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General / Re: Forum’s Fav Thrill - Simping Detective vs. Ampney Crucis Rd 3 Heat 35
« on: 10 June, 2022, 12:42:52 AM »
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Music / Re: Discovered / rediscovered music thread
« on: 30 May, 2022, 08:37:31 AM »How had I not heard of these afore?Great band. The first thing I ever bought on eBay was a CD-R of their other Peel session as it was the only way I could get a copy of their half-remembered Sex Pistols cover.
Galaxie 500 - Peel Session 1989
Massively regret not being arsed to get the train through to Edinburgh to see them on what turned out to be their last ever tour. Have since seen Dean do a nostalgia-heavy set but it's not quite the same without the rest of them.
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Games / Re: Gamebooks
« on: 29 May, 2022, 03:58:25 PM »Assassin/AvengerReally enjoyed your write-up of these Way of the Tiger books. They were always head and shoulders above any other series I played so I'm also a bit surprised at their lack of renown. The sense of progression and the world around you were so good. The only other series I remember trying to do this was Lone Wolf and that was a lot less complete. Read somewhere (potentially earlier in this thread) that the whole setting of Orb was one they'd developed over a few years of D&Ding which was why it worked so well. On the other hand, it could be that the idea of an ongoing series is what put people off picking up a random one like you could with FF.
I've enjoyed these so much, I'm not sure why they never reached a larger audience.
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One thing I really like is that there's no 'do you have item x, if not game over' moment. Having certain items or skills makes your life a lot easier, and you can definitely box yourself into a point where a lack
I really liked the same authors' sci-fi series, but that seems more of a niche thing. Think it was called Falcon?
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Announcements / Re: 2000 AD - The Ultimate Collection
« on: 25 May, 2022, 03:55:33 PM »Would the Revere and The Dead volume be worth picking up? I am totally unfamiliar with both strips and need someone to recommend or otherwise.Two of the best strips ever to appear in the Prog. Either one would be worth the money. Both together is unbeatable value.
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General / Re: Moonrunners series
« on: 25 May, 2022, 03:54:09 PM »I'm VERY keen to know what what make a person "need" to get their hands on the complete series of Moonrunners!I assume it's some sort of wiki or comics database project. This user pops up every six months or so asking for information about a random strip and then disappears again.
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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Stainless Steel Rat vs. Shakara Round 2 Heat 128
« on: 07 May, 2022, 11:20:07 AM »
SHAKARA!!!
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Prog / Re: Prog 2279 - Past Crimes
« on: 27 April, 2022, 01:31:08 PM »I’m not sure we ever had one.We did, but it’s only available in some sub-forums.
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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2022
« on: 24 April, 2022, 07:43:51 PM »That James Peaty sure likes his Sonic Youth ...And the bad guys in the current series of
Diamond Dogs are the Silver Apples.
Basically, every Peaty and Kek-W script is anyway s Comic Rock one.
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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - XTNCT vs. Realm of the Damned Rd 2 Heat 104
« on: 16 April, 2022, 07:53:26 PM »
XTNCT's nt dd.
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Film & TV / Re: The Trailer Thread
« on: 15 April, 2022, 08:59:41 AM »
Reckon this will be the film of the year: Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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Film & TV / Re: Kids in the Hall - coming back via Amazon Prime
« on: 15 April, 2022, 08:57:25 AM »
Come on holiday. To me. Bathe in the pool of sweat in the small of my back.
Let’s see…
Let’s see…
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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Interceptor vs. Indigo Prime Round 2 Heat 46
« on: 23 February, 2022, 02:20:21 PM »
Indigo Prime but only the good parts.
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Books & Comics / Re: Comixology 4.0 - not sounding good.
« on: 23 February, 2022, 02:17:47 PM »Nintendo in particular come across as dinosaurs in this regard, especially in their recent actions in suddenly deciding their priority is to shut down sites hosting NES roms, as if that horse hadn't already bolted over twenty-five years ago.Maybe, but they're the ones still selling boatloads of Mario Kart 8 and a remake of a thirty year old Zelda game at full price so they probably don't really care how they come across.
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General / Re: Forum’s Favourite Thrill - Megatropolis vs. From Grace Round 2 Heat 44
« on: 23 February, 2022, 01:49:44 PM »
Haven't been in any of these threads for a while but just thought I'd drop in and doublecheck that nobody in their right mind would dream of voting for Megat.... WAIT! WHAT?!
Megatropolis. Great looking, fun idea for a one-off in an annual or an anniversary Prog that very quickly became a string of references in search of a story.
From Grace. Beautiful looking, clever story from a pair of young droids bursting with new ideas. Over almost before it began: I really miss that era when Tharg would happily knock out a five or six part Thrill with no hint at teasing a series. Pretentious muck. I love it.
From Grace.
Megatropolis. Great looking, fun idea for a one-off in an annual or an anniversary Prog that very quickly became a string of references in search of a story.
From Grace. Beautiful looking, clever story from a pair of young droids bursting with new ideas. Over almost before it began: I really miss that era when Tharg would happily knock out a five or six part Thrill with no hint at teasing a series. Pretentious muck. I love it.
From Grace.