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Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Raiden on October 21, 2005, 08:11:27 pm
Check this (http://kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=2639&NEXTID=0&PREVID=2669&DISPLAYORDER=20051012140126&CAT=movies&NSFW=0&page=1&genre=0&rating=nsfw_sfw) video out guys, it's pretty damn cool and interesting. Maybe Nessie has relocated from Scotland...
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on October 21, 2005, 08:35:16 pm
Seen it before, and I am quite certain (along with several others) that it is most definately fake.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Nuclear1 on October 21, 2005, 08:36:50 pm
Wow.

This could be good.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: vyper on October 21, 2005, 08:44:37 pm
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Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.
Seen it before, and I am quite certain (along with several others) that it is most definately fake.


Stranger things have been found.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Carl on October 21, 2005, 09:15:34 pm
It must be the body of Murray, the mighty demonic skull.  

http://murrayskull.ytmnd.com/
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Nuclear1 on October 21, 2005, 10:12:38 pm
Damn you, Carl. That's awesome! :D
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on October 21, 2005, 11:04:55 pm
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Originally posted by vyper


Stranger things have been found.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon


It's not the content that makes me think its fake. It's the fact that I've known about this vid for about a month or more and have yet to see it cited in any other sources.
Title: Re: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Mefustae on October 21, 2005, 11:24:20 pm
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Originally posted by Raiden
Check this (http://kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=2639&NEXTID=0&PREVID=2669&DISPLAYORDER=20051012140126&CAT=movies&NSFW=0&page=1&genre=0&rating=nsfw_sfw) video out guys, it's pretty damn cool and interesting. Maybe Nessie has relocated from Scotland...
Oooooooooooooh boy, that's fake. A good fake, but fake nonetheless. Look at the aeriel shot of the "skeleton", it's bloody CG...!
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Unknown Target on October 21, 2005, 11:24:25 pm
Definately fake, but very cool. (It's obvious, to me at least, that the images are edited - the final image of the creature is way washed out, the close-ups have human markings on them, etc) :)
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Janos on October 22, 2005, 12:14:01 am
Heehee, that video has a Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) in it. It's a short-range migrant from central North America, and very few have ever been recorded outside Nearctic region - it's uncommon even in Central America and there are 4-5 sightings from Western Palearctic, some of which seem pretty suspicious.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: karajorma on October 22, 2005, 03:52:15 am
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Originally posted by Carl
It must be the body of Murray, the mighty demonic skull.  

http://murrayskull.ytmnd.com/


That's bugging me now. What game is that originally from? I keep thinking Simon the Sorceror but I'm not certain.
Title: Re: Re: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Fragrag on October 22, 2005, 05:05:38 am
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Originally posted by Mefustae
Oooooooooooooh boy, that's fake. A good fake, but fake nonetheless. Look at the aeriel shot of the "skeleton", it's bloody CG...!


A better look if its CG is the ending, nothing could be less obvious!
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Raiden on October 22, 2005, 09:31:59 am
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Originally posted by karajorma


That's bugging me now. What game is that originally from? I keep thinking Simon the Sorceror but I'm not certain.

The Curse of Monkey Island! Amazing game, like most of Lucasart's output a few years ago.

And, on another forum I've seen this one, everyone is pretty sure it's a fake. The bit that totally ruins it is when that woman is saying, "I'd heard legends of huge creatures that lived here..." That's just stupid, and really made it seem a bit more unbelievable.

I did so want this to be real though, I love stuff like this.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Primus on October 22, 2005, 09:44:00 am
It would awesome if it were real. :p
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: karajorma on October 22, 2005, 10:30:02 am
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Originally posted by Raiden
The Curse of Monkey Island! Amazing game, like most of Lucasart's output a few years ago.


Don't remember him at all from the game. I guess that means I've forgotten all the puzzles sufficiantly enough for it to be playable again. Who Hoo! :D
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: aldo_14 on October 22, 2005, 10:50:41 am
Defo fake (albeit a good one).  You can see the blurry composition on the last shot in particular.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: delta_7890 on October 22, 2005, 11:15:28 am
I can't believe no one has caught onto this before..  *sigh*

This is a case of Viral Marketing, specifically for a game called Shadow of the Colossus.  It was just released last week.  It's made by Team ICO, the same people who (duh) made ICO a few years ago for the same system.

I got SotC the day it came out, and it's absolutely fantastic.  The game world is stunningly beautiful.  The framerate suffers as a result, but it never becomes unplayable.  The entire game focuses on defeating sixteen Colossi.  There are no minor enemies, no puzzles (except for the Colossi themselves) no "collect so many items to proceed!" nonsense.  Every gamer should at least give this game a try.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: aldo_14 on October 22, 2005, 01:09:41 pm
:doh:

Of course.  I thought it was viral marketing for something, just nothing came to mind.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: pyro-manic on October 22, 2005, 01:48:30 pm
I gotta get that game. But I need to eat.... :(

This one's pretty damn good as well: http://www.paleoshilling.nl/whatsnew.html

:D
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Raiden on October 22, 2005, 03:59:04 pm
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Originally posted by delta_7890
I can't believe no one has caught onto this before..  *sigh*

This is a case of Viral Marketing, specifically for a game called Shadow of the Colossus.  It was just released last week.  It's made by Team ICO, the same people who (duh) made ICO a few years ago for the same system.

I got SotC the day it came out, and it's absolutely fantastic.  The game world is stunningly beautiful.  The framerate suffers as a result, but it never becomes unplayable.  The entire game focuses on defeating sixteen Colossi.  There are no minor enemies, no puzzles (except for the Colossi themselves) no "collect so many items to proceed!" nonsense.  Every gamer should at least give this game a try.

Oh, wow. I was actually going to crack a joke about that, I had no idea it was actually anything to do with it.

And you're lucky you're able to play it, us Brits have got to wait until next year to play it! Once again, the PAL regions get royally screwed.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: aldo_14 on October 22, 2005, 04:12:47 pm
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Originally posted by Raiden

Oh, wow. I was actually going to crack a joke about that, I had no idea it was actually anything to do with it.

And you're lucky you're able to play it, us Brits have got to wait until next year to play it! Once again, the PAL regions get royally screwed.

*sniff*
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Raiden on October 22, 2005, 04:36:21 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14

*sniff*

Breaks your heart, don't it? :sigh:
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: vyper on October 22, 2005, 05:03:43 pm
Right lads, time to go imperial on their asses.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Flipside on October 22, 2005, 05:05:44 pm
[ Imperial March ]

Finally, we will put the Hertz on them...
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: delta_7890 on October 22, 2005, 10:54:24 pm
Yeah, I've never really understood the long wait between NTSC and PAL.  There isn't THAT much coding difference between them, is there?

In some cases though, you guys get rewarded with some nifty extras, like with most Konami games, and even ICO.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: achtung on October 22, 2005, 11:02:34 pm
My question is why do the two even exist?  Why not just use one or the other?
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: Grey Wolf on October 22, 2005, 11:41:29 pm
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Originally posted by delta_7890
Yeah, I've never really understood the long wait between NTSC and PAL.  There isn't THAT much coding difference between them, is there?

In some cases though, you guys get rewarded with some nifty extras, like with most Konami games, and even ICO.
Different framerates and resolutions.
Title: Giant Skeleton Found In Tsunami Aftermath
Post by: aldo_14 on October 23, 2005, 07:33:09 am
It's the multi-lingual support mostly, I think.  Most EU games ship with the likes of Spanish, Italian, German and French as selectable languages.  (not sure about portuguese, dutch or the Eastern European languages, actually)