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  Topic: Grad school makes it hard to play videogames
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 2
Views: 11476

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:32 am   Subject: Grad school makes it hard to play videogames
I decided to forgo Grad school for now and looked for a real job so I can start building experience and some wealth in case the economy takes a shit again. Needless to say with this being my first rea ...
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:57 pm   Subject: SuperWes
Hey Wes, you guys still working on TGQ or is it on hold now while you explore the possibilities of a new format? Btw, I'm heading back to Japan and will be living in Tokyo come this spring. I'd love t ...
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:27 am   Subject: SuperWes
Yo, saw [url=http://kotaku.com/5209380/baby-pulls-off-zangiefs-double-german-suplex?autoplay=true]THIS and thought of you for some reason today. I'm wondering once you have your kid how soon you'll te ...
  Topic: The Backloggery.com
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 14
Views: 29252

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:46 pm   Subject: The Backloggery.com
Oh yeah, I remember that list. It's a library unprecedented in the history of gamerology Razz How many games have you never beaten now?
  Topic: The Backloggery.com
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 14
Views: 29252

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:40 pm   Subject: The Backloggery.com
Oooohhh, 300? Good luck with those. I keep on buying games myself, so I need to get cracking on beating some of those games!
  Topic: The Backloggery.com
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 14
Views: 29252

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:07 pm   Subject: The Backloggery.com
*bumps to see if I can get some more friends on Backloggery . . .*
  Topic: The Backloggery.com
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 14
Views: 29252

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:30 pm   Subject: The Backloggery.com
I guess if you don't have anything like this already, then this website is for you.
  Topic: The Backloggery.com
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 14
Views: 29252

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:40 am   Subject: The Backloggery.com
[url=www.backloggery.com]This is a website I use to keep track of all the games I've played, beaten, own, and are now playing. I guess it's nothing that's totally necessary to have, but I find it inte ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971585

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:59 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Anybody heard of www.backloggery.com website? You can post all the games you've played, beaten, are playing . . . just a thought since this thread is 82 pages long now. I'd be interested to see some p ...
  Topic: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 40
Views: 81467

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:39 pm   Subject: Mother 3 excitement thread / General MOTHER discussion
I have a feeling I should have picked up the Mother 1+2 games in Akihabara for the GBA for 999 yen when I had the chance Sad. Maybe they'll have it when I go back!
  Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 953
Views: 674246

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:28 pm   Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIed0kUh57w] Donkey Kong 2 Gangsta Rap that gave me a little chuckle.
  Topic: I've been burgled.
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 15
Views: 22366

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:19 am   Subject: I've been burgled.
Time to start up a neighborhood watch!
  Topic: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 27
Views: 23102

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:25 pm   Subject: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods?
Hey James, remember that GIANT Gundam cockpit game we saw at that one arcade? They need those here too.
  Topic: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 27
Views: 23102

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:12 pm   Subject: Arcade Gaming: Is it dead in your neck of the woods?
I've been seeing this topic appear a lot more recently in the last few months at gaming websites like kotaku.com, and I know that around where I live in Indiana, gaming at arcades is pretty much all b ...
  Topic: What to do with old Issues of the Gamer's Quarter . . .
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 7
Views: 8021

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:45 pm   Subject: What to do with old Issues of the Gamer's Quarter . . .
Or any other game magazine out there. If you're like me, you probably still have old GamePros, Nintendo Powers, and who else knows what laying around your house somewhere. Personally, I have at least ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:36 pm   Subject: Going to Japan
I think if we send everybody a bottle of the Slime Lube, all the parties involved will be happy and satisfied.
  Topic: Is the Wii just a fad?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 16
Views: 16020

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:50 pm   Subject: Is the Wii just a fad?
Continuing the discussion on fads, I've noticed something in the 3 years I've been gone. For example, DDR was probably at the height of it's popularity when I left in 2005 (or a little before that), a ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:38 pm   Subject: Going to Japan
I don't know if you've seen any Japanese "naughty" movies, but they use lube a little differently over there. Usually it's just poured onto the girl until it coats her entire body and then the fun com ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:35 am   Subject: Going to Japan
Hahaha, those pictures ended up turning out pretty good! And we also saw a Pokemon train on the JR Yamanote line! They were doing some type of stamp contest for kids at all the different stations. If ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:24 am   Subject: Going to Japan
Heh, James, you should tell them about that other shop in we saw in Akihabara and show pictures of the shop I sent you. You got them right? Glad you made it back to Korea just fine!
  Topic: DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE BASED IN OSAKA?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 21
Views: 18994

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:57 pm   Subject: DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE BASED IN OSAKA?
Japan is a cash based economy. You can only use your credit card at big name places (department stores, upper level restaurants, chain stores like uniqlo, etc.), and cash cards . . . well they haven't ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:54 pm   Subject: Going to Japan
I'll be in Tokyo from Friday until Sunday if you are going to be there this weekend and need a tour guide. I don't know everywhere, but I've been to some places a lot.
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:11 pm   Subject: Going to Japan
Yeah, gotta have some Okonomiyaki, takoyaki, and yakisoba in Osaka as well!
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:32 am   Subject: Going to Japan
Found out that all Ghibli Tickets were sold out for the Museum until August 12th. PISSED off I can't visit before I leave Japan Sad. If you really want to go, stop by a Lawson as SOON as you arrive and ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:53 am   Subject: Going to Japan
Last time I went to Den Den town in Osaka (two years ago), it was pretty sad. Not as how I remembered it back in 2002. There are still some interesting things of note in Akihabara. Lots of video game ...
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:29 pm   Subject: Going to Japan
Ohh, tell me more about the 8 bit Cafe! I want to visit it!
  Topic: Going to Japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 68
Views: 59112

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:26 am   Subject: Re: Going to Japan
That's right! My holiday is coming up and as Japan is just a hop, skip, and a jump away, and I know a few people I can stay with, I guess it seems silly not to do it.

Here is my list of things I ...
  Topic: an Apple a day
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 51
Views: 38310

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:40 pm   Subject: an Apple a day

I guess you don't speak British either!

Indeed, most Americans don't. Know a few words though . . . but my Japanese is better than my British.
  Topic: an Apple a day
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 51
Views: 38310

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:35 pm   Subject: an Apple a day
You could put a PRINCE CD next to it, then you could call it "Mac n' Tosh"!

I don't get it. Then again, I don't listen to Prince.
  Topic: heading to japan
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 9
Views: 9751

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:33 pm   Subject: heading to japan
Looks like you had a postively AWESOME time! I'm going home in about 3 weeks and have had an awesome 3 years in Japan. Can't wait to get back to the USA though.
  Topic: an Apple a day
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 51
Views: 38310

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:56 am   Subject: an Apple a day
I own two Macs. A small Mac and a Big Mac.
  Topic: Is the Wii just a fad?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 16
Views: 16020

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:01 pm   Subject: Is the Wii just a fad?
I just read another interesting thought about Nintendo last night. They are saying where in the past Nintendo has been focused on making profit through games, with the Wii they are seeking to do it th ...
  Topic: Is the Wii just a fad?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 16
Views: 16020

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:35 pm   Subject: Is the Wii just a fad?
I think it's funny that he is saying the Wii is like a gateway "drug" that will lead to more serious "drugs" in the future ^_^.

I wonder how the two types of people who own the system can be compa ...
  Topic: Is the Wii just a fad?
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 16
Views: 16020

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:21 pm   Subject: Is the Wii just a fad?
After reading [url=http://kotaku.com/5022228/greenberg-the-wii-total-fad]THIS over at Kotaku and also looking at the information about the [url=http://kotaku.com/5022132/64-percent-of-those-polled-gav ...
  Topic: Silent Hill Origins got ported to the PS2
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 12
Views: 12177

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:43 am   Subject: Silent Hill Origins got ported to the PS2
Yeah. I actually enjoyed SH3 a lot more than 4 . . . thought neither are as good as the first two.
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:14 am   Subject: SuperWes
Hey Wes, what are your thoughts on the new Street Fighter 4 coming out in Japanese arcades July 18th? I think I might try it out.
  Topic: Recommend to me, for PSP
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 11
Views: 11836

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:11 am   Subject: Recommend to me, for PSP
I want to get that FF Dissidia when it comes out. Heard Crisis Core is good too.
  Topic: Silent Hill Origins got ported to the PS2
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 12
Views: 12177

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:09 am   Subject: Silent Hill Origins got ported to the PS2
It's actually worse than SH4? Hmmm . . .
  Topic: Japan, you are not America
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 96
Views: 69932

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:15 am   Subject: Japan, you are not America
Talked to my buddy who works at Capcom in Tokyo this weekend, and he was at a total loss as to why Monster Hunter 2 was such a popular game. He said it was an incredibly shallow game and the only reas ...
  Topic: Secret of Evermore is uh...
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 24
Views: 24865

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:11 am   Subject: Secret of Evermore is uh...
I absolutely loved this game. It really grew on me back in the day after I had played SoM to death, and I've played through this game countless times. The Alchemy system rocked, the different worlds w ...
  Topic: Japan, you are not America
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 96
Views: 69932

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:11 am   Subject: Japan, you are not America
stuff
Did you even read the post? First of all, FFVII is the 4th game on the list, so yes it is on there. Second of all, it's not the Pokemon, Marios, Dragon Quests and Final Fantasys that are surpri ...
  Topic: Japan, you are not America
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 96
Views: 69932

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:02 am   Subject: Japan, you are not America
That list seems perfect considering the type of people who read and reply to those types of things. I think the Otaku culture here is WAY more hardcore than back in the USA for example, and whereas mo ...
  Topic: Earthbound fans are so damn cool
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 45
Views: 37653

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:01 am   Subject: Earthbound fans are so damn cool
hey russian riot swat officers look like the pig mask guys in mother 3



http://englishrussia.com/images/georgia_swat/6.jpg



Is that a Metal Gear type walking tank in that alley? Looks like ...
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:57 am   Subject: SuperWes
I read Kafka on the Shore a couple months ago and like it a lot. HOWEVER, Murakmi's Norwegian Wood is even better than KOTS in my opinion. You should check that book out too. Not the same type of book ...
  Topic: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have friend codes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 11
Views: 13260

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:13 am   Subject: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have friend codes
*bumps to see if anybody would like some pokemon*

I got up to 487 now.
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:06 am   Subject: SuperWes
Yo! Long time no see Wes. I'll be heading back to the USA in no time now! But until then, I'm still gaming over here in Japan. I recently bought 太鼓の達人DS (not sure i ...
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:50 am   Subject: SuperWes
There are no more cutscenes than there were in the first Kingdom Hearts game. The reason they do that is to give everybody facetime so that you can say so and so Disney character is in there, along wi ...
  Topic: SuperWes
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 199
Views: 295562

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:15 am   Subject: SuperWes
I'm currently playing LOZ: Phantom Hourglass and Kingdom Hearts 2 in my spare time . . . btw Wes, what games did you get/buy during the holidays this year?
  Topic: The Castlevania movie
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 8
Views: 8148

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:08 pm   Subject: The Castlevania movie
Perhaps the new title will be "Castlevania: Stake the Heart" after the strike? Rolling Eyes
  Topic: The Castlevania movie
Ryan - SuperWes' Bane

Replies: 8
Views: 8148

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:30 am   Subject: The Castlevania movie
Did you know about [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488982/]this?

Haha, wonder what's going to happen to it now with the writers strike and all. I find it funny who they gave the directing job to. ...
 
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