I have. And between that and Bionic Commando I think over the five or so years we owned our NES (and at least 200 rented titles) they probably saw a good 10% of my play time. Come to think of it... I've never actually beat Blaster Master. I tried to play the Game Boy Color version of Blaster Master, but for me it was unplayable due to the screen size.
One problem I've been having with every one of these action RPGs (KotOR, Mass Effect,..) is that Bioware claims that you don't have to be inherently evil to go down the 'bad guy' path, but in Jade Empire it was the worst. They said it wouldn't be good vs evil, but every time you end up making that very choice. Inherently Good vs obviously evil. Like the end of JE. Kill the dragon and enslave your friends, or don't. Even if you spend the entire game being a bad guy, saving the dragon pops you half-way up the other side. Just doesn't seem to be as blurred as Bioware wants it to be.
Subsidized meat? I'd say that we should start some nice taxes on High Fructose Corn Syrup in stead. That's causing much more problems than red meat could hope to cause. So what if soda goes up in price, and it costs more for a candy bar. Good. Maybe people will have to start sitting on the couch and eating potato chips... oh wait. Hmm.. going to have to start taxing the hydrogenated oils. I'd be for that as well. Only problem is that, as you've stated. It's more about money than health. but there is also this here Tariff or quota or whatever you'd like to call it on imported sugar that artificially inflates the price of real sugar in the US. Originally, I believe, this was to help the corn industry, but the regulations were never lifted. And now our nation is getting even larger...
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption... Every fight. Going through the portal from the 'Norfair' planet, Bryyo, into the icy caverns. The first time you get to the Elysia, and every time after that when you're traveling outside. Incedentally, this is my 'Game of the Year' choice.
Portal: Not the end, but the first time you find one of the rooms where "others" had dwelled before you. Insanity.
Assassin's Creed: When the main character acquires the 'eagle vision' near the end.
Bioshock: Any time you're walking around and you hear a Big Daddy, was a truly great moment. Sadly, this game was ruined for my by the last boss battle, which seemed to take everything the game stood for, and threw it away in the name of a Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter final boss battle. (loved Turok, for the record)
Mass Effect: I really cannot pinpoint any spot that was a 'finest moment'. Great game, one of the best this year. Maybe it's 'finest moment' can be the fight with Matriarch Benezia. The only battle I had any actual trouble with.
I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in some prophecy or another, but if they ever actually finish this game, expect a few horsemen to come knocking at a lot of doors. Probably some plagues, too.
I agree with you. Mostly. I can't play a guitar to save my life. I can play the violin, viola, and even a trumpet, but I cannot play a guitar. Not sure why. But the guitar is past me. And this last weekend playing Rock Band has taught me that drums and vocals aren't my strong point either. Think I'll just stick to wailing on a five-colored fret-board and call it a day...
Also, I have a very good friend who is an amazing blues guitarist and I've tried to learn from him, but like Fry from Futurama, I must have stupid hands...
Can't believe they're actually selling those. Back in high school electronics that was a favorite project. Build a 'tormentor' as small as possible with as low a voltage as possible and set it on your foes. Set the time with the capacitor!
The original Castlevania: Symphony of the Night could be played in a CD player. It was a deep voice that would announce that "This is not an audio disc and should not be played in an audio player, but you're probably going to do it anyway." Pretty fun easter egg.
All the content plus the widescreen issue fixed... I'm proud of them. This is admirable. I'll have to pop the game back in just to check it out. When I'm done with Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, and Fire Emblem...
Even better. I'm going to send out a letter saying my friend is a lawyer and that this really works! Have all your friends send you a dollar, then all their friends' friends send you a dollar, to six degrees, you'll be a millionaire!.. or at least that what the letters they keep sending me say.
Just want to vent my frustration with a very good game. Load screens (the freezing in gameplay) every fifteen seconds in Mass Effect are extremely annoying. It doesn't tend to happen in battle, but the frame rate often drops during battle. Strange. Back to loading, it's annoying. Especially when you take into consideration that the DVD drive never spins down. With games like Halo3 and Assassin's creed constantly loading vast and intricate landscapes... you'd think that Mass Effect would have no issues with loading a all the confined spaces rather quickly.
Anyone remember that ridiculous movie "Honey, I shrunk the Kids"? The part where they ride the ant and the scorpion in the back yard was comparable size? Might small scorpion for what appeared to not be new.
I'm just going to out and out blame it on a couple different products. There's a lot more to it, but I believe these have a massive impact: High fructose corn syrup and Margarine. Both are really just cheaper by the pound industrial fillers that the body doesn't need or use.
I'm sure we can also blame the lifestyle of convenience. Wasn't it the US that spawned this abominable creation known as fast food? Fry everything because it's cheap and quick. I'm only twenty something, but I remember hearing my mother chide me when I would 'super size' something... She would tell the story that in her day a regular adults meal was about the size of a kids meal. Why did it change? Possibly because we're such a consumerist society that if we don't literally see more value for our dollar, we wouldn't buy something. So the chains had to reciprocate? Or because the competing chains needed to give you more value and the American never really protested to having a bigger burger on their bun ("Where's the beef?!)...
Only if your mocking is in a cheesy voice over where your character is quite clearly talking about radishes. Thanks for the link. Though the site is very difficult to read.
We're actually in the lineage. I don't mind that there are people who think it's rather ineffectual. But until you've trained with us you won't really know exactly how, well, we train. A lot of people quit because it's too hard and that's not what they're looking for. No problems there, it's not for everyone. But as far as street readiness? We try to prepare ourselves for all sorts of situations. Such as, sitting in the car and some one reaches through the window and grabs you. We also try to focus on some MMA types of wrestling. Also, our instructor does not throw out sashes or belts like with the karate and other such chains.
Not just because of this, but WoW is boring. Was letting my cousin glide my account in his free time. Didn't care. Maybe I can get some cash back outta the deal.
Yeah, I started biking to work in the summers. 7 miles each way and I loved it until I tore my ham string. It had be significantly weakened by strains throughout the year due to over use (see my 'homepage'). The only thing I didn't love was the lack of a way to shower at work.
But watching TV is not a hobby of mine. Though I did sit and play Assassin's Creed for four hours last night... So now I've had to resort to, you know, not eating everything in site. Which I'm usually pretty good at anyways.
My brother too owns a Wii. Since he's recently taken up residence in my basement, it means I don't have to buy one. I play the thing all the time though. Mostly for Mario Strikers: Charged and MP3 Corruption. And when Smash Bros Brawl comes out... oh.. it's going to be great.
That said, the Wii is going to be off for about a month whilst I play through Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect. I just love games. So if it's fun, I want to play. If it's not fun, I don't want to play. But, that's what games are, entertainment... distraction. And most of us prefer the aspect of having fun. Some of us want to scare the living daylights out of ourselves and play Silent Hill. Others prefer excitement, adventure (a jedi craves not these thigns) So, yeah, the poster you were replying to most likely was being sarcastic, but really not doing a bang-up job...
Seriously, you're either carrying a slow candy bar phone, or a not so slow brick. I've had the opportunity to use most smartphones and I must say that none of them is going to be what anyone wants. At least for now. Anything running Windows Mobile is going to be slow and clunky, despite the features being very nice. I opted for the Samsung Blackjack. The only reason being that it is cheaper and thinner than the HTC's. I don't like the Blackberry interfaces. Especially the 20 key layout like on TFA's mentioned phone. I loved the iPhone, but for the price I expected 3G data access and wouldn't pay the premium without that. I probably will get the iPhone when Apple includes 3G, and when I see some more support for 3rd party apps.
I'm thinking in the next four years we'll have more 'acceptable' smart phones. But so is everyone else.
While my overall experience with my Blackjack isn't always that great. (Fring, for instance, works for two days after a complete reset, which is very annoying, I like fring). But as far as 3G goes, it was just turned on in my area and is very fast.
Another feature I've installed is google maps. Simply an amazing app for the Blackjack. I use it almost daily.
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I have. And between that and Bionic Commando I think over the five or so years we owned our NES (and at least 200 rented titles) they probably saw a good 10% of my play time. Come to think of it... I've never actually beat Blaster Master. I tried to play the Game Boy Color version of Blaster Master, but for me it was unplayable due to the screen size.
One problem I've been having with every one of these action RPGs (KotOR, Mass Effect,..) is that Bioware claims that you don't have to be inherently evil to go down the 'bad guy' path, but in Jade Empire it was the worst. They said it wouldn't be good vs evil, but every time you end up making that very choice. Inherently Good vs obviously evil. Like the end of JE. Kill the dragon and enslave your friends, or don't. Even if you spend the entire game being a bad guy, saving the dragon pops you half-way up the other side. Just doesn't seem to be as blurred as Bioware wants it to be.
Subsidized meat? I'd say that we should start some nice taxes on High Fructose Corn Syrup in stead. That's causing much more problems than red meat could hope to cause. So what if soda goes up in price, and it costs more for a candy bar. Good. Maybe people will have to start sitting on the couch and eating potato chips... oh wait. Hmm.. going to have to start taxing the hydrogenated oils. I'd be for that as well. Only problem is that, as you've stated. It's more about money than health. but there is also this here Tariff or quota or whatever you'd like to call it on imported sugar that artificially inflates the price of real sugar in the US. Originally, I believe, this was to help the corn industry, but the regulations were never lifted. And now our nation is getting even larger...
Portal: Not the end, but the first time you find one of the rooms where "others" had dwelled before you. Insanity.
Assassin's Creed: When the main character acquires the 'eagle vision' near the end.
Bioshock: Any time you're walking around and you hear a Big Daddy, was a truly great moment. Sadly, this game was ruined for my by the last boss battle, which seemed to take everything the game stood for, and threw it away in the name of a Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter final boss battle. (loved Turok, for the record)
Mass Effect: I really cannot pinpoint any spot that was a 'finest moment'. Great game, one of the best this year. Maybe it's 'finest moment' can be the fight with Matriarch Benezia. The only battle I had any actual trouble with.
I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in some prophecy or another, but if they ever actually finish this game, expect a few horsemen to come knocking at a lot of doors. Probably some plagues, too.
At least you're doing all that in the FRESH AIR.
Also, I have a very good friend who is an amazing blues guitarist and I've tried to learn from him, but like Fry from Futurama, I must have stupid hands...
Can't believe they're actually selling those. Back in high school electronics that was a favorite project. Build a 'tormentor' as small as possible with as low a voltage as possible and set it on your foes. Set the time with the capacitor!
The original Castlevania: Symphony of the Night could be played in a CD player. It was a deep voice that would announce that "This is not an audio disc and should not be played in an audio player, but you're probably going to do it anyway." Pretty fun easter egg.
All the content plus the widescreen issue fixed... I'm proud of them. This is admirable. I'll have to pop the game back in just to check it out. When I'm done with Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, and Fire Emblem...
Now that was a good laugh, thanks.
Even better. I'm going to send out a letter saying my friend is a lawyer and that this really works! Have all your friends send you a dollar, then all their friends' friends send you a dollar, to six degrees, you'll be a millionaire!.. or at least that what the letters they keep sending me say.
Just want to vent my frustration with a very good game. Load screens (the freezing in gameplay) every fifteen seconds in Mass Effect are extremely annoying. It doesn't tend to happen in battle, but the frame rate often drops during battle. Strange. Back to loading, it's annoying. Especially when you take into consideration that the DVD drive never spins down. With games like Halo3 and Assassin's creed constantly loading vast and intricate landscapes... you'd think that Mass Effect would have no issues with loading a all the confined spaces rather quickly.
Personally, I'd like to see the Senators take on the ESRB. Something tells me the result would be much different. Not to mention the dental bills.
Anyone remember that ridiculous movie "Honey, I shrunk the Kids"? The part where they ride the ant and the scorpion in the back yard was comparable size? Might small scorpion for what appeared to not be new.
I'm sure we can also blame the lifestyle of convenience. Wasn't it the US that spawned this abominable creation known as fast food? Fry everything because it's cheap and quick. I'm only twenty something, but I remember hearing my mother chide me when I would 'super size' something... She would tell the story that in her day a regular adults meal was about the size of a kids meal. Why did it change? Possibly because we're such a consumerist society that if we don't literally see more value for our dollar, we wouldn't buy something. So the chains had to reciprocate? Or because the competing chains needed to give you more value and the American never really protested to having a bigger burger on their bun ("Where's the beef?!)...
We're actually in the lineage. I don't mind that there are people who think it's rather ineffectual. But until you've trained with us you won't really know exactly how, well, we train. A lot of people quit because it's too hard and that's not what they're looking for. No problems there, it's not for everyone. But as far as street readiness? We try to prepare ourselves for all sorts of situations. Such as, sitting in the car and some one reaches through the window and grabs you. We also try to focus on some MMA types of wrestling. Also, our instructor does not throw out sashes or belts like with the karate and other such chains.
Not just because of this, but WoW is boring. Was letting my cousin glide my account in his free time. Didn't care. Maybe I can get some cash back outta the deal.
But watching TV is not a hobby of mine. Though I did sit and play Assassin's Creed for four hours last night... So now I've had to resort to, you know, not eating everything in site. Which I'm usually pretty good at anyways.
That said, the Wii is going to be off for about a month whilst I play through Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect. I just love games. So if it's fun, I want to play. If it's not fun, I don't want to play. But, that's what games are, entertainment... distraction. And most of us prefer the aspect of having fun. Some of us want to scare the living daylights out of ourselves and play Silent Hill. Others prefer excitement, adventure (a jedi craves not these thigns) So, yeah, the poster you were replying to most likely was being sarcastic, but really not doing a bang-up job...
Didn't know Intel was into the dietary supplement business. Anyone know where I can pick up a bag of these?
I'm thinking in the next four years we'll have more 'acceptable' smart phones. But so is everyone else.
Thanks for the laugh. I'm thinking a lot of people missed this one. Huzzah
Another feature I've installed is google maps. Simply an amazing app for the Blackjack. I use it almost daily.
I'll take good old metal Transformer toys that pinch your fingers and rip the skin off. I miss the 80's.