Random Thoughts & Topics

[vivisectvi]

Also, this:

The IT Crowd - Series 2 - Episode 3: Piracy warning

lol

 

[Smues]

EDIT: This one..

Movie Piracy - It's a crime

 

[the max]

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Were those the ones that would have crew people talking about how piracy hurts them and they aren't millionaire movie stars they're normal people just like us? Yeah those were awful. Since they claimed to be just like us, the movie going public, maybe they should have lectured themselves about piracy?

Also awful are the anti-piracy ads on DVDs and Blu-ray that are unskippable, and yet would be skippable if you were watching on a pirated disc!

Indeed. "I build sets. I won't have anymore sets to build if you download movies".

And on a similar note, Canada used to have a bunch of commercials about kids stealing chocolate bars because their dads hooked up illegal DirecTV dishes. This is a parody of that:

RMR: Satellite Theft

Edit: Youtube recommended this as well

RMR: Anti Piracy

More on video game topic, I watched the video James Rolfe posted announcing there would be some basic AVGN episodes while the movie is in production, but I was too distracted by the fact he seems to have a receding hair line and his hair was kind of resembling Tobias' hair plugs in the video.

 

[KingPK]

I really wish GameFly would send me one of their "Please come back!" e-mails because I am thinking about re-activating it for the summer. I just hope they stock more new releases so I don't have to wait two months for Mortal Kombat.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

That was quite enjoyable.

 

[Smues]

Were those the ones that would have crew people talking about how piracy hurts them and they aren't millionaire movie stars they're normal people just like us? Yeah those were awful. Since they claimed to be just like us, the movie going public, maybe they should have lectured themselves about piracy?

Also awful are the anti-piracy ads on DVDs and Blu-ray that are unskippable, and yet would be skippable if you were watching on a pirated disc!

Indeed. "I build sets. I won't have anymore sets to build if you download movies".

And on a similar note, Canada used to have a bunch of commercials about kids stealing chocolate bars because their dads hooked up illegal DirecTV dishes. This is a parody of that:

RMR: Satellite Theft

So was the original commercial basically Canada's version of the old pot PSA 'I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!' only with satellite TV and chocolate bars instead of pot?

 

[KingPK]

That was quite enjoyable.

PROTIP: Hitting stop twice and then hitting play usually starts the movie right away on most DVDs.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Were those the ones that would have crew people talking about how piracy hurts them and they aren't millionaire movie stars they're normal people just like us? Yeah those were awful. Since they claimed to be just like us, the movie going public, maybe they should have lectured themselves about piracy?

Also awful are the anti-piracy ads on DVDs and Blu-ray that are unskippable, and yet would be skippable if you were watching on a pirated disc!

Indeed. "I build sets. I won't have anymore sets to build if you download movies".

And on a similar note, Canada used to have a bunch of commercials about kids stealing chocolate bars because their dads hooked up illegal DirecTV dishes. This is a parody of that:

RMR: Satellite Theft

So was the original commercial basically Canada's version of the old pot PSA 'I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!' only with satellite TV and chocolate bars instead of pot?

Basically, yes.

Theft is Theft - Anti Satellite Signal Theft Ad

And that kid is being a smart ass.

I take umbrage with that Piracy vs. Paying joke because - while funny - it implies it's good to get pirated movies with missing production logos while using an example of a Logo Joke from one of the Matrix films. That's exactly why I would want to see a studio logo, but maybe I'm weird that way.

 

[Mattdotcom]

You know, to present a show or a game review show, you need to have a certain level of charimsa and be able to hold your appearance on camera. This guy has neither of those qualities. He wasn't even looking into the lens! He was reading his script off camera!

Not only that.. but he seems overly nervous. I mean I could understand being a novice presenter and feeling nervous in front of a room full of crew and cameras for a legit tv show.. but this guy is in his kitchen, alone, with a digital camera..

16-Bit Gems #20 - BS Zelda

Here's a guy who can actually pull it together but it still sucks.

 

[KingPK]

All of Telltale Games' library except for BTTF and Puzzle Quest is 75% off until the 20th. Maybe I'll give Sam and Max a spin.

 

[vivisectvi]

Speaking of Telltale.. news on their Walking Dead game via Joystiq:

Telltale Games was staying fairly tight-lipped about its upcoming episodic release based on the Walking Dead TV series and graphic novel. What we do know is that the game won't retell the TV and comic's story of lawman Rick Grimes and his quest to reunite with his family in the wake of the zombie apocalypse.

The game will follow Lee Everett, a criminal loosed from his police escort after it runs into an erstwhile zombie. Everett will unite with a seven-year-old girl named Clementine who Telltale says will provide a sort of moral compass for the convict.

As Rick Grimes tries to make his way into Atlanta, Lee and Clementine are trying to make their way out, which means they'll cross paths with established series characters like Lilly and Glenn.

We know, we know, it's not a lot to go on. But as fans who weren't exactly thrilled at the prospect of watching Rick track down his wife and son yet again, Telltale's approach definitely seems like the right direction.

 

[Smues]

Reviews are out and Duke Nukem Forever is apparently quite the pile of shit. Glad I didn't end up ordering it.

 

[Kageho]

That's because its basically what everyone thought would happen (but really didn't want), if someone did take it over: take everything that everyone was trying to do with the game, slap it together and then after it bombs, revive its nearly dead self.

Seems to be exactly what occured.

 

[fazzle]

I'm not surprised that it's a giant piece of shit.

I am, however, surprised that it's actually being reviewed as a giant piece of shit.

 

[Mattdotcom]

Duke Nukem Forever is set to be the third game purchased by my friend with an Xbox lol

 

[Smues]

Apparently the x-box version not only plays like shit but looks like shit and there are a lot of graphical problems. The PC version however at least is supposed to look good. Also, no new weapons or enemies. Really? 14 fucking years and they couldn't come up with a new weapon or monster?

 

[Mattdotcom]

 

[KingPK]

FYI, Toys R Us has all XBox Live, PSN and ITunes cards 15% off this week. Good time to grab a few.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

I actually have Duke Nukem pre-ordered. I had a bunch of games to trade in a few weeks ago, and the guy was too stupid to figure out how to put it on a gift card, so I asked him "Is it easier for me to just pre-order something". I looked up, saw a picture of Duke Nukem and said fuck it. I only pay $10 when I pick it up tomorrow. Doubt if I will still have it by the end of the month if it's that bad.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

I played a few hours of Duke Nukem forever last night. Very odd game. In the first few hours there are a lot of mini-games and very little combat. I was reading some reviews talking about dated graphics, and I have to agree to an extent. Sure, Duke and the main characters don't look fantastic, but next to some of the supporting character models, they look like works or art.

I'll post some more thoughts when I finish the campaign.

 

[2GOLD]

Reading about the E3 impression of ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES left me both excited, pissed and just overall confused. First off, the game looked great from the impressions and it was said to play smooth. That's good, I'm all for that.

What I do not like is the plot of the game. It's meant to be a direct sequel to ALIENS but then it straight up just ignores the ending of ALIENS completely. Hope blew the fuck up, it blew up, IT BLEW UP! So how exactly are we a team of Marines on the planet and meant to discover what happened to Hudson? When it was going to be about being on the ship and figuring out the mystery that way, I loved the idea. It meant in the end I was fucked and dead but still, I liked that.

Now maybe I missed something, maybe the Dark Horse comics un-did something. Shit, the fucking aliens action figures brought back Vasquez, Apone, O'Malley and Hudson so maybe I did miss something. Or maybe this was just the cover plot for E3, I really do not know. I mean, I like everything ELSE I heard about the AI being smart and learning, it wanting to just kill you or capture you, nothing more and nothing less. I love all of that news. But that plot just, I'm not sure, irks the fucking shit out of me.

 

[2GOLD]

The explaination delivered by Gearbox

According to Gearbox, the destruction at the end of the second film was not enough to turn the complex entirely to dust. Instead, players will be tasked with approaching and investigating the debris of that film's fallout.

Man dudes, come on. It's a explosion the size of Nebraska. Unless we are saying they stretched the truth or overestimated how much of an explosion a Nuclear super atmosphere processor would have. But come on, it was right next door.

 

[vivisectvi]

Reviews are out and Duke Nukem Forever is apparently quite the pile of shit. Glad I didn't end up ordering it.

I actually cancelled my preorder based on a lot of early reviews I was reading like this. So sad. But there was no way I was going to go through with paying full price for that.

 

[KingPK]

It seems like a game that would have been released in 1999-2000. Unfortunately, games have progressed a lot since then.

 

[muzzington]

Hey everyone, there's going to be a Family Guy MMO. Update your Faceybooks with this monumental news.

 

[KingPK]

So will it keep cutting to "witty" references from other MMOs?

 

[Mik]

How would that even work?

 

[Smues]

"You think this raid is going poorly, remember the time I tried to rob a bank with Leroy Jenkins?"

 

[muzzington]

"You think THIS class is bad? Remember the time I was taught math by John Nash!?"