Re: Mario 2, true. However, I've also heard it referred to as Doki Doki Panic. In any event, it was actually first released for the Famicom Disk System.
Personally, I've always remembered Mario 2 (Dream Factory/Doki Doki Panic) much more fondly than even Mario 3. Am I the only one?
Yes, I can imagine it. I'd pick "Overlord" as my class. And once I hit 20th level, I could summon Natalie Portman. Except on the Soviet Russian servers, she would summon me. Of course, the whole game is one big troll spawning ground...
True, but it may suggest something about the XBox's popularity within the core video game market, even if it isn't at all an accurate statistical sample on a large scale.
Please... I wasn't suggesting my dorm was a good statistical sample of the whole population. It does suggest that the XBox has a larger install base than 7 though.
While just about everyone and their grandma has a PC, not many of those are actually up to snuff as gaming machines. Furthermore, PC online play seems really stagnant. You have the great FPSs, the MMORPGs, and the RTSs... but that's all. There's a lot more variety on consoles, really: online sports, Tony Hawk with a decent controller, etc.
That is a wild, inaccurate overstatement. While the XBox is certainly well behind the PS2 in terms of sheer numbers, there is a significant XBox user base. Hell, there are 7 XBox's in the wing I live on in my dorm, and that's only like 50 people total.
I totally agree, though, that it's the consumer that ends up ahead. Online console gaming is a fantastic thing.
Artistry, powerful narrative, and emotion are good things. And you're right that most Madden 200x fans probably don't grasp them very well. But at the same time, artistry, powerful narrative, and emotion alone cannot make a video game great. Being an interactive medium, video games have to be fun to play, and I found the Ico's puzzles to be tedious.
That said, I think experimental and niche market titles are great. If they push the boundaries of some aspect of gaming, that's even better. But they still need to be fun to play, otherwise they fail to qualify as good games.
Ironic that they listed Ico as the most underrated game of all time: I personally think it's one of the most overrated! The game's visuals and atmosphere are really great, but the game is utterly boring! This game epitomizes style over substance.
You miss my point. If Norton and Macafee could directly stop the anti-viral worms from even being made, then the US government or some other entity would be able to directly stop harmful worms and viruses from being made. Since no one is stopping those harmful viruses from being made, then it follows that the anti-virus "cartel" that my original parent talked about would be powerless against the anti-viral worms that might one day threaten their business model.
If the virus-scanner "cartels" could keep people from writing anti-viral worms, then wouldn't you suppose someone could just go stop the writers of the viruses in the first place?
Let me see if I follow you: You paid for Limewire... so you could steal music and movies? Umm... You lost me there... why not just pirate LimeWire too?
I have to agree here: we used Rosen in my Discrete Math class last year. Lots of good examples, plenty of problems, and pretty easy to understand descriptions. I wholly recommend it.
Yeah, Tempest block was really my coming of age as far as Magic was concerned, so I still deep down love stuff like Jackal Pups the really fast weenie decks of that era. It really pains me to see so many 2/2's for 3 mana these days, and to see effects that we used to be able to get for cheaper costing 1 or 2 extra mana. But as long as the various formats keep being balanced, then I'll be a happyily addicted Magic player:)
Have you heard that they're not reprinting counterspell in 8th? What's your reaction to that? Blue is probably my all-time favorite color, but I'm actually rather interested to see how blue is going to be able to cope with no absolute countermagic in the 2 slot...
Bah! Modern magic started with Mercadian Masques. The game is ten times more interactive now. When Type 2 consisted of Tempest block and Urza block, games lasted 3 or 4 turns, unless one of the players was running a straight-up control deck. Now, no less than 6 archetypes are viable in Type 2, with tons of less consistent decks making the environment varied and interesting.
Urza block was the last hurrah for a phase of Magic: the "old" game. Black Lotuses, Moxen, and Ancestral Recalls turned into Grim Monoliths, Tolarian Academies, and Memory Jars. After Urza block, they learned how to make the game balanced, so that lots of interesting cards had an effect on the environment. It's a shame they didn't do it sooner: there were tons of cards in Urza block that weren't abusive and were quite fun and useful but didn't see play.
Ahh... anyway. I love Magic. I think it's a fantastic game, and that's why I've played for the past 7 years. And it's really gotten a lot better. And I'm certainly glad Urza's Destiny was signaled the end of truly abusive cards in the game.
You know, in playing MTGO, I've found that there are surprisingly few foul-mouthed brats. This really blew me away, since game shops tend to be populated by some of the most obnoxious punk-ass kids I've ever met.
My technique for MTGO: Ebay. Hop on there, buy event tickets for a few percent less than retail, buy 4x common sets, etc. The event tickets can be traded for rares/uncommons, and for like $6 you can get full 4x play sets of all the commons for a given set. No fuss, no muss.
If you draft a lot, the common sets aren't really necessary, but getting the small discount on ebay is very useful.
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Personally, I've always remembered Mario 2 (Dream Factory/Doki Doki Panic) much more fondly than even Mario 3. Am I the only one?
I think you need more than the 3 people who bought game boy cameras to file a class-action suit.
And I, for one, welcome our new music distribution overlords.
SHHH! Don't tell anyone about Poisoned!!
Well, they could... if BSD weren't dead already. :)
Yes, I can imagine it. I'd pick "Overlord" as my class. And once I hit 20th level, I could summon Natalie Portman. Except on the Soviet Russian servers, she would summon me. Of course, the whole game is one big troll spawning ground...
True, but it may suggest something about the XBox's popularity within the core video game market, even if it isn't at all an accurate statistical sample on a large scale.
Please... I wasn't suggesting my dorm was a good statistical sample of the whole population. It does suggest that the XBox has a larger install base than 7 though.
While just about everyone and their grandma has a PC, not many of those are actually up to snuff as gaming machines. Furthermore, PC online play seems really stagnant. You have the great FPSs, the MMORPGs, and the RTSs... but that's all. There's a lot more variety on consoles, really: online sports, Tony Hawk with a decent controller, etc.
That is a wild, inaccurate overstatement. While the XBox is certainly well behind the PS2 in terms of sheer numbers, there is a significant XBox user base. Hell, there are 7 XBox's in the wing I live on in my dorm, and that's only like 50 people total. I totally agree, though, that it's the consumer that ends up ahead. Online console gaming is a fantastic thing.
That said, I think experimental and niche market titles are great. If they push the boundaries of some aspect of gaming, that's even better. But they still need to be fun to play, otherwise they fail to qualify as good games.
Ironic that they listed Ico as the most underrated game of all time: I personally think it's one of the most overrated! The game's visuals and atmosphere are really great, but the game is utterly boring! This game epitomizes style over substance.
But pixel response times are sloooow... and messy.
The average IQ on slashdot isn't plummetting, it's always this low.
So who wants to start a Silver Apples cover band called Aluminum Apples? I call lead singer!
You need to stop eating aluminum-colored apples, man. It's impairing your judgment.
You miss my point. If Norton and Macafee could directly stop the anti-viral worms from even being made, then the US government or some other entity would be able to directly stop harmful worms and viruses from being made. Since no one is stopping those harmful viruses from being made, then it follows that the anti-virus "cartel" that my original parent talked about would be powerless against the anti-viral worms that might one day threaten their business model.
Then we get Microsoft busted for DMCA violations. After that, all we have left is SCO, and Linux is home-free right?
If the virus-scanner "cartels" could keep people from writing anti-viral worms, then wouldn't you suppose someone could just go stop the writers of the viruses in the first place?
Let me see if I follow you: You paid for Limewire... so you could steal music and movies? Umm... You lost me there... why not just pirate LimeWire too?
Have you heard that they're not reprinting counterspell in 8th? What's your reaction to that? Blue is probably my all-time favorite color, but I'm actually rather interested to see how blue is going to be able to cope with no absolute countermagic in the 2 slot...
Urza block was the last hurrah for a phase of Magic: the "old" game. Black Lotuses, Moxen, and Ancestral Recalls turned into Grim Monoliths, Tolarian Academies, and Memory Jars. After Urza block, they learned how to make the game balanced, so that lots of interesting cards had an effect on the environment. It's a shame they didn't do it sooner: there were tons of cards in Urza block that weren't abusive and were quite fun and useful but didn't see play.
Ahh... anyway. I love Magic. I think it's a fantastic game, and that's why I've played for the past 7 years. And it's really gotten a lot better. And I'm certainly glad Urza's Destiny was signaled the end of truly abusive cards in the game.
You know, in playing MTGO, I've found that there are surprisingly few foul-mouthed brats. This really blew me away, since game shops tend to be populated by some of the most obnoxious punk-ass kids I've ever met.
If you draft a lot, the common sets aren't really necessary, but getting the small discount on ebay is very useful.