Yeah Toonami last night was amazing and horrible. Tom doing reviews, the end of the Cell Saga and the incomprehensible Tenchi Muyo. Nostalgia overload. They even had new Tom bumpers and this:
ATLANTA. April 1st, 2012. Today, Hi-Rez Studios announced that they have finally identified and corrected the ‘skiing bug’ within the popular Tribes gaming franchise.
The infamous bug was introduced in 1998 with the release of the original Starsiege: Tribes. A defect deep within the game’s physics subsystem allowed players to slide or ‘ski’ very quickly across wide-open terrain. For over 13 years, and across numerous Tribes sequels, this exploit has been used by players to gain incredible movement speeds – earning Tribes a reputation as the World’s Fastest Shooter.
Now, thanks to the debugging skills of Hi-Rez developer Don Zubis, skiing in Tribes has been eliminated.
“No more skiing! Tribes players can now travel at the more comfortable walking speed found in other modern shooters”, explains Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios Chief Operating Officer. “With this bug finally behind us, our dev team can move onto new gameplay mechanics including Super-Slow Walk, Go Prone, and the highly anticipated Crawl.”
The release date of Tribes: Ascend remains April 12, 2012. And Hi-Rez would not confirm whether this bug fix would indeed make it in time for that release build.
There remains significant risk that, on release day, Tribes: Ascend players will be able to go very, very fast.
I was mere seconds from flipping the channel when it looked like another Room marathon, then flipped out when they showed Tom.
It may not be the funniest AF, but it was the most effective for rekindling my nostalgia. The fact that they even went so far to do a (really good!) review of ME3 was just icing on the cake.
It also brought newfound appreciation for those old animes; it's almost shocking comparing these shows to the kind of stuff that gets released today (and why we don't have anime threads anymore), even though the only difference with anime then and now is that the older stuff worked harder to maintain quality over animation budget.
Also the Dreams AMV; even if you're not a fan of the shows on Toonami, there's no debating what a smartly put together network block it was.
Conan O'Brien bought Mashable for $3500. It's been a more elaborate gag than I was expecting: the twitter profile was overhauled, I think Conan is posting from the twitter, and he made some videos including an exclusive reveal of the iTV.
Engadget is reviewing old devices, including the TI-83+.
It also brought newfound appreciation for those old animes; it's almost shocking comparing these shows to the kind of stuff that gets released today (and why we don't have anime threads anymore), even though the only difference with anime then and now is that the older stuff worked harder to maintain quality over animation budget.
This is a fallacy. There's just as much good stuff as back then and as much crap as back then. People only trend to remember the good.
In fact it's easier to find the good recent stuff: look for the series that aren't moe bullshit.
It also brought newfound appreciation for those old animes; it's almost shocking comparing these shows to the kind of stuff that gets released today (and why we don't have anime threads anymore), even though the only difference with anime then and now is that the older stuff worked harder to maintain quality over animation budget.
This is a fallacy. There's just as much good stuff as back then and as much crap as back then. People only trend to remember the good.
In fact it's easier to find the good recent stuff: look for the series that aren't moe bullshit.
I dunno....to me it seems that the moe bullshit and breast comedy shows far outweigh even the traditional shonen type of animes, since both PA and nearly everywhere else in the internet has gotten in on this Salem Witch Hunt that "all anime is perverted with tentacles and underage girls".
Shows like that existed during Toonami's era too, but at the time there was a lot more positive buzz where every new show licensed by CN was met with excitement. Heck, if Toonami really was revived for 2012, what shows could they add to their lineup? One Piece, Bleach, and...that's about it. Dragon Ball Kai is licensed by WB last I checked, and Disney has Naruto.
As for "unique" anime experiences, it would be hilariously awesome if they had the balls to televise Madoka Magica, but other than that there aren't too many of those either.
I hate to turn into one of those "back in my day" types, but it's a sad fact that for the few good-to-excellent new animes, they are still buried under boring as shit harem and moe shows.
Also, while I'm glad they didn't do this, it would have been doubly hilarious if they did the Toonami April Fool's night while airing nothing but episodes of Pilot Candidate.
Seriously the worst anime I have ever watched. I think that got maybe one airing on CN before it was mind-wiped from existence.
ATLANTA. April 1st, 2012. Today, Hi-Rez Studios announced that they have finally identified and corrected the ‘skiing bug’ within the popular Tribes gaming franchise.
The infamous bug was introduced in 1998 with the release of the original Starsiege: Tribes. A defect deep within the game’s physics subsystem allowed players to slide or ‘ski’ very quickly across wide-open terrain. For over 13 years, and across numerous Tribes sequels, this exploit has been used by players to gain incredible movement speeds – earning Tribes a reputation as the World’s Fastest Shooter.
Now, thanks to the debugging skills of Hi-Rez developer Don Zubis, skiing in Tribes has been eliminated.
“No more skiing! Tribes players can now travel at the more comfortable walking speed found in other modern shooters”, explains Todd Harris, Hi-Rez Studios Chief Operating Officer. “With this bug finally behind us, our dev team can move onto new gameplay mechanics including Super-Slow Walk, Go Prone, and the highly anticipated Crawl.”
The release date of Tribes: Ascend remains April 12, 2012. And Hi-Rez would not confirm whether this bug fix would indeed make it in time for that release build.
There remains significant risk that, on release day, Tribes: Ascend players will be able to go very, very fast.
I'm happy April Fools is on a Sunday this year; it seems to be seriously cutting down on a lot of the really dumb shit.
EDIT: Only a select few companies seem to put effort into it and make it enjoyable. If everyone was on par with Google or Thinkgeek or Blizzard it could actually be a fun day.
It also brought newfound appreciation for those old animes; it's almost shocking comparing these shows to the kind of stuff that gets released today (and why we don't have anime threads anymore), even though the only difference with anime then and now is that the older stuff worked harder to maintain quality over animation budget.
This is a fallacy. There's just as much good stuff as back then and as much crap as back then. People only trend to remember the good.
In fact it's easier to find the good recent stuff: look for the series that aren't moe bullshit.
I dunno....to me it seems that the moe bullshit and breast comedy shows far outweigh even the traditional shonen type of animes, since both PA and nearly everywhere else in the internet has gotten in on this Salem Witch Hunt that "all anime is perverted with tentacles and underage girls".
Shows like that existed during Toonami's era too, but at the time there was a lot more positive buzz where every new show licensed by CN was met with excitement. Heck, if Toonami really was revived for 2012, what shows could they add to their lineup? One Piece, Bleach, and...that's about it. Dragon Ball Kai is licensed by WB last I checked, and Disney has Naruto.
As for "unique" anime experiences, it would be hilariously awesome if they had the balls to televise Madoka Magica, but other than that there aren't too many of those either.
I hate to turn into one of those "back in my day" types, but it's a sad fact that for the few good-to-excellent new animes, they are still buried under boring as shit harem and moe shows.
Also, while I'm glad they didn't do this, it would have been doubly hilarious if they did the Toonami April Fool's night while airing nothing but episodes of Pilot Candidate.
Seriously the worst anime I have ever watched. I think that got maybe one airing on CN before it was mind-wiped from existence.
I have an idea, although I'm not sure how popular it would be. At the risk of being flamed hard here, why doesn't AS just take the Saturday Action block they already have, and just slap the Toonami name and branding on it? I mean, currently it seems like it wouldn't have a place on present day CN, and all the people who watched it back then grew up. I say take a retro approach like with Nick's "90's are all that" block, give saturday schedule the name and branding, all the TOM bumpers and stuff, maybe slightly alter the schedule here and there, and it could work as a draw for both anime and nostalgia ratings. They don't even have to change the bumpers, the ones from 2005 were used for the april fools joke, and they worked out just fine, at most the biggest expense would probably be paying Steve Blum for voice acting.
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Each of those would've been hilariously snarky if it came from the companies behind each game.
Man, I love Harry Partridge.
Thing is I'd totally put down for the 100$ ending for DA III. Not joking one iota.
I'd bet they'd get enough others it'd be totally feasible too.
Saturday Morning Watchmen just may be one of the greatest things ever.
This reminds me of a time when Cartoon Network didn't suck.
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I was amused.
Must be the off-year or something.
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This was the best. Seriously.
I was mere seconds from flipping the channel when it looked like another Room marathon, then flipped out when they showed Tom.
It may not be the funniest AF, but it was the most effective for rekindling my nostalgia. The fact that they even went so far to do a (really good!) review of ME3 was just icing on the cake.
It also brought newfound appreciation for those old animes; it's almost shocking comparing these shows to the kind of stuff that gets released today (and why we don't have anime threads anymore), even though the only difference with anime then and now is that the older stuff worked harder to maintain quality over animation budget.
Also the Dreams AMV; even if you're not a fan of the shows on Toonami, there's no debating what a smartly put together network block it was.
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Oh man, that's definitely a mockery of TMZ. I approve.
That Wii is a pretty shitty shop, but the Wii remote looks boss as hell and I'd want one if it was real.
Engadget is reviewing old devices, including the TI-83+.
Mojang tempting the gods with Mars Effect.
Announcing the Block of Ages.
CorriganX on Steam and just about everywhere else.
I have 549 Rock Band Drum and 305 Pro Drum FC's
REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS REFS
This is a fallacy. There's just as much good stuff as back then and as much crap as back then. People only trend to remember the good.
In fact it's easier to find the good recent stuff: look for the series that aren't moe bullshit.
// Switch: SW-5306-0651-6424 //
Splash Damage announces Tip Tap Tapir.
I dunno....to me it seems that the moe bullshit and breast comedy shows far outweigh even the traditional shonen type of animes, since both PA and nearly everywhere else in the internet has gotten in on this Salem Witch Hunt that "all anime is perverted with tentacles and underage girls".
Shows like that existed during Toonami's era too, but at the time there was a lot more positive buzz where every new show licensed by CN was met with excitement. Heck, if Toonami really was revived for 2012, what shows could they add to their lineup? One Piece, Bleach, and...that's about it. Dragon Ball Kai is licensed by WB last I checked, and Disney has Naruto.
As for "unique" anime experiences, it would be hilariously awesome if they had the balls to televise Madoka Magica, but other than that there aren't too many of those either.
I hate to turn into one of those "back in my day" types, but it's a sad fact that for the few good-to-excellent new animes, they are still buried under boring as shit harem and moe shows.
Also, while I'm glad they didn't do this, it would have been doubly hilarious if they did the Toonami April Fool's night while airing nothing but episodes of Pilot Candidate.
Seriously the worst anime I have ever watched. I think that got maybe one airing on CN before it was mind-wiped from existence.
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Two years later and still waiting for this
http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Home.htm
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
Heh, cute.
This sounds suspiciously similar to that PA strip about PS3 updates.
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EDIT: Only a select few companies seem to put effort into it and make it enjoyable. If everyone was on par with Google or Thinkgeek or Blizzard it could actually be a fun day.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
http://andriasang.com/con0ga/senran_kagura_boys_edition/
http://www.1up.com/previews/nintendo-dubstep-experience-3d-reinvent
edit: Also this goes with the toonami stuff and gaming also contains spoilers. So be wary of that.
I have an idea, although I'm not sure how popular it would be. At the risk of being flamed hard here, why doesn't AS just take the Saturday Action block they already have, and just slap the Toonami name and branding on it? I mean, currently it seems like it wouldn't have a place on present day CN, and all the people who watched it back then grew up. I say take a retro approach like with Nick's "90's are all that" block, give saturday schedule the name and branding, all the TOM bumpers and stuff, maybe slightly alter the schedule here and there, and it could work as a draw for both anime and nostalgia ratings. They don't even have to change the bumpers, the ones from 2005 were used for the april fools joke, and they worked out just fine, at most the biggest expense would probably be paying Steve Blum for voice acting.