*high five*
Thought my C64 was broken the day I got it because I didn't know how to select a UHF channel.
I think the frequency the NES used was the same as one of the broadcast stations in Sydney or the Central Coast, so it was pretty easy to set up. I never had a Master System, but I had friends that did and damn, the RF thing they had was really poor quality.
Also, with more modern televisions, how can you upset your mates by screwing with the vertical hold? It's just not the same!
It's always great thinking how much fun we had, in spite of the limitations. I remember smuggling an old AWA (~30cm) CRT into boarding school in year 11. It was probably over 20 years old at this point and it wouldn't surprise me if it still works now. My cube was filled with people most afternoons as we played 4-player N64 games on this little thing, mostly GoldenEye and Mario Kart. I can imagine people turning their nose up at playing a single-player game on such a small screen, let alone sharing it with another three, but it was brilliant and I wouldn't change that for anything.
Also, with more modern televisions, how can you upset your mates by screwing with the vertical hold? It's just not the same!
It's always great thinking how much fun we had, in spite of the limitations. I remember smuggling an old AWA (~30cm) CRT into boarding school in year 11. It was probably over 20 years old at this point and it wouldn't surprise me if it still works now. My cube was filled with people most afternoons as we played 4-player N64 games on this little thing, mostly GoldenEye and Mario Kart. I can imagine people turning their nose up at playing a single-player game on such a small screen, let alone sharing it with another three, but it was brilliant and I wouldn't change that for anything.
Lucian Cat
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I don't miss those days. Had to do that with my Sega many moons ago. Stupid dial
I guess this is the benefit of them ditching all those movies.
i'm kinda excited just to see a giant aerial battle again. I feel like I haven't seen one of those for years. Mind you, i haven't exactly been going to the movies much... ever, so
Darren870
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That's why we had to hook it up to the 8 inch b&w when our other one broke. My dad wouldn't let me hook it up to the 36 inch because of this myth.
ClivePwned
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You used to be cool, Moon Gred, but your anti-Gilmore Girls/ Star Wars policies need to be publicly shamed because you're just the worst.
or
fair enough. I love both. Now that Alexis Bledel is now older than Lauren Graham was when GG started, It's no longer creepy for me to like the show.
No creepier than those
Darth Vader/Princess Leia romance stories
Lucian Cat
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I'm excited for both Star Wars AND Gilmore Girls. Suck it MoonGred.
Also someone talk me out of buying a Wii U. With the $50 ebay voucher I can get the splatoon pack for $280...
Also someone talk me out of buying a Wii U. With the $50 ebay voucher I can get the splatoon pack for $280...
ClivePwned
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Mario Up, Buy a Wii U. I have all three current systems, the Wii U has the best library. I'd say exclusives, but almost all Wii U games are exclusives you won't find anywhere else .
Lego City, Mario 3D World, Wind Waker HD have been my 3 of my favourite gaming experiences this gen. It plays Wii games, you can get DK64 and SM64 and Shovel Knight on it. There's DKCR TF, NSMB U, MK8, Super Smash Bros, Yoshi, Captain Toad. Even if no more games are released for it, you'll have a great library of stuff.
You'll almost certainly regret it; but $280 along with Splatoon isn't that bad as long as you're interested in a few of the games it already has; and accept that it's going to see nothing in the way of serious support even from Nintendo going forwards.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Going from Queensland to where I am now in Sydney (Roselands/Canterbury) was quite a trip.
My girlfriend managed to get a fairly decent job ($21 an hour - $14 after tax) here so it looks like we'll be here for a while. I'll try to make it to the Melbourne meetup though.
And why can't you Australian motherfuckers just pick one transportation smart card to use for the entire country and stick with it? I've got a Go Card and Opal card now. Will I need another one when I go to Melbourne? Am I playing a funky game of Pokemon here where I gotta catch em all?
My girlfriend managed to get a fairly decent job ($21 an hour - $14 after tax) here so it looks like we'll be here for a while. I'll try to make it to the Melbourne meetup though.
And why can't you Australian motherfuckers just pick one transportation smart card to use for the entire country and stick with it? I've got a Go Card and Opal card now. Will I need another one when I go to Melbourne? Am I playing a funky game of Pokemon here where I gotta catch em all?
Save your money.
Lucian Cat
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1vs2 yes/no. I'll sleep on it haha. I'm interested in quite a few games plus the new Zelda whenever that comes out. Definitely will get one at some stage at least.
I don't even have a transportation card for Adelaide yet I have one for Melbourne. Stupid myki. I wonder if it still has credit...
Edit: yup $14 I'll probably never use
I don't even have a transportation card for Adelaide yet I have one for Melbourne. Stupid myki. I wonder if it still has credit...
Edit: yup $14 I'll probably never use
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Is there any cinema in Melbourne NOT showing Star Wars in 3D? FFS.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Not like the oyster works in Scotland. What's the complaint
My town didn't have a train line until last month. One step at a time.
Yeah now that I have the no-ad sub to Hulu+ my TV is complete. Pretty handy being able to take it around the world with me so I can keep up with my shows too - had to fire up the Getflix VPN for the first time to use it in the hotel too.
Sitting in the shuttle bus on my way to cbd then train to work ;_;
Then after work I have to train out to my mates to get my cat then taxi home with the cat. And he doesn't get home from work til like 6pm+ so it's going to be a long day.
Wait, so you just landed today and you're already going back to work?
Wii U is pretty, pretty great. What's the story with eBay vouchers?
I've played that game before. It's not a very fun game.
Buy. Personally I wouldn't consider the future Zelda a 100% lock, but the current library is so good. I don't have anything to add on top of what Clive has already said about it.
ClivePwned
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I personally don't think Wii U will see its own new Zelda game.
I think we'll see NX next Christmas, would would be 4 years for Wii U- which seems to be the bare minimum time between launches to not burn your playerbase.
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