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Six Of Spades posted:(Also, Casino levels are awesome in any game - I'm struggling to think of an exception) Lol I just read this post, and I have to say the Casino stages in Sonic Adventure 1 and Sonic Heroes were pure, unfiltered poo poo. Just a clusterfuck of color and noise while wonky controls and a camera like a sack of dicks threw you all across the level. Ovues posted:Can't remember which one you're thinking of, but no. Not skiing or snowboarding. At least, not skiing on snow. You guys are in for a treat. I always laugh when I hear Ovues cussing this next game out from the other room.
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Croccers posted:Is it a jet-ski game? There was a couple of those on the Ps2/Xbox. I remember Splashdown and Carve. It's definitely not Carve, Ovues doesn't even want to play that one. He doesn't own either of those anyways, though I'm thinking of scouring some local used games stores to get a few surprises for him. Just don't tell him. It's a secret.
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Ovues posted:Also, blanktester started his own LP of a kinda lovely game, and I came along with him, so if you want to, head on over and watch us LP The Hobbit  He mentioned me! Golly, I'm so embarassed.Seriously though, can't wait for you to wrap up Freekstyle and get on the next game, J-- whoa, nearly gave it away. You have to watch the previous update if you want to know what it is.
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Ovues posted:But about Jet X20: Seriously guys, I can list off videos of actual gameplay on two hands. This is the game I'm most looking forward to doing just because it's so unknown. If anyone else played it, I'd love to know what you felt about it. Weird thing is, although I didn't ever play extreme sports games and despite the relative unheard-of-ness of Jet X20, I actually remember seeing that game in Blockbuster (lol, Blockbuster) and at the time I genuinely believed that the game was really popular. Now I realize that the fact that it was always on the shelves means it was never in people's consoles.
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Honestly the announcer is pretty sweet. He's just so scattered and XTREME.
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Ovues posted:Splashdown also has shittier voice acting (somehow). Although we don't discuss this in the video, I still maintain that the supposedly French dude you play in JetX2O sounds worse than the supposedly Asian girl in Splashdown. Sure, you can't understand what either of them are saying at all, but despite the Asian girl's high-pitched squeal, at least her inflection doesn't go all over the place like Frenchy.
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Six Of Spades posted:JetX20 actually looks really sweet. The music is surprisingly well designed, they actually put effort into it fitting the theme of the game, and not just lifting licensed tracks: I agree, I find it refreshing to hear well-designed, relevant music in games rather than licensed songs that were never intended to be used as such. That said, I like the way games like Saints Row use licensed songs.
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Ovues posted:I got through hard mode, and I want to mention something. Some of the tracks change quite a bit, while some only really add more obstacles to the same track and change the skybox. The AI doesn't get better though, so the same tracks I comfortably won in Normal mode, I win again in Hard mode by the same large margins. The more crap there is on the tracks, the more stuff the AI will run into, so the game is actually toughest on the simpler tracks where there's nothing to slow the AI down. JetX20 is the opposite, where the tracks stay the same except for the current levels, but the AI don't seem affected by those, so it's only tougher for you, the player. As your roommate, I gotta say that even with you playing Splashdown on what-could-be-considered-a-comparable-difficulty to JetX2O, and you get a lot less frustrated with Splashdown than you do with JetX2O. My guess is that it's the fact that SD doesn't actually really become more difficult on the tracks that the developers thought it would.
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Six Of Spades posted:I did, however, find a copy of Downhill Domination for £1.50. BMX isn't as cool as snowboarding or jet skis, but at that price, I can't say no, can I? I think you'll have more fun with DD than with JetX2O when playing on the harder difficulties. Especially if you play the whole game with cheats. I wonder how much it would cost to get a copy of JetX2O off Amazon or something... When I looked it said there was one left in stock for (US)$17.99, but it also said new ones were available for as low as $4.29. Yeah, I don't know.
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Glazius posted:That was absolutely ridiculous air at about 3 minutes in. Yeah, it highlights just how unrealistic the gravity is. It takes about 9.5 seconds for him to fall the distance he falls, that (to me) looks about 200-300 feet, but if you were falling in freefall for 9.5 seconds you would have travelled just over 1450 feet. I'd say the game would be a lot less fun if you had to pull off those moves in the 4 seconds you'd get in real life for that height.
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TapamN posted:All this jet-skiing got me to play the world's most bland jet-ski game ever. Thanks a lot for wasting my time! Am I the only one who thought that every Dreamcast game looked like it was running on the exact same engine? Or maybe it's just that this game samples a lot of the exact same sound effects as Sonic Adventure. And yeah, that looks bland as all hell.
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Ovues posted:Splashdown Bonus Video Every time I see that ending I die a little inside. Again and again.
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microwave casserole posted:There is barely any sort of lighting in these levels, making everything look flat and busy. Even the PS1 Tony Hawks had some simple vertex lighting painted on. lighting in games has really come so far in the last decade... but yeah, it doesn't seem like there's any lighting at all in these stages, dynamic or static. It just seems like everything is there and there's way too much going on at a time.
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Lucinice posted:So was that arbies fettuccine alfredo any good blank tester? blanktester is one word, and it was spectacular, until my tears got in it and watered the whole thing down. PSWII60 posted:Also, are those the Soap shoes from Sonic Adventure 2 in that picture? Yeah, those are definitely Soap Shoes, and I think that is from a commercial for SA2 (the game that swallowed my childhood and will now swallow my college years since I bought it on PSN), but Soap shoes are a real product that was being cross promoted.
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Ovues posted:Good part of blanktester: half his jokes are funny HEY! I do NOT make funny jokes! Ovues posted:...blanktester just can't let kids go. It's comforting to know that no one thinks that's an outrageous accusation. I appreciate the support, everyone. Last two episodes that went up were a little light on destruction (in my opinion) but next one up has plenty and is probably my favorite level to visit and to revisit (viewer's perspective, I've never played the game).
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Ovues posted:I judged it by its front cover. My hand immediately rushed towards the game box, grabbing it in one quick moment and shoving in onto the the counter of the local games store. My money was next, being dashed towards the face of the unassuming employee, one dollar bills staining the ground below. It was mine, that face, and I knew from the moment I saw it that I had to play it. That's a pretty similar reaction you have when you encounter food. I don't really think the game looked cartoony, I think they were just trying to look super XTREEME on the cover and then just kept it going for all the FAS-looking pictures of the area champs, and didn't try to set a real art style for the actual gameplay.
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Krokerik posted:I got bored and decided to make 2 Willem Dafoe's Cock album covers. Drawing naked people is way harder than it looks. Eggcelent... Come on people, we can do more! Love the second one btw. Creative.
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Skogul posted:I've watched every video of this LP and I really enjoy listening to you and BT. Your voices are just really soothing to listen. I know absolutely nothing about sports games but you guys make these look fun and interesting. I know nothing about sports [games] either, but I find it interesting that you think our voices are soothing... Most of my nightmares come with Insetik/Ovues as a narrator, so I have a slightly skewed view on his voice. Either way, thanks for the support! Hampooj posted:This game seems like an XTREME Non-extreme game. I love it though. I'm glad you guys finally finished with Metal X. That game seemed alright, but drat I'm glad the mutants in it are behind us now. It's pretty unextreme... But Metal X was kinda scary. I miss the good old days of DD... IntelligentCalcium posted:Holy wow. That intro. I just...I mean...what? We seriously considered it. I was the one who pushed Insetik/Ovues to do this one, one of my major arguments being that the game seemed short and that I had plenty of rope if he wanted to hang himself afterwards. blanktester fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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1) Lol, Insetik/Ovues got ripped off. 2) I don't know about anyone else, but I think this game deserves the same treatment that ET got. 72 copies???
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IntelligentCalcium posted:Seriously though that's some quality load times. Sonic2k6 is jealous, even. As rabid followers of this series (Insetik's mom) probably know, I'm a fan of Sonic games, especially Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the GC. I played through Sonic 2K6 3 times: once to see if it was good (it wasn't), the second time to get the achievements (not worth it), and the third time for old time's sake (kill me now). I had nightmares for months. However, after watching these Jonny Moseley videos, I can safely say that every time I close my eyes, I see this:  EVEN THE LOADING NEEDS TO LOAD, WTF
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IntelligentCalcium posted:If I were any good with photoshop, I'd do like, the Trix rabbit really pissed off on a pair of skis. Ovues posted:Btw, blanktester has an amazing picture he's making for this thread, so now that I've told you all about that, he'll have to do it. Can't wait, it sounds great. Did you have to say something? I was hoping to surprise everyone. 
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Houle posted:I'm highly considering it. I made the mistake of buying Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD so this might actually be an improvement to the physics. As for recording it, maybe if I did so in a retsupurae-bait style since I don't really have any method in doing so outside a Webcam. Though, it wouldn't exactly do the game a disservice. DO IT BRAH!!! Set a high sc[h]ore, demand that Ovues beat it. Not sure that's how weather works, however.
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IntelligentCalcium posted:It's...beautiful... Thank you. I'm not that good at GIMP but I thought it came out pretty okay. My favorite tidbit is Frankenberry. He's just... there. And the goggles (which didn't come out great) were a lot harder than I thought they would be.
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Hampooj posted:I love all the little touches to it. Rated D for Delicious I tried but it just didn't look right. I don't know if everyone else can see this, but I had to recreate a lot of the left side of his face (our left, not his) because the picture had his hand over that part. I think if I was better at GIMP I would have tried harder. Croccers posted:Is Skier X just Jonny Moseley wearing a mask? We cover that conclusively by the end.  Centurion154 posted:Alan seems to be a natural at it, maybe he should be playing these games instead. Blanktester on the otherhand shouldn't quit his day job. EXCUSE ME SIR, how dare you presume that I have enough marketable skills to hold a day job! Hampooj posted:I feel so vindicated, and it is beautiful. According to Gamespot.com, you can buy this game for $16.48. What a steal! Also, EXCUSE ME SIR, how dare you presume Insetik/Ovues is capable of reproducing! Enilev posted:I can't believe it came out in 2009. With cutting edge graphics like that, maybe it deserves a port to the Ouya. 2009??? It came out in 2006! If we said 2009, I'm sorry. That would have been truly terrible. That said, the game is terrible all by itself. Reading the reviews for this game is truly hilarious. That last link appears to be speaking about Ovues' dad.
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Ovues posted:if you're a fan of Jonny Moseley the person, turn back now because we start grilling this mofo for all he's worth. Before episode 3 to after episode 3, I think most people will agree. IntelligentCalcium posted:It's like a slightly less mechanical Microsoft Text-to-speech. SEXTASTIC. COMBO!
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Ovues posted:Yeah, maybe just do stopwatch mode if I do do this game. As you saw in the video, when I went into challenge mode and the 'content' of the game doubled, I was like "ffffuuuuuuck". Maybe if we get bored or something. Mountain Bike Adrenaline could more accurately be called Hill Bike Boredom. Also, I love the ideas for the Jonny Moseley story. In other news, Insetik/Ovues read my most recent paper for my Psych 100 class, and has asked me to share it with you. We were supposed to talk about motivations and emotions, and I decided to discuss something from this thread that motivated me. By reading this, you will also learn other things about me, like that my roller-coaster of a writing style isn't funny even though I think it is and that I couldn't give a poo poo about where my papers go. Here you go. Go ahead and read, it's quite a trip (it's 4 pages). All real-world names have been PS- Since high school, I have subtitled almost every paper with "A Story of Love, Drugs, and the Failings of the Human Condition," but this time I decided to additionally come up with a title for each part of the prompt. We had a 1000 word limit, and my paper exactly meets that. Enjoy! blanktester fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Ovues posted:oh who am i kidding it's psych 100 he's probably a math teacher Actually he's a psych grad student... Who graduated last semester. This is the first and only class he's ever taught.
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Random Number posted:That paper is hot garbage. But at least it's a psych 100 gen ed so what the gently caress ever is a fine attitude to have. I was hoping for funny. Apparently I was wrong. OneDeadman posted:I think I remember Evolution Skatebording being the game that was the MGS2 Skateboarding Minigame. Yeah, Evolution Skateboarding was the game that had a preview minigame in MGS2. Which was ridiculous, by the way. OneDeadman posted:Oh, and obviously neither of you guys has been up to 13,000 or 14,000 feet in the Rockies because trees really do grow that small around the tree line. Last time I was up there I was maybe 7 or 8. I guess had I given it a second's thought while we were recording I would have realized that that makes a bit of sense. What doesn't, however, hold up is that only a few meters down the hill the trees appear to get to the same height they are at sea-level. blanktester fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Houle posted:Personally I'd like to see how the game looks when you get good at it since you seem to have this weird super power of making terribly coded games with awful controls look playable. Easy, easy, don't inflate his ego any more than it already is.
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Kaislioc posted:It's... just not extreme. It's just not a good game.  But I learn a lot from these games, and I've already learned from this game: when I get stuck in real life I just wiggle and jump around until I'm free.Serious George posted:A bit late with this (I tend to periodically remember this thread and watch videos in batches) but you guys actually got me to pick up Downhill Domination and Aggressive Inline and I had a lot of fun with them, so thanks. I have often thought back nostalgically to the beginning of this LP series and DD... It's pretty drat good. And as Ovues said, he has Whirl Tour, but I didn't know it had co-op... I don't actually know what Ovues is planning on doing.
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Ovues posted:Yeah, I understand it seems a bit...boring. So maybe I'll try to get through this faster. Don't worry: this is the only game I picked based on how mediocre it looked. Everything else is apparently special (or at least solid). On this episode, we get to the really technical poo poo, and see the game in all its true glory. Hill Bike Boredom really needs a dose of intuition. It's fine if they want to make a technical game that's fine, but they made one that's pretty unintuitive when it comes to communicating instructions. Also, the game looks and sounds really unpolished.
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Well, it looks like the French Alps in the Summer are actually a good place to go biking. That said, it looks less like this and more like, say, this, in-game.
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Daigerus posted:I don't mind the experiment, it's always a blast watching you and blanktester try out all these obscure, mediocre cash grabs. And graphical glitches are always the best glitches. Thank you for not capitalizing my name. I feel like it looks weird capitalized, like it's a title or something. The only kind of glitch I like to see more than graphical glitches are internal ones that cause save files to corrupt into something very different, but still readable. Like when a game randomly throws you way ahead of where you should be. I wouldn't say this game is mediocre... Mediocre gives it a lot more credit than it's due. And multiplayer would require effort, so no.
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Ovues posted:Why do I have the feeling I am absolutely destroying any good will built up in here by playing this game? Ugh, if only Jonny Moseley had been twice as long... Either way, it's time to do some challenges and...uh...have a lot of trouble doing them. A lot. of trouble. A lot. We have got to get through this game faster... Maybe do a double update next time so we can just get through this poo poo? But we really need to move onto something where you might be able to build up a fanbase again. You know, more than just your mom.
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IntelligentCalcium posted:Try doubling the speed of the recording after your commentary. It'll be over quicker -and- possibly hilarious what with sped-up voices. Squirreltester and Insetichipmunk. That's a good idea. This is why you are the unofficial third member of the team
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I... I've missed a lot.IntelligentCalcium posted:I've got it! Skier X is the one who made it snow everywhere in Johnny Moseley's game! He's in league with Demonic to ruin XTREME SPORTS forever! The scooby doo gang has to collect all the gold metals before Skier X buries them under permafrost; going with BioEnchanted's idea, the mountain bike kids then have to use these medals to revive the fallen Xtreme Heroes that have been placed in an icy stasis by Skier X and Demonic. Together they shred and skate in an event SO XTREME it warms the Earth back up to normal and restores the glory of XTREME SPORTS. Skier X is both the bad guy AND Jonny's father, which makes the plot twist at the end even more twisty. The rest of the plot c'est magnifique. Also, I fuckin' love Gary Oldman. He's the man. Serious George posted:I feel like this is one of those stories where the villains totally steal the show. Only after seeing this INCREDIBLE picture did Insetik and I realize that you guys haven't actually seen Skier X before. He's significantly more masked than you drew. Which makes cramming him into this game even easier. Daigerus posted:As for me, I feel like I'd do a better job lurking and spontaneously providing fanart when you least expect it (or whenever my muse strikes me). I hope your muse beats the tar out of you, because we (and I daresay everyone else) love fanart. IntelligentCalcium posted:I was actually going to ask if you'd feel like having any guests joining you. Insetik is awkward and clumsy and stupid and has no friends but I think we could probably have a great time recording. I do think if you or anyone else wants to guest commentate with us, I'd ask that we maybe skype for a bit before hand to loosen up, or maybe even play something online together before recording. To help build camaraderie. Samsa posted:Real life will always be stranger than fiction. So true. Ovues posted:I recorded the Grand Canyon area and then took this game out of my PS2 and microwaved it. Were it so easy. Ovues posted:the spirits of the dead crying out Make some NOOOIIISE. What? What? What?
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Ovues posted:Too bad all you play now is Malarious or Nefarious or whatever that game is called. It's called Malicious, and I played it once. I don't even really see how that's related. I meant we could play some Minecraft or Borderlands or something. You know, something with multiplayer. quote:Or how about this: IntelliegentCalcium, BioEnchanted, Serious George, and Daigerus - you all form your own team, I'll send you the un-commentated videos, and you deliver me the comedy gold that follows. Unless I've misunderstood you, a 4 to 6 person commentary would be ridiculous. It sounds like you're trying to outsource your LP.
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IntelligentCalcium posted:Rick. McCrank. True fact: Rick McCrank is the great grandson of legendary skate pioneer Gerald "Thunder" O'Tigerbeard.
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I come back, so much great stuff has happened... You guys are too loving funny. I don't know how to be funny like kids these days.Serious George posted:Okay, so clearly in that last level you have traversed the boundary between games and ended up in Morrowind, chasing Dagoth Ur around. Nice reference. Gotta say though, Rick McCrank would kill Dagoth Ur and the Almsivi in like, a single loving grind.
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Ovues posted:If the commentary for this is is too wacky, know that I'll try to start Mat Hoffman 2 at least somewhat-serious. People actually do want me to show off that game with a slight amount of dignity. How can you show off the game with a slight amount of dignity when you have none to show for yourself? "#420yoloswag  "-Neil Degrasse Tyson
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