The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[jms493]

Its a great dynamic.

1. Brad is a real nerd with no responsibilities and he likes most games and plays a lot of them.
2. Jeff is a read nerd with no responsibilities and he hates most games but sometimes plays some old school crazy shit.
3. Vinny is semi nerd with real life responsibilities and likes most games and loves to break them.
4. Drew is not a nerd with no responsibilities and sometimes brings some interesting facts to the discussion.
5. Patrick is ok...I like that he is on sometimes and not all the time.
6. Alex is cool and should be on more but not as funny or sarcastic as most of them.
7. Totally miss Ryan

 

[Twigg4075]

I haven't cared about or listened to GB in quite some time. I got so sick of Brad latching on to one game (Starcraft) and droning on about it week after week, Patrick being a whiny bitch and Jeff hating everything. Vinny was cool but not cool enough to have to deal with those other guys.

 

[jms493]

Wombat from the Cagcast was run down by a bike messenger…hit head and concussed…:homieslol:

 

[Garrett67]

I want to know what happened at his house when he had to bail from the last Cagcast.

 

[jms493]

I want to know what happened at his house when he had to bail from the last Cagcast.

he has young kids and he tries to do the Cagcast when they are supposed to be asleep...sometimes they wake up and sometimes it seems like they like to scream. You have to show tough love at bed time otherwise you could end up with chaos. I have learned for my brother and 2 in laws. The one that locks them in their room and takes NO SHIT has no problems with his 3 boys.

every situation is different but on a whole bedtime should not be a discussion.

 

[jms493]

Fuck you Volgarr!

 

[Twigg4075]

I want to know what happened at his house when he had to bail from the last Cagcast.

he has young kids and he tries to do the Cagcast when they are supposed to be asleep...sometimes they wake up and sometimes it seems like they like to scream. You have to show tough love at bed time otherwise you could end up with chaos. I have learned for my brother and 2 in laws. The one that locks them in their room and takes NO SHIT has no problems with his 3 boys.

every situation is different but on a whole bedtime should not be a discussion.

Yeah, I don't get it. His kids seem like out of control brats. Don't they record the show at like 9-10pm? There is no reason those fucking kids should be awake. And why the fuck isn't his wife getting off her fat ass and handling that shit? When he they recorded that show the day before his birthday and his son was being an annoying shit, I couldn't believe his wife was just ignoring the situation and sipping wine. You can't give the man an hour of fucking peace to record the show...ON HIS BIRTHDAY?!?

 

[jms493]

ok...I going to assume you are just being silly with that post. I am not by any stretch going to assume his kids are out of control brats. He has a young 3 year old son and from time to time he has trouble falling asleep or just wakes up. It happens...he could be sick, a noise could have woken him ect, ect. Sometimes you have to stop what your doing and help your wife or sometimes you wife has tried everything and you need to step in.

 

[jms493]

Volgarr is fucking awesome as it is everything I thought it would be. I reached the first boss and almost took him down. Let me tell you one thing...the game is DIFFICULT!!! It is a memorization/trial and error game. I kept dying but could not stop playing yesterday. I streamed a bit...but nobody watches.

http://www.twitch.tv/jms493/b/531000387 FF to 3:00

I realized half way through that I could throw spears with the B button...made it much easier.

 

[Twigg4075]

ok...I going to assume you are just being silly with that post. I am not by any stretch going to assume his kids are out of control brats. He has a young 3 year old son and from time to time he has trouble falling asleep or just wakes up. It happens...he could be sick, a noise could have woken him ect, ect. Sometimes you have to stop what your doing and help your wife or sometimes you wife has tried everything and you need to step in.

Nope. Not being silly at all. That shit was a joke. Even Cheapy couldn't believe how the situation was being handled.

It's shit like that why I'm glad I don't have kids.

 

[jms493]

Nope. Not being silly at all. That shit was a joke. Even Cheapy couldn't believe how the situation was being handled.

It's shit like that why I'm glad I don't have kids.

WOW!

 

[Twigg4075]

WOW!

Read the comments in the thread from that episode. I'm far from in the minority with that opinion. In fact it was a large majority that couldn't believe it.

I'm more frustrated with his wife than I am with the annoying kids. Kids are going to be kids. But his lazy wife has no excuse. The dude does this show when he would probably rather be sleeping because he wakes up crazy early to catch shitty mass transit to get to work each day. His wife either doesn't work or doesn't have as demanding a commute and yet she can't deal with the kids for that hour? You can't seriously think that's acceptable?

 

[SethMode]

Volgarr is fucking awesome as it is everything I thought it would be. I reached the first boss and almost took him down. Let me tell you one thing...the game is DIFFICULT!!! It is a memorization/trial and error game. I kept dying but could not stop playing yesterday. I streamed a bit...but nobody watches.

http://www.twitch.tv/jms493/b/531000387 FF to 3:00

I realized half way through that I could throw spears with the B button...made it much easier.

Not to change the subject from backseat parenting via the interent...

Glad that you're enjoying it! I really loved the game. One of the first I finished following my surgery, which was maybe risky as I was supposed to avoid things that elevated my blood pressure.

It doesn't get any easier after the first level. In fact, I'd go so far as to say the first level is easy at this point for me, after the number of times I've played it. I can now mow through it without being touched.

The first boss is also SUPER easy in comparison to later ones. The final boss is such a FUCKING ASSPIRATE.

 

[jms493]

Not to change the subject from backseat parenting via the interent...

Glad that you're enjoying it! I really loved the game. One of the first I finished following my surgery, which was maybe risky as I was supposed to avoid things that elevated my blood pressure.

It doesn't get any easier after the first level. In fact, I'd go so far as to say the first level is easy at this point for me, after the number of times I've played it. I can now mow through it without being touched.

The first boss is also SUPER easy in comparison to later ones. The final boss is such a FUCKING ASSPIRATE.

yeah I would say after 30 mins I was getting pretty good.

Question...there is no save? I have to start from the beginning of the game each time?

 

[SethMode]

yeah I would say after 30 mins I was getting pretty good.

Question...there is no save? I have to start from the beginning of the game each time?

As you complete entire levels (i.e. - beat the boss at the end), you can walk backwards at the start of the level, off of the screen. Doing so will advance you to the next world. There is no level select or save, outside of that. You start at the beginning of a world no matter what.

 

[jms493]

As you complete entire levels (i.e. - beat the boss at the end), you can walk backwards at the start of the level, off of the screen. Doing so will advance you to the next world. There is no level select or save, outside of that. You start at the beginning of a world no matter what.

well that's a bit annoying. I guess they are paying tribute to the true arcade cabinet.

 

[SethMode]

well that's a bit annoying. I guess they are paying tribute to the true arcade cabinet.

Yeah, that's my guess. It can be REALLY annoying come when you have died like, 40 times on say, world 4-1, and you finally managed to get through it. Then you're dying over and over on world 4-2 and you just want to stop for a bit...but you feel like you can't, because then you have to do 4-1 again....

Still, great game. I would recommend being okay with stopping after beating a world and taking a break. When I powered through it, things got to the point where I was fucking up things that I had done 15 times in a row prior to that. Then I was fucking up things even earlier than that, and so on.

 

[Twigg4075]

yeah I would say after 30 mins I was getting pretty good.

Question...there is no save? I have to start from the beginning of the game each time?

As you complete entire levels (i.e. - beat the boss at the end), you can walk backwards at the start of the level, off of the screen. Doing so will advance you to the next world. There is no level select or save, outside of that. You start at the beginning of a world no matter what.

Now that is old school. Nice.

So, how long does it take to beat? I'm guessing only a few hours, tops? Like old school NES/Genesis games?

 

[SethMode]

Now that is old school. Nice.

So, how long does it take to beat? I'm guessing only a few hours, tops? Like old school NES/Genesis games?

Probably took me like, 4 hours in one sitting? This is after playing world's 1 and 2 a few times because I didn't realize you could warp to the other world's by walking backwards.

You have unlimited lives, you only lose gold. The time depends on how much you die. If you decide to do the Path of the Valkyrie, it would probably take more time in the long run, as it would require much practice.

Path of the Valkyrie is basically where you beat a world without being hit, much less dying. Then you get a second path, that you get 1 to 2 chances on, depending on how many jewels you collected (max you can get, I think, is 2 in a world). You die more than that, you take the regular path and you don't unlock the Valkyrie mark for that level.

I've still only managed to get to world 3 on Path of the Valkyrie. It gets way too intense and allows for such a tiny margin of error, especially in world 2, which features fucking boats on water and guess what? You can't swim.

 

[jms493]

20 questions with Seth

What is the purpose of collecting all that gold and jewels?