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Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:16 am Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
It was definitely a squirrel. I'd seen it once in the attic and we also figured out where it was entering the house.
There was some water damage to a soffit and it had chewed a hole. Once, when I w ... |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
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Views: 176381
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:04 pm Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
Breaking news: We have at least one squirrel in our attic. We hear it running around and probably damaging things. I just put a trap up there (the kind that does not hurt the animal) and we'll see how ... |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
Replies: 83
Views: 176381
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:42 pm Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/squirrel_stretch.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/squirrel_resting.jpg |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:32 pm Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
Warning: some of the following may not be squirrels.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/squirrel_ball.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still ... |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:17 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkYVazguJCY]8-Bit Waterslide |
Topic: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
wourme
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:33 pm Subject: Authentic Videogame Link Dump Thread (news?) |
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Marble-Saga-Kororinpa-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B001KRPU4S/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1237437139&sr=8-1]Kororinpa 2 was released yesterday. It's less than $30. |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
Replies: 83
Views: 176381
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:48 pm Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
http://autofish.net/mirrors/images/animals/combos/dog_and_squirrels.jpg |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:42 am Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kogvdOmx6yw]A surprisingly creepy old PSA. |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
Replies: 83
Views: 176381
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:59 pm Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/squirrellamp.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/xt.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecost ... |
Topic: Shelves! Storage! |
wourme
Replies: 5
Views: 17516
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:42 pm Subject: Shelves! Storage! |
I keep all disc-based video games and most DVDs (other than a few nice boxed sets) in these:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/case_logic.jpg
All the inserts are in a ... |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
Replies: 83
Views: 176381
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:48 am Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/squirrel_laptop.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/squirrel_nest.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albu ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
wourme
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:00 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
world of goo has got me stuck on that red carpet stage. i gotta spend a bit more time thinking about it, i guess.
For me, that stage was the point at which the game went from great to amazing.
Guy ... |
Topic: WiiWare Yay or Nay? |
wourme
Replies: 50
Views: 55057
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:12 pm Subject: WiiWare Yay or Nay? |
The Wiiware game Orbient is apparently an upgraded version of one of those Bit Generations games. I'm not familiar with the original version, but I downloaded Orbient kind of on a whim and I think it' ... |
Topic: Wii Must Have It! |
wourme
Replies: 33
Views: 37111
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:10 pm Subject: Wii Must Have It! |
How does the trading work for Blast Works? Can you only trade designs with specific people (as in Boom Blox) or is there a community where you can browse for really interesting ones (assuming people h ... |
Topic: Wii Must Have It! |
wourme
Replies: 33
Views: 37111
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:04 pm Subject: Wii Must Have It! |
These are my favorite Wii games of those I've tried so far:
Boom Blox
Geometry Wars: Galaxies
Kororinpa
Toki Tori (Wiiware)
Wii Fit
I'm pretty sure Fire Emblem will also make my list, but I ... |
Topic: Mega. Man. Nine. |
wourme
Replies: 40
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:41 pm Subject: Mega. Man. Nine. |
Reading a little about Mega Man 9 today actually just made me want to try Mega Man 2. I'll probably get the VC version of that tonight (along with Super Dodge Ball). I watched friends play through 2 a ... |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:07 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
Three commercials:
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=_-vjD3ih2dk]It Must Be Eagle Man (Illinois)
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=M--aqOhS6cc]Prusakolep (Poland)
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/wat ... |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
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Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:50 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://www.vimeo.com/993998]MUTO -- very interesting animated graffiti. |
Topic: Straight Through Ys |
wourme
Replies: 58
Views: 85082
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:11 pm Subject: Straight Through Ys |
The PC Engine version of Ys I and II is now available for Wii Virtual Console. I'm playing it now, and it's my first experience with the Ys series. I think I'm just about at the end of the first game. ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
wourme
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:44 am Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
- Ikechan is a kind of proto-Cave Story where you're a little squid swimming about underwater, and is kind of not fun. it's reassuring to see that even Pixel didn't get it right first time.
I don't ... |
Topic: WiiWare Yay or Nay? |
wourme
Replies: 50
Views: 55057
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:15 pm Subject: WiiWare Yay or Nay? |
This may be old news, but I just heard about Tetris Party for the first time today. It's by Hudson and it looks pretty nice. Among other things, it includes the equivalent of Tetrinet and a game mode ... |
Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
wourme
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Views: 3080783
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:43 pm Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread |
Geometry Wars 2
Is this just kind of the same thing as Geometry Wars: Galaxies for Wii? I picked that up after it recently dropped to $20 USD and I've been playing it quite a lot.
I recently finis ... |
Topic: unlawful invisibles (zzt zinesters - screenshots) |
wourme
Replies: 14
Views: 26837
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:33 pm Subject: unlawful invisibles (zzt zinesters - screenshots) |
Here's a quote from I've always wanted to build a massive-multiplayer version of ZZT. In other words, a vast interlinked game world built and extended by users using simple ZZT-like tools. Like ZZT, i ... |
Topic: TigSource Demake Compo |
wourme
Replies: 2
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Forum: Nickel and Dime Game Design Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:20 am Subject: TigSource Demake Compo |
I'm going to try entering something. I've been trying not to let myself enter any contests or do other such things until I finish a rather extensive project I've been working on forever, but this one ... |
Topic: love is a bullet, i am a gun. |
wourme
Replies: 77
Views: 68219
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:24 pm Subject: love is a bullet, i am a gun. |
Very nice work. I got 13th place on my first try. (Actually, I lost all my lives on a single encounter, and I'm not entirely sure why.)
For some reason, several of the opponents remind me of Pee-We ... |
Topic: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread |
wourme
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Views: 799285
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:20 pm Subject: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread |
My first attempt at playing Sin and Punishment the other day wasn't too successful due to the awkward controls and my not knowing about the sword attack. But today I played through the whole game (wit ... |
Topic: free games: way better than smack. |
wourme
Replies: 531
Views: 419332
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:03 am Subject: free games: way better than smack. |
[url=http://dagobah.biz/flash/cursor10.swf]Cursor * 10 is a pretty interesting little Flash game. "Cooperate by oneself?!" |
Topic: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs |
wourme
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:46 pm Subject: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs |
Steam:
wourme
Wii:
7733 8806 4887 0608
(though I don't really play any games online.) |
Topic: The screensaver thread! |
wourme
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Views: 22560
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:15 pm Subject: The screensaver thread! |
Was Timeless that trippy DOS thing with the drony piano soundtrack and evolving stuff in the background? Because I just thought of that thing earlier today, for the first time in maybe fourteen years. ... |
Topic: The screensaver thread! |
wourme
Replies: 23
Views: 22560
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:39 am Subject: The screensaver thread! |
My favorite was always Timeless. There was eventually a Windows conversion, but I seem to remember that it wasn't as good or didn't work or something. I used to watch Timeless for a long time to see w ... |
Topic: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread |
wourme
Replies: 977
Views: 799285
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:22 pm Subject: Official TGQ Virtual Console And Live Arcade Games Thread |
I was happy to see Super Mario Bros. 2 Japan on the Virtual Console. I've always wanted to try that.* My first attempt didn't go so well, though. I reached a point in 2-2 where I just couldn't see how ... |
Topic: Silent Hill Origins got ported to the PS2 |
wourme
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:01 pm Subject: Silent Hill Origins got ported to the PS2 |
It was a lot better than I expected it to be. I'd rank it below the other four games, but I think it's definitely worth playing if you like the SH games.
Now, if they'd only port the few other PSP ... |
Topic: I can't stop listening |
wourme
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:28 pm Subject: I can't stop listening |
I guess I was a little late learning about it, but I just got http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/8bp050-elegance.jpg |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:02 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=jwC544Z37qo]Amazing Tetris player (with invisible blocks, even) |
Topic: In this thread I post screens of Macintosh games |
wourme
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:27 pm Subject: In this thread I post screens of Macintosh games |
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3153/new17hd3.png
It's probably just a basic sidescrolling action game kind of like Quest for Tires, but I can imagine this having a big surreal world to explore ... |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:48 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ2rz6TYr1M]What happens when you microwave a mobile phone
It's kind of surprising, actually. |
Topic: Amiga Longplay goldmine |
wourme
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Views: 5681
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:15 pm Subject: Amiga Longplay goldmine |
Yes, I was excited to find that a while back. And the Commodore 64 equivalent is [url=http://ca.youtube.com/user/DerSchmu]DerSchmu. |
Topic: free games: way better than smack. |
wourme
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Views: 419332
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:11 pm Subject: free games: way better than smack. |
Dino Run didn't really jump out at me when I saw it on some indie game Web logs a while back, but someone recommended it to me a few days ago and I think it's great.
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Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 11:01 am Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=f9iIgQN5uZE]Moo by Cyriak - Warning: violence involving cartoonish cows. Gets much more epic than you'd expect by the end.
Also, [url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch? ... |
Topic: casual games |
wourme
Replies: 14
Views: 12463
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:07 pm Subject: casual games |
[url=http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/]Fly Guy |
Topic: Junk Link thread |
wourme
Replies: 157
Views: 255768
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:35 pm Subject: Junk Link thread |
http://www.colorflip.com/
http://www.papertoilet.com/
http://www.unliketherest.com/
http://www.isitchristmas.com/
http://www.biglongnow.com/
http://www.itwillneverbethesame.com/
http://www.wewil ... |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:42 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
You know those Super Mario World hacks that make the game play itself? [url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tIRCzbBB99E]This one tops them all, I think. |
Topic: Back Stages / Hidden Worlds in games |
wourme
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Views: 13103
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 6:35 pm Subject: Back Stages / Hidden Worlds in games |
I have the old version of Majora's Mask, where if you jump into the water at the right angle you can swim around in the air.
Also, are there any games [url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QVTB4bvHyq ... |
Topic: Dracko's Adventures in China! |
wourme
Replies: 15
Views: 11932
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:56 pm Subject: Dracko's Adventures in China! |
Lots of good photos. It's hard for me to imagine seeing some of those expansive mountainous areas in person. |
Topic: more squirrel news for dhex |
wourme
Replies: 83
Views: 176381
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:36 pm Subject: more squirrel news for dhex |
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m58/plecostomus_2006/still/026_animal.jpg |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:53 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs62M5EQNqA]The New Neighbor (Legos)
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=d4vQj-f6948]Delivery
[url=http://www.veoh.com/videos/v9108904NzqQs8e?searchId=34130129 ... |
Topic: Junk Link thread |
wourme
Replies: 157
Views: 255768
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:15 pm Subject: Junk Link thread |
[url=http://cubo.cc/]CUBOCC
[url=http://www.pallalink.net/]Pallalink |
Topic: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
wourme
Replies: 953
Views: 704512
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Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:44 pm Subject: Hilarious crap found on Google Video |
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=tFRhs3-pP8w]The Hauntening
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pZkZWlAIG0w]Floating Head
[url=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCrGnd3ljqA]Chocolate Rabbit Meltdow ... |
Topic: Final Fantasy VII's translation is humorous (image thread) |
wourme
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Views: 26547
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:24 pm Subject: Final Fantasy VII's translation is humorous (image thread) |
The random voice samples that play out of nowhere are great . . .
This reminds me of the way each character in Skies of Arcadia has a sound that plays during speaking parts. For one of the female c ... |
Topic: Final Fantasy VII's translation is humorous (image thread) |
wourme
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Views: 26547
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Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:00 pm Subject: Final Fantasy VII's translation is humorous (image thread) |
My favorite one is "Off course!" in that arena part. |
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