tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post712799128316947339..comments2024-03-17T03:51:46.681-04:00Comments on Hardcore Gaming 101 - Blog: Club Nintendo advocates drugsDiscoalucardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206257399887664488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-6897527771981886492011-02-01T15:25:56.365-05:002011-02-01T15:25:56.365-05:00But did Mean Machines encourage drug use?But did Mean Machines encourage drug use?Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-77258242400348943062011-02-01T11:19:10.811-05:002011-02-01T11:19:10.811-05:00Remember sending off for these with cards you used...Remember sending off for these with cards you used to get in NES game boxes here in the UK. To be honest it took about 9 months for the first issue to arrive and when it did come it sucked. We normally used Mean Machines for all our NES information, instead of relying on Club Nintendo.King Tibbethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165391088265351320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-34954568723096236892011-01-28T04:49:02.196-05:002011-01-28T04:49:02.196-05:00Oh, I meant the south African one. I've downlo...Oh, I meant the south African one. I've downloaded the English issue now. It's not easily browsable because it's all individual PDFs, but the few pages I've opened seemed the same as in Germanyderboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288535824552284145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-195456174400664632011-01-27T12:57:36.295-05:002011-01-27T12:57:36.295-05:00Bah, ignore that last reply, stupid copy paste not...Bah, ignore that last reply, stupid copy paste not working...<br /><br />Dang, how did I think the two images were different. Maybe I was half asleep and didn't see all the text in the first WAS in the other one (d'oh)<br /><br />Ah HA, it was in a different country's publication of the mag. I guess I was a 'bit' close. Oh well, was a fun guess though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965952756282536466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-79077021134275407542011-01-27T12:44:41.906-05:002011-01-27T12:44:41.906-05:00Oh no, I was simply trying to guess how the quote ...Oh no, I was simply trying to guess how the quote was possible, just playing the guessing game.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965952756282536466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-58380799435989259422011-01-27T11:38:53.515-05:002011-01-27T11:38:53.515-05:00@adam_curran
The top image and the third image ar...@adam_curran<br /> The top image and the third image are quite obviously from the same article - if you click the DPS image you get a more zoomed in version and you see the same thing. I just took the two pics at different times - the top one using a lamp to attempt better lighting.<br /><br />It's also not fan produced. Is the presence of this drug reference really so difficult to believe? When I was in primary school in 1990 (or it could have been 1991, I forget) the first issue of KIDZ magazine (now defunct) came out. You paid I think two SA Rand (R2) for the issue and inside was this magazine as a supplement. <br /><br />I bought two copies of KIDZ that day, the other being for my brother who wasn't yet in primary school. He recently threw out a lot of his old stuff and so I took his copy of Club Nintendo and posted it to the dep ed of GamesTM, who is a keen retro collector.<br /><br />As for the text being identical to the official publication, which one do you mean? This is an official publication, redesigned for a different market (and with some clearly having a little too much fun with it).<br /><br />I've not read the German version, and my only other experience with Club Nintendo is from the NES-bit website which has a slightly different version to download.Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-72368100254887637262011-01-27T11:16:53.893-05:002011-01-27T11:16:53.893-05:00Different also to the English version on the NES-b...Different also to the English version on the NES-bit website?Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-60033687525111189892011-01-27T08:14:55.331-05:002011-01-27T08:14:55.331-05:00I have the German issue with that cover, but IIRC,...I have the German issue with that cover, but IIRC, the content was entirely different.derboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288535824552284145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-24322073662805999172011-01-27T03:53:53.033-05:002011-01-27T03:53:53.033-05:00Edited the main entry with an explanation - or at ...Edited the main entry with an explanation - or at least an educated guess.Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-74404736707430816192011-01-27T00:26:03.958-05:002011-01-27T00:26:03.958-05:00Atari Raccon here on my reborn old google account
...Atari Raccon here on my reborn old google account<br /><br />Well, Nintendo DOES endorse sex phone lines now, since the phone number you find in Who Framed Rodger Rabbit now connects to a phone chat line.<br /><br />But correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the top image and the thrid image two different articles with the same slogan on them?<br /><br />Was this actually a 'second' produced version ment to help fill distribution needs, since Nintendo had a hard time filling the demand for the requested free copies of the mags. Or was it 'fan' produced ;) ? Especially since the text seems identical to the official publication.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965952756282536466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-80513336454173940262011-01-26T18:58:37.467-05:002011-01-26T18:58:37.467-05:00I seem to remember seeing this picture elsewhere, ...I seem to remember seeing this picture elsewhere, but I can't remember if an explanation was offered as to why it occurred. <br /><br />It might be derived from the name of the stage on the course select screen: Snow White Line. "White lines" yield "speedrush"? It's probably incorrect, but it's the best explanation I can muster.gogogoldberghttp://www.twitter.com/gogogoldbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-44952820384876460502011-01-26T16:33:18.460-05:002011-01-26T16:33:18.460-05:00srs bsnssrs bsnsX-pert74noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-59017799395228607142011-01-26T14:19:37.217-05:002011-01-26T14:19:37.217-05:00Zack, I stopped paying attention to your juvenile,...Zack, I stopped paying attention to your juvenile, barely controlled rants after you went and posted that ludicrous and insane diatribe against me and this website on the Gameroom Blitz forums. You have some serious mental health problems, and I advise that you seek some kind of counselling or anger management for your outbursts. Or just grow up.<br /><br />An easy way to verify this is that I had sent a second copy of the magazine to the deputy editor of a leading UK games magazine, a friend of mine, who could have quite easily posted here or on his official twitter confirming it. Though frankly after your irrational outburst I'm reluctant now to drag him into this. <br /><br />As you aptly quoted me, the clue to this mystery is: "on behalf of Nintendo" as opposed to by Nintendo themselves.<br /><br />And another clue is this page, which has a version of Club Nintendo to download:<br />http://www.nes-bit.com/?page_id=2818<br /><br />The full explanation (or at least my understanding of the situation) will go up when I can be bothered. Probably tomorrow - assuming Zack has taken his medicine.Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-40532059186482158242011-01-26T11:48:45.986-05:002011-01-26T11:48:45.986-05:00Yeah sure, this isn't a hoax, just like the Ch...Yeah sure, this isn't a hoax, just like the Christopher Walken thing wasn't a hoax. <br /><br />Shouldn't it be completely obvious from this?<br />"I will say this: the image is not a hoax. I have said issue of the magazine, and it does indeed say that, and it was officially printed on behalf of Nintendo in its Club Nintendo magazine."<br /><br />You know what Sketcz? This is usually the part where I chide you and etc, but this time I'm not even going to analyze why this is stupid or even criticize you. If people continue to fall for your idiotic pranks then damnit they deserve everything they have coming to them.<br /><br />Just remember that most people aren't stupid and know about "fool me once, fool me twice" and that you're not just risking your professional reputation but also that of HG101 as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-21883889999905987902011-01-26T04:47:02.134-05:002011-01-26T04:47:02.134-05:00...I'd like to hear the explanation :p...I'd like to hear the explanation :pX-pert74noreply@blogger.com