Remember when this series was a great puzzle-platformer, with occasional combat? Now it's God of War???
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The guy with the rifle at the end of Soul Blade was called Tanegashima.
I seem to remember someone plugging in a cheat code one time that made him playable, I remember he didn't have many moves (bayonet stab, rifle butt type stuff), and it took a long time to actually load and fire the rifle, but it was a one-shot kill.
I might call it a little cheesy in some places, but certainly not *awful*. For 1995-96, the game was exceptional. It really had a way of keeping a person on the edge of their seat. I think it was the general lack of sound that made it work - anytime you actually heard something, you knew you were in trouble. And yes, I jumped when that dog came through the window.
I find it appalling that he would compare himself in his current work to people who fought and bled and died fighting in World War 2. That's just sick.
He appears to be exactly the kind of dysfunctional person who might take revenge with a big gun.
I think he's so fixated on his mission that he'd first fill his home with all these games that he says are creating murderers. After his shooting spree, he'd of course say that those games turned a law-abiding citizen (law-abiding lawyer? that's either irony, oxymoron, or redundancy) into a cold-blooded killer. Either that, or he'd just off himself in the process and leave the evidence for others to find.
Those DOA guys have always been a hostile towards all other development houses. At least, in interviews. Still a little sensitive about the razzing they must have gotten after the Beach Volleyball game, I guess?
Whoever wrote those things did some damn fine writing. I think the end of "A Mind Forever Voyaging" is one of the best-written game endings ever. Just plain touching.
Ico is easily one of the most touching, moving games I've ever played.
I tend to agree, and I've never even finished the game. It definitely caused a reaction for me. I only play it when I'm in a happy mood - there's such an overwhelming sense of isolation and loneliness in that game that I find it unsettling.
The best home stereo setups I've personally heard were all Bose.
I implore you, sir - if you're shopping for speakers in the near future, check out somewhere other than Best Buy and listen to some speakers before you jump on the Bose train (I suspect that BB arranges their Bose speakers better than the other brands intentionally). Additionally, most package setups don't really have very good speakers in them, just something to keep in mind.
Bose used to really put some effort into clever speaker design and made some decent speakers (for the size) say, 20 years ago - but since then they've pretty much spun that reputation into making overpriced bookshelf speakers that sound pretty marginal in comparison to similarly priced alternatives. The materials they're using inside the cubes these days are bargain-basement in comparison to before, and the price just keeps going up, up up.
If you go out and listen to a few speaker sets, all other things being equal, you should find that the Bose set lacks "precision" - you'll find you're not hearing all of the sound clearly.
My point is, if you shop around and use your ears, you will find that you can get a lot more bang for the buck... happy hunting.
Sorry to scold, but you've got to temper that knowledge with some responsibility. What you're talking about is akin to someone proving they know how to drive by stealing a car and going joyriding.
There's a saying in some circles - "Those that don't know, say. Those that know, don't say."
It is probably in your better interests to keep quiet about what you know and what you can do, especially with the level of system interaction you're talking about here. Otherwise, when the crap hits the fan, you'll be the one they come looking for - regardless of whether or not you had anything to do with it.
Anecdotal: I worked in a (pathetically inept) MIS support department at a community college once, maintaining four or five hundred lab machines. I was out sick for a few days, and when I came back I learned that someone had been boosting RAM out of the PCs. Mind you, this was in the days when RAM was going for about $45 a meg.
The kicker? I was the prime suspect, even though I wasn't even there when the stuff came up missing. Why? Because I was (according to the boss) the only one who knew how to take it out of the machines.
I basically told them to kiss off, it's a leap of logic, discrimination against the competent, anything I could come up with to keep them spinning their wheels until someone actually tried to find out what was going on instead of just pointing fingers.
Fortunately, they caught the guy. This kid (obviously a car stereo thief earlier in life) was just punching in the plates of an empty drive bay, reaching in and ripping the sticks out. Took about 5 seconds.
Yeah well, you know what? Revolutionary idea - fuckers should read. How many problems could be avoided just by someone reading? I'm so tired of people getting all bent out of shape and causing the rest of us problems just because they couldn't be bothered to read something they should have.
I am often reminded of just how many often my favorite games of all time were produced by Capcom. Bionic Commando, I used to play over and over again, no matter how many times I'd already beaten it. It was a good way to kill half an hour on a Sunday afternoon. It was just so appealing and replayable.
The Mega Man series (especially 2), same thing.
I admit that Ghosts n' Goblins enraged me, but I played it a lot as well.
No comment on Street Fighter, they definitely milked that one dry. Nevertheless, I can probably still get through Champion Edition without losing a round.
Puzzle Fighter - genius.
Played both Devil May Cry games obsessively, Viewtiful Joe is clever, creative, and very replayable (played those obsessively, as well). And I'm sure there are many more games in between that I'm forgetting to mention right now. But I've always wondered, what is it about this particular company that makes them special - the characters, the art, the gameplay, the designers?
I suspect that a prominent politician who used common sense and did what's right would be accused of being "out of touch" and Pollyannish. Or maybe they'd just be called a hippie and dismissed as such.
rated in 2003 as the best place in the midwest to live...
If you're married with 1.36 kids, nonspecifically Caucasian, and make six figures, and you live in a town full of people with the same demographic to boot, how bad could such a town be?
I'd also like to mention that the Naperville area is apparently home to some of the most well-polished "non-nude" models on the 'Net.
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It was once explained by a spanish-speaking friend of mine that her elders' word for "computer" literally translates as "order-maker".
Indeed, completely off-topic, but I believe this link may hold the answers you seek...
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Remember when this series was a great puzzle-platformer, with occasional combat? Now it's God of War???
The guy with the rifle at the end of Soul Blade was called Tanegashima.
I seem to remember someone plugging in a cheat code one time that made him playable, I remember he didn't have many moves (bayonet stab, rifle butt type stuff), and it took a long time to actually load and fire the rifle, but it was a one-shot kill.
I might call it a little cheesy in some places, but certainly not *awful*. For 1995-96, the game was exceptional. It really had a way of keeping a person on the edge of their seat. I think it was the general lack of sound that made it work - anytime you actually heard something, you knew you were in trouble. And yes, I jumped when that dog came through the window.
I will feed him.
...with mint frosting!
I find it appalling that he would compare himself in his current work to people who fought and bled and died fighting in World War 2. That's just sick.
I think he's so fixated on his mission that he'd first fill his home with all these games that he says are creating murderers. After his shooting spree, he'd of course say that those games turned a law-abiding citizen (law-abiding lawyer? that's either irony, oxymoron, or redundancy) into a cold-blooded killer. Either that, or he'd just off himself in the process and leave the evidence for others to find.
Curiously, this sentence is just as accurate with improper punctuation...
Those DOA guys have always been a hostile towards all other development houses. At least, in interviews. Still a little sensitive about the razzing they must have gotten after the Beach Volleyball game, I guess?
It's that simple, eh? Then why isn't your teacher out making films?
Who did that game, anyways.. Meretzky?
I tend to agree, and I've never even finished the game. It definitely caused a reaction for me. I only play it when I'm in a happy mood - there's such an overwhelming sense of isolation and loneliness in that game that I find it unsettling.
I implore you, sir - if you're shopping for speakers in the near future, check out somewhere other than Best Buy and listen to some speakers before you jump on the Bose train (I suspect that BB arranges their Bose speakers better than the other brands intentionally). Additionally, most package setups don't really have very good speakers in them, just something to keep in mind.
Bose used to really put some effort into clever speaker design and made some decent speakers (for the size) say, 20 years ago - but since then they've pretty much spun that reputation into making overpriced bookshelf speakers that sound pretty marginal in comparison to similarly priced alternatives. The materials they're using inside the cubes these days are bargain-basement in comparison to before, and the price just keeps going up, up up.
If you go out and listen to a few speaker sets, all other things being equal, you should find that the Bose set lacks "precision" - you'll find you're not hearing all of the sound clearly.
My point is, if you shop around and use your ears, you will find that you can get a lot more bang for the buck... happy hunting.
Sorry to scold, but you've got to temper that knowledge with some responsibility. What you're talking about is akin to someone proving they know how to drive by stealing a car and going joyriding.
There's a saying in some circles - "Those that don't know, say. Those that know, don't say."
It is probably in your better interests to keep quiet about what you know and what you can do, especially with the level of system interaction you're talking about here. Otherwise, when the crap hits the fan, you'll be the one they come looking for - regardless of whether or not you had anything to do with it.
Anecdotal: I worked in a (pathetically inept) MIS support department at a community college once, maintaining four or five hundred lab machines. I was out sick for a few days, and when I came back I learned that someone had been boosting RAM out of the PCs. Mind you, this was in the days when RAM was going for about $45 a meg.
The kicker? I was the prime suspect, even though I wasn't even there when the stuff came up missing. Why? Because I was (according to the boss) the only one who knew how to take it out of the machines.
I basically told them to kiss off, it's a leap of logic, discrimination against the competent, anything I could come up with to keep them spinning their wheels until someone actually tried to find out what was going on instead of just pointing fingers.
Fortunately, they caught the guy. This kid (obviously a car stereo thief earlier in life) was just punching in the plates of an empty drive bay, reaching in and ripping the sticks out. Took about 5 seconds.
Yeah well, you know what? Revolutionary idea - fuckers should read. How many problems could be avoided just by someone reading? I'm so tired of people getting all bent out of shape and causing the rest of us problems just because they couldn't be bothered to read something they should have.
Why rely on them to complete the game? God of War begins with the main character saying there's no hope, and throwing himself off a mountain...
Yeah, well, Slashdot made me cover my girlfriend in hot grits... she was petrified!
I am often reminded of just how many often my favorite games of all time were produced by Capcom. Bionic Commando, I used to play over and over again, no matter how many times I'd already beaten it. It was a good way to kill half an hour on a Sunday afternoon. It was just so appealing and replayable.
The Mega Man series (especially 2), same thing.
I admit that Ghosts n' Goblins enraged me, but I played it a lot as well.
No comment on Street Fighter, they definitely milked that one dry. Nevertheless, I can probably still get through Champion Edition without losing a round.
Puzzle Fighter - genius.
Played both Devil May Cry games obsessively, Viewtiful Joe is clever, creative, and very replayable (played those obsessively, as well). And I'm sure there are many more games in between that I'm forgetting to mention right now. But I've always wondered, what is it about this particular company that makes them special - the characters, the art, the gameplay, the designers?
They've made some real gold.
I suspect that a prominent politician who used common sense and did what's right would be accused of being "out of touch" and Pollyannish. Or maybe they'd just be called a hippie and dismissed as such.
Though it would be a trick if someone ran, won, ran for reelection, lost, ran again later, and won.
Oh, come on. Next, you'll be claiming *Samus* is female.
I'd also like to mention that the Naperville area is apparently home to some of the most well-polished "non-nude" models on the 'Net.
(At least, that's what I've heard)
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