Chris Posted September 22, 2016 Idle Thumbs 281:The Marfing BarfoHey, over here. Yeah, it's me. My friends call me Wide Boy. You can call me Wide Boy 64. So where's that other goatscaver? What? It's just you? You uncle-terder. You wod head. You goat-jashiping crassmicker. Fine. Let's get going. Take this pill, put on this nice mask. Try to blend in. Look happy. And hey, clotwizard: if you get caught, you're dead. I'm not coming back for you. You marfing barfo.Discussed: We Happy Few, NBA 2K17, Super Mario Run, Far Cry 2, Wide-Boy 64 Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martintaylor Posted September 22, 2016 The N64 game that had a face scanning feature was Perfect Dark, and it was indeed via GameBoy Camera. It was however cut before release sadly. Here's some more about it: https://www.unseen64.net/2010/03/22/perfect-dark-removed-face-mapping/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neonrev Posted September 22, 2016 I can't speak to whatever a wide boy is, but that conversation was baffling to my sickness addled mind because there is a kind of glasses frames I sell called 'wide guyz', which are just eyeglass frames for people with real big heads. I thought you guys were talking about guys with big heads being weird gamers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Video Games Posted September 22, 2016 I'd never heard of the Wide-Boy 64 either...apparently it was only available to (greedy) devs and the press. http://nintendo64.wikia.com/wiki/Wide-Boy_64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cbirdsong Posted September 22, 2016 I feel like that reader mail about overhearing conversations in Overwatch parties is a nice feature article waiting to happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fledermaus Posted September 22, 2016 I can't believe I looked up an article on the pizza making robot. The thing I don't see is a pizza dough tossing machine. I guess that's fine if you trying to compete with Domino's or Papa's John's craptastic pizza but please don't try to tell me it's "artisan" "We created her to spread your sauce perfectly, but not too perfectly, so the pizza still looks like an artisan product," Garden said. Oh just shut up already you three-eyed warp sick hyper slug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbgdbgdbg Posted September 23, 2016 I loved the marfing borfo generator! http://i.imgur.com/OdqxtPV.png Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salacious Snake Posted September 23, 2016 I had to find that sad, dumpy basketbreckon https://twitter.com/nickbreckon/status/776883686545297408 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eRonin Posted September 23, 2016 Archon mode in StarCraft 2 works great when both players go in knowing what role they will play; hence it is not available for random teams; you have to be in a party with a friend to play. In a custom game, you can actually have more than two players per side, which is hugely chaotic but can be fun I guess? I've never played that way though. There's also another new co-op game-mode in Legacy of the Void that might suit Chris and Nick more if they're no longer interested in a competitive setting; modified campaign missions and new scenarios tweaked to be played co-operatively. This game mode is apparently more popular than every other multiplayer mode (single player of SC2 is still where the bulk of buyers start and stop playing the game) combined, according to a recent interview with the designer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badfinger Posted September 23, 2016 John Madden played football in college and was drafted by the Eagles. He had a career ending knee injury before he ever got to play a regular season game. He's a Hall of Fame football coach, though. He won a Super Bowl as Head Coach for the Raiders. He ended up in broadcasting because he was famous for being a coach. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadpan Posted September 26, 2016 Shout out to Ben Abraham for his classic Far Cry 2 Permadeath blog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryangatts Posted September 28, 2016 More on the subject of Anno numbers: this Vsauce video goes into more detail about why the digits that make up multi-digit numbers sum to 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clyde Posted October 1, 2016 Y'all often approach describing the experience of noticing stuff you would have loved in your past but can no longer prioritize. I feel this a lot too. It's almost as if I personify things I've personally enjoyed intensely and at length, and by not giving it attention now, I'm diminishing its importance. It's a strong emotion I feel often and it mixes really strangely with consumer-culture where nostalgic brands have speculative worth for investors. I bring all this up because both Far Cry 2 and Forge in Halo 3 were tools for such substantive, communal experiences for me in the past and I feel like a bad friend for not being there anymore. Did Chris say the the new Forge has bots? That sound kinda interesting. I always fantasized about being able to populate Halo 3 Forge maps with enemy A.I. This could be an interesting compromise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites