The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • I thought the Wii U was, at least partially, an attempt to win back the hardcore crowd?


    there is nothing hardcore about a system whose only notable launch titles are the new
    Super Mario game and ZombiU.
    Kexruct said:

    There's a difference between "not hardcore" and "had a bad launch."

    Kexruct said:

    I wouldn't say that. They basically created the market for casual games in the first case. 

    This is a completely ridiculous statement.

    How?
  • Kexruct said:

    Yarrun said:

    So the problem is that Nintendo waded into the casual pool without really knowing how to swim in it. 

    I wouldn't say that. They basically created the market for casual games in the first case. Considering how much of a success the DS, DSi, Wii, and 3DS were, I'd say the Wii U was more a case of mishandled marketing.

    Alright, new metaphor.

    Nintendo went into the wave pool before the waves started going. And you can be as good at you want in calm water, but it you don't know how to deal when it gets tough, you're gonna sink.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    bagel
  • edited 2013-05-21 17:19:59
    Yarrun said:

    Kexruct said:

    Yarrun said:

    So the problem is that Nintendo waded into the casual pool without really knowing how to swim in it. 

    I wouldn't say that. They basically created the market for casual games in the first case. Considering how much of a success the DS, DSi, Wii, and 3DS were, I'd say the Wii U was more a case of mishandled marketing.
    Alright, new metaphor.

    Nintendo went into the wave pool before the waves started going. And you can be as good at you want in calm water, but it you don't know how to deal when it gets tough, you're gonna sink.


    Like I said, though.

    They had two and a half hugely successful systems before one failed.
  • you seem to think that my main purpose here is shitting on Nintendo, that's not really the case. I'm saying the Wii and the Wii U are bad examples for Microsoft to follow, that's it.
    Kexruct said:

    How?
    because casual gaming (casual video gaming even) is significantly older than the NES?
  • you seem to think that my main purpose here is shitting on Nintendo, that's not really the case. I'm saying the Wii and the Wii U are bad examples for Microsoft to follow, that's it.

    Kexruct said:

    How?
    because casual gaming (casual video gaming even) is significantly older than the NES?
    Well yes, but the DS and Wii popularized it.
  • Kexruct said:

    you seem to think that my main purpose here is shitting on Nintendo, that's not really the case. I'm saying the Wii and the Wii U are bad examples for Microsoft to follow, that's it.

    Kexruct said:

    How?
    because casual gaming (casual video gaming even) is significantly older than the NES?
    Well yes, but the DS and Wii popularized it.



    no

    not

    not at all.

    Have you ever heard of an arcade, dude?

    or an Atari, for that matter? Casual gaming is way fucking older than either of those systems. On an even more casual level you've got the Solitaire programs that've come with every windows computer since god-knows-when.

  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    And you
    had proved
    to be
    a real ebin mene
    and a real paska :DDD
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    the economy sunk a few years ago
    before the Wii came out, even
  • fucking christ it's sweltering in here and my stepdad won't turn on the air conditioning because some bullshit about how we don't have the money to run it or whatever the fuck oh my god
  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    I gave my ES
    not for menes
    but for you
    Spurdo eater
  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    harry potter make me an pot
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.

    fucking christ it's sweltering in here and my stepdad won't turn on the air conditioning because some bullshit about how we don't have the money to run it or whatever the fuck oh my god

    the air conditioning here doesn't even work, woohoo
  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    It works here in the house, but I've been driving a car with no A/C since my Prius broke down, and it's not fun. :P Thankfully, the Prius is ready to pick up, and I'll get it back tomorrow.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
  • Not a hybrid rabbit-skink spirit

    Kexruct said:

    you seem to think that my main purpose here is shitting on Nintendo, that's not really the case. I'm saying the Wii and the Wii U are bad examples for Microsoft to follow, that's it.

    Kexruct said:

    How?
    because casual gaming (casual video gaming even) is significantly older than the NES?
    Well yes, but the DS and Wii popularized it.



    no

    not

    not at all.

    Have you ever heard of an arcade, dude?

    or an Atari, for that matter? Casual gaming is way fucking older than either of those systems. On an even more casual level you've got the Solitaire programs that've come with every windows computer since god-knows-when.

    Kexy's right to an extent, though

    When the recent generations had been turning gaming into a slightly more niche thing, Nintendo opened up their doors and tried to appeal to absolutely fucking everyone and succeeded
  • edited 2013-05-21 18:30:35
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    That's a pretty nice song you linked, Srendi. I should check out that band at some point. They remind me of lo-fi era Mountain Goats, actually:

  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    Why doesn't English have a way of writing plural acronyms as cool as Spanish's? We write each letter twice. So Estados Unidos is not EU, it's EEUU
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    EU is European Union, dood
  • Smee, Maiman, Doktar, Pavelier, Button-Lee, Juan Ovyu
    GET OUT FROM HERE
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    That's a pretty nice song you linked, Srendi. I should check out that band at some point. They remind me of lo-fi era Mountain Goats, actually:

    I love "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton". Awesome track.

    Woods were are a really enjoyable band early on, although their recent releases have become a bit spotty, with too much straight-ahead folk-pop and not enough wry weirdness. Their best releases are probably At Rear House and Songs Of Shame. The former is basically perfect straight through, but the latter has easily one of my favourite psych-rock tunes ever:

  • Kexruct said:

    you seem to think that my main purpose here is shitting on Nintendo, that's not really the case. I'm saying the Wii and the Wii U are bad examples for Microsoft to follow, that's it.

    Kexruct said:

    How?
    because casual gaming (casual video gaming even) is significantly older than the NES?
    Well yes, but the DS and Wii popularized it.



    no

    not

    not at all.

    Have you ever heard of an arcade, dude?

    or an Atari, for that matter? Casual gaming is way fucking older than either of those systems. On an even more casual level you've got the Solitaire programs that've come with every windows computer since god-knows-when.

    Kexy's right to an extent, though

    When the recent generations had been turning gaming into a slightly more niche thing, Nintendo opened up their doors and tried to appeal to absolutely fucking everyone and succeeded

    Death pretty much just said what I've been meaning to say the entire time.
  • also OW OW OW MY MOUTH

    i hate corrective dentistry with a burning passion

    i have literally never had any problems with my overbite until now.

  • edited 2013-05-21 18:56:01
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    ^^^ P.S. Also, their first album (form which "Make Time for Kitty" comes) also has "Angel's Trumpet", which is incredibly creepy, and "God Hates the Faithless", which has death growls over acoustic guitars because... well, why not?
  • I know the Mountain Goats mostly from John Darnielle's feature on Aesop Rock's "Coffee".
  • (*shitty synth brass arpeggios*)
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    I know the Mountain Goats mostly from John Darnielle's feature on Aesop Rock's "Coffee".

    Listen to more of their repertoire. You will not regret this decision.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    (*shitty synth brass arpeggios*)
    *pulsating syn-drum beat*
  • It just occurred to me how fugly most video game consoles are.
  • actually i lie, it occurred to me when i was eating pizza with my dad a while ago.
  • (*shitty synth brass arpeggios*)
    *pulsating syn-drum beat*
    Lightning Gun?

    I know the Mountain Goats mostly from John Darnielle's feature on Aesop Rock's "Coffee".

    Listen to more of their repertoire. You will not regret this decision.
    what's similar to his feat. on Coffee?
  • you know sometimes you just kinda feel all

    image
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Naney said:

    It just occurred to me how fugly most video game consoles are.

    I maintain that the original Sega Genesis/Mega Drive is the only console that I really liked the look of.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    So, who's someone that we all hate?
  • I really like the look of the NES, but that's about it.

    So, who's someone that we all hate?

    the CEO of abercrombie and fitch
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    That song you linked sounds beautiful, Srendi. Psych-rock is a wonderful genre when performed by people who know what they're doing. I'll keep the album recommendations you made in mind for some later date.

    P.S.

    So, who's someone that we all hate?

    Chris Brown.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    (*shitty synth brass arpeggios*)
    *pulsating syn-drum beat*


    Lightning Gun?

    I know the Mountain Goats mostly from John Darnielle's feature on Aesop Rock's "Coffee".

    Listen to more of their repertoire. You will not regret this decision.
    what's similar to his feat. on Coffee?
    Heh.

    I would say Heretic Pride, given that it's chronologically the closest album (and a personal favourite). That said, that feature is pretty unusual for Darnielle, musically speaking, although not entirely given his flirtations with any number of genres.


    Naney said:

    you know sometimes you just kinda feel all


    image
    Every day.
  • P.S.

    So, who's someone that we all hate?

    Chris Brown.
    Yeah him too.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    That song you linked sounds beautiful, Srendi. Psych-rock is a wonderful genre when performed by people who know what they're doing. I'll keep the album recommendations you made in mind for some later date.

    Cool!

    Also:


    P.S.

    So, who's someone that we all hate?

    Chris Brown.
    Probably. He's an irritating musician and a loathsome human being.

    Also Emmure, because they are too lazy and obnoxious to even be a proper deathcore outfit—the saddest statement ever.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Naney said:

    I really like the look of the NES, but that's about it.

    So, who's someone that we all hate?

    the CEO of abercrombie and fitch
    Yeah, him too.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    well, OK.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    image
  • War huh, what is it good for.
  • Warrior.

    Warero

    Oreo.

    Orange.
  • Objectification, Let's try not to remove it, because it happens to both sides.

  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Naney said:

    <a href="http://borewormmusic.bandcamp.com/album/black-path-ep">Black Path EP by BOREWORM</a>
    this is really good.

    Interesting. I like it.
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