Weekend Note: These are the Things in Your Neighborhood - Kotaku Comments

Weekend Note: These are the Things in Your Neighborhood

Evil Tortie's Mom — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:14:08 MST

I <3 Puppy Bowl, but I doubly <3 the Kitty Halftime.

Evil Tortie's Mom

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Eaiyen — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:58:06 MST

Just started building an arcade cabinet.Was gonna buy a cabinet but they are about 400-500 just for the shell and couldn't find any older ones to gut. At first I'm just gonna throw a Dreamcast with the 2 arcade sticks, 2 light guns mounted on the sides, a fishing rod controller, maybe a removable wheel being I have about 80 dc games and all these peripherals for it, alot of them being arcade style games. After this test, I'm gonna build a control panel w/ trackball (for some cabal action!) and throw MAME in there :)

Eaiyen

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dead_red_eyes — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:58:42 MST

Ninja Gaiden was such an awesome Arcade game.

dead_red_eyes

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dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:09:42 MST

@Who are the people in your neighborhood?:

...in your neighborhood...
...in your neigh-bor-hoo-ood...

*whistle*

I'm glad to have done my part. :D Cheers, everyone!

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

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Logician — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:12:33 MST

Mission is also steeped in burritos. Sweet sweet burritos.
(expensive) La Taqueria ftw.

Logician

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Ghede — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:27:50 MST

I know for a FACT there are no game related stores in my town. I have two parts of town to choose from: The Gentrified and the Hispanic district. The commercial barrier between the two is filled with convenience stores and antique shops. We used to have a comic, card, and game shop in the little economic Gaza strip, but that went out of business. I am living in a nerd wasteland. We have a library, but no book store. Movie/Game rental, but only local so the selection is awful.

As soon as I can I am moving out.

Ghede

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zoesch — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:48:09 MST

@zoesch: 32 yard pass.. I had the numbers wrong.

zoesch

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cv_otaku — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:35:22 MST

I need to brag a bit. I just bought my first arcade machine. It's a Capcom machine from the early nineties. It's a CPS-2 machine and came with the cartridges and marquees for Alien vs. Predator, GigaWing, Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom, X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes and Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo.

My friends and I have been reliving our childhood. We've even been placing our quarter on the machine, even though it's set to freeplay.

cv_otaku

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zoesch — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:31:57 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Thinks AAA is a great term: Yep, the 58 yard pass one was gold... it wasn't so much luck as determination, I had never seen anyone pull back from such pressure, he had people tugging his shirt and was one second away from being sacked yet he pulled out and threw a great pass (Plus the catch was gold too). The TD one was from memory, he knew Burrell was going to be running from the line so he threw it into space.

zoesch

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resetbutton — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:33:56 MST

go giants!!!

resetbutton

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:08:13 MST

@zoesch: I assume you're reffering to that 60-yard or so pass, not the game-winning one, right? Because the actual touch-down was pretty boring.
But, the fancy hail mary-
It was pure luck on his part. He's a little kid who got lucky. The catcher is the one who did something impressive.

@dunetiger: I love that song. Try listening to it and "Octopus's Garden" together.

@Zinko: Technically, I Recorded it, and watched it at 1.5x speed.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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Gas Powered Goose — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:39:42 MST

@dunetiger: -__- you ass... and that is all.

Gas Powered Goose

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supercrap — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:38:46 MST

Arcade games aren't that expensive if you get them at auction or on Ebay (got an Arkanoid cocktail for $115!), but they always cost too much at the repair shops, probably because they have to guarantee they work or pay the rent or something.

supercrap

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ZinkO: preferred the old theme AND comment system — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:38:27 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Thinks AAA is a great term:
dude, you watched the puppy bowl? awesome! I've seen them all every year! the cutest thing since Melee Bowser!

ZinkO: preferred the old theme AND comment system

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kelptocratic — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:31:16 MST

Mr. De Marco, I'm sure you'll find, if you haven't already, the Mission District is "steeped" in all sorts of things...

kelptocratic

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Furious_Liver — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:25:13 MST

@dunetiger: ...Not anymore. Damn you.

Furious_Liver

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FP Shindokie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:17:11 MST

@Five Element Ninja: My eyes they burn. I'm lucky enough to know how to type without looking.

FP Shindokie

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TalKeaton — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:16:13 MST

@dunetiger: Well, you WERE... and then you mentioned it. Good job, I'm not gonna be able to get to sleep now!

TalKeaton

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dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:10:07 MST

Am I the only one with Sesame Street's "Who are the People in your Neighborhood" in his head?

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

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Netnavi — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:56:29 MST

So I thought madden bowl said patriots would win? and on Cnn they said that if the Giants won then the economy would get better.

Silly stuff there. Great game though. really thought Patriots would win at the end there but Giants brought it back in the last 2 mins.

Netnavi

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zoesch — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:38:59 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Thinks AAA is a great term: The heck we're going to mention it... not only was it a nail-biter, it was probably the best, meanest show of defensive playing I've seen in ages.

And that Eli Manning pass was gold, pure gold!

zoesch

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:31:54 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Thinks AAA is a great term: Oh yeah. I forgot to mention the day not. I was just so excited about my dog.

Okay. Well, there are none of those things in my neighborhood. My city hates games. They've literally successfully petitioned to have the one game store in the city closed down, and there are no gamestops inside the city.

I've got to go to either of the two GS's on the border.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:27:30 MST

Okay. Giants won the Superbowl.
There. That news has been announced now. Now nobody mention it.

Now here's what really matters: A dog that looks just like my dog won the puppy bowl.
For anybody who watched the puppy bowl:
[i82.photobucket.com]
My dog. And the dog that won looked just like that.
Oh, and as a little gaming reference, guess what game came out the day I got my dog.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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TheCleaningGuy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:23:46 MST

I got my copy of Dig Dug for $20, If you know where to look, you can get okay deals on arcade machines... Go for it Flynn!

TheCleaningGuy

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Vexorg — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:21:23 MST

I only paid $250 for the arcade cabinet (old 80s dedicated game later converted to a vertical JAMMA cab) I have in here, including the Strikers 1945 board that came with it. Granted, buying JAMMA stuff isn't cheap. If you know where to look price isn't a big issue (finding the space for one not so much, especially if you're living in a place like SF.)

Vexorg

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Five Element Ninja — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:17:59 MST

@Shindokie: brace yourself.. [kotaku.com]

Five Element Ninja

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king0v10GU — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:15:51 MST

WOOT Giant I got $200 bones off that game and ahhh old arcade machines do need love.

king0v10GU

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FP Shindokie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:53:23 MST

@el goose: I have gone further then that and i'm no longer here. So bring on the pain!!!!

FP Shindokie

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onikuwagata — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:45:53 MST

Wait, you're in San Francisco? Maybe I need to look around more carefully when I catch a burrito sometime.

onikuwagata

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Gas Powered Goose — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:41:45 MST

@Shindokie: You'd go bat-shit insane... trust me.

Gas Powered Goose

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FP Shindokie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:30:20 MST

@hawaiianactor: QUick Batman give me link. I just got home so i might have missed it.

FP Shindokie

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HawaiianActor — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:29:07 MST

@Shindokie: to be fair, the dreamcast he found was ugly as sin, it looked like a power ranger pooped it out one day and left it at a pawn shop

HawaiianActor

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Rurik — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:25:21 MST

@Shindokie: *Holds his Dreamcast tightly and weeps over a copy of Shenmue.*

Rurik

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2NinjasTapedTogether — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:24:36 MST

I wanna Ninja Gaiden machine!

And how much is your rent? :p The wife and I are looking for an area in SF to move to in a couple years so... Y'know.

But yeah, seems like you've hit the jackpot! Weird, but cool area to live in.

2NinjasTapedTogether

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FP Shindokie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:18:31 MST

OMG you have created hell with he insult of the dreamcast. expect the wrath of Lovers below!

FP Shindokie

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Grumpz® — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:17:17 MST

too expensive how? make some public appearances ;D

Grumpz®

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TalKeaton — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:13:35 MST

C'monnnnnnnn.......... You know you want one of the arcade machines...

...or at least take some really good pictures so we can see 'em, haha!

TalKeaton