#638: Unstuck in Time
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#638: Unstuck in Time| Drekal |
Posted: Feb 21 2011, 07:00 PM
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 Birthday Ninja  Group: Members Posts: 22,159 Member No.: 10 Joined: 30-September 04  |
Well yeah Alex. Good things just don't happen to you. Ever.
-------------------- That which holds the image of an angel...
 Amy: You do have a plan, don't you? Doctor: Of course I do! New Objective: Think of a plan. |
   
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| Newb |
Posted: Feb 21 2011, 07:03 PM
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 The Obfuscated One Group: Members Posts: 15,667 Member No.: 146 Joined: 8-February 05 |
Let's be honest, this isn't the worst possible outcome here.
Although I agree it could have been better for him. -------------------- Well, you know how college is. You're sitting there in your dorm room wearing nothing but your panties and a t-shirt that's far too tight, doing your advanced calculus homework, and your super-hot roommate who you've got a huge crush on comes in and says that the engineering student down the hall needs some help with a practical example of the benefits of flexibility in architecture, and the next thing you know you're making the beast with twelve backs and you've somehow increased a bust size.
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| MFD |
Posted: Feb 21 2011, 07:39 PM
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 THIEF! Group: Demi-mod Posts: 28,857 Member No.: 7 Joined: 30-September 04 |
Maybe he knew that planning out what to do with his time out would cause Videoland or the Sovereign to unfreeze him.
-------------------- "The eagles who soar through the sky are at rest And the creatures who crawl, run, and creep. I know you're not thirsty. That's bullshit. Stop lying. Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep. - Go the Fuck to Sleep "Yeah, well. We're building a bomb. You do the opposite of what the warning labels say." - Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe |
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| Alan Bates |
Posted: Feb 22 2011, 05:03 AM
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Transcendent Group: Members Posts: 20,441 Member No.: 24 Joined: 7-October 04 |
I wonder if he could drag and drop people one he gets the mouse working.
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| MFD |
Posted: Feb 22 2011, 12:28 PM
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THIEF! Group: Demi-mod Posts: 28,857 Member No.: 7 Joined: 30-September 04 |
I like the unpausing effect.
-------------------- "The eagles who soar through the sky are at rest And the creatures who crawl, run, and creep. I know you're not thirsty. That's bullshit. Stop lying. Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep. - Go the Fuck to Sleep "Yeah, well. We're building a bomb. You do the opposite of what the warning labels say." - Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe |
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| Spriteless Girl |
Posted: Feb 22 2011, 05:05 PM
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 Sage Group: Members Posts: 7,317 Member No.: 22 Joined: 6-October 04 |
Alex only gets to spend years looping in time near a save point. O____O
-------------------- At any given moment it's hard to remember the headspace of every other given moment. But I live in space a lot.
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| Atalas |
Posted: Feb 23 2011, 12:53 AM
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Immigrant  Group: Members Posts: 92 Member No.: 1,208 Joined: 15-April 10 |
ok, who here expected something bad to happen as soon as Alex thought of using the time frozen to work things out? *raises hand* Now, who enjoys watching bad things happen to Alex? *raises hand, remembering him first facing Gato and laughing so very, very hard* Ok, now who here hopes to see lots more bad things happen to Alex? *raises hand, thinking of the Date Captain SNES contest*
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| Etheric |
Posted: Feb 23 2011, 08:47 PM
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Immigrant Group: Members Posts: 32 Member No.: 418 Joined: 27-July 07 |
It seems I must not have paid attention. What is that sound effect? Is it related to the cartoon? I vaguely remember that Captain NES had a time limit on his pause, although I remember them rationalizing it in the show with batteries, and that's clearly my imagination because if I'd seen that when I was a kid, the part I'd remember would have been how wrong the cartoon got the controller gadget. Maybe it's just a generic "time running out" sound effect, but those never existed for Nintendo hardware, right? Game Boys use flashing lights... Or was there a beep on the earlier ones? |
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| Knight |
Posted: Feb 23 2011, 08:52 PM
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 Guru of Magic  Group: Admin Posts: 10,130 Member No.: 1 Joined: 5-August 04 |
Some games have an auto-unpause. It's just whatever she used. The paying attention bit is the "nothing good EVER happens to Alex" observation.
 -------------------- Bleep! Expletive deleted. Bleepity-bleep-bleep. Frak!
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| Algasir |
Posted: Feb 23 2011, 09:12 PM
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 Green hair! Group: Members Posts: 30,755 Member No.: 140 Joined: 29-January 05 |
I don't think I ever played a game with an auto-unpause...
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| mordain |
Posted: Feb 23 2011, 09:56 PM
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 Codewalker Group: Moderators Posts: 40,831 Member No.: 72 Joined: 13-November 04 |
The pause is failing not because of any specific game mechanics, but because Alex is convinced that nothing good can ever happen to him, and subconsciously making it true.
Either that or it required her active effort (or at least her being conscious so as to serve as a 'channel') to maintain the pause, but I think I like the first explanation better. -------------------- Live and learn - or die and teach by example.
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