The Walrus's Lead-Free Roulette -- now exploring every roulette submission ever

[The Walrus]

Wow! Very close, Rich; not 'rigged' but 'wicked'; not 'crest' but 'quest.'

I'll post the full thing here in a sec, because it's close enough. Good jerb, folks 

Impressions to come, um... whenever I finish listening to the last batches. 5.5 hours of music  I've been taking a different approach this time, replaying one group multiple times before moving on to the next, but I'll run through them and see what the first impressions are since hangman is over.

[The Walrus]

Round 2 Submissions

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jingle.boy: Damian Wilson
1. Commune
2. Tapestries
3. Life on Mars
4. Please Don't Leave Me
5. Homegrown

Train of Naught: The Weeknd
1. In Your Eyes
2. Blinding Lights
3. Hardest To Love
4. Heartless
5. After Hours

Puppies_On_Acid: Janelle Monáe
1. Many Moons
2. Faster
3. Cold War
4. BaBopByeYa

Sacul: Justice
1. Genesis
2. D.A.N.C.E
3. Newjack
4. Phantom Pt. II
5. DVNO

Bolsters: CHVRCHES
1. The Mother We Share
2. Gun
3. Graffiti
4. Wonderland
5. Never Say Die

Shadow Ninja 2.0: CHVRCHES
1. The Mother We Share
2. Lies
3. Clearest Blue
4. Leave a Trace

Buddyhunter1: Revo (Bravely Default)
1. That Person's Name Is
2. Wicked Battle
3. Wicked Flight
4. Serpent Eating The Ground

Podaar: Vince Gill
1. Take Your Memory With You
2. Liza Jane
3. One More Last Chance
4. These Days
5. If I Die
6. Guitar Singer

Indiscipline: Stevie Wonder
1. Contusion
2. Sir Duke
3. Master Blaster (Jammin')
4. They Won't Go When I Go

HOF: Sweet Billy Pilgrim
1. Kalypso
2. Just Above Midtown
3. Chasing Horses
4. A Shelter of Reeds

Evermind: Enigma
1. The Gate
2. Seven Lives
3. Gravity of Love
4. Endless Quest
5. Goodbye Milky Way

romdrums: Squarepusher
1. Star Time 2
2. Hellow Meow
3. 4001

Elite: Ulver
1. All the Love
2. England
3. It Is Not Sound
4. Southern Gothic
5. Nowhere/Catastrophe

ariich: Submotion Orchestra
1. Finest Hour
2. It's Not Me It's You
3. Hard to Stay

wolfking: Icehouse
1. No Promises
2. Touch the Fire
3. Don't Believe Anymore
4. Can't Help Myself

Stadler: Elvis Presley
1. Suspicious Minds
2. She Thinks I Still Care
3. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
4. An American Trilogy (Live at the Honolulu International Center)

kingshmegland: Joe Jackson
1. I'm The Man
2. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
3. Steppin' Out
4. Be My Number Two

Big Hath: Jason Isbell
1. Alabama Pines
2. Elephant
3. Cover Me Up
4. Last of My Kind

[ariich]

Wow! Very close, Rich; not 'rigged' but 'wicked'; not 'crest' but 'quest.'

Those... are definitely much better titles.

EDIT:

I've been taking a different approach this time, replaying one group multiple times before moving on to the next, but I'll run through them and see what the first impressions are since hangman is over.

That's a cool idea. I think I'll always prefer to do all first listens together if I can (unless some people are running a bit late) so first impressions are on an equal basis, but I might try the batches idea too. Maybe not for the regular rounds in my current roulette, but definitely for the EPs (as I'll have a lot to take in), and possibly for future roulettes.

[Evermind]

Wow! Very close, Rich; not 'rigged' but 'wicked'; not 'crest' but 'quest.'

Those... are definitely much better titles.

Endless Crest

[The Walrus]

If I had endless Crest I would never have to buy toothpaste again. A man can dream

[Evermind]

Something Rigged This Way Comes

[The Walrus]

Something Rigged This Way Comes

I know, the election's not far away.





I hope this was the joke you were trying to make. Pointing out the obvious since 1991!

[ariich]

Something Rigged This Way Comes

[Buddyhunter1]

If I win you can claim the results were... wicked

[Crow]

CHVRCHES - The Submission We Share

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Some fantastic music in this round.

Also I read that Vince Gill song as smile Lane like 3 times before I realized that is not the name of the song.....

[Crow]

btw if you're Really Damn Lazy here's a 100% longplay of celeste
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgIFUiNX2y2Fp0CjT_G6eE9uTq_3mefva

please play this game. it's incredible

[The Walrus]

I do feel bad I haven't bought it yet. Next time the bug bites to play my Switch, I'll grab it. I have no excuse, the developer made Jumper which are omfg great games

[Crow]

tbh i recommend it on PC because it just feels better to play on keyboard. it really requires 8-directional precision that most joysticks don't give (if you have a gamecube controller for your switch then that should be fine? those ridges mean everything)

it's probably the best platformer i've ever played by itself but it's also beautiful graphically and musically with a great core message and aside from like, a few eeHHH levels and a few other screens in levels i'm not particularly fond of it's about as close to perfect as you can reasonably expect any game to get

it can be brutally hard though but that's part of the fun for me  the main campaign is generally not too bad except towards the end but the optional content is all way harder (and hella fun tbh)

[wolfking]

Wolf, you know you want this tee.

Fucking beautiful. 

[The Walrus]

tbh i recommend it on PC because it just feels better to play on keyboard. it really requires 8-directional precision that most joysticks don't give (if you have a gamecube controller for your switch then that should be fine? those ridges mean everything)

it's probably the best platformer i've ever played by itself but it's also beautiful graphically and musically with a great core message and aside from like, a few eeHHH levels and a few other screens in levels i'm not particularly fond of it's about as close to perfect as you can reasonably expect any game to get

it can be brutally hard though but that's part of the fun for me  the main campaign is generally not too bad except towards the end but the optional content is all way harder (and hella fun tbh)

If I can play it with the D-pad on the pro controller I should be fine, yeah? I don't feel like using my PC atm, in fact it's not even hooked up currently. I'm used to Matt Makes Games's difficulty - those Jumper games and Dim are absolutely ridiculous at times - and the videos I've seen look like I'd probably acclimate really fast. It was on sale for $10 recently and I just don't know why I didn't grab it lmao ayyyy

[Buddyhunter1]

I beat all of the B and C sides with the Joy-Con's analog stick, you'll be fine

[Crow]

i mean, you can absolutely beat them with the stick it'll just be more annoying

and i don't trust the tiny baby d-pad on the switch controller lol i dunno

[The Walrus]

Holy SHIT this round is strong

Ya'll are really gonna make me sweat writing up the results this time

[Buddyhunter1]

I told you it's all downhill from here!

[Crow]

when the sequel is the best in the entire franchise and then every subsequent entry is just trying to reclaim the glory of that one entry

(i actually already sent all my entries so that basically means i have no intent of trying to recreate what was already successful though, haha)

[The Walrus]

Cyril gets 8.1 for every round in every roulette for the rest of time

This is the way

[Crow]

I'd rather be blessed with a 4/10

[The Walrus]

8.1 = 4/10, prove me wrong nerds

[Crow]

when the scoring metric goes from 7.8 to 9.2 then it's roughly a 2.1/10, actually

[romdrums]

Wolf, you know you want this tee.

Fucking beautiful. 

OMG I WANT THIS!!

[Elite]

Ah there's Ulver, should have got that sooner.

All the Love
England
It Is Not Sound
Southern Gothic
Nowhere/Catastrophe

Great selection, could be lots of people here.

Doing Ulver within 20 minutes was very hard to do There were a bunch of tracks I wanted to have in there as well and this doesn't even really contain my own favourites, but fitting in longer tracks was a little impossible without showcasing the different sides this group has.

[jingle.boy]

8.1 = 4/10, prove me wrong nerds

That must be the same math that proves Africa is the greatest album ever laid to tape.  *NOW* I get it.

[The Walrus]

8.1 = 4/10, prove me wrong nerds

That must be the same math that proves Africa is the greatest album ever laid to tape.  *NOW* I get it.

Well no that's just wrong. Toto IV is the greatest album ever laid to tape, Africa is the greatest song. Check your work!! 

[jingle.boy]

8.1 = 4/10, prove me wrong nerds

That must be the same math that proves Africa is the greatest album ever laid to tape.  *NOW* I get it.

Well no that's just wrong. Toto IV is the greatest album ever laid to tape, Africa is the greatest song. Check your work!! 

Oh ... yeah.. right.  I forgot to carry the SQUARE ROOT OF YOU'RE FUCKING NUTS. 

[romdrums]

8.1 = 4/10, prove me wrong nerds

That must be the same math that proves Africa is the greatest album ever laid to tape.  *NOW* I get it.

Well no that's just wrong. Toto IV is the greatest album ever laid to tape, Africa is the greatest song. Check your work!! 

On a related note, I just got my dad's vinyl and cd collection from his widow, and I've been going through some of that.  My Dad was a huge Toto fan, so he's got a lot of their stuff on both CD and vinyl.  The title track from Fahrenheit is pure 80's fire!  I was also reminded of just how good The Seventh One is.  Side One of that record is solid!  I never really listened to the post-Jeff Porcaro stuff all that much, so I'm looking forward to taking the deep dive there. 

[The Walrus]

Romdrums, A!!

Chad, F minus MINUS!!!

[The Walrus]

Hopefully Tim will share some Timpressions tonight, 'cause I plan on sharing impressions tomorrow, comparisons with round 1 on Thursday, and results on Friday.

[Crow]

yeehaw crankpressions soon

[TAC]

I'll get them out tonight.