And in the case the player does suck, the game must redeem itself by having the time it takes to restore your last save be very short. Many games, I spend about as much, if not more time, at the load screen than actually playing the game.
So far, load times seem to be the only motivation for upgrading my machine, as everything still runs at a playable speed, even Doom 3.
For some reason, I find the original NES Super Mario Brothers jump sound to be hilarious. "Bleeeeeeeeee!" Hopefully that doesn't make me retarded or anything.
Similarly, the sound the 1-wood makes when you miss the ball while swinging in Lee Trevino's Fighting Gold is extremely funny to me.
I was laughing my ass off when I saw footage of that game. You may have seen it before. It's that one where you have to roll a ball around streets and parks, etc., and have to pick up objects with it. Eventually, the ball gets big enough that you're picking up innocent old ladies and then cars, buses and buildings. By the end, there's so much crap rolling around it just looks hilarious.
It all makes sense now. For some reason, both games were frustratingly hard and I quit both after about a week.
Humor works a lot better if you don't piss off the player first. Such a waste, too, Tron 2.0 had such great sound, music, and graphics. But they had to screw it up by giving the enemies god aim and the player no way to restore health frequently.
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Guybrush: I am rubber, you are glue.
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I guess it's linky time. There's an entire website dedicated to weird video game quotes, even many that aren't even Japanese:
There is no doubt that the people at People Can Fly share a similar sense of humor of mine. Their game, Painkiller, doesn't really do anything at all to be humurous, it's just that the awesome physics engine causes some hilarious things to happen. Huge chain barrel explosions as well as the way the enemies look when you use the rotating blade.
Maybe they were watching Dead Alive (hence the similarity between the main weapon and that lawn mower from the movie) or some Troma movie when they came up with the idea of the game.
Wow. The reference to the TRS-80 wasn't enough. The line that said it was a joke (to avoid thoughtless troll or offtopic mods) wasn't enough. It looks like whenever I am joking on Slashdot, I need to put the following line at the bottom:
THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
Yeah, I agree. These guys missed a huge user base by completely missing the point of running virtual machines. It looks like I'm still stuck in the mud until someone develops a solution to get all my TRS-80 apps working again.
...and I have been modded troll. May I ask why? The grandparent post was talking about Disneyland accomodations. Disneyland is, of course, located in Anaheim, California. Therefore, the community of Celebration, Florida is much closer to Disneyworld, which is in Orlando, than the first.
Don't let my sig fool you. This was not a troll (I just enjoy farting instead).
Even with the console command to increase how heavily the area is lighted, the black areas were still black. Somethingawful.com actually did a piece on how drawing a bunch of black was part of their optimization technique.
I always found Unreal to be soothing. Gameplay is not too hard, the controls are very solid, and you have huge open areas. Of course, another one of my favorites, Painkiller, can be very aggravating, especially on the boss levels. (Long load times after dying 25 times in a row, mostly)
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I was referring to No One Lives Forever 2 and Tron 2.0. I didn't even see that the guy wrote about Armed and Dangerous until you replied.
That reminde me of clip involving Madden 2004.
You fight like a dairy farmer.
I am rubber, you are glue.
And in the case the player does suck, the game must redeem itself by having the time it takes to restore your last save be very short. Many games, I spend about as much, if not more time, at the load screen than actually playing the game.
So far, load times seem to be the only motivation for upgrading my machine, as everything still runs at a playable speed, even Doom 3.
You wouldn't believe how many times I punched Oozo the Clown. Funny as hell.
For some reason, I find the original NES Super Mario Brothers jump sound to be hilarious. "Bleeeeeeeeee!" Hopefully that doesn't make me retarded or anything.
Similarly, the sound the 1-wood makes when you miss the ball while swinging in Lee Trevino's Fighting Gold is extremely funny to me.
Two words: Katamari Damacy
I was laughing my ass off when I saw footage of that game. You may have seen it before. It's that one where you have to roll a ball around streets and parks, etc., and have to pick up objects with it. Eventually, the ball gets big enough that you're picking up innocent old ladies and then cars, buses and buildings. By the end, there's so much crap rolling around it just looks hilarious.
It all makes sense now. For some reason, both games were frustratingly hard and I quit both after about a week.
Humor works a lot better if you don't piss off the player first. Such a waste, too, Tron 2.0 had such great sound, music, and graphics. But they had to screw it up by giving the enemies god aim and the player no way to restore health frequently.
(Guybrush feeds a troll)
Guybrush: I am rubber, you are glue.
I guess it's linky time. There's an entire website dedicated to weird video game quotes, even many that aren't even Japanese:
Zany Video Game Quotes
I'm Bobbin Threadbare. Are you my mommy?
If this gets modded offtopic or troll, I've proved a point about injokes not working in current games.
There is no doubt that the people at People Can Fly share a similar sense of humor of mine. Their game, Painkiller, doesn't really do anything at all to be humurous, it's just that the awesome physics engine causes some hilarious things to happen. Huge chain barrel explosions as well as the way the enemies look when you use the rotating blade.
Maybe they were watching Dead Alive (hence the similarity between the main weapon and that lawn mower from the movie) or some Troma movie when they came up with the idea of the game.
Wow. The reference to the TRS-80 wasn't enough. The line that said it was a joke (to avoid thoughtless troll or offtopic mods) wasn't enough. It looks like whenever I am joking on Slashdot, I need to put the following line at the bottom:
THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY - THIS IS A JOKE, DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
Yeah, I agree. These guys missed a huge user base by completely missing the point of running virtual machines. It looks like I'm still stuck in the mud until someone develops a solution to get all my TRS-80 apps working again.
(Note to mods: take a joke)
...and I have been modded troll. May I ask why? The grandparent post was talking about Disneyland accomodations. Disneyland is, of course, located in Anaheim, California. Therefore, the community of Celebration, Florida is much closer to Disneyworld, which is in Orlando, than the first.
Don't let my sig fool you. This was not a troll (I just enjoy farting instead).
Even with the console command to increase how heavily the area is lighted, the black areas were still black. Somethingawful.com actually did a piece on how drawing a bunch of black was part of their optimization technique.
Uh....DisneyLAND...Anaheim, CA
I do find it kinda funny that Snoopy is in the ATMs here (In Japan)
Everything is clean and there are signs everywhere.
I've known too many people who come back from Disneyland who are on the brink of death. Yeah, uh...clean.
I TRIED SO HARD AND GOT SO FAR!!!!!!! IN THE END IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER!!!
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Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
You misspelled "tolerance for redundant gameplay".
That reminds me, I ought to stop playing Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf.
I always found Unreal to be soothing. Gameplay is not too hard, the controls are very solid, and you have huge open areas. Of course, another one of my favorites, Painkiller, can be very aggravating, especially on the boss levels. (Long load times after dying 25 times in a row, mostly)
And Howard Stern's penis! Ba-ba-booey! Ba-ba-booey! Howard Stern's penis! Ba-ba-booey!
Hey! Whaa don't one of ya bitches just answa me - is that a bazooka right there?!
See this if you don't get it
Cover me! Ah'm about to get ma bazooka!