Cyberdevil's Reviews

[Cat Attack]

Might've just sensed the fear. :) Animal instincts and all, though then again some cats just are crazy, didn't know animals could have epilepsy too, wonder if all species can...

What a story. Good to hear the ear's still there.

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[Bad Neighbors]

You've certainly been through some wild times and neighbourhoods in your day! XD This was a long one too... appreciate the story. It started so well too, fun times for starters...

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[90s TV - Figure It Out]

90s shows definitely were the shit! :D In multiple ways... don't think I ever caught a glimpse of this one though, might've been worth it...

That dog scene's bound to stick with me too now.

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[(Bug fixing) or trying to.]

Well it works. :)

Can this be used with text-based answers/codes too? If so you pretty much have an interface ready for unlimited quizzes and puzzles. Simple thing here but great potential!

Thanks for the medal.

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[awesome calculator]

Just missing that Cantaloupe medal now hmmm, wonder if it is entirely random or a clue in itself; there's a certain form of equation that'd award that one...

Math's never been my forte, but good fun! Nostalgic XP visuals are a nice touch too, and how the frame shakes during calculation; seemingly implying the calculator's really trying to process a complex problem, even with the simplest ones... nice comedic flare there.

Just may be the greatest calculator on NG fo rizzle.

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Deaen responds:

it's random, there's a chance it shows up instead of a result, it's a stupid medal but it's a reference to something else

[Windows 7 (1996)]

This is more like Windows 98 than Windows 7 isn't it, wrong title? ;)

Realistic representation of the OS though! And the sounds are there... fun; nostalgic little gadget.

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[Aalasteir / 8 / A200]

The energy in this one is just off the charts man! And you sound awesome however you try to sound. XD Voice Acting skills for real, I'm impressed!

You definitely do have to get to Sweden eventually! :D Great answer on that great question too. I suppose I already knew what you'd say, but not how. Well-worded. The journey's the goal fo rizzle!

Must have made a serious dish-related investment to be able to have them cover such vast expanses of rooms and other areas too. XD All of this food looks delicious too... some of the earlier ones could've maybe looked even better with a little more green, or other additional color, but they all look hella tasty. Plenty of nutritious stuff too, impressed in your cuisine too you kitchen fiend you! If you don't know about it there's a Baking/Cooking club in the Clubs & Crews forum, maybe you'd be interested. :)

The GTA games are pretty good at letting you blow stuff up too. XD Oughta try some of the ones you mention, haven't played the games you play the most yet...

Also thanks for the Inktober thanks man. :) And for reaching out then. Devil's Night turned out one of my favorite tracks last year. It may btw subconsciously also be a homage at least in title to one of my favorite rap tracks from back in the day, D12 have one with the same name.

As for how I met Kwing hmm... I don't know really! He's reviewed some of my stuff before, I might've reviewed some of his... I've known about him a long time, and seen him around the site, but it's only recently we actually connected, and he asked if I'd want to do the visuals for a game idea he had. Last year he gave me some advice on how I could improve the AS2 on my own game, so maybe that's when it all started. Happy with how that turned out anyhow, even if some people apparently are pretty critical about brawler strategies and mechanics and how such things should be. :) Personally I just love a good masher, doesn't have to be too complex.

Ten MORE ways to make NG worse?! XD Oh man... I think @LilSpook did a pretty good job on those with the last one, what could I possibly contribute that hasn't been said yet, hmm maybe:

1. Remove pagination, so content just loads endlessly and makes it impossible to navigate to a particular point within any selection or collection of content!
2. Combine all menus in a collapsible dropdown, so every menu item is a dropdown menu item of another menu item, so you have to open one menu item to reach the next menu item, all the way to the last menu item.
3. Generate a random emoji reaction for everything you post, that you have absolutely no control over. Additionally have an AI algorithm learn which emojis are most unsuitable in every situation, and have it apply specifically that.
4. Require a FaceBook login to login, track everything and send all user data to Zuckerberg.
5. Ban animations, and focus on short-form video material instead, though only allow these videos in .gif format with no sound so we still stand out against competitors like YT.
6. Make the max length of a video five seconds, as to really compete with TikTok and attract a more short-attention span audience.
7. Replace the frontpage with a Pac-Man game, where you have to complete a level each time you want to open the collapsible dropdown menu or play a submission.
8. Put all of the above behind a paywall, that only allows access to the one user who bids the highest for exclusive entry to the site.
9. Have all text be the same color as the background color, so you never get any unnecessary spoilers, and can choose to highlight just the text you yourself want to read.
10. Play the sound from a random YTMND entry every time you load the site, and have it loop endlessly until you win a game of Pac-Man. At which point it'll be paused for at least five seconds, so you can manage to view a full five second video if you happen to have paid enough to be current; exclusive viewer of the site!

That'd be pretty dystopian though hmm. :) Hope they do something about the one of these that actually is implemented, and may the rest never come to pass!

Awesome interview here. Didn't expect a monologue to be this fun but you went above and beyond with it! I mean I thought it'd be a MONOLOGUE, not an actual interview. XD Took this way beyond how ever far I could have assumed you could take it!

Awesome work. Learned a bundle too.

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[LilSpook / 7 / A200]

Very much enjoyed this one. Great conversational chemistry, great life lessons and elaborations on an unexpected field of work and upbringing too, actual theatre and acting... very cool. I probably ought do a bit more vocal warmup occasionally too hmm...

Quick wit with the Top 10 potential ways to destroy the site too, that was unexpected. XD

Glad you found your way here back in the day and continue to grace these grounds @LilSpook! Great hosting @Aalasteir. Great art @TheShokBlok.

Great episode all around.

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Aalasteir responds:

Thank you so much for your kind message. You have a kind heart and a great sense of positivity. I'm always happy to see you. Spook has a great personality, and it's very kind of her to share her experiences. Thank you so much for saying that the art is great. The art is amazing, and I'm really happy and grateful that @TheShokBlok like to make awesome art!

[Little-Rena / 6 / A200]

Aaa don't do me like that @Little-Rena! XD How and why did that potential for mutual NG OG recognition of coolness and comradery somehow wane away! Maybe it's the pineapple on pizza thing hmm...

Do appreciate the answers though, the humor, and this interview overall. Solid historical NG know-how, stories, deep-dive into culture and content and all from one of the most prolific content contributors here at the mo (you are leading the trophy count fo rizzle)!

Interesting bit on Hive-Clock history, didn't realize that was such an old account. And you've been apparently really lucky with Flash Rena! Crashes seem to happen with every project I work on, file corruptions less commonly but they do occur, bit surprising Adobe never implemented at least some auto-save functionality with the program.

In regard to that one vote per submission per account thing so much changed when they added that too, though it definitely was a good change. The order on the Top 50 shifted entirely, submissions that'd both been gradually upvoted and downvoted by the same users for years and years swapped places, and with only votes from a recent range of years now counting for all submissions, a lot of older ones suddenly had zero votes at all, especially in the AP, as old votes on those submissions weren't linked to user accounts. Took some time for all of that to stabilize.

Love the Knox throwback, I wish his movie dubs were still a thing too, on YouTube maybe they could be... they're some of the funnest content I've stumbled here to this day. And MiniClip was amazing fo shizzle, though a shame they cleared out all Flash games on their own site, they're fortunately still on NG. ArmorGames was a real force to be reckoned with too in that Flash game heyday, maybe they were they biggest two.

lmao at that Futanari discussion. XD I do appreciate your honesty @Aalasteir!

On the topic of Flash decompilers: I had to try one the other day actually when a project I was working on CRASHED on project preview. Fortunately the preview SWF was fine. Not sure how well any decompilers get around the built-in protection Flash has - you can choose to 'protect' a Flash file from import when you export it - but at least without that feature enabled this one worked really well: https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler

Though you lose directory structure with things like this, so it's harder to make sense of how everything fits together if you plan to actually do something with the entirety of it. Good for saving individual resources or getting an overview on code though.

lmao the conversation on potential gayness too! XD

Good info on all them ALTs too! Impressive number, had forgotten Noob Nation...

Nice convo y'all, and art @TheShokBlok!

So much substance in this one.

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Aalasteir responds:

Pineapple is always unstoppable. Thank you so much, I'm always happy to see you, Cyberdevil, my friend! Absolutely true, I was very shocked to hear Rena didn't experience crashes, a lot less common; that's a Clock Crew stat buff!

It's insane how much things can change by making different rules or changing them, and then the dynamics completely change how the user base behaves.

Knox made so many amazing animations; he is a legend. I just watched his dub of The Matrix. It's great that the dub has been saved; I feel saving copies is important because otherwise, we end up losing media. MiniClip was amazing; great selection of games. ArmorGames, absolutely, I remember them both very positively.

It has now become a fact: Futanari is now more unstoppable than pineapple.

Flash decompilers - I'm surprised that Flash can be decompiled. Thank you so much for the link; thank you so much for the tips. It's great that there is a possibility to get an overview of the code.

Super thanks to Shoko!

[TRICKY SWEET CLOWN!!!]

An iconic one. :D Appreciate that it's PG and all too, Tricky can be eh... tricky.

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[Happy Birthday TomFulp!]

'Gift For' huh, didn't realize you could have that role in sidebar credits now...

Awesome gift too. Presents him in the best possible way. Happy dude. Deserves all the cred in the world for the bread of this burb! #NGFOREVER

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[Bulma goes to Namek Challenge]

Bulma looking revved up and ready for something for sure, though uncertain what!

Nice form; typical Bulma-type expression too. :D

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