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Post by thealmightymudworm on Feb 27, 2016 20:14:34 GMT
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Post by Zhu Bajie on Feb 27, 2016 23:31:43 GMT
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 5, 2016 19:21:42 GMT
Presumably people outside the UK won't have been able to access this program, (nor will people within the UK before long). It would be nice to post a link to a downloadable version, but that might have copyright implications for whoever posted it and possibly the forum itself. (If anyone has any thoughts on the copyright issue feel free to send me a PM.) What did people who have listened to it so far think of the show? _________ Thanks for the walkthrough, Zhu. I wasn't aware of FIST (possibly a slightly unfortunate name) until now. Quite cool, though very much of its time. It mentioned needing to roll a six a couple of times - were you supposed to play it with dice handy?
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Post by offm on Mar 5, 2016 23:23:34 GMT
I think someone upload it to soundcloud and share it on the facebook group I will share the link shortly
Sent from my SUNSET2 using proboards
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Post by offm on Mar 6, 2016 21:16:48 GMT
as promised the link follows: link
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Post by Zhu Bajie on Apr 4, 2016 21:59:12 GMT
Presumably people outside the UK won't have been able to access this program, (nor will people within the UK before long). It would be nice to post a link to a downloadable version, but that might have copyright implications for whoever posted it and possibly the forum itself. (If anyone has any thoughts on the copyright issue feel free to send me a PM.) What did people who have listened to it so far think of the show? _________ Thanks for the walkthrough, Zhu. I wasn't aware of FIST (possibly a slightly unfortunate name) until now. Quite cool, though very much of its time. It mentioned needing to roll a six a couple of times - were you supposed to play it with dice handy? The dice is part of the conversion, and they weren't used in the original phone game. IIRC combat used a system where you pressed a number on the keypad that corresponded to aiming for different body parts - so 0 was head, 1 was right arm, etc. or something like that - it was very 'action/arcade'. When you pressed the key you'd get sound effects and the narrator telling you if you'd hit, missed or been hit back. It was probably based on a scissors-paper-stone type mechanic or perhaps Steve Jacksons "Swordmaster" that he talks about here: imgur.com/a/AcaNP
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 10, 2016 0:49:30 GMT
Presumably people outside the UK won't have been able to access this program, (nor will people within the UK before long). It would be nice to post a link to a downloadable version, but that might have copyright implications for whoever posted it and possibly the forum itself. (If anyone has any thoughts on the copyright issue feel free to send me a PM.) What did people who have listened to it so far think of the show? _________ Thanks for the walkthrough, Zhu. I wasn't aware of FIST (possibly a slightly unfortunate name) until now. Quite cool, though very much of its time. It mentioned needing to roll a six a couple of times - were you supposed to play it with dice handy? The dice is part of the conversion, and they weren't used in the original phone game. IIRC combat used a system where you pressed a number on the keypad that corresponded to aiming for different body parts - so 0 was head, 1 was right arm, etc. or something like that - it was very 'action/arcade'. When you pressed the key you'd get sound effects and the narrator telling you if you'd hit, missed or been hit back. It was probably based on a scissors-paper-stone type mechanic or perhaps Steve Jacksons "Swordmaster" that he talks about here: imgur.com/a/AcaNPThanks. Swordmaster is/was one of many gaps in my gamebook knowledge. Interesting.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Aug 21, 2016 14:28:25 GMT
This is somewhat off-topic, but there's just been a prog on BBC R4 about hypnosis. One of the people they had on it was Robin Waterfield as he wrote a book on the topic. Anyone interested in hearing the author of Phantoms of Fear chipping in on the subject of dream-like states could listen below: You Are Feeling Sleepy(BBC link - may not work outside the UK. Might add another if one is available)
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Post by vastariner on Nov 28, 2020 21:34:42 GMT
This came a bit out of nowhere...
Link here. Downloadable on BBC Sounds.
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Post by sleepyscholar on Dec 1, 2020 6:59:42 GMT
Not exactly 'out of nowhere'. Out of 2016.
I remember listening to it when it was first broadcast.
('Broadcast'? How long are we going to carry on using that word, I wonder?)
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