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Inescapable Duck posted:Rare got EA'd by Microsoft from all indications. (IE, cannibalised for competent staff until everyone was either scattered to the winds or flat out quit, then effectively dissolved with the IPs kept around in case they might look good stapled onto something else) This might be a myth but I also recall hearing that Microsft were under the impression they'd get the rights to Donkey Kong with the acquisition of Rare.
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LOCUST FART HELL posted:This might be a myth but I also recall hearing that Microsft were under the impression they'd get the rights to Donkey Kong with the acquisition of Rare. That has to be a myth, Microsoft's lawyer can't be that dumb. Can they? 
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Randaconda posted:That has to be a myth, Microsoft's lawyer can't be that dumb. It wasn't a lawyer, just a single executive who didn't even work in the gaming division. He likely saw a bunch of Donkey Kong stuff that hadn't been cleared out of Rare's HQ during his trip over, or remembered vaguely that Rare had been handling all of DK's outings for the past decade at that point and jumped to an incorrect conclusion.
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Randaconda posted:I had no idea they were a Nintendo studio. They should have rode that poo poo out. I'm sure a lot of other companies would have sucked Mario's taint to be that well situated. A surprising number of companies do this. They work for or with nintendo, release a few good games then just abandon Nintendo assuming they, and they alone, were the secret to good games and go on to release games that aren't as good and adamantly insist it isn't their fault. Even Capcom took Megaman and bailed on Nintendo for the Playstation, but generally speaking Megaman 8 is one of the less popular megaman games (usually less fondly regarded than Megaman and Bass even) and the later X games are almost universally less well liked than the first three were. It's just a weird thing that keeps happening.
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Nuebot posted:A surprising number of companies do this. They work for or with nintendo, release a few good games then just abandon Nintendo assuming they, and they alone, were the secret to good games and go on to release games that aren't as good and adamantly insist it isn't their fault. Even Capcom took Megaman and bailed on Nintendo for the Playstation, but generally speaking Megaman 8 is one of the less popular megaman games (usually less fondly regarded than Megaman and Bass even) and the later X games are almost universally less well liked than the first three were. It's just a weird thing that keeps happening. It's not like Capcom didn't make a fuckload of money on the Playstation considering Resident Evil, though. But yeah, pretty much every company that breaks with Nintendo proceeds to gently caress themselves sideways as far as anyone's seen. It's not like you can't have some autonomy with it, see Game Freak.
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Not Operator posted:Barely relevant but its super weird how they all seem to have the same odd looking chair. The Schadenfreude here is on the people buying those "gaming chairs" á la DXRacer and whatnot. The wonder that is marketing has convinced people that sit in one spot longer than people in an actual office job that they're getting $1,000+ chair quality when buying a $150 chair, but pay $250 for it because it has a sick color styling and ventilation openings or whatever.
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RareAcumen posted:The entire point of posting it is to get points on a website. Like achievements but even more worthless. That part is a right loving pain in the rear end, haven't gotten past it yet. drat streamer overreaction tho.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:The Schadenfreude here is on the people buying those "gaming chairs" á la DXRacer and whatnot. Yeah, when I was looking for an office chair, I actually tried one of those at a store. My thinking was less concerned with it looking like rear end and more "hey, a comfortable chair is a comfortable chair". It was not a comfortable chair. I ended up with a Herman Miller instead. Worth every drat penny as far as my rear end and back are concerned.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:The Schadenfreude here is on the people buying those "gaming chairs" á la DXRacer and whatnot. It's the fact that they are built like racing seats for vehicles that confuses me - why do you need lower side torso support on a desk chair? You aren't taking any lateral G forces. I'm pretty sure they got such a big market share by giving them away for free to all the "big name streamers" so all the kids who want to be the next PewDiePie think it is an essential piece of equipment like a decent mic or camera.
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Whipstickagostop posted:It's the fact that they are built like racing seats for vehicles that confuses me - why do you need lower side torso support on a desk chair? You aren't taking any lateral G forces. Someone post the guy with the fake one photoshopped onto his stream
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Whipstickagostop posted:It's the fact that they are built like racing seats for vehicles that confuses me - why do you need lower side torso support on a desk chair? You aren't taking any lateral G forces. There's been at least one instance of a streamer actually just c&p'ing a picture of one of those chairs in behind his facecam. So yeah, it's basically 100% cargo culting because gamers are terrible at everything, including furniture.
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Nuebot posted:A surprising number of companies do this. They work for or with nintendo, release a few good games then just abandon Nintendo assuming they, and they alone, were the secret to good games and go on to release games that aren't as good and adamantly insist it isn't their fault. Even Capcom took Megaman and bailed on Nintendo for the Playstation, but generally speaking Megaman 8 is one of the less popular megaman games (usually less fondly regarded than Megaman and Bass even) and the later X games are almost universally less well liked than the first three were. It's just a weird thing that keeps happening. No-one cares if they were liked. Did they sell? (I honestly don't know.)
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Whipstickagostop posted:It's the fact that they are built like racing seats for vehicles that confuses me - why do you need lower side torso support on a desk chair? Remember the target audience. That's to prevent spillover.
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Jerry Cotton posted:No-one cares if they were liked. Did they sell? (I honestly don't know.) Of course it matters if they were liked. MM8 sold reasonably well but was so mediocre (and the English dubbing so astonishingly bad) that it killed the core franchise for more than a decade.
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Besesoth posted:Of course it matters if they were liked. MM8 sold reasonably well but was so mediocre (and the English dubbing so astonishingly bad) that it killed the core franchise for more than a decade. Wasn't the American cast literally people who happened to be working in the building that day?
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Mega Man Legends still has a lot of fans, though.Randaconda posted:Wasn't the American cast literally people who happened to be working in the building that day? I heard that there wasn't an American cast, it was the Japanese cast (or random people) reading the English script phonetically.
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Inescapable Duck posted:Mega Man Legends still has a lot of fans, though. Mega Man was voiced by a real-estate agent. She has other videos where she talks about properties on YouTube, and the comments are just a bunch of people talking about Mega Man.
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Besesoth posted:Of course it matters if they were liked. MM8 sold reasonably well but was so mediocre (and the English dubbing so astonishingly bad) that it killed the core franchise for more than a decade. If it sold well enough it wouldn't have killed the franchise.
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What is this called and where can I buy it, I have the sudden urge to send people cards.
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Megaman 8 looked incredible and I'm still sad they went back to 8 bit graphics after that
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Applesnots posted:What is this called and where can I buy it, I have the sudden urge to send people cards. Same. But asking for a friend.
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Proteus Jones posted:Same. But asking for a friend. https://www.amazon.com/Adams-Pranks-Magic-Butterfly-Classic/dp/B001LXM6DE I found the hook up friendo.
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cakesmith handyman posted:They literally made the post (and faked the content) to get points on Reddit. Yeah, but let's say you live in a bizarro Reddit universe where faking a coke can being empty is worth posting online, wouldn't it make more sense to drink it or dump it out and claim it's empty than punch a pinhole in the bottom? The pinhole at the bottom adds legitimacy to his claim, cause that could have happened somewhere during transport or manufacturing. He is still super dumb for not being able to figure out the can was empty when he picked it up. I can't believe I just typed that out. veni veni veni has a new favorite as of 19:08 on Dec 23, 2017 |
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah, but let's say you live in a bizarro Reddit universe where faking a coke can being empty is worth posting online, wouldn't it make more sense to drink it or dump it out and claim it's empty than punch a pinhole in the bottom? The pinhole at the bottom adds legitimacy to his claim, cause that could have happened somewhere during transport or manufacturing. He is still super dumb for not being able to figure out the can was empty when he picked it up. I'm assuming it was originally a video which, of course, raises the question "why would anyone start shooting video of opening a Coke can unless they knew it was empty and - get this - they would have known it's empty because it weighs gently caress-all which raises the question "why did he buy it in the first place?""
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it's the most mundane mystery of all time.
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SubponticatePoster posted:In my city they tried a novel experiment. "Well, if the problem with homeless people is not having homes, why don't we just give them one?" And they did, and it works great. Your average FYGM person will go bugshit over the fact that people are "getting something for nothing" but it turns out that even if you give someone an apartment and they completely trash it, it's still cheaper than that same person being arrested just a couple times a year so Captain Libertarian is actually paying less in taxes. Actually, the sad thing is that this hasn't been backed up by data. The cities that did this did not experience a change in homelessness, they just changed how the metrics were taken. It is however not dramatically more expensive, the issue is more than people leave and go back on the streets because they have untreated mental problems we're not assisting with.
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/florida-man-fighting-for-his-life-after-chasing-monkey-1.3734134 Monkey steals man's cap. Man does not appreciate that. Man chases monkey, falls off roof and is now paralyzed. Man is from Florida.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/florida-man-fighting-for-his-life-after-chasing-monkey-1.3734134 Was hoping for MAGA hat. Pittsburgh Steelers will do.
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RareAcumen posted:The entire point of posting it is to get points on a website. Like achievements but even more worthless. This is perhaps a better fit for the obsolete tech thread but since you posted this video, it reminded me of a much older game. Probably made in a time where this did not mean frustration, but replay value. One wrong hit = death. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugaboo_(The_Flea) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqg9DrqJibc Anyway, I feel that the only time I can express sympathy for this kind of behaviour is if Mario Kart on the SNES rubberbands like crazy.
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Jerry Cotton posted:I'm assuming it was originally a video which, of course, raises the question "why would anyone start shooting video of opening a Coke can unless they knew it was empty and - get this - they would have known it's empty because it weighs gently caress-all which raises the question "why did he buy it in the first place?"" he probably got it in a 12-pack or something I hardly ever see single cans for sale
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:The papers report that he survived https://twitter.com/unclebantzzz/status/944569447494443008
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Whipstickagostop posted:It's the fact that they are built like racing seats for vehicles that confuses me - why do you need lower side torso support on a desk chair? You aren't taking any lateral G forces. I've worked in the electronic entertainment industry, and I'm almost 100% certain of the business model behind "gaming chairs". Bulk business deals with lower-tier manufacturers of off-brand racing shells, low-investment modification capability for modular design, more deals with manufacturers for lower-tier add-ons for business chairs. Then rebrand that poo poo and pretend it's premium quality at $250, because you actually created the product segment "gaming chair", which totally has different attributes and prerequisites than chairs meant for people that sit around for a living, who pay four times that price because that's what quality costs in the sitting your fat rear end down reasonably-healthily industry.
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canyoneer posted:Someone post the guy with the fake one photoshopped onto his stream  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y7jikWCK9o
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Ein cooler Typ posted:he probably got it in a 12-pack or something Um. Vending machine?
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I read an article recently that the North Korean government want to use Bitcoin to revitalise their economy and thought of this thread.
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