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One of us is doing the dirty work...

Recently started DS up again and it's still amazing. Playing on hard difficulty with no assists and lethal weapons this time!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23719618

Does anyone remember Seaman? That game was great! Why are you giggling? I'm just talking about Seaman! Why does everybody giggle when I say I want to play with Seaman???

Oh, right. Some of you may be younger and have no idea what I'm talking about.

Seaman is a game that was released on Dreamcast. It's a game where you talk to a fish. No, I'm NOT joking. It came with a microphone. There was a fish, with a humans head. You talked to a fish. And usually it would insult you. It was narriated by Lenard Nemoy.

No, seriously. I'm NOT joking about any of this. That's real. That happened. When I was 16, I used to get high, and talk to a fish with Lenard Nemoy. Though, to be fair, he was only on the title screen as far as I remember. He would insult you for not having a life if you played too often. I once played for 30 minutes, saved, and turned off the Dreamcast. Then my friend came over, and was like "Why is there a microphone on your controller?" and I was like "You wanna talk to a fish?" and he was like "Dude.....I know you're high.....but what the fuck ARE you smoking right now?" And then we turned the game on, and Lenard Nemoy would always give updates about the tank enclosure since you last visited. But he also insults you for playing too much. It had only been a few minutes since I last played, and he said "It's nice to have you back so.......soon. If one didn't know better, one might think you're a bit obsessed. It is not necessary to tend to Seaman so often. That's not to say we don't enjoy having your company, but you need not revolve your life around a fish."

Even in it's day it was not well known, or understood. It was a batshit insane concept, executed with crazy core concept ideas as the foundation, and then they just said "Who can we get as a voice actor for the title screen who will be taken seriously in the sci-fi genre, but also needs some money right now?" and there was Lenard Nemoy.

STOP DOUBTING ME!!! I'M SERIOUS!!! THIS GAME WAS REAL!!!!

And we need it back. I just put a dreamcast emulator on my phone, and was in the break room at work. Just as I pressed the talk button, I said "Hello Seaman" as someone walked into the breakroom. He looked over at me like "......what did he say?" and then he hears my phone say "Yeah.....hello......" in a sarcastic tone. And I pressed the button again and said "Tell me a story, Seaman" and then he hears my phone say "What?" And I did it again. And Seaman said "No. I'm mad at you right now". And I said "Why are you mad, Seaman?" and he flug his poo at me.

Oh, did I forget to mention that Seaman is ABSOLUTELY a dick? Yeah, he's a total asshole, but that's what makes it funny.

He eventually starts asking you questions about your life, and keeping a log of your answers. And then he'll get to know you based on your answers. He'll ask you if you have a girlfriend. If you say no, he'll say "Well, there's plenty of fish in the sea.....or something like that. Hey, don't look at ME that way! I'm not lonely enough to date YOU! sigh Though, I suppose I could do worse. You DO take pretty good care of me."

We all have a device in our pockets right now that has a microphone, and we can all have fun in public getting weird looks. WE NEED A NEW SEAMAN GAME!!! Preferably as an app on our phones, but I'll take console/pc ports. Whatever gets me talking to a fish.

Personally my family and I have all taken turns this December to get ill and it was my turn on Christmas eve and beyond. Still feel a tiny bit rough today and it was a struggle on Christmas day/boxing day but it all turned out nicely and we seem to be getting over it now.

Kids were actually considerate with no drama to deal with which helped immensely :)

Still have a couple more days until everything needs to come down (tree etc) so I'm going to chill for a little while yet.

I never thought I'd see the day. Big thanks to the collaborative efforts of everyone involved!

I've been enjoying TLD a lot over the past week or so. Walking over the trestle bridge is always fun(!) but at least it was a clear day this time.

For anyone who plays the game I started in Desolation Point. I'm making a point of not staying put anywhere and to keep moving so I only spent a few days here, and made friends with the bear which almost ended my run instantly, then moved on to Coastal Highway. On my way up to the train track to leave the area I met with another bear so had to go back down and recover for a day and half before finally leaving through the ravine (see picture) and now I am in Mystery Lake. I plan on doing a quick loop around the area and then I'm not sure where I'll go to next...

The Dreamcast has its very own Holiday classic, and it's called Blue Stinger. Regulars Brian, Harvey and Lewis are joined by friend of the Junkyard Dominic (Dreamcast Enjoyer on YouTube), to talk all about this misunderstood (and absolutely nuts) ...

https://ostrivgame.com/home/

I remember I went in to this blind when it was released because of a radio appearances by Paul Giamatti and some fascinating stories he told. It is a lot more thoughtful than the "Christmas comedy" tag would suggest and is full of amazing characters.

I'd welcome any recommendations from the community too if you have any favourite festive movies.

Are there any Squad 44 players out there? It was called Post Scriptum up until last year when new developers took over and started to revive the game. I believe a small mod team was given the task of updating/fixing the game and so far its been a stellar job.

This is the much anticipated Pacific Front update due late January/early February and with public testing starting soon.

Driving the M35 Mako is very tedious (and frustrating) but is good for screenshots.

I love a game set in the snow/winter. Something about it just makes games much more enjoyable.

excpet racing games :( not fun