Game Center CX - It's like Top Gear for video games

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Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Who were responsible for "Sometimes you should go to this kind of gamecenter"?

# ¿ Jan 18, 2012 13:16

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 13:48

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

xamphear posted:

Yep, no text on our TV stations.

This is a news channel.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2012 16:45

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Haha, I'm downloading at 65kb/s from depositfiles, is this just an Euro thing or are they this terrible?

# ¿ Jan 22, 2012 20:16

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

My only wish is for them to do a special with a modern game some day, it would be fun to see how he would handle some FPS games.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2012 09:58

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

I don't really see how that is different from watching him play Ninja Gaiden or Sonic.

He always gets a handle on the controls after a while, though.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2012 10:39

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Haha oh yeah, isn't Japan where they played Police vs Aliens rather than Terrorists vs Counter-terrorists in CS?

Anyway at this point I'm not hugely bothered with the retro angle as much as I enjoy seeing Arino be bad at games.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2012 13:56

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Lock posted:

Because he's not perving and people are overreacting. You can think those things, be above the rabble of Internettown, and still be overreacting. And it's the generalizing statements that draw issue, not whether or not someone likes the guy.

I didn't find it pervy. It was said conversationally as a tossaway comment and he seemed as surprised to get an answer as anything. People know him as a comedian, especially people who write in to the show, so they know what to expect. But if you are someone who did find it crossing a line, ok, fair enough, people naturally react differently. Just don't say ONLY INTERNETTOWN NERDS WOULD FIND THAT FUNNY. I really couldn't care less if others like the guy or not, just stop being so judgmental in general.

The guy went back on what he said and left it at "It weirds me out that Arino periodically acts like a giant perv. Yes I know it's a joke. It's still kinda creepy. I can think these things and still enjoy the show." and you still felt the need to get this defensive about it. Maybe think about that for a while.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2012 20:13

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Wow, Alex Kidd was one of my first games too, it was actually pre-installed on my console. I don't think I ever got farther than the bike-in-the-forest bit.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2012 20:03

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Yeah, I was gonna say, Alluvion seems like the perfect tracker for this. It's been up for years and years so you know it's stable.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2012 19:33

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Aw, can't concentrate on this enough at work, gonna have to leave it til you guys release a subbed version.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2012 10:29

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

If it's not for public consumption but for your group of friends why are you even asking the internet for advice? You'd get better answers from them whether they'd watch it or not.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 16:41

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Regarding the torrents, if you're going for this nested mapping structure wouldn't it be a good idea if all new releases were also in that format?

# ¿ Mar 8, 2012 13:21

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Random Stranger posted:

There are much worse episodes out there even in that season (Zelda: Ocarina of Time I'm looking at you).

What's wrong with it? :ohdear:

I was looking forward to it, is it because it's not that hard?

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 09:49

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Is it just me or have the subbed episodes been coming more rarely nowadays? It feels like last year you guys released several a month, maybe you're just busier now or I'm completely misremembering.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2012 16:20

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Random Stranger posted:

Arino's 40th Birthday Spectacular!

The translator on this one is zari-gani who I think actually got some of that sushi they had set out for the party. No word on if she got any of the cake.

Of course all of this from beginning to end is because of the entire SA Team. Everyone needs to take a bow.

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Just got around to watching this but I was wondering if there's a plan to translate the actual game segments as well or will you only do the birthday stuff? I thought the game looked pretty interesting.

# ¿ May 22, 2012 12:32

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Maybe Kotaku could license and dub it in English and make an anticomedy ouroboros

# ¿ Jun 4, 2012 18:03

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

zari-gani posted:

Gotta admit, I truly appreciate comments like that, especially towards something I know not everyone likes.

I assume that's also why you tend to type "'im'" rather than "him"?

# ¿ Jun 11, 2012 13:22

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Haha, yeah, the Sonic episode is the only one so far that actually made me frustrated with Arino. Felt like it took him ages to come to grips with - to me - some rather simple concepts.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2012 17:25

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

No.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2012 19:17

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Mister Chief posted:

There is no way they will say yes and I think it is rude to even ask. It is a place of work not a museum. You should visit some of the arcades and such that have been featured on the show itself.

Is this something particular to Japan or the US or something? Why would it be rude to ask? I've been given tours of studios and offices a few times and it's literally never been a problem.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2012 09:44

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

I guess that's why you call ahead?? What the guy wants to look at is entirely up to him.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2012 10:09

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Thanks, that's a better answer.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2012 10:52

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

victrix posted:

On a somewhat related note I've been in the offices of many american game devs, and outside some rare exceptions on the very, very high end (ie, Blizzard), most of them are... about what you'd expect from a business office.

DICE's office is great. :shobon:

Rather than gaming dens and console rooms they have ping pong and pool tables and a massive porch on the top level where they do barbecues for lunch in the summer.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2012 09:57

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

One is work, the other is private life. It's not complicated.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2012 16:13

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

It bugs me that I automatically read his name as Abe (Lincoln) rather than A-beh in my head. :|

# ¿ Aug 24, 2012 09:39

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Why would it be weird? His name isn't Abe like Abraham. I dunno, I try to pronounce things correctly as far as I know them but some things are more automatic, I guess.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2012 09:58

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Wait, what's [CX]? Is this different from whatever else you usually sub?

# ¿ Sep 7, 2012 22:40

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

rdbbb posted:

I don't think there's enough to suggest he's "really good friends" with any of them (or at least how I'd define that), but whew, I was beginning to think I was the only one that sees her laugh.

Context aside, laughing at insults thrown at you is a very common defense mechanism. Do with that what you will.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2012 10:38

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

While the guy seems a bit misinformed I agree with some of his points and the childish ganging up on the dude with voting down his comments and voting up everyone else's doesn't do anyone any favours, simply reeks of fanboyism and self-congratulatory mutual masturbation.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2012 08:07

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

You're right, entertaining dissenting opinions is far less important than talking about office outfits in Japan, pop culture references and Arino's accent. Let's do some more cliqueish back-patting.

How is what he wrote any more biased than what anyone else would say about the show?

Opal fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Sep 25, 2012

# ¿ Sep 25, 2012 11:17

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

No, but not enough unhelpful to want to get into a weird rant about it and vote it 'unhelpful'. I found most of the comments far less helpful than what he actually wrote. Why is a review unhelpful simply because it doesn't say what you want it to?
Like I said, I agree in that I feel it isn't necessarily a good thing that the show is taking on American influences and in my opinion it runs the risk of tainting the original feel of it.

I think I will also not purchase this DVD because I don't want to financially support an endeavour like Kotaku's. That is not to say I would not pay money for the show, if it came in a different format, and I think that not everyone will realise what the DVD actually is with regards to content - I know I didn't. In that way his review was helpful to me.

Opal fucked around with this message at 11:25 on Sep 25, 2012

# ¿ Sep 25, 2012 11:21

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Well again that wasn't particularly my point but whatever.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2012 12:12

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Sorry this is a bit late after the post but, I was watching the Balloon Fight episode with Preisdent Iwata and I was wondering if there is something different about the way Arino talks? I imagine it's possible he's just speaking more politely but his accent sounds different too. Or is it just me?

# ¿ Nov 9, 2012 19:33

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

zari-gani posted:

Arino does indeed drop most of his Kansai dialect and switch to proper formal speak when interviewing someone because that's the polite, business-like thing to do.

Ah, cool, glad I picked it up! Thanks for the help.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2012 23:18

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

pnumoman posted:

No one's taking your original post as being hostile, you're just really stupid. It's been pointed out over and over and over again that the non-challenge segments are broadcast ONLY so both the Japanese DVDs, the Kotaku run, and the Discotek DVDs do not have them at all, yet you seem to have failed to grasp this simple point.

I really don't understand how you can like GCCX enough to get an Arino avatar, yet fail to do some basic research about the show.

No, you're being incredibly hostile for no reason at all and good job on running yet another person out of the thread. Just because you've heard his complaint before doesn't mean that everyone has read every single post in these thread since the start so chill the gently caress out.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2013 18:41

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Why does that guy have Twitter at all if he only ever replies with snide one-liners

# ¿ Mar 2, 2013 20:34

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Crotch Bat posted:

You're asking this about Twitter?

Yes, it seems I am. Your post seems to imply something but I don't know what it is.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2013 21:35

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

Mister Chief posted:

According to this thread something good happening to Americans is a bad thing because.

Hahahah you must be joking.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2013 12:59

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 13:48

Opal: May 10, 2005; some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

SuccinctAndPunchy posted:

This .gif really doesn't do this moment justice but I laughed so very hard at this.

Hahah, yeah this one is my favourite too.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2014 09:51

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