Ravenprose said:

I remember going to EB Games the day Killer Instinct came out on the SNES. They were sold out and told me I should have pre-ordered it. I'd never heard of pre-ordering before. I went across the street to Best Buy and they had a display full of copies that were available for anyone.

Somehow pre-ordering became a requirement at all stores soon after. All of it was BS. Now companies want us to not only pre-order digtial games but pay them $20 extra to get it three days early. WTF?

Yeah, what a racket. "You can get the blue suit and heavy gun. A Gamestop exclusive but ONLY if you preorder."

Can I just play Metroid Prime 4 first.

The second it transpired MK was going open world you just knew it'd involve a lot of grinding to artificially pad out the experience.

aspro said:

Yeah, the government channel and a commercial channel.  It was good, though. We were so bored that we'd take the TV apart and put it back together (amazed we didn't electrocute ourselves).  I told my brother, one day we'll be able to pause and rewind live TV. He said it was impossible. I explained we would be able to buffer the signal on some form of cassette (this was about 1983).

I was disciplined in year 2 because the teacher said, "Did you children watch Pam Ayers (poet) on the government channel last night. I said yes, in fact, we taped it. She challenged me, and I said, My parents taped it.  I was sent to the principal's office because it was fanciful that anyone at the time could own a video recorder, and I was lying. (I put all this together years later).

My Mum had taped the audio on a reel-to-reel recorder so we could listen to it when we wanted.

Fucking small brains.

The most shocking and dating part of this whole story is a poet being on TV.

Went to Walmart and picked up Donkey Kong Bananza and there was only one copy there. They may have sold some before I got mine but I kind of doubt that it was that many. That’s bananas!

travo said:

gamingeek said:

Agatha Christie – Death on the Nile launches September 25


Niiice.


Did you guys ever try the demo of the new Murder on the Orient Express game?

I bought but haven't spent much time with it.

Foolz said:

aspro said:

Yeah, the government channel and a commercial channel.  It was good, though. We were so bored that we'd take the TV apart and put it back together (amazed we didn't electrocute ourselves).  I told my brother, one day we'll be able to pause and rewind live TV. He said it was impossible. I explained we would be able to buffer the signal on some form of cassette (this was about 1983).

I was disciplined in year 2 because the teacher said, "Did you children watch Pam Ayers (poet) on the government channel last night. I said yes, in fact, we taped it. She challenged me, and I said, My parents taped it.  I was sent to the principal's office because it was fanciful that anyone at the time could own a video recorder, and I was lying. (I put all this together years later).

My Mum had taped the audio on a reel-to-reel recorder so we could listen to it when we wanted.

Fucking small brains.

The most shocking and dating part of this whole story is a poet being on TV.

If you look up Pam Ayers' work, you'll see how a poet ended up on TV. Very broad poetry. Here is what AI produced when I asked it to write a poem about you in the style of Pam Ayers (nailed it):

I’m gonna tell you 'bout Tom Towers,

A chap who spends his waking hours,

Not gardening or baking pies,

But gaming, with discerning eyes.

He’s got a podcast, quite renowned,

Where pixel talk and lore abound.

He’ll chat for hours, deep and wide,

On frame rates, shaders, anti-aliasing pride.

He’s not impressed by sloppy scenes,

Or muddy rocks in gaming greens.

“Those textures look like mashed-up chalk!”

He’ll mutter in his Aussie talk.

And if you dare to name Clair Obscure,

He’ll scoff and say, “The end’s unsure!”

“It fizzles out, it lacks finesse,

A narrative unholy mess!”

But still he plays, with furrowed brow,

Inspecting cliffs and granite now.

“Look at that boulder! What a joke!

It’s polygonal, and poorly woke!”

So here’s to Tom, with specs and sass,

A gaming gent of highest class.

He’ll rate your rocks, your quests, your lore,

Then podcast on it — and ask for more!

robio said:

I've seen the movie. If you guys just want to skip the game I can tell you how it ends.

aspro said:

You ever put something somewhere and think, “I’ll put it here so I’ll remember where I put it”?

No, not that I can recall.