Another great episode. H0ffman makes a great guest too, just a wealth of information, and able to provide interesting technical anecdotes about various hardware and software.
Neil is clearly feeling the need to compensate so much for the lack of Australian influence on the podcast now that he merged the Star Wars "That's no moon" quote with Crocodile Dundee's "That's not a knife" and came out with "That's not a moon"
Totally agreed about the B17 released - its a waste of time. I guess they needed a bit of money to keep them ticking over towards the proper VR supported, multiplayer game we all want.
12:52 - The WAD file format was indeed designed to make the game easier to mod. The lesson was learned from Wolfenstein which was much harder to mod, so for Doom they collected all relevant assets into the wad standing for "where's all the data". I don't remember where I read this, I think it is written in the "masters of doom" book
A few years back I would have been hesitant to say that Doom would have been better with a more involved story. But today I'm much more confident. I think games like System Shock, Deus Ex and Strife really show that you could have a good story and engaging first person combat. Original Doom was fun but it is ultimately just Alien Syndrome but in pseudo 3D. That quote from Carmack about story in games has NEVER been true, not even back when he said it. Now, I don't know that specifics of this new Doom mod, but the principal is sound.
I have a Mac Classic that has just died, no power whatsoever. Unlike my Vectrex, which also has the same issue, I've thought of having a bash at fixing this myself (the Vectrex is soon going to be dropped of with a repair service that I recently found out is based in Fife Scotland, just like me) as it's not so valuable or important to get this fixed. But I'm mainly interested in possibly doing something else with it and keeping the CRT screen, or replacing it with a 9" vector screen.
"Should call it Gee Zee Doom" How about we both agree that Z is pronounced how the native speaker pronounces it, regardless of context? ;-) I've always found this a silly thing to squabble about. We've all got bigger problems.
I did approach PsSpy for permission but didn't receive a reply. However due to the nature of it being a weekly show, with Duncan's editing happening over just a few days (a lot of work in those days!) it's possible they didn't see it in time to respond. It's just difficult when we're doing the show weekly to get as much in as we want. Neil and I feel Duncan does a stellar job.
@@DaveVelociraptor He definitely does. I blame it on your (collective) insistence on getting permission to include footage. ;-D How maddeningly considerate of you all.
My irrational gripe is topical for this week's show: DRM and copyright law in general. It seems so much effort is spent preventing people from doing things that have _no financial impact whatsoever._ Or, even, in some cases, the restrictions themselves have a negative financial impact. Neil's example today is perfect: Who is losing anything by someone posting a Let's Play video, where the game's music is heard? Is anyone recording the YT stream, and scraping the audio to listen to the soundtrack, instead of buying a soundtrack album? No, of course not, it's just silliness. If there is going to be any impact at all, it'll more than likely be the opposite: Someone hears it, remembers it fondly, and seeks out a soundtrack. Why are we fighting this? It's just dumb. The punishment should fit the impact of the crime. And if I want to buy an NES cart, put it on my shelf, then download the ROM and play it on a jailbroken Vita, that should be absolutely fine with everyone up and down the chain. Sony should thank me for the purchase of their hardware. Nintendo should thank me for the purchase of the game, as should the publisher if they're someone else. Nobody was harmed.
Re: takedowns for music - why is it that RU-vid is so heavily guarded for musicians but there is absolutely no automated equivalent for visual artists on the platform?? I know the 'algorithms ' would be tricky to implement but why allow someone who wrote a jingle 30 years ago the power to block videos when graphic artists and photographers just have to suck it up?!
I don't get being offended by the term Boomer Shooter but also wanting to ask, "is this retro?" - specifically because I don't understand why it's OK to decide when something is old but when the term Boomer is jokingly applied it hurts some people. Nobody is saying you were born before gen x, it's not a personal attack.
@@ShishakliAus it's literally the name for the generation before gen x. After gen x is Millennial etc. That "boomer" is occasionally used as a derogatory term is more reflective of that generation's attitudes. To be offended by this term being applied to video games is missing the mark.
@@aaldrich1982 It has more to do with intent, I think. I'm not a boomer. But I don't particularly like it when people use the term. It IS dismissive, and every generation has individuals with various personality quirks. I'm generally against painting with a broad brush. When I first heard the term "boomer shooter," it came across as sardonic, as if to say "one of those crusty old shooters that boomers would play." (Or, perhaps with a little more nuance, "one of those crusty old shooters that Gen-Xers would play, like a bunch of boomers," as stated by someone who doesn't know and/or care what a "boomer" is, because the takeaway is "old people" and we can't be bothered with the difference.) It's one thing if you know it's tongue-in-cheek, it's another entirely when it can reasonably be taken as derogatory. For that reason, I won't be propagating its use.
