It certainly is eye-catching, you must admit. And seeing as most games out there have some sort of copycat-hero on each box, posing proudly whilst attacking some demon/alien hybrid beast: you'll have this certain boxart sticking out like a sore thumb: which I think is an advantage.
I'm sure a lot of you will relate to the following story:
Remember when you were little and you got taken to an arcade? Remember looking at all the machines and having no money to put in to actually play the game? So what did you do?
That's right, you sat there at the machine, pretending to play the game, all the while as the "Insert Coin" icon flashed at you, heck, you'd even pretend to mash buttons when the high-score list came up!
My point is, in retrospect: pretending to mash the buttons was fun and all, but did it match the thrill of actually playing the game yourself?
I for one can't wait to see how this series will come to a conclusion - and of course, to see the movies retcon the novels to have Snape appear as a villain "the whole time along!"
"My best guess is that Sony emerges as the winner of the movie format war in late 2008, and games start looking noticeably better in 2009. That's when Sony starts looking like the winner of the next generation battle. All of this is pretty far out, and a lot can happen with pricing to change things. For example, if Sony gets down the cost curve for Blu-ray and Cell processors, [the PS3] may be below $300 shortly thereafter. It's hard to say that this will happen before 2009, but it could. That would change everything."
Why do I see the term "Sony" used 3 times in this quote and not one mention of "Nintendo" or even "XBox"? Seems like an outright biased and overly opinionated review, completed void of the fairness and ethics.
Either you're a typical consumer who doesn't know the nitty-gritty details of the phone and will purchase it (or not) depending on Apple's track record alone in their eyes.
The other side is to simply avoid the phone because, armed with knowledge, the iPhone's matchstick castle is shattered.
That leaves the middle... which I suppose amounts to having the knowledge its not going to give you what you want, but buying it anyway for humourous and ironic spite.
Huzzah! When this comes out, it'll probably include Knights of the Nine, forcing end-users to wonder why they just forked out 40 bucks for an 'add-on', the same way they wondered why they spent 3 to 9 bucks on 'Horse Armour' and 'The Vile Lair'!
I will admit, buying Burnout: Legends for DS soley on the fact that their home-console predecessors are amazing games, only to get such awful trash, has turned me onto reviewing every single game I wish to buy.
It really seems like certain game companies are looking to make a quick buck out of the DS and standards of gaming suffer because of that.
It's not Nintendo's fault for naming their system after a phallus-related substance (and making a similar-shaped controller, to boot) - it's the radio station's for not consulting numerous doctors if there were any health risks to drinking gallons of water.
Because IT is such a new profession, a lot of end-users I have to deal with often cannot correctly scale what exact services we provide. For example, I'm in an administration role, yet because of a few years studying IT, everyone assumes I'm the authority of IT and nothing is above my knowledge.
However, this attitude becomes sour when people expect me to have a simple usb-stick interface with a laptop and it has to auto-configure.
"Maybe someone else should do it" and "I thought it was easier than that" are the kind of slamming and put-down comments I face on a regular basis, so why don't we return fire to these morons?
Remember, there are 10 people that understand binary - I say, rub it in their faces if they cannot educate themselves.
Using a new Star Trek film to paint all our favourite captains and their crews as political pawns who are slaves to a totalitarian Federation rule is worse than Han shooting first.
Too true - I have a feeling this will simply re-hash the same tired dynamic of MMO and not bring anything new or interesting to change the way we look at this genre in general.
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Does Michael Jackson from Michael Jackson's Moonwalker count?
'Coz nobody wants to see the dwarf get the girl in the end!
It certainly is eye-catching, you must admit. And seeing as most games out there have some sort of copycat-hero on each box, posing proudly whilst attacking some demon/alien hybrid beast: you'll have this certain boxart sticking out like a sore thumb: which I think is an advantage.
I'm sure a lot of you will relate to the following story:
Remember when you were little and you got taken to an arcade? Remember looking at all the machines and having no money to put in to actually play the game? So what did you do?
That's right, you sat there at the machine, pretending to play the game, all the while as the "Insert Coin" icon flashed at you, heck, you'd even pretend to mash buttons when the high-score list came up!
My point is, in retrospect: pretending to mash the buttons was fun and all, but did it match the thrill of actually playing the game yourself?
I remember hitting the gaming wall through Animal Crossing: Wild World after picking fruit over hours on end to pay off a mortgage loan to Mr. Nook.
Only recieved a "Thanks Much!"
I think my reaction was "What... NO giant golden statute this time?!"
Or does there seem to be something inherently funny about the phrase "banned from the internet"?
It's like an international grounding!
I for one can't wait to see how this series will come to a conclusion - and of course, to see the movies retcon the novels to have Snape appear as a villain "the whole time along!"
With the lack of parental control over minors and their cell phones, what precautions will be taken to stop the under-age abusing this system?
"My best guess is that Sony emerges as the winner of the movie format war in late 2008, and games start looking noticeably better in 2009. That's when Sony starts looking like the winner of the next generation battle. All of this is pretty far out, and a lot can happen with pricing to change things. For example, if Sony gets down the cost curve for Blu-ray and Cell processors, [the PS3] may be below $300 shortly thereafter. It's hard to say that this will happen before 2009, but it could. That would change everything."
Why do I see the term "Sony" used 3 times in this quote and not one mention of "Nintendo" or even "XBox"? Seems like an outright biased and overly opinionated review, completed void of the fairness and ethics.
Funny, I thought Wikipedia was the [i]authority[/i] on Batman...
Hell, they'd better include following functions in the next patch of Amiga OS4:
* Synthesised Boot-Block Error and Guru Mediation Codes!
* That Robo-Speech program we all used to type dirty words!
* A button that simulates "Blowing on the floppy to make sure it loads this time"!
Sounds like a cross between Counter-Strike with god mode and double armour and money cheats on.
There's two sides to this fence:
Either you're a typical consumer who doesn't know the nitty-gritty details of the phone and will purchase it (or not) depending on Apple's track record alone in their eyes.
The other side is to simply avoid the phone because, armed with knowledge, the iPhone's matchstick castle is shattered.
That leaves the middle... which I suppose amounts to having the knowledge its not going to give you what you want, but buying it anyway for humourous and ironic spite.
Huzzah! When this comes out, it'll probably include Knights of the Nine, forcing end-users to wonder why they just forked out 40 bucks for an 'add-on', the same way they wondered why they spent 3 to 9 bucks on 'Horse Armour' and 'The Vile Lair'!
Hey, I know, I have a GREAT idea!
You know that 'Kids' section in Electronic Boutique? With "Star Wars Activity Centre"? We'll make THAT our mainstream form of entertainment!
We'll also enforce nappies be worn by anyone between age 9 to 90!
I wouldn't jump in with 2 feet - I also wouldn't go off 'one gaming site' that gives a low score.
It's better in my opinion to go a site like metacritic to get a wider range of reviews and see what pros and cons are consistant between each review.
Releasing a Dreamcast game while the Dreamcast itself is discontinued... Exactly HOW much is Sega expecting to get in returns for this?
I will admit, buying Burnout: Legends for DS soley on the fact that their home-console predecessors are amazing games, only to get such awful trash, has turned me onto reviewing every single game I wish to buy.
It really seems like certain game companies are looking to make a quick buck out of the DS and standards of gaming suffer because of that.
It's not Nintendo's fault for naming their system after a phallus-related substance (and making a similar-shaped controller, to boot) - it's the radio station's for not consulting numerous doctors if there were any health risks to drinking gallons of water.
Because IT is such a new profession, a lot of end-users I have to deal with often cannot correctly scale what exact services we provide. For example, I'm in an administration role, yet because of a few years studying IT, everyone assumes I'm the authority of IT and nothing is above my knowledge. However, this attitude becomes sour when people expect me to have a simple usb-stick interface with a laptop and it has to auto-configure. "Maybe someone else should do it" and "I thought it was easier than that" are the kind of slamming and put-down comments I face on a regular basis, so why don't we return fire to these morons? Remember, there are 10 people that understand binary - I say, rub it in their faces if they cannot educate themselves.
Oh wait, he's thin now, isn't he?
Using a new Star Trek film to paint all our favourite captains and their crews as political pawns who are slaves to a totalitarian Federation rule is worse than Han shooting first.
Well, that's that tops my list on "Worst Times to Get the Blue Screen of Death".
If a Pirates of the Carribean MMO was release, how long would it take for the community to demand insult sword-fighting be implemented?
Too true - I have a feeling this will simply re-hash the same tired dynamic of MMO and not bring anything new or interesting to change the way we look at this genre in general.