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Topic: A New TGQ |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:50 am Subject: A New TGQ |
What Mr. Mechanical said. "Just delete it," I told myself in darker hours. "Or move it into your 'Infrequent Updates' folder, at the very least." I wound up not doing either, and I'm glad, because I'd ... |
Topic: A New TGQ |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:04 am Subject: A New TGQ |
I've kept TGQ on my favorites list against exactly this sort of eventuality. |
Topic: Metroidvania Game List |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:14 am Subject: Metroidvania Game List |
The plan was to hope everyone in those old threads had email notifications turned on so they would all get emails and come back here. Didn't quite pan out, though.
People actually do this? |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:04 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
All of a sudden I've been just playing the hell out of Little Big Planet and Spore. Both games were kind of over-hyped, both focused on custom content as the major selling point*, and both vanished fr ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:47 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I tried the very beginning but never got very far. Need to give it another go. |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:46 pm Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
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Topic: Junk Link thread |
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:44 pm Subject: Junk Link thread |
I guess it's pronounced the same? Whole thing's stupid. I spent far too much time trying to make a joke about going the Mass Effect route by changing to "SaFo" and alternating their current lineup w ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:30 pm Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
So hey, what are the "must play' stories?
From Saltwater Breachtoday. With areas by LegatoB, Herr Toups, dessgeega, OGC, Boojiboy7, Zaratustra, SuperWes, Skelethulu, The New Ska, and myself. |
Topic: Level of the Year |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:53 pm Subject: Level of the Year |
I really enjoyed the Magician's Palace and Killdozer levels in the campaign world of Little Big Planet. |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:35 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
We're doing NXE, huh? Well, okay:
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/JALove/avatar-body.png
This is pretty accurate!
Been playing Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. This game compares favor ... |
Topic: a thread for the sacks |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:14 am Subject: a thread for the sacks |
Really? I haven't hit a single one of those yet; so far, I've mainly been running into Shadow of the Colossus knock-offs. Ran into an interesting "Olympia" level that would have been incredible for ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:54 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
Is there a decent tutorial for the editor anywhere? It seems needlessly cumbersome.
[url=http://www.thaiwonders.com/design/images/stories/services/KS_Editor_Tut_v110.pdf]This is a PDF. It's pretty ... |
Topic: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:36 pm Subject: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion |
Is it conceivable to play Mother 3 without having played Earthbound or any other prior games in the series?
With school, I don't have tons of time but with all of the hype around Mother 3's transla ... |
Topic: exclusively yours! |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:47 pm Subject: exclusively yours! |
Xboxified? How badly?
Sucks about the drive issues. That kind of thing is why I'll most likely be getting this on a console, ironically enough. |
Topic: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:58 am Subject: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion |
I noticed my saved games were preserved, albeit with gibberish character names. Kind of disconcerting to jump in to the end of Chapter 7 and be assaulted by English Text on all sides with no appropri ... |
Topic: So Ico's finally having some influence |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:48 am Subject: So Ico's finally having some influence |
The POP: Sands of Time team have admitted to being heavily inspired by Ico, which means both of the following games are also derivative. Likewise Uncharted, and also (I would argue, though perhaps to ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:35 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
I'm trying to organize another collaborative Knytt Stories level [url=http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=16213]over on Select Button. Sign up today! |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:13 pm Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
My interpretation is below. Since I'm assuming Gur zvar, gur pbzcyrk, naq gur fgnghrf fhttrfg n inavfurq pvivyvmngvba. Whav vf gur bayl navzngr yvsr va guvf ivfvba bs gur jbeyq, naq gur nccrnenapr b ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:11 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
I like this second-best of all the stories you've done.
you say that about all my stories.
It might seem that way! (The order of preference today: Under The Crack followed by Fossil, and then t ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:46 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
That seems about right!
I played Fossil--this is pretty great! But I think my appreciation for it was dulled somewhat by my forgetting that you have to stand on that kind of button for a couple se ... |
Topic: i like to watch. (replay movie thread) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:31 am Subject: i like to watch. (replay movie thread) |
homemade?
The web 2.0 version of [url=http://www.disasterlabs.com/comics/chicanery/pages/comic.php?page=137]sprite comics. |
Topic: Share your Banners here! |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:01 pm Subject: Share your Banners here! |
I really hope somebody makes a plug-in for Google Chrome that hotlinks the banner identifier again. |
Topic: Text adventures |
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Forum: Nickel and Dime Game Design Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:13 pm Subject: Text adventures |
I'm pretty sure you can still use the old LISP like syntax with Inform. If worse comes to worst you could track down Inform 6. It's plenty solid.
It's worth noting that Inform 7 still contains th ... |
Topic: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods? |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:20 am Subject: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods? |
You mean like a real-life Nethack?
Oh God. Wouldn't that be amazing? Why hasn't some MIT nerd come up with this yet?
[url=http://eblong.com/zarf/capture-flag-rules.html]It's not QUITE the same, ... |
Topic: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods? |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:17 am Subject: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods? |
Hi, I'm Jason, representing Wichita, where We Don't Really Matter (Unless You're Affiliated With Aircraft Manufacturing). It's kind of a one-track city.
In 2004, I knew of only one dedicated arcad ... |
Topic: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:24 pm Subject: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
whoa, the playthisthing writeup of braid is precisely why I have to be a screaming maniac.
Yeah, I love playthisthing (anything that gives Emily Short another soapbox, really) but every time the99t ... |
Topic: Bangai-O Spirits Noise Thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:52 am Subject: Bangai-O Spirits Noise Thread |
Alright, I think I'm done with my first real level. It's stupidly hard because I'm not good at shooter design; I just plop enemies down wherever seems appropriate and if the result is unplayable, wel ... |
Topic: Bangai-O Spirits Noise Thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:04 pm Subject: Bangai-O Spirits Noise Thread |
Bounce-Break / Bounce-Break, actually. Once I really internalized the fact that Bounce shots have minor homing when they bounce near enemies, I pretty much used that as my main approach to every leve ... |
Topic: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:20 pm Subject: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
IW: I think it's impossible to not have liked at least some of the puzzles in Braid, though each time I've had someone defend the game it's been a process of diminishing returns "well you must", or " ... |
Topic: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:39 am Subject: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
I'm still trying to decide what I think of Braid. Let's work this from the top; spoilers abound.
The game looks good and animates beautifully. Many people have praised the visual design and artis ... |
Topic: Bangai-O Spirits Noise Thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:05 am Subject: Bangai-O Spirits Noise Thread |
Finally got this to work! Interesting map, Shaper. I... don't understand how you've modified enemy size as much as you have. I can get it to paste normal and 2x as large, but nothing else. Is that ... |
Topic: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:23 pm Subject: tucked away between the folds of time, safe (or: Braid) |
Very minor spoilers in this response to Worm.
Is the demo just the first available world? Because if so, yeah, that's easily the least interesting world in terms of concept. It's just a tradition ... |
Topic: love is a bullet, i am a gun. |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:28 am Subject: love is a bullet, i am a gun. |
Finally finished for the first time, and I'm pretty sure I got the good ending. 14,380 bucks. |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:31 am Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
I'm excited! |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:20 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
last night i communicated to other death players, through my corpses, that i am an asshole.
YOU were behind that? Fucking hell. I got to that level, threw myself at every hazard I could find, and ... |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:06 am Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
It's surprising, how many people that read select button who feel that it consists of themselves plus a single, mostly-homogenous mob.
I mean, if anything, this is the predominant schtick on the fo ... |
Topic: Recommend to me, for PSP |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:36 am Subject: Recommend to me, for PSP |
If you're the kind of person who loves tactics-style RPGs and doesn't mind a bizarre game convention or two, the Metal Gear AC!D games are pretty fun.
Lumines was a pleasant diversion for, like, an ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:06 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Minor Cave Story spoilers follow (only relevant to the discussion at hand).
You guys are getting your conditions crossed. Booster 2.0 is only necessary to get the "real" ending; you can save Cur ... |
Topic: I got so fucking SMASHed last night... |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:54 am Subject: I got so fucking SMASHed last night... |
Incredible. Take one character model with another character's moveset.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZDgjjDnWLM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmoY1RmoZFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuLHui ... |
Topic: an Apple a day |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:14 am Subject: an Apple a day |
My girlfriend's computer is a Mac.
As of today, it's a Mac with internet access.
My first action was to download [url=http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7/Inform%207.html]Inform 7. My second was to ... |
Topic: who says a lady can't slay a few monsters? (JILLOJUN) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:05 am Subject: who says a lady can't slay a few monsters? (JILLOJUN) |
What's "turtle"? |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:28 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
What are you talking about, I'm like the only person in this thread willing to offer criticism
I was about to object, but looking back at what I'd written originally, I guess it does come across on ... |
Topic: Let's make an Exquisite Corpse level in Knytt Stories. |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:31 pm Subject: Let's make an Exquisite Corpse level in Knytt Stories. |
What happened, Chris.
I'll send it on to you, Parkbench. |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:36 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
You see how the first three levels she made are far more satisfying from a narrative point of view, though, right?
No. I don't see any narrative difference between this and the oubliette. In both y ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:24 pm Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
I don't really see what you're saying, harveyjames. I mean, there isn't really any conflict in any of dess's levels. There's hostility, maybe, and EVERY level she's made contains the possibility of ... |
Topic: videogame school |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:01 am Subject: videogame school |
Since we're venting: there are trade schools and there are trade schools. One phrase, two connotations. A trade school is a place you can go to learn a trade, yes, but THE GUILDHALL AT SMU is not a ... |
Topic: WiiWare Yay or Nay? |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:05 am Subject: WiiWare Yay or Nay? |
Word from a friend is that My Life as King is not worth it unless you're willing to sell your soul and/or first-born child via micropayments. |
Topic: Earthbound fans are so damn cool |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:10 am Subject: Earthbound fans are so damn cool |
Is that a Metal Gear type walking tank in that alley? Looks like something out of War of the Worlds. Or maybe it's just a lightbulb thingy.
It's a strider from Half-Life 2. This was also posted in ... |
Topic: SuperWes |
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Forum: Staff Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:45 am Subject: SuperWes |
I also read Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and it was utterly fantastic. I don't read non-comics often - I think the last book I read was Harry Potter 7 - but man, oh man, did this one make me w ... |
Topic: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:33 am Subject: many more stories are yet to be written (knytt stories) |
WHY IS NO-ONE TALKING ABOUT DESSGEEGA'S LEVEL
(I still haven't played it)
Oh, hey. I thought this was a reference to the Oblivion mod.
The Lighthouse is clever. If you're familiar with the ... |
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