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What is interesting is analyzing all of the data concerning quality titles the individual console makers have produced. Here is the page listing the top GC games (those with greater than 85% average reviews). As you can see Nintendo has released (including third party titles) 16 titles which have been very well received by the reviewing wing of the games industry. In contrast the PC industry released 27 games with similar press fanfare, the PS2 released 28 games, and the XBox 18.

The GameCube has the smallest number of quality titles but if you factor in GameboyAdvance games the total rises to 29. And indeed if you are buying a GC soon it will come with the GameBoy TV adapter so you can play all your Nintendo games for $150 for the unit. The GameCube has always been cheaper than the other systems and that is a major selling point for it.

If you look at the top rated games you'll see 3 GameCube games in the top 10. The GameCube is producing very high quality games but it is getting hurt because third party developers are not supporting it as well (they create and optimize the game for the PS2 and then release that game for the XBox/GC hardware which is much more powerful). Also, the PS2/PC controls the highly acclaimed GTA series which has a solid hold on the Top 10 games.

I'm not saying that Nintendo is not to blame for many of the woes felt by GC owners. I'm just saying it is possibly the best console to own (it's cheap and has a number of stellar 1st party titles not available elsewhere). Nintendo and Microsoft might have lost to Sony in this battle, but Nintendo is still very aggressive in their future plans and they have a stranglehold on the portable gaming market. The next round of consoles will be very interesting and with exclusivity contracts from the likes of RockStar Games (GTA) and Square (Final Fantasy) being expired soon or renegotiated frequently it is possible that Nintendo's next console will be able to compete on the same level as the PS3 and XBOX2.

In the meantime I will be playing Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime and Wind Waker. And (unfortunately) waiting for Mario Kart, F-zero, etc. for the GameCube.

My biggest beef with Nintendo is that it took nearly 2 or more years to get many of their 1st party sequels made. There's no real excuse for any of that. They should have been launch titles or at least released in 2002.

What is interesting is analyzing all of the data concerning quality titles the individual console makers have produced. Here is the page listing the top GC games (those with greater than 85% average reviews). As you can see Nintendo has released (including third party titles) 16 titles which have been very well received by the reviewing wing of the games industry. In contrast the PC industry released 27 games with similar press fanfare, the PS2 released 28 games, and the XBox 18.

The GameCube has the smallest number of quality titles but if you factor in GameboyAdvance games the total rises to 29. And indeed if you are buying a GC soon it will come with the GameBoy TV adapter so you can play all your Nintendo games for $150 for the unit. The GameCube has always been cheaper than the other systems and that is a major selling point for it.

If you look at the top rated games you'll see 3 GameCube games in the top 10. The GameCube is producing very high quality games but it is getting hurt because third party developers are not supporting it as well (they create and optimize the game for the PS2 and then release that game for the XBox/GC hardware which is much more powerful). Also, the PS2/PC controls the highly acclaimed GTA series which has a solid hold on the Top 10 games.

I'm not saying that Nintendo is not to blame for many of the woes felt by GC owners. I'm just saying it is possibly the best console to own (it's cheap and has a number of stellar 1st party titles not available elsewhere). Nintendo and Microsoft might have lost to Sony in this battle, but Nintendo is still very aggressive in their future plans and they have a stranglehold on the portable gaming market. The next round of consoles will be very interesting and with exclusivity contracts from the likes of RockStar Games (GTA) and Square (Final Fantasy) being expired soon or renegotiated frequently it is possible that Nintendo's next console will be able to compete on the same level as the PS3 and XBOX2.

In the meantime I will be playing Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime and Wind Waker. And (unfortunately) waiting for Mario Kart, F-zero, etc. for the GameCube.

My biggest beef with Nintendo is that it took nearly 2 or more years to get many of their 1st party sequels made. There's no real excuse for any of that. They should have been launch titles or at least released in 2002.

What is interesting is analyzing all of the data concerning quality titles the individual console makers have produced. Here is the page listing the top GC games (those with greater than 85% average reviews). As you can see Nintendo has released (including third party titles) 16 titles which have been very well received by the reviewing wing of the games industry. In contrast the PC industry released 27 games with similar press fanfare, the PS2 released 28 games, and the XBox 18.

The GameCube has the smallest number of quality titles but if you factor in GameboyAdvance games the total rises to 29. And indeed if you are buying a GC soon it will come with the GameBoy TV adapter so you can play all your Nintendo games for $150 for the unit. The GameCube has always been cheaper than the other systems and that is a major selling point for it.

If you look at the top rated games you'll see 3 GameCube games in the top 10. The GameCube is producing very high quality games but it is getting hurt because third party developers are not supporting it as well (they create and optimize the game for the PS2 and then release that game for the XBox/GC hardware which is much more powerful). Also, the PS2/PC controls the highly acclaimed GTA series which has a solid hold on the Top 10 games.

I'm not saying that Nintendo is not to blame for many of the woes felt by GC owners. I'm just saying it is possibly the best console to own (it's cheap and has a number of stellar 1st party titles not available elsewhere). Nintendo and Microsoft might have lost to Sony in this battle, but Nintendo is still very aggressive in their future plans and they have a stranglehold on the portable gaming market. The next round of consoles will be very interesting and with exclusivity contracts from the likes of RockStar Games (GTA) and Square (Final Fantasy) being expired soon or renegotiated frequently it is possible that Nintendo's next console will be able to compete on the same level as the PS3 and XBOX2.

In the meantime I will be playing Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime and Wind Waker. And (unfortunately) waiting for Mario Kart, F-zero, etc. for the GameCube.

My biggest beef with Nintendo is that it took nearly 2 or more years to get many of their 1st party sequels made. There's no real excuse for any of that. They should have been launch titles or at least released in 2002.

I run a tracker that hosts a number of game related files (here) and have a "headless downloader" for each one. That is, you run btdownloadheadless.py on a .torrent on your server and let it continue running. You can set the max upload speed, etc, so that it doesn't use up your entire pipe. It acts as if it's just another seed/client.

What I do is put the source file onto the server, create the .torrent, then start a downloader on that with a max upload of 100 - 200k/sec. That ensures that there is always at least one seed for each file, and it helps provide some additional upload bandwidth. I am surprised more trackers don't do this, even if they just set the max upload at 5k/sec or something it would help a lot.

Hi,
One of the more useful things I see BitTorrent as is what its name implies: A temporary P2P network to alleviate a 'torrent' of downloads. I especially like the way GameTab News (http://news.gametab.com/torrents.php) handles it: They are always a seed for their torrents, and remain a contributing uploader as long as the torrent is on their site. My question is:

Do you see a BitTorrent server package, perhaps as an addon to Apache or something, that will run a tracker, make .torrent files out of files on your server, and seed them? Right now this requires several different packages, including the tracker, maketorrent, and the client (for seeding the files). Having all of this as a single package would be nice for people who want to use BitTorrent for it's many legal uses. Of course, the warez communities who use BitTorrent solely as a P2P app wouldn't benefit from this, but from what I understood it is your desire to promote only the legal uses of BitTorrent.

Yours respectfully,
Clint Olson

P.S. Thank you for making this wonderful program!

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Speaking of half-life, incidentally there is a new vid of the gameplay just in case anyone is interested. Bit-torrent required however.

Here to download.

I think sites like these are the future of info dissemination. I don't have the time to check out the separate game review and movie review watering holes. I have my local paper bookmarked, and BBC News, but all other news comes from Google. So on down the list. These meta-sites save a buttload of time and research.

When I do my online shopping, I always look for customer ratings. Now, I don't have to. Instead of the opinions of fifty average joes, I have the opinions of fifty paid professionals. Now, before you come at me and say that those reviewers might be paid to say something good, I can say from experience that bought opinions aren't as prevalent as you think and least come without a slew of spelling and grammar mistakes.

It's the wave of the future, like it or not. ve3d.com is fast becoming the unofficial hub of gaming news, despite the fact that you could fit its in-house content in a thimble and their admins' lack of journalistic ability is exposed on a daily basis.

And honestly, how many of you have /. as your primary info source? It's great, don't get me wrong, but it's another example of a meta-site...one where many people don't even take the time to RTFA. Content is not king once you realize the threshold of human consumption. You just end up bowling people over with sound and fury. I don't have a cell phone, pager, or use IM, but I'm still overloaded by email. I have my primary email, my site registration email, my new primary since the old primary's shot through with spam, my work email, a website email, an alias for that website email...Then there are stock tickers, weather reports, sports scores, online banking...

I think, however, that the worst element is spam. Not just unsolicited email, but telemarketing calls, junk mail, door-to-door, etc. Then there are TV commercials, radio commercials, print media commercials. It's advertising that kills. Something like 80% of all email in the US is unsolicited. How many dinners have you completed without a sales call? How many days have you gone without another credit card in the mail? Yadda, yadda, yadda, and I wonder how many even read this far.

Even more game trailers are available for download on the GameTab Bittorrent page.

Download BitTorrent and use the Doom 3 .torrent link. That's what it's there for (was getting 140K/sec).

And as always, don't forget to keep your download window open for a few minutes after finishing.

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The critics are loving it. Normally I don't care for little mini-game compilations because they tend to get boring quickly, but it sounds like this one has some interesting twists and good 'ol Nintendo polish.

Lots of DoA news has been hitting the Internet recently. The next week should see even more information on the online version. Over at GameTab news you can see a listing of all related news postings from around the net.

I never post here, hence the anonymous coward tag. If you only play one game this month/year/lifetime... you'd better make it the latest Legend of Zelda game, the Wind Walker. It is being called 'the greatest game of all time', and I have to agree.

Ive been torrented! Those sleazy slashdotters have saturated my upstream! Help distribute the load before my coaxial cable melts!

We @ Slashdot Games are now trying to make sure there's a BitTorrent link available alongside any posts that will generate server-slaying bandwidth, with the help of nice people who mailed us and offered to help out. In this case, we actually mailed the guys at Gametab before the post went live to alert them ask them about putting a BitTorrent link on their site - thanks again to them. Looks like it helped a bit, at least.

If you're interested in other articles about Advent Rising there is a collection here.

I actually prefer GameTab for a compiled list of game reviews. They have an excellent design which isn't as harsh on the eyes as gamerankings and /.games.

I also enjoy all the quotes they have next to reviews. IMO it is a much nicer site overall than the others.

There is definitely room for improvement in the world of gaming news. It takes far too much time to find quality news for titles you are interested in.

As far as gaming news sites go, I just go to GameTab news as they have feeds updated every 10 minutes from the top news sites.

I'm excited about the expansion of the series onto multiple platforms. I never bought a PS2 because when I was looking into next-gen systems it just seemed too "old" compared with the Xbox and Cube. So I ended up with a GameCube. But unfortunately the PS2 has the largest library of games, too.

I first heard the news about multiple platforms at GameTab News. Here are all the related GTA stories.

I'm excited about the expansion of the series onto multiple platforms. I never bought a PS2 because when I was looking into next-gen systems it just seemed too "old" compared with the Xbox and Cube. So I ended up with a GameCube. But unfortunately the PS2 has the largest library of games, too.

I first heard the news about multiple platforms at GameTab News. Here are all the related GTA stories.

Very good sites, and in the same spirit, there is also:

www.gametab.com

For editorial reviews, I head straight to Game Rankings or GameTab. They're great at showing all the editorials out there and averaging the scores. I usually find the averages are a more faithful indicator than the 100% fanboy review at the top of the pile.

Just my 2c.

It is good that sites such as Team Xbox aren't afraid to give a mediocre game a mediocre score. But notice how harsh GameSpot can be on the same game.

Although there are a lot of "cookie cutter" game review sites out there that don't post quality articles there is nonetheless a growing number of quality sites whose opinions you should expect.

The big three (GameSpot, IGN, and GameSpy) generally have the most clout among gamers. How long will that last?

It is good that sites such as Team Xbox aren't afraid to give a mediocre game a mediocre score. But notice how harsh GameSpot can be on the same game.

Although there are a lot of "cookie cutter" game review sites out there that don't post quality articles there is nonetheless a growing number of quality sites whose opinions you should expect.

The big three (GameSpot, IGN, and GameSpy) generally have the most clout among gamers. How long will that last?

GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Games continue to change form and adopt newer forms of graphics. But the best games have a solid foundation and rely on the graphics to tell the story and not to sell the game. Take a look at the list of top games at GameTab. Two Zelda's are in the Top 10 (at least right now). The new gameboy version is hanging onto a top spot while the seemingly controversial Wind Waker has snagged the supreme ranking. Wind Waker is in essence a new tale about Link built upon the foundations of the very first Zelda game for the NES. Nothing has really changed at the fundemental levels.

Notice the lack of PC games on the top 10. A few titles might be missing from the database but it might generally be assumed that a wider variety of titles exists for the consoles that are able to be appreciated by the broader audience. All of the games in the Top 10 are refinements upon a simple formula and many of them are sequels in name if not in spirit of old games.

The videogame industry has not quite run out of ideas like holiday has. It's a pretty darn good idea to be a gamer. If you're burnt out, buy a GameCube which is considered to be for the kiddies. And go make Kimiko happy!

Games continue to change form and adopt newer forms of graphics. But the best games have a solid foundation and rely on the graphics to tell the story and not to sell the game. Take a look at the list of top games at GameTab. Two Zelda's are in the Top 10 (at least right now). The new gameboy version is hanging onto a top spot while the seemingly controversial Wind Waker has snagged the supreme ranking. Wind Waker is in essence a new tale about Link built upon the foundations of the very first Zelda game for the NES. Nothing has really changed at the fundemental levels.

Notice the lack of PC games on the top 10. A few titles might be missing from the database but it might generally be assumed that a wider variety of titles exists for the consoles that are able to be appreciated by the broader audience. All of the games in the Top 10 are refinements upon a simple formula and many of them are sequels in name if not in spirit of old games.

The videogame industry has not quite run out of ideas like holiday has. It's a pretty darn good idea to be a gamer. If you're burnt out, buy a GameCube which is considered to be for the kiddies. And go make Kimiko happy!

Games continue to change form and adopt newer forms of graphics. But the best games have a solid foundation and rely on the graphics to tell the story and not to sell the game. Take a look at the list of top games at GameTab. Two Zelda's are in the Top 10 (at least right now). The new gameboy version is hanging onto a top spot while the seemingly controversial Wind Waker has snagged the supreme ranking. Wind Waker is in essence a new tale about Link built upon the foundations of the very first Zelda game for the NES. Nothing has really changed at the fundemental levels.

Notice the lack of PC games on the top 10. A few titles might be missing from the database but it might generally be assumed that a wider variety of titles exists for the consoles that are able to be appreciated by the broader audience. All of the games in the Top 10 are refinements upon a simple formula and many of them are sequels in name if not in spirit of old games.

The videogame industry has not quite run out of ideas like holiday has. It's a pretty darn good idea to be a gamer. If you're burnt out, buy a GameCube which is considered to be for the kiddies. And go make Kimiko happy!

Games continue to change form and adopt newer forms of graphics. But the best games have a solid foundation and rely on the graphics to tell the story and not to sell the game. Take a look at the list of top games at GameTab. Two Zelda's are in the Top 10 (at least right now). The new gameboy version is hanging onto a top spot while the seemingly controversial Wind Waker has snagged the supreme ranking. Wind Waker is in essence a new tale about Link built upon the foundations of the very first Zelda game for the NES. Nothing has really changed at the fundemental levels.

Notice the lack of PC games on the top 10. A few titles might be missing from the database but it might generally be assumed that a wider variety of titles exists for the consoles that are able to be appreciated by the broader audience. All of the games in the Top 10 are refinements upon a simple formula and many of them are sequels in name if not in spirit of old games.

The videogame industry has not quite run out of ideas like holiday has. It's a pretty darn good idea to be a gamer. If you're burnt out, buy a GameCube which is considered to be for the kiddies. And go make Kimiko happy!

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Two Justice Department attorneys said Internet users would eventually be steered to the government's address as name servers across the Internet are updated over the next several hours.

"There is going to be some lag time between the domain-name switch-over," one attorney said. "But the domain name isonews.com now belongs to the federal government."

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Enjoy...

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I'd rather wage way in Master of Orion. Pre-ordered already! w00t!

Still, doesn't mean I am ever going to pick one up.

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Still, doesn't mean I am ever going to pick one up.

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That Crazypatents site is a gold mine of hilarity.

http://www.crazypatents.com/images/Large/4044405-1 .gif

Here is something just like that idea actually, but it's implemented in a truly ingenious way. They have an image of a fly in the urinal which looks real and so people will automatically aim for it.

Oh, and I actually came across GameTab the other day. Great site, I've found it very useful. I'm looking forward to Freelancer right now, but think I'm going to wait until the reviews start coming in.

That Crazypatents site is a gold mine of hilarity.

http://www.crazypatents.com/images/Large/4044405-1 .gif

Here is something just like that idea actually, but it's implemented in a truly ingenious way. They have an image of a fly in the urinal which looks real and so people will automatically aim for it.

Oh, and I actually came across GameTab the other day. Great site, I've found it very useful. I'm looking forward to Freelancer right now, but think I'm going to wait until the reviews start coming in.

GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Last year's release, Neverwinter Nights by BioWare, is the game to get if you want some good D&D action. In fact, the multiplayer mode is just like playing tabletop D&D but via your computer and the Internet. Multiplayer supports a Dungeon Master who can modify the world in real time. He can take complete control of monsters/characters, place monsters into the world on the fly, further the story depending on the actions of the players, etc. There are also tons of mods out there now.

GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Gametab - Game Reviews Database

GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Sort by decade or year of birth. Pretty interesting, imo. It's fun to watch which names stay on the top 10 for decades in a row and which were popular at one point and then declined dramatically.

GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Valentine's Games

Ahhhh, games galore for girls over at GameTab's Valentine's page

-General Jack D. Ripper, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

GameTab - Game Review Database

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Dragon's Lair is something that should have stayed in the arcade or your MAME cabinet forever and not have been rehased for the PC.

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GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Dragon's Lair is something that should have stayed in the arcade or your MAME cabinet forever and not have been rehased for the PC.

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GameTab - Game Reviews Database

Is it possible to use Firewire and a service like Rendevous to make an intelligent redundant system? It's a thought at least. My firewire drive I use for my Inspiron works nicely enough. Would firewire be cheaper than RAID for servers, however?

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