Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

3 hours ago, IntelliMission said:

The Internet hasn't helped, with people spending more time debating about games than playing them. You won't see this things happen with movies, books, comics or music.

Believe me, I've witnessed dumb "debates" about all of those except books...Unless you count political texts, hehe.

27 minutes ago, The Wren said:

There is a kind of tofu that sounds like "SATAN"...is it vegan or merely vegetarian? I just had some and it was great!

I'm not sure but my parents used to make Seitan (or "Satan") subs with tofu cheese.  They were on this big macrobiotic kick in the late 80s and that was the only thing I enjoyed that they cooked.  I remember telling people that steamed Kale was like chewing gum because it never seemed to dissolve.  You could spit green for hours with that stuff

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Another thing I always wondered was there was this character in Dragon Ball Z whose name appeared to be Satan but I always took it for Seitan because he looked tough but was as soft as tofu.

Lol

I could be wrong but that's the way I took it.

By the way, I now love tofu and think of it as one of my comfort foods because it reminds me of growing up when I was forced to eat it.

Oddly enough both my kids love it too.

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Question...will that Twitch interview be on YouTube?

I only caught like 10 minutes of it because we are in the process of moving and it's hard to watch a twitch stream while carrying boxes up and down stairs.

(Though I tried)

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3 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

Question...will that Twitch interview be on YouTube?

 

I only caught like 10 minutes of it because we are in the process of moving and it's hard to watch a twitch stream while carrying boxes up and down stairs.

 

(Though I tried)

 

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I heard its supposed to be on YouTube at some point.

Watching some Madlittlepixel live.

Difference between haters and people on here is we love all kinds of YouTubers.  Madlittlepixel said he was cancelling his Amico order and I didnt bat an eye.  He's great and will stay great.

Haters are all or nothing.  There's no nuance in them.

Like I said I dont judge people based on whether they like ALL the exact things I like.

That would be a boring way to live.

1 minute ago, Michael Garvey said:

Watching some Madlittlepixel live.

 

Difference between haters and people on here is we love all kinds of YouTubers.  Madlittlepixel said he was cancelling his Amico order and I didnt bat an eye.  He's great and will stay great.

 

Haters are all or nothing.  There's no nuance in them.

 

Like I said I dont judge people based on whether they like ALL the exact things I like.

 

That would be a boring way to live.

Amen brother.  Its all about character in my book.

35 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

I'm not sure but my parents used to make Seitan (or "Satan") subs with tofu cheese.  They were on this big macrobiotic kick in the late 80s and that was the only thing I enjoyed that they cooked.  I remember telling people that steamed Kale was like chewing gum because it never seemed to dissolve.  You could spit green for hours with that stuff

 

 

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Whatever this thing was it was "spiced to taste like mushrooms" and it really did. Thing is i don't like tofu normally...but this thing i could eat all the time in such a fashion...as well it was brown i don't know what made it that way it was just damn good!

Great Reddit AMA, Tommy. 90+ percent positive again. Did you expect that? No stoppin' this train!

1 hour ago, Battlefish said:

The Internet hasn't helped, with people spending more time debating about games than playing them. You won't see this things happen with movies, books, comics or music.

but in the real world say at bars and so forth, you'll see people talk about and debate movies, books, music etc. but rarely if EVER video games.  The internet is the realm of games so thats where they are discussed. If you dont want to hear anyone hating on games, just head out into the real social world, its almost as if games dont even exist out there.

8 hours ago, AtariSociety said:

I had a dream lats night that awoke me right around the witching hours... and it was for a new Amico character and game.

Out with Puffy and in with ENSO.

I mean next to Tony... so many Italians with the name Enso.  lol.

The game was based in what appeared New York or Boston...  and Enso was running around throwing moist pizza dough at the nasties... guessing Zombies from all the virus issues right now.

The dough appeared to wrap there faces and slowed them up... and a 2nd dough ball would kill them... suffocating from all that dough on them.  

Anyway... welcome Enso... the new Mario of the Amico world.

By the way... the zombies bleed Pizza Sauce and cheeze... looked kinda good actually and it is now lunch time here.

If I could draw I would draw what Enso looked like but imagine a short fat Italian.... running around flinging pizza dough....

Oh shit... it kinda looked like me!

TJ

This reminds me of another pizza-themed game that's in the works:

https://pizzatowerguy.itch.io/pizza-tower-demo

This is coming April 10th at 9pm.

PHEW!!!  That was one helluva Reddit!  About 7 hours straight!

It was like answering about 50 pages of AA Q&A's!  Wow! 

Only 2 douches that tried to spoil the fun but we're quickly put in their place.  That fake thread just goes to show how amazingly immature and obsessed with me they are.  Clearly they dumbasses who got BANNED from here yet continue to read about me every day.  A real bad case of Tommy Derangement System.  Hahhaha!!  The fact that they obsess so much just proves that we are on to something BIG and there is nothing their immature wacked out daddy issue minds can do about it.  Suck it fellas!

Changing gears...

Here's a really cool and in depth article that just hit today!  This is a big industry website.  Very cool!
 

https://gamedaily.biz/article/1680/intellivision-amico-receives-10000-preorders-only-needs-180000-sold-to-hit-break-even-point

2 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

THE CEILING FAN MYSTERY HAS BEEN REVEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 minute ago, Intellivision Master said:

This is coming April 10th at 9pm.

I really enjoyed this one.  I wish there were more female gamer podcasters/youtubers out there!

7 minutes ago, Swami said:

Great Reddit AMA, Tommy. 90+ percent positive again. Did you expect that? No stoppin' this train!

Yeah!  I think I only saw 2 negative things out of almost 200 comments!  So that's more like 99%! 

7 hours ago, BigDumer said:

Just a heads-up for any who are new to reddit.  I found a fake AMA here: 

This thread was clearly created by someone who has read the forums and is very familiar with Tommy's responses. It's set-up to make fun of (or at least poke-fun-at) Tommy.  Make sure you go to the CORRECT AMA:

 

 

Imagine all of the time those bozos wasted today thinking and obsessing over me.  It's fantastic!

They fail to realize that this just pumps my ego up even more!  You're not doing it right if someone isn't complaining and stalking you.  Hahhahaa!

Thanks fellas!!!

5 hours ago, jaybird3rd said:

I wish I could bet money that it was one of the same losers who have been creating so many headaches for us over here.  Every time I think I've seen the lowest they can go, they always find a way to prove me wrong.  I guess they truly have nothing better to do with their miserable lives.

They literally don't!  Imagine that! 

As pathetic and sad as it is, I think it's hilarious that they get little boners over me every waking moment.

Imagine... each and every day they wake up they scour these threads and YouTube as well as read my Twitter and Facebook and watch EVERY video and EVERY interview.

They are literally deranged.   Gotta love it! 

4 hours ago, Starpaddler said:

Hi Tommy,

 

      Just curious (and I’m sure you got this covered), but with your advertisement of where VIP’s were ordered from around the world, have you had any issues with export licenses?

 

From my work in past positions, I know those can get pretty burdensome.  

My folks are still sorting that out.

1 hour ago, The Wren said:

OK...so i tried to be a part of the Reddit AMA today but I've never been on there and couldn't figure out how to post to save my life...So first of all big thanks to AA for being so user friendly. I was able to read a bunch of things in there and seeing how almost everyday in here is AMA I've got a few questions...

 

-Controller 2 packs on launch looks like a yes...what about colours...will i be able to get a 2-pack of woodgrain controllers to pimp out my FE? Or just B&W available?

That's the current plan.  Different colors.

1 hour ago, The Wren said:

 

-How many Physical media are you looking to have at launch?

No idea at this point.  Still a lot of things to determine.  Hoping to have at least 30% - 50% of the library.  But too early to tell.

1 hour ago, The Wren said:

 

 

As well, barring a super fantastic subscription service for physical media can we get notification as to the what, where, and when ahead of time by being on the Intellivision Amico mailing list? I gotta catch em' ALL!

Absolutely!

1 hour ago, The Wren said:

 

-There is a kind of tofu that sounds like "SATAN"...is it vegan or merely vegetarian? I just had some and it was great!

Yeah... it's Seitan.  And it sucks.

1 hour ago, The Wren said:

 

-The golden tickets I've been collecting with my IE store purchases....is there something coming for those that you would be able to share at this time?

Different monthly give-a-ways.

1 hour ago, The Wren said:

 

-My daughter says your console will be the best console because it has emoji charades on it...is she correct?

 

Cheers All...stay safe!

Damn right!!!!!!!!!!!!

She's gonna LOVE that game!!

17 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

THE CEILING FAN MYSTERY HAS BEEN REVEALED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Its magic I tells ya.

Its gotta be magic.

Tommy hired some David Blaine type to make that fan miss.

Hahahahaha 

😂🤣😅

7 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yeah... it's Seitan.  And it sucks.

Hey I like that stuff.

😁

7 hours ago, BigDumer said:

Just a heads-up for any who are new to reddit.  I found a fake AMA here: 

This thread was clearly created by someone who has read the forums and is very familiar with Tommy's responses. It's set-up to make fun of (or at least poke-fun-at) Tommy.  Make sure you go to the CORRECT AMA:

 

 

I really wish I had that kind of time in my day!

I want to thank @Tommy Tallaricofor taking the time to do the Reddit AMA, the turnout was amazing and the questions asked were awesome and his answers were insightful and genuine.  I was ghosting it all day looking out for trolls, there were a few but Tommy stepped in and dealt the killing blow a few times so I did not have to get all sunshiney up in their arse!  Reddit is an odd community, I actually spend a lot of time there helping GrudgeQ build up the Amico Reddit by positing discussion , etc... So it was good to see Tommy take on that medium so strongly,  as redditors we are a qwirky bunch. 

On a side note there will be no more Countdown videos as all my Amico news is now on reddit all 7 pages  Thanks Tommy