Avatars! What are you sportin' and why?

Bass Destruction wrote:

marakh wrote:

Bass Destruction wrote:

marakh wrote:MIne is the Boss, a character in Metal Gear Solid 3 (video game). Only game that I know that has such a deep story and so touching characters. Sad that only video games that go on TV are Guitar hero and Wiifit...or GTA to convince parents that video games are damaging kids' minds

Don't know if you've played MGS4, but that game is absolutely stellar. Sadly it was my first Metal Gear Solid experience, and my friend had to explain a lot of the back story to me. The game in all took me about 40 hours to beat, so needless to say, extremely deep. It's really good.

Yeah Ive done them all (even the old ones on MSX, the psp versions...).
MGS 3 is definitely the best IMO in terms of character depth and story (during the cold war). ANd that russian James Bond vibe was definitely epic.
MGS4 is definitely top notch in terms of production value, gameplay etc. But MGS3 is the only video game ever made that made me cry... The ending is too sad.
I definitely recommend you to check out the Trio collection (MGS1,2,3) that 504Heater is talking about. In terms of gameplay and graphism it will probably feel pretty old, but the story is gonna make you scratch your head :pirat:

EDIT: Heres a good appetizer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JcajevKJEI&feature=PlayList&p=AB5D50F8402748FA&index=0&playnext=1

I'll definitely check out those videos, thanks... Unfortunately I bought the PS3 that's not backwards compatible with the PS2, and when I got the PS3, I gave my old PS2 to charity. Figured some kid would use it more than me. Hopefully they'll release it on the PSN or something, and i'll be able to play it on there. Time will tell.

shabbs wrote:Mine's Hugh Dillon. Pic taken from the movie "Hard Core Logo". He's also the lead singer of my all-time favourite band The Headstones (now defunct).

shabbs wrote:Mine's Hugh Dillon. Pic taken from the movie "Hard Core Logo". He's also the lead singer of my all-time favourite band The Headstones (now defunct).

Bass Destruction wrote:

shabbs wrote:Mine's Hugh Dillon. Pic taken from the movie "Hard Core Logo". He's also the lead singer of my all-time favourite band The Headstones (now defunct).

You can now see Hugh on the CBS/CTV show Flashpoint, a Canadian made show which has been picked up by the americans. I like it very much. He also sang a song for the show during the first season called "Lost at Sea". You can hear it here:

http://www.ctv.ca/mar/static/programming/hughdillon.html

shabbs wrote:Mine's Hugh Dillon. Pic taken from the movie "Hard Core Logo". He's also the lead singer of my all-time favourite band The Headstones (now defunct).

Tukker wrote:also, we should do a topic about handles :D

marakh wrote:
Yeah Ive done them all (even the old ones on MSX, the psp versions...).
MGS 3 is definitely the best IMO in terms of character depth and story (during the cold war). ANd that russian James Bond vibe was definitely epic.
MGS4 is definitely top notch in terms of production value, gameplay etc. But MGS3 is the only video game ever made that made me cry... The ending is too sad.
I definitely recommend you to check out the Trio collection (MGS1,2,3) that 504Heater is talking about. In terms of gameplay and graphism it will probably feel pretty old, but the story is gonna make you scratch your head :pirat:

SeawaySensFan wrote:
Great band, I simply call them "The Stones" because they were more relevant than the other Stones in the nineties as far as I'm concerned. My buddy has the Headstones logo ring.

The did a show in Lancaster, Ontario near the end of their run. Very nice.

DashRiprock wrote:Funny thing Shabbs is that I used that same avatar over at HB lol. The Headstones and more importantly Hugh Dillon has become in the last few years one of my favourite bands and I support all his works, from the Stones to Durham County to Flashpoint and all the points between. Kind of funny that only up until a few years ago he had only really a cult following but now thanks to the mainstream media work he is becoming a household name.

My biggest regret is never seeing the Headstones perform live.

DashRiprock wrote:I guess you have to eb a fan to appreciate a band. Had I seen the Tea PArty live prior to becoming a fan I likely wouldn't have enjoyed it either.

DashRiprock wrote:Funny thing Shabbs is that I used that same avatar over at HB lol. The Headstones and more importantly Hugh Dillon has become in the last few years one of my favourite bands and I support all his works, from the Stones to Durham County to Flashpoint and all the points between. Kind of funny that only up until a few years ago he had only really a cult following but now thanks to the mainstream media work he is becoming a household name.

My biggest regret is never seeing the Headstones perform live.

SeawaySensFan wrote:I still say Barstool Prophets are a lot better than CHEZ 106 favourites, The Hip, for example.

DashRiprock wrote:For me at least I cannot be forced into liking something, it just has to happen.

I'll agree with you that the best music is probably the music you never really hear about.

If anyone was ever a fan of the now defunct Canadian bands The Tea Party, I Mother Earth, you can now catch ex-TTP drummer Jeff Burrows, former IME frontman Edwin, ex-OLP guitarist Mike Turner and ex-Zygote bassist Amir Epstein in their new project, Crash Karma.