why is the crew a retarded example, even for all the disagreement you had with thor your still just buying his takes on the crew. the crew is by far the best example! its not a MMO. im sure ubisoft wish it was a MMO and they will try to encourage people to treat it that way but the crew is a perfect example of a game that can be enjoyed to its fullest offline or online. Its such a shame that most people who care about games dont care about sports games and that's exactly why they can get away with destroying a game like the crew (a game with a completely unique premise of recreating the entire united states (the crew 2 doesn't replace it)). its so easy for thor to just bush it aside like it never mattered anyway, its pretty gross.
@paulladdie10263 күн бұрын
I found out those "Tiny" PC's wern't that small after all..............
@RyanMercer3 күн бұрын
WHAT'S IN THE BOX, WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!
@MagikGimp3 күн бұрын
There's a lot more to the RomHacking debacle than what you see on the site. As usual, the story runs much deeper and does not paint the site maintainer in a good light at all, frankly.
@djm99373 күн бұрын
Thanks for the ramble, always enjoyable and looking forward to you covering for Neil
@retrosim41973 күн бұрын
Sounds like we need a new UK Petition to Stop Killing Petitions.
@thebirdhandler59633 күн бұрын
Awesome Rees! Spotted the tiny pc straight away. Was my first PC as well, and it was a P100 too. I spent ages trying to find one, and I currently own a P166MMX, which I’ve upgraded to a P233MMX
@datassetteuser3563 күн бұрын
Congrats on covering for Neil on the podcast, you'll do just great! 👏 Also, great to see the affordable Mister go forward. 🎉 Cheers!
@HappyCodingZX4 күн бұрын
As much as I understand and relate to the idea of preserving games, I'm afraid that the end result of 'stop killing games' will simply be that publishers will have to give better and more visible notice about when servers will be shut down, or offer refunds to people. That of course is a good thing, but it won't preserve the games or the experience. But then again, I think that there really might be something to be said for allowing some aspects of our culture to be temporary. As a music promoter i organised something like five thousand live events and I was often aware of the idea that the show I was at was a unique experience that would never be repeated or captured, and that made it all the more visceral as an experience. I think it's a good idea for games to remain archived somewhere just in case someone wants to research them in a hundred years time, but I don't think it's realistic that every game that ever existed should be available to anyone that wants to play it, and even if that were possible, I think it might devalue things somewhat. All things must pass, sometimes you have to let things go.
@hatchetman36623 күн бұрын
Shit take.
@HappyCodingZX3 күн бұрын
@@hatchetman3662 to be honest I was hoping for a more enlightening counter-argument than that.
@hatchetman3662Күн бұрын
@@HappyCodingZX Sorry to disappoint. I didn't see a reason to elaborate or have further discussion. The comment speaks for itself, much like your own.
@HappyCodingZXКүн бұрын
@@hatchetman3662 in which case, perhaps you misunderstood it. Forgive the long reply, I got a bit carried away with the idea. My first point was that the law won't preserve games, because the law is primarily about ownership. For example, if I own a priceless Picasso, in theory I have the right to destroy it. If you buy it from me, I lose that right. If however, I rent it to you for an agreed period of time, I would still have the right to destroy it, but it would mean a breach of a rental contract to do so, to which you would likely be due some form of compensation - not for the destruction of the painting or its cultural value, but simply because I did not deliver on my promise to you. Consumer protection law is not there to change what companies offer, or tell them what to do with their property, but simply to ensure that their offer to the customer is clear and fulfilled. Therefore the question is not whether a large software house has the right to offer a particular deal, but simply whether they honour it. In the case of 'The Crew', they have clearly misled their customers, but that does not require them to offer a service or free up that service for others to offer. So then to the question of preservation. The logical conclusion of the preservation argument is that anyone who creates culture has an obligation to preserve it for future generations. It's not exactly practical however. For example, in the UK, the original Wembley Stadium was knocked down. Probably the most significant sporting building in the country, there would surely have been an argument to say that it should be preserved for future generations. The overall consensus was that the money would be better spent building a new one. Popular culture is full of such things - should we force chocolate manufacturers to keep producing the sweets we ate as children, simply because we want our own children to experience them? Should we maintain a single Woolworth's shop somewhere in the country so that people will know what it was like to go through the pick n mix? Speaking as someone with a degree in History myself, I fully recognise how important it is that the past inform the present, and that culture should be preserved in some form. So, what to do? Clearly it's impractical to keep everything in the state in which it originally existed. We cannot make everything available to everyone in its original form. I think the answer is that some things which are particularly significant, like listed buildings, can be given a special status. Others can be selected and curated in a single place such as Neil's excellent museum for people to experience in a different way - it's not the freedom to have everything, but it's a way to get a flavour. Other items, like particular films and books, can be archived and accessible for research purposes, as the British library does. And some things, in particular services as opposed to physical products, will simply be preserved in magazine articles, films and memories. As I said, everything changes, and all things must pass.
@nneeerrrd4 күн бұрын
Darn it, you too sold out to the CCPway. You lost a loyal subscriber in me
@dragonheatgaming50054 күн бұрын
I like your openess with your sponsors/revenue
@retroandgaming4 күн бұрын
Thanks for the weekly ramble! I'm awaiting the TWIR episode later/earlier today :)
@RetroTinkerer4 күн бұрын
Wow Hello there Reese! I'm really late or you are early? 😂
@Vanessaira-Retro8 күн бұрын
Gees Rees! Upset upset upset!!! /s Awesome job as always, and looking forward to seeing you on TWiR.
@humidbeing10 күн бұрын
I won't support picomem until it's made open source. The maker is trying to keep the schematic/gerbers secret.
@RyanMercer10 күн бұрын
Huh, where am I, why do you have me in this building?!
@WhatHoSnorkers10 күн бұрын
Clever stuff Rees!
@wonderdog889511 күн бұрын
That ISA Pico card is clever!
@retroboby00713 күн бұрын
It was very nice that you mentioned PhilsComputerLab. Watching Phils videos inspired me to get into retro pc hobby. You had a very interesting interview with LGR, some time ago (that inspired me to start filming my retro collection). But how about an interview with Phil? I think it would be very interesting.
@CoachOta14 күн бұрын
I played Hercules at the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show last month and didn't care for it. As mentioned, it's a much slower game and the paddles feel like they're gently pushing the ball rather than striking it. The table I played on seemed to be using a cue ball for the pinball! Worth playing Hercules to say you've done it but after that there's far better pinball machines to play. Atari also made an oversized but not giant size Superman pinball machine. It's extra wide but uses standard size pinball, paddles, etc. Gameplay on that is a little slower as there's more travel distance but I recommend giving that a try just for the 1970s Superman comic book artwork.
@ArthLud16 күн бұрын
Ups, you did it again!
@retroandgaming17 күн бұрын
I'm sitting outside by a fire place and it's still a 24 degrees (celsius ;)) summer evening. And just quietly listening to your Ramble. Pure magic! Thanks, and do keep em coming :)
@freddyvretrozone284917 күн бұрын
I see a PicoMEM on the table
@RyanMercer17 күн бұрын
🤘
@datassetteuser35617 күн бұрын
That bit almost without light was a throwback to very early KZread times and made me think of the early webcam videos people did 😅. So that was kinda retro as well. Oh, and Doom64 and GTA 3 coming to Dreamcast ... awesome news. Not sure how long this dude will sit on the GTA 3 port, getting it right and test it might take many years, but we'll see. Cheers!
@WhatHoSnorkers17 күн бұрын
Oh. THAT'S why it's called Lemon64. I never understood that! With my videos, usually about 1/3 of people watch it all the way through, so if I make a longer video, I get higher view duration... unless I release a 6 hour no commentary video of course... although even that had an average view duration of 15 seconds less than usual.
@flibblesan18 күн бұрын
I didn't know that the Macbook camera was so bad! If you have an Android phone I highly recommend DroidCam which allows the use of an Android phone or tablet as a webcam over USB or even wireless. I think there's something similar baked into iPhones.
@thepirategamerboy1217 күн бұрын
Never knew that was a thing, very cool.
@entertainmentwizard270318 күн бұрын
I thought there was a finished version of GTA 3 for Dreamcast but Sega turned down the game at the time!
@chacalable18 күн бұрын
Good morning 😛
@japangamejunk20 күн бұрын
It won't be AAA without the initial Offsprings blast of YA YA YA YA YAA
@HAGSLAB20 күн бұрын
Great video, lovely to see a bit of the event. Really wanted to be there.
@bigd509022 күн бұрын
Are you TheGebs24's brother? You have exactly the same iteration! Interesting! 🤔
@simongreen973624 күн бұрын
Rees, Rees, Rees, wrong Simon, twas I that gifted the Kazoos 🤪
@RetroTinkerer24 күн бұрын
It was kind of a surprise that P4 could run that well Windows 10 it 11, even with default VGA driver, that was weird. I think I never tried running 10 on any old machine. It was quite entertaining, nice job on recording the poor IDE HDD sounds. 😅
@thetwistedsock325324 күн бұрын
Sports Direct: a colleague where I used to work bought some jogging bottoms from them. When he got them out at home they had a skid mark in them! He took them back and was accused of putting the skid mark in himself. I'll add that he was very particular about cleanliness so his experience must have been an even worse nightmare.
@xnonsuchx24 күн бұрын
Since Tengen was Atari Games’s console/computer division, I don’t think current Atari really cares since Time Warner would still own any of the game IPs.
@djm993724 күн бұрын
A real shame about GAME's demise. I personally had great experiences with them, and bought so many consoles on day of release. Having a Gamestation in town kept them honest and could get some amazing deals.. Gran turismo 4 for something like £4.99 when trading in 4 games. Run down to Gamestation, buy 4 games for a £10, job done. Once our GAME moved into a Sports Direct store my association with them ended.
@PaulStenning24 күн бұрын
Indeed, I don't think the brand will be around much longer. Stopping trade-in etc was nuts - they have basically handed the whole second hand games and consoles etc market to CeX, who must be delighted.
@datassetteuser35624 күн бұрын
The Tengen info is interesting news, haven't heard it before. Looking forward to what might come out of that. Cheers!
@WhatHoSnorkers24 күн бұрын
Time turns, the fire burns, and that is one heck of a big pinball table!
@ridiculous_gaming25 күн бұрын
I would love to attend such an event, but my wife would simply kill me. Here in Canada, such events are quite absent.
@ReesRambles25 күн бұрын
No, your eyes don’t deceive you - I did indeed originally manage to mess up the release schedule and put this public a whole day early. Congrats to the chosen few who managed to catch it before I realised my mistake! I hope you also realised and remembered to go to work 😂
@a50026 күн бұрын
Agreed with the sentiment about Burnout paradise. Loved the series but I really didn’t get into paradise. Still don’t like the format in the Forza series.
@ReesRambles25 күн бұрын
Ah yes, I always forget about Forza! I haven't played any since the original.
@MotownBatman26 күн бұрын
I'm Excited for Crazy Taxi. I was in my Teens when it was First Released, Dreamcast Release was Amazing! I hope then dont screw it up and make it a Freemium game
@joysticksnjukeboxes26 күн бұрын
Same for me with Burnout Paradise; by the time I could get to something I could actually play in the game, I was already turned off. So many menus! A login! Rules! Internet strangers! I just didn't even want to know after that.
@hardlyworgen7126 күн бұрын
I once installed Windows 95a on a 386SX 16Mhz with 4MB RAM. It was not usable.
@HappyCodingZX26 күн бұрын
Due to being in Central Asia, I actually watched this on Friday anyway. Regarding the new Crazy Taxi I'm afraid I fully expect it to be a cross between Crazy Taxi and Fortnite, complete with millions of microtransaction options to buy characters, clothing, vehicles, vehicle parts, custom paintwork and so on, alongside the usual game modes of Battle Royale, Capture the Flag and so on. It won't be terrible, but it also won't really be Crazy Taxi either.
@ReesRambles25 күн бұрын
Haha, the reason you watched it early is because I messed up the release schedule this week. You're one of the chosen few! 😅
@RyanMercer26 күн бұрын
That pinball machine is nuts.
@MarkTheMorose26 күн бұрын
On hearing "it's very large, and lengthy too", I thought I was watching a Mark Fixes Stuff video; and then he goes and turns up in it anyway.
@ReesRambles25 күн бұрын
I like to squeeze Mark in every opportunity I get
@PaulStenning26 күн бұрын
I’d be interested in seeing a video about that pinball museum please.
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Wish the 7800 game drive would work.
why is the crew a retarded example, even for all the disagreement you had with thor your still just buying his takes on the crew. the crew is by far the best example! its not a MMO. im sure ubisoft wish it was a MMO and they will try to encourage people to treat it that way but the crew is a perfect example of a game that can be enjoyed to its fullest offline or online. Its such a shame that most people who care about games dont care about sports games and that's exactly why they can get away with destroying a game like the crew (a game with a completely unique premise of recreating the entire united states (the crew 2 doesn't replace it)). its so easy for thor to just bush it aside like it never mattered anyway, its pretty gross.
I found out those "Tiny" PC's wern't that small after all..............
WHAT'S IN THE BOX, WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!
There's a lot more to the RomHacking debacle than what you see on the site. As usual, the story runs much deeper and does not paint the site maintainer in a good light at all, frankly.
Thanks for the ramble, always enjoyable and looking forward to you covering for Neil
Sounds like we need a new UK Petition to Stop Killing Petitions.
Awesome Rees! Spotted the tiny pc straight away. Was my first PC as well, and it was a P100 too. I spent ages trying to find one, and I currently own a P166MMX, which I’ve upgraded to a P233MMX
Congrats on covering for Neil on the podcast, you'll do just great! 👏 Also, great to see the affordable Mister go forward. 🎉 Cheers!
As much as I understand and relate to the idea of preserving games, I'm afraid that the end result of 'stop killing games' will simply be that publishers will have to give better and more visible notice about when servers will be shut down, or offer refunds to people. That of course is a good thing, but it won't preserve the games or the experience. But then again, I think that there really might be something to be said for allowing some aspects of our culture to be temporary. As a music promoter i organised something like five thousand live events and I was often aware of the idea that the show I was at was a unique experience that would never be repeated or captured, and that made it all the more visceral as an experience. I think it's a good idea for games to remain archived somewhere just in case someone wants to research them in a hundred years time, but I don't think it's realistic that every game that ever existed should be available to anyone that wants to play it, and even if that were possible, I think it might devalue things somewhat. All things must pass, sometimes you have to let things go.
Shit take.
@@hatchetman3662 to be honest I was hoping for a more enlightening counter-argument than that.
@@HappyCodingZX Sorry to disappoint. I didn't see a reason to elaborate or have further discussion. The comment speaks for itself, much like your own.
@@hatchetman3662 in which case, perhaps you misunderstood it. Forgive the long reply, I got a bit carried away with the idea. My first point was that the law won't preserve games, because the law is primarily about ownership. For example, if I own a priceless Picasso, in theory I have the right to destroy it. If you buy it from me, I lose that right. If however, I rent it to you for an agreed period of time, I would still have the right to destroy it, but it would mean a breach of a rental contract to do so, to which you would likely be due some form of compensation - not for the destruction of the painting or its cultural value, but simply because I did not deliver on my promise to you. Consumer protection law is not there to change what companies offer, or tell them what to do with their property, but simply to ensure that their offer to the customer is clear and fulfilled. Therefore the question is not whether a large software house has the right to offer a particular deal, but simply whether they honour it. In the case of 'The Crew', they have clearly misled their customers, but that does not require them to offer a service or free up that service for others to offer. So then to the question of preservation. The logical conclusion of the preservation argument is that anyone who creates culture has an obligation to preserve it for future generations. It's not exactly practical however. For example, in the UK, the original Wembley Stadium was knocked down. Probably the most significant sporting building in the country, there would surely have been an argument to say that it should be preserved for future generations. The overall consensus was that the money would be better spent building a new one. Popular culture is full of such things - should we force chocolate manufacturers to keep producing the sweets we ate as children, simply because we want our own children to experience them? Should we maintain a single Woolworth's shop somewhere in the country so that people will know what it was like to go through the pick n mix? Speaking as someone with a degree in History myself, I fully recognise how important it is that the past inform the present, and that culture should be preserved in some form. So, what to do? Clearly it's impractical to keep everything in the state in which it originally existed. We cannot make everything available to everyone in its original form. I think the answer is that some things which are particularly significant, like listed buildings, can be given a special status. Others can be selected and curated in a single place such as Neil's excellent museum for people to experience in a different way - it's not the freedom to have everything, but it's a way to get a flavour. Other items, like particular films and books, can be archived and accessible for research purposes, as the British library does. And some things, in particular services as opposed to physical products, will simply be preserved in magazine articles, films and memories. As I said, everything changes, and all things must pass.
Darn it, you too sold out to the CCPway. You lost a loyal subscriber in me
I like your openess with your sponsors/revenue
Thanks for the weekly ramble! I'm awaiting the TWIR episode later/earlier today :)
Wow Hello there Reese! I'm really late or you are early? 😂
Gees Rees! Upset upset upset!!! /s Awesome job as always, and looking forward to seeing you on TWiR.
I won't support picomem until it's made open source. The maker is trying to keep the schematic/gerbers secret.
Huh, where am I, why do you have me in this building?!
Clever stuff Rees!
That ISA Pico card is clever!
It was very nice that you mentioned PhilsComputerLab. Watching Phils videos inspired me to get into retro pc hobby. You had a very interesting interview with LGR, some time ago (that inspired me to start filming my retro collection). But how about an interview with Phil? I think it would be very interesting.
I played Hercules at the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show last month and didn't care for it. As mentioned, it's a much slower game and the paddles feel like they're gently pushing the ball rather than striking it. The table I played on seemed to be using a cue ball for the pinball! Worth playing Hercules to say you've done it but after that there's far better pinball machines to play. Atari also made an oversized but not giant size Superman pinball machine. It's extra wide but uses standard size pinball, paddles, etc. Gameplay on that is a little slower as there's more travel distance but I recommend giving that a try just for the 1970s Superman comic book artwork.
Ups, you did it again!
I'm sitting outside by a fire place and it's still a 24 degrees (celsius ;)) summer evening. And just quietly listening to your Ramble. Pure magic! Thanks, and do keep em coming :)
I see a PicoMEM on the table
🤘
That bit almost without light was a throwback to very early KZread times and made me think of the early webcam videos people did 😅. So that was kinda retro as well. Oh, and Doom64 and GTA 3 coming to Dreamcast ... awesome news. Not sure how long this dude will sit on the GTA 3 port, getting it right and test it might take many years, but we'll see. Cheers!
Oh. THAT'S why it's called Lemon64. I never understood that! With my videos, usually about 1/3 of people watch it all the way through, so if I make a longer video, I get higher view duration... unless I release a 6 hour no commentary video of course... although even that had an average view duration of 15 seconds less than usual.
I didn't know that the Macbook camera was so bad! If you have an Android phone I highly recommend DroidCam which allows the use of an Android phone or tablet as a webcam over USB or even wireless. I think there's something similar baked into iPhones.
Never knew that was a thing, very cool.
I thought there was a finished version of GTA 3 for Dreamcast but Sega turned down the game at the time!
Good morning 😛
It won't be AAA without the initial Offsprings blast of YA YA YA YA YAA
Great video, lovely to see a bit of the event. Really wanted to be there.
Are you TheGebs24's brother? You have exactly the same iteration! Interesting! 🤔
Rees, Rees, Rees, wrong Simon, twas I that gifted the Kazoos 🤪
It was kind of a surprise that P4 could run that well Windows 10 it 11, even with default VGA driver, that was weird. I think I never tried running 10 on any old machine. It was quite entertaining, nice job on recording the poor IDE HDD sounds. 😅
Sports Direct: a colleague where I used to work bought some jogging bottoms from them. When he got them out at home they had a skid mark in them! He took them back and was accused of putting the skid mark in himself. I'll add that he was very particular about cleanliness so his experience must have been an even worse nightmare.
Since Tengen was Atari Games’s console/computer division, I don’t think current Atari really cares since Time Warner would still own any of the game IPs.
A real shame about GAME's demise. I personally had great experiences with them, and bought so many consoles on day of release. Having a Gamestation in town kept them honest and could get some amazing deals.. Gran turismo 4 for something like £4.99 when trading in 4 games. Run down to Gamestation, buy 4 games for a £10, job done. Once our GAME moved into a Sports Direct store my association with them ended.
Indeed, I don't think the brand will be around much longer. Stopping trade-in etc was nuts - they have basically handed the whole second hand games and consoles etc market to CeX, who must be delighted.
The Tengen info is interesting news, haven't heard it before. Looking forward to what might come out of that. Cheers!
Time turns, the fire burns, and that is one heck of a big pinball table!
I would love to attend such an event, but my wife would simply kill me. Here in Canada, such events are quite absent.
No, your eyes don’t deceive you - I did indeed originally manage to mess up the release schedule and put this public a whole day early. Congrats to the chosen few who managed to catch it before I realised my mistake! I hope you also realised and remembered to go to work 😂
Agreed with the sentiment about Burnout paradise. Loved the series but I really didn’t get into paradise. Still don’t like the format in the Forza series.
Ah yes, I always forget about Forza! I haven't played any since the original.
I'm Excited for Crazy Taxi. I was in my Teens when it was First Released, Dreamcast Release was Amazing! I hope then dont screw it up and make it a Freemium game
Same for me with Burnout Paradise; by the time I could get to something I could actually play in the game, I was already turned off. So many menus! A login! Rules! Internet strangers! I just didn't even want to know after that.
I once installed Windows 95a on a 386SX 16Mhz with 4MB RAM. It was not usable.
Due to being in Central Asia, I actually watched this on Friday anyway. Regarding the new Crazy Taxi I'm afraid I fully expect it to be a cross between Crazy Taxi and Fortnite, complete with millions of microtransaction options to buy characters, clothing, vehicles, vehicle parts, custom paintwork and so on, alongside the usual game modes of Battle Royale, Capture the Flag and so on. It won't be terrible, but it also won't really be Crazy Taxi either.
Haha, the reason you watched it early is because I messed up the release schedule this week. You're one of the chosen few! 😅
That pinball machine is nuts.
On hearing "it's very large, and lengthy too", I thought I was watching a Mark Fixes Stuff video; and then he goes and turns up in it anyway.
I like to squeeze Mark in every opportunity I get
I’d be interested in seeing a video about that pinball museum please.