00's Mixtape Draft (5 Viewers)

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

Looking for a new game. Should I pick up Fallout 3? I've had my eye on it for a while, but part of my concern is that I haven't played the first two. Does that affect the experience at all?

Best game ever. I never played the first 2.Another dimension of nerdery.

Whenever I hear you guys talk about these games I feel like I'm seriously missing out, but I bought an Xbox and have tried playing Bioshock, Fallout 3, etc... I can't get into them for more than a few minutes before I start feeling like I'd rather be doing something else. I've decided to sell the thing as it's just collecting dust.

I can appreciate these games as landmarks in narrative design but I don't have the time or patience to play a 20+ hour game anymore. If I can fit a game of FIFA or a 5 lap race in, it's a pretty good session for me.

It took me well over a year to complete the main story line in Oblivion. I'm lucky if I get 2 hours on a Saturday night these days, but I'll admit I was up til 4 or 5 some mornings playing that game.It took me a while to get into Fallout 3, and when I finally did I had a hard time staying interested. Basically the same engine as Oblivion, but set in a "modern" world.

I've tried getting into Orange Box, Grand Theft Auto, and some other games, but just don't have the time/patience anymore.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Looking for a new game. Should I pick up Fallout 3? I've had my eye on it for a while, but part of my concern is that I haven't played the first two. Does that affect the experience at all?

I liked Oblivion better, but I'm more into that genre. The post-apocalyptic Fallout 3 was interesting, but didn't seem to have as much depth.BioShock 2 comes out pretty soon. I would recommend getting BioShock (the original); you could probably find it cheap somewhere.

p.s. Sorry Ahrn

If you gamer nerds don't quit it I'm going to get my baseball nerd brethren to break out a BABIP and FIP conversation

We need an obscure MLB player draft that riffs off the idea of the "Former pro athletes most of us wouldn't think about" thread.

1.01 Biff Pocoroba

 

[tyler_cracker]

sorry about the fallout derail. i see that thom yorke and i share a common interest and i go all woozy.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Looking for a new game. Should I pick up Fallout 3? I've had my eye on it for a while, but part of my concern is that I haven't played the first two. Does that affect the experience at all?

I liked Oblivion better, but I'm more into that genre. The post-apocalyptic Fallout 3 was interesting, but didn't seem to have as much depth.BioShock 2 comes out pretty soon. I would recommend getting BioShock (the original); you could probably find it cheap somewhere.

p.s. Sorry Ahrn

If you gamer nerds don't quit it I'm going to get my baseball nerd brethren to break out a BABIP and FIP conversation

We need an obscure MLB player draft that riffs off the idea of the "Former pro athletes most of us wouldn't think about" thread.

1.01 Biff Pocoroba

1.02 Kurt Bevacqua

 

[Uncle Humuna]

Anybody remember Descent?

Fun game but the movement was inducing for me

We used to set it up on the network at work and play for hours into the night.Good times.

 

[Eephus]

It took me well over a year to complete the main story line in Oblivion. I'm lucky if I get 2 hours on a Saturday night these days, but I'll admit I was up til 4 or 5 some mornings playing that game.It took me a while to get into Fallout 3, and when I finally did I had a hard time staying interesting. Basically the same engine as Oblivion, but set in a "modern" world.I've tried getting into Orange Box, Grand Theft Auto, and some other games, but just don't have the time/patience anymore.

The online learning curve for something like Orange Box is brutal. Skilled players are so good and know the maps so well that I'm like a pound of ground beef. Die, respawn, die, respawn...If I want to get owned by teenagers, I have two of my own who put me in my place enough.

 

[AcerFC]

It took me well over a year to complete the main story line in Oblivion. I'm lucky if I get 2 hours on a Saturday night these days, but I'll admit I was up til 4 or 5 some mornings playing that game.It took me a while to get into Fallout 3, and when I finally did I had a hard time staying interesting. Basically the same engine as Oblivion, but set in a "modern" world.I've tried getting into Orange Box, Grand Theft Auto, and some other games, but just don't have the time/patience anymore.

The online learning curve for something like Orange Box is brutal. Skilled players are so good and know the maps so well that I'm like a pound of ground beef. Die, respawn, die, respawn...If I want to get owned by teenagers, I have two of my own who put me in my place enough.

Exactly what I am going thru with COD MW right now. Will probably happen when I buy Mag today

 

[D_House]

I don't want to hijack this video game thread, but who is up?

 

[Bonzai]

It took me well over a year to complete the main story line in Oblivion. I'm lucky if I get 2 hours on a Saturday night these days, but I'll admit I was up til 4 or 5 some mornings playing that game.It took me a while to get into Fallout 3, and when I finally did I had a hard time staying interesting. Basically the same engine as Oblivion, but set in a "modern" world.I've tried getting into Orange Box, Grand Theft Auto, and some other games, but just don't have the time/patience anymore.

The online learning curve for something like Orange Box is brutal. Skilled players are so good and know the maps so well that I'm like a pound of ground beef. Die, respawn, die, respawn...If I want to get owned by teenagers, I have two of my own who put me in my place enough.

Really? I like Team Fortress 2 because most of the goons are off playing MW2 or Gears or whatever the best new game is. I didn't finish Half Life or any of the other games, but I play TF2 quite a bit. I only play 2fort, so if you put me on another map I'd probably suck, but this old fart does pretty well.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I liked Oblivion better, but I'm more into that genre. The post-apocalyptic Fallout 3 was interesting, but didn't seem to have as much depth.

BioShock 2 comes out pretty soon. I would recommend getting BioShock (the original); you could probably find it cheap somewhere.

p.s. Sorry Ahrn

If you gamer nerds don't quit it I'm going to get my baseball nerd brethren to break out a BABIP and FIP conversation

We need an obscure MLB player draft that riffs off the idea of the "Former pro athletes most of us wouldn't think about" thread.

1.01 Biff Pocoroba

1.02 Kurt Bevacqua

The Bazooka Bubble blowing champ!!!http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardImages/...022/567/02F.jpg

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I don't want to hijack this video game thread, but who is up?

Srsly.mike is up. Way to let this guy in, NV. He comes in here and makes us wait, like, minutes!

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

1.03 - Garth Iorg

 

[Tremendous Upside]

1.03 - Garth Iorg

1.04 Dane Iorg

 

[Eephus]

1.03 - Garth Iorg

1.04 Dane Iorg

1.05 Larvell "Sugar Bear" Blanks

 

[Professor S]

1.03 - Garth Iorg

1.04 Dane Iorg

1.05 Larvell "Sugar Bear" Blanks

1.06 Billy Joe Robidoux

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

3.09 - piratemike - -3.10 - AhrnCityPahnder - -3.11 - Steve Tasker - -3.12 - valence - -3.13 - Oliver Humanzee - -3.14 - Uncle Humuna - -

bump

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

1.03 - Garth Iorg

1.04 Dane Iorg

1.05 Larvell "Sugar Bear" Blanks

1.06 Billy Joe Robidoux

1.07 - Sixto Lezcano(bonus points for rhyming)

 

[Uncle Humuna]

1.08 Manny Mota

eta -> Mota, heh

 

[Eephus]

1.09 Pete LaCock

 

[Professor S]

3.09 - piratemike - -3.10 - AhrnCityPahnder - -3.11 - Steve Tasker - -3.12 - valence - -3.13 - Oliver Humanzee - -3.14 - Uncle Humuna - -

bump

When does the clock time out for PM? Let's keep this thing moving

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

WTF is going on in here?

Video games & Obscure baseballers?

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

1.09 Pete LaCock

1.10 - **** Pole

 

[Eephus]

WTF is going on in here?Video games & Obscure baseballers?

Rain delay

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

1.10 Kiko Garcia

 

[Abrantes]

3.09 - piratemike - -3.10 - AhrnCityPahnder - -3.11 - Steve Tasker - -3.12 - valence - -3.13 - Oliver Humanzee - -3.14 - Uncle Humuna - -

bump

When does the clock time out for PM? Let's keep this thing moving

Think he's got another 20 minutes or so.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

WTF is going on in here?Video games & Obscure baseballers?

Don't forget about the big hops . . .

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Piratemike times out at XX:42

 

[Uncle Humuna]

1.11 Jimmy Wynn (The Toy Cannon)

 

[Tremendous Upside]

1.09 Pete LaCock

1.10 - **** Pole

1.11 Rusty ####z

 

[Uncle Humuna]

1.09 Pete LaCock

1.10 - **** Pole

1.11 Rusty ####z

1.12 Stinky #######

 

[Fiddles]

nice draft here

 

[Steve Tasker]

When the final mixes come I probably will. Don't really have time for a good analysis on them now, who knows maybe some of it will grow on me, but for now when I sneak preview it, if it's synthesized sounding drums and/or synthesized keyboards as the dominant driving music I simply move on. Not my bag. I did kind of like the Thermals and the !!!s among the bands I've never really heard before (and plan on checking out more) but bands like Killers, Radiohead, Eminem, LCD and others I already knew I didn't like and the selections have done nothing to change my mind thus far. I like White Stripes, Strokes, and a little Arcade Fire for some reason. However, when the mixes come out, a lot of them will be structured to where a song "fits" into the mix and I may like it. I still listen to stuff from the 90s draft that I didn't previously, on a daily basis. It just amazes me how much of the top thus far is inorganic, electronic music and just reinforces my opinion that the 00s was not my favorite decade for music.eta: At least RH sounds like a band making music, not a computer geek playing with a giant Casio keyboard. Don't care for them, but I can respect them for their craft.

Yeah, you can basically just skip my mix entirely then. It's only going to get worse. My personal tastes are all over the place and there's no way I could tie them all together in a coherent mix, so I've decided to highlight interesting electronic and experimental music that might otherwise get overlooked in this draft. That said...3.03 Four Tet - Parks 6:0381:46 of casio geekery left to go.

Yeah, he's going to absolutely HATE my mix. If Radiohead and The Killers are too electronic for him, it's only going to get waaaaaaaaaaay worse. But then again, I'm drafting for myself, and I don't really care if other people hate it. A lot of the traditional indie bands aren't my style, just like the synthesized drums and techno/house music aren't his style. Not going to spotlight one of the bands I'm targeting, but I think I rated a certain album #2 overall with 27 points in the 2008 album poll, and the album didn't get a single vote from the other 24 people in it. I like to see what other people are listening to and find stuff that I may have missed, not to hate on other people for their "garbage" musical tastes, if you will. These polls/drafts are great for that.

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

1.09 Pete LaCock

1.10 - **** Pole

1.11 Rusty ####z

1.12 Stinky #######

1.13 Home Run ####er

 

[Tiananmen Tank]

I'm heading out for a minute, if it somehow gets to me go ahead and skip and I'll make it up.

 

[Eephus]

1.09 Pete LaCock

1.10 - **** Pole

1.11 Rusty ####z

1.12 Stinky #######

1.13 Home Run ####er

1.14 ###### "######" #######

 

[Bonzai]

I'm out for a while. JML has my (updated) picks.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10


released 2005, 3m32sRunning Mix total -- 10:29 used so far

I actually like a different spoon album better as a whole, but this is probably my favorite standalone song from them.

 

[piratemike]

Guys I'm really sorry. I thought no way would my pick come up this early. Putting something together now.

 

[Professor S]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10

Woohoo! A Pick!

 

[piratemike]

 

[Uncle Humuna]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10

1.15 Burt Hooton

 

[Steve Tasker]

Pick 3.11 (I think) - Sufjan Stevens - "Come on! Feel the Illinoise! (Part 1: The World's Columbian Exposition - Part 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)"

Time: 6:45

Remaining: 83:15

A little bit longer than I would've hoped, but I love this song, so #### it. Just a phenomenal song....I don't listen to Sufjan Stevens as much as I probably should, but this song stands out, IMO, as his best work. The orchestra sound, the breakdown between part 1 and part 2.....love it.

 

[Abrantes]

 

[Professor S]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10

I have an autographed photo of him giving up a homer to Reggie Jackson in the 77 series. Autographed by Hooton, not Reggie Jackson. Am I rich?

 

[Abrantes]

Pick 3.11 (I think) - Sufjan Stevens - "Come on! Feel the Illinoise! (Part 1: The World's Columbian Exposition - Part 2: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)"

Time: 6:45

Remaining: 83:15

A little bit longer than I would've hoped, but I love this song, so #### it. Just a phenomenal song....I don't listen to Sufjan Stevens as much as I probably should, but this song stands out, IMO, as his best work. The orchestra sound, the breakdown between part 1 and part 2.....love it.

Wonder if he gets paid by the letter with some of his song titles.

 

[Jethro Q. Walrustitty]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10

1.16 - Johnny Wockenfuss

 

[Tremendous Upside]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10

in memories, yes

 

[D_House]

Again I really like the last 3 picks.

 

[Northern Voice]

3.12 - valence -

3.13 - Oliver Humanzee -

3.14 - Uncle Humuna -

3.15 - The Dreaded Marco -

3.16 - Jzilla -

3.17 - Tiananmen Tank -

 

[Uncle Humuna]

3.09 PirateMike timeout



3.10

I'll give you a case of 2 buck chuck for it (1/2 cab, 1/2 merlot [minus 1 merlot]) . . .