My own two favorites I spotted were Edgar Allen Poe's entire article reduced to "Edgar Allen Poe was a homosexual." and the list of discontinued flavors of Doritos including the item "Creamy Cock".
There are two golfing games coming out, by the way, Pangya Golf and Tiger Woods.
Pangya Golf is out -- it's been retitled "Super Swing Golf". I recommend it if:
a) You like (or at least don't mind) cute anime games. b) You like (or at least don't mind) a really goddamn difficult golf game. I mean, holy crap, the game is hard. (Or, yknow, maybe I just suck. But I don't think I suck that badly...)
I think the issue is that Blizzard has effectively created two games. The first game is the quests and missions performed while leveling up--unfortunately, they didn't provide enough quests to actually level all the way, so people are forced to kill random monsters to make up the difference.
Are you playing the same WoW I am? I've recently finished levelling a druid to 60, and not once did I run out of quests to do. In fact, I was offered more quests than I could do, and frequently ended up dumping or skipping some because I'd advanced past the point where the rewards were worthwhile.
Not to say that there's no grinding in the game -- if you want to get in good with the firbolg at the north end of Felwood, or get the good prizes from the Argent Dawn, there's an unbelievable amount of grinding. And of course, some would say that collecting 25 goblin femurs or whatever is inherently grinding. But if your goal is to level a character only by doing quests, it's certainly possible.
Why is everyone calling it a "Mini Cooper", instead of "Cooper Mini" like the UK originals used to be called? "Cooper" is the name of the guy who designed it -- this is not a smaller version of *him*, and there is no "Normal-Sized Cooper".
You don't call it an Escort Ford, or a Testarossa Ferrari, so why the hell would you call this a Mini Cooper?
And actually, at this point, it gets a little weird too, as you have to "REFUSE TOWEL" otherwise the story does not continue. You can't just ignore Ford and expect the same result. Kind of like later in the game where you're supposed to pick up "No Tea".
The alternate command is "FORD, WHAT ABOUT MY HOME?" although guessing that requires a certain familiarity with the source material.
Thats why you build up another class before venturing into it. Thats like trying to learn how to drive a tank through a warzone before learning how to drive a car downtown.
FYI, you can't build up another class before getting Jedi. When you complete the tasks to become a Jedi, it unlocks an extra character slot in your account, in which you are permitted to create a completely new character, who is a Jedi. The character you used to unlock the slot is unaffected.
Jedi characters do not have access to the regular skill trees, and therefore can't learn combat skills like Pistol, etc. (They can use some basic weapons like pistols, but poorly, and can't advance in them.) They're basically limited to lightsaber and Force Powers, which take a (very) long time to develop. The extra downside to this is that a Jedi who uses any sort of Jedi power (including lightsaber) gets a 'temporary enemy flag', which allows any publicly empire-affiliated character to attack them without repercussion. And, Jedi who frequently use powers in public get put on the bounty lists for bounty hunter characters.
So, not only is it difficult to get a Jedi character, it's also very difficult to train them up to any sort of uber-level.
There's a fairly big difference between what you do in public on your own time, and what you on the job
, on your employer's time. If these people are being paid to do a specific job at a specific time, then they should expect that the boss is going to make sure they're earning their pay.
It is the samething with teachers. Everyone will complain that teachers are underpaid. Yet, I don't see anyone ponying up more tax dollars to pay for them.
It's not about paying more taxes, it's about distributing the tax dollars we already
pony up to important things like education, instead of blowing it all on pork-barrel garbage and wars no one wants.
I have a first generation PS2 that I bought a month after they were released. It stopped reading some games and most DVDs a few months back. I looked for instructions online, popped the sucker open, used a q-tip and rubbing alcohol, swabbed the lense a bit, closed it back up and voila - works perfectly now.
Same here. I got mine as soon as Wal-Mart got their very first shipment in, and other than having to clean the lens every 4-6 months (That may seem like a lot, but I smoke), I've never had a problem.
I firmly believe that the problems with the PS2 are seriously over-hyped. I'd bet money that a significant number of people that are sending their systems back could have fixed them themselves with just a Q-tip and a little 91% rubbing alcohol.
Will the new logic boards fit in the older model iBooks? My iBook needs a new logic board anyway, 'cause of a bad RAM chip. (Naturally, the one that went bad was the one soldered to the board, not the one that's easily replacable. All Hail Murphy.)
A truly "X" rated game would be cool... more so if it had "tasteful" "adventures".
You know... I hadn't even seen this story with that angle, but now that you bring it up, what if they were able to get Vivid or somebody to back it and license out the women in their videos? Then every girl you're chasing after in that game is a real porn star or something?
Sure, and make it a MMORPG! types: "You're not the usual pizza delivery boy..."
how a company can commission an "independent" survey that yields exactly the results the company wants, regardless of the degree to which those results contradict common experience / knowledge.
Simple: the consultants know who signs their check, and if they want another one, they tell them what they want to hear.
Don't forget 5) Story. No MMORPG has been able to produce a coherent, interesting storyline the way offline RPGs such as (for example) Xenogears, Final Fantasy, or the.hack series have done. And due to the very nature of the beast, it's doubtful that they ever will.
I bet 60-75% of those broken PS2's could've been fixed with a CD/DVD cleaner kit. Or, if you're adventureous like me, you can open the lid and clean the lens manually with some rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. I was getting the disc-read errors constantly, but now it loads like a dream... and I got it about a week after they hit the market.
I found that the best way to get through SH2 was to keep a Powerpuff Girls tape in the VCR, so that when my blood pressure got too high, I could pause the game and switch over to some soothing high-velocity cuteness.
BTW, Fatal Frame was much scarier than SH2, IMO, but the story wasn't as interesting - a combination that prevented me from getting even halfway through it before I sold it back to the game store...
Agreed, provided that you can pump in as many "quarters" as you please. If you only get a certain number of continues, I'll never even get past the first boss...
That's what these reissues are really for, so you can finally beat all the games you would've needed a US Mint's worth of quarters to beat when you were a kid...
Sure, real pets are nicer, but what about those of us that live in no-pet zones? For many people, a robot pet'd be better than no pet at all. Myself included.
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Please. Rise of the Triad had the rocket jump back when Doom 2 was new.
The first Marathon had it two months previous to RotT. And it was necessary to reach many of the secrets.
My own two favorites I spotted were Edgar Allen Poe's entire article reduced to "Edgar Allen Poe was a homosexual." and the list of discontinued flavors of Doritos including the item "Creamy Cock".
I just peeled all the stickers off mine. Nice gothy black Rubik's Cube, and so much easier to solve.
There are two golfing games coming out, by the way, Pangya Golf and Tiger Woods.
Pangya Golf is out -- it's been retitled "Super Swing Golf". I recommend it if:
a) You like (or at least don't mind) cute anime games.
b) You like (or at least don't mind) a really goddamn difficult golf game. I mean, holy crap, the game is hard. (Or, yknow, maybe I just suck. But I don't think I suck that badly...)
I think the issue is that Blizzard has effectively created two games. The first game is the quests and missions performed while leveling up--unfortunately, they didn't provide enough quests to actually level all the way, so people are forced to kill random monsters to make up the difference.
Are you playing the same WoW I am? I've recently finished levelling a druid to 60, and not once did I run out of quests to do. In fact, I was offered more quests than I could do, and frequently ended up dumping or skipping some because I'd advanced past the point where the rewards were worthwhile.
Not to say that there's no grinding in the game -- if you want to get in good with the firbolg at the north end of Felwood, or get the good prizes from the Argent Dawn, there's an unbelievable amount of grinding. And of course, some would say that collecting 25 goblin femurs or whatever is inherently grinding. But if your goal is to level a character only by doing quests, it's certainly possible.
Why is everyone calling it a "Mini Cooper", instead of "Cooper Mini" like the UK originals used to be called? "Cooper" is the name of the guy who designed it -- this is not a smaller version of *him*, and there is no "Normal-Sized Cooper".
You don't call it an Escort Ford, or a Testarossa Ferrari, so why the hell would you call this a Mini Cooper?
"Superfly Johnson... needs food, badly."
The alternate command is "FORD, WHAT ABOUT MY HOME?" although guessing that requires a certain familiarity with the source material.
FYI, you can't build up another class before getting Jedi. When you complete the tasks to become a Jedi, it unlocks an extra character slot in your account, in which you are permitted to create a completely new character, who is a Jedi. The character you used to unlock the slot is unaffected.
Jedi characters do not have access to the regular skill trees, and therefore can't learn combat skills like Pistol, etc. (They can use some basic weapons like pistols, but poorly, and can't advance in them.) They're basically limited to lightsaber and Force Powers, which take a (very) long time to develop. The extra downside to this is that a Jedi who uses any sort of Jedi power (including lightsaber) gets a 'temporary enemy flag', which allows any publicly empire-affiliated character to attack them without repercussion. And, Jedi who frequently use powers in public get put on the bounty lists for bounty hunter characters.
So, not only is it difficult to get a Jedi character, it's also very difficult to train them up to any sort of uber-level.
There's a fairly big difference between what you do in public on your own time, and what you on the job , on your employer's time. If these people are being paid to do a specific job at a specific time, then they should expect that the boss is going to make sure they're earning their pay.
Clean them? I just throw them away when they're empty -- there's always another in a nearby crate or something.
Also, check out LRNJ, a shareware RPG designed to teach Japanese while you play it. Entertaining *and* educational!
It's not about paying more taxes, it's about distributing the tax dollars we already pony up to important things like education, instead of blowing it all on pork-barrel garbage and wars no one wants.
I have a first generation PS2 that I bought a month after they were released. It stopped reading some games and most DVDs a few months back. I looked for instructions online, popped the sucker open, used a q-tip and rubbing alcohol, swabbed the lense a bit, closed it back up and voila - works perfectly now. Same here. I got mine as soon as Wal-Mart got their very first shipment in, and other than having to clean the lens every 4-6 months (That may seem like a lot, but I smoke), I've never had a problem. I firmly believe that the problems with the PS2 are seriously over-hyped. I'd bet money that a significant number of people that are sending their systems back could have fixed them themselves with just a Q-tip and a little 91% rubbing alcohol.
Will the new logic boards fit in the older model iBooks? My iBook needs a new logic board anyway, 'cause of a bad RAM chip. (Naturally, the one that went bad was the one soldered to the board, not the one that's easily replacable. All Hail Murphy.)
A truly "X" rated game would be cool... more so if it had "tasteful" "adventures".
You know... I hadn't even seen this story with that angle, but now that you bring it up, what if they were able to get Vivid or somebody to back it and license out the women in their videos? Then every girl you're chasing after in that game is a real porn star or something?
Sure, and make it a MMORPG!
types: "You're not the usual pizza delivery boy..."
how a company can commission an "independent" survey that yields exactly the results the company wants, regardless of the degree to which those results contradict common experience / knowledge.
Simple: the consultants know who signs their check, and if they want another one, they tell them what they want to hear.
Don't forget 5) Story. No MMORPG has been able to produce a coherent, interesting storyline the way offline RPGs such as (for example) Xenogears, Final Fantasy, or the .hack series have done. And due to the very nature of the beast, it's doubtful that they ever will.
I can top that: I (and a friend) stole a life-size cardboard standup of a police officer wearing a "Shoplifting Is A Crime" badge.
You do know that the PS2 has two USB ports, right? Just get a couple $10 PS2->USB adapters. Works fine.
How many games are there that have a 4-player option, anyway?
I bet 60-75% of those broken PS2's could've been fixed with a CD/DVD cleaner kit. Or, if you're adventureous like me, you can open the lid and clean the lens manually with some rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. I was getting the disc-read errors constantly, but now it loads like a dream... and I got it about a week after they hit the market.
(note: don't try if it's still under warranty)
I found that the best way to get through SH2 was to keep a Powerpuff Girls tape in the VCR, so that when my blood pressure got too high, I could pause the game and switch over to some soothing high-velocity cuteness.
BTW, Fatal Frame was much scarier than SH2, IMO, but the story wasn't as interesting - a combination that prevented me from getting even halfway through it before I sold it back to the game store...
Agreed, provided that you can pump in as many "quarters" as you please. If you only get a certain number of continues, I'll never even get past the first boss...
That's what these reissues are really for, so you can finally beat all the games you would've needed a US Mint's worth of quarters to beat when you were a kid...
Remember, this isn't a real console game - it's a plugs-directly-into-the-tv device. The graphics aren't that bad compared to other such devices.
Sure, real pets are nicer, but what about those of us that live in no-pet zones? For many people, a robot pet'd be better than no pet at all. Myself included.