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  1. Yes nintendo would never do something like that... by DoctaWatson · · Score: 1 · on Shadowrun for the 360

    Lord knows they never turned a beloved 2d franchise into a FPS.

  2. Re:What is the point of this game? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Katamari Damacy 2 Due In July

    Bingo. The best review I saw of this game was, sadly enough, on Cartoon Network's Toonami, which gave it a 7/10. You roll stuff up using the least intuitive controls I've ever used. (Yes, when I think "rolling ball around" I think "two analog sticks" and not something sensible like one stick. I mean, no one has ever done a ball rolling game before using just one directional control, obviously you need two.)

    It has that "it's Japanese, so it's cool!" meme around it. But it is, ultimately, just an average game. There's a good reason it was sold for $20. No one would have played it if it were sold for $50 - it just wasn't that good a game - merely average.

  3. Re:Catch-22 by Mattintosh · · Score: 1 · on Recruit More Women Developers, Attract Women Gamers?
    Basically, I'm saying girls would like games more if the girls in games won't damsels in distress (and wearing clothes).


    Ok, what about if the girls in games kick ass and wear cool space suits?
  4. Re:harrumph by WWWWolf · · Score: 1 · on New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits

    Bah. Timber Wolf Prime all the way. Though I have to say that new-fangled prime thing wasn't that bad.

  5. Re:Like always... by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Nintendo, Sony Start Handheld Gaming Battle At E3
    Well, then Nintendo should've run away with the winning title.

    Or maybe it depends on more than just the best games... like actually bothering to advertise and get gamers' attentions in the places gamers go.

  6. Re:The one thing Nintendo should do... by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 2, Informative · on Nintendo e-Reader Gets Homebrew Dot-Code Games
    I am one of them, and I'm constantly annoyed by how Nintendo keeps me out of creating junk to run on their product that I paid for.

    Obviously you're not looking very hard.

    games that have no personality

    I mean, really, you sound like a whiny film student...

  7. or you could get a console by plasm4 · · Score: 0 · on How Close is the Open Entertainment Center?

    and play all sorts of better games

  8. Metroid Prime by ctar · · Score: 2 · on Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games

    Shouldn't THAT be the big news? That Metroid Prime is released today, Nov. 20th? One of the most anticipated console games ever?!?!

  9. Re:We need to put things into perspective here. by scot4875 · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Organizing Sim Protests

    Yes, it's a video game, but I think you're missing the point.

    I, for one, play games mostly to get away from real life for a little bit. Part of the fun of immersing myself in a different world is that I get away from all the goddamn commercialism of US culture. Everywhere I go I'm bombarded with ads designed to mislead me into giving someone my money. It disgusts me.

    Now, if I were a Sims player, I'd enjoy the fact that you get to play in a small utopia with none of that crap. But when McDonalds invades *that* world too, it'd just ruin the atmosphere. Once again, I'm reminded that I can't escape the megacorps and their relentless marketing teams.

    The day I run across an American fast food chain store on Tallon IV is the day I give up video games for good...

    --Jeremy