Shmups discussed on TV tonight - webcast to follow

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:26 pm

That mention of "the zone" and Xenon 2 made me cringe a little bit, but apart from that it was all good.

Nice to see xleague.tv talking about something other than FPS and racing games for a change too.

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:00 pm

Super Laydock wrote:A little bit more gameplay footage would make it a bit more interesting to watch though.

I'll mention that to the chaps who make it, as it's a bloody good point loads of you have expressed.

The nature of the show means news is important, and the nature of news means we often only decide what to discuss a couple of days before or less. Still, a proferssional TV show should be able to get some footage I guess...

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:02 pm

You should all wear green shirts and play the footage on top of them!

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:08 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:You should all wear green shirts and play the footage on top of them!

That would really be amazing!

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:15 pm

I flick over to xleague for shitz n giggles maybe once a week for 5 minutes and somehow managed to catch this. Great stuff. I never thought I'd hear Cave mentioned on UK TV. You put an obvious passion for a neglected genre across very well mate.

I'm amazed that channel hasn't run out of money yet actually. It's 90% over-produced chav Fifa tournaments, who the fuck watches that

A "pro-gaming" tournament channel is an odd idea, they really should make it more of a general gaming channel with xleague events. It wouldn't cost the earth to employ genuinely knowledgeable folk like yourself to produce various features would it? They could have that lovely Lisa bird presenting it. I'd certainly watch.

It's nice to see any intelligent gaming chat on TV though. Although the Newsnight format makes me cringe somewhat

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:16 pm

Bring back Gamesmaster! we need Dave Perry back on our screens! (Dominick Diamond can sod off though, after When Games Attack!

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:21 pm

I'm sure they could find better people than Teh gamez animahl!!1 *cough* twat

Diamond is a decent presenter, its when producers start pretending the presenter is more than a casual player that you get problems.

Emily Booth is a semi-pro at DOA4 is she? Erm, OK!

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:19 am

FIL wrote:Bring back Gamesmaster! we need Dave Perry back on our screens! (Dominick Diamond can sod off though, after When Games Attack!

It was all about Patrick Moore for me. I met him once but he was just back from the dentist so unable to speak, so sadly I didn't get babbled at in high speed. He didn't even give me a hint or cheat!

I also met a girl who claimed she won a golden joystick on the show, but I'm not sure....

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:19 pm

Great job.

Too bad that most of the focus was on Geometry Wars.

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:30 pm

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:Great job.

Too bad that most of the focus was on Geometry Wars.

For us shmup fans you're right, but in reality Geometry Wars was the reason shmups got the mention at all. The game was listed as one we'd be reviewing on the show, and I used that as a reason to make 'the mainstream return of the 2D shooter' a discussion topic.

Of course I could have waffled for a whole show about bullet dodging.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:17 am

Ha ha, Spadge, you were like a little childz when you heard Soldier Blade mentioned. Your face all lit up n that!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:10 am

Ha, this is awesome. I will watch this carefully later in the week when I have the time to do so.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:04 pm

Ok, I was able to watch 84% before it stopped working. Best bit of television I've seen in years, and I watch too much tv. Spadgy rules!

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:15 am

Cheers Prof!

In any other situation I'd hate to be on TV, but that show is basically like sitting talking shit down the pub. It's good for keeping your profile up as a journalist too.

David Jenkins that's on the show with me is a shmup head to, but I haven't managed to coax him onto here yet. Shame, as he's a witty, opinionated guy, in the best possible way.

I just recroded a show last week, where I snuck in a mention of Bangai-Oh Spirits, and there's some SFIV stuff. I think it went out on actually TV on Friday, so I'll put up the link as soon as it appears...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:16 pm

well impressed with the way youre channeling shmups into the mainstream spadgy, good show

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:35 pm

sven666 wrote:well impressed with the way youre channeling shmups into the mainstream spadgy, good show

By the end of the year I'll have our newest high scores as the lead story of the BBC news....

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:43 pm

And then the ensuing falsificare scandal.

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:08 pm

You rock, man. spadgy forever

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:49 am

Right – there’s been a few shows since that last one where I talked about shmups, each of which I won’t burden you with here, but this is the latest, aand fairly decent, and it has my mate Leo who works for Capcom with some words on SFIV, and a quick Bangai-Oh Spirits mention, plus me making an utter dick of myself, which we no doubt like to see...

Here it is!

Hope you enjoy it if you do watch it...

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:26 pm

sven666 wrote:well impressed with the way youre channeling shmups into the mainstream spadgy, good show

Actually - any of the UK lot see my Bangai-O spirits review in the last Sunday's Observer - it would be great to get some honest feed back from genre experts! I do reviews of modern turd for that paper all the time, but getting realistic feedback when you're covering mainstream stuff is impossible.

I did also get Space Invaders Extreme in that national paper. The quest goes on!

Hopefully soon Skykid will be joining me at the Observer, even though he is so horrendously ugly I find it hard to look at him!