Bits & Bobs 45

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14488

Rab writing about games again

http://www.wow247.co.uk/2015/11/23/robe ... kyu-raibu/

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

The BBC's Nga Pham explains how to pronounce the Vietnamese name Phuc Dat Bich.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

There was a kid at school called Phuc Huyn who had a similar problem.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14488

Old Infocom stuff

https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/6 ... 3975471104

This is a GOLD MINE. Binders documenting every stage of design and development at Infocom. https://t.co/3JtTL9TNDA pic.twitter.com/zuWSXu1rP8
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) November 23, 2015

Quote:

This is a GOLD MINE. Binders documenting every stage of design and development at Infocom

https://archive.org/details/infocomcabinet

And http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4834

Quote:

This is big news, in the realm of game design studies.

During the production of GET LAMP, I spent a lot of time digitizing or photographing all sorts of artifacts and documents related to Interactive Fiction and text adventures. This included books, advertisements, printouts, and various ephemera that various players or programmers had lying around from that era. This would usually involve one or two ads, maybe a map or two that someone had drawn, and one or two photos snapped at a convention.

But not in the case of Steve Meretzky.

If you’re coming into this relatively new, or even if you need a little brush-up, let me state: Steve Meretzky has earned the title of “Game God” several times over, having been at the center of the early zenith of computer games in the 1980s and persisting, even thriving, in the years since. He continues to work in the industry, still doing game design, 35 years since he started out as a tester at what would become Infocom.

But more than that – besides writing a large amount of game classics in the Interactive Fiction realm, he also was an incredibly good historian and archivist, saving everything.

EVERYTHING.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:19

I did my first Twitch stream tonight.

I don't get it.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14488

Todays XKCD is a 'game'

http://xkcd.com/

Which you can of course finish in a few seconds , however you can instead leave the play area and explore a 'world' with hidden stuff everywhere :-)

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:14

zaphod79 wrote:

Todays XKCD is a 'game'

http://xkcd.com/

Which you can of course finish in a few seconds , however you can instead leave the play area and explore a 'world' with hidden stuff everywhere :-)

SPOILERS

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:03

My compact stereo arrived yesterday. It was £40 and can play cds, stream bluetooth noises, SD reader, usb socket and an FM radio. And it has a clock.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:07

Haven't you just bought a PS4? Surely that can play CDs?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:09

My nan has something like that.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:11

A)she probably has a ps4

OR

B) yes I know I gave her one

You can pick whichever one you find funniest.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:20

TheVision wrote:

Haven't you just bought a PS4? Surely that can play CDs?

I should try that. It probably can. If Sony truly want a one box entertainment solution for the home then they surely must have made it play cds.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:23

No DAB?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:28

No, but I can bluetooth a pad, phone or touch through it. You cannot bluetooth an address book over to an iPhone though, which is ANOTHER STUPID THING.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:29

Basically, the lack of functional practicality in modern day consumer electronics really vexes me.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

You mean the lack of support for your weirdly legacy habits really vexes you.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:42

These are not unreasonable expectations. If you have a class one laser them why not stick the chip in to codec a cd? Or use a bluetooth whatnot to transfer one phones address book to another.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

MaliA wrote:

If you have a class one laser them why not stick the chip in to codec a cd?

Con: engineering time to write the software and QA.
Pro: literally one more satisfied customer.
Con: MaliA is more at peace with life.

Looks like a simple calculation for the Sony beancounters!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:52

NO ONE EXCEPT OLD PEOPLE LISTENS TO CDS ANYMORE

We youngsters listen to vinyl.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

MaliA wrote:

If you have a class one laser them why not stick the chip in to codec a cd?

Just FYI a codec is a device or algorithm used to carry out the encoding, not the process itself.

MaliA wrote:

Or use a bluetooth whatnot to transfer one phones address book to another.

Because it's much better to centralise contact data and have individual devices pull stuff down from the internet presumably.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:56

There's a great old-fashioned (ie 1990s style) record shop on the Cowley Road. Everytime I'm there I end up buying something based on the shopkeeper's recommendation. I feel like I'm cheating as I only buy CDs and don't have a beard.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 13:58

All cd players are are optical grammarphones. it isn't exactly new tech. Harumph.I blame myp

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 13:59

MaliA wrote:

All cd players are are optical grammarphones. it isn't exactly new tech. Harumph.I blame myp

You're a grammarphone

myp · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 18:18

Uber but for angry gamers: https://twitter.com/dryvyng/status/669442572453068805

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kern wrote:

No DAB?

Why would anyone want DAB? It's rubbish.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 19:48

Also: cafes that do not serve food between half eleven and twelve because they "need to turn the kitchen around".and a chip shop that shuts at 7pm!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Future Warrior wrote:

NO ONE EXCEPT OLD PEOPLE LISTENS TO CDS ANYMORE

We youngsters listen to vinyl.

And gaze in wonder at the artwork, and enjoy reading the lyrics and details of all the musicians who played on each track, which is either too small to see/read properly on CD covers, or non-existent with downloads.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 20:28

Warhead wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

NO ONE EXCEPT OLD PEOPLE LISTENS TO CDS ANYMORE

We youngsters listen to vinyl.

And gaze in wonder at the artwork, and enjoy reading the lyrics and details of all the musicians who played on each track, which is either too small to see/read properly on CD covers, or non-existent with downloads.

Metadata has all that info, if you want it.

Edit: maybe not lyrics.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 20:31

How can you impress visitors/be properly judged by visitors if you don't have your extensive collection on display for them to look at whilst you make the tea?

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Didn't HiFi snobs go through a period of arguing that the original PS1 (not the PSone) has like some super hi level ultra sound when playing CDs? They would plug there £3000 super headphones into a PS1 and then nod and stroke their beards, certain in a life well spent.

And Sony threw all that good will away.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

6moons on the PS1 - This kid's video game player really does have outstanding audio performance. I'm guessing you'd have to spend more than $6000 on a one-box CD player to equal let alone better it.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

But of course You shouldn’t even listen for the first three days. Both units need every second of the break-in period..

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

Sadly I doubt the four Playstations in my loft will be enough to retire on.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Grim... wrote:

Warhead wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

NO ONE EXCEPT OLD PEOPLE LISTENS TO CDS ANYMORE

We youngsters listen to vinyl.

And gaze in wonder at the artwork, and enjoy reading the lyrics and details of all the musicians who played on each track, which is either too small to see/read properly on CD covers, or non-existent with downloads.

Metadata has all that info, if you want it.

Edit: maybe not lyrics.

I want it. Show me the metadata.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Dr Lave wrote:

Didn't HiFi snobs go through a period of arguing that the original PS1 (not the PSone) has like some super hi level ultra sound when playing CDs? They would plug there £3000 super headphones into a PS1 and then nod and stroke their beards, certain in a life well spent.

And Sony threw all that good will away.

Audiophiles make me laugh. My hearing is no longer sufficiently acute to be able to tell the difference past a certain point, if it ever was.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 22:42

There's some serious animal cruelty going on on I'm A Celebrity right now.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Never mind that. Show me the fecking metadata.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 22:46

Oh, turns out they can have lyrics.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Warhead wrote:

Never mind that. Show me the fecking metadata.

Legal downloads? Self ripped from cd's?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Grim... wrote:

There's some serious animal cruelty going on on I'm A Celebrity right now.

What are the morons doing now?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2015 22:54

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

There's some serious animal cruelty going on on I'm A Celebrity right now.

What are the morons doing now?

The challenge is to move animals from one cage to another. Predictably they're being thrown around like bean bags.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Warhead wrote:

The BBC's Nga Pham explains how to pronounce the Vietnamese name Phuc Dat Bich.

Phuc Dat Bich admits hoax in Facebook name battle

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Grim... wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

There's some serious animal cruelty going on on I'm A Celebrity right now.

What are the morons doing now?

The challenge is to move animals from one cage to another. Predictably they're being thrown around like bean bags.

I look forward to the shitstorm

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

DavPaz wrote:

Warhead wrote:

Never mind that. Show me the fecking metadata.

Legal downloads? Self ripped from cd's?

And sleeve notes. I WANT MY SLEEVE NOTES

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:38

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

There's some serious animal cruelty going on on I'm A Celebrity right now.

What are the morons doing now?

The challenge is to move animals from one cage to another. Predictably they're being thrown around like bean bags.

I look forward to the shitstorm

There's not really been one in the past, and it's not like this is the first time.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

There's some serious animal cruelty going on on I'm A Celebrity right now.

What are the morons doing now?

The challenge is to move animals from one cage to another. Predictably they're being thrown around like bean bags.

I look forward to the shitstorm

There's not really been one in the past, and it's not like this is the first time.

The difference is that this comes after a fairly well publicised open letter from Chris Packham urging them to stop with this kind of thing on the show so it might well get more publicity this time around. Though maybe not.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

Star Wars Episode III is supposed to be the best of the prequels, but it really is poor.
There's just so much that makes no sense, or is badly acted, or childish nonsense (and often all three).

There's no way that Episode VII is going to be this bad.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Nov 27, 2015 17:13

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Star Wars Episode III is supposed to be the best of the prequels, but it really is poor.

Really? The second one was clearly the worst, but I'm not sure III is better than I.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

It's the clear leader going by IMDB ratings, and I enjoyed it most at the cinema, but they haven't aged well.

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