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  Topic: A New TGQ
seryogin

Replies: 23
Views: 63274

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:31 am   Subject: A New TGQ
You know, this isn't a bad idea. If anything ever gets off the ground, I would contribute, if only erratically.
  Topic: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
seryogin

Replies: 26
Views: 65924

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:12 am   Subject: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
I wrote this three years ago. Let it be known that actually working in a Japanese public school has certainly diminished my enthusiasm for them. In any case, this is the last of my essays that was sup ...
  Topic: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
seryogin

Replies: 26
Views: 65924

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:32 am   Subject: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
War in the Pocket: Advance Wars


Whether it’s healthy or not, war has always fascinated me. I'm a bit troubled by my eager devouring of every grimy story out of the Middle East, but I suppose it’s ...
  Topic: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
seryogin

Replies: 26
Views: 65924

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:51 am   Subject: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
My favorite title would have to be "Knee Deep in Legend," if we exclude the ones that are obvious quotes from something else.

I had two essays lined up in Issue FINAL. I might as well post them he ...
  Topic: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
seryogin

Replies: 26
Views: 65924

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:34 pm   Subject: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
Preaching the Truth from the Edge of Kefka's Tower: A Hymn to Final Fantasy VI

Whenever I think back to my wasted youth, I can't help feeling a tang of bitterness at not having had my fair share of ...
  Topic: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
seryogin

Replies: 26
Views: 65924

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:33 pm   Subject: Graveyard of Honor: A Tribute to the Gamer's Quarter
So the Gamer's Quarter is dead. Our once proud little magazine; a bastion of freedom among a sea of despair has finally gone under the waves. Like that Elliot poem, we went out with a whimper.

Thou ...
  Topic: Wow, my account still works
seryogin

Replies: 5
Views: 13723

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:26 am   Subject: Wow, my account still works
Wow, my account still works as well.
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:06 pm   Subject: dhex
I've bought plenty of shit from SYMS in the past. I'll get my next suit there, probably, though I was there looking for a sport coat recently and couldn't find anything I liked.
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:40 am   Subject: dhex
Do Maoists still exist?

I'm serious. Maoism belonged to a specific time and place. It has no footing any more. It wasn't the brighest thing to do at the time, though it was understandable given the ...
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:34 am   Subject: dhex
Christ, I had to live through the meltdown of the Soviet Union. And now, just as I've finally become as American as GI Joe, I have to live through the meltdown of the American Empire. On the one hand, ...
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:40 pm   Subject: dhex
Quit being a poledancer, mike!

I don't know what universe you live in, but in Niko Bellic's world, in no way is Tarantino synonymous with "fun." "Wannabeism," maybe, "pretentious cocksmockery," pe ...
  Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?)
seryogin

Replies: 1215
Views: 847040

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:35 pm   Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?)
Skies of Arcadia was quite wonderful. Wonderful enough to write an article about it, in any case.

Though wouldn't PSII and Skies of Arcadia be somewhat opposed to one another? In the sense that th ...
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:49 pm   Subject: dhex
Man, Somalia fucking rules!

Also, this looks like a bad movie waiting to happen: pirates, Ukrainians, a stock of tanks, etc. Why can't Hollywood come up with something this good?
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:29 am   Subject: dhex
Huh? Why is Somalia on the radar again?

Either I've gotten dumber, but I don't remember what it means to be a right wing anarchist anymore... of a left-wing one for that matter. I had some idea abo ...
  Topic: Wii Must Have It!
seryogin

Replies: 33
Views: 31580

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:06 am   Subject: Wii Must Have It!
No More Heroes.

I don't know what to think of this game. It's fascinating, but -- much like killer7 -- for every thing this game does right it does a dozen wrong.

If you liked Kill Bill -- and ...
  Topic: Mega. Man. Nine.
seryogin

Replies: 40
Views: 41017

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:03 am   Subject: Mega. Man. Nine.
I don't understand the hate.

As a man who's played through both Contra: the Hard Corps and Mega Man 3 dozens of times, I can't see the comparisons between Contra 4 and Mega Man 9.

Contra 4 was d ...
  Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?)
seryogin

Replies: 1215
Views: 847040

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:50 am   Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?)
This may be seriously awesome.
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:27 pm   Subject: dhex
The big text says, "Don't blabber." On the top there's a rhyme that says,

"Be alert,
These days the walls have ears,
It's not far from blabs and rumours
to treason."

It's from WWII, a counter ...
  Topic: Wii Must Have It!
seryogin

Replies: 33
Views: 31580

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:37 pm   Subject: Wii Must Have It!
Well, I got a Wii mostly to play old games and for the potentialy great stuff that might come down the road.
  Topic: Do we have a movie thread?
seryogin

Replies: 269
Views: 243066

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:02 pm   Subject: Do we have a movie thread?
The new James Bond does indeed look boss.
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:01 pm   Subject: dhex
I'm sick of all this Putin trash-talking. That dude was not only -- objectively speaking -- the MAN OF 2007, but he's now, unofficially, the Pimp of the Year, 2008.

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/ ...
  Topic: Do we have a movie thread?
seryogin

Replies: 269
Views: 243066

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:08 am   Subject: Do we have a movie thread?
Hell, you ought to check out Red Angel then, a Masamura film from the early 60s.

Burn After Reading is comedy gold.
  Topic: Wii Must Have It!
seryogin

Replies: 33
Views: 31580

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:29 pm   Subject: Wii Must Have It!
Hold on, mike. There was no implication that the dude was a pussy from the first half of the movie. The character was, in fact, very mysterious, vaguely alluring and somewhat nerdy; also a sick fuck. ...
  Topic: Wii Must Have It!
seryogin

Replies: 33
Views: 31580

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:53 pm   Subject: Wii Must Have It!
Man, I don't know why you're asking me this here, but I enjoyed the first half a hell of a lot. The second half sucked, it took all the piss out of Kurt Russell's character (that was Kurt Russel, righ ...
  Topic: Do we have a movie thread?
seryogin

Replies: 269
Views: 243066

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:48 pm   Subject: Do we have a movie thread?
Do you really? It's impossible to take seriously. It's fun and the ballsiness of Coburn's "follow me and I'll show you where the iron crosses grow" is great, but it doesn't really do much beyond that. ...
  Topic: Do we have a movie thread?
seryogin

Replies: 269
Views: 243066

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:00 pm   Subject: Do we have a movie thread?
Cross of Iron.

Any Peckinpah fans around here? I'm not one, thanks for asking. But Cross of Iron has always fascinated me. Because... well, first check out this poster:

http://ecx.images-amazon. ...
  Topic: Wii Must Have It!
seryogin

Replies: 33
Views: 31580

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:31 am   Subject: Wii Must Have It!
All right, dudes and dudettes, I bought a Wii today. I had no idea it was this easy to get them now. I was expecting the store not to have them, so I'm a bit surprised to have one sitting in front of ...
  Topic: So, GTAIV
seryogin

Replies: 292
Views: 211782

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:05 pm   Subject: So, GTAIV
It isn't, to me most sexual conduct seems mysterious.
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
seryogin

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971175

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:27 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Yeah, I was trying to pick either Mercenaries 2 or GTA4. I went with GTA4 and think I made the right choice.

In other news, I've just eaten my first yogurt, in a yogurt parfait. I don't know how I ...
  Topic: So, GTAIV
seryogin

Replies: 292
Views: 211782

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:25 pm   Subject: So, GTAIV
Wow... was it good? Strange? What you expected? I didn't think you were that kind of guy (you do like Rachel Ray though, and she's like the ultimate guido chick).
  Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?)
seryogin

Replies: 1215
Views: 847040

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:45 am   Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?)
http://kotaku.com/5052089/yup-youll-be-able-to-buy-a-mega-man-9-box

Looks like that Mega Man 9 box will see a limited retail release. It's a pity that they won't even put the game on a disc, since ...
  Topic: So, GTAIV
seryogin

Replies: 292
Views: 211782

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:33 am   Subject: So, GTAIV
Mountain Jews are fun, because they don't fit any of the Jewish stereotypes found in the US. The manager of my local game shop is one and he's a lot of fun.

so russian has approximately 160 million ...
  Topic: So, GTAIV
seryogin

Replies: 292
Views: 211782

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:23 am   Subject: So, GTAIV
Well, it's not that Russians love track jackets -- they like them about as much as any kewl American -- but the popular image of the Russian gangster in a track jacket stems from the fact that most po ...
  Topic: So, GTAIV
seryogin

Replies: 292
Views: 211782

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:28 pm   Subject: So, GTAIV
So it is. I get those people confused.
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:47 pm   Subject: dhex
No, it's hilarious. I was wondering if it happened on other trains.
  Topic: So, GTAIV
seryogin

Replies: 292
Views: 211782

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:23 pm   Subject: So, GTAIV
GTA4 is pretty amusing.

It's funny that the designers said that they modeled Niko's appearance on that villainous Serb from that Luke Wilson potboiler Behind Enemy Lines (who was actually played b ...
  Topic: Shin Reading Thread Gaiden
seryogin

Replies: 1106
Views: 828157

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:06 pm   Subject: Shin Reading Thread Gaiden
Does anyone around here read Charles Portis?
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:00 pm   Subject: dhex
Mike, does this ever happen to you? Some rowdy kids somehow take over the conductor's booth and start yelling shit? Such as,

"Next stop your mom's house, bitch?"
"Next stop, ' shut the fuck up,' ...
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:41 am   Subject: dhex
This is some kind of American thing.

They might as well write about "how gaming can make America stronger" or some shit.

A good sentence taste test for budding games bundits: replace "games" w ...
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:36 pm   Subject: dhex
[quote="dhex"] on the one hand it's flattering because it means you literally rewired their brains with your dick [quote]

I'm not getting this... Isn't that just a way to stay friendly? Note, I am ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
seryogin

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971175

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:58 am   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Shogo might not be your cup of tea. It's an odd little "treasure" sure enough. It was made back in the days when Western nerds were breathless from all that Japanese animation, before the market reall ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
seryogin

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971175

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:58 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk3Gey9SCWQ&feature=related

It's clear that the dudes that made GTA4 saw Brat 2 (the Russian movie of the 90s), it even features a few songs from the soundtrack a ...
  Topic: Free thrills and idiot boxes.
seryogin

Replies: 111
Views: 125200

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:14 pm   Subject: Free thrills and idiot boxes.
Well, that's refreshing to hear. I've been avoiding the show for years, since people I didn't like were talking about it all too much, but the hype machine being what it is, I wanted to ask if it had ...
  Topic: Free thrills and idiot boxes.
seryogin

Replies: 111
Views: 125200

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:52 am   Subject: Free thrills and idiot boxes.
Does anyone around here watch Heroes? I've never seen the thing, but I remember people talking about it back in the balloon store that I worked at. From my uninformed viewpoint, the series looks like ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
seryogin

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971175

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:49 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Yeah, I mean there are no real exclusive must plays on the PS3 so far. Everything good on the PS3 can be found on the 360, usually done better.

White Knight Story might be fantastic. Valkyria Chron ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
seryogin

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971175

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:04 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Well, from that video it looks pretty solid; I'm getting tired of blowing away Russians (though that's not what the game is about at all, the game's wiki page informs me). This looks like something I' ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
seryogin

Replies: 4229
Views: 2971175

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:22 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Is that game worth playing? Nothing I've heard about it so far makes it sound interesting.
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:17 pm   Subject: dhex
So, wait, can you get this at shop in new york then?
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:17 pm   Subject: dhex
Well, the only stuff I've read is their Russia coverage, which isn't so hot. A few smaller articles I've read seemed a bit too mired in wishful thinking. The whole thing seems a bit too Tory.

In a ...
  Topic: dhex
seryogin

Replies: 2377
Views: 1400536

PostForum: Staff   Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:58 pm   Subject: dhex
They post pretty cool photos. Some dude had a whole collection of scans from Chinese book on the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979 (those were great; his assertions that Vietnam invaded China were not). The ...
 
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