Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[Stan]

...(loving jungle, I have a fair pile of white labels. I even have a Chaos Engine OST remixes white label somewhere).

Cool. Are they jungle then? Can one here them online anywhere?

[spadgy]

...(loving jungle, I have a fair pile of white labels. I even have a Chaos Engine OST remixes white label somewhere).

Cool. Are they jungle then? Can one here them online anywhere?

Squarepusher aren't, no. Jungle just produced a lot of whitelabels, and those Squarepusher tracks I have are lost amidst my jungle white labels. Still, if you want some jungle pointers, I can fire you a PM at some point.

[hail good sir]

I haven't played a mario or zelda since n64 so I'm at least moderately hyped.

[drauch]

Sonic All-Stars Racing definitely screams moderate hype.

[604_degrees]

my humble collection update:

For anyone wondering, they are marked as reprints, so you can pay an extra $100 a piece if you want the originals.
http://imageshack.us/a/img853/4930/ch8s.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img843/4301/5tuz.jpg

nice pick up, man!

[tinotormed]

No PSX? No problem! The game works on ePSXe emulator, but only the mouse. And the lightgun, sadly, even if connected with the USB PS Adapter, is not compatible.

[Bar81]

my humble collection update:

Congrats on picking up LS; a fantastic conversion of my favorite (and an epic) shmup.

[Arasoi]

Game running off a powerpak flash cart for the photo of course.

[BIL]

As with Toaplan's publishing of Musha Aleste, I do get quite a shooter geek buzz seeing Compile and Irem's names on the same game. ^_^

Super Fun Facts: the FC version's password for TheGuardianLegend mode translates to "ALG." Unlike the NES version you're not given the code after the staff roll, but the back cover of the FC manual does have a striking logo for "Another Legend of Goardic."

[drauch]

Dude, niiiiiiiiice. Such an amazing cover for a fantastic game! So pretty complete!

[iconoclast]

First awesome thing I've bought since getting a camera: the new Perfume single + poster.

[null1024]

I just got a new fucking laptop.
Absolutely fantastic. i5, 6GB RAM, runs Sonic Generations [not at a clean 60, but it's more than playable -- there are some bad framedrops and I decided to run at 512x384 [holy shit I can do that?! I'm amazed I even have options like that still... Thanks, laptop!] ]. Runs Ibara at full speed in that one build of MAME, runs STV games in MAME 0.128 at full speed. Just tried running Ikaruga in NullDC, constantly at full speed.
Haven't gotten around to moving all my shit off my other machines [all the shit that isn't on Dropbox or my external HDD, at least].



Sure, there's Windows 8 on it, but it's nice. The machine, not Win8.

The only issue I've noticed is that sometimes, wifi will take forever to initialize when the machine comes out of sleep. Bleh.

[rancor]

Well, there isn't just an R in Japanese, and RA is one Katakana, so to romanize it you would have to have Da-ra-i-a-su. So yeah, it would be Da-ree-us. Leet JP speakers correct me if I'm wrong.

If you say it like "Da-ra-i-a-su" to other English speakers, you're just a cock. Da-ree-us works until you're trying to get the PCB up at G-Front. Without the proper, spot-on pronunciation they look at you puzzled like you just escaped from the zoo and don't have a fucking clue what you're asking for.

I hate it when you watch the local news and there's a hispanic-american on there, and they speak perfect English until they get to a Spanish word and then go so-over-the-top with the pronunciation and inflection. Maybe this is just a Texas thing..?

[Ji-L87]

[trap15]

I hate it when you watch the local news and there's a hispanic-american on there, and they speak perfect English until they get to a Spanish word and then go so-over-the-top with the pronunciation and inflection. Maybe this is just a Texas thing..?

I personally know mexican-americans who do that. So it's not just a Texas thing...

[shmuppyLove]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/ ... 99aca3.jpg

I'm more jealous of the "N7" Mass Effect hoodie

[R79]

Click the link for the 300dpi version.

Wow, thanks, grrrr8 scan-job :thumbs-up:

[GaijinPunch]

If you say it like "Da-ra-i-a-su" to other English speakers, you're just a cock. Da-ree-us works until you're trying to get the PCB up at G-Front. Without the proper, spot-on pronunciation they look at you puzzled like you just escaped from the zoo and don't have a fucking clue what you're asking for.

Mistake one syllable and they will throw you under the bus. Such an unforgiving language.

I hate it when you watch the local news and there's a hispanic-american on there, and they speak perfect English until they get to a Spanish word and then go so-over-the-top with the pronunciation and inflection. Maybe this is just a Texas thing..?

I think it just happens if you speak the other language. I'm guilty of it w/ Japanese words.

[drauch]

Well, there isn't just an R in Japanese, and RA is one Katakana, so to romanize it you would have to have Da-ra-i-a-su. So yeah, it would be Da-ree-us. Leet JP speakers correct me if I'm wrong.

If you say it like "Da-ra-i-a-su" to other English speakers, you're just a cock. Da-ree-us works until you're trying to get the PCB up at G-Front. Without the proper, spot-on pronunciation they look at you puzzled like you just escaped from the zoo and don't have a fucking clue what you're asking for.

Yeah, I've known twats like that before. I don't think I can even say it. It just sounds so bizarre.

[GaijinPunch]

I can't help but pronounce Ikaruga properly though, even though everyone I know does it wrong... whether they speak Japanese or not.

[drauch]

How is it? Ee-ka-roo-gah?

[rancor]

Mistake one syllable and they will throw you under the bus. Such an unforgiving language.

I honestly think that there are no such things as context clues here. This happens all of the time with the wife when I cannot think of the proper word / pronunciation, and she can't figure out what the hell I'm trying to say.
Think about the subject. Hear the other words around the subject. If I get 3 of the 4 syllables correct, at least make a fucking attempt to guess what I'm trying to say instead of immediately going to "I have no idea what you're talking about." Change one syllable, and it's perfectly clear. Maybe it's just the lack of critical thinking here.

Anyhow, I digress... Show us the beautiful shit you bought!

[Rob]

How is it? Ee-ka-roo-gah?

I almost feel like I need to make a xoxak shmup pronunciation guide.

[Ji-L87]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/ ... 99aca3.jpg

I'm more jealous of the "N7" Mass Effect hoodie

Don't be. It's a chinese fake from ebay - I just couldn't justify the cost of shipping the official one to the cold north.
The red/white lines on the arm were simply glued on and fell off almost immediately, as punishment for me being a horrible cheapskate.

On the plus side, it's still hella' comfy.

[drauch]

How is it? Ee-ka-roo-gah?

I almost feel like I need to make a xoxak shmup pronunciation guide.

Ha... probably wouldn't hurt. Am I wrong in this case?

[RealPlumpBox]

Been A slow month for games.

BF4



3DS Games. Mario Party is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Also Adventure Time was something i forgot I pre-orderd off Amazon about 5 months ago. That will remain sealed after i read reviews!!!! not even worth opening. Then Zelda ALBW, got Oracale of Seasons for free for pre-ordering from Gamestop.



got mine at Barns and Noble





Now onto mu NON gaming pick-ups

fist off two new Seahawks hats.



New sillicone plugs. I told myself i am not going any bigger.



New Tech N9ne CD. Got a sampler for free.



Also I got my Concealed Carry Permit for Washington. (Blurred out some personal info.)

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Dude, niiiiiiiiice. Such an amazing cover for a fantastic game!

Naoyuki Kato is a fantastic artist, really amazing futuristic stuff. Incidentally, I'm still looking for a print of this work.

[Skykid]

How is it? Ee-ka-roo-gah?

I almost feel like I need to make a xoxak shmup pronunciation guide.

Ha... probably wouldn't hurt. Am I wrong in this case?

I think you're right, GP probably just means the American way of saying 'eye' for everything 'i'. As in 'eye-kah-ru-ga', 'pen-eye-cillin', 'va-itamins.'

[NTSC-J]

Yea, "eekaroogah" is right, but I think most people (including myself) say "ickaroogah". Never heard "eyekaroogah" (or "peneyecilin").

Generally I stick to the proper pronunciations for Japanese words that are used in English, but it's hard not to sound like an asshole when you say "karate" correctly.

[rancor]

but it's hard not to sound like an asshole when you say "karate" correctly.

Relevant link.