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

[chempop]

Daaaamn Stomp!!! I also have (and love) the ergo proxy soundtrack. I HIGHLY recommend you check out Texhnolyze.
Also, Rez is my favorite non-2d shooter of all time, to the point where I went to japan to party with people who made it.
So yeah, sweet stuff!

[Stompp]

chempop, I started watching Texhnolyze way back but didn't finish it for some reason. I remember the music was good. Gonna give it another go Rez is awesomesauce I remember the first time I played it I was blown away.
You partied with Tetsuya Mizuguchi & Co...w0000t?!! Damn! I haven't even made it to japan yet

[chempop]

I met the director, Jun Kobayashi (http://koba-jun.flavors.me/#_), he was running visuals for a small club where a bunch of SEGA people from UGA and Hitmaker were hanging out.

The promoter for the Rez launch parties ran this record label that I think produced the OST: http://www.third-ear.net/music.html

[Stompp]

I met the director, Jun Kobayashi (http://koba-jun.flavors.me/#_), he was running visuals for a small club where a bunch of SEGA people from UGA and Hitmaker were hanging out.

The promoter for the Rez launch parties ran this record label that I think produced the OST: http://www.third-ear.net/music.html

Awesomesauce

[cj iwakura]

Forget SkyKid, you better hold me back from that Shiki 2.

Mine can't play imports, anyway, though.

[evil_ash_xero]

Forget SkyKid, you better hold me back from that Shiki 2.

Mine can't play imports, anyway, though.

Modding is quite easy, actually. I had help though.
Luckily, it's softmodding. Otherwise, I would have never been able to do it.

Out of that batch, I was most happy with being able to snag JSRF. Not only because it is a GREAT game, but it's the version that has the foil cover, and isn't the Sega GT/JSRF version.

But that MWC cost me the most. It's funny how you can find cheaper NEW copies of this game on Amazon, than used versions on EBay.

[cj iwakura]

Forget SkyKid, you better hold me back from that Shiki 2.

Mine can't play imports, anyway, though.

Modding is quite easy, actually. I had help though.
Luckily, it's softmodding. Otherwise, I would have never been able to do it.

Out of that batch, I was most happy with being able to snag JSRF. Not only because it is a GREAT game, but it's the version that has the foil cover, and isn't the Sega GT/JSRF version.

But that MWC cost me the most. It's funny how you can find cheaper NEW copies of this game on Amazon, than used versions on EBay.

I wouldn't mind help if you can point me in the right direction.

Also, I expect manual shots! Always wanted a JP version of Shiki 2 without the god-awful VA. I have the script memorized at this point.

[Obiwanshinobi]

The Shiki2 PC port seems most future-proof to me (most LCD-friendly, too).

[juonryu2nd]

Bought these by employing a middleman from MotK

[Obiwanshinobi]

Amazing how the film had, like, the first memorable movie poster I've seen in YEARS... and Sony (who else?) just had to make it into yet another bargain bin DVD-style cover. If I wasn't seeing it in flesh, I could be excused for thinking it's a mock-up.

[opt2not]

Not as good as the Saturn Bomberman, but still decent.

[Obiwanshinobi]

At least he's not voiced here, is he?

[opt2not]

Correct, he doesn't have his high-pitched voice like the Saturn version (though, I don't really mind his voice). From what I remember, in Super Bomberman 2 he's pretty much silent throughout the game.

[Immryr]

Out of that batch, I was most happy with being able to snag JSRF. Not only because it is a GREAT game, but it's the version that has the foil cover, and isn't the Sega GT/JSRF version.

I recently played through JSRF and I'd have to say although it's fun at times a lot of the changes from the first game are for the worse and it gets fairly tedious towards the end. For me, the change of the main tagging missions from having the urgency of the escalating police presence to a focus on doing trick challenges to unlock graffiti souls - which have no real value on their own if you don't have a 'completionist' mentality - is a definite negative. it just feels like bumf to make the game longer.

there is a lot of that same feeling in the general mission structure too. one part in particular which stands out in my mind is when you meet clutch and he tells you to collect 3 or 4 graffiti souls, you do that, then he runs off to one part of the city, so you go there and have to defeat 5 golden rhino dudes - which feels pretty pointless, after you do that you find that clutch isn't there at all but is on the complete opposite side of the city. so, you traipse over there where he apologises and tells you that yoyo is in the fortified residential zone. that's a really drawn out process filled with meaningless fetching and running all over the city just to advance to the next main mission.

the missions where you need to tag the backs of rival gangs also went from admittedly quite frustrating in the first game to pointlessly trivial in the second.

so yeah, it's a decent game but not a patch on the first one.

[Fudoh]

[Strider77]

Devil worship...

[evil_ash_xero]

Out of that batch, I was most happy with being able to snag JSRF. Not only because it is a GREAT game, but it's the version that has the foil cover, and isn't the Sega GT/JSRF version.

I recently played through JSRF and I'd have to say although it's fun at times a lot of the changes from the first game are for the worse and it gets fairly tedious towards the end. For me, the change of the main tagging missions from having the urgency of the escalating police presence to a focus on doing trick challenges to unlock graffiti souls - which have no real value on their own if you don't have a 'completionist' mentality - is a definite negative. it just feels like bumf to make the game longer.

there is a lot of that same feeling in the general mission structure too. one part in particular which stands out in my mind is when you meet clutch and he tells you to collect 3 or 4 graffiti souls, you do that, then he runs off to one part of the city, so you go there and have to defeat 5 golden rhino dudes - which feels pretty pointless, after you do that you find that clutch isn't there at all but is on the complete opposite side of the city. so, you traipse over there where he apologises and tells you that yoyo is in the fortified residential zone. that's a really drawn out process filled with meaningless fetching and running all over the city just to advance to the next main mission.

the missions where you need to tag the backs of rival gangs also went from admittedly quite frustrating in the first game to pointlessly trivial in the second.

so yeah, it's a decent game but not a patch on the first one.

I hear the opposite. And I like the game better than the demo of the first one, I played on XBLA. But I absolutely have not put enough time into it (it was just a demo) to say I disagree with you.
I really thought it was great though. I can't think of too much that really bugged me. Sometimes, I had NO idea where I was to go, and would have to go to YouTube. But it wasn't the end of the world.
The ending was weird, and I didn't know what it had to do with anything else. But I wasn't playing it for story.

[RealPlumpBox]

Gaming Vita stuff. $30 for Tales, $20 for Nat Doc.




Sorry it is not gaming related. But I subscribed to my first ever Monthly box thing. I swore I never would but this one got me.
http://www.tacpack.com/ It is gun stuff. (my second hobby)
It is 47.00 a month if you do a year. It is guaranteed to have a minimum of 60.00 worth of stuff. This one values at about 70ish.

This month I got Shooting gloves, Ammo box, handgun case, 550 cord bracelet, Mag release for AR-15, and Targets.

[Ex_Mosquito]

A DJ Dao FP7 IIDX controller (upgraded with Omron microswitches) + CS games. I've had the controller for nearly 2 months now and I have been gradually getting the old CS ports. I'm still missing the last 4 IIDX games but they're pretty expensive, luckily the first 10 games are dirt cheap and the original PS1 versions even cheaper still.

This game has hit me pretty hard. It's sooo brutally tough and it pushes you to the very limits of your physical abilities but it's very rewarding when you get the hang of it and start making progress (ssllloooww progress..) , not that I'm very good at it yet :/ I still have a few years to go before I get to where I want to be but I'm definitely up for the challenge. It's hard to find the time to play and make the progress I want because I work full-time and have a newborn, but the style of game is perfect to dive in to for 30mins/hour and have a rewarding session, I just wish I didn't give up on it after 2 weeks when I first tried to play it in the mid-2000's, HUGE regret. It's an immense game if you want a challenge. I even bought an old Sony Trinitron for £1.20 off eBay for no-lagg inputs

[BIL]

Beautiful setup! I'm totally unfamiliar with the series and even genre but that makes me want to investigate. Congrats on the new arrival too.

I need to get looking for a cheap CRT, mine's about to croak I think. Damn thing keeps blacking out during vigorous Alien Soldier/Recca sessions, can't take the pressure.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Spoiler

I'd like to see Advance Wars hardware designs re-created like that.

[Ex_Mosquito]

Ta it's not for everyone, the learning curve is pretty damn steep and it's very easy to get frustrated very early on but with a little dedication it slowly starts to come together. It's almost like learning a musical instrument, after a few hours practice you appear to have made no progress then you come back the next day after a sleep and brain-rewiring and sections you were struggling on the day before suddenly become way easier, it's strange. I still have years of practice ahead of me before I get decent but it's such a fun and rewarding game I don't mind the grind

The main tv is actually on top of my IIDX set-up. I hacked around our Ikea stand to accommodate a 21" CRT. I also fitted a removable vinyl cover to stop the sun from killing the CRT and fading the boxes

[rapoon]

i know there's a few other ppl here who draw/ink/illustrate/draft/etc.

unused rOtring variant set. 2x unused Keuffel & Esser nibs as well.




picked up a few books from william stout in SF this past week. The Big Picture Akira Yamaguchi & Paul Rudolph Architetural Drawings




Kim Jung-Gi 2013 Sketchbook (disappointing compared to 2011 sketchbook)




it's 500+ pages, so there's still plenty of excellent sketches.

[rancor]

Went out to the Saitama countryside to do some maintenance work with a friend today. I'm into shmups / games, and he's into Godzilla / Kaiju toys. Purely by chance, in the middle of nowhere we stumbled upon this store:




I'm not really into the toy scene, but goddamit if some of those older toys from the 60s/70s weren't beautiful. I snapped a few pics of the more impressive items:








..And a few of the toys that were mind-blowingly expensive:





.. And some toys I longed for as a child - and maybe now, even as an "adult":






Anyhow, we got to talking to the owner and he's worked on a few of the newer Gamera movies, has his own toy line, speaks almost perfect English, and personally knows Nicholas Cage somehow.

Between his charm, and the persuasion of my friend I walked away with a 1971 King Ghidora figure:





I like it a lot, but I think I paid more than anyone ever should for a beat-up old toy from the 70s. They both convinced me that it would make a nice investment for the future. I think I'll stick him on top of the Egret II. I like it a lot, but I really don't need another expensive hobby at this point.

[_rm_]

Seem like a nice shop.

Loved the Predator mask at the front of the shop

[chempop]

OOooooo Kaiju! I knew you’d come around rancor

[cvaniafan]

Fresh income direct from Japan, all brandnew.
Got the Mushi LE bundled with a phone card and a nice poster.

[dingsbums]

Games



Vinyl

[system11]

Got tired of my ISP supplied modem/router being worthless, switched it to pure modem mode and stuck one of these in. Asus RT-AC3200. We've had loads of problems with bandwidth in my area so I can set the connection speed low in this and use QoS to at least give streaming and the PS4 priority over what we do have.

[cj iwakura]

I am mad jelly of that IIDX setup. I still only have 10th, 13th, Empress, and 9th. (The best ones, but I want the others too, or at least the essentials.)

Anyway, recent stuff.

Vita software(WTD2 and Freedom Wars are $15 at BBY!) :


One of my favorite horror films ever, and a trippy JP only visual novel:




Bootlegs, but you try getting these in a legit way without paying hundreds:


And last and definitely not least:


Worth $8, wouldn't you say?