Re:ADHD is not as funny as you jerks think it is.
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ADHD can be funny, but not the kinds of easy jokes being modded up +5 Funny. Looks like people have been modding those back down, which is nice.
There are a lot of assumptions and a significant amount of posts that amount to "Oh, ADHD just means you are lazy or need to try harder, you don't need that ritalin crap."
Which in my personal experience, is total bullshit. I stopped taking ritalin for a few years and eventually I got in a bad situation, and sought help, got back on ritalin, and I'm piecing my life back together, and the future looks bright, but it's an uphill battle.
" Can you play a video game/watch a movie for 2 hours? If so, there is almost NO CHANCE IN HELL that you have ADHD, you just need to learn discipline."
FUCK YOU.
You have no idea what ADHD is about. Video games are almost tailor made for ADHD. Intense short bursts of concentration. Movies are easy, you can zone out and pay attention only when you need to.
ADHD is not as funny as you jerks think it is.
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Seriously. I have ADHD and it really sucks.
A lot of easy jokes have been made here, and frankly they all suck. I make sure not to mention to anyone that I have ADHD unless they are a good friend or need to know because the "did you take your meds?" joke isn't just tired by this point, it's painful.
I take Ritalin. It helps me a lot. It's the difference between holding down a good job and being unemployed and possibly even homeless. It really is that night and day. I am trying something new that can be taken along with Ritalin that might replace it, but in my all too real experience without Ritalin my life is a disorganized mess.
I don't really have more to add, but ADHD isn't as fun as you might think. It hurts your job prospects, it hurts your social life, and it hurts any projects you try to attempt.
On the upside, ADHD often comes with the ability to hyperfocus. I sometimes work on writing music for 8 or 9 hours at a time, completely obsessed with every minor detail, even forgetting to eat. If I could turn this on and off at the drop of a hat, I would have had a 4.0 in college. Instead I fought the ADHD like crazy and got a 3.3.
Most of you probably don't realize that ADHD has a tight association with dysthymia, a mild but chronic depression that in and of itself is self-destructive. If you're not careful the two disorders will feed off each other.
I'm 26 now. The Hyperactive part of the disorder mostly means that I'm a bit eccentric and excitable, where in the past it made me a social pariah. I've got a good therapist helping me leverage what advantages ADHD gives me and minimize the downsides. I'm glad I'm confronting my ADHD head on instead of dismissing it as a myth or an excuse for parents/teachers.
I agree that it's probably overdiagnosed, but for those of us who really have it, it sucks.
no, actually you get the free game in the store at time of purchase. no coupons.
I bought a Gamecube at Circuit City for $130 new (one week sale price) and got Metroid Prime free, at the time of purchase. This is the promotion as Nintendo intends.
I do not think that word means what you think it means... as, in this case it's completely not Ironic at all, it's 100% understandable and sorta, well "duh", of course they both have it, since Sound Jam actually had more features than the initial release of iTunes.
to avoid the "not even able to hold a pencil", incorporate chopstick usage into the kid's diet.
If you're unfamiliar with chopsticks, one of the two sticks is held essentially the same as a pencil. Getting decent with chopsticks uses some of the same dexerity skills, and if kid's aren't writing much on paper, at least it'll keep them from being completely atrophied in this regard.
the guy's reply to anyone complaining about this is "it's just a game"
well, a movie is "just a movie" or a novel is "just a novel", that was my point. And in fact, if someone is disruptive to a theater, they can be kicked out by management, and if they keep it up, banned from the establishment.
It's the other guy that is in favor of just laughing about the hacking, instead of doing anything about it.
(OTOH, some posts here suggest that it was a failure of the game's coders to remove backdoors, in which case, it's really not as simple as just throwing the perps in jail. I'm not too keen on sending folks to jail in general; my reply to his post was more about his "it's just a game, get over it" than anything else.)
Do you ever complain if someone's cell phone rings in a theater? Or if they talk loudly through the whole film?
Basically, if you *ever* complain about anything that someone does to make your entertainment choices less fun, you're a hypocrite.
I bet if you were in the middle of an intense game of chess and I, a complete stranger, came by and intentionally knocked the board over, you might feel like throwing a punch in my direction. How is this any different, except that the jerks are safely far away from having their asses kicked right then and there, is beyond me.
Saying it's "just games" ignores just how important a certain amount of play is to a healthy life.
You really sound like a stick in the mud. The voice acting and art in Viewtiful Joe are perfect, they fit the kitschy style very well; I find voice acting in most video games atrocious, but I actually like it here. Henshin a Go Go, baby.
Also, the art is appealing to me, yes, but the game mechanics are solid. I've played through the demo a few more times now, and finally achieving rank V on V-combo, defense, and time was really satisfying. Strategizing to build the V-Combo as high as possible reminds me strongly of Bangai-O!, where getting 999 simultanious explosions was the real point of the game. I'm probably going to play this over and over until I can ace all of it without thinking. It's just that appealing to me.
The game I find Viewtiful Joe is most like is Stryder 2 for the PSX. It's also 2.5 D, it's also a beat em up, and it's also from Capcom. I'm a Metal Slug/Gunstar Heroes/Contra fiend, and I wouldn't compare Viewtiful Joe to any of them. Nor would I compare it directly to River City Ransom, Double Dragon, or Final Fight, so perhaps "beat 'em up" isn't strictly accurate, but the game does revolve around beating up the bad guys for high score rather than shooting anyone.
I will concede that if you don't like the hyper-stylized art of Viewtiful Joe, you probably won't like the game, but that's your loss, considering it's tremendous fun.
I've actually played it, as the demo just came out, and it's great, the art looks great, and it's not really like Metal Slug at all, considering that Metal Slug involves shooting stuff and Viewtiful Joe is a beat 'em up.
It seems to me that a lot of the games I find myself most into get attacked for being different.
One easy example is in fact a very popular game, but one that has endured some of the stupidest arguments in the history of video games: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind-Waker.
It's cell shaded; it frequently looks like a hand drawn cartoon. It recaptures the art direction of the classic SNES era Zelda game, seamlessly into a 3-d environment.
And it was attacked without mercy for being "kiddie".
Just yesterday I was at a Gamestop, playing through the demo of Viewtiful Joe. If you don't know, it's a 2.5-D beat 'em up, similar to Capcom's Strider 2 (for the playstation 1), except with bright colors and a unique take on the cell shading trend. It really stands out among the endless stream of tactical, deadly-serious games that are flooding the market.
And while one of the staff was really into it, the other guy working there couldn't accept that there was a helicopter flying around inside of a large cathedral, and that as Joe, I was jumping high into the air and punching said helicoptor in slow-mo to blow it up. As if the idea that a game could possibly be amusing and light-hearted was alien to him.
Viewtiful Joe is definitely my most looked forward to game of this year; I payed $10 for a Gamecube demo disc, solely for the 15 minute demo, which is really a ridiculous sum. It was worth it. I've played through this demo 5 or 6 times already and if the rest of the game lives up to this potential, it will likely be the best game of the year. (Like last year's Ikaruga).
I am a die hard Dreamcast enthusiast, and yes, most of the best games on the DC are unusual and edgy. Typing of the Dead, Rez, Samba De Amigo, Sega Bass Fishing, Bangai-O!, Shenmue, Chu Chu Rocket, Space Channel 5. Really, who knew a fishing game could actually be FUN.
In fact, the DC also hurt in the market for catering to old school gamers as well. Classic gaming styles such as 2-D fighters and top down, vertical scrolling shooters (like Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2, and Ikaruga) just aren't as popular as they once were.
Perhaps Sega would have done better to cater to current trends instead of trying to invent their own, but I'll take innovative and intuitive gameplay over the trends of the week any day.
Special mention to the development teams at Sega, Treasure, Capcom, and Nintendo for making awesome, innovative games, at least now and then.
I've run the concept past a few people, and everyone is pretty excited about it. It's simple, yes, but it's amazing that after 20 odd years, there's actually innovation to be had with Pac-Man.
I don't play 4 player games all that often, but this certainly sounds like a good excuse to get some people together. And after we're all Pac'ed out, we'll play Chu-Chu Rocket!
Oh I see, after posting total misinformation about the dead kennedys elsewhere in this topic, you come out of the closet as a nazi sympathizer and racist.
I hope you are kidding, because the Dead Kennedys and the Misfits were NOT manufactured fashion trends.
You may not know this, but the rest of the DK's have been suing Jello Biafra (the very outspoken singer of DK) because he refused to let them sell one of their songs to be used in a comercial.
The Dead Kennedys were on an independant label run by the band. Major labels told them they'd have complete artistic freedom if they only would change their name. They, of course, refused.
A lot of those late 70's/early 80's bands did manage to have some integrity: Crass, Black Flag, Subhumans, Rudimentary Peni...
The Sex Pistols suck, sure. "Plastic Surgery Disasters" by the Dead Kennedys doesn't.
(btw, have you seen the footage of Fred Durst in the early 90s dressed and acting like Vanilla Ice? Some credibility there.)
I'd agree. Wind Up Bird Chronicles is my favorite book, tied with David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
About a year ago, a friend recommendeded it to me, the first time I'd encountered Murakami other than having eyed Norwegian Wood because of it's cover design.
The first thing I noticed about Murakami was his pacing. It's a little on the slow side, but feels just right. The characters are honest and seem very real, especially his ubiquitous disaffected male leads. The story got weirder and weirder, but as the reviewer says, his hard-boiled style makes it all seem plausible, somehow.
After I finished it, I read 6 more of his books all in the next 8 months, and a couple of those twice.
The only one I found disappointing was Sputnik Sweetheart, it felt like a weaker Norwegian Wood or South of the Boarder, West of the Sun (both of which I read twice.)
As for the Philp K. Dick angle....
if you like the structural weirdness that Dick frequently employes, his habit for changing EVERYTHING you know to be true half way through a story, or the way the aforementioned make you think about stories in general, I *highly* recommend Italo Calvino and Jorges Luis-Borges.
Specifically: The Collected Short Fiction of Jorges Luis-Borges, and "If on a winter's night a stranger" by Calvino.
I used to be a retro gamer only, till I tried out Tony Hawk Pro Skater on a friend's Playstation.
Pro Skater is one of the most amazing games I've ever played. I've clocked in literally hundreds of hours on the series, and even got Pro Skater 3 to say "Game Complete" after beating it (no cheats) with all 25 characters. I'm currently trying to beat THPS2 again, but on my dreamcast this time (different bonuses than the N64).
My Point: Tony Hawk Pro Skater convinced me that spending time with 3-D games was worthwhile.
For those who like RPGs/deep story games, the next gen consoles are perfect: Skies of Arcadia, Final Fantasy, etc... those are fun, though not my favorites.
But the thing is that there is a lot of AWFUL games out there and a lot of games that just look cool at first and have no replay value.
I am very sad to see 2D games getting more and more ignored, but when stuff like Ikaruga, Capcom vs SNK 2, and Castlevania GBA are still being made, there is at least some hope. I think some development team is going to make a mindblowing 2D game one of these days, with twice as much resolution and animation frames as anything done in the past and it will bring 2d games mainstream appeal again.
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Heya, thanks!
I'm always looking for new mac friendly audio software for me to play with...
I mainly sequence beats in reason and then drop everything in Logic Audio, but it's always good to have more, and this is the kind of thing I've been looking for to further my experimental tracks (i've got the hard drill'n'bass thing down pat now.)
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ADHD can be funny, but not the kinds of easy jokes being modded up +5 Funny. Looks like people have been modding those back down, which is nice.
There are a lot of assumptions and a significant amount of posts that amount to "Oh, ADHD just means you are lazy or need to try harder, you don't need that ritalin crap."
Which in my personal experience, is total bullshit. I stopped taking ritalin for a few years and eventually I got in a bad situation, and sought help, got back on ritalin, and I'm piecing my life back together, and the future looks bright, but it's an uphill battle.
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" Can you play a video game/watch a movie for 2 hours? If so, there is almost NO CHANCE IN HELL that you have ADHD, you just need to learn discipline."
FUCK YOU.
You have no idea what ADHD is about. Video games are almost tailor made for ADHD. Intense short bursts of concentration. Movies are easy, you can zone out and pay attention only when you need to.
Seriously. I have ADHD and it really sucks.
A lot of easy jokes have been made here, and frankly they all suck. I make sure not to mention to anyone that I have ADHD unless they are a good friend or need to know because the "did you take your meds?" joke isn't just tired by this point, it's painful.
I take Ritalin. It helps me a lot. It's the difference between holding down a good job and being unemployed and possibly even homeless. It really is that night and day. I am trying something new that can be taken along with Ritalin that might replace it, but in my all too real experience without Ritalin my life is a disorganized mess.
I don't really have more to add, but ADHD isn't as fun as you might think. It hurts your job prospects, it hurts your social life, and it hurts any projects you try to attempt.
On the upside, ADHD often comes with the ability to hyperfocus. I sometimes work on writing music for 8 or 9 hours at a time, completely obsessed with every minor detail, even forgetting to eat. If I could turn this on and off at the drop of a hat, I would have had a 4.0 in college. Instead I fought the ADHD like crazy and got a 3.3.
Most of you probably don't realize that ADHD has a tight association with dysthymia, a mild but chronic depression that in and of itself is self-destructive. If you're not careful the two disorders will feed off each other.
I'm 26 now. The Hyperactive part of the disorder mostly means that I'm a bit eccentric and excitable, where in the past it made me a social pariah. I've got a good therapist helping me leverage what advantages ADHD gives me and minimize the downsides. I'm glad I'm confronting my ADHD head on instead of dismissing it as a myth or an excuse for parents/teachers.
I agree that it's probably overdiagnosed, but for those of us who really have it, it sucks.
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no, actually you get the free game in the store at time of purchase. no coupons.
I bought a Gamecube at Circuit City for $130 new (one week sale price) and got Metroid Prime free, at the time of purchase. This is the promotion as Nintendo intends.
"(which was ironically the basis for iTunes)"
I do not think that word means what you think it means... as, in this case it's completely not Ironic at all, it's 100% understandable and sorta, well "duh", of course they both have it, since Sound Jam actually had more features than the initial release of iTunes.
to avoid the "not even able to hold a pencil", incorporate chopstick usage into the kid's diet.
If you're unfamiliar with chopsticks, one of the two sticks is held essentially the same as a pencil. Getting decent with chopsticks uses some of the same dexerity skills, and if kid's aren't writing much on paper, at least it'll keep them from being completely atrophied in this regard.
just a thought...
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what are you talking about?
the guy's reply to anyone complaining about this is "it's just a game"
well, a movie is "just a movie" or a novel is "just a novel", that was my point. And in fact, if someone is disruptive to a theater, they can be kicked out by management, and if they keep it up, banned from the establishment.
It's the other guy that is in favor of just laughing about the hacking, instead of doing anything about it.
(OTOH, some posts here suggest that it was a failure of the game's coders to remove backdoors, in which case, it's really not as simple as just throwing the perps in jail. I'm not too keen on sending folks to jail in general; my reply to his post was more about his "it's just a game, get over it" than anything else.)
You sir, are an idiot.
Do you ever complain if someone's cell phone rings in a theater? Or if they talk loudly through the whole film?
Basically, if you *ever* complain about anything that someone does to make your entertainment choices less fun, you're a hypocrite.
I bet if you were in the middle of an intense game of chess and I, a complete stranger, came by and intentionally knocked the board over, you might feel like throwing a punch in my direction. How is this any different, except that the jerks are safely far away from having their asses kicked right then and there, is beyond me.
Saying it's "just games" ignores just how important a certain amount of play is to a healthy life.
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You really sound like a stick in the mud. The voice acting and art in Viewtiful Joe are perfect, they fit the kitschy style very well; I find voice acting in most video games atrocious, but I actually like it here. Henshin a Go Go, baby.
Also, the art is appealing to me, yes, but the game mechanics are solid. I've played through the demo a few more times now, and finally achieving rank V on V-combo, defense, and time was really satisfying. Strategizing to build the V-Combo as high as possible reminds me strongly of Bangai-O!, where getting 999 simultanious explosions was the real point of the game. I'm probably going to play this over and over until I can ace all of it without thinking. It's just that appealing to me.
The game I find Viewtiful Joe is most like is Stryder 2 for the PSX. It's also 2.5 D, it's also a beat em up, and it's also from Capcom. I'm a Metal Slug/Gunstar Heroes/Contra fiend, and I wouldn't compare Viewtiful Joe to any of them. Nor would I compare it directly to River City Ransom, Double Dragon, or Final Fight, so perhaps "beat 'em up" isn't strictly accurate, but the game does revolve around beating up the bad guys for high score rather than shooting anyone.
I will concede that if you don't like the hyper-stylized art of Viewtiful Joe, you probably won't like the game, but that's your loss, considering it's tremendous fun.
I've actually played it, as the demo just came out, and it's great, the art looks great, and it's not really like Metal Slug at all, considering that Metal Slug involves shooting stuff and Viewtiful Joe is a beat 'em up.
if you think Viewtiful Joe is a "stupid original game", I'm afraid it's not the game that is stupid.
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And by that standard, NOTHING is original.
If you can't tell the difference between Tony Hawk Pro Skater and 720, you're trolling or lack any appreciation for detail.
"It had a library that only slightly topped 3D0 and Jaguar in terms of quantity."
Way to exagerate.
I've got 80 Dreamcast games, and I'd say almost all of them are at the least good, with many, many great games in there.
I know people who have 3D0's and Jaguars, those systems don't have anything even remotely near this number of solid games.
Oh, and King Of Fighters 2002 is coming out in Japan for the Dreamcast in a month; if you like SNK's 2-d Fighters, it's a good game. ^_^
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um, shenmue and viewtiful joe are 3-D rendered.
Shenmue isn't even cell shaded.
Metal Slug 3, however, is the greatest 2-d side scroller EVER!
It seems to me that a lot of the games I find myself most into get attacked for being different.
One easy example is in fact a very popular game, but one that has endured some of the stupidest arguments in the history of video games: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind-Waker.
It's cell shaded; it frequently looks like a hand drawn cartoon. It recaptures the art direction of the classic SNES era Zelda game, seamlessly into a 3-d environment.
And it was attacked without mercy for being "kiddie".
Just yesterday I was at a Gamestop, playing through the demo of Viewtiful Joe. If you don't know, it's a 2.5-D beat 'em up, similar to Capcom's Strider 2 (for the playstation 1), except with bright colors and a unique take on the cell shading trend. It really stands out among the endless stream of tactical, deadly-serious games that are flooding the market.
And while one of the staff was really into it, the other guy working there couldn't accept that there was a helicopter flying around inside of a large cathedral, and that as Joe, I was jumping high into the air and punching said helicoptor in slow-mo to blow it up. As if the idea that a game could possibly be amusing and light-hearted was alien to him.
Viewtiful Joe is definitely my most looked forward to game of this year; I payed $10 for a Gamecube demo disc, solely for the 15 minute demo, which is really a ridiculous sum. It was worth it. I've played through this demo 5 or 6 times already and if the rest of the game lives up to this potential, it will likely be the best game of the year. (Like last year's Ikaruga).
I am a die hard Dreamcast enthusiast, and yes, most of the best games on the DC are unusual and edgy. Typing of the Dead, Rez, Samba De Amigo, Sega Bass Fishing, Bangai-O!, Shenmue, Chu Chu Rocket, Space Channel 5. Really, who knew a fishing game could actually be FUN.
In fact, the DC also hurt in the market for catering to old school gamers as well. Classic gaming styles such as 2-D fighters and top down, vertical scrolling shooters (like Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2, and Ikaruga) just aren't as popular as they once were.
Perhaps Sega would have done better to cater to current trends instead of trying to invent their own, but I'll take innovative and intuitive gameplay over the trends of the week any day.
Special mention to the development teams at Sega, Treasure, Capcom, and Nintendo for making awesome, innovative games, at least now and then.
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I've run the concept past a few people, and everyone is pretty excited about it. It's simple, yes, but it's amazing that after 20 odd years, there's actually innovation to be had with Pac-Man.
I don't play 4 player games all that often, but this certainly sounds like a good excuse to get some people together. And after we're all Pac'ed out, we'll play Chu-Chu Rocket!
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Actual name of MLF2 is Shikigami no Shiro, which means Castles of Shikigami.
I recently saw a preview movie of Shikigami no Shiro 2, which looks incredible.
I would recommend Strikers 1945 over MLF anyday.
It's on the PSX, it's out in America, and it's only slightly "butchered" (No Tate mode, which is the flip your tv mode for arcade perfect play.)
It's very similar to Gunbird/MLF because it's also developed by Psykio and the Gunbird and Strikers 1945 series are built with the same engine.
Much better port, much more worthy of support.
Oh I see, after posting total misinformation about the dead kennedys elsewhere in this topic, you come out of the closet as a nazi sympathizer and racist.
Well, then...
"NAZI PUNK FUCK OFF"
I hope you are kidding, because the Dead Kennedys and the Misfits were NOT manufactured fashion trends.
You may not know this, but the rest of the DK's have been suing Jello Biafra (the very outspoken singer of DK) because he refused to let them sell one of their songs to be used in a comercial.
The Dead Kennedys were on an independant label run by the band. Major labels told them they'd have complete artistic freedom if they only would change their name. They, of course, refused.
A lot of those late 70's/early 80's bands did manage to have some integrity: Crass, Black Flag, Subhumans, Rudimentary Peni...
The Sex Pistols suck, sure. "Plastic Surgery Disasters" by the Dead Kennedys doesn't.
(btw, have you seen the footage of Fred Durst in the early 90s dressed and acting like Vanilla Ice? Some credibility there.)
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HA! Someone mod parent up!
Hilarious!
This is not bug fixes.
This is an update.
You did READ what was posted is going to be in 10.2, didn't you?
If you had watched the keynote like I did (via quicktime), you'd know this is FAR more than a bug fix.
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I'd agree. Wind Up Bird Chronicles is my favorite book, tied with David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
About a year ago, a friend recommendeded it to me, the first time I'd encountered Murakami other than having eyed Norwegian Wood because of it's cover design.
The first thing I noticed about Murakami was his pacing. It's a little on the slow side, but feels just right. The characters are honest and seem very real, especially his ubiquitous disaffected male leads. The story got weirder and weirder, but as the reviewer says, his hard-boiled style makes it all seem plausible, somehow.
After I finished it, I read 6 more of his books all in the next 8 months, and a couple of those twice.
The only one I found disappointing was Sputnik Sweetheart, it felt like a weaker Norwegian Wood or South of the Boarder, West of the Sun (both of which I read twice.)
As for the Philp K. Dick angle....
if you like the structural weirdness that Dick frequently employes, his habit for changing EVERYTHING you know to be true half way through a story, or the way the aforementioned make you think about stories in general, I *highly* recommend Italo Calvino and Jorges Luis-Borges.
Specifically: The Collected Short Fiction of Jorges Luis-Borges, and "If on a winter's night a stranger" by Calvino.
I used to be a retro gamer only, till I tried out Tony Hawk Pro Skater on a friend's Playstation.
Pro Skater is one of the most amazing games I've ever played. I've clocked in literally hundreds of hours on the series, and even got Pro Skater 3 to say "Game Complete" after beating it (no cheats) with all 25 characters. I'm currently trying to beat THPS2 again, but on my dreamcast this time (different bonuses than the N64).
My Point: Tony Hawk Pro Skater convinced me that spending time with 3-D games was worthwhile.
For those who like RPGs/deep story games, the next gen consoles are perfect: Skies of Arcadia, Final Fantasy, etc... those are fun, though not my favorites.
But the thing is that there is a lot of AWFUL games out there and a lot of games that just look cool at first and have no replay value.
I am very sad to see 2D games getting more and more ignored, but when stuff like Ikaruga, Capcom vs SNK 2, and Castlevania GBA are still being made, there is at least some hope. I think some development team is going to make a mindblowing 2D game one of these days, with twice as much resolution and animation frames as anything done in the past and it will bring 2d games mainstream appeal again.
Heya, thanks!
I'm always looking for new mac friendly audio software for me to play with...
I mainly sequence beats in reason and then drop everything in Logic Audio, but it's always good to have more, and this is the kind of thing I've been looking for to further my experimental tracks (i've got the hard drill'n'bass thing down pat now.)