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[Shaneus]

Ha, me too. It was cheap and I should have been suspicious as to why!

Oh, I deliberately bought it because of the games that were on it... Actually, it must've only been a year after it came out, because I remember some mates bought me F355 Challenge for my birthday.

Man, that console was rad. First time firing up MSR = win.

My parents giving me an Atari Lynx probably made me cautious about buying hardware later in life. That thing was fucking dead, especially living in the middle of the bush.

I bought one of those during my "too much disposable income" phase, when I also bought a Saturn and a

a Gamecube until it was $50 brand new in 2006!

The Lynx was probably the most fun of all the handhelds I went through (I also bought a Game Gear w/ TV tuner solely for the TV tuner. It could pick up SBS *barely* well enough. Some imagination involved), mainly because of the bang-on arcade ports like Road Blasters. Then some cunt knocked it off from my car outside my parents' place (where I was living at the time). Fucking cunts.

 

[Yagharek]

(I also bought a Game Gear w/ TV tuner solely for the TV tuner. It could pick up SBS *barely* well enough. Some imagination involved), mainly because of the bang-on arcade ports like Road Blasters. Then some cunt knocked it off from my car outside my parents' place (where I was living at the time). Fucking cunts.

Jokes on them now that analog tv is no longer broadcast.

 

[Shaneus]

Jokes on them now that analog tv is no longer broadcast.

Oh, I was actually talking about the Lynx. No idea what happened to the GG... probably chucked it maybe. Or I still have it.

 

[Yagharek]

No, it was the game gear otherwise the joke doesnt work

 

[Dead Man]

No, it was the game gear otherwise the joke doesnt work

ROFL

Nah just will take a while for them to show off the new device properly. I can't justify a purchase at this point with the information I have.

If I want to play a game on my below HD TV I can play a console, if I want to play a sexy looking PC game at 1920x1080 with an IPS monitor that makes it look even MORE awesome then I have the PC.

I can see it being handy for people who wasted $4000 on an expensive TV and don't want to spend $300 on an awesome PC monitor.

The real drawing point will be if these functions can be leveraged by some exclusive games! Just playing regular Android mobile phone/tablet games won't really make it worthwhile. If the support is there it could turn into a nice little device to have around. I expect la bomba though.

Nice to see someone giving some cool tech a shot though! Especially without some propriety media bullshit! Means you have tons of stuff it will work with and not have to worry about people developing stuff to connect with it, once you get it into your possession of course.

Yeah, it still could be a pile of shit, and it is ugly as sin. But as you say, it is good to see some new ideas And the potential of the idea is huge.

 

[CryptiK]

Well my area is spamming me with texts that we will have Catastrophic Fire Dangers today and meant to reach a high of 43 Degrees

 

[Yagharek]

Machinarium is ace. Went and grabbed it on ps3 during the new year break and had my first decent go of it tonight.

Love the art style, and the puzzles are pretty interesting so far.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Our son, concern trolling his recent move to a hospital closer to home.

Thought I'd share.

 

[Planet_JASE]

Seriously, the best thing was getting a chip in that PS2 to play imports.

PS1 and PS2 Chips Ahoys club, here.

Oh, I deliberately bought it because of the games that were on it... Actually, it must've only been a year after it came out, because I remember some mates bought me F355 Challenge for my birthday.

Oh, so did I. I couldn't afford it full price, so when I saw it heavily discounted (along with every single game) I should have know something was up. I didn't really care when I found out that it was dead as the number and quality of games I had for it easily justified the purchase.

Our son, concern trolling his recent move to a hospital closer to home.

Thought I'd share.

daaaawwwwwwwwwwww.

 

[Omikron]

Great photo vks.

 

[evlcookie]

Persona 3 really was a great game.

Yea, I played it on PS2.

Yea, I enjoyed it!

 

[Rahk]

Persona 3 really was a great game.

Yea, I played it on PS2.

Yea, I enjoyed it!

What.

Where's cookie?

 

[hamchan]

Persona 3 really was a great game.

Yea, I played it on PS2.

Yea, I enjoyed it!

Of all the games Cookie could have liked, I did not expect a grind heavy JRPG to be one of them.

 

[evlcookie]

Of all the games Cookie could have liked, I did not expect a grind heavy JRPG to be one of them.

I used to love JRPGs back in the PS1/PS2 era of gaming. It was close to pretty much the only genre I played. Same goes with a few on the snes.

I haven't actually played a JRPG since then though. I think once I started playing and getting addicted to WoW, single player rpgs just weren't the same so I never bothered with them.

 

[reptilescorpio]

We had a handful of great jRPG's on 360/PS3 this generation but not as constant as on the PS2 sadly.

I play a lot more western ones than Japanese ones these days.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Rep, check PM please

 

[reptilescorpio]

Rep, check PM please

All good, just gotta play the waiting game now

 

[Jintor]

News seems pretty worried about NSW and fire.

In less cinder-related news, Pokemon Direct tonight. Sweet.

 

[markot]

We need some squirtles in Canberra stat!

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

All good, just gotta play the waiting game now

Sweet. Thanks mate.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

In less cinder-related news, Pokemon Direct tonight. Sweet.

Set for either massive news or massive disappointment. Massive disappoinews?

 

[jambo]

News seems pretty worried about NSW and fire.

In less cinder-related news, Pokemon Direct tonight. Sweet.

Around 20:00 for us, yeah?

 

[Jintor]

Hopefully they'll reveal that Platinum Games is making it, too!

 

[markot]

Hopefully they'll reveal that Platinum Games is making it, too!

Yea. And kojima can write the story! And Molyneux can do the Pr!

 

[reptilescorpio]

Yamaoka on the music!

 

[Jintor]

And Meguro! Soejima for designer!

 

[reptilescorpio]

Jesus on the catering!

 

[Jintor]

That guy only makes bread and fish. Wine if you're lucky.

 

[Fredescu]

That guy only makes bread and fish. Wine if you're lucky.

Cheap though.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Wine if you're lucky.

What more do you need?

 

[reptilescorpio]

Cheap though.

Exactly, we are on a budget here if you want to push in some anime cutscenes by Ghibli


I do wonder on the quality of the wine though. I hope it isn't shit and people have been romanticising it all these years.

 

[jambo]

Cheap though.

But then he'll go and disappear for 3 days.

 

[Deeku]

pokemons!

will buy, probably won't play

 

[bodyboarder]

pokemons!

will buy, probably won't play

Same. Haven't properly played a Pokemon game since the original ones, lost interest after that.

 

[markot]

The games don't innovate enough, also I hate caves and hm moves. Srsly, fuck you confusion casting zubats!

 

[jambo]

The games don't innovate enough, also I hate caves and hm moves. Srsly, fuck you confusion casting zubats!

"It hurt itself in its confusion."

 

[Yagharek]

We had a handful of great jRPG's on 360/PS3 this generation but not as constant as on the PS2 sadly.

I play a lot more western ones than Japanese ones these days.

Out January 24!

 

[reptilescorpio]

Out January 24!

Oh shit that came around quick! Feels like I have been waiting forever for this game. Still hope to pick up a magic book at some point, they look boss.

 

[markot]

Am i the only one perturbed by the increasing dominance of 'home brand' products in many stores?

 

[reptilescorpio]

Am i the only one perturbed by the increasing dominance of 'home brand' products in many stores?

Increasing?
Used to be bigger but now Supermarkets are running their own lines.

 

[Yagharek]

Yes. The only person in the entire world.

 

[Shaneus]

You guys are weird and like weird games.

 

[jambo]

http://www.facebook.com/PAXAUS

As a first happy announcement for 2013, due to the huge demand from you guys we’ve added an additional hall to the already huge area PAX Australia will be taking up in the Melbourne Showgrounds.

With more space we can also offer extra tickets for each of the days, which means yes – there are now more Saturday passes available, but no doubt not for long!

WE BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES!

GO GO GO!!!

 

[Fredescu]

Increasing?
Used to be bigger but now Supermarkets are running their own lines.

"Their own lines" = home brand.

 

[reptilescorpio]

"Their own lines" = home brand.

Rebranded, yes.

Yay for farmers!

:/

 

[roosters93]

Am i the only one perturbed by the increasing dominance of 'home brand' products in many stores?

My job at the moment is working on a factory line and putting stuff in boxes all day. Fun.

Anyway, the other day I was making woolworths home brand toilet cleaner. We finished that and started making coles home brand toilet cleaner. It was the exact same batch of product. Same liquid we just changed the labels.
That blew my mind.

 

[Fredescu]

Rebranded, yes.

Not sure what you mean, that's all home brands ever were.

Yay for farmers!

:/

Home brands don't inherently screw over farmers. Duopolies do.

 

[Jintor]

My job at the moment is working on a factory line and putting stuff in boxes all day. Fun.

Anyway, the other day I was making woolworths home brand toilet cleaner. We finished that and started making coles home brand toilet cleaner. It was the exact same batch of product. Same liquid we just changed the labels.
That blew my mind.

EXCLUSIVE

 

[senahorse]

Am i the only one perturbed by the increasing dominance of 'home brand' products in many stores?

We certainly are, we try to buy name brand where we can but sometimes (like garbage bags for instance) it's just not cost effective not to buy the store brand, which is basically shooting ourselves in the foot because the less "brand name" products the less reason for coles/woolies to discount their own lines. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. I would have thought (but obviously don't know enough in this area) that it is borderline monopolistic behaviour, or is that when they remove all the name brand stuff entirely?

 

[bodyboarder]

Big desk shuffle at work. Kept my desk, more importantly kept my view.