JBR wrote:
But not before you've flaunted that for the evening on Tuesday.
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 19:33 ] |
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"Shapes can be rotated"?! For years I thought Tetris was unreasonably hard! This changes everything! |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 20:20 ] |
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Inorite? This changes everything. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 20:27 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: Inorite? This changes everything. Orientation, mainly |
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| Author: | JBR [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 20:50 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Findus Fop wrote: Inorite? This changes everything. Orientation, mainly In no fewer than 3 dimensions. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 22:06 ] |
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I was impressed that of the two sauces you could have with your steak at the pub I ate at this evening, one was marked as suitable for vegetarians. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 22:35 ] |
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Superb |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Sat Jul 25, 2020 23:07 ] |
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Think u no extreme violence? Meet Double dragon. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 0:37 ] |
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We're they really called the Black Warriors? I didn't know that. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 13:05 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: "Shapes can be rotated"?! For years I thought Tetris was unreasonably hard! This changes everything! I sometimes used to play it, deliberately NOT rotating the pieces, to make it a bit more tricky. We were using Olivetti PCs as dumb terminals at the time and you could only access the floppy drive if you had admin rights, so only the IT team could play it. We played the IBM PC version. No fancy backgrounds, whistles, bells or other distracting crap, just the very basic game and I still prefer it to all the fancier versions I played EXCEPT when we got the 3D version which used to swallow up my whole lunch break every day for weeks. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 21:30 ] |
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I need a haircut. |
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| Author: | JBR [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 22:50 ] |
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But not before you've flaunted that for the evening on Tuesday. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Sun Jul 26, 2020 23:26 ] |
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Warhead wrote: Pundabaya wrote: "Shapes can be rotated"?! For years I thought Tetris was unreasonably hard! This changes everything! I still prefer it to all the fancier versions I played EXCEPT when we got the 3D version which used to swallow up my whole lunch break every day for weeks. You should invest in a PS4 VR. Tetris Effect can be very transcendental. Has relieved me from many a daytime gripe. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:30 ] |
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JBR wrote: But not before you've flaunted that for the evening on Tuesday.
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:19 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: I need a haircut. And some sunblock. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 13:08 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: Warhead wrote: Pundabaya wrote: "Shapes can be rotated"?! For years I thought Tetris was unreasonably hard! This changes everything! I still prefer it to all the fancier versions I played EXCEPT when we got the 3D version which used to swallow up my whole lunch break every day for weeks. You should invest in a PS4 VR. Tetris Effect can be very transcendental. Has relieved me from many a daytime gripe. It's tempting. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:32 ] |
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Fix your bike £50 voucher https://fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est.org.uk/ |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:56 ] |
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Quote: As the carnage increases so does Billy's score*, earning extra 'hearts'. With each heart he aquires more deadly skills at karate and judo. I legitimately didn't know that you learned more moves in Double Dragon if you played well. Turns out it's an RPG! * your score, surely. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:05 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Quote: As the carnage increases so does Billy's score*, earning extra 'hearts'. With each heart he aquires more deadly skills at karate and judo. I legitimately didn't know that you learned more moves in Double Dragon if you played well. Turns out it's an RPG! I wonder if that just applies to the NES version though. Interesting that they objected to the 'extreme violence' though (and suggested certification).. I've never really considered Double Dragon all that violent, perhaps because the violence is pretty cartoony, particularly on the home versions. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:16 ] |
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devilman wrote: Grim... wrote: Quote: As the carnage increases so does Billy's score*, earning extra 'hearts'. With each heart he aquires more deadly skills at karate and judo. I legitimately didn't know that you learned more moves in Double Dragon if you played well. Turns out it's an RPG! I wonder if that just applies to the NES version though. Interesting that they objected to the 'extreme violence' though (and suggested certification).. I've never really considered Double Dragon all that violent, perhaps because the violence is pretty cartoony, particularly on the home versions. Repeatedly kneeing someone in the face before throwing them over your shoulder is pretty hardcore. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:25 ] |
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I’ve seen some pretty violent cartoons |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:49 ] |
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The fact that a women gets punched in the gut by a gang of guys, one wielding a machine gun, is enough to convince me that it's pretty violent. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 14:35 ] |
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Oh it's certainly a violent game. My point was that as a kid playing stuff like Double Dragon, Final Fight and Operation Wolf in arcades, I never really gave the level of violence much thought. I used to play Target:Renegade a lot on the spectrum and I don't remember much fuss over that either. It seemed to be more when the likes of bloodier games like Mortal Kombat came along that people really kicked off, so it's interesting to see complaints about a NES game for much the same thing. My memory is pretty bad so maybe there's always been outrage over this sort of game and I just don't remember it. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Jul 28, 2020 22:29 ] |
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We were perhaps too young to have read about it at the time. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:17 ] |
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Strider guff! This is a really bad book. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:20 ] |
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Got to say, I prefer cows' milk |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:31 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Another IT triumph |
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| Author: | devilman [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:01 ] |
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Grim... wrote: We were perhaps too young to have read about it at the time. Yeah, I wondered that too. Looking on Wikipedia's list of controversial video games, I never knew that Barbarian was banned in Germany (while everyone else complained about the cover art instead )
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| Author: | MaliA [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:04 ] |
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devilman wrote: Grim... wrote: We were perhaps too young to have read about it at the time. Yeah, I wondered that too. Looking on Wikipedia's list of controversial video games, I never knew that Barbarian was banned in Germany (while everyone else complained about the cover art instead )Wolf from Gladiators! |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 13:57 ] |
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Today I discovered BBC Pidgin. |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 14:07 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: Got to say, I prefer cows' milk Heh, I always think the same when I see "Farmer's Milk" in Asda. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 19:01 ] |
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I've had an email today: Quote: I’m a researcher working with the UK-media company Storythings to develop a brand new series for Discovery UK about pop culture and memorabilia through time. For our pilot episode, we’re looking at major pop cultural events in 1980 – among them, the launch of Pac-Man. I’m looking for UK-based, passionate fans of Pac-Man (and-or other video games from the early 1980s) who collect fascinating memorabilia. I was wondering if you knew of any people who fit this description? Anyone you suggest I come in contact with? Any takers? |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 21:06 ] |
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devilman wrote: I've had an email today: Quote: I’m a researcher working with the UK-media company Storythings to develop a brand new series for Discovery UK about pop culture and memorabilia through time. For our pilot episode, we’re looking at major pop cultural events in 1980 – among them, the launch of Pac-Man. I’m looking for UK-based, passionate fans of Pac-Man (and-or other video games from the early 1980s) who collect fascinating memorabilia. I was wondering if you knew of any people who fit this description? Anyone you suggest I come in contact with? Any takers? Let me re-write that for you Quote: Hello , do you know TheVision ?
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 21:25 ] |
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In! Feel free to pass on my details. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 21:29 ] |
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To be honest you could replace ‘Pacman’ with just about any game, cartoon, toy series, TV show or other form of character franchise and TheVision would be able to whip you up a museum-worthy collection from his parents’ Aladdin’s cave of an attic. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 21:36 ] |
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My mate who runs The Arcade Vaults would certainly be interested. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 21:41 ] |
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Mimi wrote: To be honest you could replace ‘Pacman’ with just about any game, cartoon, toy series, TV show or other form of character franchise and TheVision would be able to whip you up a museum-worthy collection from his parents’ Aladdin’s cave of an attic. Which is where he lives |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:27 ] |
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They could get in touch with Tony Temple, world missile command champion, via https://arcadeblogger.com/about/ if they haven't already. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 13:27 ] |
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I am at that age when I can nod off at almost any time of day when I'm not involved in some task or other activity. I have to set the timer on my phone at lunch time in case I fall asleep in the van and it's really not a comfortable place for a nap. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 13:53 ] |
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My Dad has always had the rather enviable talent of being able to fall asleep anywhere, with any level of noise. Meanwhile, I can't nap unless I'm literally at deaths door. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 14:18 ] |
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I too have this superpower. My wife is extremely jealous. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 14:21 ] |
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I always used to have an issue with sleeping if not in my own bed, but I did a project in Dublin for 9 months, which meant I was up at 4:30am on a Monday and on the first flight out of the day. I'd catch up on sleep on the flight and ever since then I can sleep anywhere. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 14:39 ] |
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When Gaz and I were flying back from Vegas (14hr flight IIRC) I felt like I was the only person on the plane (apart from staff) not asleep. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 15:26 ] |
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Same for me on a flight back from mexico. Must have watched about 5 movies. I was so tired when we landed |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 15:29 ] |
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I'm usually pretty good at napping but never on planes. The combination of temperature and noise just makes it impossible |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 17:42 ] |
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I am on a break! |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 22:02 ] |
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Nice! You in the lakes? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 22:11 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Nice! You in the lakes? Looks more like a field to me |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 22:23 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Nice! You in the lakes? Bishops Castle. Marvellous here. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 22:23 ] |
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Giphy "wakka wakka": https://media2.giphy.com/media/gf1aPUWO1ULzW/giphy-loop.mp4 |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Thu Jul 30, 2020 23:02 ] |
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I fell asleep to the soothing sawing back and forth of a ferry during a force 8 gale, aided by the crashing of trays and glasses onto the floor. |
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