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Hey guys, here's as good a place as any to ask this question. I'm interested in collecting old PC game boxes -- those huge clunky things that came in all shapes and sizes until like 2006 when there finally became a standard (and also when PC gaming finally made the switch from releasing games with 8 CDs as opposed to just one DVD). I recently rummaged through my dad's place, and found a bunch from when I was little. I'd like to hang them up, make a kind of art installation. Does anyone have any old boxes they want to get rid of? I'll pay for them. I've tried searching for these things on ebay, but all I get are results that indicate the old box is included, but nobody seems to just be selling the boxes. Anyway, this thread moves so fast, it's not unlikely this will get lost, or I won't be able to respond efficiently. If anyone wants to sell their old PC game boxes, contact me at calvinredburn@gmail.com Edit: Oh, a new page. This helps, I guess.
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credburn posted:Hey guys, here's as good a place as any to ask this question. I'm interested in collecting old PC game boxes -- those huge clunky things that came in all shapes and sizes until like 2006 when there finally became a standard (and also when PC gaming finally made the switch from releasing games with 8 CDs as opposed to just one DVD). I recently rummaged through my dad's place, and found a bunch from when I was little. I'd like to hang them up, make a kind of art installation. Does anyone have any old boxes they want to get rid of? I'll pay for them. Contact Lazy game reviews via youtube and ask him if he will part with some of his storage locker full of them
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Jun 14, 2017 12:18
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unfortunately I share a (25th) birthday with donald trump but I got Prey + Puyo Puyo Tetris and I hope they're good
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Jun 14, 2017 12:22
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One of my friends' birthday is on September 11th (This isn't true, but can you imagine???)
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Jun 14, 2017 12:24
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Jay Rust posted:One of my friends' birthday is on September 11th Cheap party rentals
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Jun 14, 2017 12:31
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I am very excited for the in-development video game Fight Knight
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Jun 14, 2017 12:33
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Lizard Wizard posted:
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Help Im Alive posted:unfortunately I share a (25th) birthday with donald trump but I got Prey + Puyo Puyo Tetris and I hope they're good Happy birthday btw!
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Jun 14, 2017 12:53
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I'm up to the cabaret management stuff in Yakuza 0. I never thought I'd say it but real estate is more fun than this.
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Jun 14, 2017 12:56
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Playing through Horizon and I really appreciate how useful the armament is. I keep going into combat encounters thinking that my bow will be enough and then leaning on my spear when things go tits up, but every time I die and try the encounter again I sprinkle in some rope ties, trip wires and elemental bombs and it goes a lot smoother. The rope caster alone has really helped me trivialize otherwise lethal battles. Watching the Monster Hunter World footage reminds me of that same feeling. Not because the hunter uses different weapons, but because a straight fight is a losing battle.
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Jun 14, 2017 13:00
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Palpek posted:Also what are actual highlights of E3 apart for Nintendo? That jail break game, the pixel-art cyberpunk game from the gamergater dev, Ori 2, anything else? Wolfenstein - The Tolerant Left.
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Palpek posted:Also what are actual highlights of E3 apart for Nintendo? That jail break game, the pixel-art cyberpunk game from the gamergater dev, Ori 2, anything else? You can play as Coco Bandicoot in all three games of the trilogy
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Apparently there's going to be a deluxe addition of LiS: Before the Storm that includes a bonus episode staring Max (though after the recent news regarding Chloe I'm not holding my breath on Hannah Telle coming back), which could be interesting. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-13-life-is-strange-prequels-max-based-bonus-episode-is-a-deluxe-edition-exclusive As for the new footage, while defintely not Ashly doing Chloe's voice (she is apparently part of the writing team though) the replacement isn't too terrible (I can't tell if Frank's voice is still the same guy though). This doesn't look too bad so far though so it might still be worth checking out. More details here. Larryb fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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LawfulWaffle posted:Playing through Horizon and I really appreciate how useful the armament is. I keep going into combat encounters thinking that my bow will be enough and then leaning on my spear when things go tits up, but every time I die and try the encounter again I sprinkle in some rope ties, trip wires and elemental bombs and it goes a lot smoother. The rope caster alone has really helped me trivialize otherwise lethal battles. Watching the Monster Hunter World footage reminds me of that same feeling. Not because the hunter uses different weapons, but because a straight fight is a losing battle. A ropecaster with triple handling % mods is godly. Larryb posted:Apparently there's going to be a deluxe addition of LiS: Before the Storm that includes a bonus episode staring Max (though after the recent news regarding Chloe I'm not holding my breath on Hannah Telle coming back), which could be interesting. This is something I really, really have to wait for reviews on. Life is Strange was such an in the moment kind of phenomenon and the more I read about the prequel, the more concerns I have that it can be any good.
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If people were somehow mistakenly thinking that Konami was going to turn itself around, here's an article for you. http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/The-Konami-exodus MysticalMachineGun posted:I'm up to the cabaret management stuff in Yakuza 0. Yeah I basically didn't bother with it. It's not even a bad minigame it's just the real estate stuff is passive and always going so it's kind of annoying to have to start up a minigame for money for Majima. Phantasium fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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exquisite tea posted:A ropecaster with triple handling % mods is godly.
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Palpek posted:Also what are actual highlights of E3 apart for Nintendo? That jail break game, the pixel-art cyberpunk game from the gamergater dev, Ori 2, anything else? aside from Nintendo stuff: -Wolfenstein 2 -Dishonored: Death of the Outsider -Shadow Of War -Spider-Man -Dragonball Fighter Z I wish Devolver had more to say about Ruiner and/or Vanillaware had a trailer for 13 Sentinels but overall there's a lot more great stuff coming out. Phantasium posted:If people were somehow mistakenly thinking that Konami was going to turn itself around, here's an article for you. Man I disliked Konami before but this is just plain loving disgusting. DLC Inc fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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Jun 14, 2017 14:36
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Devolver had the highlight of E3 tbh.Phantasium posted:If people were somehow mistakenly thinking that Konami was going to turn itself around, here's an article for you. This is a pro-read. loving people over on their health insurance? Sabotaging people's careers years after they've left the company? It's almost cartoonish and makes Sony rallying around Kojima more meaningful in hindsight
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Phantasium posted:If people were somehow mistakenly thinking that Konami was going to turn itself around, here's an article for you. quote:A staffing agency employee who asked not to be named said he notifies gaming companies if a prospective hire is an ex-Kon. He said that is because Konami files complaints to gaming companies who take on its former employees. "I had to give up my life in Japan and become a fisherman in the cold reaches of Alaska. Konami would never find me there."
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Devolver had the highlight of E3 tbh. Sony, a huge multinational company, is probably one of the few companies that can push back against Konami's bizarre aggression regarding their former employees. There aren't too many other employers in the right position to do so. And it's sad that Konami can strong arm former employees out of the industry and out of their benefits, leaving them with no apparent recourse. The government isn't likely to step in to protect these workers. Full game communism now? 
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It's alright sir, I worked at Ultra games on the Bastilemania games.
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quote:Konami's authoritarian approach is notorious in the industry. Employees are not allowed to have their own corporate email address. When they have to communicate with outside parties, they are given an address consisting of five random numbers and letters, and the address is terminated within a few months. Lunch breaks have strict time limits, and timecards are used to record how long they take. The names of those who go over the time limit are made public throughout the company. 
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Viewtiful Jew posted:"I had to give up my life in Japan and become a fisherman in the cold reaches of Alaska. Konami would never find me there." Its interesting how horrifyingly dystopian Japan can be at times with poo poo like this or the extremely high conviction rates
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Former Konami employees being referred to as Ex-Kons is just too good.
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I'm no expert but my understanding is that this kind of stuff isn't unique to Konami, not at all.
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https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/06/14/pr-are-not-your-friends-they-will-lie-to-your-face/ Curious what you guys think of this? I'm usually on Laura K's side with stuff and I like her, but her examples for this seem kind of unfair. Like it's less a lie and more denying that a leak is true even if it is
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Macaluso posted:https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/06/14/pr-are-not-your-friends-they-will-lie-to-your-face/ lol if it's not true it's a lie. I think she's being over-dramatic about it but she's not wrong.
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Palpek posted:Also what are actual highlights of E3 apart for Nintendo? That jail break game, the pixel-art cyberpunk game from the gamergater dev, Ori 2, anything else? Bubsy 4
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That just sounds like she's still mad that nobody believed her on the Rabbids thing.
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Macaluso posted:https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/06/14/pr-are-not-your-friends-they-will-lie-to-your-face/ She takes a ton of twitter abuse for everything she writes and she lets it get to her
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Macaluso posted:https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/06/14/pr-are-not-your-friends-they-will-lie-to-your-face/ How is denying a leak is true when you know it's true not a lie?
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Its business, not a congressional hearing
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Macaluso posted:https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/06/14/pr-are-not-your-friends-they-will-lie-to-your-face/ Water wet, cats and dogs are known for fighting, PR statements are misleading on purpose because they like keeping secrets. Film at eleven. Like, I guess it's a valid point, but you'd feel like this "Santa Claus isn't real" moment would've happened sometime in the mid-90s as opposed to, you know, because of BG&E2 in 2017.
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Its okay for a company to lie, except to its shareholders
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Dr Cheeto posted:How is denying a leak is true when you know it's true not a lie? Because I think it's more complicated than that. Like your three options for responding to a leak are, saying yes. Saying no. Or saying "no comment". They most likely will never say yes. Saying "no" or "no comment" doesn't feel all that different to me. I think her Beyond Good and Evil example proves her point a lot better than her Until Dawn one edit: She also responded to me with "when you're on the journo end, headlines about how you lied, then they reveal it, feels like a lie." which I totally get that has to suck to be bombarded with that poo poo all day but at the same time it also feels like that's a risk you take when giving out leaks so publicly.
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There's something undeniably cool about "this thing we said would never happen is going to happen" in all forms of media so I'm 100% for devs not always being truthful as long as the thing they're concealing is awesome.
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exquisite tea posted:There's something undeniably cool about "this thing we said would never happen is going to happen" in all forms of media so I'm 100% for devs not always being truthful as long as the thing they're concealing is awesome. Exactly. It's maybe giving gaming PR a bit too much credit to say it's like asking a magician to reveal their secrets, but do you really expect them to be totally upfront and truthful just because you asked? Seems kinda silly to get upset over it.
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Being a games journalist must be some kind of hell, that's all I'm taking from that article.
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Journalism in general is hell, especially right now. Kotaku doesn't always follow this guideline but in general their policy is that they leak poo poo that's of interest to their audience, and it's okay if people aren't happy about it.
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given how every company ever gets their poo poo leaked constantly I don't see how Ubisoft wanting one loving surprise to remain under wraps is A MONSTROUS LIE. jesus, you'd think someone noted for leaking so much would understand that maybe a company just felt like saying gently caress Off, Let Us Have This One Thing. I'm actually shocked Nintendo managed to keep the Metroids under close secrecy.
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