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Topic: Analogue |
digi
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:35 pm Subject: Analogue |
probably]
It will be printed on shit paper in shitty black and white. sort of thing it is as this is still very much an experiment for us. Getting stuff from outside our own community would be awesom ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:41 am Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
Ever since she became "a soldier", her personality and basically anything she gets to do has been pretty dull. I'm really hoping that her character will get lots of attention to detail and expansion i ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:53 am Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
Yeah, Donna's character totally trumped Rose in comparison, here. She makes Rose look fairly shallow, even. Even better for the end was that note at the end, yeah. No big *CRASH* and "What!?" leading ... |
Topic: HOLD IT!! Issue #8 Now Available! |
digi
Replies: 31
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Forum: Issues Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:18 am Subject: HOLD IT!! Issue #8 Now Available! |
Well, Issue #9 is heavily underway. It will be out this month. It's been promoted to a half-dollar.
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Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:42 am Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
Maybe we'll have a return of some higher authority capturing and punishing the Doctor again? The Time Lords are obviously gone, but this Shadow Proclamation could have something to do with it. The Doc ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:06 am Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
That was an exceptionally good episode! And yeah, it does kind of feel like a Hartnell. I think maybe the writers knew that, when they worked in that low-key reference to "The Romans"?
Also, Cather ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:31 pm Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
whoo-who! firing up the new episode now!
....oh SHIT what did they do to the theme song god dammit |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:50 pm Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
The War Games
hahahahaha I remember that one. God that was off-putting. |
Topic: Half-Life 2 sucks! (at a stretch). ;) |
digi
Replies: 117
Views: 75947
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:25 pm Subject: Half-Life 2 sucks! (at a stretch). ;) |
Man, I really got finish up Episode 2. I think it really improves on a lot of the lame bits of HL2, and fixes up all the shitty parts of Episode 1. And it even looks prettier! |
Topic: The work of Kevin Smith, STEP TO ONE SIDE OF THE LINE |
digi
Replies: 62
Views: 47167
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:17 pm Subject: The work of Kevin Smith, STEP TO ONE SIDE OF THE LINE |
Everything Kevin Smith has done post-Dogma has made me think less of him. Not that I think he's worse, just that I haven't been able to really care about any of it. I think that, barring him writing a ... |
Topic: What is the defining principle of TGQ / Greatest thread ever |
digi
Replies: 75
Views: 51896
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:53 pm Subject: What is the defining principle of TGQ / Greatest thread ever |
to finally define new games journalism?
hahahaaha, no, seriously now, I'd say to take inspiration from the fantastic and mundane alike, and to maybe try and inspire others to do the same
liv ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:17 am Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
Last week's Smallville (please god explain why I still watch it) was filled with "the Torchwood sound". You know the "waaaaaooooop" sound at the end of the Torchwood theme? Smallville used it to mark ... |
Topic: Audio Surf is one of the greates things ever made |
digi
Replies: 70
Views: 50087
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:12 pm Subject: Audio Surf is one of the greates things ever made |
The biggest problem with Steam is that it doesn't tell you how big games are before you buy them.
Also it's still easier to pirate games (and play them because you don't have to go through steam).
... |
Topic: Filetting games |
digi
Replies: 31
Views: 20260
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:11 pm Subject: Filetting games |
Xenosaga Episode 1 could have been salvaged to something satisfactory if not for the bazillion hours of cutscenes I think.
Oh and yes Final Fantasy X GOD just cut out 95% of that 'on the road' part ... |
Topic: What is a "glorious trainwreck"? |
digi
Replies: 21
Views: 15755
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:43 pm Subject: What is a "glorious trainwreck"? |
some examples some people not me would use perhaps would be
killer7
or
senko no ronde |
Topic: TOM CRUISE CAN'T FLY |
digi
Replies: 80
Views: 68442
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:28 pm Subject: TOM CRUISE CAN'T FLY |
I thought that these protests would be a lot cooler than they turned out to be. On the other hand, I probably should have seen it coming what with the V for Vendetta masks and everything.
I can't w ... |
Topic: TOM CRUISE CAN'T FLY |
digi
Replies: 80
Views: 68442
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:55 pm Subject: TOM CRUISE CAN'T FLY |
TOM CRUISE IS A FLIGHTLESS BIRD |
Topic: pimp-hand/jab/barrel kick/stomp!: a god hand help thread |
digi
Replies: 5
Views: 5406
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:14 pm Subject: pimp-hand/jab/barrel kick/stomp!: a god hand help thread |
Yeah I beat this game in a couple sittings on my own can fight while surrounded, though most of the time it's the most punishing spot to find yourself in. |
Topic: Comics Thread. |
digi
Replies: 162
Views: 169562
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:41 pm Subject: Comics Thread. |
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Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
digi
Replies: 82
Views: 52325
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:16 am Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
Earthbound...I got to the desert before giving up on it.
D: |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
digi
Replies: 1082
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:35 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
Been going back to my older stuff lately. Getting a huge bunch of satisfaction from James Taylor.
I keep setting Asobi Seksu's 'Citrus' and Ladyhawk on repeat, though.
I get up to Asobi Seksu, and ... |
Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
digi
Replies: 82
Views: 52325
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:31 pm Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
I hear 4 is pretty great. I've got that for my DS somewhere around here!
VIII and Monsters: Joker are all that I've played so far, but I think they're pretty awesome. |
Topic: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
digi
Replies: 18
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:58 pm Subject: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
Yeah the first two arcs are amazzzzing in this kind of Indiana Jones-ish style of modern mythos and romance. It's like what if The Shaw Brothers had crossed From Dusk till' Dawn with The Temple of Doo ... |
Topic: David Lynch Rip-Off game |
digi
Replies: 46
Views: 25627
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:53 pm Subject: David Lynch Rip-Off game |
OH, you need to play D2 for the Dreamcast then.
this is of massive interest to me now
edit - oh hey this takes place in CANADA EH |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
digi
Replies: 4229
Views: 3055654
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:36 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
I am an optimist. |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
digi
Replies: 4229
Views: 3055654
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:42 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Man when I'm controlling a dude on rails with a luchadore mask and dual grenade launchers, running into a closet where a anime french maid lets me save, I feel like I can go ahead and call that satire ... |
Topic: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
digi
Replies: 18
Views: 15573
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:40 pm Subject: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
Oh, digi, get Jet Set Radio. The first is much better than the Xbox sequel, and hasn't been released on another system (yet). Very much worth spending time with.
Hells yes I've been playing this a ... |
Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
digi
Replies: 82
Views: 52325
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:32 pm Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
Ha ha oh yes [i]that[/i ]Strikers needs not multiplayer to be made awesome by any means.
God so good. |
Topic: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
digi
Replies: 18
Views: 15573
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:26 pm Subject: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
Yeah it's definitely a risk factor, and I think that the person who had this thing before me just exclusively played burned games on it. The strain manifests in LOUD NOISES, though if it's a recently ... |
Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
digi
Replies: 82
Views: 52325
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:18 pm Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing |
I would probably say Strikers is only actively awesome when you're playing with a full four people. |
Topic: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
digi
Replies: 18
Views: 15573
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:16 pm Subject: Zombie Dreamcast Thread |
So, in recent times I have found myself in the fortunate position of being able to buy up a Dreamcast, with oodles and oodles of games included.
Here is where I would like to resurrect the old white ... |
Topic: David Lynch Rip-Off game |
digi
Replies: 46
Views: 25627
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:49 pm Subject: David Lynch Rip-Off game |
Twin Peaks: The Game, directed by: Stephen King (?)
honestly though, yeah, I'll be picking this one up |
Topic: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game? |
digi
Replies: 26
Views: 19455
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:37 pm Subject: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game? |
I'd love to see a Kingdom Hearts styled Ghibli/Pokemon crossover.
/not |
Topic: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game? |
digi
Replies: 26
Views: 19455
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:50 pm Subject: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game? |
A suprisingly pleasant exception to that trend is [I think] Phantom Hourglass. That game got me into it with just enough of the super-deformed chibi stuff balanced against monsters that look appoachab ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:41 am Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
It's a fascinating and kind of wonderful thing to see an especially shitty tv series come out of something absolutely gorgeous, and slowly get better as it goes along. |
Topic: Comics Thread. |
digi
Replies: 162
Views: 169562
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:30 am Subject: Comics Thread. |
Dude you just had to link him the anal fistula page didn't you |
Topic: Got any good quirky Japanese websites? |
digi
Replies: 6
Views: 8018
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:08 am Subject: Got any good quirky Japanese websites? |
http://mixi.jp |
Topic: Games, Drinking |
digi
Replies: 51
Views: 38985
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:33 am Subject: Games, Drinking |
Yeah I think I can say I really enjoy getting drunk now and then. There are limits, of course, though I usually find that I'm pretty high-functioning in the noggin all considered. Like Aderack kinda, ... |
Topic: Do we have a movie thread? |
digi
Replies: 269
Views: 261042
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:06 pm Subject: Do we have a movie thread? |
2046
this movie is from Hong Kong. no biggie, though!
Man, Memories of Murder kicks ass. The Vengeance trilogy is an obvious choice too I guess.
Anybody seen A Bittersweet Life? I'd...almost sa ... |
Topic: The Accidental Protagonist |
digi
Replies: 26
Views: 22656
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:01 pm Subject: The Accidental Protagonist |
Roger Ebert LOVES No Country for Old Men
guys I really didn't like Ebert at all for a long time until I started reading his post "Mullholland Drive" stuff. i don't necessarily agree with him most o ... |
Topic: Location, Location, Location |
digi
Replies: 41
Views: 28273
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:51 am Subject: Location, Location, Location |
So, this has probably been done before, but I'm wondering where everybody hails from. [!?]
I myself sit on my ass in the general area of Kelowna, BC, Canada.
[anybody slummin it in our nation' ... |
Topic: Do we have a movie thread? |
digi
Replies: 269
Views: 261042
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:47 pm Subject: Do we have a movie thread? |
Yeah Juno is pretty great if you're okay with falling in love a least a little with a fictional character. It just abouts ties with No Country for Old Men for best of the year with me.
Napolean Dyn ... |
Topic: Do we have a movie thread? |
digi
Replies: 269
Views: 261042
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:24 pm Subject: Do we have a movie thread? |
This just in: "Juno" is amazing and also suprisingly lovably feel-good! |
Topic: Do we have a movie thread? |
digi
Replies: 269
Views: 261042
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:19 am Subject: Do we have a movie thread? |
Lately I've been watching lots of movies in the theatres, though only ones that I know will be good!
The Golden Compass was suprisingly great! I am a fan of the books and the trailer threw me off, ... |
Topic: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
digi
Replies: 943
Views: 679660
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:15 pm Subject: What's this? A Doctor Who thread? |
Oh hey I see Doctor Who is alive on TGQ after all.
Yeah I totally forgot about this when Christmastine came butbutbut! I have now seen the episode in all it's spectacularly mediocre loveliness ... |
Topic: Modern Japanese Pop Culture Scares Me |
digi
Replies: 33
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:04 am Subject: Modern Japanese Pop Culture Scares Me |
I dunno man, Japanese pop culture includes Hard Gay. I can't argue with that.
Now North Korean pop culture! Now there's some fuc- oh wait. Do they even have a pop culture? |
Topic: Requisite Photo Thread (56k users beware!) |
digi
Replies: 405
Views: 457377
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:59 pm Subject: Requisite Photo Thread (56k users beware!) |
In my town we're getting a solid 9 hours of daylight I'd say. From sunrise at 7 to sunset at 4.
http://static.flickr.com/120/287105500_0e5e3ccb63.jpg
This was a freak afternoon. Snowed all day and ... |
Topic: Requisite Photo Thread (56k users beware!) |
digi
Replies: 405
Views: 457377
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:01 pm Subject: Requisite Photo Thread (56k users beware!) |
http://static.flickr.com/106/303854632_11127686bd.jpg
There were no Wiis in stock that day.
http://static.flickr.com/116/297796603_a9727e17e2.jpg
UH. YEAH. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? AB-SO-LUT-LY NOOTH ... |
Topic: Introduce Yourself. |
digi
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:17 am Subject: Introduce Yourself. |
I'm... digi. Close relatives call me 'Aidan' and everybody else calls me 'hey'.
I like video games a lot! I've surmised this recently by realizing that, though I don't play them very much, or in gr ... |
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