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lol. Counterpoint: It seems possible that opening the ability to stream games via this service also might open up the market to indie and fringe developers. I.e., for those of us who are (primarily) console gamers, something like this is actually much more likely to make me abandon a platform and, essentially, have a much wider of potential games to play. So, in a way, this could have the opposite effect, and open kids up to a much wider array of video game content. (not saying I even 100% believe that, just a thought) Of course that's a valid point but it will most probably end up being another source of "directed freedom" : you can access all those games at a steady price but an algorithm decide which games will suit you best, based on all the other thing you do in your life, and you'll end up being trapped in a limited list of things that a non-human system will think is the best for you. That's probably already a thing with Steam, but here the tight integration within the Google ecosystem is what's frightening me. I'm pretty sure that, for example, the games you'll play on their system will have a strong influence on the videos you will come across on YouTube ! I'm probably just freaking out, streaming and downloads are not the end of the world but I don't know, it's kind of sad.

The Stadia thing is imo one more scary incursion from Google, I hate seeing them in every part of my life. I'm not interested in streaming games really but I already see how young kids will grow with that shit and just play the latest Call Of Fifa game ever and ever and ever, their game libraries being narrowed down by the same company who will already handle their music, videos, phone calls, etc. Shit I'm not even 30 and already ranting about how crappy the future looks like because I'm afraid of that change ha !

Honestly I never saw anybody getting in troubles for smoking joints in festivals or in closed venues. It's illegal but most of the time people are just asked to throw their blunt away and eventually hand the stuff they carry. That being said, omitting an AFX concert just for those considerations is a bit weird imo [emoji14]

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10 years already... it hurts !

I'm surprised no one mentioned the OP-Z's first expansion module ("oplab"). At 159€ it seems a little pricey but the sync options via jack are more than welcomed lol, I have a lot of troubles synchronizing my stuff with the OP-Z, especially my volca-fm !

It's my opinion and definitely not a general consensus but PORTLAND hit me the hardest.

Very very cool :braindance:

Dude that attempt at "humor" is embarrassing. Seriously that forum deserves better.

From what I read on the Nintendo Switch subreddit, people were quite happy with Nintendo's Customer Service. There's a chance it will be guaranteed and you won't have to pay for anything (hope so !)

Sounds closer to Elsex than NTS imo. I did not hear any Exai tracks within the live sets but they were made using the same system tho. Exai sounds to me more and more like a sketch of what would later become AE_LIVE / Elseq / NTS ! And it's my least favorite release of the bunch

I first lol'd when they announced it during the Nintendo Direct but Tetris 99 is surprisingly addictive !

That's weird. The "up" thing (basically a premium ticket) is indeed 99€ but the regular ticket price is 69€ !

Yeah just saw that new retail price... I thought they were producing the OP-1 again because of the crazy 2nd hand market prices but they're selling it even more expensive.

Whoah nice Bleep exclusive ! Ian Anderson really outdid himself on that one !

It will be my first time as well !!! My GF, who is not braindance-headed is coming with me nonetheless haha.

They go on sale tomorrow at 12 (Paris time). Can't wait!

IT'S OFFICIAL :aphexsign: He's playing on sunday !

Was about to post how awesome the Denver set is but in the meantime I gave Portland a listen and it's probably the best current era Autechre I've heard

I can see plenty of reasons not to like festivals (sound quality, crowd, overpriced food/drinks etc) but tbh I don't see why you'd care about the lineup ? A 1-day ticket for Rock en Seine is cheaper than the tickets for the Berlin show lol. Anyway, according to their Instagram account they will announce some artists names tomorrow at 6pm (GMT+1)

I was just thinking the other day about the 2008 live patches they released, and how mind blowing it would be to discover some AE_LIVE patches in a hidden folder on their website 10 years from now!

Omg that could actually be my first Aphex gig :w00t: The festicket website says tickets will be available on February 15th but it seems like you can already buy it on their website already. Probably will be a 1-day ticket purchase for me as well lol. Wait and see I guess !

Well that escalated quickly.

Binding of Isaac heads will feel the pain : I was only a few rooms left from completing the Purist challenge (with a Bible as the active item) and died like a dumbass because I did not knew that sacrifice room + missing poster do NOT unlock The Lost while doing a challenge run. Sorry but I had to get it off my chest

this is mostly an autistic criticism of their naming convention as a pseudo file name with the underscores and dates etc. if you’re gonna tease us with filename style titles, at least have it be functional inb4 a "[POLL] What's the best way to rename the recently released Autechre sets" thread opens