This, completely. Sega opting out of the hardware market and producing their titles on various systems has saved the company (so to speak). Granted, they aren't the Sega of old, with tons of success and cash, but they have come back from the brink. Sonic finally got to next-gen without Sega having to build the hardware. Could you imagine Mario Kart, Zelda or an SMB game done on PS4 or 720? Give me a piece of that action!
I suspect it might cost more than $8 million a year to run a magazine. On advertising for games, they only feature Nintendo available products, or marketing for other teen related products, such as movies, snacks, etc. Maybe its not such a financial windfall.
Indeed, my man, C64 was superior. I was a big PoR player myself, along with Hillsfar, Rocket Ranger, and Red Storm Rising (and any other Microprose game). Damn, those were indeed the days. ANYTHING Cinemaware put out on C64 was superior to most things on NES, especially in the early 1990s when shovelware really bloated the NES offerings. I was always so jealous of my friend who had an Amiga, my family couldn't afford to get me one, but the graphics looked amazing. Heck, the first DOS-based PC I had was an IBM PS/1 386SX-16mhz. Once I got ahold of Kings Quest 5, it was all over, I was a point and click adventure game fiend. Those types of games never translated to consoles very well, they still don't.
My other two posts are one of the 37 current comments on this thread. Thought everyone loved original Nintendo / SNES? Just for cozy feelings, at least!
I won... a neon pink fanny pack. I believe it came stuffed with a t-shirt and some chocolate coins. The t-shirt was kind of crappy, and the coins were quickly consumed. And the neon pink fanny pack was... neon pink and a fanny pack. So kind of the worst prize ever, but i remember the shit out of having actually won something!
LOL, sorry man, you know you have to be a kid to eat chocolate coins. They gotta be the worst chocolate ever! To think, I was gonna make some snide remark about you still wearing the fanny pack, but I held back, I figured eating those coins was punishment enough. Sorry man. Their prizes were useless though, no joke.
I own every single issue of Nintendo Power ever printed, even all the Nintendo Fun Club newsletters. Sad, I know, but I felt that I should continue my subscription as it was one of my favorite magazines when I was a kid. I remember getting Metal Gear strategies from there, and actually getting in the magazine for maxing out the score on Xenophobe (had to send a Polaroid pic, which was my only camera, but it had to show your TV and Nintendo. Not an easy shot.). I guess I'll eBay them all when they finally nail it to the cross, just like I did my EGM2 collection. It's decent that something like this is revealed, unlike EGM, who just ended production and unceremoniously replaced my subscription with a sub to Maxim. Not that I minded, but it'd have been nice to have a choice. Anyhow, these things happen, its the digital age now, and kids don't hang on every word from a video game magazine nowadays. Hell, those were the ONLY places that you could get video games tips / strategies / cheats back in the day. Now, we have the internet. As biased as it was, I gotta say: Fly high, Nintendo Power!
I don't recall any of your/. posts, but I love this one. I'm setting you to fan immediately. More to my point, people from the Quake generation, as I was from the Doom generation, always talk about their prowess at gaming....but they always seem to leave out modern titles. I would agree with you 100% that MW3, MW2 or CoD games ARENT the same as Quake, as they arent the same as Doom, but why havent gamers in our generation evolved (I know that answer actually: job, kids, wife, bills)? We always talk about our own accomplishments and never appreciate what others have done. StarCraft 2 might be this guy's Doom 2. There is something totally satisfying about dominating a game against others. I used to win LAN matches on our old PS/2 token-ring network in high school (where people who knew and played Doom religously) where I was in the 100s in frags and the others were in negatives.
Now, we get to modern gaming, and everyone bitches about the "tea-bagging" Halo tweens, as if snotty brats ruined gaming. We were snotty brats too, we just didnt have voice chat! LOL! I had a guy call me a hacker piece of shit for beating him 5 times in a row on Virtua Fighter 5 on PS3 the other day. I never knew a hack to any fighting game, EVER, that pressed buttons for you. I seriously had to block him from my PSN account because the messages kept coming. There are always haters to success, always, no matter your occupation or talent. I get frustrated when I play MW2, MW3, Battlefield 3, because my skills just arent there anymore, but I dont dedicate my time to one game. I can usually hit middle of the pack on end rankings. These kids have what we used to have, love and moxy to put yourself into something that gives you joy, completely. Sometimes it so happens that in the nerd world, maybe you arent good at anything else. I really think these guys are amazing, and most importantly, they are truly doing something they love. Its not for the money, its for the emotional reward. Technology was always so cool to me, and I grew up poor with a single mother who worked two jobs, I know how gaming can fill a void in your life. Some people are just a no go for sports, acting, modeling, what have you....its better to be known for something than nothing. I'd rather be have the highest score at anything than die unknown making $45k a year at some mindless job. These guys are young yet, I think we should celebrate what they can do because we never had the chance to do so with such monetary compensation, and I'm positive there are more than a handful of people on/. who would have been unbeatable in their day at their game of choice. Kudos to these guys, and I honestly do hope their love of gaming brings them success, not ridicule as it used to be!
Lots of professional athletes die because of their profession, they push their bodies too hard. Drug addicts are trying to fill a void in their lives and push their bodies too hard as well. If you are so dedicated to one thing, anything, and it costs you your life, sometime people just wouldnt mind going out that way. I remain impressed, and I think we all should be as well. I'd rather almost reach Mt. Everest and die climbing at 32, if I loved climbing, than die at 70 after 50 years of rewardless drudgery in a cubicle. Everyone, think about it.
Keep in mind the concorde needs a very long runway and operated at only the largest airports were it would have to wait in line and/or travel a long way from loading to takeoff at low speeds which is very inneficient for a jet engine.
This is portion is false, completely. Fuel useage aside, it had extreme thrust from its afterburners for takeoff, and could function wuite well on a small scale airport / runway. We have flown to and from BGI in Barbados for years, and its far from a large aiport with very long runways. Its a very small airport with only one runway, for both arrivals and departures, that doesn't appear to be any larger than a standard regional airport, I'm not talking Dulles, or Charlotte or even Pittsburgh, Im talking regionals. Yes, that was one of the 4 main ports of call for the Concorde, and there is currently one there at the aeronautics museum at their airport.
The airport at Grantley Adams International (BGI) in Barbados is about 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit every day, all year. I can attest that its concrete, all of it, the tarmac, the runways, the staging areas, etc. I'm not sure about what the traditional building methods are in the states for airports and roads (road construction never fucking ends here in western Pennsylvania either, I feel you) but it seems damn sturdy for their needs. No matter what some posters said above, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that in any place in the world where temps hang around 100F that they would use concrete instead of asphalt. I think concrete isnt used as much for roads or highways in the states, as it doesnt have the nicer "ride" as softer asphalt. That was always my guess. I didn't think it had anything to do with durability or cost, as concrete would largely be better in our enviroment, since the snow plows pull huge chunks of the asphalt up here every winter.
OK nice job Jeremiah Johnson but OP has a wife and kids. I doubt they'd be that keen on living in a log cabin and bathing in the creek. Many people (well men with families) would willingly do a boring job of drudgery for 25 years if they could thereby guarantee economic security for their family.
You know, still bothers me that people always mention "men" doing this, I can't wait for the day more women do it. I would love to be a stay at home dad!
The best part of that article is they "continued their actions after being warned by Brighton police." Niiiiceeee. "Hey, stop stealing!" Good work there officers!
>> I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc).
I'd get BOTH a 500 and the 1200; both of these are CPU-under-the-keyboard models, but the 1200 has the built-in HD (120MB or so). Try to run your games on the 1200 first, but in my experience, you'll need the original 500 for a few of them. (The 3000 series and what-not are separate tower/keyboard affairs.)
Damn, I wish you didn't post AC, I was going to ask if I can use one monitor for both or if they use different monitors. Sorry if I seem uninformed on Amiga, its new to me in almost every sense.
I posted this above, but you seem like another in-the-loop Amiga fan to ask, so I am reposting below:
For the collector / new to Amiga market, what would you recommend? I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc). Just something new to toy around with for a few months and add to my collection of gaming equipment. I had a Commodore 64 since it was released in the "C" format, and still have all of my equipment and software, but I was so jealous of the back-of-the-box screenshots for Amiga titles (we really couldn't afford an Amiga when they were new). I'd love to experience that first-hand, especially from some of the better houses such as Cinemaware. I'm just completely unsure what model to invest in.
For the collector / new to Amiga market, what would you recommend? I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc). Just something new to toy around with for a few months and add to my collection of gaming equipment. I had a Commodore 64 since it was released in the "C" format, and still have all of my equipment and software, but I was so jealous of the back-of-the-box screenshots for Amiga titles (we really couldn't afford an Amiga when they were new). I'd love to experience that first-hand, especially from some of the better houses such as Cinemaware. I'm just completely unsure what model to invest in.
Wow, thanks for the link! I heard about this before, but didn't have the opportunity to check into it at that time, and have since forgotten. Many of their reward packages are really sweet!
I enjoyed Uncharted as well. In my trophy-whoring ways, I played the hell out of it, but beating it on the hardest difficulty drove me nuts and I gave up. It still haunts me. I remain impressed with those who can platinum it. Never played 2 or 3, mostly because of the required online trophies.
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I was expecting to see Randy Marsh in the video.
"You don't understand, SHARON!"
Um, its called Pony-U now, get it right.
This, completely. Sega opting out of the hardware market and producing their titles on various systems has saved the company (so to speak). Granted, they aren't the Sega of old, with tons of success and cash, but they have come back from the brink. Sonic finally got to next-gen without Sega having to build the hardware. Could you imagine Mario Kart, Zelda or an SMB game done on PS4 or 720? Give me a piece of that action!
Why don't they just stop making PC games then? I don't buy their products, just as disclaimer.
Its called my brain, and trust me, worrying about that bullshit when I leave the building should count as "additional hours".
I suspect it might cost more than $8 million a year to run a magazine. On advertising for games, they only feature Nintendo available products, or marketing for other teen related products, such as movies, snacks, etc. Maybe its not such a financial windfall.
Indeed, my man, C64 was superior. I was a big PoR player myself, along with Hillsfar, Rocket Ranger, and Red Storm Rising (and any other Microprose game). Damn, those were indeed the days. ANYTHING Cinemaware put out on C64 was superior to most things on NES, especially in the early 1990s when shovelware really bloated the NES offerings. I was always so jealous of my friend who had an Amiga, my family couldn't afford to get me one, but the graphics looked amazing. Heck, the first DOS-based PC I had was an IBM PS/1 386SX-16mhz. Once I got ahold of Kings Quest 5, it was all over, I was a point and click adventure game fiend. Those types of games never translated to consoles very well, they still don't.
Before you tight asshole types go nuts, it was a joke.
Google recruiters, please contact me.
My other two posts are one of the 37 current comments on this thread. Thought everyone loved original Nintendo / SNES? Just for cozy feelings, at least!
I won... a neon pink fanny pack. I believe it came stuffed with a t-shirt and some chocolate coins. The t-shirt was kind of crappy, and the coins were quickly consumed. And the neon pink fanny pack was... neon pink and a fanny pack. So kind of the worst prize ever, but i remember the shit out of having actually won something!
LOL, sorry man, you know you have to be a kid to eat chocolate coins. They gotta be the worst chocolate ever! To think, I was gonna make some snide remark about you still wearing the fanny pack, but I held back, I figured eating those coins was punishment enough. Sorry man. Their prizes were useless though, no joke.
I own every single issue of Nintendo Power ever printed, even all the Nintendo Fun Club newsletters. Sad, I know, but I felt that I should continue my subscription as it was one of my favorite magazines when I was a kid. I remember getting Metal Gear strategies from there, and actually getting in the magazine for maxing out the score on Xenophobe (had to send a Polaroid pic, which was my only camera, but it had to show your TV and Nintendo. Not an easy shot.). I guess I'll eBay them all when they finally nail it to the cross, just like I did my EGM2 collection. It's decent that something like this is revealed, unlike EGM, who just ended production and unceremoniously replaced my subscription with a sub to Maxim. Not that I minded, but it'd have been nice to have a choice. Anyhow, these things happen, its the digital age now, and kids don't hang on every word from a video game magazine nowadays. Hell, those were the ONLY places that you could get video games tips / strategies / cheats back in the day. Now, we have the internet. As biased as it was, I gotta say: Fly high, Nintendo Power!
I don't recall any of your /. posts, but I love this one. I'm setting you to fan immediately. More to my point, people from the Quake generation, as I was from the Doom generation, always talk about their prowess at gaming....but they always seem to leave out modern titles. I would agree with you 100% that MW3, MW2 or CoD games ARENT the same as Quake, as they arent the same as Doom, but why havent gamers in our generation evolved (I know that answer actually: job, kids, wife, bills)? We always talk about our own accomplishments and never appreciate what others have done. StarCraft 2 might be this guy's Doom 2. There is something totally satisfying about dominating a game against others. I used to win LAN matches on our old PS/2 token-ring network in high school (where people who knew and played Doom religously) where I was in the 100s in frags and the others were in negatives.
Now, we get to modern gaming, and everyone bitches about the "tea-bagging" Halo tweens, as if snotty brats ruined gaming. We were snotty brats too, we just didnt have voice chat! LOL! I had a guy call me a hacker piece of shit for beating him 5 times in a row on Virtua Fighter 5 on PS3 the other day. I never knew a hack to any fighting game, EVER, that pressed buttons for you. I seriously had to block him from my PSN account because the messages kept coming. There are always haters to success, always, no matter your occupation or talent. I get frustrated when I play MW2, MW3, Battlefield 3, because my skills just arent there anymore, but I dont dedicate my time to one game. I can usually hit middle of the pack on end rankings. These kids have what we used to have, love and moxy to put yourself into something that gives you joy, completely. Sometimes it so happens that in the nerd world, maybe you arent good at anything else. I really think these guys are amazing, and most importantly, they are truly doing something they love. Its not for the money, its for the emotional reward. Technology was always so cool to me, and I grew up poor with a single mother who worked two jobs, I know how gaming can fill a void in your life. Some people are just a no go for sports, acting, modeling, what have you....its better to be known for something than nothing. I'd rather be have the highest score at anything than die unknown making $45k a year at some mindless job. These guys are young yet, I think we should celebrate what they can do because we never had the chance to do so with such monetary compensation, and I'm positive there are more than a handful of people on /. who would have been unbeatable in their day at their game of choice. Kudos to these guys, and I honestly do hope their love of gaming brings them success, not ridicule as it used to be!
Lots of professional athletes die because of their profession, they push their bodies too hard. Drug addicts are trying to fill a void in their lives and push their bodies too hard as well. If you are so dedicated to one thing, anything, and it costs you your life, sometime people just wouldnt mind going out that way. I remain impressed, and I think we all should be as well. I'd rather almost reach Mt. Everest and die climbing at 32, if I loved climbing, than die at 70 after 50 years of rewardless drudgery in a cubicle. Everyone, think about it.
Keep in mind the concorde needs a very long runway and operated at only the largest airports were it would have to wait in line and/or travel a long way from loading to takeoff at low speeds which is very inneficient for a jet engine.
This is portion is false, completely. Fuel useage aside, it had extreme thrust from its afterburners for takeoff, and could function wuite well on a small scale airport / runway. We have flown to and from BGI in Barbados for years, and its far from a large aiport with very long runways. Its a very small airport with only one runway, for both arrivals and departures, that doesn't appear to be any larger than a standard regional airport, I'm not talking Dulles, or Charlotte or even Pittsburgh, Im talking regionals. Yes, that was one of the 4 main ports of call for the Concorde, and there is currently one there at the aeronautics museum at their airport.
The airport at Grantley Adams International (BGI) in Barbados is about 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit every day, all year. I can attest that its concrete, all of it, the tarmac, the runways, the staging areas, etc. I'm not sure about what the traditional building methods are in the states for airports and roads (road construction never fucking ends here in western Pennsylvania either, I feel you) but it seems damn sturdy for their needs. No matter what some posters said above, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that in any place in the world where temps hang around 100F that they would use concrete instead of asphalt. I think concrete isnt used as much for roads or highways in the states, as it doesnt have the nicer "ride" as softer asphalt. That was always my guess. I didn't think it had anything to do with durability or cost, as concrete would largely be better in our enviroment, since the snow plows pull huge chunks of the asphalt up here every winter.
OK nice job Jeremiah Johnson but OP has a wife and kids. I doubt they'd be that keen on living in a log cabin and bathing in the creek. Many people (well men with families) would willingly do a boring job of drudgery for 25 years if they could thereby guarantee economic security for their family.
You know, still bothers me that people always mention "men" doing this, I can't wait for the day more women do it. I would love to be a stay at home dad!
The best part of that article is they "continued their actions after being warned by Brighton police." Niiiiceeee. "Hey, stop stealing!" Good work there officers!
>> I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc).
I'd get BOTH a 500 and the 1200; both of these are CPU-under-the-keyboard models, but the 1200 has the built-in HD (120MB or so). Try to run your games on the 1200 first, but in my experience, you'll need the original 500 for a few of them. (The 3000 series and what-not are separate tower/keyboard affairs.)
Damn, I wish you didn't post AC, I was going to ask if I can use one monitor for both or if they use different monitors. Sorry if I seem uninformed on Amiga, its new to me in almost every sense.
Sweet man, thanks for the links! I'll check those out when I get out of work.
I posted this above, but you seem like another in-the-loop Amiga fan to ask, so I am reposting below:
For the collector / new to Amiga market, what would you recommend? I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc). Just something new to toy around with for a few months and add to my collection of gaming equipment. I had a Commodore 64 since it was released in the "C" format, and still have all of my equipment and software, but I was so jealous of the back-of-the-box screenshots for Amiga titles (we really couldn't afford an Amiga when they were new). I'd love to experience that first-hand, especially from some of the better houses such as Cinemaware. I'm just completely unsure what model to invest in.
For the collector / new to Amiga market, what would you recommend? I want to get a complete Amiga system, for gaming exclusively, but I always get tripped up in the model numbers (500, 1200, 3000, etc). Just something new to toy around with for a few months and add to my collection of gaming equipment. I had a Commodore 64 since it was released in the "C" format, and still have all of my equipment and software, but I was so jealous of the back-of-the-box screenshots for Amiga titles (we really couldn't afford an Amiga when they were new). I'd love to experience that first-hand, especially from some of the better houses such as Cinemaware. I'm just completely unsure what model to invest in.
Yes FOOL, but this is iRam.
Which is much shinier than regular RAM.
You forgot to mention that the iRam DIMMs have rounded edges!
Wow, thanks for the link! I heard about this before, but didn't have the opportunity to check into it at that time, and have since forgotten. Many of their reward packages are really sweet!
I enjoyed Uncharted as well. In my trophy-whoring ways, I played the hell out of it, but beating it on the hardest difficulty drove me nuts and I gave up. It still haunts me. I remain impressed with those who can platinum it. Never played 2 or 3, mostly because of the required online trophies.
And why is Arkansas pronounced Arkensaw, but Kansas not pronounced Kansaw?
By the logic above, wouldn't it be pronounced Kensaw?