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[CyanideFuse]

Random thoughts on this generation:

Azimuth screw...

Kempston joysticks

180 minute cassettes full of many, many games (I am in no way admitting to school yard piracy)

10 print "Wanker" (or any other word that an 8 year old felt big for saying)
20 goto 10

I would love to play Midnight Resistance again.

 

[Hystzen]

I might check it out. I'd always assumed it was a JRPG or Dragon Age type thing.

It's a RPG made my people who make Devil May Cry (real one not western reboot) it even uses animations from DMC4 for fighter class. The scalable monsters such fun I once lost a person in my company because he climbed up a cyclops then started to stab its eye which caused it howl in pain and stumble back over a cliff. My bro went over still stabbing it in the face and saving my life as I was about be killed by the beast.

 

[TommyTosser]

It's quite easy, I've just been using boots and shoes.

Sounds like a sequel to...

I only own trainers, suppose i should be thankful i can wear what i want in work.

 

[FindingGreedo]

You were lucky! We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

Luxury! I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah."

 

[show me your skeleton]

i hope microsoft announce a sequel to hit c64 game flimbo's quest this e3.

 

[CyanideFuse]

i hope microsoft announce a sequel to hit c64 game flimbo's quest this e3.

How could I forget that game? I had that on a 4-game cartridge pack: Flimbo's Quest, Fiendish Freddy, Klax and a football game (I think). I can still remember the title music to Flimbo to this day.

And to go with my avatar: Creatures 2. It took a lot of fiddling to load but it was worth it.

 

[sploatee]

i hope microsoft announce a sequel to hit c64 game flimbo's quest this e3.

Flimbo's Quest?! Psch.

Last Ninja 4 is where it's at.

Also, yay for Midnight Resistance. We had that on the Amiga and it only worked one out 50 times.

When I heard there was a modern game called Myth I was so disappointed it wasn't the c64 one!

Ok Dragons dogma sounds interesting.

 

[The_Poet]

Luxury! I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing "Hallelujah."

You try and tell young people that today, they'll never believe you

 

[Screaming Meat]

i remember buying c64 games in boots. BOOTS of all places. each one cost me £3.99, which was a few weeks worth of hard pocket money graft.

every game was shit too.

I got 007: Licence to Kill at Boots for £12.99 (it was more than one game, as I recall) as a present for doing well at school. When the report actually came home, my Dad didn't quite understand the scoring system and thought I lied to him, so he beat the shit out of me for wasting his money. Fun times.

Games were mostly £8.99 before Mastertronic started selling them out of newsagents for 2 quid.

Good ol' Action Biker.

WHAT?!?!

I wear shoes so that my feet don't get cut up and clothes so that I don't get arrested.

 

[8bit]

I might check it out. I'd always assumed it was a JRPG or Dragon Age type thing.

Glad you liked that track!



Dude go to Stitches! It's a Manchester institution. They are amazing.

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Loving this c64 chat! I remember my dad taking Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom back to the shop on the principle that you shouldn't have to reload side B every time you died. Eat that, #PS4NoDRM!

That's probably because the US generally developed games with disk drives in mind but when they were released in the UK they had to be refitted to work on cassette as it was the format of choice for most.

 

[The_Poet]

i hope microsoft announce a sequel to hit c64 game flimbo's quest this e3.

I'm hoping for Impossible Creatures 2, games need more Whalephants, Tiger-horses and Lobster-baboons

 

[show me your skeleton]

How could I forget that game? I had that on a 4-game cartridge pack: Flimbo's Quest, Fiendish Freddy, Klax and a football game (I think). I can still remember the title music to Flimbo to this day.

And to go with my avatar: Creatures 2. It took a lot of fiddling to load but it was worth it.

I HAD THAT CARTRIDGE.
it was the future. instant loading. no death-wail and acid trip visuals. no 'oh the tape is buggered'. pure gaming bliss.


except for the fact that every game was shit.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Ok Dragons dogma sounds interesting.

The End Game stuff is meant to be bollock hard. I'm not there yet, but I think Jimbor knows about that stuff, as I recall.

EDIT: Make sure you get Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. It's got all the shizzle.

 

[SteveWD40]

If any game needed a decent PC port it's Dragons Dogma.

 

[Son Of D]

If any game needed a decent PC port it's Dragons Dogma.

I'm still surprised that such a game didn't get a PC release. Unless they plan to do a PS4/XB1/PC remaster of Dark Arisen I doubt it'll ever happen.

 

[Screaming Meat]

I'm still surprised that such a game didn't get a PC release. Unless they plan to do a PS4/XB1/PC remaster of Dark Arisen I doubt it'll ever happen.

I heard it didn't sell enough for Capcom. I could be wrong though.

 

[Hystzen]

The End Game stuff is meant to be bollock hard. I'm not there yet, but I think Jimbor knows about that stuff, as I recall.

EDIT: Make sure you get Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. It's got all the shizzle.

Endgame changes the world plus Dark Arisen has the new dungeon which harder still

 

[Musha_Soturi]

Trainers? I have 4 pairs of converse, 2 pairs of DCs, 1 pair of Vans, 1 pair of Adidas, and 1 pair of unnamed cheapo trainers. That's on top of 2 pairs of sandals, 6 pairs of flats, 1 pair of ankle boots, 5 pairs of boots, and 11 pairs of heels.

 

[8bit]

I have one pair of Docs and I usually wear them until they've got holes in them.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Trainers? I have 4 pairs of converse, 2 pairs of DCs, 1 pair of Vans, 1 pair of Adidas, and 1 pair of unnamed cheapo trainers. That's on top of 2 pairs of sandals, 6 pairs of flats, 1 pair of ankle boots, 5 pairs of boots, and 11 pairs of heels.

Yes Musha! Trainers are love, trainers are life.

Your pink All-Stars are mint. I want a pair of the pure white ones but they're hard to find.

 

[sploatee]

Lots of heels that I never wear.

Some D and G fur trainers that I have worn to death. I did not know they were real fur until much much later (naive).

A few pairs of flats.

No other trainers. 😄

I did have a pair of knee high DMs but for some reason I thought I should bin them. I don't often think these things through.

I think Mush definitely wins the shoe wars though! My problem is I buy heels that look pretty and then never ever wear them.

 

[jimbor]

One pair of work boots
One pair of shoes
One pair of converse
One pair of running shoes
One pair of hiking boots

I think even that's too much.

 

[Reknoc]

I have 2 pairs of converse (regular and some leather ones for the winter) and a pair of shoes on the off chance I need them.

 

[CyanideFuse]

The trainers I wear on my cross trainer are 14 years old and still going strong. They have 'new' laces but that is all.

 

[Qasiel]

1 pair of DVS (everyday skate shoes)
1 pair of DCs (going out skate shoes)
1 pair of smart shoes
1 pair of steel-toe shoes for work
1 pair of walking boots (for Geocaching)
2 pairs of boots
1 pair of New Rocks, for when the mood takes me.

That's actually a lot more shoes than I thought I owned...

 

[Hystzen]

1 vans half cabs
1 vans high tops
1 Osiris high tops
1 work shoes
1 boots for shit weather

 

[Screaming Meat]

It's like Sex in the City in here.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Speaking of trainers, this is pretty cool. You can customise your own pair of Nike Blazer Mid Cuts:

NIKE iD

Not sure if they offer this in the UK, but I guess you could get them imported.

 

[jimbor]

Speaking of trainers, this is pretty cool. You can customise your own pair of Nike Blazer Mid Cuts:

NIKE iD



Not sure if they offer this in the UK, but I guess you could get them imported.

Does it let you incinerate then after?

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Think I understand the kentpaul MKat hype now

 

[jimbor]

Think I understand the kentpaul MKat hype now

Mkat us good for the first few times but after that it's not worth the next day or the alleged long term fucking up of your heart.

It's a poor man's mdma and should be treated as such.

 

[dapperbandit]

Tried it a few times, fun at first.

Then the whole "Christ I've been up for over 24 hours, tired but can't sleep" thing kicks in, not to mention making it difficult to piss, also random things like not being able to feel your little finger for two days afterwards. Dented my confidence in legal highs.

 

[jimbor]

Tried it a few times, fun at first.

Then the whole "Christ I've been up for over 24 hours, tired but can't sleep" thing kicks in, not to mention making it difficult to piss, also random things like not being able to feel your little finger for two days afterwards. Dented my confidence in legal highs.

The illegal ones are tried and tested.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

lol been up nearly 60 hours and only had about 6 hours sleep tops spread through that

Not tired

edit: trying to figure out actually. Woke up about 9 on saturday

 

[Chinner]

lol been up nearly 60 hours and only had about 6 hours sleep tops spread through that

Not tired

edit: trying to figure out actually. Woke up about 9 on saturday

how much cocaine or hentai have you watched?

 

[CHEEZMO™]

none of the latter (yet)

 

[Screaming Meat]

My nose didn't get on with Chairman Meow after a while. It's like razor blades. Much prefer a bit of Clarky Cat, some Jessop Jessop Jessop, and nice relaxing ecstacy pipe.

 

[Chinner]

cheezmo tell us when you double some some pills and tell us the journey go on as systems are broken down and you unite with your fellow person.

 

[Screaming Meat]

You're talking about sex, right? Dirty, political sex?

 

[Mikeside]

My nose didn't get on with Chairman Meow after a while. It's like razor blades. Much prefer a bit of Clarky Cat, some Jessop Jessop Jessop, and nice relaxing ecstacy pipe.

Just don't do cake, it's a fucking disgrace.

 

[jimbor]

Just don't do cake, it's a fucking disgrace.

You're talking nonce sense

 

[Screaming Meat]

Just don't do cake, it's a fucking disgrace.

But it almost sounds like fun...

...unless you're the Prague schoolboy who walked out into the street straight in front of a tram. He thought he'd got a month to cross the road.

 

[War Peaceman]

Never played The Last of Us (will eventually since I have a PS4) but your criticisms are mirrored in this fantastic Matthewmatosis critique. I gif'ed the AI not being bothered with NPCs from there, which looks hilarious. I get the reasoning that you don't want to be on the whims of NPCs acting stupid and getting you alerted but disappointing considering how much they hyped for revolutionary AI.

Thanks for linking that. I just finished the game and had a watch. It's pretty on-point for most of its critiques. It is very telling that the best parts of the game are you on your own.

Still, good game. Fantastic ending. It is somewhat of an indictment however, that the first half of the game is done largely better in Half Life 2, released 10 years ago and still nobody has done escorting as well as Leon/Ashley. Still, I respect the ambition.

 

[Jackben]

The Prodigy are releasing a new album in March. Aw yiss.

 

[jimbor]

The Prodigy are releasing a new album in March. Aw yiss.

Pfft, they've not done a great album since jilted.

 

[Jackben]

Fat of the Land > *

Also thought Invaders Must Die was quite good considering how late in the life of the band it was released. The single just released isn't amazing but I also disliked Omen before listening to it on the album so we'll see what happens.

 

[jimbor]

Fat of the Land > *

Also thought Invaders Must Die was quite good considering how late in the life of the band it was released. The single just released isn't amazing but I also disliked Omen before listening to it on the album so we'll see what happens.

Fat of the land was for people frightened of liking dance music.

 

[Messofanego]

Just came back from seeing a comedian live for the very first time, and I'm glad it was Nish Kumar cause he objectively made my cheeks hurt from laughter. Extra points for great jokes about terrorists ruining for us south asians and relating to Charlie Hebdo. His hand had apparently got glassed yesterday and made some jokes about how silly a person on the NHS 111 phoneline was for asking how much blood came out, measured in mugs. I'm impressed with how quick some comedians can make jokes. He was great at being able to pick out comments made by the audience and come back to them like one dude on the front getting a bit angry about the bar being shut to our right. Or working off the "counting sheep" response by audience members to "what is said about how to sleep if you can't", bit of improv, and being able to bring in "milk and wank" into all of it. His racial stuff was much more self aware and on another level than most other asian comedians like his visit to Isle of Wight with Romesh and being told by a comedy producer to do "correct" racial comedy. I can see why Stewart Lee vouched for him. The show is about "Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity" so like stuff about not being able to back up opinions in the Internet age because we don't concentrate on one topic relating to that "Is Google making us stupid" article (he read it because he couldn't get sleep) with a genuinely unexpected and awesome ending.

Also, he had the same Casio old school watch as me so that's awesome!

Wish I could have gotten a pic of mine with his.

It's great and intimate in the Soho Theater basement, small venue with about 100 people and most comedians say that kind of venue is their favourite. I think we maintained eye contact for a long time Can't wait to see this set be recorded for hopefully a DVD. Up next, Friday at Leicester Sq Theater with Jerry Sadowitz :O

 

[show me your skeleton]

half-describing jokes doesn't work because none of us were there.

 

[Danj]

Now that Dave Cameron is planning on banning it, I guess I should get into WhatsApp.

Is there a BritGAF noob's guide on how to get set up with WhatsApp and how to join in with you guys?