Capcom vs SNK 2 eo (awesome with an arcade controller)
Mortal Kombat:DA
Doshin the Giant
Eternal Darkness
the RE series (if you like that kind of thing, I dont)
Zelda: Wind Waker (with it you get a copy of Ocarina of Time for GC)
Medal of Honour:Frontline
Phantasy Star 1&2 Online
This is just to start... I have most of these games, and they all have excellent gameplay. There's also a helluva lot of new stuff coming out which makes these titles look ordinary. Sorry, but out of your list only Splinter cell and Unreal 2K look interesting and Splinter cell is coming out soon for GCN anyway.
No, just like aspartame (an artificial sweetener that has been definitively linked to multiple sclerosis and lupus) and other chemicals they'll give it a different name and continue to use it for 20 years while abusing the legal system by tying up any possible FDA bans on the substance in court. You read it here first.
Good call, friend. I also work the government in Australia after coming to the same decision you did. After working contract IT for about 5 years it was time to make a decision. Do I want to keep working for higher pay but no promises for the future? What's more important to me, cash in my pocket or a permanent job? I could have kept shuffling from place to place with the work like some kind of techie fruitpicker, but instead I took the pay hit and moved into the public sector. Good super, paid sick/annual leave, and a hell of a lot more stability than I ever saw working as a contractor. The money isn't as good, but it's nice to know i'll be paid again next week same bat-time, same bat-channel.
You should check out True Crimes:Streets of LA, soon to be released on GC. Basically a GTA ripoff with vastly improved fighting dynamics and grittier storyline. Looks good, I can't wait.
What you say about Animal Crossing is right. Just because a game looks cutesy does not make it so. It's the gameplay that matters. You wanna come over to my house and watch four grown men resort to fisticuffs after a big night of tequila shots and the ultimate masterpiece of betrayal and bastard techniques that is Mario Party 4?
Nintendo chooses (for whatever reason - a wholesome image?) to not include adult games It's is already well established that both games for children and mature gamers are available on Gamecube. I just got a giggle out of how you state:
I feel like I could be comfortable buying them a PS2 and selecting games I feel appropiate for them while still able to buy games that interest me (read: violent/intense/etc).
Which is EXACTLY the point of the Gamecube's lineup, unlike PS2 and X-Box that both have a particularly shallow range of choice for children's games. At least on my GC my wife and kids can play Mario Party before dinner and I can settle in for some Timesplitters 2 or Eternal Darkness once the kiddies are in bed.
I tell you what, a lot of those names take me back to the heady Amiga days. Maybe Infogrames should bring out a new title in the Shadow of the Beast franchise under their Psygnosis label?
I really hate this flawed argument. What you should have said was " if you want to play the same adult titles such as Timesplitters 2, BMXXXX, Eternal darkness, Mortal Kombat, etc while still having the option to buy games that are more family orientated, buy a gamecube". Yes, they have cutesy games on the system but not at the cost of denying the adult titles. They give you the option for both. Unlike the other consoles, which don't even give the customer that option. When they say family console, I take it to mean EVERYONE in the family, not just the members under 10 years of age.
Sorry, a Simpson's quote gone awry. Wow, a boat by hand? have you had experience with that kinf of building before? About two years ago I stayed in Tasmania with a guy who was building a boat the traditional way. It was almost finished and it was absolutely beautiful. I'd love to go back now and see it in the water.
Cyclists pay tax, and subsidise the immense amount spent on highways and other infrastructure for motorists. Thus we have the legal and moral right to use roads
Mate, everybody pays tax (or should). By your logic it is my moral obligation to ride my skateboard in traffic and ride my girfriend's horse down the freeway. After all, I pay tax and those modes of transportation don't contribute to the already hefty cost on the environment. But I own a car, so I also pay EXTRA in my registration to have the right to drive it on the infrastructure built specifically to handle that particular mode of transport. Look, I certainly agree that cars and such are nowhere near the ideal for their heave cost to the environment and health, in fact I ride my bike to work most days (i'm lucky, where I live in Brisbane is riddled with bike tracks) but the bottom line is bikes are dangerous on the roads, bikes don't pay any of the fees set on motorists to use the roads, and pay less than everybody else to use them. If only there was some middle ground for cyclists that wasn't putting themselves at risk on the road and messing up traffic flow, without resorting to riding on the footpath or thte parking lanes. I guess i'm a little biased because, like I said above, where I live you can get anywhere on a bike with only a minimal journey on the streets.
sorry for the inconvenince, but general tax $ goes to subsidize Transporation by Car Infrastructure that some -- like myself -- dont support... we'll use the roads as we see fit aswell.
I dunno about over there, but here in Australia you pay a hefty amount for registration every year on cars and such which in turn pays for a lot of the infrastructure, while cyclists don't pay a thing and many of them treat the roads as their own. I don't know if your arguement would cut it anywhere else in the world, especially here.
I dunno, I personally find Eddings' work a little juvenile. It is quite predictable and character development is shallow. I found David Gemmell's Druss series a better read. However, I just finished reading The First chronicles of Thomas Covenant:Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson for about the 50th time, which IMHO is an awesome series. I recommend it to anyone, especially to those who find like Eddings but may find it a little too simplistic. It's pretty easy to find all three books in one volume, too.
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And almost 12 months later than the PS2 & x-box in Australia and the UK. What's your point?
Mario Sunshine
Metroid Prime
Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Animal Crossing
Pikmin
Timesplitters 2
Mario Party 4
Tony Hawk 4
Beach Spikers
Capcom vs SNK 2 eo (awesome with an arcade controller)
Mortal Kombat :DA
Doshin the Giant
Eternal Darkness
the RE series (if you like that kind of thing, I dont)
Zelda: Wind Waker (with it you get a copy of Ocarina of Time for GC)
Medal of Honour:Frontline
Phantasy Star 1&2 Online
This is just to start... I have most of these games, and they all have excellent gameplay. There's also a helluva lot of new stuff coming out which makes these titles look ordinary. Sorry, but out of your list only Splinter cell and Unreal 2K look interesting and Splinter cell is coming out soon for GCN anyway.
Either pay for an advertisement, or fuck off. I've seen this shit on every story today.
Gotcha. You should check out my only diary entry, if you like.
No, just like aspartame (an artificial sweetener that has been definitively linked to multiple sclerosis and lupus) and other chemicals they'll give it a different name and continue to use it for 20 years while abusing the legal system by tying up any possible FDA bans on the substance in court. You read it here first.
My girlfriend reckons after i've eaten fresh pineapple it tastes heaps better. I'll take her word for it...
Never used, have you?
control: "well come back down love, dinner's on the table."
Good call, friend. I also work the government in Australia after coming to the same decision you did. After working contract IT for about 5 years it was time to make a decision. Do I want to keep working for higher pay but no promises for the future? What's more important to me, cash in my pocket or a permanent job? I could have kept shuffling from place to place with the work like some kind of techie fruitpicker, but instead I took the pay hit and moved into the public sector. Good super, paid sick/annual leave, and a hell of a lot more stability than I ever saw working as a contractor. The money isn't as good, but it's nice to know i'll be paid again next week same bat-time, same bat-channel.
Yeah, you would think CowboyNeal knows what it means when someone tells you it's a good size...
You should check out True Crimes:Streets of LA, soon to be released on GC. Basically a GTA ripoff with vastly improved fighting dynamics and grittier storyline. Looks good, I can't wait.
What you say about Animal Crossing is right. Just because a game looks cutesy does not make it so. It's the gameplay that matters. You wanna come over to my house and watch four grown men resort to fisticuffs after a big night of tequila shots and the ultimate masterpiece of betrayal and bastard techniques that is Mario Party 4?
I feel like I could be comfortable buying them a PS2 and selecting games I feel appropiate for them while still able to buy games that interest me (read: violent/intense/etc).
Which is EXACTLY the point of the Gamecube's lineup, unlike PS2 and X-Box that both have a particularly shallow range of choice for children's games. At least on my GC my wife and kids can play Mario Party before dinner and I can settle in for some Timesplitters 2 or Eternal Darkness once the kiddies are in bed.
I tell you what, a lot of those names take me back to the heady Amiga days. Maybe Infogrames should bring out a new title in the Shadow of the Beast franchise under their Psygnosis label?
I really hate this flawed argument. What you should have said was " if you want to play the same adult titles such as Timesplitters 2, BMXXXX, Eternal darkness, Mortal Kombat, etc while still having the option to buy games that are more family orientated, buy a gamecube". Yes, they have cutesy games on the system but not at the cost of denying the adult titles. They give you the option for both. Unlike the other consoles, which don't even give the customer that option. When they say family console, I take it to mean EVERYONE in the family, not just the members under 10 years of age.
Are you typing this while sitting in front of your Hewlett-Packard computer washing down Pringles with Coke?
New Computer (with bells& whistles) = 2000+
Sounds like a good trade to me...
Sorry, a Simpson's quote gone awry. Wow, a boat by hand? have you had experience with that kinf of building before? About two years ago I stayed in Tasmania with a guy who was building a boat the traditional way. It was almost finished and it was absolutely beautiful. I'd love to go back now and see it in the water.
Mate, everybody pays tax (or should). By your logic it is my moral obligation to ride my skateboard in traffic and ride my girfriend's horse down the freeway. After all, I pay tax and those modes of transportation don't contribute to the already hefty cost on the environment. But I own a car, so I also pay EXTRA in my registration to have the right to drive it on the infrastructure built specifically to handle that particular mode of transport. Look, I certainly agree that cars and such are nowhere near the ideal for their heave cost to the environment and health, in fact I ride my bike to work most days (i'm lucky, where I live in Brisbane is riddled with bike tracks) but the bottom line is bikes are dangerous on the roads, bikes don't pay any of the fees set on motorists to use the roads, and pay less than everybody else to use them. If only there was some middle ground for cyclists that wasn't putting themselves at risk on the road and messing up traffic flow, without resorting to riding on the footpath or thte parking lanes. I guess i'm a little biased because, like I said above, where I live you can get anywhere on a bike with only a minimal journey on the streets.
I agree. The second chronicles are a pretty good read, but after the first three books it doesn't seem quite the same quality. A bit to depressing.
I dunno about over there, but here in Australia you pay a hefty amount for registration every year on cars and such which in turn pays for a lot of the infrastructure, while cyclists don't pay a thing and many of them treat the roads as their own. I don't know if your arguement would cut it anywhere else in the world, especially here.
Work, huh? Let me guess. Computer programmer, computer magazine columnist, something with computers?
I agree. I read Feist's series soon after finishing Eddings' Belgariad series. Both very good, but Feist seems a more well-rounded, deeper experience.
Why thank you Sir, if people like you don't think about the children, who will?
I dunno, I personally find Eddings' work a little juvenile. It is quite predictable and character development is shallow. I found David Gemmell's Druss series a better read. However, I just finished reading The First chronicles of Thomas Covenant:Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson for about the 50th time, which IMHO is an awesome series. I recommend it to anyone, especially to those who find like Eddings but may find it a little too simplistic. It's pretty easy to find all three books in one volume, too.