At some point in the last 14 years (I think it was 2004 or 2005), my girlfriend bought me Shenmue 2 for the Dreamcast, for my birthday. Last year, I married that girl.

I also finished school, college, university, have had multiple jobs, bought my own house with my wife etc etc.

I've also completed both Shenmue 1 and 2 probably more than a dozen times each.

Looking back on it, it seems incredible. It feels like only yesterday that the year was 2000, I was living with my parents and I received Shenmue on Christmas day for my glorious Dreamcast. That game blew my mind!

Graduated high school. Completed some college. Bounced around from a few jobs. Both my grandparents died in the same week :( . My Celtics won the NBA Finals in 2008. Became involved in my first serious relationship. Sadly got addicted to opiate painkillers :/ what a rough road that's been. Recovery is a bitch. And by the time III comes out I'll be 29 or 30.

Doom had a story?

I thought it was a big maze game that allowed you to kill things in the process.

Alright everyone. After a few requests and support from members in me doing this again and especially after Shenmue 3 was announced I decided it was indeed a great time to revitalize the podcast and stick to it.

I present to you all the first episode, which is really just an intro to where I want to go with this. Episode 0 is just myself but I will get others to join in soon enough.

Feedback is welcome. I want to turn this into a community podcast and build it up to help the fan base.

Enjoy.

Audio
MP3 download and stream.

https://soundcloud.com/alexander-munoz-1/the-shenmue-cast-ep-0

Slide show video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6KEh2QA6g

This is nice compared to how people are normally welcomed on forums..



That is at least how old members get welcomed back.

I must admit, I was always relatively quiet and inoffensive when it came to posting on this site back in the past. But I think it's safe to say that I spent the majority of my teenage years around this place (Well, the early parts at least.) and this place was probably my main introduction to using the internet on a regular basis and there are few regrets on that front. I even tried joining an Ace Attorney forum many years after the shenmue obsession had started to die out on me (Admittedly, I had essentially given up hope of ever seeing number 3 happen) but it still wasn't the same as this place.

I think I said this in another post a few days ago. But as soon as I saw the announcement, my first thought was "I wonder how the dojo is reacting to this." Well, tell a lie. My first thought was "Wait, seriously??" and my second thought was "Where's my wallet.." then I eventually came to thinking about this place. ANYWAY...It's the thought that counts, even if it is the third thought.

Needless to say, I've seen a lot of familiar faces popping up in the past few days while I've been lurking, and it's really great to see everyone doing well. Not to mention that the excitement hasn't died out completely yet.

ahhh yes those early internet days http://i.imgur.com/OYrCjSz.jpg

...Wow, jesus christ.

It's been awhile, old friends.

My summoning worked I see, whats up my dude!
Not much. Still in a surreal daze that S3 is actually a thing. Nice to see the familiar faces around.

What are you driving??? :D
Just some old junk :-#

The daily.
http://i.imgur.com/NFOnVEx.jpg

The Not So Daily
http://i.imgur.com/Xtdeg5T.jpg

Yep, I brought it back. Now maybe everyone will remember a little better. Thanks for reminding me about the avatar rhayno now is a perfect time to revive my old one!

Killed it faster than Bruce Wayne's parents in an alley?

Shame. I was really looking forward to another eight or nine pages of that.

I just read all the pages of this topic

Wow fourteen years. Fourteen years ago I was twelve. At fourteen I joined a gang , the gangster disciples to be exact, because I'm a fucking idiot who needed to be cool and respected Since I was a nerd who waa bullied. Had my daughter at sixteen. At twenty I was done, completely done with the gang so I moved pretty far away and started over. College (never actually graduated :(. Got a good job (I regret to inform you that it wasn't a blow one) had my second daughter in 2012 and am still with the same girl I was with since mIddle school. Also in 2008 I lost my ability to swallow for unknown reasons and almost died. I'm fine now but that was one hell of an adventure lol (long story). It's been good, it's been lovely, it's been bad, it's been ugly. No complaints

OH SHIT, SON!

Martin wrote: I'd give my left nut to see Shenmue finished properly. How's that for an investment?

Well?

Shenmue Dojo.

Upstairsmuffin wrote:
I think it's best to relax only after the kickstarter is done. I think we should assume that the kickstarter will raise a low amount of money (even if it won't) so that we have more motivation to raise the money even more, if that makes sense. I think we should make every effort we can to raise the total money no matter how high it gets.

Eh, my message is "Be positive" --- we've had 14 years of negativity and all this "What if it only reaches $4M???" is silly as evidenced by a plethora of stats and just worries people. Donate, share, and motivate others, YES! Do everything you can. But don't WORRY about it.

Evidently some people are freaking out so I want to reassure them. Let's achieve this with a positive outlook.

Maybe she wants you. Give her some vitamin D.

Just ordered tickets to a Carrie Rodriguez show in a couple months. Pretty excited. I think I've said before, it's kind of a "bucket list" thing for me, getting to see one of her shows. I don't get to experience live music very often as it is, but this one is only a scant 40 minutes away. And getting to see one of my overall favorite acts in person? Priceless. Had to jump on that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiB0VqncDoE

Not to mention her newest album is some of the best stuff I've heard out of her so far. Should be good.

I should not start to listen to that while I want to be awake, but it's hypnotizing.