Best posts made by marcel

Name: Marcel
Located: Bratislava, Slovakia :flag_sk:

For a living I:
Design and develop educational games and apps

Non-gaming Hobby(ies)
Mixing and mashing up music and videos + Working out

Gaming Historical facts
I began gaming on a Commodore 64 and then moved onto a Windows 95 PC with a ton of DOS games. In the late 90s, I played a lot of Playstation 1 like @seppo91 @Brannox & others above (Final Fantasy VII, Crash and a LOT of demos). Also played a bit of Gameboy Pocket at the time (Tetris, Pokemon Blue and Mario). Afterwards I moved onto PC (C&C Generals, Battlefield 1942, Counter-Strike and many others) and somewhat later moved onto the Xbox 360 and eventually Xbox One. Currently planning on exploring VR via Oculus on Windows or Playstation VR.

Firm believer that
Games and virtual reality will transform the way we live, exercise and learn over the next two decades.

Champion of
Finding patterns or quick solutions others fail to see ;)

Stream: hypstamarcel
XBL: hypstamarcel
Battlenet: HypstaMarcel#2179
Instagram: hypstamarcel
Twitter: marcelklimo

Loving all the gaming histories above. ;)

At the end of May, after hearing that Easy Allies aren't planning on working on Release Calendars, I decided to put one together for June in the style of the traditional GT Release Calendars and in Easy Allies colors. Since Easy Allies aren't accepting fan-made content yet, I just published it on my own channel. Here it is:

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I am planning on making one for July with a slightly improved look and smaller texts. What else would you like to see in a Release Calendar video like this? Anything I should improve?

I've always loved Kyle's videos. They have just the right mix of honesty, uplifting humor and just utter craziness.

Maybe some of you have seen this but I wanted to share the following video, which is an incredible tribute to Kyle's shows on GT. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRijMzcvIQ

This just needed to become a GIF ;)

One of the allies @Jimmy-Good has been publishing a lot of gaming related videos on Youtube and he even mentioned his channel in his introduction here on the forums.

He just published a great summary of all the press conferences that I thought some of you might want to see:

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A lot has already been said in the various E3 threads on here but is there something in the press conferences that you would give a rating of "Critical Disappointment" like @Jimmy-Good did for EA Star Wars and Final Fantasy XV?

There are too many games that have had an emotional impact on me, so I will respond with a game that has changed the way I view video games ... once again.

It is a small title called "The Beginner's Guide" by Davey Wreden, who also worked on another fourth-wall shattering game called "The Stanley Parable", which many of you might have played. In "The Beginner's Guide", Davey shows you various games a friend of his created over the years. He narrates the whole thing and in the process tells a story of his relationship with this friend. I really don't want to spoil anything for those who do actually want to check it out; however, I will say why it was very emotional for me:

It has everything to do with something that is known as the "Imposter Syndrom", which is defined as a " collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist even in face of information that indicates that the opposite is true. It is experienced internally as chronic self-doubt, and feelings of intellectual fraudulence." Many successful artists in the world like Neil Gaiman, Tina Fey or Meryl Streep have admitted to those sorts of feeling of inadequacy. Polygon has even reported on this happening in the game development industry. I have felt a similar feeling in the past and continue to do so on many projects of mine.

"The Beginner's Guide" felt to me like a manifestation of this phenomenon in the form of a video game. If this sort of thing interests you in any way, definitely give this game a try. It is only 10 dollars on Steam and you might be able to get it cheaper during a sale at some point. Just keep in mind that the game is only about 2 hours long, so if you don't have the money, at least you can watch the video walkthrough below:

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I had a very emotional reaction while playing "The Beginner's Guide". I went into more detail in another post here on the forums. It comes down to the process the main character and narrator goes through as he tries out games created by his friend.

I also became extremely emotional when playing Proteus. I just can't figure out why ;)

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Like some of the other people in this topic, I think it was probably back in 2006, which would make it about 10 years at this point :) Wow, that's a long time.

Just to check, I went back to the Internet Archive and looked up what the website looked like back then. Here's a quick screenshot:

Who can still remember this? :)

@tomoko Yeah, I agree. In the age of digital downloads there is really no reason to release at least a time limited demo of a game ... especially on consoles.

Well, besides potential legal issues between developer/publisher/console manufacturer because somebody on the developer/publisher side might sometime feel that the console manufacturer is just "giving away" their content for free.

The Orc storyline was superior in both plot line and CGI. As you said, the casting was fairly awful on the human side (especially Lothar but Medivh just looked bored) and some of the magic scenes were just TERRIBLE. Especially the demon scene at the end with Medivh felt like an earlier episode of Doctor Who or a fan film.

@Hoken brought up the hammer blows. Those were just brutal!!! Loved that :)

But as you said in the end, I do not regret seeing this in the theater .. and I will most likely see the sequel if they make one. Although I would much rather see an anime or CGI movie in the Overwatch universe :D

And thanks for reminding me of Too Many Cooks. Now I'll have it stuck in my head for the next week or so XD

For those interested in VR, Gamespot did an interesting discussion:

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@jipostus Welcome dude :) We are all allies!!! Love & Respect ;)

It just has to be the final fight in Final Fantasy VII. It still gives me goosebumps when I rewatch it :)

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Thanks @selfconfessedcynic and @RoyalCactopi :)

Persona 4 Golden is probably gonna be the way to go then :) And having it on a Vita (planning on buying soon) might just be the only way to get through a 90+ hour game like that. Since I travel a lot for work, I've only been playing a lot of iOS mobile games and they become very stale and repetitive over time ;)

@DarthAmmii Hi Ambrose. Welcome :) What games are you playing right now?

Congrats on the launch!!! :) And how did I miss the launch??? 😳 Can't believe that I just found out about the site and forum through the Cup of Jones released today.

Reporting in from Europe :flag_eu: City of Bratislava in Slovakia :flag_sk:

Nice to see a couple of people on here from the old continent ;)

@Griffin Cool, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to playing around with the PS VR soon.

Does anybody on here have experience with PSVR, Oculus and Vive? How do they compare?

@UltimateBrent Sure :) Just keep in mind that if you ever need help, just holla. I bet there will be a lot of people like myself who would love to help ;)

@Nillend And congrats on the first blog post in the forum. Here is a small trophy :trophy: :thumbsup: