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fujiJuice wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 11:50:Impressive. I'm only in my 17th year.
It also means my Steam account turns 21 years old today so it can buy the beer.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 10:59:
It's Friday the 13th and that means....HORROR MOVIE DAY!
\m/
Though, to be fair, pretty much every day is horror movie day in my house.
Beamer wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 15:20:
Has anyone here played Selaco yet?
I felt like a shooter, so I tried Ion Fury. I spent a LOT of time in Build games, but and enjoyed this for 10 minutes, but after 30 minutes or so of playing I realized it wasn't making me feel great. I'm sure I'd adapt to the motion with time, but... why? I wasn't loving it enough to stick with that.
So I tried Selaco, another retro shooter, and holy crap. Again, only 30 minutes or so into it, but this game is awesome. The weapons feel so damn good. It's a Doom engine game, more or less, but plays like a cross between Half Life (maybe HL2) and FEAR.
The Half Elf wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 13:57:
Ok tech people I gotta question. Is there any way to make a custom email address? I was joking with someone and said my email was blah@earth.fu
Is there anyway to get a earth.fu email address?
TOTALLY NOT ASKING FOR A FRIEND
Prez wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 16:27:
For those of you who partake in cheesy 80's horror which is your favorite Friday the 13th movie?
Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 16:45:Prez wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 16:27:
For those of you who partake in cheesy 80's horror which is your favorite Friday the 13th movie?
Hmmm...80s and cheesy? That's a tough one for "favorite". Toxic Avenger and Chopping Mall come to mind.
Note you did not set the qualifier of "good".
Beamer wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 15:20:I played Warhammer 40K Boltgun a couple of months ago, but it didn't grab me. It's very highly rated, so you might add that to your list. I'll check out Selaco.
Has anyone here played Selaco yet?
I felt like a shooter, so I tried Ion Fury. I spent a LOT of time in Build games, but and enjoyed this for 10 minutes, but after 30 minutes or so of playing I realized it wasn't making me feel great. I'm sure I'd adapt to the motion with time, but... why? I wasn't loving it enough to stick with that.
So I tried Selaco, another retro shooter, and holy crap. Again, only 30 minutes or so into it, but this game is awesome. The weapons feel so damn good. It's a Doom engine game, more or less, but plays like a cross between Half Life (maybe HL2) and FEAR.
Beamer wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 17:20:
Toxic Avenger was a favorite series when I was a kid, but it's rough now. Not rough as in production values, which is what you expect from Troma, but rough as in "who the hell thought that was a good idea." Which is the point, but limits have shifted in some places but not others over the past 35 years, expectedly.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 19:56:Beamer wrote on Sep 13, 2024, 17:20:
Toxic Avenger was a favorite series when I was a kid, but it's rough now. Not rough as in production values, which is what you expect from Troma, but rough as in "who the hell thought that was a good idea." Which is the point, but limits have shifted in some places but not others over the past 35 years, expectedly.
I tend to watch movies in the context of the era in which they were made. For example, I recently found a good, clean, high quality rip of The Birth of a Nation that someone had clearly done a lot of restoration work on. Is it racist as Hell? Oh yes. Was it then? Also yes but it was much, much more acceptable when it was filmed than it is today. I'd not watched it previously but had read a lot about it. So I watched it.
Back on to cheesy 80s horror flicks:
The Wraith - 80s metal, 80s cars, and 80s sensibilities. What's not to love?
They Live - Vapid, rampant consumerism, world government conspiracies, and Rowdy Roddy Piper chewing scenery like a fat kid tears into candy.
Galaxy of Terror - Delightfully terrible horror knock-off of Star Wars
Lifeforce - Space vampires, synth music and, best of all, a very naked Mathilda May for a very long time. Chef's kiss. No notes.
Night of the Comet - Probably the definitive 80s post-apocalyptic, mindless consumerism mocking, zombie movie.
Puppet Master - Full Moon Productions at the height of their glory days with stop motion killer puppets.
Bad Taste - Peter Jackson's gonzo take on a horror movie with so much blood, your local Red Cross is red with envy.
The Slumber Party Massacre - Another iconic 80s horror movie featuring scantily clad babes, a psycho with a penchant for killing with a drill, and a guitar that is also a murderous drill.
Ghoulies - Low budget horror's answer to Gremlines. Gory, cheesy, and tasteless. But so very "so bad it's good".
That's enough for now, I think.