The above is precisely how I imagine an attempt to put together a ‘radio drama’ playing out on this show.
]]>And yes, Earthbound is one of the greats. I’ve never played anything quite like it. In an industry built almost entirely upon copying the work of others, Mother was very refreshing when it was released.
]]>My gaming moment: completing earthbound (my god it’s excellent) and playing super mario kart for the first time, both great games.
]]>As far as the name switch, I switched from koboldekobold to absurdistkobold a while ago on twitter, and felt like it was time to make that switch here too. Not that it is particularly interesting.
I agree with Lusi’s point about the quality of a novel or series of books vs. movies. I even prefer the novel version of Neverwhere despite the fact that it started as a BBC series which was adapted as a book by Gaiman later.
]]>Off topic, is there any way to donate with Paypal where it gives you an option to enter an alias instead of your real name?
]]>There’s much, much, much better stuff I’ve written since then. If I were going to read my own work, I’d go for something with some sort of merit.
]]>“What an anti-climatic ending…”
Nonsense. Candide *finally* learned the important lesson, which we have seen demonstrated across the entirety of the novel. And, we as readers, learn a second lesson–that few people ever learn the first.
“My vote is for Interview With a Vampire.”
That’s one!
“If this is the last reading ’til Autumn…”
Last *long* reading. There won’t be any full books, but we’ll still have a poem or something very brief each week. As I did a ‘Tales from the Miiverse’ a few weeks ago, that may get a look-in as well.
“I’d rate on iTunes but I don’t have an iTunes account. Can I do it without?”
A person who has never bought an mp3 or an iOS game? You must be the last one on the planet. No, you cannot do anything on iTunes without an Apple ID.
This week’s panel:
SiliconNooB Late
Mel On Time
Iliya Moroumetz Early
Lusipurr ???
Donators
Donated this week: Peter Vanik AND Absurdist Kobold
$40 to Make Bup Pay!
Cumulative total record holder: Imitanis
Single Donation record holder: Brettsuo
Donators elligible for drawing:
Matt Dance
DiceAdmiral
KoboldDeKobold/Absurdist Kobold
Drachonous
Brettsuo
Peter Vanik *unless this person is already listed above, I’m uncertain of aliases*
Sri Lanka Cricket
I tried to make sense of the scores I saw on the search I ran to find this and was totally lost. Perhaps there should be a ‘Lusi Explains Cricket’ segment at some point. It could be quite informative and would help those of us outsiders to the game to appreciate the Cricket segment more.
Gamecube launch price was $199
LA Times “Nintendo’s White PS4 Debuts”
I think whoever wrote this article is one of the generation of people who think that all video games are “Nintendos”.
Inevitable. Dumb, but inevitable.
XBone ad controls listeners consoles
Hilarious.
XBox Sign Out prank
This is a pretty clever troll. I had no idea that the stories of 9 year-olds play Call of Duty were true, that’s pretty terrible.
Scott Imitanis Mundy literature corner
Candide
SPOILERS!
Poco Curante is a hipster, that’s hilarious
This segment has more kings than a poker deck!
Pangloss is just the worst.
What an anti-climatic ending…
END SPOILERS!
Next readings:
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Interview With a Vampire
My vote is for Interview With a Vampire. I can get HGttG on the amazing audio-dramas and would rather hear the other option.
If this is the last reading ’til Autumn then will the feature be the Scott Imitanis Mundy Feature? Are you valuing one kind of highest donation over the other?
DiceAdmiral’s Brettsuo Gaming Moment
This week I played Hive: Carbon. I played the physical version of the game, but it is also available on iOS and *I think* Steam. It’s an abstract strategy game for two players. Each player controls a handful of ‘Bug’ pieces such as a spider, a cricket and an ant. Each piece has different rules for movement in a chess-like manner. The major difference is that there is no board and there are no drawn out spaces. The places that pieces are allowed to move to are defined by the edges of the hexagonal pieces. It’s hard to describe well, but it’s quite a bit of fun and I totally recommend it for anyone who is a fan of chess/checkers/go/othello type games. The materials of the physical version are great: bakelite-like with a satisfying weight and engraved bugs denoting the piece.
I’d rate on iTunes but I don’t have an iTunes account. Can I do it without? I refuse to get one.
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