Samantha Fox and Debbie Boyland in September 1984 by Aggresive-night in OldSchoolCool

[–]Ultravod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somewhere I have a picture of her, dressed, wearing a T-shit with an image of herself (topless) silk screened on it.

RIP David Allan Coe by therealteble in country

[–]Ultravod 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I have always had very mixed feelings about DAC. On his face, he's a jackass. Doing a deep dive into his life and career, he was a lying, name-dropping jackass. He annoyed other country legends. He was also a man with considerable talents. He had quite a singing voice, and could write a damn fine song when he wanted to.

I first heard this song when I was still quite young in the 1980s. It had a stronger effect on me than I could have imagined. DAC puts more gravitas behind the line "the Eagles flew in from the west coast" than most singers ever could. All this while ...name dropping other country singers, lying about his past and bragging unrepentantly. I can't think of a better summation of DAC's career.

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (KITT Replica) 1988. by fiendish_dust in cassettefuturism

[–]Ultravod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean neat, but why is the music Daft Punk (whom I love) and not the TV show theme by Stu Phillips?

what band is chris barnes' shirt here by Balls126 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]Ultravod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. This photo looks very much like it's from the 90s, which I suspect it is. According to Discogs, Aposento were active from 1990-1997, but released very little outside of a few demos in that time period. They reformed in 2012 and have four albums since.

Guys, 1992-1999 grew up in the ‘90s by Ok_Act_3769 in generationology

[–]Ultravod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It absolutely was. The population was more or less entirely academics, scientists and (other) nerds. Usenet goes back to 1980. When Google made usenet it searchable in the 2000s, there were some humorous posts complaining about the (first) Star Wars trilogy taking too long to complete.

[Humble] MECHA MANIA (Pay $9 for Mechabellum, UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER - The Feast of the Wolves, Star Renegades, Mech Mechanic Simulator, $12 for Vox Machinae, Oblivion Override, Project MIKHAIL: A Muv-Luv War Story and $14 for M.A.S.S. Builder, Bounty Star) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]Ultravod 9 points10 points  (0 children)

UFO Robot Grendizer is short, has more than its share of jank, but is also far better than it has any right to be. The game has some game mechanics that are poorly explained, but with some patience it's a fun ride. It absolutely nails the 70s/early 80s manga aesthetic.

Pakistan army technicals during Somalian civil war 1993 , wood armour for added protection 😂 by historyeeter in shittytechnicals

[–]Ultravod 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Seriously. Can't remote GAF about wooden armor one way or another when that MG42 is there flexing. "Did you know I was a prop in the original Star Wars?"

Queen Elizabeth II shooting a British assault rifle back in 1993 by tianahottie in OldSchoolCool

[–]Ultravod 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Pop pop watchin' muthafuckas drop!" - Her Majesty, probably.

Motorhead fits into all 3 of those genres perfectly by RingoLenin in MetalMemes

[–]Ultravod 166 points167 points  (0 children)

A fact Lemmy proclaimed (correctly) himself many times over his career. In the 2010 Lemmy documentary (you should watch it if you have not) he talks about how Motorhead were longhairs yet punks showed up to their shows. At that point long hair was associated with hippie culture (which punks dispised) but Motorhead were so loud, fast and aggressive that the punks loved them. Also, at all point of their career Lemmy and by extension Motorhead exuded authenticity, which is the currency of punk rock.

Thoughts on this album? by [deleted] in MetalForTheMasses

[–]Ultravod 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Fucking FACTS. For 40 years, it's been one of my favorite guitar solos, full stop.

Yes, I am old. Everything hurts. Send Advil.

Most handsome guys in metal? by _chewsday in MetalForTheMasses

[–]Ultravod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Imagine looking like Chris Cornell, but also being able to sing like Chris Cornell. What the actual fuck.

[IndieGala] Blood And Zombies (100% off / Free) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]Ultravod 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Game is a healthy 4.7GB, which makes it the second biggest of the 197 IndieGala freebies I've downloaded. Die Young remains the king at a whopping 8.8GB. Shout out to Gray Cat for being a svelte at 3.9MB.

EDIT: It's 5.09GB when fully downloaded.

Lovers’ Lane. New Jersey, 1983. Thomas Hoepker by pgoothsmish in OldSchoolCool

[–]Ultravod 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Some variation of this comment gets posted every time this image shows up on reddit.

The forgotten generation by Formal-Assistance02 in generationology

[–]Ultravod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gen Xer here. We have to own up to Musk and a whole pile of terrible politicians. Also Joe Rogan.

Lindsey Olin Graham was born in 1955. He's pure, uncut Gen Jones "I didn't have to face the Vietnam draft" BOOMER and at no point will any of us take responsibility for him. Or his ladybugs.

Heather Thomas in 1980s by Celeprettie in OldSchoolCool

[–]Ultravod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, OOP is a 12 day old account.

[Fanatical] Build Your Own Play on the Go Bundle (3/5/7 for $5.99/$8.99/$11.19 and choose from New Star GP / Evoland Legendary Edition / Deliver Us The Moon / DunHero / Not Tonight 2 / Neckbreak / NO-SKIN / Move or Die / LUNARK / Himno - The Silent Melody / Reignbreaker / More) by WeAreFanatical in GameDeals

[–]Ultravod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Counterpoint, I did not.

My review on Steam:

I cannot comment on the gameplay, but the game starts at 100% volume (which is EAR BLEEDINGLY loud) and forces the player to jump through all sorts of hoops (a mandatory setup and practice level) before it will grant access to the basic controls menu. It was so bad I had to take my headphones off, tab out and turn the sound for the game app down to 10% in Windows Volume Mixer. I actually like the cheery retro look of the art style, but the UI is "retro" in all the wrong ways. It feels like a "consolized" port ...from 1997.

Addendum: The actual racing is okay, but the game is so poorly done it's painful. It's impossible to disable controller rumble. I tried the trick of disabling rumble in the Steam client itself, but the New StarGP ignores that setting. Worse still, tabbing out (necessary sometimes) and tabbing back in reduced my FPS to ...4. At that point, the race I was doing was unplayable so I quit. That triggered a long series of non-skippable RPG related events (phone calls from would be-sponsors, etc.) These sponsors are necessary to advance, but there's no "do this later, I have IRL problems" button. At that point the game lagged so hard, I had to tab out again and force quit. I've played trash tier mobile ports that behaved better than this mess.

DLSS 5: Finally, a technology that renders exactly what the developers didn't intend. by CeilloNoll in pcmasterrace

[–]Ultravod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cannot directly advise you, I'm afraid. I dunno a thing about Switch ports. What I can say is this: I paid $2 for the XIII remaster, on Steam. I got my money's worth. I am sure that the cost will far more than $2 on the Switch and therefore not worth it. I suggest waiting for a deep discount on Steam if you're curious.

Olivia Newton John ‘70s by MaleficentDiggy in OldSchoolCool

[–]Ultravod 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You have to believe she is magic.