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    *looks at link* A C64 clone? That's a reasonable enough goal. I think most of the C64 parts already have FPGA clones available, so it shouldn't be hard to put them all together into a single ASIC and ship a one-chip C64 that has perfect compatibility and no lag and is really a C64 instead of a lazy- " At the core of THE 64 is a low cost, high power ARM Cortex SoC, which provides all the modern interfaces demanded by today’s consumers. " Never mind, it's a lazy emulator in a novelty case. Shameless cashgrab. "This has clear advantages for the consumer. Creating a software/hardware hybrid machine ..." Gonna stop you right there. This isn't a hybrid of anything, it is an emulator plain and simple. It has no advantage to the end user unless the end user doesn't CARE, in which case they can download VICE or something and get EXACTLY the same experience. *deep breath* Sorry about that. I am just sick of people churning out lazy ARM processors with half-baked emulation because they can't even be bothered to download a good emulator, and then pretending they're god's gift to classic PC/gaming enthusiasts. Yes, making an FPGA clone is more work, but it is WORTH it to get no lag, no glitches, accurate presentation, and full compatibility. I'm over it now, though. Unless they say something truly outrageous like how the C64 was the fir- " THE 64 ™ is an exciting and respectful re-imagining of the original home computer, the Commodore C64 " *screams until he bursts a blood vessel somewhere* Screw you, Random Indiegogo Scammer! Aside from the blatant disrespect shown by making a lazy ARM shitbox instead of something that required a minimal amount of actual effort, the Commodore 64 wasn't even the first COMMODORE home computer(never mind that the VIC-20 and PET both sucked). To say nothing of the Apple II, Atari 800, TRS-80, and TI 99/4. (And th Sinclairs, I guess. Though they weren't much good as more than doorstops.) Okay, really done now. Promise. Closed the page and everything. This probably isn't a scam, but it's still lazy garbage. I hope they at least steal a good emulator and buy a cellphone processor up to the task.
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    Bother. Honestly, that was my first thought, and then I was "wait, no, that's a fighter plane" and corrected to the wrong number. Pro, right?
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    Now if only someone would post pics of him next to a real P08. I saw it done with the old MP Meg.
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    When I get one, yes. My area has long been a Transformer desert. I DID pick up a DoublecrossTwinferno the other day, though. I was shocked they had robots on the pegs, much less ones I hadn't seen and already bought or ignored. Sadly, he doesn't spit sparks like the original(to the surprise of no one). But truthfully, I'm still surprised to see oddball characters like him GETTING a modern version. Also, I think I saw no fewer than three different places where someone had molded in a place to peg a stand, which was quite surprising. Their engineers are sneaky bastages these days.
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    I have eight days, fourteen hours on the game clock. 0 raids, 0 crucible wins. And Just over twelve hours in sparrow racing(Yes, I bought a PSN card just to play Wipeout: Destiny. Don't judge me.).
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    As a solo player, I felt I got what I wanted, mostly. The strikes were really all that bothered me, there didn't really seem much reason to require a team for them. (I decided early on, basically the moment the vault of glass opened, that I was never running a raid.) On the occasions I did something multiplayer, I just pretended everyone else was an NPC. Sorry, people who were not actually robots. In fairness, the game system usually changed for the better. The game started super-ultra grindey and most of the system changes were to make it less so. Borderlands formula would have been better, I think. Destiny early on placed a high emphasis on getting good drops, but drops weren't frequent enough to ensure you were getting good gear. Hence the constant hunt for a new cave of loot as Bungie shuttered the old ones. Borderlands, by contrast, pretty much rains guns. No farming, no plans. Just play the game and you will have more choices of gun than you know what to do with. It did take Bungie quite a while to figure out WHY people were spawncamping the AI, though. They knew the popularity of the loot caves indicated a problem, but had a LOT of trouble figuring out what that problem was for some reason. That said, I don't play Destiny "right." The crucible was of zero interest to me, the raids were just obnoxious "solo players not invited" signs, and mostly I just did story missions. (Also strikes before my PS3 died, seeing as how they were basically story missions you had to play in a team. Not paying money for multiplayer on PS4... except during the SRL season. )
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    They kind of teased that it was in the works, but it never happened. Cayde is still the best thing about that game.
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    I suspect they had one shipment too many intercepted by customs the last Megatron release. They don't want the material costs or customer service headache associated with it, and my impression is that customs knows what Megatron is(duh) and generally figures out pretty fast when a new Megatron toy comes out. So the odds of slipping past customs have gone way down from the first MP Megatron.
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    Panels nothin'. He's oversized and crazily-proportioned. Even without all the seams he looks pretty fake. The old MP Megatron made a better gun, and he was fake-looking too. Honestly, I can't imagine anyone actually trying to use Megatron as a stand-in. It is a REALLY EXPENSIVE way to get a toy gun that has a non-zero risk of becoming a shape other than gun, which makes him down there with "banana" for viable firearm stand-ins during a robbery. But mostly, if you can afford him, you are not desperate enough to hold up a liquor store.
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    Oddly, a removable plug is not legally compliant, but their statement certainly seems to imply it is removable. "... we recommend that you do not remove the plastic plug after you have received the item" sure sounds like it is not "permanently affixed" as required by US law. In short, the plug is just enough effort to keep customs off everyone's back without actually ruining the toy. (And of course, even permanently affixed, a plug will not satisfy several state toy gun laws. But as long as it makes it through customs, who cares? We aren't gonna run around flashin' our Megatrons at the cops, right? We aren't total idiots here.)
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    Also the gun is REALLY misproportioned.
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    JB0 replied to spanner's topic in Anime or Science Fiction

    Then kind of moron Hollywood puts in an astronaut suit/military uniform/lab coat/spy gear. That's what kind.
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    You know what? I'm okay with that!
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    So Megatron gets sound but no light, Shockwave gets light but no sound... who is next and do they get the full set?
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    Wall-E? The scooter is totally T-Bob from MASK. ... The years have not been kind to the poor guy.
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    They did that crap all the time when they were ADV, and bankruptcy shell games changed nothing but the sign over the door. They buy licenses up and then sit on them just to prevent other companies from getting the shows. They are scum.
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    And I finished Blaster Master Zero. Both endings, and Unlimited mode. Inti Creates should've included a hard mode.
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    Important lesson learned: NEVER. SELL. ANYTHING.
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    I loved Madoka. There's so many nice touches. The opening animation goes from wholly unrelated to actively spiteful, especially as they keep adding girls to it. At some point it stops being a bait&switch and starts just rubbing salt in the would after every bad thing happens. Meanwhile, the opening song is huge spoilers but no one notices because it SEEMS to be the same generic unrelated-to-anything cuteness that defines most anime openings. Favorite moment: I was introducing a friend to it. I'd already watched it. We watched two episodes, he was "Okay, this is fun. " and I was "Let's watch one more episode before we shut down!" After the Mami Moment in episode 3, he was just "I... I don't think I like this anymore." (He did watch the entire show, and enjoyed it, but... the Mami Moment is a bit of a shock)
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    Blaster Master Zero is out. It is awesome, you should be playing it. And I continue to be amused that Eve is a recurring character in Blaster Master games, given she came from a forgotten book adaptation that is apparently now foundational to the franchise.
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    That is a rather unexpected move for a production that has, thus far, looked like it considered what came before as more than a nuisance to be ignored. I grant that Motoko Kusanagi could be considered a difficult name for american audiences, but... really? THAT is what they're falling back to? Personally, I would've just called skipped naming entirely and just called her "major", but that is unambiguously my own biases coming through. Though it is not particularly hard to avoid using her name in many cases, and it should be easy to deflect when a name DOES need to come out. I mean, even without inserting "obviously an alias" into the script, I can't see it being hard to cast doubt upon any name she appears to actually be using.
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    Bury him, then dig him up a week later. It is the only way.
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    I am totally down for more Pretty Sammy, as long as they don't screw it up like the last time they touched that subfranchise.
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    All of them were licensed at a time when their long-term value was dubious at best. Yamato and Macross were licensed before home video was really a thing, so they were expected to have short lives regardless, and the licenses were made fairly simply because of it. (See also: Tetsuwan Atom/Astro Boy, Tetsujin 28/Gigantor. And for something less influential, Mach Go Go Go/Speed Racer. The real surprise here is actually that Mazinger Z DIDN'T get trapped in licensing hell after Tranzor Z happened.) Only excuse with Evangelion is that no one had any way of knowing it was gonna be a huge iconic thing instead of just another show, or that the US anime market was about to blow wide open. That license rapidly got a LOT more valuable than anyone on either side of it expected.
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    Plastic Memories is a good show. In the end, I think it comes out more bittersweet than depressing, though your mileage may vary.
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