Dude! Me and my friends totally did the same thing with the cardboard over half the screen for multiplayer Goldeneye. We were so dorky, but like you said, the only way to play fair was to no be able to see the other players' screens and to turn off that damn radar that was a total cheat-monkey tool.
I'm still amazed that I graduated college with Goldeneye in a house with 3 other gamers.
Halo 2 equals best "after bar"/"play while you're drinking" game ever. Especially when you have a bunch of other friends online all at the same level of intoxication and then start playing for shots depending on the outcome of matches. Lately I've been having a ton of fun with Marble Blast Ultra on Xbox Live Arcade. If you get in a good game with a bunch of other people just playing to have a good time, you can pretty much last an entire game laughing your ass off.
Make it compatible (hell, go all the way with a 'made for' logo) with my Xbox 360 and price it properly, I'd most likely bite on that keyboard tray. But only if it's wireless, dammit.
Speaking of casual gaming, I think Microsoft is going to make a mint off of their Live Arcade games from those of us who just don't have the time to sit down to play a long drawn out game anymore. I have both Perfect Dark Zero and Call of Duty 2, but I find myself playing the arcade games a lot more. The price is right (about $5-$10 a game), and online play is a totally sweet bonus. With the recent news of Street Fighter II coming out this March, I'm going to need to brush up on my old school Chun-Li skills.
consumers who are not ready to upgrade their TV's will shun away from them.
I'm sure it wouldn't be long until somebody creates a little dongle that will convert HDMI to a S-Video or Component signal and defeats any DRM imposed at the same time.
I always see best-selling or platinum titles for $19.99, but I always balk at picking them up when I'm out shopping. I really want to pick up Soul Calibur II, but I feel like it's still too expensive.
Now the a few weeks ago I saw Burnout 3 for $18 and picked it up immediately even though it's only a measly 2 bucks cheaper. I'll bite easier that that price point. Probably has to do with knowing that $19.99 is actually $20 that turns my impulse buying off. $17.99 turns into $18 which nicely removes that '2' from the front of the price and my impulse buy buttons get pushed. I would totally buy Soul Calibur II on my next stroll through an electronics section of a store if it was priced at $17.99.
Burnout 3 kicks ass by the way. Think I'll go play it right now...
http://www.fatwallet.com/ Every once and a while I find some really good deals through in the Hot Deals forum. Although you need to look out for the occasional outlandish price matching scheme to get the deal.
Having recently used the Staples Easy Rebate system, it's no different than any other rebate system except I enter my data online instead of through snail mail. And I still took around 7-8 weeks to get my rebates back.
If Staples would allow for the same online rebate entry system and a 1 week turn around on getting your rebate back, then we're talking progress.
I picked up my PSP in an impulse buy this evening after seeing the thing playing a movie on display. It has an absolutely beautiful screen. So I asked if I could exchange it if I got home and found any dead pixels and was told that if there was even one dead pixel I could take it back anytime within the 90 day warranty and get a replacement (this was at my local wal-mart). So I bought one with Lumines.
But as soon as I got my wi-fi connection set up and popped in Lumines to play someone online...there's no one out there. Has anyone played a game online yet? If so, what game and how did it play (lag wise)?
Other than being let down by no one being online, I love this little thing so far.
Good, that means there's one less person to snag a copy of XII when it comes out before I get a chance to. And personally, I loved IX. I actually believe it's my second favorite Final Fantasy after our III. And milking the GBA is fine by me. I love having I and II in a nice portable form.
We use to play so much Goldeneye when it first came out that whenever I would be walking around the buildings on my college campus I would automatically start looking around for the best spots to stick prox mines. Everyonce and a while I would catch myself and be like 'what the hell am I doing?'
I got the same thing on mine. It actually pointed out winPCap, too,but by default these were set to "ignore" for cleaning. So they aren't automatically cleaned off your hard drive. They do have a pretty nice description that goes along with each piece of spyware that it finds, too. After a quick run through, it looks pretty powerful even in its half buggy beta state.
How would you feel if you were on trial for let's say shoplifting. Now you got your wife/girlfriend in the courtroom to give you support and out of nowhere, the prosecuting lawyer asks you if you've ever cheated on your wife/girlfriend. Now let's say that you have. I have all my money on you saying that you never cheated on your significant other. Especially since it has nothing to do with the original case at hand.
Maybe you need to read up a little more on your history and why Clinton was actually on trial in the first place. If lawyers were allowed to make convictions for every little thing under the sun besides the exact reason they are in the court in the first place, well...there would be a lot more people in jail for shit that's not illegal, but just stuff they were just too ashamed to want anyone else to hear about.
Ok, so the key I got from gamespot to use the last beta weekend won't allow me back in this weekend. I'll have to get a new key is what your saying? That sucks. Guess I'll have to just go and preorder finally.
Does anyone know if those of us who played in the last beta test will be allowed to automatically be able to play in this weekend's test? I haven't preordered or anything, just got a key to play last time through gamespot or some other gaming site. Now I'm getting paranoid that I may not just be able to log on this weekend. Anyone know if everyone from last month will be able to play this weekend again?
Office Space isn't a movie that a lot of people 'get' in one sitting. It's definitely in the same relm as The Big Lebowski in this respect. You probably won't like it all that much after seeing it once, but it really grows on you after a few viewings. But that's just my opinion.
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That's the nerdiest analogy I've seen on here in quite a while.
You better check those specs again. The base PS3 isn't "Feature complete"
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The $499 base unit does not have HDMI out, does not have memory stick ports, and does not have 802.11b/g wireless.
See:
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/06050
Dude! Me and my friends totally did the same thing with the cardboard over half the screen for multiplayer Goldeneye. We were so dorky, but like you said, the only way to play fair was to no be able to see the other players' screens and to turn off that damn radar that was a total cheat-monkey tool.
I'm still amazed that I graduated college with Goldeneye in a house with 3 other gamers.
Halo 2 equals best "after bar"/"play while you're drinking" game ever. Especially when you have a bunch of other friends online all at the same level of intoxication and then start playing for shots depending on the outcome of matches.
Lately I've been having a ton of fun with Marble Blast Ultra on Xbox Live Arcade. If you get in a good game with a bunch of other people just playing to have a good time, you can pretty much last an entire game laughing your ass off.
Make it compatible (hell, go all the way with a 'made for' logo) with my Xbox 360 and price it properly, I'd most likely bite on that keyboard tray. But only if it's wireless, dammit.
Man, I actually feel dirty admitting that.
Speaking of casual gaming, I think Microsoft is going to make a mint off of their Live Arcade games from those of us who just don't have the time to sit down to play a long drawn out game anymore. I have both Perfect Dark Zero and Call of Duty 2, but I find myself playing the arcade games a lot more. The price is right (about $5-$10 a game), and online play is a totally sweet bonus. With the recent news of Street Fighter II coming out this March, I'm going to need to brush up on my old school Chun-Li skills.
consumers who are not ready to upgrade their TV's will shun away from them.
I'm sure it wouldn't be long until somebody creates a little dongle that will convert HDMI to a S-Video or Component signal and defeats any DRM imposed at the same time.
Here's another big sigh to no Sam and Max 2.
"SIGH". Damn you Lucasarts!!
I always see best-selling or platinum titles for $19.99, but I always balk at picking them up when I'm out shopping. I really want to pick up Soul Calibur II, but I feel like it's still too expensive.
Now the a few weeks ago I saw Burnout 3 for $18 and picked it up immediately even though it's only a measly 2 bucks cheaper. I'll bite easier that that price point. Probably has to do with knowing that $19.99 is actually $20 that turns my impulse buying off. $17.99 turns into $18 which nicely removes that '2' from the front of the price and my impulse buy buttons get pushed. I would totally buy Soul Calibur II on my next stroll through an electronics section of a store if it was priced at $17.99.
Burnout 3 kicks ass by the way. Think I'll go play it right now...
http://www.fatwallet.com/
Every once and a while I find some really good deals through in the Hot Deals forum. Although you need to look out for the occasional outlandish price matching scheme to get the deal.
When will adventure games finally be on the damn rise so Sam and Max 2 will finally come out!? Syberia wasn't enough to shock that genre back to life.
Having recently used the Staples Easy Rebate system, it's no different than any other rebate system except I enter my data online instead of through snail mail. And I still took around 7-8 weeks to get my rebates back.
If Staples would allow for the same online rebate entry system and a 1 week turn around on getting your rebate back, then we're talking progress.
I picked up my PSP in an impulse buy this evening after seeing the thing playing a movie on display. It has an absolutely beautiful screen. So I asked if I could exchange it if I got home and found any dead pixels and was told that if there was even one dead pixel I could take it back anytime within the 90 day warranty and get a replacement (this was at my local wal-mart). So I bought one with Lumines.
But as soon as I got my wi-fi connection set up and popped in Lumines to play someone online...there's no one out there. Has anyone played a game online yet? If so, what game and how did it play (lag wise)?
Other than being let down by no one being online, I love this little thing so far.
Dude. Seriously. It's 2005. Time to put down the Netscape 4.7 and walk away.
Good, that means there's one less person to snag a copy of XII when it comes out before I get a chance to. And personally, I loved IX. I actually believe it's my second favorite Final Fantasy after our III. And milking the GBA is fine by me. I love having I and II in a nice portable form.
If I had mod points they'd go to you
We use to play so much Goldeneye when it first came out that whenever I would be walking around the buildings on my college campus I would automatically start looking around for the best spots to stick prox mines. Everyonce and a while I would catch myself and be like 'what the hell am I doing?'
I got the same thing on mine. It actually pointed out winPCap, too,but by default these were set to "ignore" for cleaning. So they aren't automatically cleaned off your hard drive. They do have a pretty nice description that goes along with each piece of spyware that it finds, too. After a quick run through, it looks pretty powerful even in its half buggy beta state.
How would you feel if you were on trial for let's say shoplifting. Now you got your wife/girlfriend in the courtroom to give you support and out of nowhere, the prosecuting lawyer asks you if you've ever cheated on your wife/girlfriend. Now let's say that you have. I have all my money on you saying that you never cheated on your significant other. Especially since it has nothing to do with the original case at hand.
Maybe you need to read up a little more on your history and why Clinton was actually on trial in the first place. If lawyers were allowed to make convictions for every little thing under the sun besides the exact reason they are in the court in the first place, well...there would be a lot more people in jail for shit that's not illegal, but just stuff they were just too ashamed to want anyone else to hear about.
Think about it.
Right wing suppression! Right wing suppression!
sorry, got carried away there.
Ok, so the key I got from gamespot to use the last beta weekend won't allow me back in this weekend. I'll have to get a new key is what your saying? That sucks. Guess I'll have to just go and preorder finally.
Does anyone know if those of us who played in the last beta test will be allowed to automatically be able to play in this weekend's test? I haven't preordered or anything, just got a key to play last time through gamespot or some other gaming site. Now I'm getting paranoid that I may not just be able to log on this weekend. Anyone know if everyone from last month will be able to play this weekend again?
Office Space isn't a movie that a lot of people 'get' in one sitting. It's definitely in the same relm as The Big Lebowski in this respect. You probably won't like it all that much after seeing it once, but it really grows on you after a few viewings. But that's just my opinion.
Of course I know part of the reason is that Fox is slightly biased to the Right whereas CNN is heavily biased to the Left.
Please tell me this is sarcasm.
I'm willing to bet they had some students take a few Windows Security classes and are just trying to spin it to sound all threatening.