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In fact, I'm sure many of them continue to thrive. I found it funny that, like others have mentioned, it has only listed BBSes on the continent of North America, not only that but it failed to list, in the 801 area code, the Lower Lights BBS (which I grew up with). Which suprises me considering it was the largest BBS/chat board in that area, has been around for the past 15 years, AND continues to thrive today. (However, it *DOES* list 295 OTHER BBSes. Heh.) =} It can be connected to via dial-up, or you can telnet to it at lowerlights.com.
Lower Lights has shown, and will continue to show that the days of the BBS are, indeed, *not* and probably never will be entirely over. At least not in this particular case.
Still, I think this is a great idea, and one that many of us should contribute to. =} What I'd also like to see on this page is a seperate list of ones that are still around today.
The article is just poking a little fun at the fact that it was so hard to come by for some people that you almost HAD to break into a store to get one, however, it did not have the literal assumption that you had actually broken into a store.. Just a little joke. =}
My husband and I were two of the lucky ones who got our reservation in for the PS2 last January, and we almost didn't get it because release date was so soon after our wedding. Let me tell you, $316.04 was a little hard to come by.. it was SO worth it, though.
I, not being a sports game fan, was very dissapointed in the small ammount of release titles as well as the fact that most of them didn't look to be worth $52.00. However, we shelled out the money for Summoner as well as Tekken Tag, and I don't regret it. I don't feel that the games review did justice to Summoner. It's a great RPG, and I for one love the fact that there are so many side quests. I like the fact that I can pick and choose which ones I want to do, and still be able to know that all these side quests will take hours to complete, but I can go to the next part of the game any time I want.
And Tekken Tag? All I have to say is that I've had more fun with that game than I have had with any other fighting game ever. The thing that I always hated most about fighting games was the fact that you couldn't play arcade mode with two players, and so in order to beat the game and unlock secret characters and whatever else you could unlock, you had to take turns with your friends, and there was a lot of just sitting there watching the other person play. Besides that, there was never enough stuff to unlock. Neither of these are true in Tekken Tag. There is so much variety in the things to can do: Screen shots, Theatre, team play, survivor mode, etc.. My personal favorite is Tekken Bowl. Tekken is an all-around AWESOME game, and I highly reccomend it to you all. My husband and I have spent many a weekend glued to the PS2 with Tekken Tag, and still have yet to unlock everything. It's not a game, it's an adventure. =)
But, besides those two games, I haven't played any of the other PS2 games as of yet, and I think that's the best part. If it was any other gaming system that came out with such a crappy selection of release titles, I wouldn't waste my money on it until a game came out that I REALLY wanted to play (hint:Nin64), but with the PS2, I can play my library of Playstation games on the system (*Without* having to dish out any cash), and watch our growing collection of DVDs. Yeah, it's a slow-start for the PS2, but it WILL get better..
Even though I personally believe that this is more of a thing for Freshmeat than here, I still want to let you all know that there's a similar Perl script called logplay That's been in development for over a year, and has been available to the public for download since June. I recomend to any of you that like the idea of Peep to check out logplay.
I tend to disagree with you on a few points. I have not seen the movie as of yet, so I can't site any specifics from the D&D movie, but I do have an opinion nonetheless.
For one, unless the director wrote the screenplay, he is NOT responsible for holes in the story, that lies on the shoulders of the Screen writer.
Also, you can blame bad-acting on the director only up to a certain point. A director has limits as far as getting the actor to do what they want. The director tells the actor what to do in a particular scene, and how they want it to be portrayed, but the rest is up to the actor. The director can't do the acting for them. Any person who's had experience in either acting or directing can tell you that. It's not the director's fault if the actor doesn't do their job well, or isn't right for the part, that's the actor's fault.. or the casting director's. If the actor doesn't do their job, then it's nearly impossible for the director to do theirs, espically if they're new to the directing arena. I'll tell you, when you get to directing, it's an entirely different universe.
Learn to know whose responsiblity is what in a movie before you go around pointing fingers. A film is a team-effort, and you can't blame everything bad about a film on just one person, unless that one person did the acting, the directing, the writing, the producing, etc...
Also, I am of the opinion now, and I will be after I have seen the movie, that despite however many flaws and gaps and whatever else there is in the movie, there are simply not enough fantasy films that have been made, or are in the making, and it is definately a step in the right direction.
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In fact, I'm sure many of them continue to thrive. I found it funny that, like others have mentioned, it has only listed BBSes on the continent of North America, not only that but it failed to list, in the 801 area code, the Lower Lights BBS (which I grew up with). Which suprises me considering it was the largest BBS/chat board in that area, has been around for the past 15 years, AND continues to thrive today. (However, it *DOES* list 295 OTHER BBSes. Heh.) =} It can be connected to via dial-up, or you can telnet to it at lowerlights.com.
Lower Lights has shown, and will continue to show that the days of the BBS are, indeed, *not* and probably never will be entirely over. At least not in this particular case.
Still, I think this is a great idea, and one that many of us should contribute to. =} What I'd also like to see on this page is a seperate list of ones that are still around today.
..that's what married geeks do with their time, they spend the weekend playing videogames together. =)
The article is just poking a little fun at the fact that it was so hard to come by for some people that you almost HAD to break into a store to get one, however, it did not have the literal assumption that you had actually broken into a store.. Just a little joke. =}
My husband and I were two of the lucky ones who got our reservation in for the PS2 last January, and we almost didn't get it because release date was so soon after our wedding. Let me tell you, $316.04 was a little hard to come by.. it was SO worth it, though.
I, not being a sports game fan, was very dissapointed in the small ammount of release titles as well as the fact that most of them didn't look to be worth $52.00. However, we shelled out the money for Summoner as well as Tekken Tag, and I don't regret it. I don't feel that the games review did justice to Summoner. It's a great RPG, and I for one love the fact that there are so many side quests. I like the fact that I can pick and choose which ones I want to do, and still be able to know that all these side quests will take hours to complete, but I can go to the next part of the game any time I want.
And Tekken Tag? All I have to say is that I've had more fun with that game than I have had with any other fighting game ever. The thing that I always hated most about fighting games was the fact that you couldn't play arcade mode with two players, and so in order to beat the game and unlock secret characters and whatever else you could unlock, you had to take turns with your friends, and there was a lot of just sitting there watching the other person play. Besides that, there was never enough stuff to unlock. Neither of these are true in Tekken Tag. There is so much variety in the things to can do: Screen shots, Theatre, team play, survivor mode, etc.. My personal favorite is Tekken Bowl. Tekken is an all-around AWESOME game, and I highly reccomend it to you all. My husband and I have spent many a weekend glued to the PS2 with Tekken Tag, and still have yet to unlock everything. It's not a game, it's an adventure. =)
But, besides those two games, I haven't played any of the other PS2 games as of yet, and I think that's the best part. If it was any other gaming system that came out with such a crappy selection of release titles, I wouldn't waste my money on it until a game came out that I REALLY wanted to play (hint:Nin64), but with the PS2, I can play my library of Playstation games on the system (*Without* having to dish out any cash), and watch our growing collection of DVDs. Yeah, it's a slow-start for the PS2, but it WILL get better..
Even though I personally believe that this is more of a thing for Freshmeat than here, I still want to let you all know that there's a similar Perl script called logplay That's been in development for over a year, and has been available to the public for download since June. I recomend to any of you that like the idea of Peep to check out logplay.
I tend to disagree with you on a few points. I have not seen the movie as of yet, so I can't site any specifics from the D&D movie, but I do have an opinion nonetheless.
For one, unless the director wrote the screenplay, he is NOT responsible for holes in the story, that lies on the shoulders of the Screen writer.
Also, you can blame bad-acting on the director only up to a certain point. A director has limits as far as getting the actor to do what they want. The director tells the actor what to do in a particular scene, and how they want it to be portrayed, but the rest is up to the actor. The director can't do the acting for them. Any person who's had experience in either acting or directing can tell you that. It's not the director's fault if the actor doesn't do their job well, or isn't right for the part, that's the actor's fault.. or the casting director's. If the actor doesn't do their job, then it's nearly impossible for the director to do theirs, espically if they're new to the directing arena. I'll tell you, when you get to directing, it's an entirely different universe.
Learn to know whose responsiblity is what in a movie before you go around pointing fingers. A film is a team-effort, and you can't blame everything bad about a film on just one person, unless that one person did the acting, the directing, the writing, the producing, etc...
Also, I am of the opinion now, and I will be after I have seen the movie, that despite however many flaws and gaps and whatever else there is in the movie, there are simply not enough fantasy films that have been made, or are in the making, and it is definately a step in the right direction.