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Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Back when people could actually get humiliated off the internet.

Jay Rust posted:

glad i don't know who/what that is

The pfp seems familiar, but the reply is telling me to keep it forgotten.

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Dabir
Nov 10, 2012

DEFEND THE ONLY JEWISH STATE
That's Zelda Williams, Robin Williams's daughter. From a quick google of the dates, I'm guessing the weirdo reply guy was doing his thing right after her dad died.

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Dabir posted:

That's Zelda Williams, Robin Williams's daughter. From a quick google of the dates, I'm guessing the weirdo reply guy was doing his thing right after her dad died.

I was talking about the weirdo reply guy lol

maximum joy
Mar 27, 2007

hug each other without saying anything

RBA Starblade posted:

Well I beat Saints Row 2022

That sure was a way to end a game

That whole musical number is probably my new number one for "worst finale in a post-16-bit game".

Dabir
Nov 10, 2012

DEFEND THE ONLY JEWISH STATE

Electric Phantasm posted:

I was talking about the weirdo reply guy lol

I know

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

What's the worst finale in a 16 bit game?

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS


I need my shift to be over so I can get some sleep

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

claw game handjob posted:

That whole musical number is probably my new number one for "worst finale in a post-16-bit game".

The whole setup for why you get betrayed is stunningly dumb, then the entire finale from there on except like three minutes was devoid of music or any background noise

I knew about the musical number but I'm not 100%ing this to see that

maximum joy
Mar 27, 2007

hug each other without saying anything

Electric Phantasm posted:

What's the worst finale in a 16 bit game?

Honestly I just wanted a good cutoff point for your CONGRATULATION! single screen of Engrish finales

RBA Starblade posted:

The whole setup for why you get betrayed is stunningly dumb, then the entire finale from there on except like three minutes was devoid of music or any background noise

I knew about the musical number but I'm not 100%ing this to see that

I don't think I noticed the silence, I was getting salty that the boss was basically just an HP sponge of a heli before a flaccid final showdown. I uh... Didn't know the musical scene was 100% only, I think I was legit at that when I finished.

maximum joy fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Aug 12, 2024

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

Electric Phantasm posted:

I was talking about the weirdo reply guy lol

Dobson was basically your stereotypical extremely sad sack depressing guy at the comic book store who also made twee upbeat comics about his intensely depressing existence. And eventually started drawing himself as a blue Care Bear for some reason.

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

Electric Phantasm posted:

What's the worst finale in a 16 bit game?

Ghouls ‘n Ghosts I think. “gently caress you, do it again!”

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

overeager overeater posted:

I still find it a bit funny that Telltale were working on Tales from the Borderlands alongside their adaptation of Game of Thrones - a series tailor-made for Tough Decisions™ and "anyone can die" moments - and somehow the Borderlands game ended up the far better one
The problem with the game of thrones game was using the show actors and not letting you kill the show characters. Too limiting. They should have just treated it like a what if and gone wild

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Shard posted:

The problem with the game of thrones game was using the show actors and not letting you kill the show characters. Too limiting. They should have just treated it like a what if and gone wild

It did lead to a pretty funny ending for the game (and series) where basically no matter what you did all the cool characters and actors thought of the player characters as huge losers and assholes

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

RBA Starblade posted:

It did lead to a pretty funny ending for the game (and series) where basically no matter what you did all the cool characters and actors thought of the player characters as huge losers and assholes

Yeah but it sucked to play let alone replay

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



Electric Phantasm posted:

What's the worst finale in a 16 bit game?

i think the bad ending of rolo to the rescue is probably up there, or is, at the least, the most unhinged finale

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

Vermain posted:

i think the bad ending of rolo to the rescue is probably up there, or is, at the least, the most unhinged finale

Wow, Oddworld ain’t got poo poo on that lmao

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007
If only I had rescued all my animal friends, I'd be truly happy ever again.

mutata
Mar 1, 2003

loving rolo lit his legacy on fire and he knows it.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Vermain posted:

i think the bad ending of rolo to the rescue is probably up there, or is, at the least, the most unhinged finale

lol

Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

Dewgy posted:

Ghouls ‘n Ghosts I think. “gently caress you, do it again!”

Or was it ahead of its time and in retrospect do we need to give it props? Two playthroughs and hard mode already available from the day of release!

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Vermain posted:

i think the bad ending of rolo to the rescue is probably up there, or is, at the least, the most unhinged finale

If Super Metroid wasn't loving around

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

https://x.com/TheVeronicaT/status/1823000035883438271

Games adjacent, the original English voice for Misty and Jessie in Pokemon passed of breast cancer

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



Waffleman_ posted:

https://x.com/TheVeronicaT/status/1823000035883438271

Games adjacent, the original English voice for Misty and Jessie in Pokemon passed of breast cancer

the OG anime was a huge part of my childhood, and she gave both characters a real voice at a time when western anime dubbing was still in its infancy. big RIP

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


gently caress cancer :smith:

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

Ciaphas posted:

gently caress cancer :smith:

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



i got a video in my feed from a young woman advocating for people to start building their own websites again and had a chuckle at her independently reinventing the concept of a webring. maybe we really did have it right the first time around

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007
The Internet had a couple peaks followed by brutal capitalizations.

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



Khanstant posted:

The Internet had a couple peaks followed by brutal capitalizations.

i do think there's a genuine yearning for more authentic content and personal creativity, especially with AI rapidly rendering search engines useless and clogging up the pipes of socials. the hard part's discoverability, and i'm sadly not sure how you'd go about solving that in a way that wouldn't just create a new service for google to gobble up once it gets big in 5 years

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

a lot of people that would have been making weird websites twenty years ago either got on co-host or are making gemini capsules now

mutata
Mar 1, 2003

There's a small but growing "indie web" out there. Neocities and the like.

mutata fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Aug 13, 2024

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Been a while since I gamed but the Olympics is over and I'm getting the itch

Lobok
Jul 13, 2006

Say Watt?

Hm, well I don't think Visions of Mana is for me, sadly. Tried the demo and while the gameplay was surprisingly action-y, the characters and VA were not at the level of "I would enjoy dozens of hours of this." Usually in a game when I start skipping dialogue it's like 70% of the way through, not after five minutes.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

The internet peaked with the something awful forums. Join now!

xoFcitcrA
Feb 16, 2010

took the bread and the lamb spread
Lipstick Apathy

Jay Rust posted:

Join now!

got it. now what?

Foul Fowl
Sep 12, 2008

Uuuuh! Seek ye me?
now watch the years flutter away

DalaranJ
Apr 15, 2008

Yosuke will now die for you.

Jay Rust posted:

The internet peaked with the something awful forums. Join now!

Something Awful: We invented Let’s Plays.
Oh, sorry, you probably know it by it’s modern name *checks notes* VTubing.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

xoFcitcrA posted:

got it. now what?

:justpost:

xoFcitcrA
Feb 16, 2010

took the bread and the lamb spread
Lipstick Apathy

Foul Fowl posted:

now watch the years flutter away

done. easy. what's next?


on it.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
JJJJJSDASDSDASD

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Jossar
Apr 2, 2018

Current status: Angry about subs :argh:

mutata posted:

There's a small but growing "indie web" out there. Neocities and the like.

Yeah, I occasionally go diving on Neocities just to see what's there and it's like the 90's never left, but now the fanpages are about Hatsune Miku instead: https://mikufan3939.neocities.org/home

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