The laugh is, each and every one of them can actually mean "mate what a fantastic idea, let's absolutely smash this" to the middle ground "k" all the way through to "this is the worst fucking idea I've ever heard, but no dramas we can sort that on the way".
The end result will be the same.
I don't get it. I mean I get it because it's Ninty, but I don't get why now?
Has there been something in a major new feature update that has finally tipped the scales into clearly taking the piss, or have the legal team at Big N finally seen their erections subside after the game's launch and only now can move enough to do something about it?
I mean, "I'm only happy when it rains" should be the national anthem for Catland.
I can see where you're coming from - if you look at Ultimate Doom or Doom II and put Doom 64 next to it, then there is a raft of limitations and shortcomings that make it appear to be an inferior product. I personally prefer Doom II as well, with the banging soundtrack and the iconic levels.
However, I'd argue you're missing out by approaching it with that mindset. Aubrey Hodges score is less of a soundtrack, and more of an ominous hum in the background - and the overall art style is far more drab and depressing. I'd probably suggest it has more in common with Doom 3 than it does with the first two. I personally prefer the sound effect collection in Doom 64 - the shotgun sounds meatier, the Barons from Hell's alert sound is a bit more worrisome, and the doors sound a bit more industrial.
Personally I agree with the N64 controller assessment - it feels like it was built by someone who forgot how many hands humans have 😂 but the adaptations in the Unity ports make it more than enjoyable now on Xbox or Dualshock controllers.
The laugh is, the Watch Me Die mode (the Ultra Violence of the 64 editions) is probably the easiest "hard" mode on original hardware, purely because the technical limitations prevented lots of enemies (of any tier, not just hitscan wankers) being spawned - and space limitations prevented difficulty spikes caused by Boney Bois (Plutonia-style) or Arch-Bastards ruining your day by not being included in the game at all.
It's still a very, very good Doom game. 64 and PlayStation Doom should be played together for the alternative Doom experience.
Disclosure: I'm in the UK where the worker protections are half-decent.
was it ever not OK?
It was not OK to not take a jobby on work time when you had the opportunity!
I've worked shifts where my relief staffer has been in twenty minutes early (long commute, unpredictable traffic) so I've handed the shift over, and ensured that the remainder of my time was spent losing half a kilo of weight in five minutes. Conversely, it feels far more productive to leave the house half-needing to give birth to a brown otter, and nip to the bog once your feet are clear of your workload that you've taken on from the previous shift to go and perform the bowel movement while being paid for it.
Shitting in my own khazi on my days off feels like voluntary work now.
Sensibly though, any manager who controls bog time is just a bit of a fanny. Unless someone is obviously taking the piss like spending four hours of a ten hour shift, then people will perform better once they've laid a cable whenever they've needed to.
I have no idea who this geezer is and I hope it stays that way.
At the risk of sounding dismissive, I lost interest when he threw out the "social experiment" bullshit and his credibility went down the toilet with it.
Good on the dude for losing the beef though. Regardless of who you are, it takes balls and it takes effort.
Do a credit card next!
Mater's Tall Tales were absolute bangers. Not only were they funny in their own right, but the background details and cameos were awesome.
I can't speak to her performance in FRECA, I've not watched it - but her recent races in the F1 Acad have been more than decent. She's super consistent with whatever she's given, even if it's got a lot less power in the back than F1.
F2 or F3 would do her a world of good in terms of being marketable to F1 teams though, I can't argue with that - but I can't see Antonelli's oodles of experience either, like Bottas or others before him who have been thrown in at the deep end.
I would absolutely love to see Pin or Abbi Pulling rag an F1 car about for a session and see what times they put in.
Reminds me of the mid2000's era of British journalist Gary Cutlack trying to post every instance of a spiral in the real world, linking it to the upcoming announcement of a Dreamcast 2.
I miss that sort of journalism.
Between the toes and the knees lie the shins.
Take away the shins and you're left with Toe-Knee.
Tony.