The Gamer's Quarter

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

lulz content +1
_________________
where were you when nana komatsu got a wii?

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

It is a very pretty website.

dhex · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject:

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

I already really like Animal Collective. Will investigate further.
_________________
| Little bird fighting against a bat sect game |

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

dhex: Awesome. That's the clearest explanation of that inner-monologue thing you've been referencing so often. And it's wonderful.

what's the source of your new avatar? Also are you guys talking about this twee freak folk type stuff? I just went to the six organs of admittance website and watched a video, and most of the visuals could just as easily been set to something like Bibio or Boards of Canada.

Also

Someone on ic told me that joanna newsom will grow on me and they were right. I'll also recommend Great Lake Swimmers.
_________________

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

seryogin · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:09 am Post subject:

The source of Mr. Hexler's new avatar is Rude given the Advent Children makeover.

Why the hell Mike would use that as an avatar is anybody's guess, since he's one mean JRPG hatin' motherfucker.
_________________

dhex · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:36 am Post subject:

sigh, yer all wrong.

it's some fey final fantasy looking dude from the gamelair banner. i just had fun with it. i had an even more annoying version with a lot of stutters and whatnot, but it was way too big.

i don't really care for joanna newsom.

six organs is the bizzle, even if he's one of those west coast hippie buddhist types. can't fucking escape hippies, you know? they're everywhere.

the inner monologue thing is both serious and not. it may or may not be a rationalization for why i don't own a cell phone, or it may be a cultural current that's truly changing our world. it may be crude, but democracy always is.

also: this was a rather rough introduction to tgq, innit?
_________________

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

Rated · . Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Not every article that says by Rated it by me, I'm not good at content and others give me content to post, i admit that secret of mana review wasn't up to scratch, but we get the point through to the reader and that's about all were trying to do.

The final fantasy guy is called Reno, from final fantasy 7 ~ and the current picture your using if from advent children

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:33 am Post subject:

Rated · . Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

my point was - it's one of the best and rarest rpgs to date, and a download link so u can play it.

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject:

Rated · . Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Np -Wes - have a nice day -Wes

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Hey Rated, have you read the actual Gamer's Quarter magazine? It will pretty much change your views on videogame-related writing and open your mind up to new ways of thinking about our hobby.

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

While we're giving Rated advice (which I hope he actually listens to), I'd like to point out that you should not plop anyone down on your staff just because they have a passing interest in what you're doing. Get as many people that are absolutely excited about what you're doing and keep them. I've been on too many awesome projects that have failed just because we've had one or two guys on the team that aren't dedicated or have a bad attitude... they bring everyone else down. You wouldn't put a bird-flu infected chicken in with perfectly healthy chickens, would you?

Toto · 4th Man Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122

Because the bird-flu would turn them all into Master Chickens?

Umm, this seems to be an Introductions thread, although I might be interrupting something with this "Rated" character.
I'm Toto, etc. It's probably relevant I live in Australia, and it's definitely relevant I like video games. Although I'm not as good as you guys. I got into gaming with a SNES, and I wasn't an adventurous enough 6 year old to try anything buy Donkey Kong Country and its sequels.
I came to Gamers' Quarter, because the magazine is good, and because it's smaller and doesn't have a veneer of elitism, so the lack of elitism was inducive (or is it conducive) to me joining.

So, uh, HI 2 U.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:10 am Post subject:

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

You must past the elitests (elitist tests) before you can be considered whole.
_________________
| Little bird fighting against a bat sect game |

dhex · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:16 am Post subject:

i'm really more of a crank myself.
_________________

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

me, i'm more of a hack.
_________________

dhex · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

the only way to pass an elitist test would be to refuse to entertain such plebian measures in the first place.
_________________

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:27 am Post subject:

the only way to win this game is not to play.
_________________

dhex · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:04 am Post subject:

but what could be more elitist than setting up the parameters of such a test in an obviously fanciful way? it's a very nuanced (read: elitist) form of dismissal!

WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE LOVE ME?
_________________

TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

kirkjerk · . Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1227

Er, guess I'll join in and say Hi...

I'm Kirk Israel, aka kisrael, aka kirkjerk, aka "Captain" Kirk Is Real, aka "Kirk Is".

AKA, sometimes and incorrectly, as "Alien Bill"-- he's my signature character / "production company", not my alias, and is the running eyeball who is my avatar.

I'm sounding like a complete dork, which is also kind of a signature of mine. I don't usually bust out, or even use, the aliases, I think I was inspired by that Bjork/P Diddy animated GIF making the rounds. ( http://pdcb.ytmnd.com/ -- frickin' URL tag)

I've been around the Internet gaming community, usually in a retro-kind of way, for a long time, from Usenet's rec.games.video.classic starting in '93, and nowadays largely on AtariAge's message boards.

Gamewise, I've been playing since the early-80s when I got a Colombia Home Arcade... that record club's rebadging of the Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 clone). That probably says something about me as a gamer but I don't know what.

I've got a big fondness for retro games and multiplayer. I'm a bit of a Nintendo fanboy, and I resent Sony bitterly for requiring a multitap for 4 player gaming on the PSX and PS2. Beyond that, I'm not super hardcore of a player, and have relied on walkthru's and FAQs ever since the Metroid map in that awesome black-covered Players Guide Nintendo put out back in the day.

I have a website, http://kisrael.com/ that I've updated daily for over 5 years now. Mostly a quotes-and-links blog, with a limited amount of "this is what I had for lunch today" kind of stuff.

I have a boring programmer job for a living, but have managed to put out some games. My biggest badge of coder/gamer/retro geek pride is making an original Atari 2600 game JoustPong (later renamed "FlapPing", FU latest reincarnation fo Atari), http://alienbill.com/2600/flapping/ , which is the deathmatch action of Pong combined with the flap mechanic of Joust. I also got involved with that community a bit, making some tutorials.

I've also done some odd ball stuff like gamebuttons, http://kisrael.com/features/gb.html , which are tiny games entirely contained in grey HTML pushbuttons.

That's about it. I dig the magazine despite my reservations about PDF as a distribution format, but that's probaly a can of worms anyway.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

FlapPing is a really good idea.
_________________
| Little bird fighting against a bat sect game |

kirkjerk · . Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1227

ApM · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:

Hi, Kirk!

I lurk on the Stella list, so I sort of know you already! That's kind of weird.

My brother still thinks the Coleco Gemini joysticks are the absolute pinnacle of joystick design.

kirkjerk · . Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1227

ShakeRattleRoll · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:16 am Post subject:

My name is Peter. I was directed here from J Toupes. My favorite video game of all time is probably MGS. Cheers.
_________________
......and you ask me why I drink.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Welcome.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:28 am Post subject:

hi! any friend of the toups clan is a friend of ours.
_________________

ShakeRattleRoll · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

I enjoy the whole series. Favorite RPG might just have to be Xenogears, then Earthbound.
_________________
......and you ask me why I drink.

Wolverine · . Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 39

Hi, I been known as Wolverine on various pixel art and game maker related forums for a few years now (even when I changed my damn name). I like designing games I want to play and if anyone else finds they like to play them too then thats a bonus. I'm a fairly ok pixel artist and always prefer well done 2D pixel art in games than any 3D engine.

I'm not a hardcore gamer or anything, I just like to play what I enjoy playing is all. I like platform shoot 'em ups most of all (Gunstar Heroes, Turrican, Contra, Metal Slug etc) and fighting games (Street Fighter, Guilty Gear, Vampire Savior, Waku Waku 7 etc). Cannot stand most turn based RPGs, FPS games or RTS games or using a mouse in any action based game... Favorite consoles have been the NES, SNES and PS2. And when playing a game on PC whether emulated or indie I like to do what I can to forget the fact I'm running it on a PC (Dual Shock Playstation pads plugged in, TV out cable hooked up to the big TV, me sat on my couch all comfy). I like using the Game Maker 6.1 software to produce my own games though even with the great help that it is I still ain't really got a technical logic working mind to put it altogether so I'm part of a Game Maker group and they help me out with code and engines and that.

Favorite game of all time is the largely unknown SwitchBlade, specifically on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore Amiga. It might not seem anything special to most people but there's just something about it that keeps me coming back for more and more. I've been planning a remake for several years but keep getting distracted by other projects and a lot of personal issues in my life. Also love Robotron on MAME using a Dual Shock pad and I'd like to own an actual Robotron arcade machine at some point.

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:50 am Post subject:

Welcome Wolverine! So what kinda stuff have you done in Gamemaker? Reading your gaming tastes I've got to wonder if you've ever played Abuse for the PC? I'm pretty sure it's free now, and it seems like something you might be into. It might change your feelings on using a Mouse to play games.

-Wes
_________________

Wolverine · . Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 39

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:09 am Post subject:

Good reasons! I think I have similar tastes to you (actually, I like just about everything) but Abuse still rocks! Another game that might change your mind (I don't know because I haven't played it) is Rag Doll Kung Fu. It's a multiplayer fighting game where you control your character using only a mouse. What made me think of it is that it supports multiple players using multiple mice on the same PC! I really like all of the ideas in it, but since I'm not really a PC gamer I haven't tried it yet.

Anyways, you didn't answer my first and most important question. What games have you done in gamemaker?

-Wes
_________________

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

Hi Wolverine! I know you from Pixelation, and eo/H Unit.

Wolverine · . Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 39

He might have not seen that as I edited the post cos I forgot about that bit. Anyways Lackey, good to see you. Ain't seen ya around Eo much at all for a while. Some nice new members and games there.

By the way. Just noticed that one of the banners I saw above at one point was of the rather superb (and unfortunately still not really well emulated in MAME yet) Outfoxies...

I love that game and wish Namco would release it on PS2 in a retrogame pack much like Taito have just released the also great Elevator Action Returns on a recent collection.

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

I was awed by the bits that did work in an emulator. I've never seen an actual cabinet though.
_________________
| Little bird fighting against a bat sect game |

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:23 am Post subject:

hi Wolverine! your avatar, which i understand is from a game you're developing for the amstrad, is great.

much like elevator action returns!

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Welcome ~~Rugal~~ Wolverine
_________________
“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Wolverine · . Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 39