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Gloryhold It! posted:If I recall correctly, he was added with his name on the title so more people would pay attention to Skylanders. Seems to have worked well enough. Pretty much. It was originally Spyro's Skylanders when they first came out, wasn't it?
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My favorite part of this is the cartoon hats they are wearing. "How will the kids know you are wrappers without backwards hats!" "Because we're... actual wrap artists?" "...But how will the kids know-"
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I'm going to believe you think it's spelled "wrappers" because it makes me smile.
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Section Z posted:My favorite part of this is the cartoon hats they are wearing. Also Mickey's sagging pants, although the belt should be braided.
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hamsystem posted:Also Mickey's sagging pants. Although the belt should be braided. Sagging pants worn over his normal shorts.
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I remember Weekend Update on SNL making fun of this (Norm Macdonald) and he said the album no longer contains the controversial song "Mouse Killer"
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:I remember Weekend Update on SNL making fun of this (Norm Macdonald) and he said the album no longer contains the controversial song "Mouse Killer" You mean Cat Killer
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Section Z posted:My favorite part of this is the cartoon hats they are wearing. Wrappers.
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RCarr posted:I'm going to believe you think it's spelled "wrappers" because it makes me smile. Shrapnig posted:Wrappers. Looks like it turns out to be me. I'm the one they needed to draw backwards hats onto them for 
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That S thing reminds me of when I was in grade 12, a lot of the grade 10s that year had sXe written on their backpacks and stuff, and I had no idea what it was, I thought it was some crazy kids way of spelling Sexy, but apparently it was Straight Edge? Which makes me laugh because a bunch of 14 year olds saying "I'm not gonna smoke, drink or gently caress!" is hilarious. Unless in 1995/6 they were way more debauched than I thought. I know that isn't a strictly 90s thing, but the sXe thing was only seen for a brief amount of time, and I associate it strongly with the late 90s.
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I saw sXe well into 2006. It was ridiculous then and every straightedge kids I knew ended up doing more drugs than normal kids. Then again some of them fell into that group because they didn't get invited to parties, anyway. Wait, they were proto-incels!
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ZDar Fan posted:You mean Cat Killer Oh yea,I'm an idiot
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I always thought straight edge was a punk subset, at least the straight edge dude I knew was a hardcore punk.
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Dreadwroth posted:I always thought straight edge was a punk subset, at least the straight edge dude I knew was a hardcore punk. That's what it emerged out of. It started as a response to the self-destructive excesses of a lot of punks.
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Still stoked for Volume 2!
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Too bad that game was terrible.
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I like how you can only see the designs on the blonds, the brunette is SOL.
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I love how it says look "impressive", because even they knew how silly that thing is.
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twistedmentat posted:That S thing reminds me of when I was in grade 12, a lot of the grade 10s that year had sXe written on their backpacks and stuff, and I had no idea what it was, I thought it was some crazy kids way of spelling Sexy, but apparently it was Straight Edge? Which makes me laugh because a bunch of 14 year olds saying "I'm not gonna smoke, drink or gently caress!" is hilarious. Unless in 1995/6 they were way more debauched than I thought. There was so much drugs and nihilism going on the 90's that living clean and not being a shithead was actually an act of rebellion. You couldn't seem to turn around without some musician or another dying of an overdose. Rock musicians in particular were pretty well known for just doing absolutely all the drugs all the time. I also remember it being A Thing among teenagers to try to get as much alcohol as you could (any kind would do...any kind at all) and having drunken, insane parties out in the middle of the woods. Pot was everywhere and it seemed like every year there was another batch of kids getting expelled for dealing drugs at school. There was also a violent punk side of sXe that caught on in some places. As in if you were under 18 and a bunch of sXe'rs saw you smoking they'd kick your rear end. They went for the hardcore, violent punk side of things but went against the sex and drugs of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I love how it says look "impressive", because even they knew how silly that thing is. its a pun on impressions
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Going back to Sega, here's a really in depth look at how they basically hosed themselves badly in 1995 and ended up killing their console division: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZg9AgSWeyA Long story short: They made the incredibly boneheaded decision to rush the Saturn to shelves with a price of $399 which let Sony eat their lunch.
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OldTennisCourt posted:Going back to Sega, here's a really in depth look at how they basically hosed themselves badly in 1995 and ended up killing their console division: Sega in the 90's was just a long string of hilariously terrible decisions. They never, ever learned despite finding out that all of those fancy, expensive Genesis add-ons sold like total rear end because, surprise surprise, people care about how much they spend on video games.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:There was also a violent punk side of sXe that caught on in some places. As in if you were under 18 and a bunch of sXe'rs saw you smoking they'd kick your rear end. They went for the hardcore, violent punk side of things but went against the sex and drugs of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Sega in the 90's was just a long string of hilariously terrible decisions. They never, ever learned despite finding out that all of those fancy, expensive Genesis add-ons sold like total rear end because, surprise surprise, people care about how much they spend on video games. Totally shutting down ALL support for the Genesis after the Saturn came out was a really loving stupid move as well. Especially when you had the Sega Channel doing pretty well too. I'll give Sega one thing, Sega Channel was an awesome idea that really deserves more respect. OldTennisCourt has a new favorite as of 07:01 on Feb 22, 2017 |
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Inzombiac posted:I saw sXe well into 2006. It was ridiculous then and every straightedge kids I knew ended up doing more drugs than normal kids. The main Straightedge kid I knew in Seattle in the '90s (serious punk scene kid, hung out with MxPx, etc) ended up dating a cokehead girl who made a sole exception to her lesbianism just for him, got on coke and meth, got approved for a vasectomy in his late 20s due to a history of mental issues, had a bunch of friends killed at the Capitol Hill Massacre, ended up getting institutionalized for a while and got electroshock therapy, was homeless for a year, and last I heard had evened out in his late 30s and is working as a programmer. So yeah, my main example of Straightedge didn't quite go right.
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OldTennisCourt posted:Going back to Sega, here's a really in depth look at how they basically hosed themselves badly in 1995 and ended up killing their console division: "299".
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The mid 90s was a great time to be into video games. SNES and Genesis was still going strong, and you had the PS1/Saturn/N64 right on the horizon. I was a SNES kid, but I thought the new generation would be between PS1 and the Saturn, since the N64 was due to arrive later and it was using cartridges, when it was obvious to even my 15 year old rear end that cd-rom was the future. Sadly, I was wrong. Not that the N64 competed, because it really didn't, due to having probably less than ten good games, but PS1 dominating that much was unexpected.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:"299". oh poo poo. Like, what a terrible idea. Not only are you setting your price way too early, you also hosed over all the developers who had no time at all to get their games out on time.
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whiteyfats posted:The mid 90s was a great time to be into video games. SNES and Genesis was still going strong, and you had the PS1/Saturn/N64 right on the horizon. I was a SNES kid, but I though the new generation would be between PS1 and the Saturn, since the N64 was due to arrive later and it was using cartridges, when it was obvious to even my 15 year old rear end that cd-rom was the future. Sadly, I was wrong. Not that the N64 competed, because it really didn't, due to having probably less than ten good games, but PS1 dominating that much was unexpected. I'm still trying to remember the name of this one game. I think it was a first-person sci-fi game on the N64 that had an emphasis on melee combat rather than just guns, and it had some pretty weird imagery. I never played it, but as a kid I had those huge guide books that were full of walkthroughs and tips for practically every game released on a particular console up to that point and it included pictures (as did the gaming magazines).
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This is so 90's it hurts the brain. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x496go_lost-in-space-end-titles_shortfilms
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whiteyfats posted:The mid 90s was a great time to be into video games. SNES and Genesis was still going strong, and you had the PS1/Saturn/N64 right on the horizon. I was a SNES kid, but I though the new generation would be between PS1 and the Saturn, since the N64 was due to arrive later and it was using cartridges, when it was obvious to even my 15 year old rear end that cd-rom was the future. Sadly, I was wrong. Not that the N64 competed, because it really didn't, due to having probably less than ten good games, but PS1 dominating that much was unexpected. I remember my brother got a PS1 for his fourth birthday in 1998 (really an excuse for my dad to get it because it had Medal of Honour and he wanted to play that  ) and it came bundled with Heart of Darkness, V Rally 98, WWF War Zone and some Premier League game which was really bad.What were the PS1's "killer apps"? I'm going to say Gran Turismo, FF7 and maaaaaaybe... Tomb Raider?
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Wheat Loaf posted:I remember my brother got a PS1 for his fourth birthday in 1998 (really an excuse for my dad to get it because it had Medal of Honour and he wanted to play that Hmmm. Metal Gear? Symphony of the Night?
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Toshinden, Twisted Metal series, FF VII, Metal Gear Solid, a ton of quirky japanese RPG's, Bushido Blade series, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Tony Hawk, etc.
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Battle Arena Toshinden was pretty popular the first year or so, from what I remember. Also the generation Nintendo started consistently dropping the ball.
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Definitely Metal Gear Solid. It was released a few years after the console but it was one of the first big story-based games, with tons of quality voice acting and long, detailed cutscenes. It was also the West's first introduction to Kojima's creativity mixed with crazy.
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Asking the Playstation's "killer app" is basically like asking about the NES or SNES, it had a truckload of games that basically defined the medium as a whole.
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