To be honest I didn't really think you worked for either - its just that the troll seems to be under the impression that the only people with bad things to say about Sony simply/must/ be owners of a different console. Even without any Sony contacts myself its exactly what every market analyst (and indeed Sony's last profits statement) have been saying for a while now.
More probably Matsushita is the rather obvious reply to that one, as the original poster was mainly pointing out that Sony's delay at jumping on the flatscreen bandwagon has hurt them, rather than denying the rather obvious fact that the PS2 division is supporting the rest of the corporation currently.
Exemption from the law isn't even a new thing for these people; this does after all come on the back of the "go on, let us kill every box we suspect of having copies on" request. Exemption from other boring laws, like those stopping them from just firebombing those nasty piracy enablers like Frys and Staples who supply all the equipment required to write a CDR can't be too far behind, surely?
For added bonus fun, once you get outside the towns and villages, the roads on the Isle Of Man (where the Manx TT takes place) are derestricted. No speed limits, on roads that are also a racetrack. Madness.
While it may be a better cellphone than the GBA, its not as good as the Nokia 8210. Since this and an SP put together are only as big as an N-Gage, you could build the ultimate gaming phone with the use of an elastic band, should you insist...
Apart from having more memory than some (but not all), its of the same order of power as the rest of the Symbian phones out there. It may be quite cheap as Symbian phones go, but its not unique, as the fact that it'll run Sonic N, Tomb Raider etc. demonstrates.
Several people have told me they prefer Soul Calibur over SC2, but I'd have to say I disagree. While the original is the only way you'll ever play it using the official Dreamcast Arcade Stick (officially the best stick ever released), the Hori, SC2 sticks are pretty darn close, and the 1-player quest mode is rather more interesting on 2 than 1.
I'm glad I own all 3 'Soul' games, though; its definitely my favorite fighter series.
Apart from Worms World Party, of course. WWP isn't quite as buggy as the DC release of Armageddon either, so if you only buy one DC Worms game make it WWP. Neither game is as good as the old Amiga 1200 Worms: Director's Cut, but what is?
I don't care whether they want to speak French or not, and have little against the populace at large. I just hate their annoying government, that insist on every DVD case being ruined by having bilingual text on it. It looks horrible. Just English would be fine and dandy. I'd put up with just French (or, rather just the 'French' that they speak, rather than the correct language by that name), but both looks horrible.
"They should not have taken part -- not even as extras or cameos -- in pornographic films, shows or plays nor have made statements... in any way out of tune with the moral spirit of the competition,"
Which rules out Mona, once they discover the option in the game to change her outfit to be 'nothing'. Sorry. I think, anyway.
"It'd be handy when I want to pass somebody who's going above the speed limit and has a radar detector."
I've had people do this to me (overtake me when I'm speeding myself), and its really rather annoying, actually. If I'm already driving faster than is legal to do so (something I'm not massively comfortable doing, but I don't push my luck), am I really driving slow enough to be a problem for you?
For those that don't know, he pops up on Animal Crossing to tell you not to reset your Gamecube without saving your progress, as its deemed to be cheating; i.e. avoiding saving your mistakes if you have a bad day in the game.
This is all well and good in theory, but of the three times I've been told of, in a long, unskippable diatribe each time, its because the box crashed. Its bad enough to hit bugs at the best of times. Having the game accuse you of being a cheat because it messed up is a hundred times worse.
"On an artistic level, it's not in the film music league."
You know, this is just so true. Someone like Harry Gregson-Williams, who did the Metal Gear Solid 2 score, is no match on artistic terms with the composer of films like Shrek and Phone Booth, Harry Gregson-Williams.
It sounds like I've actually being enjoying the benefits of dual monitors for a long while, but I call the second monitor a whole second box...
Acutally, my biggest use for this at the moment is having the game running on the XBox, and the PC doing all the other stuff alongside, which works really well; you can see where your mates are without having the distracting "Friend request" bit pop up when you're halfway through a round of something, and even know what is happening when playing an offline game because no-one is around when you start.
So what you're saying is that its an ideal setup if you want to hold a conversation, listen to music, actually work or cheat while playing.
Since I wish to do none of those, I'm still lost as to the point, sorry. When I game I'm far too focussed to allow interruptions, and no inclination to be a cheating git. Its bad enough the phone going off...
...misses the single funniest disaster in this phone. Nokia are trying to promote just about every single feature on this phone above its ability to make phone calls, but mp3 playing is only just below game playing.
Anyone care to guess how much memory it has to store mp3s in? I'll give you a clue, its smaller than an iPod's 20Gb.
Try 3Mb. Yep, a whole song's worth. What is the effing point of that?
Of course, you know that biggest irony about the screen? While so busy hyping its ability to play EA and Activision-produced 3d pap, they neglected to persuade a single Japanese vertical shmup producer to write anything for this device. Its the perfect screen for a handheld Psyvariar or Ikaruga, but we won't be getting one.
You're correct that you don't need a screwdriver, but you do need to remind it of the time (UK phones don't remember the time when you remove the battery, nor do they take time from the network), and spend the best part of a minute or two while you wait for it to boot, handshake with the network again, drill through three levels of menu to the game, and then wait for the game to load from MMC.
Seriously more annoying than just using a GBA, particularly when both a GBA SP and an 8210 together take up about the same pocket space as this monstrosity.
No, he can't. I know its just a joke, but for the sadder-than-thou playing along here, Hopkins did indeed release a single once. It spent a whole week at number 75 in the British chart, making him the least successful chart act ever. Deservedly.
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To be honest I didn't really think you worked for either - its just that the troll seems to be under the impression that the only people with bad things to say about Sony simply /must/ be owners of a different console. Even without any Sony contacts myself its exactly what every market analyst (and indeed Sony's last profits statement) have been saying for a while now.
Quoth the Troll "You must work for Nintendo".
More probably Matsushita is the rather obvious reply to that one, as the original poster was mainly pointing out that Sony's delay at jumping on the flatscreen bandwagon has hurt them, rather than denying the rather obvious fact that the PS2 division is supporting the rest of the corporation currently.
Exemption from the law isn't even a new thing for these people; this does after all come on the back of the "go on, let us kill every box we suspect of having copies on" request. Exemption from other boring laws, like those stopping them from just firebombing those nasty piracy enablers like Frys and Staples who supply all the equipment required to write a CDR can't be too far behind, surely?
For added bonus fun, once you get outside the towns and villages, the roads on the Isle Of Man (where the Manx TT takes place) are derestricted. No speed limits, on roads that are also a racetrack. Madness.
A cut to the throat? I'd have thought you were better off with either a wooden stake or at least silver bullets.
I bet he uses it for looking through apartment windows again, too.
Mind you, between him, Jan Michel Vincent and Famke Janssen its a wonder there are any prototype helicopters that haven't been stolen.
"While this is a bit sloppy, powering down, removing case, battery and SIM"
Annoying, yes, but no more so than changing game on the N-Gage, so who cares?
While it may be a better cellphone than the GBA, its not as good as the Nokia 8210. Since this and an SP put together are only as big as an N-Gage, you could build the ultimate gaming phone with the use of an elastic band, should you insist...
Apart from having more memory than some (but not all), its of the same order of power as the rest of the Symbian phones out there. It may be quite cheap as Symbian phones go, but its not unique, as the fact that it'll run Sonic N, Tomb Raider etc. demonstrates.
Several people have told me they prefer Soul Calibur over SC2, but I'd have to say I disagree. While the original is the only way you'll ever play it using the official Dreamcast Arcade Stick (officially the best stick ever released), the Hori, SC2 sticks are pretty darn close, and the 1-player quest mode is rather more interesting on 2 than 1.
I'm glad I own all 3 'Soul' games, though; its definitely my favorite fighter series.
"There's nothing quite like Worms Armageddon"
Apart from Worms World Party, of course. WWP isn't quite as buggy as the DC release of Armageddon either, so if you only buy one DC Worms game make it WWP. Neither game is as good as the old Amiga 1200 Worms: Director's Cut, but what is?
"do they slowdown after they get around you?"
You betcha. The point is to prove they can overtake me, not because they are actually in a hurry or anything.
I don't care whether they want to speak French or not, and have little against the populace at large. I just hate their annoying government, that insist on every DVD case being ruined by having bilingual text on it. It looks horrible. Just English would be fine and dandy. I'd put up with just French (or, rather just the 'French' that they speak, rather than the correct language by that name), but both looks horrible.
"They should not have taken part -- not even as extras or cameos -- in pornographic films, shows or plays nor have made statements ... in any way out of tune with the moral spirit of the competition,"
Which rules out Mona, once they discover the option in the game to change her outfit to be 'nothing'. Sorry. I think, anyway.
"It'd be handy when I want to pass somebody who's going above the speed limit and has a radar detector."
I've had people do this to me (overtake me when I'm speeding myself), and its really rather annoying, actually. If I'm already driving faster than is legal to do so (something I'm not massively comfortable doing, but I don't push my luck), am I really driving slow enough to be a problem for you?
Dear God I detest Mr. Resetti.
For those that don't know, he pops up on Animal Crossing to tell you not to reset your Gamecube without saving your progress, as its deemed to be cheating; i.e. avoiding saving your mistakes if you have a bad day in the game.
This is all well and good in theory, but of the three times I've been told of, in a long, unskippable diatribe each time, its because the box crashed. Its bad enough to hit bugs at the best of times. Having the game accuse you of being a cheat because it messed up is a hundred times worse.
"On an artistic level, it's not in the film music league."
You know, this is just so true. Someone like Harry Gregson-Williams, who did the Metal Gear Solid 2 score, is no match on artistic terms with the composer of films like Shrek and Phone Booth, Harry Gregson-Williams.
Aaah, I see. Ta for that.
It sounds like I've actually being enjoying the benefits of dual monitors for a long while, but I call the second monitor a whole second box...
Acutally, my biggest use for this at the moment is having the game running on the XBox, and the PC doing all the other stuff alongside, which works really well; you can see where your mates are without having the distracting "Friend request" bit pop up when you're halfway through a round of something, and even know what is happening when playing an offline game because no-one is around when you start.
everything makes sense now.
So what you're saying is that its an ideal setup if you want to hold a conversation, listen to music, actually work or cheat while playing.
Since I wish to do none of those, I'm still lost as to the point, sorry. When I game I'm far too focussed to allow interruptions, and no inclination to be a cheating git. Its bad enough the phone going off...
...misses the single funniest disaster in this phone. Nokia are trying to promote just about every single feature on this phone above its ability to make phone calls, but mp3 playing is only just below game playing.
Anyone care to guess how much memory it has to store mp3s in? I'll give you a clue, its smaller than an iPod's 20Gb.
Try 3Mb. Yep, a whole song's worth. What is the effing point of that?
Of course, you know that biggest irony about the screen? While so busy hyping its ability to play EA and Activision-produced 3d pap, they neglected to persuade a single Japanese vertical shmup producer to write anything for this device. Its the perfect screen for a handheld Psyvariar or Ikaruga, but we won't be getting one.
You're correct that you don't need a screwdriver, but you do need to remind it of the time (UK phones don't remember the time when you remove the battery, nor do they take time from the network), and spend the best part of a minute or two while you wait for it to boot, handshake with the network again, drill through three levels of menu to the game, and then wait for the game to load from MMC.
Seriously more annoying than just using a GBA, particularly when both a GBA SP and an 8210 together take up about the same pocket space as this monstrosity.
"This last six months has been a very dry spell for Nintendo games"
Artistically, maybe, though I'd argue that WarioWare is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Financially, there is the "small" matter of new Pokemon releases, which made a fairly huge splash.
No, he can't. I know its just a joke, but for the sadder-than-thou playing along here, Hopkins did indeed release a single once. It spent a whole week at number 75 in the British chart, making him the least successful chart act ever. Deservedly.
"And don't try to pretend that anyone under 40 recognizes Carlin as anything but the Seven Words You Can't Say On TV Guy"
Nonsense. As the original post title suggests, we all know him as Rufus from Bill & Ted before we know about Seven Words...