Moments when a piece of entertainment completely rocked you.

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:31 pm

The Reward is on kickstarter. They're asking for $115K to make the first episode.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:16 am

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/feature ... on-faq.php

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:35 am

Starmaker wrote:The Reward is on kickstarter. They're asking for $115K to make the first episode.

FUCKING YES

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:24 am

"One man should need no help to achieve his goals: Let's Play Last Scenario!"
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showth ... genumber=1

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:55 am

Avoraciopoctules wrote:"One man should need no help to achieve his goals: Let's Play Last Scenario!"
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showth ... genumber=1

violence in the media · Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:22 pm

God damn you, Avo. I got sucked into reading that entire fucking thread this weekend. Lol.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:09 am

HaHAA! There's a completed LP of the follow-up game that's already been archived.
http://lparchive.org/Exit-Fate/

Also,
http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/archive/page-320/
http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/archive/page-321/

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:53 pm

It's amazing how different an idea can look like after some serious rewriting
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4067416/1/D ... il_Mark_II

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:09 pm

So that's what the original story was trying to convey...

Thanks, Av!

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:38 am

I saw Oz: The Great and Powerful today.

On the whole, I liked it. It was a very gorgeous movie, I'll give it that.

My main complaint is the mood whiplash. There's a rather hardcore scene of a woman crying (you'll know it if you see the movie). There's some other really dark bits that I'm not gonna go into, and they hit you like a brick what with the friendly flying monkey and munchkins and all.

I would also have liked the character of Oz better if he spent more time pulling tricks and being useful.

The whole character arc there was that he was more useful than he believed himself to be, and a better person than he gave himself credit for. He runs off a lion with flash powder, and uses some sleight-of-hand for a few other tricks, but he spends the majority of the movie protesting that he's useless and not actually doing anything, thereby being useless in fact. It would have been a bit better, to me, if he was doing stuff all along and just shrugged it off as stuff "anyone could do".

I liked the Hobbit better, despite Oz having its moments.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:17 pm

I like this far more than I should:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5wGS-_uqg

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:46 pm

i call bullshit. they did not even need to blow into the cartridge to get it to work again!

ishy · Post by **ishy** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:29 pm

You shouldn't actually blow into the cartridge, because it damages it though.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:30 pm

i know that you are technically right, but practical experiences over the years still confirm:"if it does not work, blow into the cartridge and it probably works again afterwards"

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:50 pm

Stahlseele wrote:i know that you are technically right, but practical experiences over the years still confirm:"if it does not work, blow into the cartridge and it probably works again afterwards"

Your practical experience is based on confirmation bias.

If you just took the cartridge out and put it back in without blowing on it, you would obtain identical results.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:50 pm

Stahlseele wrote:i know that you are technically right, but practical experiences over the years still confirm:"if it does not work, blow into the cartridge and it probably works again afterwards"

It's been years since I've messed around with an NES, but I wonder if the trick is actually, taking it out and reinserting it, anything else just doesn't matter.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:31 pm

The most efficient way to fix an old NES is to cut the 4 pin on the 10NES lockout chip. Most of the blinking problems are actually caused by failed connections between the 10NES in the system and the one in the cart. Disable the lockout chip and everything will usually work fine.

The only problem is that you can't play the Nintendo World Championship cartridge without a lockout chip because the NWC cart used the chip to activate some of its content. This shouldn't be a problem, because there are only around 100 NWC carts in existence and then sell for well over $10,000.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:30 pm

RobbyPants wrote:
Stahlseele wrote:i know that you are technically right, but practical experiences over the years still confirm:"if it does not work, blow into the cartridge and it probably works again afterwards"
It's been years since I've messed around with an NES, but I wonder if the trick is actually, taking it out and reinserting it, anything else just doesn't matter.

It's been my experience that the problem usually involves cleaning the contact points in the cartridge. Blowing it out is sort of like using an air can on your computer - it moves enough dust and munge that contact can be improved. I've found that taking a few Q-Tips and rubbing alcohol and cleaning the contacts both in the cartridge and in the game system works better, though.

On an amusing note, my son picked up the cartridge blowing trick really fast, but we can't help laughing because he's extended it to all gaming systems - even when they take CDs.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:28 pm

Maj wrote: On an amusing note, my son picked up the cartridge blowing trick really fast, but we can't help laughing because he's extended it to all gaming systems - even when they take CDs.

I can see that. I love how kids that way overgeneralize.

echoVanguard · Post by **echoVanguard** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:25 pm

Avoraciopoctules wrote:HaHAA! There's a completed LP of the follow-up game that's already been archived.
http://lparchive.org/Exit-Fate/

Also,
http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/archive/page-320/
http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/archive/page-321/

Man, I loved that LP of Exit Fate. Stop tempting me to buy an SA account, you guys!

echo

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:07 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_(2012_film)
Saw this around a week ago, just before my desert trip. It was pretty cool as an example of how much thought goes into modern marketing for ideas and products, and how the boundary between them is surprisingly fluid. I'm tempted to watch it again.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:18 pm

Season 1 of Metalocalypse is on Netflix.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:42 pm

It's probably my least favourite season, too, so you've got a lot to look forward to.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:41 pm

From a webcomic, Free Drawings for Total Strangers.
It's important you see these in order.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:13 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:From a webcomic, Free Drawings for Total Strangers.
It's important you see these in order.