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by Spacefarer
May 22nd, 2018, 8:49 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discourse
Topic: Books completed (and general book talk)
Replies: 187
Views: 221557

Re: Books completed (2018)

Ooh, interesting. I'll seek that one out for sure.
by Spacefarer
May 21st, 2018, 6:55 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discourse
Topic: Books completed (and general book talk)
Replies: 187
Views: 221557

Re: Books completed (2018)

I really enjoyed RP1, too. I definitely preferred the book to the film, but that's not to say it was a bad film. Just felt it was missing a first act. Anyway. Books. I finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy (plus The Hobbit) earlier this year. It was so, so good. Admittedly, it wasn't the best writt...
by Spacefarer
May 21st, 2018, 6:14 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Your Top 50 Games of All Time Lists
Replies: 303
Views: 176858

Re: Your Top 50 Games of All Time Lists

How are you guys able to rank these? I can't do it. SCIENCE! :geek: What I did was give each one a rating out of ten for gameplay, music, graphics, narrative, and lasting appeal. (There's a bit more to it than that, obvs.) Then fuddle around with decimal points so that I didn't have two in the same...
by Spacefarer
May 18th, 2018, 11:54 pm
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1575444

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

Here's a nice track from Jazz Jackrabbit 2, one of my favourite games. It turned 20 last week, so it seems appropriate to throw it in there. Before we begin: I'd played the shareware demo of the first Jazz Jackrabbit to death and back. With that out of the way... The first time I played Jazz 2, it w...
by Spacefarer
May 18th, 2018, 11:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Space Invaders
Replies: 11
Views: 7641

Re: Our next podcast recording (22.5.18) - 320: Space Invaders

Just gonna drop in my three-word review:

READY PLAYER <1>
by Spacefarer
May 18th, 2018, 10:59 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Your Top 50 Games of All Time Lists
Replies: 303
Views: 176858

Re: Your Top 50 Games of All Time Lists

Mine is a work-in-progress, on the grounds that there are a bunch of games I want to play that may yet make the list. (Also, I had to resort to the horrors of maths to rank them, otherwise there'd be 49 number 2's. A few surprises, but not ones I'd disagree with!) Doom II: Hell on Earth Halo: Combat...
by Spacefarer
May 17th, 2018, 8:13 pm
Forum: Play Together
Topic: South Coast Meet Up
Replies: 48
Views: 36821

Re: South Coast Meet Up

Count me in. Even though the south is like a foreign country to a Yorkshireman like me...
Guess I'll have to bring my HEV suit. ;)
by Spacefarer
May 10th, 2018, 6:20 pm
Forum: Sound of Play
Topic: Sound of Play: 145
Replies: 3
Views: 4960

Re: Sound of Play: 145

This was a great episode (and not just because my piece was picked). Very nice bit of unexpected, but not unwelcome, discussion. A further point about The Sims 2 and its storytelling: the game has a bunch of built-in features that facilitate making your own stories with your Sims. For example, each ...
by Spacefarer
May 5th, 2018, 9:46 pm
Forum: Sound of Play
Topic: Sound of Play: 144
Replies: 7
Views: 4650

Re: Sound of Play: 144

You need a decent microphone, some audio recording software and not to be too shy to talk to me about games music. That’s all really! Sounds good to me. I have at least two of the three credentials, anyway. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Phlum/Pixel-Emotes/master/PixelEmotesChromatic/thumbs_up.p...
by Spacefarer
May 5th, 2018, 10:55 am
Forum: Sound of Play
Topic: Sound of Play: 144
Replies: 7
Views: 4650

Re: Sound of Play: 144

Mark Morgan seems to be a master of ambient music. He also did the soundtrack for the first two Fallout games (and part of New Vegas, by extension). Something I'd like to mention about Spyro: if you're playing them for the first time, definitely play them in order. I grew up with Year of the Dragon,...
by Spacefarer
April 24th, 2018, 9:08 pm
Forum: Play Together
Topic: Worms
Replies: 4
Views: 5161

Re: Worms

Maybe a little late to the party on this one, but Worms Armageddon (the original PC version) with the latest patch works great online. Servers and everything.
by Spacefarer
April 24th, 2018, 9:06 pm
Forum: Play Together
Topic: Halo Online! (a.k.a. ElDewrito)
Replies: 2
Views: 3704

Halo Online! (a.k.a. ElDewrito)

Back in 2015, Microsoft released the alpha version of Halo Online, a Russia-only freemium game based on a heavily modified Halo 3 engine. Shortly after its initial release, modders were quick to strip out the additives to give us a classic Halo experience for PC. This mod is known as ElDewrito, and ...
by Spacefarer
April 19th, 2018, 7:03 pm
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1575444

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

I just recently started listening to Sound of Play. What a quality podcast. It's nice to hear music that I never would have otherwise, especially when it comes to obscure chiptunes from the Amiga and C64 (cheers, Leon). Anyway, here's my request. I'm always amazed at the power of nostalgia, since I'...
by Spacefarer
March 22nd, 2018, 7:13 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
Replies: 11699
Views: 6909861

Re: Whatcha Been Playing?

I recently got a Super Nt, and playing Super Mario World on it has somehow been a different, more compelling, experience to playing it on Wii Virtual Console and through emulation on my PC.

Doesn't help that it's in Japanese, though.
by Spacefarer
March 21st, 2018, 9:48 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Worms
Replies: 10
Views: 7507

Re: 317: Worms series

I'm trying to remember when I first discovered Worms. I know that I played Hogs of War first, which did 3D Worms before Worms 3D came along. As for the game in question, I remember going through a phase in around 2007-8 where I started to get into retro gaming, with Doom, Age of Empires and Super Ma...
by Spacefarer
March 21st, 2018, 9:10 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Space Invaders
Replies: 11
Views: 7641

Re: 320: Space Invaders

Out of curiosity, is the Super Game Boy version the same game as the SNES "Original Game" cartridge? 'Cause that's another version I've played quite a lot of. Speaking of versions, worth mentioning is the 1999 Activision-published game. I spent a lot of time with that game before playing A...
by Spacefarer
March 21st, 2018, 9:07 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Stanley Parable
Replies: 5
Views: 4781

Re: 318: The Stanley Parable

I first played (and watched) The Stanley Parable in its original form as a Half-Life 2 mod. It was very interesting, but for no reason in particular, I didn't play that version too much. The full version, on the other hand, I've put a decent amount of time into - enough time to see a fair share of i...
by Spacefarer
February 16th, 2018, 11:14 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Rampage
Replies: 16
Views: 10616

Re: 312: Rampage

I also played Rampage in my childhood! Funny, that. It wasn't in the arcades, though, but on my PS2 as part of the Midway Arcade Treasures collection. Not really much to say on it, other than it's decent fun. I imagine it shines when playing with friends, but even if you're just playing alone, it's ...
by Spacefarer
February 12th, 2018, 11:09 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Space Invaders
Replies: 11
Views: 7641

Re: 320: Space Invaders

Space Invaders is one of those games that I keep in my back pocket. My first memory of it was when I was out with my dad somewhere, and we found an original cabinet. Sadly, I was far too small to even reach the controls. The first time I properly played it was on PlayStation 2, with Space Invaders A...