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  Topic: Stuff in Real Life that makes you think of Games
Toto

Replies: 35
Views: 25841

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:12 am   Subject: Stuff in Real Life that makes you think of Games
whenever i see the keeper get ripped in real life i am reminded of how badly i smash my friends at pro evo sometimes Smile
  Topic: X is Primarily a Western Conceit
Toto

Replies: 44
Views: 28162

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:49 am   Subject: X is Primarily a Western Conceit
They're rebels who like the comforts of statism, okay?

I will wear something that is a symbol for stuff!
Perhaps if the proceeds went somewhere other than some fatcats pocket.
  Topic: X is Primarily a Western Conceit
Toto

Replies: 44
Views: 28162

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:18 am   Subject: X is Primarily a Western Conceit

(this is secondary to the hilarious art kid with palestinian neckerchief thing, mind you, since that's just for our collective amusement.)

What's the deal with this, btw, TGQ? It's really popular ...
  Topic: Games, Drinking
Toto

Replies: 51
Views: 38547

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:01 am   Subject: Games, Drinking
Well, you'd be suprised I'm sitting there, playing Pro Evo, and chugging down whatever protein shake is at hand. A bit incogrous, but there you go!
I only ever drink alcohol when I'm out, because if ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Toto

Replies: 4229
Views: 2991978

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:58 am   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Fucking Thresher Maws piss me off. You can breathe in space, explore alien worlds etc. but there's no seismic activity detector to bloody find out if there's a giant worm underneath you. It's ridiculo ...
  Topic: attn: history buffs
Toto

Replies: 4
Views: 5897

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:45 am   Subject: attn: history buffs
i'd like to read more about the crusades, because it's a section of middle eastern history i'm completely in the dark about. any recommendations? i bought a book intended to be an "introduction" to th ...
  Topic: Dear TGQ: Why is pac-man gangsta?
Toto

Replies: 32
Views: 20504

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:10 am   Subject: Dear TGQ: Why is pac-man gangsta?
that's really cool though, i approve of this rather strange pop culture phenomenon. perhaps it is because pac-man is old skool?
  Topic: So no talk about the Creed?
Toto

Replies: 42
Views: 30218

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:33 pm   Subject: So no talk about the Creed?


Really, I don't understand how someone could be upset about their inclusion UNLESS they were obsessive compulsive and felt the need to find everything. It's super easy to just pretend they're not ...
  Topic: So no talk about the Creed?
Toto

Replies: 42
Views: 30218

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:51 pm   Subject: So no talk about the Creed?
I agree with everything said here, but I still take exception to the sheer amount of collectables in Assasins Creed. It reeks of a laziness that is just awful, because someone has thought to themselve ...
  Topic: The Relation Thread
Toto

Replies: 45
Views: 30086

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:34 pm   Subject: The Relation Thread
I'll start off by saying that I'm ridiculously close to my parents. I never really had anyone else around, as a child; my cousin left Australia for Holland when I was about 8. My Uncle lived with my m ...
  Topic: games with rainstorms
Toto

Replies: 54
Views: 42290

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:48 am   Subject: games with rainstorms
Final Fantasy 9
  Topic: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Toto

Replies: 25
Views: 20152

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:54 am   Subject: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Using Inter Milan:
Bring your WBs very close in, almost to the edge of the box, and bring them slightly behind the CBs (assuming the start formation to be a 4-4-2). Change them to CBs.
Then as soon ...
  Topic: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Toto

Replies: 25
Views: 20152

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:34 am   Subject: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Scratchmonkey I found an impenetrable defence with a team, and a tactic in PES.
Ask me how!
  Topic: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Toto

Replies: 25
Views: 20152

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:08 am   Subject: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Well OK I don't think I could handle this game then. I mean when my friend plays Man U in Pro Evo it's like fucking easy mode, imagine if the game was actually imbalanced!
I will stick to PES.
  Topic: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
Toto

Replies: 25
Views: 20152

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:56 am   Subject: Strikers Charged: The Discussioning
haha, Shaun Wright Phillips. I was going to buy this game based on SB/GQ feedback, so keep it coming!
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:44 pm   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto, did you ever get that Max Drive? If you didn't, I'm willing to mail you a PS2 memory card with the option file on it for freeeeeee. Let me know.

And I think what I might have been noticing wh ...
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:22 pm   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
That's good to know, thanks Dess. But I think I'll buy the smaller Max Drive. I've always wanted a Pro Evo exclusive Memory Card, and the Max Drive stores 2 full memory cards worth of stuff.
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:44 pm   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Are Memory Cards region free? If so that is an ace idea, and I'd rather pay a forumite than realgamer.com.au, which I don't really trust.
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:21 pm   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Nice.
Now I have to buy a Max Drive though. Damn Sad
Is there any way to do this without paying money? I don't think there is.
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:08 pm   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Some of those clubs are already in the game, like Juve, Olympiakos and some other names on the list.
That sounds great so far, but does it have:
real team logos?
club kits edited with logos?
real ...
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:43 am   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Yeah, in fact immediately after I posted, I went and tested your theory, and to some extent it is true. Let me elaborate.
I play usually on Regular, but I wanted to see if what you said was true, and ...
  Topic: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 16190

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:51 am   Subject: Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer
Region releases differ, I've found, after comparing the Australian and UK versions of this game, and I heartily, heartily advise you to pick up the UK version. My Australian version was quite finnicky ...
  Topic: where d'ya get yer gaming news?
Toto

Replies: 20
Views: 15417

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:33 pm   Subject: where d'ya get yer gaming news?
PALGN, Aussie-Nintendo, TGQ/SB.
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:28 am   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Scratchmonkey I've been playing Pro Evolution Socce 6 since last November. I am here for you buddy.
I scored a bicycle kick with David Villa the other day.
Also Scratchmonkey hook a brother up with ...
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:21 pm   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
If I find it for cheap, I will get it, just for you Shaper.
Guys I'm going to buy Pro Evoluton Soccer DS and post extensive commentary. If it's good, please buy it and play me online. Please. Especia ...
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:29 pm   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
I have Rocket Slime! It's pretty good, but it's getting worse.
I bought Trauma Center for 46 dollars.
eBay auction for Yoshi Touch and Go ends soon.
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:40 pm   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Thanks for the help guys. Now the difficult part is getting a copy of Phoenix Wright 1 for less than full price.
To eBay!

EDIT: Now the most important part of this threa: finding my DS charger.
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:05 am   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
I was pretty sold until "swap between". Stupid idiot Mario 64 DS makes you do that, and I do not appreciate it in the slightest.

EDIT: Bloody hell, the DS is going crazy. Diddy Kong Racing, Winning ...
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:56 am   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Fair enough Dess. Well played.
Hey Cycle it is coming along pretty good, but not actually. Sad I really need to get on that.

EDIT: Just bought RE DS for 24.80 AUD on Ebay. I gave myself a budget of ...
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:51 am   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Contact is trash, but is it art trash? I've seen Contact divide opinions pretty heavily.
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:35 am   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
I'm more than happy with no Castlevania DS at all.
  Topic: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Toto

Replies: 52
Views: 40146

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:52 am   Subject: Seperate the wheat from the chaff (culling the weak thread)
Well this Feb is a big, big month for games in Australia.
The PS2 and DS are going crazy. I ask of you denizens of GQ, to cull the weak and save me some money/time/effort by preventing me from playin ...
  Topic: Redescovering the GameCube via Wii
Toto

Replies: 72
Views: 53231

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:37 am   Subject: Redescovering the GameCube via Wii
Apparently the Cube version of BG&E is the bets version fyi guys.
  Topic: Twilight Princess kind of sucks
Toto

Replies: 364
Views: 247257

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:38 am   Subject: Twilight Princess kind of sucks
I am so disgusted and disenchanted by the Sky Dungeon I can't bring myself to turn on the game and power through.
  Topic: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread
Toto

Replies: 977
Views: 746681

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:01 am   Subject: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread
Way to steal my thunder.

I just tried it, it works for me. PC Engine games! More N64 games! This is fucking awesome. I think, if my calculations are correct, I also save money by doing this.

EDI ...
  Topic: Looking for spiritual development?
Toto

Replies: 12
Views: 11067

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:08 am   Subject: Looking for spiritual development?
Channeling what I assume dhex would say itt.
Videogames are an opulent way of passing the time with minimal boredom, like wanking. Sometimes I get emotionally attached (in one way or another) to porn ...
  Topic: SiN Episodes: any good? (Discuss other FPS games, too.)
Toto

Replies: 14
Views: 10565

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:47 am   Subject: SiN Episodes: any good? (Discuss other FPS games, too.)
Fervently and desperately recommending the original Call of Duty as well as Call of Duty 2 all up in here.
Some of the most cinematic moments I've ever experienced in a video game, and the first game ...
  Topic: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs
Toto

Replies: 301
Views: 354233

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:50 am   Subject: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs
Sorry Cycle, but I have time now, I'll install it tomorrow.

My Wii Number is:

1310 6170 6863 4001
  Topic: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs
Toto

Replies: 301
Views: 354233

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:46 am   Subject: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs
Um guys sorry to be an arse, but how do I find out my Wii number? My USB Dongle came in the mail the other day, so now I have Super Mario 64 and Sonic the Hedgehog. Next purchase is Super Castlevania ...
  Topic: SftAoA (Society for the Abolition of Acronyms)
Toto

Replies: 51
Views: 43330

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:20 am   Subject: SftAoA (Society for the Abolition of Acronyms)
guys i think this is a good opportunity to ask
what the hell is tl;dr
  Topic: Twilight Princess kind of sucks
Toto

Replies: 364
Views: 247257

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:18 am   Subject: Twilight Princess kind of sucks
Guys are you serious?
When you beat the second dungeon the game just opens right up.
I'm at the beginning of the fourth dungeon and let me tell you the scope of this shit just expanded to the max X- ...
  Topic: www.selectbutton.net: now active!
Toto

Replies: 58
Views: 58493

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:37 am   Subject: www.selectbutton.net: now active!
I registered, no one has approved my account yet Sad
Guardian there's no reason why you shouldn't visit both, like I do. SB (or the old IC) is a fair sight more active than TGQ, so I come to one when ...
  Topic: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
Toto

Replies: 720
Views: 592912

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:42 pm   Subject: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
Football manager is SRPGs for real people.
  Topic: wii component cables: rage (and wi-fi question and zelda)
Toto

Replies: 50
Views: 46481

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:49 pm   Subject: wii component cables: rage (and wi-fi question and zelda)
While it may be big for you Americans right now, please take note that HD is not a big thing in other places in the world yet. For example, right here in Aus.
While you can get a HD TV for cheap now, ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Toto

Replies: 4229
Views: 2991978

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:09 am   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Holy shit Neo Contra is fucking cool.

I thought it was terrible until a friend of mine forced me to play through for a second time.
Yeah, I'm getting pretty good. I've only gotten an S Rank on the ...
  Topic: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread
Toto

Replies: 977
Views: 746681

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:30 am   Subject: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread
Australia is getting Gradius NES, Super Castlevania and Street Fighter 2.
OH YEAH.
  Topic: Must have DS games?
Toto

Replies: 102
Views: 84522

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:28 am   Subject: Must have DS games?
On the topic of Wi-Fi, I think Nintendo should implement measures against people being cunts (for want of a better word) in future releases. I mean, Mario Kart DS is hell online. It's just snaking hel ...
  Topic: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
Toto

Replies: 720
Views: 592912

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:09 am   Subject: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
where's the bit about racism and xenophobia
but i guess that's not a stereotype because it's true
  Topic: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
Toto

Replies: 720
Views: 592912

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:44 am   Subject: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
Also, I don't know if drinking is a "western" thing. Doesn't a traditional Japanese breakfast begin with sake?

I can't see the minimalism of Japanese culture leading to the shit faced drunken cult ...
  Topic: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
Toto

Replies: 720
Views: 592912

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:06 pm   Subject: the future of the IC forums (also alcohol)
well it's the most accurate test
 
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