I entirely agree... I think instead of being in the "best game you never played" catagory as it is in 360, I think it could be a major title for the Wii
my saying he was just a crazy fuck wasn't intended to gloss over whatever things he had to go though (although it did sort of do that...) Perhaps a better way to put it would have been an ANGRY fuck, as opposed to a crazy fuck.
Because of a seemingly "pro-microsoft" stance this may show, but why are people and the government so up in arms about the monopoly that Microsoft has when absolutely NOTHING is being done about broadband ISPs, phone companies, oil companies (well we all know the answer to that one) and the RIAA/MPAA?
I don't know how old you are or what games you grew up on, but you should check out some of the older text-based games....Zork, Avon, Fyleet, etc. Also, you should check out MUDs...there are TONS of good MUDs out there, some of the once released in more recent years can be quite advanced and complicated (for a text-based game, of course)
You also would probably like the Harvest Moon series...also, if you get into the mod-community additions for it, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 can suck up HUNDREDS of hours of your time.
No, what I'm saying is that Cho was motivated to the point where he was GOING to do this, one way or another. IN THIS INSTANCE, I would rather him have legally aquired two semi-automatic pistols rather than ILLEGALLY aquired two fully automatic assault rifles/SMGs/whatever.
Then again, for all we know he might have gone in there swinging hunting knives. Then again, for all we know he might have gone in there swinging blades he pulled off paper cutters. Then again, for all we know he might have gone in there with olive forks stabbing people's eyes out.
All we know is what happend. Yes, mental history background checks should have been made...but in all honesty, whether it was with a pistol or a potato gun, Cho was going to do this.
I get plenty of looks whenever I wear a Cannibal Corpse shirt or my Pig Destroyer shirt that says "Trauma is Sexy" on the back...I especially get a bunch when I'm wearing my Cradle of Filth shirt that says "Dead Girls Don't Say No".......then again, I can understand why...8D But yes, I am in the same boat as you. I am the most chill, laid back, happy person you would ever meet...and I listen to black metal, grindcore, etc.
What I do think is a very real and disturbing issue is that they decided to carry out their anger with automatic weapons
Agreed
and how easily they could obtain them.
Cho had obtained all of his weapons legally...IIRC he had nothing but pistols (correct me if I'm wrong).
Frankly, I'm GLAD that he obtained the weapons legally. Now bear with me here, I know this is a hard thing to swallow, but still...look at it this way. Say he had gone to that gun store and they refused to sell him anything...that would have driven him to the streets to buy his weapons, and I assure you he would have walked into those rooms packing more than a few pistols...
I'm not saying what he did was right. I'm not saying that he should have been sold guns. What I AM saying is that this was GOING to happen. NOTHING short of locking him up would have prevented this. If he were going to go on a rampage, I would much rather it be with semi-automatic pistols than fully automatic assault rifles.
I dunno man...Fall Out Boy has put homicidal thoughts in my head more than once...in general, those thoughts were aimed at myself just so I could stop the horror of it all.
Then I remembered I could just turn it off. Close calls, lemme tell ya. I don't even turn on the radio any more for fear of becoming a raving lunatic (as opposed to just a plain ol' lunatic, which I achieved many years ago...I think it was seeing Vanilla Ice in TNMT 2 that did it...)
There was one thing and one thing only that caused this horrible event to occur...Cho was a crazy fuck. There is no reason to dip into his past, no need to point the finger at anyone...it was no one's fault. The ONLY thing that could have been done to prevent this is if he were under lock and key in an institution. Short of that, this was going to happen. Why? Because he was a crazy fuck. In the words of Chris Rock, "Whatever happend to crazy? What, people can't just be crazy no more?"
Look. This is past. Cho is dead, the unfortunate people who were in the right place at the wrong time are dead, let their families and friends mourn in peace.
Kiddie games, eh? I know it's on the 360 and not the Wii, but I point you in the direction of Viva Pinata...Every adult that I know that has played it (including a few "go-hard" fellas with a very "fuck you" mentality) have loved it (For reference, I'm 23, however most of my friends are in the 28-40 age bracket) It's a very deep and engrossing game that takes some real planning and skill to excel at.
Just because it's so cute it hurts shouldn't stop you from playing it...it was easily up there in the top 5 games of the year.
I don't think any game ever elicited more trash talking at the weekly LAN party I attended than when we were RvR fighting in DAoC...good times, good times.
you might find shooter hybrids enjoyable...something like the Metroid Prime series (more emphasis on discovery and exploration than shooting) or even something like Oblivion (which, while there is a lot of fighting involved in it, still has a lot of non-combat elements to it as well)
If you want a REAL challange, you can play through Postal 2 without killing a single person...towards the later stages it becomes ALMOST impossible to do...it is possible to beat the game having killed not a single person (i.e. the game is only as violent as you make it to be)
I found Auto Assault to be a SUPER fun game...except for the fact that there was hardly anyone around.
Unfortunately, it was a vicious circle that caused things to get to this point...no one wanted to play it because the world was so empty, thus causing the world to STAY empty.
Not to be an ass (especially since you are being very polite) but if you consider GTA, Saints row, dead rising, etc. as an fps....does that mean that you would consider the first GTA an FPS even though it's a topdown view?
I'm sorry, I just get really frustrated when people do things like that...if you know it's a third person shooter, then it's obviously not a first person shooter. Just because it involves "shooting" doesn't automatically make it an FPS...Hell, Missle Command had shooting in it./rant
Apparently, you forget that Lik-Sang was also an import gamer's wet dream.
So tell me...how is it that by buying games from them that I would NEVER be able to buy in big-box store or in your average gaming chain store the same as copying games?
You seem to think people can't be loyal to a company that provided them with great games and consoles
And you seem to think people can't like a company's products without hating the company itself.
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I wish I could. Stupid profile restrictions.../. works fine for me at home, but at work (stuck with IE...gag.) it is ALWAYS screwed.
I would LOVE to read this whole article, if it wasn't mostly covered by a large gray box. This is hardly the first article this has happend on.
Fix your fucking code. Christ.
By the way, in case you weren't aware, a port-like version of Viva Pinata is coming to the DS:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_Pi%C3%B1ata_(Ni
I entirely agree... I think instead of being in the "best game you never played" catagory as it is in 360, I think it could be a major title for the Wii
Only the kind that make the room go jibbly-jibbly-jibbly 8D
my saying he was just a crazy fuck wasn't intended to gloss over whatever things he had to go though (although it did sort of do that...) Perhaps a better way to put it would have been an ANGRY fuck, as opposed to a crazy fuck.
I meant more on the government side of things, not just the people side....sorry, should have made that a bit clearer
Because of a seemingly "pro-microsoft" stance this may show, but why are people and the government so up in arms about the monopoly that Microsoft has when absolutely NOTHING is being done about broadband ISPs, phone companies, oil companies (well we all know the answer to that one) and the RIAA/MPAA?
I don't know how old you are or what games you grew up on, but you should check out some of the older text-based games....Zork, Avon, Fyleet, etc. Also, you should check out MUDs...there are TONS of good MUDs out there, some of the once released in more recent years can be quite advanced and complicated (for a text-based game, of course)
You also would probably like the Harvest Moon series...also, if you get into the mod-community additions for it, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 can suck up HUNDREDS of hours of your time.
No, what I'm saying is that Cho was motivated to the point where he was GOING to do this, one way or another. IN THIS INSTANCE, I would rather him have legally aquired two semi-automatic pistols rather than ILLEGALLY aquired two fully automatic assault rifles/SMGs/whatever.
Then again, for all we know he might have gone in there swinging hunting knives. Then again, for all we know he might have gone in there swinging blades he pulled off paper cutters. Then again, for all we know he might have gone in there with olive forks stabbing people's eyes out.
All we know is what happend. Yes, mental history background checks should have been made...but in all honesty, whether it was with a pistol or a potato gun, Cho was going to do this.
I get plenty of looks whenever I wear a Cannibal Corpse shirt or my Pig Destroyer shirt that says "Trauma is Sexy" on the back...I especially get a bunch when I'm wearing my Cradle of Filth shirt that says "Dead Girls Don't Say No".... ...then again, I can understand why...8D But yes, I am in the same boat as you. I am the most chill, laid back, happy person you would ever meet...and I listen to black metal, grindcore, etc.
You're right, it wouldn't have helped. He would have simply gone on the street and bought weapons capable of far worse than a couple of handguns.
Frankly, I'm GLAD that he obtained the weapons legally. Now bear with me here, I know this is a hard thing to swallow, but still...look at it this way. Say he had gone to that gun store and they refused to sell him anything...that would have driven him to the streets to buy his weapons, and I assure you he would have walked into those rooms packing more than a few pistols...
I'm not saying what he did was right. I'm not saying that he should have been sold guns. What I AM saying is that this was GOING to happen. NOTHING short of locking him up would have prevented this. If he were going to go on a rampage, I would much rather it be with semi-automatic pistols than fully automatic assault rifles.
I dunno man...Fall Out Boy has put homicidal thoughts in my head more than once...in general, those thoughts were aimed at myself just so I could stop the horror of it all.
Then I remembered I could just turn it off. Close calls, lemme tell ya. I don't even turn on the radio any more for fear of becoming a raving lunatic (as opposed to just a plain ol' lunatic, which I achieved many years ago...I think it was seeing Vanilla Ice in TNMT 2 that did it...)
There was one thing and one thing only that caused this horrible event to occur...Cho was a crazy fuck. There is no reason to dip into his past, no need to point the finger at anyone...it was no one's fault. The ONLY thing that could have been done to prevent this is if he were under lock and key in an institution. Short of that, this was going to happen. Why? Because he was a crazy fuck. In the words of Chris Rock, "Whatever happend to crazy? What, people can't just be crazy no more?"
Look. This is past. Cho is dead, the unfortunate people who were in the right place at the wrong time are dead, let their families and friends mourn in peace.
I'm hoping this is the start of a trend similar to the CPU market...less emphasis on clock speed and more emphasis on architecture...
Kiddie games, eh? I know it's on the 360 and not the Wii, but I point you in the direction of Viva Pinata...Every adult that I know that has played it (including a few "go-hard" fellas with a very "fuck you" mentality) have loved it (For reference, I'm 23, however most of my friends are in the 28-40 age bracket) It's a very deep and engrossing game that takes some real planning and skill to excel at.
Just because it's so cute it hurts shouldn't stop you from playing it...it was easily up there in the top 5 games of the year.
I don't think any game ever elicited more trash talking at the weekly LAN party I attended than when we were RvR fighting in DAoC...good times, good times.
you might find shooter hybrids enjoyable...something like the Metroid Prime series (more emphasis on discovery and exploration than shooting) or even something like Oblivion (which, while there is a lot of fighting involved in it, still has a lot of non-combat elements to it as well)
If you want a REAL challange, you can play through Postal 2 without killing a single person...towards the later stages it becomes ALMOST impossible to do...it is possible to beat the game having killed not a single person (i.e. the game is only as violent as you make it to be)
Out of curiosity, what is your favourite genre?
You owe me a cup of coffee and a new keyboard.
I found Auto Assault to be a SUPER fun game...except for the fact that there was hardly anyone around.
Unfortunately, it was a vicious circle that caused things to get to this point...no one wanted to play it because the world was so empty, thus causing the world to STAY empty.
Shame...I loved it.
Not to be an ass (especially since you are being very polite) but if you consider GTA, Saints row, dead rising, etc. as an fps....does that mean that you would consider the first GTA an FPS even though it's a topdown view?
/rant
I'm sorry, I just get really frustrated when people do things like that...if you know it's a third person shooter, then it's obviously not a first person shooter. Just because it involves "shooting" doesn't automatically make it an FPS...Hell, Missle Command had shooting in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewinder_Freestyle_ Pro#Freestyle_Pro
That's what the hell I'm talking about.