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2003 Videogame Holiday Gift Guide
Tim Grube writes "Gaming Horizon is currently
hosting a feature that informs gamers on what to buy this holiday season. The
2003 Holiday Gift
Guide presents twenty-five titles per console including the Microsoft Xbox,
Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and HandHelds."
Also, same thing for Tony Hawk: Underground. Does anyone know if anything has changed other than the small bits mentioned in the blurb?
I've done a little research into Silent Hill 3 and I have to say that it looks like it's going to be a great game. It actually looks like it might have some of the best game-mode graphics I've seen on the PS2 yet.
The guitars sound good, now give me about 10db more on the cow bell.
In the spirit of the season you should send links to Jesus Dressup out to your loved ones. It's free[1] and really makes one appreciate the holiday spirit.. or something like that.
[1] Nails not included
Trolling is a art,
Thanks Santa!
The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. - Albert Einstein
Wow - two comments and the website is already getting slashdotted...
I work for one for the larger electronics distributor in Georgia, and we greatly depend on the profits generated during the holiday season.
One thing we have noticed, is that a lot of young professionals seem to own and purchase video games on a regular basis. These are probably the same children who in the 80s were purchasing Atari's 1300, Intellivision, Coleco, and Amtrads.
We find that there is a great shift to more mature titles such as Final Fantasy 13, Gotham Racing 4, and Super Smash brothers.
I'll probably return next January to post our sales statistics in this forum, since it may be of interest to some folks around here.
... not giving the gift of MMORPG to your kids, because not only will you be laden heavy monthly fees, but you'll probably never see them again.
Unless you, like... hate them or something. At least they won't pester you for a car anymore. Excelt way to remove them from your life without giving 'em away. And you can feed them with just cheap chips!
How about consulting the wish list your kids wrote to Santa? Or asking?
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These games are great and everything, but before you get any of them for me based on this advice, I would like to call your attention to the fact that I lost my job on Monday.
Therefore, here is my list:
A manual labor job at the North Pole, which probably has better weather and better working conditions than my last workplace
And one XBox so I can play Fable.
Thank you Santa!
... in Christmas 2056.
I hear it comes with bundled Arthritis cream, for we'll all have old-man joints by the time it finally comes out.
hosting a feature that informs gamers on what to buy this holiday season
rent before you buy, so much sod out there these days. never ceases how much time and money and eyesight (on behalf of programmers) goes towards creating utter sh*te.
on my list is simpson's hit & run, keeping it simple.
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The google cache didn't index the 2nd page, so here's the first 12 of 25 for all the systems:
XBox:
Soul Calibur II
Freedom Fighters
Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
Capcom vs. SNK 2: EO
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Counter-Strike
Dino Crisis 3
Enter the Matrix
Midnight Club II
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
PS2:
Final Fantasy X-2
SOCOM 2: US Navy Seals
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Silent Hill 3
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Soul Calibur II
Madden NFL 2004
Jak II
Manhunt
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Everquest Online Adventures: Frontiers
Primal
PC:
Halo: Combat Evolved
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of World War II
Homeworld 2
Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Counter Strike: Condition Zero
Call of Duty
Midnight Club II
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Gamecube:
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Viewtiful Joe
Soul Calibur II
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
NBA Live 2004
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
I-Ninja
F-Zero GX
Need For Speed Underground
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Freedom Fighters
Handhelds:
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator
Boktai
Banjo-Kaozzie: Grunty's Revenge
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition
Madden NFL 2004
Monster Truck Madness
Stuntman
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White
The Simpson's Road Rage
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
As an avid gamer and owner of several different video game systems and a PC used extensively for gaming, I gotta say the holiday guide is an absolute joke.
The games on the list are dated, and there are several newer, much better games available for nearly every single game they list. For example, nobody in their right mind would choose NFL Fever 2004 instead of Madden 2004 or ESPN NFL on XBox.
If you're using that guide to buy games for your kids, friends or relatives, please expect them to hate you after Christmas.
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What about Linux?
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I'll make an XBox list.
Beyond Good and Evil
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO
Colin McRae Rally 3
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix
Deathrow
Deus Ex: Invisible War
ESPN College Hoops
ESPN NBA Basketball
ESPN NFL Football
ESPN NHL Hockey
FIFA Soccer 2004
Freedom Fighters
Gladius
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Madden NFL 2004
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Midnight Club
Midtown Madness 3
Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
NASCAR Thunder 2004
NBA Street Vol 2
NCAA Football 2004
NCAA March Madness 2004
Need for Speed Underground
NHL 2004
NHL Hitz Pro
Otogi: Myth of Demon
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Phantasy Star Online
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Project Gotham Racing 2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Soul Calibur II
SSX 3
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
Tony Hawk's Underground
Top Spin
XIII
There you have it, 45 count. All of which were released this year. Their article had to borrow from last year's games. Also, I just scrolled down the GameTab list of XBox games, which doesn't include each and every game. Mind you, I wouldn't necessarily play every game (like DDR) that I listed, but, there is something for everybody and each game is good within their genre.
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