Bored? Entertainment Mega Thread

[IgnoredOne]

Seraphina is the name of my office computer, voiced by girl with a lovely sound. War Machine is the name of my gaming laptop, who needs a voice. Logan Cunningham, I will find you.

How'd you manage that, anyway? I've always wanted to set up a rig with a voice.

I run Rainmeter, and have the ShadowTimer to keep track of time and tasks to do - ShadowTimer also had a little feature that allows it to run an "alarm" at the end, fairly easy for me to modify that to "Issue Command?" Most of the sounds of your computer can be modified, too, in Control Panel>Sounds & Audio>Sounds. For example, my Windows Login Sound is replaced by LightOfHope18's "Welcome back, Master."

LightOfHope18's voice is lovely. 2:22 for it; evidently, she was amused that I stalked her thanks to that one clip, and so successfully. It was pretty epic by my own measures.

Such a sweet tsundere, I chuckle.

Dragon Naturally Speaking lets you talk to the computer back, btw.

 

[Bread]

I run Rainmeter, and have the ShadowTimer to keep track of time and tasks to do - ShadowTimer also had a little feature that allows it to run an "alarm" at the end, fairly easy for me to modify that to "Issue Command?" Most of the sounds of your computer can be modified, too, in Control Panel>Sounds & Audio>Sounds. For example, my Windows Login Sound is replaced by LightOfHope18's "Welcome back, Master."

LightOfHope18's voice is lovely. 2:22 for it; evidently, she was amused that I stalked her thanks to that one clip, and so successfully. It was pretty epic by my own measures.

Such a sweet tsundere, I chuckle.

Dragon Naturally Speaking lets you talk to the computer back, btw.

Ah. Might have to look into this once the new rig arrives. Bring me up to speed of the latest century and all that. The stalking bit went a bit over my head, 'tho. Maybe it's my work. Brain atrophy and so forth.

Don't know if I'd like any backtalk out of my computer. It'd be all 'Not enough RAM' or 'Not enough Vespene gas' all the time. Or the whole system going all SHODAN on me. Not that I'd mind.

 

[IgnoredOne]

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[LoneKiller]

Hi Everyone.

Kind of an odd topic. I've been to a couple of concerts and am constantly
watching videos of concerts. What I'm curious about is that I've noticed that bands or solo artists seemingly never seem to make mistakes while playing their instruments. Are they really that talented that they have no flaws in their playing? I watched "The Eagles Hell Freezes Over" concert on dvd and It seemed like these guys didn't make one mistake.

 

[Badjedidude]

No, they never make mistakes. Ever. At all.

lol

Yes, of course they make mistakes. The thing is, their skill level is so high that a casual listener will probably never hear the mistakes, because they won't be as obvious as the mistakes of a beginner. Also, it's possible that the band has played the piece so many times over the years that they've ironed out all the kinks... it becomes muscle-memory and they play it perfectly.

*shrug*

But yes, they commonly make mistakes. They just make their mistakes SOUND good.

 

[Nolife Princess]

Hi Everyone.

Kind of an odd topic. I've been to a couple of concerts and am constantly
watching videos of concerts. What I'm curious about is that I've noticed that bands or solo artists seemingly never seem to make mistakes while playing their instruments. Are they really that talented that they have no flaws in their playing? I watched "The Eagles Hell Freezes Over" concert on dvd and It seemed like these guys didn't make one mistake.

[video=youtube]Yup! even the best!!![/video][video=youtube]

 

[kamya]

They make plenty of mistakes. Most people just wouldn't be able to tell. Most of the time they have played the same piece so many times that it becomes trivial for them to play.

 

[annik]

*Somebodies never been to a Manics gig*

Personally I love when stuff going wrong live. I mean if I wanted it perfect I'd listen to the album. Fluffing up guitars, forgetting the words and falling over (ok once) is what makes everything specail and an experince.

Apart from Sean, he's flawless. Period.

I'm guess its the same for other bands and fans maybe...

 

[LoneKiller]

The family is coming here for Christmas this year. Since I'm not going anywhere on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I figured that I'd
hang around the forum.

For those who might be alone this holiday season and feeling down, please send me a pm and we can talk. There will be around 11-12 family members coming for Christmas Eve and then Christmas dinner here as well. When they all get yakking, I can't get a ******* word in edgewise and it ticks me off, so I retreat to my bedroom and use my computer to talk with any member
who needs to talk for any reason.

I'll be checking my messages and email on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day frequently. If anyone wants to talk I'll be here for you.

 

[Nolife Princess]

This is nice, see I love my peers here on the forum!

You are sweet

 

[LoneKiller]

This is nice, see I love my peers here on the forum!

You are sweet

That's kind of you to say Nolife Princess. Thank you.

 

[Arsenic Queen]

That's a big font No Life Princess.
So, what did you do today LoneKiller? So you get 10 people in your house and it still feels lonely. What would make you feel less lonely?

 

[LoneKiller]

That's a big font No Life Princess.
So, what did you do today LoneKiller? So you get 10 people in your house and it still feels lonely. What would make you feel less lonely?

Hi Arsenic Queen.
To combat loneliness, I talk with members here and gaming. I'm currently playing "FF VII". With the exception of my brother, nobody else in the family is into gaming. Makes it tough to talk to the rest of the family who aren't down with gaming at all. Lol

 

[Arsenic Queen]

lol, ok. I'm very much into videogames. Old ones. I never played FFVII and the next ones, only the previous ones, but I did them all. I played a lot of old RPGs, Chrono Trigger, Phantasy Star 1-2-3-4, Shining In the Darkness, Shining Force 1-2. Some other less-known ones on the SNES and Genesis. Some older stuff. And I create custom content for Sims 2 - that's probably the only 3D, and most "recent" game I play, lol. This week I finished making a Sim of Alice Cooper, and a set of telescope recolors.

What other games do you play?

 

[LoneKiller]

lol, ok. I'm very much into videogames. Old ones. I never played FFVII and the next ones, only the previous ones, but I did them all. I played a lot of old RPGs, Chrono Trigger, Phantasy Star 1-2-3-4, Shining In the Darkness, Shining Force 1-2. Some other less-known ones on the SNES and Genesis. Some older stuff. And I create custom content for Sims 2 - that's probably the only 3D, and most "recent" game I play, lol. This week I finished making a Sim of Alice Cooper, and a set of telescope recolors.

What other games do you play?

Hi Arsenic. How are you?

I love rpg's and I also enjoy games like: "Fighting Games", and "Racing Games" and also "Sports".(Specifically Basketball and Baseball)+ Every Super Mario title in existence. Lol

 

[Lost Drifter]

Phantasy Star? Shining Force? Now that takes me back, I used to like Ys, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Breath of Fire, Sword of Vermillion, Earthbound, Terranigma and Landstalker too but my very favourite has to be the Dragon Quest series (I worked on DQ 8 while I was at Square-Enix) which takes the RPG formula back to its roots.

 

[LoneKiller]

Phantasy Star? Shining Force? Now that takes me back, I used to like Ys, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Breath of Fire, Sword of Vermillion, Earthbound, Terranigma and Landstalker too but my very favourite has to be the Dragon Quest series (I worked on DQ 8 while I was at Square-Enix) which takes the RPG formula back to its roots.

"Dragon Quest 8" was awesome!! Especially the "Howlwind Hill" area.

 

[LoneKiller]

Hello Everyone. I hope this thread finds you all well.

Do you think that because of the internet and "In-Game" instructions that strategy guides and instruction manuals are even needed anymore?


Thanks for viewing.

 

[Lost Drifter]

I love me a good instruction manual. Just a few hours ago I was stuck on Castlevania and was cursing the sparse manual that came with the game. I ended up having to run upstairs to the computer and look online for something which should have been written down along with the control scheme. Plus manuals are a great gateway into a game, I like some back story, some character art, some information and instructions etc. I hate seeing manuals these days which are nothing more than a few pages of legal rights.

I find a lot of in-game tutorials throw everything at the player at the start (here’s a new move which you must learn now but won’t get to use until four hours later) to the point of feeling a cumbersome burden. By all means give me a tutorial I can access at any time or put the same information in a manual which I can look up as and when needed.

I tend to avoid strategy guides unless they have some nice artwork or extra features and only then will I read them when I’ve completed the game first. The Half-Life 2 and Mirrors Edge guides were fantastic with developer interviews, concept art, design direction along with the usual maps and tips.

PS. Wouldn’t these sort of threads be more suited to the entertainment forum since they’re all related to entertainment?

 

[LeaningIntoTheMuse]

They rehearse like crazy! That's why they don't seem to make mistakes.

I have plenty of live bootlegs, and I hear mistakes all the time. I guess you have to be a musician to recognize it.