tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post5191333261271689411..comments2024-03-23T00:57:10.650-07:00Comments on Chrontendo: Grateful Turtles and Peacock Kings (Updated!)Doctor Sparklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-33313553445195791052011-01-20T08:28:17.962-08:002011-01-20T08:28:17.962-08:00Is that a Joanna Newsom song when you introduce Ys...Is that a Joanna Newsom song when you introduce Ys? Very clever.. ;)<br /><br />PS: Really love your videos, looking forward to watching your next ones!Philhttp://www.philippechabot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-37615179910507939562011-01-17T15:37:43.537-08:002011-01-17T15:37:43.537-08:00I was happy and pleasantly surprised to see that y...I was happy and pleasantly surprised to see that you took the time and effort to give that Ad Hoc recipe a try! Excellent! I still have not gotten around to doing it, but absolutely everyone who has tried it just swears by it. I still think the best fried chicken I've ever had is my fiancee's tempura fried chicken, so it will be interesting to compare.<br /><br />Another recipe that I have been fascinated by for some time and would love to try making someday is birria de chivo--Mexican goat stew.<br />http://masaassassin.blogspot.com/2009/04/birria-de-chivo-recipe-goat-stew.html<br /><br />If you end up making it eventually, you must let us know how it turns out!Kevin Moonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-3430228509108426612011-01-13T23:19:54.062-08:002011-01-13T23:19:54.062-08:00On games that get ported twice by different teams ...On games that get ported twice by different teams in completely different styles, oh brother, wait until you get to Rampart. Konami like completely remade Atari Games' arcade hit it their own image!Rodneyliveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-84523713509396548802011-01-09T08:03:24.613-08:002011-01-09T08:03:24.613-08:00Phantom Fighter was one of those I do remember see...Phantom Fighter was one of those I do remember seeing in comic book ads as well. I guess FCI was very big on promoting a game, I just didn't care for it at all after straining my brain on it!Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-8503762831613894492011-01-04T23:09:57.930-08:002011-01-04T23:09:57.930-08:00Well, leave it to the Japanese to get all poetic a...Well, leave it to the Japanese to get all poetic about killing dudes with swords. And GF, congrats for making the most obscure musical reference ever on this blog.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-24334408136306779482011-01-03T18:27:00.552-08:002011-01-03T18:27:00.552-08:00Hototogisu does refer to the type of bird; traditi...Hototogisu does refer to the type of bird; traditionally it's emblematic of the early summer. Lhude sing cuccu and all that.<br /><br />It probably lends its name to the game and the sword as a poetic symbol.GFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392090109839724786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-44070193660119922672010-12-31T10:55:35.099-08:002010-12-31T10:55:35.099-08:00Anonymous is completely serious about Phantom Figh...Anonymous is completely serious about Phantom Fighter. I never read Nintendo Power, like the other kids, and my comic book tastes were obscure. But wherever that ad did show up, it attracted attention. My friend included it in a nostalgia giftpack only because of the cheesy ad. It's even mentioned in an Amazon review, as if it were a bonus feature - <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Classics/dp/0915419092<br /><br />So bizarre, that it's completely unknown. I guess this provides an interesting lesson in how not to promote a product...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-66167225136938289912010-12-29T19:08:46.644-08:002010-12-29T19:08:46.644-08:00Actually, they do steeplechase with humans too. W...Actually, they do steeplechase with humans too. Which is both weird and really cool to watch.<br /><br />At least for Winthrop's runners it was the race for people who thought that running 25 laps around a track was just too boring. Can't say I blame them for that though. I always got bored enough running around twice during practice.Chris Osbornehttp://jugglechainsaws.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-12725256121822194522010-12-29T13:58:03.361-08:002010-12-29T13:58:03.361-08:00Chris - exactly! I figured Konami was conflating ...Chris - exactly! I figured Konami was conflating Olympic with equestrian events. Or maybe that's the wacky Japanese game show version of hurdles.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-53357318900868709852010-12-28T17:10:33.507-08:002010-12-28T17:10:33.507-08:00Wow, those are the wettest hurdles I've ever s...Wow, those are the wettest hurdles I've ever seen. If I'd had a race like that when I ran in high school my coach would have thrown a fit and taken us all home.<br /><br />Or it's the most boring steeple chase ever since it's all in a straight line.Chris Osbornehttp://jugglechainsaws.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-53864155225720958572010-12-28T06:26:45.159-08:002010-12-28T06:26:45.159-08:00Is Anon being facetious? There wasn't really a...<i>Is Anon being facetious? There wasn't really any sort of promotional push for Phantom Fighter, was there?</i><br /><br />I certainly don't remember much (if any) promotion for this game at the time, and I read every magazine I could get my hands on in excruciating detail.<br /><br />That said, it was 20+ years ago, so it's entirely possible I'm forgetting something-- but I definitely don't remember it being on par with a game like Double Dragon 2 in terms of marketing or general awareness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-35013699232516285012010-12-27T07:17:57.423-08:002010-12-27T07:17:57.423-08:00Never saw that you recoded the episode with AAC be...Never saw that you recoded the episode with AAC before now! But I just tried and I could stream it from archive.org directly from my iPhone. Thanks a lot :)LameDinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-34588900249511135752010-12-23T03:25:06.362-08:002010-12-23T03:25:06.362-08:00The HE-AAC and even more so HE-AAC v2 profiles are...The HE-AAC and even more so HE-AAC v2 profiles are meant to be used for low bitrate situations. They are also less compatible player wise.<br /><br />My recommendation would be that you go for the LC-AAC profile, use the bitrate you normally encode your mp3 stream with and enjoy a better audio quality as a result.patapanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-35948000822755445002010-12-23T03:04:10.194-08:002010-12-23T03:04:10.194-08:00AAC? Good!
actually mp4 usually come with h.264 v...AAC? Good!<br /><br />actually mp4 usually come with h.264 video and acc audio.<br /><br />it's good to have mp4 for supported devices, but i would keep xvid/mp3 avi files just for archival purposes.<br /><br />sorry, no clue about HE-AAC or LC-AAC issue.<br /><br />with mp4 files in place podcast thingy could be organized somehow, i guess.fuxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17505246955663503352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-45764834401864392542010-12-22T18:53:55.595-08:002010-12-22T18:53:55.595-08:00Is Anon being facetious? There wasn't really ...Is Anon being facetious? There wasn't really any sort of promotional push for Phantom Fighter, was there? The game only rated one tiny mention in Nin. Power.<br /><br />Flip - I'm glad someone got the Newsom/Ys reference.<br /><br />As for Maniac Mansion: NOA gets a lot of flak nowadays for their complaints about the content of Maniac Mansion. Yet, by coming up with "Muff Diver" it's clear that Lucasarts was trying to screw with NOA as well. Did they seriously think for one second that would get past anyone?<br /><br />Does anyone have any objections to AAC? Does anyone have any reasons to prefer HE-AAC or LC-AAC? Re-encoding Ep. 35 can be done easily. However, that wouldn't be possible on older episodes, since the "master" files are all 30 fps AVI.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-3217999861036260942010-12-22T16:40:46.033-08:002010-12-22T16:40:46.033-08:00Damn this new h.264 encodes looks really nice. The...Damn this new h.264 encodes looks really nice. The games just flow a lot better.<br /><br />Is it possible to re-encode the older episodes in this fashion, or would that be too much work?synt4xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347638487225865779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-52316741157706035362010-12-22T15:51:13.149-08:002010-12-22T15:51:13.149-08:00Just watched this episode on my AppleTV and I must...Just watched this episode on my AppleTV and I must say, yet again, H264 and 60FPS is really lovely. One suggestion though, if possible, could you encode the audio in AAC instead of MP3? Both the iPhone and AppleTV played your original video but without sound. I had to recode the sound for it to play.<br /><br />If anyone else wanna watch this on an Apple device, this is what I did to recode the audio. Only took a minute or two since it doesn't recode the video.<br /><br />ffmpeg -i episode35h264.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec libfaac -ab 160k episode35_aac.mp4LameDinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-66147979490192022182010-12-22T15:07:54.120-08:002010-12-22T15:07:54.120-08:00Wow this one came out fast. Thanks for making my d...Wow this one came out fast. Thanks for making my day better. Merry Christmas Dr.Sparkle!synt4xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347638487225865779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-36114265554426042362010-12-22T13:12:15.784-08:002010-12-22T13:12:15.784-08:00H.264? Good!H.264? Good!fuxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17505246955663503352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-89639926965306822912010-12-22T12:42:44.957-08:002010-12-22T12:42:44.957-08:00I liked how you used an excerpt of Joanna Newsom&#...I liked how you used an excerpt of Joanna Newsom's Ys album in the intro to the game Ys ;) keep up the good work! I'm enjoying every episode.fliphttp://monomaniac.twoday.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-32663328146415534582010-12-22T11:40:01.502-08:002010-12-22T11:40:01.502-08:00You might enjoy this post about Nintendo's dem...You might enjoy this post about Nintendo's demands for their port of Maniac Mansion:<br /><br />http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html<br /><br /><em>Yikes, MUFF DIVER had to be changed again. In order to minimize the impact on the artwork, I needed to substitute MUFF with another four letter word that was less suggestive that could make sense with DIVER. We settled on the word TUNA.</em>interrobanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996056026184852201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-7323039242203495922010-12-22T10:23:52.455-08:002010-12-22T10:23:52.455-08:00Ohhh, 60 FPS h264 !! I'm loving it...
And Ys,...Ohhh, 60 FPS h264 !! I'm loving it...<br /><br />And Ys, definitely looking forward to hearing your opinions on it. I love Ys, not a huge fan of the Famicom version though.LameDinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-50759192728291463952010-12-22T04:20:43.450-08:002010-12-22T04:20:43.450-08:00Phantom Fighter! - I don't know how you missed...Phantom Fighter! - I don't know how you missed it. In comic books. In game magazines. The promise of hopping Chinese vampire kung fu action. What could kid could resist the lure, especially after the 90,000th time they saw the ad? I didn't even know they were vampires, but I knew this was a major release, easily as important as Double Dragon 2. <br /><br />If only such a random approach was given to deciding which games to push into the public consciousness today, the world would be a weirder, more wonderful place...<br /><br />By the way, the ads were all deadly serious. Finding out there's a movie attached to the game, and that movie is a kickass hopping vampire kung fu comedy...<br /><br />It's like my inner child getting a hug from reality. <br /><br />Thank you, for starting our day out on such a wonderful note...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com