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You get a bit of that in this movie, with with Harry invading Snape's mind, and seeing James and Snape as kids, but they cut the vision before Lily showed up to save the day.
Luna Lovegood was absolutely perfect; she was like a salve for all of Harry's rage, and I've been disappointed nothing more's blossomed from it in the HBP book. Alas.
Yeah, the fact that that "flashback" was only about 15-20 seconds was one of my biggest objections with this movie.
Yes, I enjoyed the Harry/Luna scenes as well.
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I saw it in IMAX last night and enjoyed it. I'm not sure which I liked more though, Goblet of Fire or this. As usual, as a fan of the books I was a little peeved at certain things, but the experience overall was definitely fun.
[Possible Spoiler]
Personally I thought the Order vs the Death Eaters battle was better than Dubledore vs. Voldemort, the one that all fans were looking forward to. The, *ahem* death scene was done well, if a little vague (as it is in the book I suppose).
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I do find it interesting that Rowling inserts scenes that clearly translate to the screen well (such as the letter-owl chaos and that time-changing thing at the climax) yet the producers/writer chose not to include them.
Edit: a little more spoiler-proof?
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and when I live in the US...
Are you sure you really want to come here?
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Is it just me or is Robotnik in the Final Zone from Sonic 1 extremely easy?
Gannnondorf was reasonably difficult in OoT, but Ganon? nah...Just curious.. Has Gannon really been a challenge in any Zelda game? I think the hardest time I ever had in a Zelda game was the Thunder Guardian and Shadow from Zelda II, or the spider queen in Oracle of Ages and Seasons. =/ -
It'd be even better to get the same group we had at D.C. (read: q-pa and his car) so everything can go smoothly.
Oh, I see how it is...
But in all seriousness, I have other plans that weekend and can't make it.
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I bought a SuperCard MiniSD back when I only had a GBA, and complimented it with a Supercard DS ONE when I got my DS a few months ago.Speaking of which, does anyone know what the best flashcart/passcard combination(s) are if I want both NDS and GBA homebrew? Basically some pros/cons of the R4 vs. M3 vs. G6 vs. EZ4 vs. SuperCard vs. etc would be nice.The SuperCard MiniSD for Slot 2 has its downsides; mainly how all games must be patched first on Windows before moving them to the card and how battery saves must be saved to the MiniSD card manually
. Even then you sometimes have to fiddle with the patching settings; some games like Sonic the Hedgehog are slow regardless and some like Super Monkey Ball Jr. and the NES Classics series won't load at all! One plus about the card though is it has Goomba GameBoy and PocketNES NES emulators built in with drag-and-drop support.But I have yet to find any problems with the DS ONE. It's drag-and-drop, handles saves automatically and has a good text displayer and media player. The only game that I found not to work with it is the Sonic Rush E3 2005 beta (you have to turn off saves). If you have both Slot 1 and Slot 2 solutions you can load the DS Browser without having to patch it first and of course have GBA union.
I've ran DS homebrew (DSOrganize and Mini vMac DS among others) with no problems, but never really got into GBA homebrew. If you're looking for more information on the different card types
I recommend scene portal sites like www.gbatemp.net/ and www.ds-scene.net/
Finally, The Engrish instruction manuals for both cards is both hillarious and sad.
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Even though I already chimed in, I felt it necessary to post this:
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Umm or actually the hero from Dragon Quest VIII (you name him yourself, so he really doesn't have a name)
OH WHO CALLED IT
But seriously, that's who it is.
-Nick
YES! I remember them mentioning Dragon Quest VIII now.
God we are so not up to speed on our RPGs
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Are you sure? "Crono" from Chrono Trigger?Also in the cosplay section, the person you labelled as Cloud is actually Chrono.I don't know exactly who this is, but she was in the top 10 cosplayers that got to go onstage before the show. I remember hearing her character's name as "Cloud" from some RPG that I've never played...
Also, I'm trying to add the name corrections to my post above but since the mods consolidated my multiple posts into one, it's hitting me with that 4-image limit. Can one of the mods do it for me please?
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First [?] is "Andy", DA's brother. And Larry's Lady is named Paige
Thank you!
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I opened up Earthworm Jim as soon as I got home. And then he got injured, uttering "Ow!" in that thick southern drawl of his.
What version?
I recommend either the PC or Sega CD version, the so-called "special editions," as they have extra voices and better music--and 1.5 bonus levels.
The killer guitar solo in "Buttville, pt. 1" alone is worth it.
Aviod the GBA port if you can help it...
Now, in other news, I finally have my VGL photos in my Flickr account You can find the whole set here.
The first 3 highlights:
w00t.
Power-Up!
Poor Mario...
WTF?
"Dude, that would make an excellent waterslide!"
Taucer peeing at Watergate, alternate angle
Taucer found a...
Jose, Moguta, DragonAvenger, [?], and Liontamer
Dave with his girlfriend, Anna.
Liontamer and... Liontamer??
"I wish I was Larry"
On the way to the concert. RAWR!
Some of the cosplay now:
Cloud
A mother/daughter (?) Yuna/Kairi team.
Not the best-looking, no, but I admire their efforts.
The requisite Mario...
I love this one.
It's like the Last Supper, only... different.
A black Ash and female Link twins? Only at weirdo events like this...
Songstress Yuna and Megaman.
He had his moves down!
Is this not the most fucking adorable thing you have ever seen or what?
Moguta, Bahamut and Liontamer watch the Space Invaders contest before the show
The Link girls talk to SammyG after his Tetris block won the costume contest.
Taken from the upper balcony during intermission.
DragonAvenger (and myself) dance to Dragosta din Tei (the "Numa Numa" song) played as the final song during intermission.
Passing the Tetris block
Somebody NEEDS to do a Phoenix Wright/Tetris ReMix or mash-up now.
Larry's girlfriend talks to Mrs. Jack Walls Nice work!
When you open up a new deck of Apples to Apples cards, this is what you find at the end.
Sweeeeeet.
Big Giant Circles and Harmony jam.
And DJP doesn't care
And finally:
More BBQ.
The group at TGI Friday's Saturday night.
Jose, Bahamut, BGC, Amanda, [Larry's g/f] and Liontamer
Dave is such a nice host
DJP and Anna's Miis.
...ORANGE!
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Born on the 4th of July, eh?
Whatever.
Happy Birthday!
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I have the rest of my videos YouTube'd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5WmTdLKtBE: Geoffrey Taucer explaining how he finally found the Nice Work Guy.
!: Escariot performing One-Winged Angel at the Cafe Cup'a piano."IS THAT MARTIN LEUNG??"
: OMG, WTF, BBQ. Pretzel and DJSammyG play with fire.Still going through my photos and solving problems (boy is iPhoto a memory hog!). Hope to be done tonight.
Edit: Woops, missing "h" there.
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Ah yes. That one...
It's not what it looks like I swear!
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OK, not to be left out of the fun I'll upload some of my videos first since I'm at a library with a fast connection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udqjZjnp4H: I caught some of the initial, spontaneous rendition of "Singles'/Losers' Reef" with Geoffrey Taucer on the piano at Cafe Cup'a Cup'a.
: A more-complete version of Bustatunes' Cowboy Bebob "Tank!" rendition that GeoDooD (correction: Escariot) posted earlier. RealFolkBlues providing rhythm.: And as promised, some of the LazyTown dance those Phoneix Wright cosplayers did after the Friday night show.
More to come later.
Thanks for catching those Friday-night jam sessions; by that point my camera was on the end of its battery life. Definitely a nostalgia trip that wasI'm uploading all of my videos to YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/relaera .
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I'm always up for some Mario Kart. Find me on #ocremix or--more frequently--AIM.
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Whew, just getting back now; typing laying on my bed, exhausted but satisfied
Thanks for a great time everyone, for putting me up and putting up with me. My picts & video & more stories will follow hopefully tonight.
Yeah, I got a short video clip of then dancing Stephanie's... thingy from LazyTown. Then you'll see what we're talking aboutThose girls were so hyper. Truly a highlight of the trip though.The girl dressed as Phoenix (Hayley was her name?) said she'll be cosplaying as her at Otakon. You all have been warned...
Edit: For a piece of DJP's perspective, see his writeup for "Malicious Fingers" last night.
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Damn, this'll be super sweet! I'm leaving in one hour, but I won't be seeing you guys until dinnertime.
Heh, have a good ride!
I'll be leaving my place soon too, but at this hour I'm afraid I'll be up to a half-hour late :-/ My cell is 717-645-4418 if you're not at the Monument by the time I get there.
Can't wait!
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"That new Nintendo" LOL
Yes, because we all know the Wii is the immediate successor to the original "Nintendo," the NES (for those old enough to remember when the name was synonymous with all video games)
More like the New New New NEW Nintendo!
If I remember correctly, the DS was not originally intended as a successor to the Gameboy Advance; it was going to be it's own line. But due to the DS's success and the GBA's limitations (and maybe influence from the PSPMaybe the DS thing has to do with so many people still calling it a GameBoy. So when I mention a DS, they don't quite comprehend that the DS is not technically in the GameBoy line (for some reason).) I guess it's playing the role anyway.Edit:
I wouldn't be so optimistic if I were you. They have a very bad track record with portable games and ports in general. MK Advance, anyone?I dunno about you guys, but I'm excited for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 coming out for the DS with online play. Those were the best MK games, not this 3D crap.And why couldn't they just port MK2, which the vast majority agree is the best in the series anyway?
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I just received word from Jill about Andy's status. As of now, he is still in the hospital, and may need to stay another night. Quote from Jill: "He's in pretty good shape given the circumstances. We definitely won't be able to make it to VGL, though"
Andy and Jill: You will be missed, but as my friend and mentor has always told me, "Life comes first." Take care.
Wow, sorry to hear that
Get well soon and we'll see you next time!
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Oh, I see. Standard exploration ain't gonna cut it anymore......
But you're gonna need help like that every step of the way if you don't get the text. Forget it until there's at least a minimal fan translation.
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I'm sure GameFAQs will have all the spoilers required to get a decent amount into the game by now.
Damn you for being innovative, Nintendo!
If it's going to be this much trouble, I think I'll just wait for the English version. I never got to play the GBA version of Link to the Past, maybe I'll pick that up while I'm waiting.
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That's awesome.
Am I happy I still have 20/20 vision
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UPDOOT: I can make it at noon on friday- bossman changed his mind! Yay!
Sweet!
Alright hotelers! I booked the hotel, and the grand total will come out to be....$26 for Friday night! I couldn't book the original hotel I was considering, but I ended up booking the Marriot At Fair Oaks in Fairfax, VA, which is right across the street from djp's place or so, so it's maximum convenience and cheaper to boot.For those staying Saturday night as well though, it'll cost either $43 or $32, we'll see about it when we get a definite count on who's staying for then. I was a cheapass and only put it down for 2 people...and I'll take the floor on Friday night so all of you guys can get good sleep.
And don't forget to bring clothes for athletic activity - I demand we play an OCR game of Ultimate (frisbee) on Saturday afternoon!
Also sweet!
Will there be a pool like there was at MAGFest?
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Not to change the topic, but SNL alum Phil Hartman--or more specifically, his wife that performed the deed--is one example that immediately springs to mind.You just don't hear about murder suicides involving celebrities.
Non-ocr vg remixes and vg remix sites
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Some various Non-OCR/VGMix things I've come across in my travels:
Vectorman: Remixed project
The various OneUp Studios EPs (Bad Dudes, Club Game Music, & the Mustin Collection)
Also, my favorite Video game ReMix of all isn't on OCR:
FFMusicDJ - To Zanarkand (Hard Trance Mix)
More as I think of them. ...Maybe.