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    I watch their podcast from time to time, but I don't like that guy Ian. Everytime Pat actually gets to talk he seems bored and has that "Oh, when I'm I going to start talking again." look. He looks like he thinks he knows everything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkanoid_Katamari View Post
    I'm glad they did Bayou Billy, I thought I was the only person who thought this game was horribly impossible. It's good to know it wasn't just me sucking ass.
    The Japanese release of Bayou Billy on the Famicom, Mad City, is worlds easier and thus more playable. Why some games were made easier and others harder as they traveled across the Pacific will always baffle me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by treismac View Post
    The Japanese release of Bayou Billy on the Famicom, Mad City, is worlds easier and thus more playable. Why some games were made easier and others harder as they traveled across the Pacific will always baffle me.
    Konami must have mixed up the production order! Japanese prefer much harder games.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkanoid_Katamari View Post
    I'm glad they did Bayou Billy, I thought I was the only person who thought this game was horribly impossible. It's good to know it wasn't just me sucking ass.
    I don't know of anyone who likes that game. Spoony reviewed that game years ago back when he was still funny, it was actually his first video review of a video game.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPlH1GGuLlw

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gameguy View Post
    I don't know of anyone who likes that game. Spoony reviewed that game years ago back when he was still funny, it was actually his first video review of a video game.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPlH1GGuLlw
    I happen to think Spoony is still funny, at least when it comes to game reviews. His Ultima Retrospective is great. I don't watch all his other videos except for game reviews, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpha2099 View Post
    I happen to think Spoony is still funny, at least when it comes to game reviews. His Ultima Retrospective is great. I don't watch all his other videos except for game reviews, though.
    I still watch his game and movie reviews, more out of habit now. He may still be funny but not as funny as he used to be, when he started dressing up as other characters he went downhill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg2600 View Post
    Konami must have mixed up the production order! Japanese prefer much harder games.
    It might be a Konami thing, they did the same thing with Contra Hard Corps (US version is much harder) and I'm sure there are others.

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    Since renting is illegal in Japan, often the US localization would greatly increase the difficulty to combat renting here, making the game unbeatable in a short time without lots of practice.

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    So last night, I went to order a ticket for the Aug 14th screening in the Boston area. The website said the show was sold out, but I tried ordering an extra ticket anyways and the order went through. I called the theater just to make sure it wasn't a mistake on the website, and he told me that the order did go through. Said that the ticket I ordered was one that somebody had canceled their order on.

    If a showing in your area says sold out, I'd say try it out anyway, you may get lucky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mailman187666 View Post
    So last night, I went to order a ticket for the Aug 14th screening in the Boston area. The website said the show was sold out, but I tried ordering an extra ticket anyways and the order went through. I called the theater just to make sure it wasn't a mistake on the website, and he told me that the order did go through. Said that the ticket I ordered was one that somebody had canceled their order on.

    If a showing in your area says sold out, I'd say try it out anyway, you may get lucky.
    That certainly is lucky. Honestly I'm only going to the NYC screening because he'll be there. If not, I can wait for the blu-ray.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gentlegamer View Post
    Since renting is illegal in Japan, often the US localization would greatly increase the difficulty to combat renting here, making the game unbeatable in a short time without lots of practice.
    That makes a lot of sense. Did someone ever state that officially?
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    A good example for a Western game where difficulty was ramped up to combat renting is Chakan. Ed Annunziata has stated explicitly so in the past.

    I recall hearing such things about Working Designs games in the past as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sfchakan View Post
    A good example for a Western game where difficulty was ramped up to combat renting is Chakan. Ed Annunziata has stated explicitly so in the past.

    I recall hearing such things about Working Designs games in the past as well.
    I remember hearing it about Ninja Gaiden III for the NES (the Famicom version has unlimited continues where the US version only has 5).

    And yeah, WD ruined Exile II for the TG16 but I don't think it was to combat renting.

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    According to Hardcore Gaming 101, Exile: Wicked Phenomenon became harder by accident--WD changed something without realizing how it worked and it made the game harder.

    Though there are cases of them doing that on purpose (the limited save system in Lunar: Eternal Blue for the Sega CD for example).

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    Well, I have now seen the movie. It's not terrible, but I wouldn't call it a particularly great movie either. I definitely get the sense that the ambitions of the creators outstripped their energies; the flow of the second half of the movie would have been greatly aided by a little more deep thought. Of course, good movies don't always have to make sense, but things flip by a little too quickly to maintain even internal self-consistency.

    If you're a fan of Mr. Rolfe's work, you'll probably go see it anyway, and there's no good reason why you shouldn't if that's the case. I'd still rank it above Starpocalypse, the only other crowd-funded spinoff of a web series I've seen in recent memory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
    Well, I have now seen the movie. It's not terrible, but I wouldn't call it a particularly great movie either. I definitely get the sense that the ambitions of the creators outstripped their energies; the flow of the second half of the movie would have been greatly aided by a little more deep thought. Of course, good movies don't always have to make sense, but things flip by a little too quickly to maintain even internal self-consistency.
    That doesn't surprise me. I wasn't expecting anything Oscar-worthy. I'll still make an effort to see it if I can get the chance, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
    That makes a lot of sense. Did someone ever state that officially?
    Aha, that must be the real reason behind Mr. Nutz for Super Famicom giving you more possible max health in the options. The US and PAL versions give you less.
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    Saw the AVGN movie today in NYC. It was surprising well done and entertaining. A few too many f-words, and got a little over the top with cheesy miniature-effects, but otherwise good. I think the pacing got a little messy towards the end, and frankly he should have cut like 20 minutes out of it. The opening say 30 minutes were really entertaining, I'd say big studio comedy-worthy.
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    By the way, did the AVGN ever cover Xenophobe? There was a brief blurb about it in the movie, but I guess it might have been original content?
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    Unless its a DVD bonus or some other "not an official AVGN episode" kinda thing, I've never seen a Xenophobe episode of AVGN.

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