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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:36 pm
by Killer French Bread
Shum'up? What's that, a shut 'em up?!

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:47 pm
by Kaito-kun
I like calling them that. If I say "Shooter" people jump to the FPS genre. If I say "Arcade shooter" people think about Time Crisis/House of the Dead. So shum'up - shoot-'em-up.

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:53 pm
by The Captain
"Shmup" is a crap choice. It's a shooter. Need more? Space shooter. More still? It's like R Type.

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:26 pm
by Pitchshift3r
I know them as Shmups :p

HORROR! My purchase of Tomb Raider Underworld will not work! Getting DRM issues, so I have emailed GameFly! Though this morning I did buy Tropico 4 for £7.50, LA Noire for £5, and Transformers: War for Cybertron for £3.50 from GameFly (all PC versions).

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:03 pm
by Killer French Bread
Kaito-kun wrote: So shum'up - shoot-'em-up.
Heh, a curious interpretation of the 'shmup' term then.

I'm kinda like the captain and only really say shooter. None of my mates care about the games so it's not like I ever have to talk about them in real life anyway, and if I said shmup they'd probably just be shaking their heads in despair at how nerdy I sounded. I think I'm still being judged from when one of them saw deathsmiles 2 on my shelf.

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:01 pm
by Kaito-kun
Killer French Bread wrote:Heh, a curious interpretation of the 'shmup' term then.
Pretty much. "Shum'up" is how I kept pronouncing it my head and as such I tend to write it like that now. I've accidentally corrupted it. You've all made me feel silly now. Thank you.
Killer French Bread wrote:I'm kinda like the captain and only really say shooter. None of my mates care about the games so it's not like I ever have to talk about them in real life anyway, and if I said shmup they'd probably just be shaking their heads in despair at how nerdy I sounded. I think I'm still being judged from when one of them saw deathsmiles 2 on my shelf.
I think the judgement might've been more because of the lolis on the cover rather than the game's genre. Heck, even I felt awkward when Deathsmiles arrived in the post and I know I live a lot further down anime/manga lane than you.

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:16 pm
by Kaito-kun
I like shiny things. So I bought one of those "Chrome" blue Xbox controller today whilst milling around in ASDA.

Soooo shiny, although it bothers me that Microsoft still won't make their controllers with rechargeable batteries.

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:32 pm
by ShadowRemix
Bought IL2 Sturmovik: 1946, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Kaito-kun wrote:...Although it bothers me that Microsoft still won't make their controllers with rechargeable batteries.
Wait... they have recharable battery packs.

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:47 pm
by Kaito-kun
ShadowRemix wrote: Wait... they have recharable battery packs.
For an extra £20. Unlike the PS3 controllers which are rechargeable right out of the box.

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:49 pm
by ShadowRemix
Kaito-kun wrote:For an extra £20. Unlike the PS3 controllers which are rechargeable right out of the box.
£20!?!?!? Geez you guys are getting ripped off! I got mine for about £7 (If i did the conversion correctly).