@RubyCarbuncle I live in Northern Ireland and was raised speaking Irish. So that's why I'm interested, it's my language and culture regardless of an arbitrary border. I'm sorry you had bad experiences with Irish in school. I'm glad I didn't learn it in school. I hated the guts of it when I was forced to speak it.
If it's not to do with Valve not wanting all of Portal to be playable for free, it's peobably them being paranoid and wanting to be in Nintendo's good books in case of future plans...? idk, I'm just surptised they bothered.
@RubyCarbuncle If you want actual cool Irish-language media that's not made for old boomers, listen to Kneecap. They're a Belfast rap duo that mix Irish and English to make songs that are funny, accessible to English speakers, and are actually genuinely good songs that make Irish an interesting language. You might not see the point of translating a Pokemon game into Irish, but you can see the point of rhyming Irish & English words together on a rap song talking about the state of the country today.
So yeah, I lose a bit of HP when someone here calls it a "dead language", because yeah, there's something to that sure, but it's something worth fixing if you want more genuinely fresh & engaging irish art.
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Re: You Can Now Play Pokémon Red & Blue In Irish
@RubyCarbuncle I live in Northern Ireland and was raised speaking Irish. So that's why I'm interested, it's my language and culture regardless of an arbitrary border. I'm sorry you had bad experiences with Irish in school. I'm glad I didn't learn it in school. I hated the guts of it when I was forced to speak it.
Re: Portal 64 Fan Project Shut Down After Contact From Valve
If it's not to do with Valve not wanting all of Portal to be playable for free, it's peobably them being paranoid and wanting to be in Nintendo's good books in case of future plans...? idk, I'm just surptised they bothered.
Re: Fan Spends Six Months Translating Pokémon Red & Blue Into Irish
@RubyCarbuncle If you want actual cool Irish-language media that's not made for old boomers, listen to Kneecap. They're a Belfast rap duo that mix Irish and English to make songs that are funny, accessible to English speakers, and are actually genuinely good songs that make Irish an interesting language. You might not see the point of translating a Pokemon game into Irish, but you can see the point of rhyming Irish & English words together on a rap song talking about the state of the country today.
So yeah, I lose a bit of HP when someone here calls it a "dead language", because yeah, there's something to that sure, but it's something worth fixing if you want more genuinely fresh & engaging irish art.
Re: Intellivision Admits Its Wii-Like Amico Console May Never See Release
Honestly baffled that they would allow themselves to sustain so much debt making a console that was so clearly a niche product.