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Quickfist wrote:

DesLife wrote:

Quickfist wrote:I guess the only thing you can do is tell me about The Great Flying Poo.

I'M SORRY, GREAT FLYING POO *bows*

You're lucky, I'm in a good mood right now. No one can teach you about the Great Flying Poo : you have to learn by yourself.

I'll do research about The Great Flying Poo soon. Pleasedon'tdeductmyTingswhenyougetinabadmood! >.<

Obey me and everything will be all right.

...Who the hell is the Great Flying Poo?

...

<runs>

Oh come on that is bound to be a reference to Conker's bad fur day.

Well I don't think it is; it's a god after all.

That flower with boobs... man. xD Conkers bad fur day was great.

I never got to play Conker's Bad Fur Day since it was on N64 but I might try out the XBox version.


Shit I cant believe I've been here nearly 2 years already!

Good afternoon, all of you. I am Sam. I don't play video games very often anymore, but I do enjoy communicating with people who enjoy what I used to enjoy a lot (and in a lot of cases, such as this one, what I still do enjoy). I am very fond of music (I am somewhat a musician myself - at the minute, I'm playing the guitar, bass, tenor and alto saxophones and keyboards) and film (although I do struggle to find the time to watch films - I find television serials easier to watch, although there's nothing worth watching at the moment). It is very nice to be here, I am sure that I will enjoy your company.

Welcome to PC. Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Funnily enough I don't play games that often these days either. Though I do spend a great deal of my time on the internet, reading about games and the games industry in general.

When my copious gaming sessions ended, so did my enormous interest. I do still enjoy them, and it's interesting to see the way the technology's going, although I think that developers don't utilise it very well. You don't see much original now (this being the reason I don't own a new console), despite the fact that the technology's ideal for creating a detailed, atmospheric and vast environment, making it possible to make the most absurd worlds that anybody could possibly dream up become almost reality. Instead, they seem to be more concerned about their sales or making "cool" video games about guns and aliens instead of using computers as a means of creating their imaginary worlds for all (excluding people who are too far down on the capitalist system's scale of wealth) to explore. If Lorne Lanning had the ability to pull his finger out and actually get a job done on time, he'd create a fantastic Oddworld game on these newer platforms.

Welcome to PC, Sam. You listen to great music, have a great day on PC

I think that there is certainly a sufficient number of interesting and original titles this generation to warrant the purchase of a PC or console. For example, there are games like Portal, Arkham Asylum, Super Mario Galaxy, Braid, The Last Guardian, BioShock and LittleBigPlanet, are of which are unique titles not like any that have come before them. Then there are games like Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 and God of War III, which are not original but prove that originality is not a necessary component of a fantastic game.

Games with guns and aliens have merit. They shouldn't be looked down on. Take Half-Life 2 for example. It's a masterpiece. And I certainly agree with you about Lorne Lanning. He seems to have been working on a new game/games/film for some time, but it seems uncertain if anything will ever come of it. By the way, Munch's Oddysee and Stranger's Wrath are currently being ported to the PC, so at least that's something, I suppose.

Welcome, Sam!

Frank Zappa wrote:I am very fond of music I am somewhat a musician myself - at the minute, I'm playing the guitar, bass...

So do I! What guitars and basses do you play? I'm primarily a bassist, so I've got a five string Fender Jazz Bass. I don't play guitar as much, so I've only got a cheap Squire.

Welcome to the Pirate Community, Frank Zappa.

Welcome to PC Frank Zappa

Tobbe wrote:Welcome, Sam!

Frank Zappa wrote:I am very fond of music I am somewhat a musician myself - at the minute, I'm playing the guitar, bass...

So do I! What guitars and basses do you play? I'm primarily a bassist, so I've got a five string Fender Jazz Bass. I don't play guitar as much, so I've only got a cheap Squire.

I only have one bass (it's a false Stingray. I don't know who really made it, but the action on it's superb. I use a Peavey amp which is quite good. It has a nice, warm tone to it). It's a great bass, as I said, the action on it is great. Has a very nice, warm sound. I prefer it to guitar, mainly because it feels as though it is carrying along the song along with the rest of the rhythm section. Problem with me is, though, I always seem to latch onto stuff that's maybe a little bit too difficult for me to play (stuff like Zappa and what have you. I also try to play a lot of jazz things like Charlie Parker, which are quite easy, because a lot of it's improv, but there are certain parts that are very difficult to get your hands around. Especially when you take into consideration that you're trying to play stuff almost as hard as Charles Mingus), so I often don't get far. I don't give up, though. I enjoy playing the stuff, so I am determined to get it right.
I use a 1998 Danelectro U2-56, two Fenders and an acoustic Takamine. Because of the time I spend with the bass and other instruments, I don't tend to play the guitar much, so at the minute, I'm playing a lot of ska stuff on them (very, very easy), and I'm trying to learn some of Mr. Bungle's stuff as well as Estradasphere (which is very difficult, but I like it, so I don't see any harm in trying it).

spiraldoor wrote:Games with guns and aliens have merit.

I see precisely where you're coming from, but all I am saying is that this is a tired genre. It seems to have become a cliché, as have fantasy RPGs and other such things. What people tell me are fantastic games seems to me to just be middle-of-the-road time-wasters (although that may just be me comparing the fun I used to have with games to the fun I have with them now, which is considerably less) and seem to be made soley for commercialisation.

spiraldoor wrote:I think that there is certainly a sufficient number of interesting and original titles this generation to warrant the purchase of a PC or console. For example, there are games like Portal, Arkham Asylum, Super Mario Galaxy, Braid, The Last Guardian, BioShock and LittleBigPlanet, are of which are unique titles not like any that have come before them. Then there are games like Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 and God of War III, which are not original but prove that originality is not a necessary component of a fantastic game.

I will admit, from what I have heard about a few of these titles, some do seem to be somewhat original, but couple of them to me seem to be aesthetically unoriginal. Not all of them (in fact, there are quite a lot I have seen that aren't), but I do tend to notice that the visual styles of a lot of games seem to be quite heavily based on a lot of silly sub-cultures (for example, the gothic culture that a lot of adolescents seem to have adopted, the Japanese popular culture that a lot of people in the Western world also try to be a part of, and most cultures that heavy rock music is associated with).

And thank you for the welcome, everybody else.

Frank Zappa wrote: I only have one bass (it's a false Stingray. I don't know who really made it, but the action on it's superb. I use a Peavey amp which is quite good. It has a nice, warm tone to it). It's a great bass, as I said, the action on it is great. Has a very nice, warm sound. I prefer it to guitar, mainly because it feels as though it is carrying along the song along with the rest of the rhythm section. Problem with me is, though, I always seem to latch onto stuff that's maybe a little bit too difficult for me to play (stuff like Zappa and what have you. I also try to play a lot of jazz things like Charlie Parker, which are quite easy, because a lot of it's improv, but there are certain parts that are very difficult to get your hands around. Especially when you take into consideration that you're trying to play stuff almost as hard as Charles Mingus), so I often don't get far. I don't give up, though. I enjoy playing the stuff, so I am determined to get it right.
I use a 1998 Danelectro U2-56, two Fenders and an acoustic Takamine. Because of the time I spend with the bass and other instruments, I don't tend to play the guitar much, so at the minute, I'm playing a lot of ska stuff on them (very, very easy), and I'm trying to learn some of Mr. Bungle's stuff as well as Estradasphere (which is very difficult, but I like it, so I don't see any harm in trying it).

If you like playing jazzy stuff on the bass you should check out Jaco Pastorius. Imo clearly the best bass player ever. I love playing stuff like Portrait of Tracy and The Chicken. I'm also trying to learn Donna Lee, but it's a hard one, so it'll take some time before I have it down.

I'll certainly give it a try, thank you for the recommendation.

Welcome to PC.

spiraldoor wrote:Funnily enough I don't play games that often these days either. Though I do spend a great deal of my time on the internet, reading about games and the games industry in general.

Same here, actually.

Frank Zappa wrote:I'll certainly give it a try, thank you for the recommendation.

Where exactly do you live, btw? I'm Norwegian.

I'm in England, although I hope to move to Canada in my adulthood. Do you know, they're planning on building another 15 or so nuclear power stations over here within the next 20 years? I don't care how safe they say it is, that spells trouble. It only takes one malfunction or one bumbling idiot to completely balls it all up.