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Wooooo, one of the games I suggested for Abject Suffering got picked this week! I was one of four people, but it got picked dammit! Also next week: 
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For those who casually avoid Three Moves Ahead (me) for discussing highly specific timesink games you're not interested in, the recent mailbag episode is a rare good listen.
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Jul 15, 2015 07:53
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Just since it occurred to me listening to the LA Noire episode of WOFF and I suspect I'm too late to send in extrasode feedback: if you guys want an interesting bit of true crime/narrative about arson, Fire Lover is a fantastic story about that very topic, explaining a lot of the usual methods and telltale signs of arson, as well as one of the more infamous serial arsonist cases in US history. It's also just a good read! You know, for those days when you want to spend some time curled up next to something as non-flammable as possible with a paper book that could anyway you get where this joke is going.
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Jul 15, 2015 08:27
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If there's anyone else out there subscribed to Axe of the Blood God, Kat Bailey did a really good interview of 8-4 Play on the latest episode about localization and some of their specific jobs like FE: Awakening. I normally don't like 8-4 Play's podcast but having someone else in the room to ground them made for a surprisingly good episode (and also reminded me that I'm still ignoring the copy of Awakening I bought last year)
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Jul 18, 2015 05:26
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Between Kole on The Level and Zack on VGHD I have a weird desire to defend the Super Mario World romhacking community (which is basically the only romhacking community) as not being exclusively sadistic fuckers making increasingly impossible levels. There's a lot of hacks that are just More Super Mario World. Some of them more fun or more impressively different from the original than others, but it's not all pixel perfect jumps all the way down. I think it might be cool to do one of the more well-regarded ones as a VGHD assignment. Super Demo World is the canonical one I think, but it's also nearly old enough to drive so that might not prove much about the community. Someone else might have a more recent example.
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Jul 18, 2015 09:33
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Wasn't there one called Super Mario X that was pretty well-regarded?
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Jul 18, 2015 13:41
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I remember a few Japanese hacks that created some clever puzzle-y levels which weren't hard so much as they made you ponder. I dug it.
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Jul 18, 2015 14:29
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Beard Yawn posted:Wasn't there one called Super Mario X that was pretty well-regarded? DARKSEID DICK PICS posted:I remember a few Japanese hacks that created some clever puzzle-y levels which weren't hard so much as they made you ponder. I dug it.
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Jul 18, 2015 14:47
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Nah, it was a series of them, and they became increasingly more elaborate ASM hacks, I'm trying to remember what the hell it was called. I loved those things. I should really see what the hell the SMW romhackers have done in the years since I last looked at that stuff, I'm sure I could find an assload of new things to play with.
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Jul 18, 2015 15:09
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The Second Reality Project series is generally well-regarded as hacks with overall good and Mario-y level design. Super Mario Call of Cthulhu is a really well-designed hack that manages to pull off some really mind-melting effects in the mario engine. Newer Super Mario Bros Wii is goddamn amazing and is arguably even better than the game its based off of. It's not a SMW hack so I don't know if it counts, though. Super Mario World does have a lot of quality hacks but it suffers a lot from GameMaker syndrome where the tools to create are so easy and intuitive that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can make their Kaizo Mario/Touhou/Homestuck crossover hack and fart it out on the internet. dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Jul 18, 2015 17:22
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dijon du jour posted:Super Mario Call of Cthulhu is a really well-designed hack that manages to pull off some really mind-melting effects in the mario engine. I had not heard of this, but WOW some of the tricks it pulls WRT engine manipulation and level design are loving wild. Both from a creative and technical standpoint, this might be the most impressive romhack I've ever seen, in fact it's more impressive than most indie platformers.
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Jul 18, 2015 17:55
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darkseid, what do I honestly have to do for you to accept gameinformer's podcast on the list.
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Jul 18, 2015 19:23
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HMS Boromir posted:SMW Hacks They're not traditional romhacks, but I adore any of the "automatic mario" ones. Especially Don't Stop Me Now.
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Jul 18, 2015 19:54
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Tae posted:darkseid, what do I honestly have to do for you to accept gameinformer's podcast on the list. Tell me about it? I can just add that in a few, I was going to add Hyperbolic Game Chamber shortly anyway because I'm digging it.
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Jul 19, 2015 00:03
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So The Crate and Crowbar have set up a Patreon. I wouldn't normally promote in this way, but this is a really fantastic PC gaming focused podcast, and one of the best podcasts I listen too, held back only by stunningly low audio-quality. Pasco fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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Jul 19, 2015 23:34
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Pasco posted:So The Crate and Crowbar have set up a Patreon. I've never backed a patreon before, I wish i could just flat out give them $20 or something. I guess I'll chip in like a buck an episode at least until they get a couple decent microphones...
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Jul 20, 2015 00:07
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That Cthulhu themed SMB Rom hack is sort of amazing. I put about 90 minutes in but got to a part where I screwed myself. I know it says it encourages save states but starting over from the top with each lost life is absolute nonsense. The part I died on felt monumentally unfair too. It's the enforced invincibility star segment. It's very easy to screw yourself on time there.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:00
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So are there any podcasts that will be talking about EVO outside of Super Best FriendCast? Because this was, if not the BEST EVO, the MOST EVO. Here's a guy losing the Winner's Semifinals in Guilty Gear XRD because HE THOUGHT IT WAS OVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLeE5qPuXgM And the Street Fighter 4 Ultra Grand Finals, after being some of the most brilliant, tactical, intense play by two top-shelf players, gets cockblocked in literally the second-to-last-round because one of the player's Razer gamepad malfunctioned and wouldn't stay connected. Razer deleted the tweets they had posted linking to the EVO stream saying "GET IN HERE TO WATCH THE SF4 GRAND FINALS!" which resulted in serious Streisand Effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ__PbvsI4g&hd=1 And Marvel had by far the most diverse team layouts it's ever had aside from most teams having Doctor Doom. Some of the plays, the drops, everything were some of the best they've ever had. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PQp5AUVKUw&hd=1 Such a good EVO. And apparently the Catherine side tournament(who knew Competitive Catherine was even a thing?!) is the most hype thing at this year's EVO according to folks who actually watched it. I need to see it but it's crazy to think that could beat out the SF4 top 8 for hype levels.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:38
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Pasco posted:So The Crate and Crowbar have set up a Patreon. Yeah I'll chuck a few quid their way if they buy some new microphones.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:49
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XRD top 4 was hype as hell but considering it was 2 millias, a zato and a faust I expect it was also incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't play GG
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Jul 20, 2015 07:50
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Woffle posted:That Cthulhu themed SMB Rom hack is sort of amazing. I put about 90 minutes in but got to a part where I screwed myself. I know it says it encourages save states but starting over from the top with each lost life is absolute nonsense. Yeah, that decision confused me too. At first I thought that maybe forcing you to do all the levels in succession was a necessity in how the game was put together but after you beat the game you unlock a stage select option so 
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Jul 20, 2015 15:39
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HMS Boromir posted:XRD top 4 was hype as hell but considering it was 2 millias, a zato and a faust I expect it was also incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't play GG
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Jul 20, 2015 16:15
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Captain Invictus posted:So are there any podcasts that will be talking about EVO outside of Super Best FriendCast? Because this was, if not the BEST EVO, the MOST EVO. The boys down at Duckfeed had a good discussion of EVO
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Jul 20, 2015 17:13
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Jul 20, 2015 19:11
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Trolling aside, 8-4 usually has a good post mortem. If they have Scott Popular on next week to talk about EVO 2015 for 30 minutes, I'll be  for days.
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Jul 20, 2015 19:19
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Oh god the latest Abject Suffering. I did not expect Gamefaqs gold on this, of all games. Also this Let's play is really good. It's informative and lets the game speak for itself, so watch it if you want to learn more about this game after seeing this episode. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL760CE265680650B5
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Jul 21, 2015 00:13
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re: Abject Suffering and "I've never seen Minesweeper mashups", that has been a huge variety of smaller titles lately. Off the top of my head there's Minesweeper + action game, Minesweeper + modern UI/adjustable difficulty, Minesweeper + hex grid/custom board designs (probably the best variant), and there were two or three Desura titles I can no longer recall the name of, if they even still exist with that company in a flaming freefall like it is.
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Jul 21, 2015 03:24
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DARKSEID DICK PICS posted:re: Abject Suffering and "I've never seen Minesweeper mashups", that has been a huge variety of smaller titles lately. Off the top of my head there's Minesweeper + action game, Minesweeper + modern UI/adjustable difficulty, Minesweeper + hex grid/custom board designs (probably the best variant), and there were two or three Desura titles I can no longer recall the name of, if they even still exist with that company in a flaming freefall like it is. Huh, well I'll be. I've literally never seen those titles before. Neat though, it's a cool hybrid genre.
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Jul 21, 2015 08:05
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Also this Let's play is really good. It's informative and lets the game speak for itself, so watch it if you want to learn more about this game after seeing this episode. Yeah, sgf's LP is probably the way to go if you just want to see Illbleed. There's commentary, but not over the cutscenes, and he's a mostly straight-faced presenter who shows off everything the game has to offer without getting in the way. And Illbleed's definitely worth seeing all of, because while some of the levels definitely stand out above the others every single plot beat is delightfully bizarre and it's constantly coming at you with incredible stuff that's completely out of left field.
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Jul 21, 2015 08:30
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1) Illbleed is actually a lot like Deadly Premonition, a great terrible game. Abject Suffering needs more of those, but I'm not sure how many actually exist compared to films. 2) Is there a place to get that "mind melting" Cthulhu Mario romhack without signing into some weird shady foreign filedump site?
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Jul 21, 2015 08:45
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Zombies' Downfall posted:1) Illbleed is actually a lot like Deadly Premonition, a great terrible game. Abject Suffering needs more of those, but I'm not sure how many actually exist compared to films. Your buddy Gary will send it to you.
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Jul 21, 2015 19:59
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Another great C&C episode. I think they totally nailed why the days mod was so good and why the standalone and all the other survival games that it spawned never really lived up to it. In fact that was a passing point (and this really dates it) that Tyler Barber made on rebel fm (remember that?) at the time it came out. I also thought the discussion on "tilting" was fascinating as well because every one knows that concept but I've never heard it given an actual name.
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Jul 22, 2015 16:29
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It's a pretty common term in card games. I think I've heard it originated from tilting pinball tables, but I most closely associate it with Magic the Gathering and poker.
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Jul 22, 2015 17:38
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It gets used in MOBAs frequently too, because people like to blame their teammates for everything when they really should have taken a break two losses ago.
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Jul 22, 2015 17:56
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There was a study done recently that showed that the lower skill a male player is, the more likely he's going to hurl insults at a female player. It's basically a Dunning-Kruger for video games; scrublords all over the place.
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Jul 22, 2015 20:02
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Phone posted:There was a study done recently that showed that the lower skill a male player is, the more likely he's going to hurl insults at a female player. Since this is a podcast thread this is kind of on-topic: there's a pretty good episode of This American Life about trolls where a feminist internet writer talks to the most virulent troll she ever encountered on a Skype call or something and he basically admits that he did it because he was a giant loser who felt bad about himself and resented that a woman he didn't find attractive was happy and apparently-confident. It simultaneously manages to depict his behavior as unambiguously wrong and pathetic while also humanizing him. I can't imagine why anyone interested in the games industry would find it interesting!
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Jul 23, 2015 08:53
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This is also a good video essay series on that topic, specifically why the bulk of gamergators are angry and abusive, while not attacking them for being clearly wrong (and it's basically a podcast with some supporting images).
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Jul 23, 2015 09:46
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Zombies' Downfall posted:Since this is a podcast thread this is kind of on-topic: there's a pretty good episode of This American Life about trolls where a feminist internet writer talks to the most virulent troll she ever encountered on a Skype call or something and he basically admits that he did it because he was a giant loser who felt bad about himself and resented that a woman he didn't find attractive was happy and apparently-confident. It simultaneously manages to depict his behavior as unambiguously wrong and pathetic while also humanizing him. I thought it came out that part or all of this story was faked in some way, or highly embellished? Maybe I'm thinking of a different episode.
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Jul 23, 2015 12:13
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C-Euro posted:I thought it came out that part or all of this story was faked in some way, or highly embellished? Maybe I'm thinking of a different episode. It may be embellished, but I doubt it was mostly or totally falsified unless the people making that accusation have no way to prove it. TAL is usually very good at retracting stories they find out are bogus; there are multiple episodes with a single segment that was removed or has a disclaimer added, and there's one really infamous example (Mike Daisey's story about the abhorrent conditions at Apple manufacturers in China) where Ira Glass literally did a follow-up interview episode where he gets as angry as an NPR personality can get and nails the dude to the wall for representing his story as fact.
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Seconding what Zombies Downfall is saying about TAL being mostly above board on stuff. The only thing that is possibly worse than the fake Apple factory conditions episode with Mike Daisy is whenever they defer to Planet Money's playpen of loving clowns. This definitely is off topic, but if you want to hear what the world's sloppiest blow job sounds like, go check out Planet Money casually handing out hand breezys and more to the financial sector. Phone fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jul 23, 2015 |
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