fandom wikis are almost unreadable at times because of ads. Hopefully gfaqs doesn’t turn into same kind of crap.

I use gamefaqs all the time. Hope it's not tampered with too much, but happy it will likely be in a better position to persist. Like Ian, I like to read information and tips vs. videos and the quality of content seems to be better than most things I can find on KZfaq.

On the tattoo thing: the guy who painted my house is an artist. But he has no claim to it. A tattoo is a commission and belongs to the person it is attached to. The jury got this one wrong.

I'm dying over here watching Pat's disgust as he discovers the Stadia tattoo

As a Costco employee, you guys did us justice

"You are gargling Googles balls" 32:39 Best line ever...

To me text based walkthroughs are easier to follow them KZfaq videos also they easier to save your place in in case you need to look up something later

The last Blockbuster is in Bend and it’s a 3 hour drive from Portland.

For your piece on Smash bros you didn’t mention anything about in July 2020, numerous allegations of sexual misconduct were risen on over 125 members of the Super Smash Bros. community, which basically all took place at public events. It’s incredibly surprising to hear Nintendo would overlook well published controversy related to Smash individuals.

Jag was the most powerful cartridge based console until the N64. You misread it Pat. Doom proved it was quite powerful in right hands.

11:00 Ian getting a kick out of Pat lingering on the 'P' is so funny to me.

It's soooo messed up, a tattoo artist has no right to something they inked down on a body. They've sold it.

Yeah, it definitely seems weird to set a precedent where an artist has legal claims against a person's body should their image ever wind up used/publicized anywhere. I doubt anyone who purchases a tattoo does so with an understanding that in apparent perpetuity they will owe a kickback to the artist should pictures of their body with the tattoo (whether or not it is even central to said pictures) ever make money. Can tattoo artists, for example, sue social influencers who expose their tattoos in their sponsored posts? I have to assume this gets overturned.

Sliders! Yea! That show rules! You have good taste. I’ve been watching that show from start to finish several times a year ever since the DVD set came out.

That's so wrong. I'm an artist and I sell art that goes onto a lot of stuff. does that mean I partially own them all?

On the tattoo topic, Hasbro is putting out a line of NBA action figures, but is completely omitting all tattoos so they don't have to deal with potential lawsuits like this one about the wrestler in the video game.

The tattoo thing came up in the past with NBA games or college ball games. I think it's incumbent on public facing performers like this to secure the rights to their tattoos, because you ABSOLUTELY can buy the copyright when you pay to get a tattoo.

I'm loosing it the ending is fucking hilarious 😂

"We have not been in situations like this ever before" *TECTOY ZEEBO*

Pat talking about Stadia refunds: “That’s a chunk of cash.” A.) It’s Google, I’m sure they print their own money, and B.) it’s the Stadia. They wouldn’t be shutting it down if anyone had bought it. Jaguar had bad numbers? Sure, but I’m sure it did better than Stadia. I’m not sure about feeling bad about the developers though, as who thought Stadia was a good idea at the onset? If you are tempted to take the carrot they were dangling, plan an escape route while making the games so that you can save yourself.

The landlord decided to hire people to do the grass today after it had been raining for six straight days. “The grass” is now “the mud.” I have no recourse. I am so mad. … It’s 2:30 in the morning. 🎵”i’ve got tears in my ‘fro, ‘cause I’m standing on my head over you“🎵 - “The Crying Man” Rembrandt Brown

Re the tattoos. What about the fact that they had to reproduce the art digitally when they made the models for the games? The artist had an original design and they had to reproduce that art to insert it into the game without the explicit permission of the artist. I'm not sure how far this will extend to other areas but if the fighter didn't pay for the art to be reproduced the artist might need to be compensated.

Anyone else remember Stadia Shoes form the 80s? Having a whale logo on the side probably did not help promote the athleticism lol

Mike Tyson's tattoo artist sued the Hangover movie people. Ed Hardy has won similar cases as well.

Didn't the tattoo artist that did mike Tyson face tattoo sue over the hangover movies.

no comment on Google suing the guy for the rights to the tattoo???!!! missed opportunity...

I ate them white castle frozen combos

Ian, I hope your other computer is ok. Still enjoyed seeing the old stickers!

I think they also had to blur out CM Punk's Cobra symbol from GI Joe as well in games

can't charge $70 for a graphics update so they "remaster" it. ART work if copyrighted the owner can make you sign to there terms.

Look up "Harbinger of Failure". Researchers have identified a group of people who are drawn to products that eventually fail, and are studying their behavior to predict product failures in the future

The only other time I can think of that there was a lawsuit over a tattoo was in one of the Hang Over sequels. Mike Tyson sued that the makers of the film recreated his face tattoo

If Randy Orten or per Pats example, the Rock appears in a movie where his tattoos are visible there is no fair use case because the purpose of the tattoo is being essentially part of his body and is his choice to publicly display it. The tattoo artist is aware and okay with this, however when you make a video game character and use an artist to reproduce that tattoo design then you are infringing on the original artists rights. It does constitute a violation of fair use but of course cannot be linked to the success of the game. This case was decided properly on the facts and legal merit of the claims. Whether the dollar amount the artist received was worth what it cost to pursue the case is something only the artist can answer.

Just a heads up to Pat and anyone thinking of going to the last Blockbuster. It’s in Bend and is NOT just 20 min. away from the convention center. It’s at least a 3 hour trip. There is another really great video store not too far from the convention in NE Portland called Movie Madness. It’s worth the trip to check out if you are in the area.

On the Stadia topic. I said this elsewhere but I think the reason they gave total refunds is they were afraid of a class action lawsuit. Not as much for forcing refunds but with all the criticism of gatekeeping stores that take a large cut they don't want anything that could set precedent for future lawsuits against Play Store. It's cheaper in the long run.

I would pay to have you guys do a live morning show.

I hope looney toons doesn't go after me for the Yosemite Sam tattoo I got when I was drunk 30 years ago

Want a fun fact? Look up the winner of the 1993-1994 back-to-back winner of the Blockbuster championship.

One of the Costco executives LITERALLY threatened the life of a new executive when he tried to raise the price of the hot dog.

also on the stadia refunds, many countries have laws now where if you are shutting down a service (your game will no longer be supported online for example) you have to either release a build do people can still play/use what they purchased, OR refund the purchase in its entirely. So this is probably to follow laws.

It literally took me seeing that tattoo to realize the logo was an "S" and I own Google studia

Was Randy Orton featured in a game or was his likeness used? I would assume the moment they digitize it they are transforming the original art, where fair use comes in to play. This sounds allot like architect claiming rights over pictures of their work.

That's not true about the tattoos and art, it would only count if it was original artwork created by the artist which 85/90% of tattoos are not original art therefore cannot receive compensation as the art they steal does not compensure the creator. So this would count for a small group of creators and a few thousand is worth the trouble as artist make very little for their work.

If I cared at all about stadia and had time and money invested I would probably see about a class action lawsuit. Imagine playing a game on there for months and months and having it all removed. Sue them and set a precedent!

Your point on a company suing for using your couch, that can happen when your movie portrays sonething bad as they can claim brand damage right?

Imagine the money wasted on Stadia. How confused will people be watching the Game Awards from a couple of years back. Hilarious. Thanks for trying to kill the game industry Google.

Seems to me that, as the one receiving the tattoo, maybe one should arrange to have the tattoo created as "work for hire".

I had a buddy who literally got a job a day before the stadia announcement and then got it rescinded because it was apparently a stadia project

We are at the point where they have run out of video game ideas. There is the rare indie title that is still original but there are so many remakes now. Shadow of Colossus was on PS2, PS3, and PS4. GTA5 was on PS3, PS4, and PS5. Last of Us remade, Horizon Zero Dawn remade, Witcher 3 remade, Dead Space remade. Where are the new original games?

Pat! Hair! I'm sure it's more comfortable, but man I always loved that shaggy pat look. Ha

My best friend has been trying to convince me that nft is the future and keep saying they are already in the past and I'm not investing in them. It's like you said, they're optimism is so high unfortunately for them 😕

I still use Gamefaqs for retro game save files. PS1/2 mostly. Unlocking all the characters in Tekken 3 isn't hard or anything but too much of a time suck.

God Sliders was awesome the first 3 seasons!!!

just a thought. what if Nintendo’s new system was the Nintendo Entertainment System II Games. Dvd/BluRay, Streaming but also handheld etc. a whole Entertainment Ons Stop Shop System…

Tattooer chiming in here- the Orton fiasco is really dumb. The tattooer sold their design when Randy got the tattoo. The art is his now, period.

They had to recreate the tattoo for the game. That is why she won.

THX GUYS!!!

As someone who frequents GameFAQs message boards much more than he should, I can guarantee you Fandom didn't own them until they sprung the surprise announcement a few days ago.

At least Google Stadia users get their money back. I used to be an Onlive user back in the day and just got a "thanks byyyeee" when that shut down.

Bend is NOT 20 minutes out from Portland lol Try like 120 minutes!

Cant wait until Horizon 3 comes out and they have to remaster both 1 and 2 to add in what 3 added. and then when 4 comes out all 3 have to be remade and so on and so on.

Blockbuster is 3 hours from PRG

Think of all the money Google wasted on Stadia, that they could have instead invested on exclusives for their subscription service, like Apple did.

In regards tattoos, if money is exchanged i dont see why a tattoo artist has any say. If this "artist" wins then can it be used the other way around? Can an artist be sued for their work effecting the person?

I had high hopes with Stadia. When my console and pc broke. I had a couple of enjoyable experiences. Then xcloud came to my account and i completely forgot about stadia. I guess i am part of the problem.

I guess your going to have to agree to a terms of service before you get a tattoo now.

Graded video game speculators should stop trying to convince auction houses to engineer scarcity and go back to googling how to get away with arson. “Fluctuation” by definition requires a rise and fall. The GVG market is only doing the latter.

Sabrina Lloyd!

How many times have they remade shadow of the colossus

Hello Everybody!

To me, I bought the art/tattoo. It’s on me and I own it. You cannot go back and say it’s yours.

Pat, the Mets won 101 games and I’ve never been more down on them. What do we even do?

Call me grazy but didn't yatzhee give Stadia a fair and positive review? 🤔

Thank god im not the only one who says Super Switch. I hate the term Pro now. Cause everything that comes out has to have a Pro version. And I don’t want Nintendo to fall into the Pro market. And as long as Nintendo stays away from NEW too ill be good. Super Nintendo Switch sounds absolutely perfect

I would support $70 games if they did away with microtransactions and most DLC.

How egotistical does one have to be to get a tattoo of their own gamertag?

I think Fandom is pretty bad, only because their random wikis are unusable on mobile because of ads.

the fact that stadia lasted longer than the amico is hilarious since they were both bad ideas that never should have seen the light of day oh well at least stadia shipped and they did refund people

This generation is exposing Sony in ways that many outside of the Sony bubble saw years ago. Their vaunted exclusives have proven to have an anemic attach rate relative to their console sales, to the point that they're re-releasing these hat-on-a-hat remasters not even 10 years after the original release.

I think by willingly putting a tattoo on someone, you are understanding that your art walks out the door and can be photographed or used however that customer wishes. It is their body and their life. You should not control it. If you dont want your art distributed, put it on yourself. Dont put it on someone else's body that you dont control. This seems obvious if you truly wish to maintain control of your art. This is an obvious cash grab.

H:ZD getting a remake? A HD game that was released.. like less than 10 years ago? Smells like desperation over there. 70 funbucks for a HD mod. Not to mention the sequel was incredibly weird and off putting. What are they doing with that?

No no no no no! Gamefaqs is still current. Believe me. Nobody I know has the patience to hear some squeaky voiced player attempt to show us how its done lol. But seriously, speedruns are a great help. But Gamefaqs is and will always be the GO-TO place for any , if not , detailed and "verified" Codes & Faqs.

Google just experiment

Random thought fellas, don’t know if you’ll care but eh I’ll share. I’ve noticed many people these days calling GameFaqs, Game F-A-Q’s. I think it’s to avoid any chance of the word Faqs sounding like a homosexual slur. Algorithm stuff maybe?? Just throwing it out there in case that’s something you guys wanna consider. Makes no difference to me bc I never mishear it. Been using that site since it was new & I was like 7 or 8. Love me some GameFaqs. Also love me some podcast. Have a great week fellas! 🤘🏻

please guys Google are way smarting than u

You guys need a list of everyone who talked shit then months later is looking for a new career or is selling everything they own. 😂

it's funny how these guys always get off on others failures i think they got bullied alot as smaller children

I still use Gamefaqs lol, but I'm old.

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I still do gamefaqs too