Spring at night

http://i.imgur.com/cdRGe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tqKUM.jpg


Lovely! China is still my most wanted place to visit. I'm currently saving up money for a trip to Hong Kong and other locations in China, including Guilin, Jiangxi, and Kowloon Walled City Park. I'll have to use my imagination when standing around in Kowloon, of course, but it will be interesting to be there and see the yamen and other things preserved there.

I love anything cyberpunk, i'm already sold even if it's shit


I'm not sure if this was a sarcastic comment implying that people will buy anything, regardless of quality, as long as it's cyberpunk buuuttttttt.... I'm like that. Can't get enough of that cyberpunk, where did it go since the 90's? Now everybody wants things impractically powered by steam. Even games are steampowered... haha...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIPFttZPYME[/youtube]

Sometimes I forget I forget how great this game is, but then it all comes back. This game has changed who I am, for the better -- still sappy as always but better at it.

They should throw us a curve ball and have Lan Di as DLC. A Black Car for driving, helicopter for flying, and.. a boat (to Hong Kong) for the water segments?

I was always jealous of Engelbert Humperdinck's name. German composer who wrote the opera "Hänsel and Gretel".

Freakin' new Space Quest! Apparently old news but I just found out...

Hurray for kickstarter!

Oh and Rob Paulsen is going voice act... :)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIb03dB4LUM[/youtube]

After a startling amount of votes we have a clear winner of the Shenmue Picture Extravaganza!


And are (edit: our... I'm dumb) winner is Shengoro86!

Fireworks

oooo


As a winner you get some sweet prizes, different then previously discussed but way cooler.

Prize Number 1:

http://i.imgur.com/vRkTp.jpg

No Shenmue collection is complete with outdated media!!!

Prize Number 2:

http://i.imgur.com/EQHCc.jpg

I like PSO and so should you! Start your dreamcast VMU collection today!!!

Prize Number 3:

http://i.imgur.com/LAU5N.jpg

A mystery game, and no not the genre!



Send me a PM consisting of where you would like me to send the prizes to. Also if you could tell me what platform you would like your mystery game on and what games you currently own on that platform -- you know -- to avoid duplicates and such.

Congratulations! :)

It's still stupid. I'd understand if they were well sized, well placed and had little Christmas hats on, but it looks a random mess. Sorry Ryudo, but you deserve to be shot for this.

Damn dude, it doesn't look that bad. Maybe you would have preferred he hung these on the tree instead.

http://i.imgur.com/8i1d7.jpg

Thank you, I noticed that too, I mean if you really want one you can find one online within 2-3 minutes. This isn't a hot item.

And yet, when the system had first come out, a buddy of mine made $1800 profit off of his five Wii U units, one of which sold for $1200. If only people would wait a few days for their new (same) mario game...

One of the reasons I like the dojo so much is because of all the interesting characters. It's like our own little soap-opera. :P

Crimson Ryan wrote: I was the only voter, wasn't I..

Don't let anyone ever tell you that your vote doesn't matter.

The only reason I want rare back with Nintendo is because of Banjo, and I imagine Nintendo would fully support a 3D platformer Banjo-Kazooie. Even if Rare isn't the developer, I'm sure there are plenty of people who are capable of making a good Banjo game.

Believe me, I was there when gamestop opened for Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts, and the employee looked at me like I was retarded and said, "You know, the shipment doesn't come in until noon... so come back later...". The game is good but a huge departure from the rest of the series, and not what I would have preferred.

Banjo-Threeie is up there with Mega Man Legends 3, Chrono Break, and even Shenmue 3 for my most wanted games. If Nintendo can make it happen then I would be all for it. Of course, I've been talking as if this rumor isn't complete shit but whatever, :P

I'm not so much concerned about Rare but their IPs... and really only Banjo.

Nice! I've never gotten a chance to play that but I've always wanted too. Since school's ended for the winter (and Dreamfall Chapters was recently announced to be in development) I've been playing The Longest Journey again.

http://i.imgur.com/1TQbE.jpg

The game is amazing, one of the best adventure games out there, in my opinion. However, it's made me want to go back and play some of the great Adventure games I never got a chance to play, such as Psychonauts and Grim Fandango.

EDIT:

Also for anybody who wants to share my hype

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-09-dreamfall-chapters-will-be-a-single-player-adventure-game-for-pc-and-mac

Well, for one thing it would pretty much require me to purchase a Wii U. I don't know why it would never happen though. Only a sit -- *ahem* fool deals in absolutes.

Decided I'm going to play through Sierra's adventure line-up this winter break starting with their first, Mystery House.

Mystery House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrH4AJ_q7FA

I've played King's Quest games and, of course, Space Quest :) but I haven't played too many others. I might just end up skipping most and just picking either the King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, Gabriel Knight, or Quest For Glory line of games. Considering I won't have time for everything... but yeah. I'm usually a bit too ambitious.

This is like if George Lucas was suing anybody who uses a wipe transition in movies. Pointless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbOQgGuBkxg


Well I just beat The Longest Journey for the second time and I love this song, it's a reminder of the great journey you've just had. The epilogue even makes me tear up a little... in a good way though. When April and Crow are sitting around to tell another story in their old age, remembering the great adventures they've had. It's all very romantic and grand and I love it. Time to play Dreamfall.

Those are obviously some pretty extreme cases and not every fan is going to be like that. I just don't really trust the "fuck bronie" mentality. People have seen these extreme cases of fandom and have extended it to the entire -- in this case male -- fanbase, which results in a "Twilight" effect. If only people would bother to see if the show is actually good, despite the fanatics. However, it's a trap. The minute you watch the show, say it's good (if you like it), you're deemed a bronie by a bunch of idiots with an inability to think for themselves. I should really watch the show soon; curiosity really gets the better of me sometimes.

I offered a co-worker of mine -- a black co-worker of mine -- the rest of my fried chicken when I was done with it. He freaked out. Am I racist? No, he's just being a dumb-ass. I'm not going to let stereotypes dictate what I do or who I offer my fried chicken to, and neither should this game; Far Cry 3 should be able to offer fried chicken to whomever it wants.

But you're essentially saying you have no choice, which isn't true.

If you really wanted to keep from killing the person you'd stop playing.

We are only bound by the rules we choose to be bound by, saying we're anything but free is untrue.

If we stop playing and get offended when are we ever going to encounter anything interesting? Sounds like an extreme case of censorship to me.

Over the years I've become extremely picky with my media. I'm usually on a constant quest for my next great video-game/uplifting experience, yet when I search the internet for "games with good stories" or something similar, I usually find lists filled with either the newest -- and not necessarily the greatest -- games released, or games that are talked to death (such as Ocarina of Time, or Shadow of the Colossus). I think Videogames have the ability to give some really profound experiences; whether it be the exciting and completely immersive setting in Shenmue, or an interesting way of making you feeling empathy for its characters like in Soul Blazer, or even the sadness you feel after the end of a grand adventure and a farewell to friends like in Chrono Trigger. I want that feeling of emotion that I've only gotten from very few games. So I guess this is a topic for games that make you feel... something; something hard to place but something worth noting. Sorry for being very vague.

Being a fan of the Tolkien Novels and The Lord of the RIngs films, I thought the Hobbit was pretty good. One thing people tend not to understand is that books -- as they are written -- make pretty poor films. Look at the first two Harry Potter movies for instance; they're pretty much a direct translation from book to film... and they suck :lol: . From what I understand, this will be the last attempt at making films (at least from Peter Jackson & company) in middle earth and they want to go all out with as much material as they can. I can't imagine a couple years down the line we'll get The Silmarillion part one or anything.

To me, what's always been so appealing about middle earth is the intense amount of detail, it's never really been just "an unexpected journey" but more like a history lesson on foot. It doesn't help, however, that they started with the more interesting, and much more exciting of the books first. Assuming you've seen the first trilogy (and at this point who hasn't?) it ultimately makes the hobbit seem a little anti-climactic. So it makes sense that they want to pad the hobbit and make it more of an epic (which it really isn't). I do like how they're trying to set up the Lord of the Rings films in the Hobbit and I hope it will make for a nice flow from movie to movie, changing what was once a 12 hour experience into a good old fashion, 24 hours. :lol:

Oh, and I saw it in 24-fps because 48 sucks dick.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz1qVxb4_js[/youtube]

Everything is and would have been better with Ron Jones.

We should have a bajillion categories like the one Mitts did. I want this voting process to be an all day event.

Wanna hear the amazing joke I made up? You do!? Ok. *ahem* Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach were going to see a movie at the theatre. It was a re-release of an old film; a real classic. However, Bach ended up not being able to go because he was Baroque. You're welcome.

Merry Christmas ShenmueDojo! I wish you guys the best!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4lY8Y3eoo[/youtube]

You could get the first Front Mission on DS. A mech/war turn based strategy game with a wonderful story/cast/world et cetera. I'm a fanboy for Front Mission... I guess.

Also, if you like Harvest Moon, the new one for 3DS (A New Beginning) is actually pretty good. Not Harvest Moon 64, Back to Nature, or Friends of Mineral Town good but still pretty good.

Happy Birthday Peter, I think it's funny that a new piece of Shenmue merchandise gets announced on his birthday

Damn straight!

Would anybody here want to start a book club here at the dojo? We could take turns picking a novel for us to read over a week/2week/month period, whichever works best for everybody, and discuss. I think it would be fun but we'd have to at least get a few people interested and willing. Anybody think this is a good idea?

south carmain wrote:
just saiyan

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMlAhpv7Ss[/youtube]

I've been wanting for a while to create lists for each of Sega's systems showing all the games developed by Sega on the console. I've started with the Sega Saturn because it's my favorite sega console and it's also not too large. So far I've completed the NA games on the saturn (I think... tell me if I'm missing anything or if I'm wrong) and I'm moving on to the Pal and NTSC-J games on the system. It's kind of tedious work though...

Anyway, for anybody interested here is the list of games.

SEGA SATURN NTSC-U:

Astal
Baku Baku
Black Fire
Blazing Heroes (aka Mystaria: The Realms of Lore)
Burning Rangers
Clockwork Knight
Clockwork Knight 2
Daytona USA
Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Netlink Edition
DecAthlete
Die Hard Arcade
Dragon Force
F1 Challenge
Fighters Megamix
Fighting Vipers
Golden Axe: The Duel
Hang-On GP
House of the Dead
Last Bronx
Legend of Oasis (developed by Ancient)
Magic Knight Rayearth
Manx TT Superbike
NBA Action
NBA Action 98
NFL '97
NHL All Star Hockey
NHL All Star Hockey '98
NiGHTS into Dreams… (+Christmas NiGHTS)
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Pebble Beach Golf
Sega Ages: Afterburner, Outrun, Space Harrier
Sega Rally Championship plus International Rally
Sega Rally Championship plus International Rally: Netlink Edition
Sega Touring Car Championship
Sega Worldwide Soccer '97
Sega Worldwide Soccer '98
Shining Force III
Shining the Holy Ark
Shining Wisdom
Shinobi Legions
Sky Target
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic Jam
Sonic R
Steep Slope Sliders
Virtua Cop
VIrtua Cop 2
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Fighter Kids
Virtua Fighter Remix
Virtua Racing
Virtual-On: Cyber Troopers
Virtual-On: Cyber Troopers: Netlink Edition
Wing Arms
Winter Heat
World Series Baseball
World Series Baseball II
World Series Baseball '98
Worldwide Soccer: Sega International Victory Goal Edition
*Also there's some demo discs*

I went ahead and omitted any games that had segasoft involvement, those games would have been Bug Too!, Scud: The Disposable Assassin, and Three Dirty Dwarves. I'm going to go ahead and start compiling the import Sega games for Saturn and then probably move onto the Dreamcast next.

Sega Dreamcast NTSC-U

18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
Alien Front Online
ChuChu Rocket!
Confidential Mission
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi 2
Daytona USA
Dynamite Cop!
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future ***
F355 Challenge
House of the Dead 2
Jet Grind Radio
NBA 2K
NBA 2K1
NBA 2K2
NFL 2K
NFL 2K1
NFL 2K2
NHL 2K
NHL 2K2
Outtrigger
Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2
Samba de Amigo
Seaman ***
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Bass Fishing 2
Sega GT
Sega Marine Fishing
Sega Rally Championship 2
Sega Smash Pack Volume 1
Sega Swirl
Shenmue
Skies of Arcadia
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Shuffle
Space Channel 5
Sports Jam
Tennis 2K2
Toy Commander
Typing of the Dead
Virtua Athlete 2000
Virtua Fighter 3tb
Virtua Sriker 2
Virtua Tennis
Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram
World Series Baseball 2K1
World Series Baseball 2K2
Zombie Revenge

DEMO DISCS

Generator Demo Disc Vol. 1
Generator Demo Disc Vol. 2
Official Dreamcast Magazine 1
Official Dreamcast Magazine 2
Official Dreamcast Magazine 3
Official Dreamcast Magazine 4
Official Dreamcast Magazine 5
Official Dreamcast Magazine 6
Official Dreamcast Magazine 7
Official Dreamcast Magazine 8
Official Dreamcast Magazine 9
Official Dreamcast Magazine 10
Official Dreamcast Magazine 11
PlanetWeb Web Browser 1.0
PlanetWeb Web Browser 2.0
PlanetWeb Web Browser 3.0

Struggled deciding whether or not to put Ecco and Seaman on there, thoughts? Anyway... hope there's no errors but there probably are. Pal shouldn't take too long but NTSC-J games are annoying...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-FRAMED-NEW-VGA-GRADED-PANZER-DRAGOON-SAGA-AND-HUGE-COLLECTION-/251208864964?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a7d3714c4


Pretty cool, but bound to be expensive as all hell.

I really just want the poster. I found the Saga one a while back but the Orta one never shows up. I couldn't care less about the sealed games... or that magazine add.

Turn off the 3D and give the library some time. Before you know it games will be coming out that appeal to you.

I just wasted a Blank CD-R by just burning one track on it: "Passing Breeze" from OutRun. I need to go for a drive.

I'd recommend watching Whisper of the Heart if you haven't. It's my favorite of the Ghibli movies.

KiBa wrote:I'm an adult, so none.

You have enough fingers to plug all the holes in your body, yet lack the ability to plug them all at once. I suggest using cotton balls so you don't leak.

Riku Rose wrote:
My boss was actually mugged and they let him keep the stuff in his wallet which is what gave me the idea.

He probably just needed an excuse to ditch his wallet.

Pokemon has gotten better and better with each release and I'm looking forward to this one. They're solid RPGs and it's always fun exploring new regions and catching new pokemon and battling/trading with my friends who, despite becoming very different from each other over the years, can still enjoy the fuck out of some good ol' pokemon battles.

Oh, and I'm totally getting Pokemon X. That stag looks pretty cool. :P

Picked these up for $40 all together at bookmans. I've been playing Baldur's Gate with a buddy of mine practically nonstop :P

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtyb0oPfzC8[/youtube]

The american version is cool as well with the hologram.