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November 10

Sega Saturn 3D/polygonal police-action beat-em-up game?

I played an arcade game in Akihabara on vacation a few weeks ago, which was a kind of retro beat-em-up game from the 1990s. The graphics were composed of polygonal models and environments instead of hand-drawn imagery, and you controlled a generic-looking police officer who brawled his way past various eccentric criminals and baddies. You could pick up all sorts of objects and use them as weapons. I asked the owner if the game was only on the arcade and he replied, "No, Sega Saturn." I thought I got the name of the game, which was something like "Metro Cyber City 2000" or something like that (don't remember exactly), but later at my hotel I looked it up, and it turned out that the logo scrawled on top of the game's cabinet was the name of the company that produced the cabinet. Oops.

I didn't catch the title in the game's intro graphics either, so does anyone know what game I played? --66.235.32.59 (talk) 00:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

We have a list of Sega Saturn games, so my guess would be as good as yours just going through there. There's also a list of arcade video games, so you could look for games that appear on both lists. It wasn't Die Hard Arcade, was it? It's from the 90s, has polygonal graphics, and has a "a variety of weapons that can be collected from enemies or the environment, from household items such as brooms to high-damage anti-tank cannons." Despite the name, it didn't really have anything to do with Die Hard, except that it took place in a skyscraper. The villain had kidnapped the president's daughter, and the goal was to rescue her. Could that be it? --BDD (talk) 04:06, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that was it! You're right about it not resembling Die Hard -- even the game's villain looked nothing like Hans Gruber, it was more like some old Chinese guy with a large Santa beard. Damn fun game, though, so now I know what to seek. Thank you. --66.235.32.59 (talk) 19:18, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Does Robert Gant who played Ben on Queer As Folk sound and look like Kevin Sorbo?

Does Robert Gant who played Ben on Queer As Folk sound and look like Kevin Sorbo? Does Robert Gant who played Ben on Queer As Folk sound and look like Kevin Sorbo? I saw look at Queer as Folk reruns and I thought those to actors look like they could be brothers or something! And does Robert ever do action movies? Neptunekh94 (talk) 00:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

We aren't here to tell you what your opinion is. You can decide for yourself if you think they sound or look alike. --Jayron32 00:17, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

If the photo in the Gant article is any indication, the answer, in my observation, is NO. But if you think otherwise, then that's your opinion and could just as easily be right as mine. As for the types of pictures he makes, that would either be in the article or be linked from the article. P.S. How many Neptunekh.. user ID's do you have? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:46, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Younger Guy, Older Lady celebrity romances

Have their ever been a male celebrity in his 40's who is with a woman in her 60's or a eighty something lady celebrity with a sixty something guy? Neptunekh94 (talk) 18:55, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

I don't know about those specific ages, but Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were an item for many years and she's 15 years older than him, meaning that for at least some of their relationship she was in her 40s while he was in his 20s. --Jayron32 22:01, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

When Elizabeth Taylor was married to Larry Fortensky, she was between the ages of 59 and 64, while he was between the ages of 39 and 44. However, he hardly qualifies as a celebrity since no one would have heard of him if he hadn't been married to her. Angr (talk) 22:19, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

You could check the articles that link to Age disparity in sexual relationships. I thought we used to have a list of notable May-December romances but I can't seem to find it right now. Dismas|^(talk) 03:44, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

If you're interested in British couples, then Alfred Molina and Jill Gascoine come into this category (just). --TammyMoet (talk) 10:43, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Why "just"? From the time she turned 60 (shortly before he turned 44) until he turned 50 (shortly after she turned 66), he was in his 40s and she was in her 60s. So for six years from 1997 to 2003 they fit the parameters specified by the OP. And if they're both still alive and they're still together in five years' time, she'll be 80 and he'll be 64, so they'll fit the parameters again. And they were both already celebrities before they married. Seems like exactly what the OP is looking for. Angr (talk) 12:17, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Maths was never my strong point... --TammyMoet (talk) 13:52, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

I also reckon Zsa Zsa Gabor's current marriage fits the bill. --TammyMoet (talk) 13:56, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Care for a younger couple? 22-year-old Aaron Taylor-Johnson is married to 45-year-old Sam Taylor-Wood. 216.93.234.239 (talk) 04:11, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Not quite meeting the specifications, but you might be interested to read about the tenor Hugues Cuénod, who died a couple of years ago at the age of 108. His boyfriend was a mere twink of 67 - an age gap of 41 years. They had married as soon as they were legally able to in Switzerland, when they were aged 105 and 64. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 07:15, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Trying to remember a horrible Scandinavian bubblegum pop music video

A few months to about a year ago, I think, a Norwegian friend of mine linked me to this music video, but I can't remember what it is. It was pretty recent. The singer was a young woman, apparently recently removed or evicted from some type of American Idol-like reality show. She was made up to look very young (with pigtails, IIRC) and held a large rainbow-swirl lollipop throughout the song. The song was bubblegum pop, reminiscent of Aqua. It was in English with sexually suggestive lyrics, and I think "candy" was used in the chorus. She had a thick Nordic accent and I think her voice was autotuned in some parts. Suffice to say, it was very bad.

Anyway, I remember it because it was widely parodied in the Scandinavian countries at that time. The comments on YouTube revolved largely around different Scandinavian users pretending to be citizens of their neighboring countries, and then posting in their native languages urging their countrymen to do the same. The objective being to fool English-speakers into thinking that she came from another Scandinavian country rather than theirs (thus disowning her). And then the citizens of the other country also claimed that she was instead from another country (all of them relying on the inability of English-speakers to distinguish between the three Scandinavian countries easily). She got passed around Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians I think, though I can't remember her actual nationality. Does anyone know what that song was? -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 20:42, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

A bit of googling led me here. There I found the artist Bambee, with a song called "Candy girl", which possibly could be what you're looking for. No video like the one you describe on YouTube though, although there are several versions of the song without the original video. I had never heard of Bambee before googling your question, and I have completely missed the YouTube phenomenon you mention. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 23:05, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Nope, not Bambee, but thanks. She's also the first result I get when I google-fu, which is why I resorted to asking here. Anyway, I eventually found it, ironically by googling "worst music video ever". It was "Paradise" Iselin Michelsen and the song was "Chewing Gum". The video is here, if you're interested (note that the top rated comment identifies her as Swedish, but she's actually Norwegian). Our own article on her identifies her as Swedish of Danish descent, which I gather is vandalism. I've changed it back and tried fixing the article a bit. You might do a better job, seeing that you speak the language. :) -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 17:06, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Beethoven's Deafness

I recently heard that, after Beethoven's deafness was almost total, while he was playing, he placed a part of his body in order to feel the sound waves. He could not have place a hand on the piano, for one needs both hands in order to play, and he were to place his ear on the piano, I believe that would be such a contorted position that playing would be rendered almost impossible. I would like to know if this is true. I have researched this topic on the internet, and have found nothing to date. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tauldi (talk • contribs) 20:52, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

A knee would work well. He could have a stool underneath the piano to raise his leg, so it contacted the bottom of the piano. I doubt if he could "hear" much that way, but probably enough to tell if a piano string was broken, when he hit it's key. (Although he couldn't use his knee full-time for this, as he needed his feet, and even knee, to operate pedals, at times: Piano_pedals#Beethoven_and_pedals.) StuRat (talk) 01:16, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

maybe he just got really excited by his work........gazhiley 15:31, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

I once read somewhere (so no reference there, sorry) that he used some kind of blade. He put one end on the piano and the other end on his tongue. --Zoppp (talk) 17:31, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Question on Glee

Who are the non-American actors on Glee? I know of Cory Monteith and Vanessa Lengies who are Canadians. Are there more foreigners? Thank you. Watterwalk (talk) 21:51, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Is there something preventing you from clicking the blue-linked name of each cast member and checking each biography yourself? Because I'm pretty sure that's what anyone trying to answer you question for you here at the Reference Desk would do. --Jayron32 21:59, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Okay, there's no need to be so rude. Watterwalk (talk) 22:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

I can understand Jayron's confusion as to why you need to ask us here. You've shown that you know how to link articles and can presumably navigate to them and other articles on from them. So I'm also at a loss as to what you want us to help you find that you, even after displaying proficiency at navigating Wikipedia and thus the internet, cannot find yourself. Maybe there's some aspect of your inquiry that you didn't explain which we might be able to follow up on? Dismas|^(talk) 03:48, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

The Young Ones dialogue (sort of) question

Can anyone help me fill in the lacuna in the following extract from Bachelor Boys? "Me" is, of course, Rick.

BOY GEORGE: "Do you really want to hurt me?"

ME: "Yes!"

ROD STEWART: "D'you think I'm sexy?"

ME: "No!"

MICK JAGGER: "I can't get no satisfaction"

ME: "I'm not surprised [missing bit here]. I bet that even a can of Cydrax gives you a runny bottom! Ha, ha, did you hear what I said, everybody?"

Tevildo (talk) 23:43, 10 November 2012 (UTC)