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  1. I don't use Firefox on Firefox Momentum Slows · · Score: 1, Informative

    There's no reason to. There are much better browsers on every platform. Firefox (on linux especially) is ungodly slow when compared to Opera or other available browsers. Opera is faster on any platform. KDE users have a better browser in Konq. Gnome users in Epiphany. Mac OS X users have Camino and Safari. Windows users have K-Meleon and Opera.

  2. Re:Include CVS/SVN stuff in Konqueror! on KDE 4 Promises Large Changes · · Score: 0

    Yeah, Konq really needs more crap shoehorned onto it.

  3. Re:Ubuntu on GNOME 2.12 Released · · Score: 0

    Or if you're slightly more daring, you can upgrade to breezy now. There hasn't be any real breakage in a while now.

  4. Good DS games finally arriving on Nintendo Moves Back, Shuffles Release Dates · · Score: 0

    With Nintendogs and Advance Wars two weeks ago and Castlevania and Another Code at the end of September. The library of AAA titles for the DS is getting to a decent size. Meteos and Kirby are also great purchases. Zoo Keeper is a great puzzle game but is hard to fully recomend due to the price (it's a flash game after all).

    The delay on Animal Crossing is distressing though. I've already waited so long.

  5. Re:Modded consoles? on Is Trading In Used Consoles Worth It? · · Score: 0

    I worked at an EB. We always checked that the warranty seal was intact before we accepted any consoles.

  6. Re:This site has been around for years on Journey To The Heart of Castlevania · · Score: 0

    tsr is fenegi now.

    This is his blog:
    http://www.video-fenky.com/

    He writes for gaming magazines these days.

  7. Re:gnome? on Google Summer of Code Project Breakdown · · Score: 0

    If you combine ubuntu and gnome then gnome actually has more projects. This makes sense considering all the ubuntu projects are probably preference apps for the gnome desktop. Most of the mono projects probably have a lot to do with gnome as well.

  8. Re:The UK version is broken on Google's New Personalized Homepage · · Score: 0

    ditto for the .ca version. It redirects back and forth between google.com and google.ca until epiphany tells me: Redirection limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested page. This may be caused by cookies that are blocked.

  9. Hurrah! on Castlevania Coming to Xbox · · Score: 0

    I've been looking foorward to this for some time now. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence for the PS2 was a very good transition from the 2D-with RPGish elements of Symphony of the Night + the GBA games to a 3D environment (I never tried the N64 games though I heard they were awful).

    The artwork and the music were both top of the line. My only gripes were the repetition in the areas (lots of rooms looked exactly the same), and the amount of backtracking required to grab some of the loot (this was also an issue in the 2D games though). The camera was also a little troublesome, it could have used the L button to center the camera behind your character feature we all love from Sega games.

    It also takes place before all the other games and so you learn the origin of the Belmonts feud with Dracula and how the whip gained it's vampire slaying powers.

    You can see some scans from Play Magazine here, which includes an interview with the producer and composer and a really awesome piece of artwork:
    http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/new.htm

  10. Re:I could be out of line... on WineConf 2005 Sets Deadline for Wine 0.9 · · Score: 0

    we're talking about oss here. A lot of projects never even reach 1.0 but are quite usable.

  11. Re:Acquisition on Maui X-Stream at it Again? · · Score: 0
    The net core of Acquisition is piped rather then linked, thus it is in complete compliance with the GPL.

    For the benefit of people like myself, who aren't coders, could you explain what this means exactly? thanks.
  12. Blizzard Mistery Map Invitational on Blizzard Releases StarCraft Patch · · Score: 0

    Another blizzard is doing for the community right now is holding an online invitational tournament. Most of the players are people who did well at wcg.

    First round was North America vs Europe which Europe won in a close match. Europe is now facing team Europe in about a week. Europe should walk over them because they have 3 Korean progamers, including ZulyZerg and Xellos both OGN Starleague champs =P.

    official site:
    http://www.battle.net/scevents/sc-mm-news.html
    teamliquid has a lot of info too:
    http://www.teamliquid.net/
  13. Re:Update: ladder for newbs now on Blizzard Releases StarCraft Patch · · Score: 0

    you've been out of the scene way too long to talk about sc i think. Blizzard ladder maps aren't played anymore because they're imbalanced. Yes protoss is overpowered on islands that's why there are only semi-island maps these days for the most part. I envite you to play on PGT against some Korean's and use some of that sair + dt that you invented. Korean zergs will rape the fuck out of you.

  14. Re:Update: ladder for newbs now on Blizzard Releases StarCraft Patch · · Score: 0

    The blizzard ladder hasn't been played by anyone but hackers and other abusers for years. We've all been playing on WGT until recently, but most have moved to PGT these days due to the anti-hack launcher.

    http://www.pgtour.net/

  15. Re:Predictions... on Playstation 3 Already Won the Next Gen Battle? · · Score: 0

    Um.. have you bought any Gamecube games? I remember back in the day when I bought Final Fantasy 3 for the SNES for $130 (Canadian). Flash forward to a few weeks ago when I bought Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles for $60. Most new Cube games retail at about that price if not less (Gotcha Force was $50). I fail to see how you can believe that prices have not gone down.

  16. Re:Who cares what they like on Twenty-five Years at the Heart of Gaming · · Score: 0

    Pacman has provided me with more fun than any other videogame ever, with the possible exception of Starcraft or Nethack . There is no other game that requires such quick reflexes and quick thinking as Pacman. One wrong move and you're dead, no HP, no saved games, no cheat codes, just pure gaming skill.

    I watched my friends roomate playing GTA for a while once, he was running around the city looking for hidden packages and i asked him "This is fun?" and he said "It's the best game ever." I watched him play for a little while longer, and he got bored of searching, he started shooting people, blowing up cars, etc. He then got sick of that and turned of his PS2 without saving the game, he hadn't found one of those hidden packages.

    Have you tasted the blue key?

    What's your high score?

    360478
  17. Re:Uh oh... on Blizzard Punishing Griefing On Warcraft III Ladders · · Score: 0
    And here lies the problem: battle.net players are randomly paired with a partner (or 2 or 3 ) for team ladder games.

    There are actually two different team ladders, one is the aranged team ladder (play with a friend or clan member), and the other is the random team ladder (play with a newbie or lamer).

    If you want a good team game on battle.net stay far away from the random team ladder, and find a friend to play with. Having a random partner takes all the strategy and teamwork out of a team game, it's a really lame feature that they should just get rid of.

  18. Re:I dont believe in Exclusive Titles on On Stemming Nintendo's Exclusive Game Drought · · Score: 0

    Of course the Kirby game is Nintendo only, it was developed by Nintendo (HAL Labs). Why did you buy a X-Box if you wanted to play Nintendo games?

  19. Re:They aren't so bad... on Why Random Encounters In RPGs Aren't That Bad · · Score: 0

    That was only in Final Fantasy 8, in all the earlier games avoiding the random encounters wasn't possible.

  20. First Post!!!! on Windows Is 'Insecure By Design,' Says Washington Post · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am so 1337!

  21. Liberty Alliance eh? on Liberty Alliance Gains Momentum · · Score: 1

    Who came up with that corny name? Makes me think of a super hero team =P

  22. Already? on Nvidia Geforce 4 (NV25) Information · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that this is a little too soon, the GeForce3 hasn't been out long at all and were already hearing about a new nVidia card? My GeForce2 still runs any game that I can think of and thats an "old" video card.