Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

58 minutes ago, BiffMan said:

I always feel the need to enact the Silkwood shower scene after I visit Reddit 

As a long time Reddit user and Reddit Mod I find your statement highly..... accurate.

5 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

As a long time Reddit user and Reddit Mod I find your statement highly..... accurate.

Yeah, AA is a frickin' paradise compared to the snake-pits of most forums, facebook pages and youtube. You can always tell someone from the snake-pit when they put the laughing emoticon to your comment when it's not a joke. I really don't think that was the point of making the laughing emoticon available; To mock other posters.

You know how they say prisons make better criminals? I think snake-pits make nastier snakes. Welcome to the future.

5 hours ago, RetroAdvisoryBoard said:

Whatever.. the system has a lot of ways to thrive.

 

Even if people are like "yeeeeaaaah, I really don't want to spend more time with these people than I'm legally obligated to by state laws and child protective statutes.", this [virus] is going to be with us a while.  We're going to be on edge as outbreaks happen, we're a way from a vaccine.  

But also, there's the other side of society. Those of us who live alone. I'm pretty effing lonely right now, climbing the walls. I would love to have my friends over for burgers, beer and a few games on this thing when this is over with. FaceTime & phone calls are no substitute for a real human near you. And isn't this the point of Amico in the first place?

Also regarding us live alone people going nuts right now, forget toilet paper. Condoms will be out of stock when this lockdown breaks. 😍

5 hours ago, RetroAdvisoryBoard said:

 

Intellivision has to get the message in front of hundreds of millions.  Just need a lot of sunlight.  We all come from various vintage-era gaming interests and bought in, some less Intellivionistas than others.  

 

They only need low adoption numbers in the hundreds of thousands.  They know the product can work, investors bought the vision - so it's execution.. market reaction of course, which could be fickle, but I think enough will take.  The world's a changing place, and despite all we think, good products still flop.  But it's hard to see this not reaching those lowest sales targets.  We're all evangelists, right?  I mean, shills.  I mean, Kool-aid bingers.  Whatever.. the system has a lot of ways to thrive.

 

Even if people are like "yeeeeaaaah, I really don't want to spend more time with these people than I'm legally obligated to by state laws and child protective statutes.", this [virus] is going to be with us a while.  We're going to be on edge as outbreaks happen, we're a way from a vaccine.  

 

Could just be, as we're all thinking now, come October, November, the marketing comes out and they're all "God, that woulda been perfect, where were they in March/April?  I'm planning ahead, not going to be stuck exploring the gloop at the bottom of the Netflix bucket, not again."

I don't think it's a walk in the park to do well, but, really, the PS2 GameTrak sold 500,000 units and it only had a boxing game and two golf games. I know the Amico will do very well.

1 hour ago, BiffMan said:

I always feel the need to enact the Silkwood shower scene after I visit Reddit 

More like the Crying Game

6 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

But also, there's the other side of society. Those of us who live alone. I'm pretty effing lonely right now, climbing the walls. I would love to have my friends over for burgers, beer and a few games on this thing when this is over with. FaceTime & phone calls are no substitute for a real human near you. And isn't this the point of Amico in the first place?

 

Also regarding us live alone people going nuts right now, forget toilet paper. Condoms will be out of stock when this lockdown breaks. 😍

Probably be like when prohibition got lifted, too, so surges in alcohol plus horny = ?

32 minutes ago, IntellivisionDude said:

I started watching wrestling around 1985 with WWF and later NWA when we got cable around 87-88. I don't watch wrestling anymore but i know i'm probably missing out on good stuff these days. I used to go watch a local promotion a few years back. But i stopped that too. I do miss the old days. I was the most hardcore wrestling fan up until the mid 2000's. But it was time for me to move on. Every week on WWE it was John Cena vs Randy Orton and it got so boring plus listening to Michael Cole every week. And on TNA i never could stand Mike Tenay's voice. The wrestling can be great but the announcers can take you out of it. I kept hearing great things about ROH and now AEW but i could never get myself to tune in. I think i prefer to live in the past. But would love a new wrestling game that was a throwback to the past. I always meant to get into Fire Pro Wrestling for PS2 but it came out just as i was losing interest. I bought it and put it on the shelf and didn't touch it and eventually sold it. Been thinking of getting another copy and giving it another chance. 

Aew is a hard watch. Sometimes has sone hood but so much silly stuff to take you away. But potential  in a few years.  Roh dropped the ball and picked it vs k up by working with the nwa.

If you want to be a fan.i suggest go to youtube watch mlw fusion and nwa power. Both.are on YouTube mlw is on bein sports as well.  Mlw think  the von erichs works class from dallas mixed with mid south ... sprinkle some ecw a d throw in lucha libre.  I haven't watched wwe in forever or tna. 

Just mlw , nwa and I'm a fan of new japan.

4 hours ago, OEB_Pete said:

wow this is the first really negative comment I have seen for my AMico stuff "  This makes me Sad   James needs an OEB hug

 

 

James C. 

 

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Oh look, Tommy has another Amico Shill Bitch! Did Tommy give you a ride in his car and give you a T-shirt like he did Smash JT?

 

 

There is a Jay & Silent Bob solution to this.

I happened to be looking at the XBOX website and noticed that a lot of the information about the Series X is about its fan and cooling features.  In fact, most of the information is all about the power of the processor and how great its cooling system is.

This got me wondering, is Amico going to even have a fan?  Does it even need one?  

And if it doesn't, does it have any mechanical moving parts?  I only wonder because those are always the things that fail in consoles. Disc drives break down. Hard drives fail. Fans stop spinning. I don't see anything like that on Amico and was wondering if I was missing something.  Are the buttons on the controller about the only thing that could mechanically fail?

I have nothing bad to say here,and if I ever stray from being positive about the Amico or anything else,everyone feel free to call me out on it!

I agree that random negativity just for the sake of it has no place in this forum.

Oh and by the way, I hope everyone has a great day!👍

33 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

There is a Jay & Silent Bob solution to this.

 

That's a great clip and a pretty funny movie.

I am proud to say most of it was filmed on stage 19 and 20,and many of the location shots were done as well,at CBS Studio Center,where I have worked for the last 26 years.

Thanks for posting that Mr. Blarneo!😃

@Swami I read your whole post and you bring up a lot of great points.

@RxScram can you please tell John Alvarado so he can be pleased with me ?

😁

@Swami

"EDIT: Uggh, you could write a book on this. "

It looks like you just did....😅🤣😂😆

But seriously that was a well thought out post and I was actually able to get through it even though I have a short attention span.

1 hour ago, Swami said:

Yeah, AA is a frickin' paradise compared to the snake-pits of most forums, facebook pages and youtube. You can always tell someone from the snake-pit when they put the laughing emoticon to your comment when it's not a joke. I really don't think that was the point of making the laughing emoticon available; To mock other posters.

 

You know how they say prisons make better criminals? I think snake-pits make nastier snakes. Welcome to the future.

I want to laugh at this post but I'm confused as to whether that would be appropriate.

52 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

So the guy's name is Joe, but Tommy calls him Tony the entire time.  And Joe just couldn't bring himself to correct him.  Too funny.

I do want to correct Tommy on something he said.  Early on, he made a comment about how game makers pale in comparison to those who served in the military.  I just want to say that video games are a big part of life for people in the military, and especially when deployed overseas.

I deployed twice with the Navy, once on a ship and once to Iraq. Video games were a huge way for us to entertain ourselves and keep ourselves sane. On the ship, we would play games constantly.  We'd have FIFA tournaments on the mess decks. Something like the Amico would have been a god-send if we could have had up to 8 people playing at the same time. When I was in Iraq a few years ago, gaming was also huge. The USO and MWR had gaming rooms set up so that we could go in and play games in our free time.  I used to go play FIFA all the time with a guy I worked with from Turkey.  The problem is, the games were PS4/XB1, and they were complicated. Just setting them up and getting a game going required logging in with certain accounts, getting online connected, and all of this other stuff that prevented us from just playing.

Now Amico is coming out, and all I can think is how amazing something like this would have been. People of all skill sets, from all different countries, could come together and just have fun.  Because at the end of the day, that's all we were looking for. We wanted to hang out in a relaxed environment and just forget the fact that we were away from home and our families for almost a year. Amico, not requiring an internet connection, having up to 8 players, and being accessible to people of all skill levels, is like a dream come true. If you haven't contacted the USO or MWR yet, then you might want to.  Amicos in USO facilities around the world would be simply amazing. It'd make a lot of sailors, soldiers, marines, and airmen really happy.  

6 hours ago, The Wren said:

wait wait...so that night stalker shirt you've been wearing on interviews is coming to the store in April?

Wouldn't that be something™

34 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

So the guy's name is Joe, but Tommy calls him Tony the entire time.  And Joe just couldn't bring himself to correct him.  Too funny.

 

I do want to correct Tommy on something he said.  Early on, he made a comment about how game makers pale in comparison to those who served in the military.  I just want to say that video games are a big part of life for people in the military, and especially when deployed overseas.

 

I deployed twice with the Navy, once on a ship and once to Iraq. Video games were a huge way for us to entertain ourselves and keep ourselves sane. On the ship, we would play games constantly.  We'd have FIFA tournaments on the mess decks. Something like the Amico would have been a god-send if we could have had up to 8 people playing at the same time. When I was in Iraq a few years ago, gaming was also huge. The USO and MWR had gaming rooms set up so that we could go in and play games in our free time.  I used to go play FIFA all the time with a guy I worked with from Turkey.  The problem is, the games were PS4/XB1, and they were complicated. Just setting them up and getting a game going required logging in with certain accounts, getting online connected, and all of this other stuff that prevented us from just playing.

 

Now Amico is coming out, and all I can think is how amazing something like this would have been. People of all skill sets, from all different countries, could come together and just have fun.  Because at the end of the day, that's all we were looking for. We wanted to hang out in a relaxed environment and just forget the fact that we were away from home and our families for almost a year. Amico, not requiring an internet connection, having up to 8 players, and being accessible to people of all skill levels, is like a dream come true. If you haven't contacted the USO or MWR yet, then you might want to.  Amicos in USO facilities around the world would be simply amazing. It'd make a lot of sailors, soldiers, marines, and airmen really happy.  

You said it Shipmate. When did you serve? I was in from 92 to 02. Managed to make it around the world twice in those 10 years.

@Tommy I second his motion to talk with MWR and/or USO.

2 hours ago, wolfy62 said:

I have nothing bad to say here....

Nothing?  NOTHING!?!?   Why so negative??

😁

3 minutes ago, jsmith73 said:

You said it Shipmate. When did you serve? I was in from 92 to 02. Managed to make it around the world twice in those 10 years.

 

@Tommy I second his motion to talk with MWR and/or USO.

I was Active 2001-2006.  I serve in the Reserves now and my day job is working at the Naval Base in Norfolk. I never did make it around the world though. Just from the East Coast to the Middle East a few times. I did meet some great people though, and have some stories that I'll never forget. 

35 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Wouldn't that be something™

Imagine  that

1 hour ago, Michael Garvey said:

@Swami I read your whole post and you bring up a lot of great points.

 

@RxScram can you please tell John Alvarado so he can be pleased with me ?

😁

 

@Swami

 

"EDIT: Uggh, you could write a book on this. "

 

It looks like you just did....😅🤣😂😆

 

But seriously that was a well thought out post and I was actually able to get through it even though I have a short attention span.

John Alvarado is no longer (nor was he ever really) disappointed in you.

(He asked me to make sure that you knew he wasn't actually disappointed in you when he let me use his slack quote yesterday. I thought that might make you feel better. 🙂 )

11 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

I was Active 2001-2006.  I serve in the Reserves now and my day job is working at the Naval Base in Norfolk. I never did make it around the world though. Just from the East Coast to the Middle East a few times. I did meet some great people though, and have some stories that I'll never forget. 

Sea stories are best told with copious amounts of beer.

2 hours ago, vongruetz said:

I happened to be looking at the XBOX website and noticed that a lot of the information about the Series X is about its fan and cooling features.  In fact, most of the information is all about the power of the processor and how great its cooling system is.

 

This got me wondering, is Amico going to even have a fan?  Does it even need one?  

And if it doesn't, does it have any mechanical moving parts?  I only wonder because those are always the things that fail in consoles. Disc drives break down. Hard drives fail. Fans stop spinning. I don't see anything like that on Amico and was wondering if I was missing something.  Are the buttons on the controller about the only thing that could mechanically fail?

Currently the design intent is for natural circulation airflow. There is no fan. We still have to do environmental chamber testing to see how it performs in hot environments, but our models all suggest that it will not need active cooling. We do have design provisions in place in case it does become necessary, but we're pretty confident.

The console has the power button, and the controller has the buttons and the disk assembly. Other than that, there's not much that can mechanically fail. 🙂  We're currently working on some mechanical stress testing to cycle the controller buttons and the disk assembly to the point of failure. The buttons are rated for a million cycles, and the disk is a unique enough design that it shouldn't have any failure mode at all.

59 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

I just want to say that video games are a big part of life for people in the military, and especially when deployed overseas.

Yep. EVERYBODY had at least 1 video game system when I was in the Marines. Here's the interesting part: a lot of those guys that weren't really into video games had the Wii. Maybe some other stuff as well, but the Wii was a lot more popular than you'd think it would be. Pretty sure the Wii section was the biggest section in most of PXs that I went to. The smaller ones like the one on Futenma had a more or less even distribution of PS3, 360, and Wii, though, although the smaller PXs usually didn't have a great selection of games.

The popular image of a Marine is some muscular dude who spends his entire life either at the gym working out or on a battlefield shooting people, but the truth is that the average Marine is a 19~21 skinny nerd who spends most of his time chilling in his room watching anime or playing video games.

11 minutes ago, RxScram said:

John Alvarado is no longer (nor was he ever really) disappointed in you.

 

(He asked me to make sure that you knew he wasn't actually disappointed in you when he let me use his slack quote yesterday. I thought that might make you feel better. 🙂 )

Oh thank goodness. 

I had been crying for days and days.

(Even though it has not been days and days...)

Tell John Alvarado he's great and @RxScram you're pretty great too. 😊