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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: ApM |
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The next time you sit down to play Yar's Revenge, listen to your inner monologue. Chances are, it's telling you that what you are playing is a classic game, which is actually very good, and not monotonous at all. If you listen closely enough, you realize that it's just your inner monologue, and that the rest of you is having a somewhat different reaction.
You would do well to have the good sense to wonder why that is. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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People complained about the time limit in Pikmin. The time limit isn't really its problem, though. It's the introduction that's the issue. Waiting a few days before the game tells you, hey, maybe I don't need all the parts to limp home. Having to find the radar to have parts show up on the map. There's no good reason to have put in the initial feeling of hopelessness, the oh-shit-what-if-I-fail, when the game is designed to make you gain confidence so quickly. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thesis: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is both directly comparable, and demonstratably superior, to Parappa the Rapper. |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Hell. They should combine the two games. Think about that for a second. _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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UmJammer Lammy is superior to either or both. |
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RaBeeWilliams Beatnik
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 274 Location: Thibodaux
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Word ta' dat. _________________
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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This is the only reasonable place I can do this:
OH MY GOD I'M TOTALLY MARRIED RIGHT NOW |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Well let me be the first internet person to say
CONGRADURASHUNS.
-Wes _________________
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Mr. Mechanical Friendly Stranger
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1276
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Great going! Best wishes to the newlyweds. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:49 am Post subject: |
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woo, heterosexual rituals of fidelity. enjoy! _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:25 am Post subject: |
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praise be to tax structures!
(wait, the first year penalty sucks....scratch that)
congrats. _________________
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Okay now if you have kids be sure not to make them idiots kthx _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:23 am Post subject: |
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better yet, force them to write for the gamer's quarter. after all, this format invests in the whole being 7 and playing games thing nostalgia...what's more new games journalism than finding an actual seven year old and making them write about playing games? _________________
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Woah.
I just had a "Holy shit, people, it's just videogames" moment.
Reading flamewars about the new Nintendo controller all morning will do that to you. Still. It's crazy and wonderful just how much meaning we can put on the most arbitrary of things. I mean, what is the thing, really? It's a gadget. Similar gadgets exist, just now someone's putting it into a box with some videogames.
Yet, because it's Nintendo, because it's videogames, because there is a history and a community, because it's a change in the standard order of things, because there is a growing schizm in gamer culture, it becomes a serious disruption, a catastrophic event. It means something monumental to people.
The process is really kind of fascinating, if you shift your perspective to observe it. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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OH MY GOD I'M TOTALLY MOVING TO VANCOUVER IN TWO WEEKS |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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crazy. _________________
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I know!
Crazier still is the fact that my wife moved out there just over two weeks ago, not knowing when I would find a job (as I have been looking for months and months) and be able to join her. Sooner than we thought, is when!
So! Are there any TGQ forumites living in the Vancouver or Seattle area? Because that would be pretty awesome. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:45 am Post subject: |
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I have a friend who moved out to the Seattle area after the hurricane. I have not really heard from him in a while though. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Winnipeg to Vancouver? Whoa, bit of a jump! Can my wife and I visit you if we ever head out west? |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:45 am Post subject: |
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As I understand it, the new place is a bit cozy -- we probably don't have a lot of room right now for guests to stay the night. (We got rid of our futon, and I don't know how much clear floor space there is to spread out a sleeping bag. Then again, I haven't seen the place yet, and there's still a lot of unpacking to be done.)
Other than that little caveat, hell yes. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:44 am Post subject: |
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ApM wrote: | As I understand it, the new place is a bit cozy -- we probably don't have a lot of room right now for guests to stay the night. (We got rid of our futon, and I don't know how much clear floor space there is to spread out a sleeping bag. Then again, I haven't seen the place yet, and there's still a lot of unpacking to be done.)
Other than that little caveat, hell yes. |
Oh, we'd find our own lodgings. I just want a door to knock on in a city where I know two people at the most. I wasn't trying to invite myself over, although I realize now that's what it sounded like. Sorry 'bout that! |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:14 am Post subject: |
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Nah, man, I put that in there because I would've totally offered a place to crash if we had it, not because I thought that's necessarily what you were asking.
(Damn, us Canadians are polite.) |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I'll send you a play-asia coupon if you do! |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:56 am Post subject: |
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That was an excellent two days. Now, experience the fury of:
Magnificent Gunbright !
If it had a box, this would be on the back:
"It's like Ikaruga, only... only not as good. By quite a lot."
-- Patrick Alexander |
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Lackey .
Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Aw, I missed it!
I try to make at least a token effort.
Anyway, it's kind of a good concept. I'm tempted to make something similar. The narration is a bit much though, there's a lot of popping! _________________ | Little bird fighting against a bat sect game | |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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It is better than shaving your chest at least! |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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(Shaper is referencing The Hairy Chestival, which I cannot wait to play!)
(This entry is gorgeous.) |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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ATTENTION WASHINGTON-STATE-AREA PEOPLES:
I am going to be in the Seattle / Bellevue area from March 18 - March 20th for a jorb interview / scoping out the neighbourhood. If you exist in this area, we should totally meet up! I'll bring my flashcart and yarred copy of Band Bros and we can jam with 8-way DS download play or whatever.
It will be great! So long as I'm not hallucinating and in fact NO ONE LIVES IN SEATTLE EITHER. If this is true I will cry. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I guess that means that no one lives in Seattle. That means it's crying in the bathtub in a suit for me!
Also: it's my birthday today. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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well, happy birthday there! _________________
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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An update: My job interview(s) went well and I start at Intentional Software tomorrow!
Oh my God I"m totalllly a non-immigrant American worker right now? |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:06 am Post subject: |
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you sure took your sweet time telling the rest of us!
good job? _________________
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:38 am Post subject: |
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I am listening to the Dune soundtrack right now, and it is pretty much the best music the Adlib was capable of producing. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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seryogin JRPG Kommissar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 886 Location: Occupied Stalingrad
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Hurray!!
I've been thinking 'bout hooking myself with one of those lately. _________________
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ryan .
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 999
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Your baby is unbelievably cute. My girlfriend screamed "Aggh! He's perfect!!" _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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rake .
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Rake the Pigeon and [terrible pigeon-related website] congratulate you and all the classic gamers! |
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diamondblast .
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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ApM wrote: | I am listening to the Dune soundtrack right now, and it is pretty much the best music the Adlib was capable of producing. |
This is one of my top 10 movies of all time.
I actually got the dvd too.
Now Im considering getting the soundtrack too .... great music indeed.
Might coll my summer abit.other then movies I like to visit this sites SPAM SPAM SPAM
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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He's talking about the computer game soundtrack :X _________________
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