I'll have to chime and say "here here" on this one. The Starflight series were outstanding. I'll admit I never finished the game, but then again, I don't think you could finish the game, can you? The only other game that I found to be of a competitive value was Elite on the Commodore 64. However, that was a bit of a pirate/trading game and didn't let you explore planets. Heck, I even had my C64 friends banging on my door at all hours of the day so we could all sit around a computer and play Starflight together (maybe I shouldn't have admitted that). I think our ultimate personal goal was to find Earth, however that never happened.
Before season one was broadcast on SciFi, around the time that they were doing the miniseries I went onto eBay to look for any BG Classic stuff for sale. As I was scrolling through the list, some supposedly had the entire first season of the new series on DVD, and he was selling them for like $80. WTF? The only thing I could think of is that he's going to make an agreement with the buyer to give them the DVDs after the season was over. Even now there's a more reasonable "pre-order" auction or two going on, but at least those people are admitting that they're selling something that will come out in the future.
I think the same "rumour" was sprouted around the same time last year, and possibly even before that. I think it would be a sad state of affairs if that were to happen.
I agree here. Yahoo! had the rights when the dude worked for Yahoo!, and filed an the patent for the technology appropriately. A bad case of misuse of trade secrets on his part.
The Sims 2 needs a fairly new/decent graphics card. My wife ended up buying a GeForce FX series card to play The Sims 2. However, The Sims can be bought for cheap, and there are TONS of expansions out for it. She'll be busy for months.
Why would you want to invert your aiming when you have your stylus right on the cross-hair so you can place it right on the enemy? Anyway, did you try the other options for controls? I know that there's isn't many to choose from. As for games right now, ign.com has rated Super Mario 64 as the highest rated of the releases. They gave Urban GT a stinky 5.5 or something like that.
I do agree with the size of it, and I think you're right.. accomodating the GBA cartridge. From a marketing standpoint, I think it was a good move on their part. Being backwards compatible is a plus.
The wireless feature was pretty neat. I played Super Mario 64 with one cartridge and 3 DSs in the store with other customers that just purchased theirs as well.
There were rumors that there would be a Wi-Fi telephony capability with a headset. I haven't heard much about that as of late, though.
It will be interesting to see what the developers will do with this.
the reason why companies have to offer two different online store fronts for two different parts of the world. Can people in the US not buy music from companies in Europe, or vice-versa? What was it that prevented Europeans from going to Apple's website and downloading the iTunes music software, but prevented them from getting music?
When you use the actual AIM program, it has features/preferences embedded in it that calls up the advertising window. Upon launch of a freshly installed AIM, a pop-up box comes up that shows all the nifty AOL news for the moment. Users can select to shut this off. Third party programs, however, connect to the network simply to let the user begin their chat experience.
I'm not too worried about getting $20 store credit because I get a 15% discount on video games and hardware at my wife's store. I do have a GB player and my wife's GBA SP.
What I'm a little excited about is the release of these Classic NES titles. We got a scratch-and-sniff sticker set from Nintendo for each of those games. Strange.:)
Tuner costs the same as a TiVo unit......
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One thing the author didn't do was list the price of a base-model TiVo machine. For those with a limited income, forking out $199 for a graphics card may not seem as beneficial as paying $199 for an entire unit. They may even be able to scrimp with the monthly fees.
I have a ReplayTV myself, the base $149 model. I liked the built-in network card and available 3rd party programs that allow me to stream media from my PC to the ReplayTV box, or vice-versa.
I think it's good that this article showed up to list the alternatives. I really don't understand why TiVo is so popular, especially when you compare the features of it to ReplayTV. But I guess that they've got on hell of a marketing team.
Actually, in video game stores:) Back when I was really heavy into the DDR scene, I was playing for the sake of, "Hey, this is a new game," and "I bet I can get a higher score." I mindlessly pumped credits into the machine every day, playing at least 4 hours a day rotating with other DDR players. I probably got in a solid hour of DDR. After a month of sweating, I noticed my stamina was a lot higher, my pants were looser (31" waist on the pants), and I was just so damn happy all the time because of all that J-Pop music!!!
I don't recommend going to the arcade to play DDR as the most cost effective way to lose weight, but the home versions are pretty good and even come with workout routines built in.
It is fun for a while, but sometimes the attitude of the kiddies around the machine get on the nerves.
I have a 1993 Honda Civic VX, and the motor in the, D15Z1, is phenemonal on fuel economy, and is one of the few Honda motors where the torque rating is higher than the horsepower rating.
A few years back, I was doing a cross-country drive with my car fully loaded with clothes and boxes, as well as my dog, with the air conditioner on, cruising at 75MPH on the Interstate, and I averaged 38MPG.
I still have the car, but I miss the fuel efficiency of that motor. I've swapped the engine and transmission over the past year since the car is being changed to an autocrossing vehicle.
I'm getting tired of companies that are on their last legs reaching like this. But if there is a chance, no matter how remote, I guess they should go for it. But I'd rather put my energy elsewhere.
I'll have to agree and disagree with you there about him passing Porsches because I've seen it done in person with a nearly stock Acura Integra LS (~160hp/120tq). Not to mean any disrespect to the Porsche line of cars, because they are wonderful cars, but I noticed that the casual owner who participates in SCCA events just go out to push their car a little more than driving on the highway and around town. The Integra and Civic owners just flog their cars around the track whereas some of the Porsche owners are out there that don't push their car to the same limits.
Not to make this into a Fast and the Furious type of argument because I don't think that was his intention (even though he did eerily lay down some numbers), but I've noticed that in the straight line the Porsche's fly down the track, but when it comes to taking the turns, the Hondas and Acuras catch up to them and set up for the pass.
You know what, though, in this instance, it comes down to driver's skill. The guy who just bought his Porsche, has no track experience and finds out that a local SCCA club is having a track day wants to go out and see how he does. He enters the event and finds himself against a few seasoned racers who autocrosses and races open track 3-4 times a month who happens to drive CRXs, Civic hatchbacks, and Integras, and those drivers know how to make their cars perform faster than the Porsche driver. I'm not saying that those Honda/Acura drivers out there know what the hell their doing with their body kits and 30lb wheels, but there are a few people out there that own these vehicles that know what they're doing. And a few of them are winning.
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I'll have to chime and say "here here" on this one. The Starflight series were outstanding. I'll admit I never finished the game, but then again, I don't think you could finish the game, can you? The only other game that I found to be of a competitive value was Elite on the Commodore 64. However, that was a bit of a pirate/trading game and didn't let you explore planets. Heck, I even had my C64 friends banging on my door at all hours of the day so we could all sit around a computer and play Starflight together (maybe I shouldn't have admitted that). I think our ultimate personal goal was to find Earth, however that never happened.
You need WarPipe or XLink's Kai Evolution to play Mario Kart online as well as a broadband adapter. :/
Really? That's good to know! Thanks for the reply!
Before season one was broadcast on SciFi, around the time that they were doing the miniseries I went onto eBay to look for any BG Classic stuff for sale. As I was scrolling through the list, some supposedly had the entire first season of the new series on DVD, and he was selling them for like $80. WTF? The only thing I could think of is that he's going to make an agreement with the buyer to give them the DVDs after the season was over. Even now there's a more reasonable "pre-order" auction or two going on, but at least those people are admitting that they're selling something that will come out in the future.
I think the same "rumour" was sprouted around the same time last year, and possibly even before that. I think it would be a sad state of affairs if that were to happen.
I agree here. Yahoo! had the rights when the dude worked for Yahoo!, and filed an the patent for the technology appropriately. A bad case of misuse of trade secrets on his part.
Reading up on the specs, the robots have 4 cameras mounted to the chassis, pointed in different directions.
The Sims 2 needs a fairly new/decent graphics card. My wife ended up buying a GeForce FX series card to play The Sims 2. However, The Sims can be bought for cheap, and there are TONS of expansions out for it. She'll be busy for months.
Looks like he's Michael Singer, managing editor of Internetnews.com
Haven't you wondered why TiVo is getting so much press about this when ReplayTV already had these features?
Looking at the link to the http://www.mirrordot.com/ version of the artilce, cyrus_zuo didn't make that comment. The author of the article itself did.
Why would you want to invert your aiming when you have your stylus right on the cross-hair so you can place it right on the enemy? Anyway, did you try the other options for controls? I know that there's isn't many to choose from. As for games right now, ign.com has rated Super Mario 64 as the highest rated of the releases. They gave Urban GT a stinky 5.5 or something like that.
I do agree with the size of it, and I think you're right.. accomodating the GBA cartridge. From a marketing standpoint, I think it was a good move on their part. Being backwards compatible is a plus.
The wireless feature was pretty neat. I played Super Mario 64 with one cartridge and 3 DSs in the store with other customers that just purchased theirs as well.
There were rumors that there would be a Wi-Fi telephony capability with a headset. I haven't heard much about that as of late, though.
It will be interesting to see what the developers will do with this.
Hmmmm... is this the answer to the question: Is Apple making any money yet from ITMS?
Ahh.. I had no idea it extended to music purchases of this nature. Very interesting.
the reason why companies have to offer two different online store fronts for two different parts of the world. Can people in the US not buy music from companies in Europe, or vice-versa? What was it that prevented Europeans from going to Apple's website and downloading the iTunes music software, but prevented them from getting music?
Thanks.
When you use the actual AIM program, it has features/preferences embedded in it that calls up the advertising window. Upon launch of a freshly installed AIM, a pop-up box comes up that shows all the nifty AOL news for the moment. Users can select to shut this off. Third party programs, however, connect to the network simply to let the user begin their chat experience.
I'm not too worried about getting $20 store credit because I get a 15% discount on video games and hardware at my wife's store. I do have a GB player and my wife's GBA SP.
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What I'm a little excited about is the release of these Classic NES titles. We got a scratch-and-sniff sticker set from Nintendo for each of those games. Strange.
One thing the author didn't do was list the price of a base-model TiVo machine. For those with a limited income, forking out $199 for a graphics card may not seem as beneficial as paying $199 for an entire unit. They may even be able to scrimp with the monthly fees.
I have a ReplayTV myself, the base $149 model. I liked the built-in network card and available 3rd party programs that allow me to stream media from my PC to the ReplayTV box, or vice-versa.
I think it's good that this article showed up to list the alternatives. I really don't understand why TiVo is so popular, especially when you compare the features of it to ReplayTV. But I guess that they've got on hell of a marketing team.
I'm going the other route... I'm keeping my GBA SP, and then will use it for trade-in credit when the DS comes out.
Actually, in video game stores :) Back when I was really heavy into the DDR scene, I was playing for the sake of, "Hey, this is a new game," and "I bet I can get a higher score." I mindlessly pumped credits into the machine every day, playing at least 4 hours a day rotating with other DDR players. I probably got in a solid hour of DDR. After a month of sweating, I noticed my stamina was a lot higher, my pants were looser (31" waist on the pants), and I was just so damn happy all the time because of all that J-Pop music!!!
I don't recommend going to the arcade to play DDR as the most cost effective way to lose weight, but the home versions are pretty good and even come with workout routines built in.
It is fun for a while, but sometimes the attitude of the kiddies around the machine get on the nerves.
I have a 1993 Honda Civic VX, and the motor in the, D15Z1, is phenemonal on fuel economy, and is one of the few Honda motors where the torque rating is higher than the horsepower rating.
A few years back, I was doing a cross-country drive with my car fully loaded with clothes and boxes, as well as my dog, with the air conditioner on, cruising at 75MPH on the Interstate, and I averaged 38MPG.
I still have the car, but I miss the fuel efficiency of that motor. I've swapped the engine and transmission over the past year since the car is being changed to an autocrossing vehicle.
Did they build it using an extrude technique?
I'm getting tired of companies that are on their last legs reaching like this. But if there is a chance, no matter how remote, I guess they should go for it. But I'd rather put my energy elsewhere.
Gah, that commentary is so overused. Were did you resurrect that from?? It always seems to resurface whenever Mandrake announces a new distro.
I'll have to agree and disagree with you there about him passing Porsches because I've seen it done in person with a nearly stock Acura Integra LS (~160hp/120tq). Not to mean any disrespect to the Porsche line of cars, because they are wonderful cars, but I noticed that the casual owner who participates in SCCA events just go out to push their car a little more than driving on the highway and around town. The Integra and Civic owners just flog their cars around the track whereas some of the Porsche owners are out there that don't push their car to the same limits.
Not to make this into a Fast and the Furious type of argument because I don't think that was his intention (even though he did eerily lay down some numbers), but I've noticed that in the straight line the Porsche's fly down the track, but when it comes to taking the turns, the Hondas and Acuras catch up to them and set up for the pass.
You know what, though, in this instance, it comes down to driver's skill. The guy who just bought his Porsche, has no track experience and finds out that a local SCCA club is having a track day wants to go out and see how he does. He enters the event and finds himself against a few seasoned racers who autocrosses and races open track 3-4 times a month who happens to drive CRXs, Civic hatchbacks, and Integras, and those drivers know how to make their cars perform faster than the Porsche driver. I'm not saying that those Honda/Acura drivers out there know what the hell their doing with their body kits and 30lb wheels, but there are a few people out there that own these vehicles that know what they're doing. And a few of them are winning.
Much respect to those who take it to the track.