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#273963
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273963/action/topic#273963
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I remember a few years back when Electronic Gaming Monthly did one of their April Fool's Day cheat codes (I think this one was that you could unlock Sonic and Tails in Super Smash Bros. Melee by getting ten kills in Cruel Melee), and Nintendo Power took a potshot at them in the next month's issue, saying something along the lines of "We pride ourselves on being honest with our subscribers and not tricking them with false information" or some crap like that.

As an interesting side note, so many people were angered by the April Fool's Joke that EGM held a contest where people were to send a videotape of them getting ten kills or more, and they'd win a copy of whatever game of the month they had that month. (I think the highest was over 20....and with Jigglypuff, no less!)
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#273870
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That's quite enough for now
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Originally posted by: daveytod
Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Indeed, now I'll be the only resident Monty Python fanatic now.


how dare you sir!!

besides dosen't the word 'geek' instantly imply more than a passing knowledge of the great Python?


Well, I only said it because Ric made a Python thread a while back, and he and I were pretty much the only ones who posted in it.
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#273520
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273520/action/topic#273520
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Originally posted by: ferris209
I dunno, I just don't like it. I didn't even know what it was. Still don't. Kind of goofy lookin' to me.


Cthulhu is one of the Great Old Ones from H.P. Lovecraft's classic horror stories. If you've never read anything by him, I suggest that you do; you'd be in for a treat.

I'd recommend starting off with his story "The Call of Cthulhu". Excellent stepping stone for new fans.
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#272951
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The Go-Mer-Tonic™ Thread - Today's Topic: Whose your favorite author and why?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272951/action/topic#272951
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Personally I don't mind the stuff. I mean it isn't the best quality "meat" in the world, but as far as fake and easy to prepare precooked meats goes, this stuff can be very useful. Just pop the can open and it is ready to eat. Can be very useful in many situations. I think it is wise to keep some at easy access around the house just in case something comes up and you have to go on the lamb. Not to mention it has a great Monty Python sketch dedicated to it (complete with singing vikings). That last part is probably its greatest redeeming factor.


Slice it up and fry it. It's delicious.
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#272948
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Grindhouse
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272948/action/topic#272948
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I dunno, maybe I'm just desensitized, but I didn't think the violence in Sin City was all that bad. I mean, it was pretty intense, but it never got to a point where I would say "Oh God, I can't look!"

It seems like most of the really violent stuff happens off-camera, leaving it to the imagination (which was great, by the way).
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#272790
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272790/action/topic#272790
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How great would it be if they made an adapter for the Wii so that you could use your old N64 controller to play your N64 games. Just thought of something else I am curious about, in Ocarina of Time, the top right corner of the screen had representations of all four c buttons and the a and b buttons with a label (i.e. jump, talk, Navi) or an icon representing the idem that is equipped to that particular button. Have they changed this on the Wii version to be representations of the classic controller's buttons rather than the N64 controller's buttons?


I haven't played the Wii version of OoT, but I own the GC version (both the Master Quest disc and the Collector's Edition disc), and on the GC controller you have two options: for the C-Left, C-Right, and C-Down, you can use the X, Y, and Z buttons (respectively) a la Wind Waker, or you can use the C-Stick. The XYZ set-up works fairly well except for playing the ocarina (since there's no C-Up button), at which time you have to use the C-Stick, which is a pain in the ass; it's unresponsive and you have to point the stick in the precise direction or else you screw up the note.

I personally think Wind Waker would be awesome with the Wii-mote, if only for the fact that I could actually use the remote as the Wind Waker instrument.
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#272774
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Getting too old for this sort of thing?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/272774/action/topic#272774
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18. Does that make me the baby here?

I discovered Star Wars at a very early age to make up for it. I stumbled across a recording of ROTJ that my dad had gotten off of the TV, and wondering what the hell the Jabba's Palace scene was all about. My dad bought the VHS box set (the pre-FACES one with the cool poster artwork) not long afterward, and I've been a fan ever since.