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AusGAF 3.0 - Double the price, region locked and refused classification
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Box of Bunnies
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All the cool kids write for small indie sites like Aussie-Nintendo Vooks, anyway.
Wish I could say I read that first one as "giant-sized tits supplement", but I made that up after the fact. Probably would've driven up readership, though.
I have an issue of this and a couple of other C64 mags here. Not really sure where I got them from though given I was only like 5 when Zzap stopped, probably came with the last bunch of tapes I bought from a garage sale.
Gazunta said:This is the greatest video game magazine and any other answer is wrong.
Wish I could say I read that first one as "giant-sized tits supplement", but I made that up after the fact. Probably would've driven up readership, though.
I have an issue of this and a couple of other C64 mags here. Not really sure where I got them from though given I was only like 5 when Zzap stopped, probably came with the last bunch of tapes I bought from a garage sale.
ClivePwned
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Antic. best computer mag ever. There, I said it.
for the best computer of the
early 80's
early computer and videogames was pretty good (complete with free BASIC games to type out)
I remember reading an American console/ arcade game mag from the early 80's (pre- crash) that used to "screenshots" that were actually mockups by the art department (since there wasn't really any easier way to represent what was seen on screen
Also Gazunta and Serrels, Spectrum computers were released in Australia- they were sold and branded by Dick Smith. They were still shit.
for the best computer of the
late 70's
early computer and videogames was pretty good (complete with free BASIC games to type out)
I remember reading an American console/ arcade game mag from the early 80's (pre- crash) that used to "screenshots" that were actually mockups by the art department (since there wasn't really any easier way to represent what was seen on screen
Also Gazunta and Serrels, Spectrum computers were released in Australia- they were sold and branded by Dick Smith. They were still shit.
legend166 said:Where do you work now?
I think it's probably a mistake going into retail no matter what
I do PC repairs for IBM, HP, RTA and some other stuff. The money's good but these SLA's are ruining my life. I got drunk and stoned on friday night and then had to head to an RTA the next morning. I'm sick of it.
I do maintenance in the hunter region for all the JB's so I have some sort of familiarity with how they do business.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
I have a John Sands SEGA SC-3000. I presume it's the most obscure hardware I own, except perhaps for my Amiga CD32. Problem is, the only software I have for it is the BASIC cart.
reptilescorpio
Member
So turns out the Hospital here in Warrnambool is great! Came home from work to find the woman curled up on the couch in a painful migraine. Escalated to 5pm where she was whimpering on the floor like a dying lamb. Got the bro to watch the child and drove to the public hospital who put her straight into a bed and put her on an IV drip. By 8pm she decided she wanted to go home and seems fine now. Class act all round, fantastic staff. They were also dealing with a violent dementia patient, a girl my age who was going to be flown to Melbourne with spinal injuries and a pregnant woman who had been awake for 2 days. Puts everything into perspective.
The best thing you can do is take a job that will make you happy. None of this "make a shitload of money now and take it easy later" shit. If your job makes you unhappy then you should find a way to make it better or move on. My brother is going through a similar thing, just stuck in an IT job going nowhere but he isn't sure that changing jobs will have the same kind of return. Would love to see him take a risk and take a shot at his dreams. Would be much less depressing to be around, maybe then HE would be the one dragging me to places instead of the other way round.elektrixx said:
Kid across the road from me as a boy had a Game Gear. So huge for my tiny childish hands. Golden Axe was the bomb.Bernbaum said:
Hey! I wanted one! I was like 5 though. I couldn't afford even a Mega Drive.Gazunta said:
The latest stuff I've ordered from the UK (while not from Asia I know) have come much quicker than what I would normally expect.Rez said:
VOOK said:
I have to say I don't mind the Game Informer magazine. Like all Australian adaptations regardless of whos funding it, theres going to be a large ammount of content from the over seas version, but you have to give credit where due- when they do, do local content its pretty good.
Edit: my OST also arived- but had a crack in the back of the case
Box of Bunnies
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Gazunta said:
Cool.
I don't remember exactly how much I paid for it, but I'm sure it wasn't a whole lot (maybe twenty bucks, max?) I grabbed it because it was an old computer and SEGA, so it matched two of my interests. The system is in fairly good nick, has a tape deck in similar condition and the packaging is slightly roughed but in mostly presentable condition (no box for the tape deck, unfortunately).
Garage sales can be a whole lot of nothing a lot of the time, but they're worth it when you make the occasional good score.
Yeah, I figured as much. I was interested in it mostly as a personal curiosity, given that I grew up with C64 and Amiga computers. A CD-based, Amiga-branded console? I was gonna grab that for myself even if it was nothing but naff.
ClivePwned
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Box of Bunnies said:
In 1984, i would have killed to have had one of those to play Yamato. That was one of my favourite arcade games back in the day. yes, back in the day.
reptilescorpio
Member
Ugh. 11pm already? Damn I wanna stay up longer! Really want to play some Stacking before I go all out and buy Costume Quest.
Also this is the Post Of The Millennium.
Also this is the Post Of The Millennium.
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Yes.commanderdeek said:
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
hamchan said:
Yes, but you should get someone in the US to gift you a copy, incase the whole LV thing sticks.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Huzzah for the Xenoblades! Play-Asia shipped out my copy of El Shaddai yesterday. Cant wait for that one.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Good to hear!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Bernbaum said:
Japan apparently loved it, Monolith Soft has a good pedigree.
From what I've seen/demoed it appears to a be a huge game gameworld with 100+ hours of questing and monster battling, with lots of accessibility features that erase many of the flaws in other JRPGs, and manages to keep the story, characters and plot interesting without falling back on stereotypical JRPG tropes.
Essentially its supposed to be a very good game.
reptilescorpio
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Reviews have been excellent. And it is a jRPG with good reviews. Been a long generation without many AAA jRPG's. Plenty of quirky ones like Nier and Resonance of Fate but I am really looking forward to an old style experience like what I played as a kid. Basically I want to wallow in my memories of playing FFVII.Bernbaum said:
reptilescorpio
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midonnay said:
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
legend166 said:
I hear that, only I seem to still have a stomach bug that I caught on Friday night.
codswallop
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This discussion is relevant to my current interests.reptilescorpio said:
I have a pretty cushy middle management job where I'm paid a decent wage and have it pretty easy most of the time. Problem is, there's nowhere for me to move (not that I'm particularly ambitious) and I've been here long enough to be eligible for long service leave.
On Friday I have an interview for a job which would be considered more junior, but pays better and is possibly more exciting, but will likely be a hell of a lot busier meaning I can't just look at GAF for half the day.
Stupid life being difficult. #firstworldproblems
pieatorium
Member
worst job evercodswallop said:
All the best with that. I had a >$100k job where I spent the majority of my time browsing GAF and playing PSP which I left for a lower paying (yet intellectually more rewarding) job where I actually had to do stuff and I regret nothing. You'll get over it, and you can catch up on GAF in a train trip on the spiffy iPad/smartphone you bought yourself as a parting gift from when you quit your high-paying job.codswallop said:
The answer to the question "Should I take this job I'm not sure about over the job I know I hate?" is to always go for the plunge.reptilescorpio said:
Sutton Dagger
Member
So the 2012 Global Atheist convention in Melbourne next year looks like it's going to be a big one, Dawkins/Dennet/Harris/Hitchens are all scheduled to attend. I'm thinking I might try and fly there and go, I have always wanted to hear Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens in particular give a lecture.
codswallop
Member
Yeah, I'm thinking if it seems more rewarding like I'm imagining, it's probably the better option. Screw this "is it best for my CV" type thinking.Bernbaum said:
Edit: The big problem I've got is that I've been in the same job for so long that moving anywhere is a scary proposition. The benefit is that I'll probably keep the long service leave (gotta love education/public service for that).