@Guru_Larry I was writing to them too as an adult while I was trying to get my own graphic novels illustrated. I used to contact a lot of people back when I was writing Future Shocks trying to get into 2000AD and many other publications. I once asked Nigel Dobyn for advice and he was helpful and courteous. The contact also saw me talking to a guy who's cousin went to the same church as Doug TenNapel, of Earthworm Jim fame. While my new friend was too busy to finish the illustrations for our project, Doug seemed at least curious enough and interested to offer advice and some connection in conversation. I'm grateful but obviously nothing came of it. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Shame. Still, I think making it an animation would have gotten us a lot more attention, but at such an extra cost and at a time before any AI. (2011-ish?) So, much like a lot of projects it never got off the ground.
@GravyThief Do they pay well? Jokes aside, I wonder personally how much they'd charge if they made the Endgame. It's a clamshell with two screens. One 8" 7:3 on top and a 5" 4:3 on the lower section. It could emulate Switch and also be used as a phone. I mean, if they're willing to make bespoke PCBs and OSs.. well..
@Sketcz well, bear in mind, I am a jobless semi-disabled no life guy. But keeping up with game news and releases is all i have. And even in my old blind state I still see games as valuable as they were in the 90's, costing an arm and a leg. I don't really have time to play them though, but I obsessively notepad 10s of thousands of new interesting releases. I watch indie games channel on yt with Clement. He basically can do some of the insane work of aggregating them. But keeping abreast is very time consuming. Especially if you read slow like my diabetic ass. I'd share my notepad of my highest rated recent years releases, indie and otherwise as well as aftermarket releases. Huge list, it's all there. But not sure where, lol.
@Hexapus As an artist, is there an AI that has impressed you enough to be recommended for comic book panels or even animated work? I always look to use real artists but mostly because I'm a tech illiterate old fuddy duddy and because I don't have the funds, it has made me reconsider. Getting rough drafts of character designs I made (i'm no artist) into better cleaner versions seemed at least like the outline of it's use case.
Though I will be reluctant to add my assets to a system that might steal them.
@Hexapus yeah, it's rare to get a six button handheld too. I will continue to endeavour to this end. But If I could ever have success trying all the stuff I've tried and failed at- like being a musician, lutherie, inventions, writing graphic novels, games, and now trying to get Sega on board for a new gaming handheld too, It would be a miracle, honestly. I don't want to die poor and unknown!
@X68000 Maybe they're just testing the water for the launch of a better larger competitor to other consoles. Handhelds are booming and it's a cheaper way of Sega returning to the fold. I hope anyway, for obvious reasons..
I am based in the Northwest UK so this isn’t very good but I don't have a social media following anyway. I just figure out a better way to arrange handheld computers. What people/companies do with them is their business. But it would be nice to be acknowledged for once.
I have pitched a few handheld designs to Sega for a couple of years now. You may have seen them on /vr/. I am of the mind that Sega needed a powerful clamshell like the SAGE Harlequin.
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Re: Retroid Announces The Retroid Pocket Nova, A New 4:3 "Modern OLED" Handheld
They still offer no response to the Endgame.
Re: "You'd Never Be Allowed This Kind Of Freedom Nowadays" - Remembering Fleetway's Sonic the Comic
@Guru_Larry I was writing to them too as an adult while I was trying to get my own graphic novels illustrated. I used to contact a lot of people back when I was writing Future Shocks trying to get into 2000AD and many other publications. I once asked Nigel Dobyn for advice and he was helpful and courteous. The contact also saw me talking to a guy who's cousin went to the same church as Doug TenNapel, of Earthworm Jim fame. While my new friend was too busy to finish the illustrations for our project, Doug seemed at least curious enough and interested to offer advice and some connection in conversation. I'm grateful but obviously nothing came of it. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Shame. Still, I think making it an animation would have gotten us a lot more attention, but at such an extra cost and at a time before any AI. (2011-ish?) So, much like a lot of projects it never got off the ground.
Re: "You'd Never Be Allowed This Kind Of Freedom Nowadays" - Remembering Fleetway's Sonic the Comic
@Thad I've still got around 80 of the original STC in decent condition with posters still inside. Just need someone who's interested in them.
Re: Interview: "We Were Doing Nintendo A Favour" - Former Sega Head Of Marketing Al Nilsen on Genesis & The Birth Of 'Sonicmania'
Michael Jackson loved Altered Beast.
Let that sink in. I still have trouble believing it!😂
Re: "This Isn't Your Granny's Flip Phone" - Commodore Defends Its $500 Dumbphone
@GravyThief Do they pay well? Jokes aside, I wonder personally how much they'd charge if they made the Endgame. It's a clamshell with two screens. One 8" 7:3 on top and a 5" 4:3 on the lower section. It could emulate Switch and also be used as a phone. I mean, if they're willing to make bespoke PCBs and OSs.. well..
Re: "Like Seeing Your Dead Granny's Corpse Refurbished Into A Chair" - Metal Slug's Latest Entry Hasn't Gone Down Well With Fans
@Sketcz well, bear in mind, I am a jobless semi-disabled no life guy. But keeping up with game news and releases is all i have. And even in my old blind state I still see games as valuable as they were in the 90's, costing an arm and a leg. I don't really have time to play them though, but I obsessively notepad 10s of thousands of new interesting releases. I watch indie games channel on yt with Clement. He basically can do some of the insane work of aggregating them. But keeping abreast is very time consuming. Especially if you read slow like my diabetic ass. I'd share my notepad of my highest rated recent years releases, indie and otherwise as well as aftermarket releases. Huge list, it's all there. But not sure where, lol.
Re: "Like Seeing Your Dead Granny's Corpse Refurbished Into A Chair" - Metal Slug's Latest Entry Hasn't Gone Down Well With Fans
@slider1983 They’re alright for a time waste. A bit different from the art direction of the first, which I prefer. But overall worth a play.
Re: "We Have The Means To Fight This Case To The End" - Gaming's Most Infamous Trademark Troll Is Back
Me thinks he 'edge' too much..
Re: "Like Seeing Your Dead Granny's Corpse Refurbished Into A Chair" - Metal Slug's Latest Entry Hasn't Gone Down Well With Fans
@slider1983 I raise you Peggle 2. That could do with a PC release though.
Re: "Like Seeing Your Dead Granny's Corpse Refurbished Into A Chair" - Metal Slug's Latest Entry Hasn't Gone Down Well With Fans
@Sketcz Like Guns Of Fury?
Re: "This Is From Zelda, If You Didn't Know" - Test Footage Highlights The Danger Of Using GenAI In Video Game Development
@Hexapus As an artist, is there an AI that has impressed you enough to be recommended for comic book panels or even animated work? I always look to use real artists but mostly because I'm a tech illiterate old fuddy duddy and because I don't have the funds, it has made me reconsider. Getting rough drafts of character designs I made (i'm no artist) into better cleaner versions seemed at least like the outline of it's use case.
Though I will be reluctant to add my assets to a system that might steal them.
Re: Rumour: Sega Might Be Releasing A Low-Cost Handheld With Removable Game Carts
@Hexapus yeah, it's rare to get a six button handheld too. I will continue to endeavour to this end. But If I could ever have success trying all the stuff I've tried and failed at- like being a musician, lutherie, inventions, writing graphic novels, games, and now trying to get Sega on board for a new gaming handheld too, It would be a miracle, honestly. I don't want to die poor and unknown!
Re: Rumour: Sega Might Be Releasing A Low-Cost Handheld With Removable Game Carts
@X68000 Maybe they're just testing the water for the launch of a better larger competitor to other consoles. Handhelds are booming and it's a cheaper way of Sega returning to the fold. I hope anyway, for obvious reasons..
Re: Surprise! The Developers Behind Cuphead Just Announced A New 8-Bit Spin-Off For The Sega Master System
Blasphemous for MegaDrive when?
Re: Surprise! The Developers Behind Cuphead Just Announced A New 8-Bit Spin-Off For The Sega Master System
This is another addition to my todo list.
Yeek, I'm old.
Re: Sega Launches New Initiative For Online Content Creators
I am based in the Northwest UK so this isn’t very good but I don't have a social media following anyway. I just figure out a better way to arrange handheld computers. What people/companies do with them is their business. But it would be nice to be acknowledged for once.
Re: Rumour: Sega Might Be Releasing A Low-Cost Handheld With Removable Game Carts
I have pitched a few handheld designs to Sega for a couple of years now. You may have seen them on /vr/. I am of the mind that Sega needed a powerful clamshell like the SAGE Harlequin.