So computer game names are voted on sort of like UN resolutions? Most country votes wins? The US version is Jet Grind Radio. You corrected me like a smartass because you didn't know. Get over it. I hope the time you spent looking up each terriories variation for your response was educational. You made the fact that you did pretty obvious by splitting up PAL and 'Aussie'. I patiently await your thirty-second Google researched response on how I'm now incorrect about the passing of UN Resolutions.
Not owning a console shouldn't make you ignorant to it.
If he's never heard of the original he needs slapping.
Wow, you've got that better-than-thou gamer thing going really well there, don't you? You're right, everyone should know everything about all games that have ever been released.
For starters, it's SET. Jet, set, radio.
Err... you do know the NTSC/US version is called Jet Grind Radio, don't you?
Okay, so everyone should know everything about all games that have ever been released, except you. Not owning the US version of the game shouldn't make you ignorant to it. If you haven't heard of the US name change then you need a slapping. Whatever. Head, Ass, Extraction.
If I had moderator points, and hadn't already replied to this article about 5 times... I'd try and give them all to you. Maybe I'm just going crazy on a friday morning, but I was nearly in tears at this. Well played.
The game involves battling the authorities to overthrow corrupt officials using only street fighting skills and graffiti.
Any game that gives ways of overthrowing corrupt officials by any other path than thru the parliment process itself (hahahaha), where they have complete power to crush you like a bug, was always going to be outlawed. Wait, you can spray paint on walls as well. Yeah okay, whatever.
Firstly, violent movies can fall under the R18+ rating in Australia. Games, in a highly retarded setup, do not have an R18+ rating. Anything deemed unsuitable for people under 18 is therefore also denied access to by anyone they deem could actually handle it. Thanks, oh mighty OFLC for deciding that because my 17 year old sister (no pix requests) can't handle they game, her 28 year old brother (that'd be me. pix+divx on request) can't either.
Secondly, my torrent should be finished by the time I get home from work.
Seriously though, you're absolutely right. No doubt there are a lot of people that couldn't give two shits about the game (I'm still trying to hunt down a copy of JSRF from ebay) that will now seek out (and I don't mean pay for) copies to see what the fuss was about... no wait, I mean to see how to STICK IT TO THE MAN and how to correctly draw graffiti on walls. Although they are gonna struggle when they can't work out where to plug the ps2 controller into the wall.
Because the sequel doesn't impose annoying timelimits?
Because not everyone owns a Dreamcast?
Because the music is great in the Xbox version as well? (float like a but, like a butterfly)
Because maybe he has never heard of the original.
Maybe he was just trying to see how many Im-better-than-you gamers would come out of the woodwork and say 'OMGZ JET GRIND RADIO IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN FUTURE LOLZ U SUXXORZ'
(try not to take too much offence, I'm bored on a friday morning at work)
err isn't this something that the games industry has been bitching about?
also, can we please shoot the next person to make a puppies and sunshine joke/pun. guys, there is a reason you're posting on slashdot and not out on the comedy circuit. stop. please.
Prostitutes are psychics that will know my PIN without me saying?
I don't know if I'd be that keen on giving my card to a person that isn't fussed about what happens in the here and now because their messiah is returning soon... they might go spend my money on... hookers.
Well, either way it looks like my money ends up at the same place. Might as well cut out the middle man.
People found in possession of refused classification material or those distributing it can face a variety of penalties as outlined under relevant State and Territory classification enforcement legislation. However as OFLC restrictions act purely as a guideline for consumers and law enforcement
That last sentence confuses me. Their 'restrictions' act purely as a 'guideline'. THEY DISALLOW THE GAME TO BE SOLD IN AUSTRALIA, and as the previous sentence says, there are penalities for owning the games they've refused the classify. How the fuck is this a 'guideline'? It's censorship, plain and simple.
Games censorship is a real sore point for me so I'll do my best to avoid a rant (fake edit : I obviously failed that), but anyone that has followed the efforts of the OFLC and their work on games classification knows that they are the biggest bunch of clueless fucking idiots you'll ever have the misfortune to have deciding what you can and can't play/watch.
The joke that was the original Grand Theft Auto 3 rating was actually outlined on a PDF on their site, which presumably is still around in some form. It actually detailed the fact that of the 5 people that were reviewing the game for censorship, all 5 were not in the standard gamer demographic (which is much older than you might think) and that they actually lamented that none of the people present could actually play the game with any basic amount of skill, which made it harder to actually work out what the game involved. Then they banned it purely based on the fact that they game allowed you to attack and kill someone that the game had previously shown you 'having sex with' (for those who don't know, 'having sex' with a hooker in GTA3 was simply the two of you sitting in the car, as if you were driving it or whatever, and the car creaking up and down). It was, like all other attempts at classification, highly idiotic and completely brain dead. An edited version was released in Australia with the ability to pick up hookers removed. The PS2 version was also recalled after this (wish I could source a copy of the recalled version, just for nostalgic value) and re-released with the highly offensive content removed.
The best part about all this is that, after ordering the uncensored PC version of the game from the UK, which was intercepted by customs, and much gritting teeth and swearing at the customs officer when I asked why, as a 25 year old male was I not being allowed to view a game deemed unsuitable for people under 18, I picked up a local copy from a store on the way home, and got home to find that changing the Country setting on Windows allowed the game to be played in US mode, with the ability to pick up hookers enabled. I did it twice before getting bored of it, and never did it again.
Also, they appear to be scared of sexual references. Lesuire Suit Larry MCL was outright banned here without a second thought, while Manhunt was allowed through, and was only later subsequently banned after some moronic vote hunting politian in Western Australia demanded the OFLC reconsider their rating (I.E. he probably saw it as easy vote money due to the content and told them to ban it). BMX XXX was banned until the video with nude women (no violence, no nothing, just videos of strippers) was removed/edited. I mean, for crying out loud, these are the idiots that actually wouldn't allow Duke Nukem 3D to have the topless strippers show you their goods for money, and they didn't allow the pods that held naked women to be anything but empty pods. I have the original DN3D disc at home, plus a floppy with the US.exe which enabled all this.
Regardless of what they think, they can't stop people from watching/playing what they wan't. I mean, in the end, it's just a game. The people that see it as more than that obviously have mental issues that don't affect 99.9% of the gamer population. And I don't see why I, as a 28 year old gamer, should have to be denied access to a game purely because it's been deemed unsuit
... by importing Japanese action games that aren't getting released in english speaking territories. I might not understand whats going on, but I'd like to think that this makes me WICKED SMART.
But when it came to asking "Apples grow on noses" versus "Apples nose on grow," only the bilingual children were able to choose the right answer. Although the first sentence is grammatically correct, monolingual children could not get over its silliness. "That's crazy," they'd shout, "You can't say that!"
What? Have they accidentally said 'bilingual' when they meant 'non-retarded'? I mean, the first sentence is making grammatical sense, but isn't 'true', while it's the second sentence that actually makes no sense. If they got this wrong it makes me wonder more if they actually understood the question as opposed to not being able to pick which sentence was grammatically correct.
they'd shout
Ah yes, thought it must have been a typo. Retarded kids do needlessly shout a lot.
Games can take existing genres and either improve upon them or simply be entertaining in their own right. They dont have to be new ALL the time, otherwise there would be about 20 games in total, ever. 'Games with soul' means a game where you are in awe of the experience the game provides you. Where the controls are so streamlined, the interface so clean and the gameplay so pure that you forget that you are playing a game and just get immersed in the experience, and the game does its best to never knock you out of that feeling. Its a game that, as you play it, you feel as though the game has been made by GAMERS, who would be proud to put their name to this game, and who would love to play their own game, instead of just shovelling crap out the door to meet financial quotas. Personally i think GoW fits that bill. FEAR is another recent example.
2. I happen to like gore and titties in my games. So sue me.
Nail, meet hammer. That's right, right on the head. There you go.
I'm in exactly the same situation to you, although in my case I must admit to being naive to the facts at first. I heard all about how Halo was up there with sliced bread, and remember it being one of the first games I picked up for my xbox. From start to finish I was wondering what the hell I was missing. I actually kept playing just in case I was going to suddenly be awed by whatever people went on about. The few small sections with the flying vehicles were fun, all else felt like work. I actually put the game down for a couple of months because I simply couldn't stand it. It has the honor of being the very reason I nowadays simply refuse to bother playing boring games to the end, when normally I would purely because I'm already half way thru, even realising I'm really not having any fun.
The level design was, lets face it, abysmal (I'm still in awe of hearing that people have actually claimed to love the Library) and it was simply the base of the rest of what is a very mediocre game. Many a 'discussion' was had with people that all this had been done before, and much better, and that this was a very average game that they appeared to be viewing thru rose tinted glasses.
Then the exact same thing that you have said occured to me. All the people that love this game and proclaim it as the best game ever, do so because it's the first real FPS they've experienced, and the first time they seen the simple beauty of blowing your friends away in deathmatch. It's the equivalent to our generations Doom (even if level design wise Halo has more akin with Wolf3D), and it's loved just as much. And exactly as you've said, when we first experienced Doom it was the best game ever, because that simply hadn't been done before.
Now there is the problem of a large majority of PC gamers that see Halo for the standard, nothing special FPS that it is, while all the people for whom Halo is their first experience, can't understand why all us GHEY FAGGOTZZZ!!!111 don't worship at the Halo altar. It would be great if maybe they could appreciate the experience that we've had to regard Halo as nothing special, but maybe because of the apparent age bracket of a lot of Halo fans, that may not happen. Who knows.
(Sure, I lost any chance of karma with that last paragraph, but sometimes you just get sick and tired of hearing the same old HALO ROOLZ bullshit over and fucking over again. And the people that HAVE played PC FPS and STILL regard Halo as the best thing ever... simply avoid eye contact and back away slowly. I often find circle strafing works well also, it's not like they are ever going to effectively track you with a console controller if you do that)
At the time of posting I count at least 5 posts that took you seriously, and at least another couple that could be interpreted either way. That is pretty fucking scary. I could really go a Dispell Fear right about now.
Cause it took me ages to realise my mistake when trying this. Firstly, regardless of how scary I find them, girls aren't monsters, so Charm Monster (http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/CharmMonster.php) was never going to work like I thought, and also, before trying to make girls get close to me, I forgot to dispell Protection from Evil on myself (http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/ProtectionFromEv il.php). I was thinking that they were walking towards me in a trance and then screaming hideously and rearing away just because I was too ugly even for Charm spells to work.
First, make new games only playable at gaming "arcades" like gaming cafes and the like. These venues may have to be invented by the game company to start, but once the profit model is shown they will become more common. Next, release the game on DVD or CD and slowly lower the sale price over time. Finally, release free, ad supported versions of the game and make money from ad revenue.
Okay fine, you've convinced me, I'll pay freaking full price. Just don't make me have to play games with other loudmouthed idiots or noisy school children that have no respect for the fact that you're trying to appreciate the same thing at the same time they are, just like the current setup in cinemas. Oh yeah, and I'll pay money for games before I play games with ads in them thanks.
This morning I woke up, ate my breakfast, took my kids to their babysitter, came to work, and so far have had a very productive day. Not once did the idea of robbing a bank or a betting store enter my mind, because I know the difference between real and fantasy.
This morning I woke up - too early because the TV was turned way too loud - scratched my balls repeatedly (it's the closest analogy to my non-existant children I can think of), dragged my sorry ass to a job I hate and have spent the entire morning so far reading news stories off of gametab.com. I'm starting to think that robbing a bank or a betting store and spending the rest of my days sipping smooth refreshing colonic on a beach somewhere. You know, like I saw in that Grand Theft Car game.
(Okay fine, I'd use the money to buy so many games I would never leave the house to ever get caught by the cops anyway, before developing a Futurama style freezing device so I could move 1000 years into the future and crack onto a cyclops chick with big jugs, but that's just not cliched enough)
I'm looking thru the moderating dropdown and I can't see an option for 'Totally missed the point/Doesn't appreciate sarcasm' option. Can this please get corrected for next time I have mod points? Thanks.
Hey, I'm keen on the game (and I'm 28). I just think the comment is funny, and can't help but think that it's probably indicative of the situation. not that the game IS for 12 year old girls, but that that's what they think.
I have to agree with this totally. The games are there to play, not collect. It's highly annoying to have to look at paying ~US$80-100 for a game that is only regarded as excellent because it's hard to find.
What drives me nuts is these idiots that are all about Rhapsody and Rez etc, until they are suddenly reprinted and cheap and then they don't want to know about them.
Personally, I'm highly excited that copies of older PS1 games that are normally stupidly expensive may become much cheaper and easier to find. GQDs prices are still pretty high, but once the games circulate for a while they should drop in price to a more affordable level. I really want to get into some of these harder to find games, and I'd much rather be playing originals, even if they are reprints, as opposed to torrented isos.
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[Can someone please explain the whole "Rhapsody ordeal" that I've heard mentioned on here before? It seems to have pissed a lot of people off..]
everyone wanted it because it's rare, then it un-rared, now they are stuck with a game about singing fairies made for 12 year old girls.
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So computer game names are voted on sort of like UN resolutions? Most country votes wins? The US version is Jet Grind Radio. You corrected me like a smartass because you didn't know. Get over it. I hope the time you spent looking up each terriories variation for your response was educational. You made the fact that you did pretty obvious by splitting up PAL and 'Aussie'. I patiently await your thirty-second Google researched response on how I'm now incorrect about the passing of UN Resolutions.
Not owning a console shouldn't make you ignorant to it.
... you do know the NTSC/US version is called Jet Grind Radio, don't you?
If he's never heard of the original he needs slapping.
Wow, you've got that better-than-thou gamer thing going really well there, don't you? You're right, everyone should know everything about all games that have ever been released.
For starters, it's SET. Jet, set, radio.
Err
Okay, so everyone should know everything about all games that have ever been released, except you. Not owning the US version of the game shouldn't make you ignorant to it. If you haven't heard of the US name change then you need a slapping. Whatever. Head, Ass, Extraction.
If I had moderator points, and hadn't already replied to this article about 5 times ... I'd try and give them all to you. Maybe I'm just going crazy on a friday morning, but I was nearly in tears at this. Well played.
The game involves battling the authorities to overthrow corrupt officials using only street fighting skills and graffiti.
Any game that gives ways of overthrowing corrupt officials by any other path than thru the parliment process itself (hahahaha), where they have complete power to crush you like a bug, was always going to be outlawed. Wait, you can spray paint on walls as well. Yeah okay, whatever.
Firstly, violent movies can fall under the R18+ rating in Australia. Games, in a highly retarded setup, do not have an R18+ rating. Anything deemed unsuitable for people under 18 is therefore also denied access to by anyone they deem could actually handle it. Thanks, oh mighty OFLC for deciding that because my 17 year old sister (no pix requests) can't handle they game, her 28 year old brother (that'd be me. pix+divx on request) can't either.
... no wait, I mean to see how to STICK IT TO THE MAN and how to correctly draw graffiti on walls. Although they are gonna struggle when they can't work out where to plug the ps2 controller into the wall.
Secondly, my torrent should be finished by the time I get home from work.
Seriously though, you're absolutely right. No doubt there are a lot of people that couldn't give two shits about the game (I'm still trying to hunt down a copy of JSRF from ebay) that will now seek out (and I don't mean pay for) copies to see what the fuss was about
whatchutalkinabout SqueakRu? I don't think the actual chick from Different Strokes actually had any memorable lines. And it's not like we can ask her.
Because it still answers the question?
Because it's a good game in it's own right?
Because the sequel doesn't impose annoying timelimits?
Because not everyone owns a Dreamcast?
Because the music is great in the Xbox version as well? (float like a but, like a butterfly)
Because maybe he has never heard of the original.
Maybe he was just trying to see how many Im-better-than-you gamers would come out of the woodwork and say 'OMGZ JET GRIND RADIO IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN FUTURE LOLZ U SUXXORZ'
(try not to take too much offence, I'm bored on a friday morning at work)
putting dollars into the used market
err isn't this something that the games industry has been bitching about?
also, can we please shoot the next person to make a puppies and sunshine joke/pun. guys, there is a reason you're posting on slashdot and not out on the comedy circuit. stop. please.
Prostitutes are psychics that will know my PIN without me saying?
... they might go spend my money on ... hookers.
I don't know if I'd be that keen on giving my card to a person that isn't fussed about what happens in the here and now because their messiah is returning soon
Well, either way it looks like my money ends up at the same place. Might as well cut out the middle man.
People found in possession of refused classification material or those distributing it can face a variety of penalties as outlined under relevant State and Territory classification enforcement legislation. However as OFLC restrictions act purely as a guideline for consumers and law enforcement
.exe which enabled all this.
That last sentence confuses me. Their 'restrictions' act purely as a 'guideline'. THEY DISALLOW THE GAME TO BE SOLD IN AUSTRALIA, and as the previous sentence says, there are penalities for owning the games they've refused the classify. How the fuck is this a 'guideline'? It's censorship, plain and simple.
Games censorship is a real sore point for me so I'll do my best to avoid a rant (fake edit : I obviously failed that), but anyone that has followed the efforts of the OFLC and their work on games classification knows that they are the biggest bunch of clueless fucking idiots you'll ever have the misfortune to have deciding what you can and can't play/watch.
The joke that was the original Grand Theft Auto 3 rating was actually outlined on a PDF on their site, which presumably is still around in some form. It actually detailed the fact that of the 5 people that were reviewing the game for censorship, all 5 were not in the standard gamer demographic (which is much older than you might think) and that they actually lamented that none of the people present could actually play the game with any basic amount of skill, which made it harder to actually work out what the game involved. Then they banned it purely based on the fact that they game allowed you to attack and kill someone that the game had previously shown you 'having sex with' (for those who don't know, 'having sex' with a hooker in GTA3 was simply the two of you sitting in the car, as if you were driving it or whatever, and the car creaking up and down). It was, like all other attempts at classification, highly idiotic and completely brain dead. An edited version was released in Australia with the ability to pick up hookers removed. The PS2 version was also recalled after this (wish I could source a copy of the recalled version, just for nostalgic value) and re-released with the highly offensive content removed.
The best part about all this is that, after ordering the uncensored PC version of the game from the UK, which was intercepted by customs, and much gritting teeth and swearing at the customs officer when I asked why, as a 25 year old male was I not being allowed to view a game deemed unsuitable for people under 18, I picked up a local copy from a store on the way home, and got home to find that changing the Country setting on Windows allowed the game to be played in US mode, with the ability to pick up hookers enabled. I did it twice before getting bored of it, and never did it again.
Also, they appear to be scared of sexual references. Lesuire Suit Larry MCL was outright banned here without a second thought, while Manhunt was allowed through, and was only later subsequently banned after some moronic vote hunting politian in Western Australia demanded the OFLC reconsider their rating (I.E. he probably saw it as easy vote money due to the content and told them to ban it). BMX XXX was banned until the video with nude women (no violence, no nothing, just videos of strippers) was removed/edited. I mean, for crying out loud, these are the idiots that actually wouldn't allow Duke Nukem 3D to have the topless strippers show you their goods for money, and they didn't allow the pods that held naked women to be anything but empty pods. I have the original DN3D disc at home, plus a floppy with the US
Regardless of what they think, they can't stop people from watching/playing what they wan't. I mean, in the end, it's just a game. The people that see it as more than that obviously have mental issues that don't affect 99.9% of the gamer population. And I don't see why I, as a 28 year old gamer, should have to be denied access to a game purely because it's been deemed unsuit
... by importing Japanese action games that aren't getting released in english speaking territories. I might not understand whats going on, but I'd like to think that this makes me WICKED SMART.
Well it's a privilege I'm prepared to pass up on, thanks. Now, pass me this weeks lotto numbers please.
gee gosh thanks captain fucking obvious. i'm printing this out and sticking it to my wall.
But when it came to asking "Apples grow on noses" versus "Apples nose on grow," only the bilingual children were able to choose the right answer. Although the first sentence is grammatically correct, monolingual children could not get over its silliness. "That's crazy," they'd shout, "You can't say that!"
What? Have they accidentally said 'bilingual' when they meant 'non-retarded'? I mean, the first sentence is making grammatical sense, but isn't 'true', while it's the second sentence that actually makes no sense. If they got this wrong it makes me wonder more if they actually understood the question as opposed to not being able to pick which sentence was grammatically correct.
they'd shout
Ah yes, thought it must have been a typo. Retarded kids do needlessly shout a lot.
1. derivative != lacking in soul.
Games can take existing genres and either improve upon them or simply be entertaining in their own right. They dont have to be new ALL the time, otherwise there would be about 20 games in total, ever. 'Games with soul' means a game where you are in awe of the experience the game provides you. Where the controls are so streamlined, the interface so clean and the gameplay so pure that you forget that you are playing a game and just get immersed in the experience, and the game does its best to never knock you out of that feeling. Its a game that, as you play it, you feel as though the game has been made by GAMERS, who would be proud to put their name to this game, and who would love to play their own game, instead of just shovelling crap out the door to meet financial quotas. Personally i think GoW fits that bill. FEAR is another recent example.
2. I happen to like gore and titties in my games. So sue me.
KRATOS AWAY!!!
Nail, meet hammer. That's right, right on the head. There you go.
... simply avoid eye contact and back away slowly. I often find circle strafing works well also, it's not like they are ever going to effectively track you with a console controller if you do that)
I'm in exactly the same situation to you, although in my case I must admit to being naive to the facts at first. I heard all about how Halo was up there with sliced bread, and remember it being one of the first games I picked up for my xbox. From start to finish I was wondering what the hell I was missing. I actually kept playing just in case I was going to suddenly be awed by whatever people went on about. The few small sections with the flying vehicles were fun, all else felt like work. I actually put the game down for a couple of months because I simply couldn't stand it. It has the honor of being the very reason I nowadays simply refuse to bother playing boring games to the end, when normally I would purely because I'm already half way thru, even realising I'm really not having any fun.
The level design was, lets face it, abysmal (I'm still in awe of hearing that people have actually claimed to love the Library) and it was simply the base of the rest of what is a very mediocre game. Many a 'discussion' was had with people that all this had been done before, and much better, and that this was a very average game that they appeared to be viewing thru rose tinted glasses.
Then the exact same thing that you have said occured to me. All the people that love this game and proclaim it as the best game ever, do so because it's the first real FPS they've experienced, and the first time they seen the simple beauty of blowing your friends away in deathmatch. It's the equivalent to our generations Doom (even if level design wise Halo has more akin with Wolf3D), and it's loved just as much. And exactly as you've said, when we first experienced Doom it was the best game ever, because that simply hadn't been done before.
Now there is the problem of a large majority of PC gamers that see Halo for the standard, nothing special FPS that it is, while all the people for whom Halo is their first experience, can't understand why all us GHEY FAGGOTZZZ!!!111 don't worship at the Halo altar. It would be great if maybe they could appreciate the experience that we've had to regard Halo as nothing special, but maybe because of the apparent age bracket of a lot of Halo fans, that may not happen. Who knows.
(Sure, I lost any chance of karma with that last paragraph, but sometimes you just get sick and tired of hearing the same old HALO ROOLZ bullshit over and fucking over again. And the people that HAVE played PC FPS and STILL regard Halo as the best thing ever
strawberries are for fags. real mean eat pine cones.
... cause Trackmania is a really good game.
At the time of posting I count at least 5 posts that took you seriously, and at least another couple that could be interpreted either way. That is pretty fucking scary. I could really go a Dispell Fear right about now.
) work on the chicks?
p ) was never going to work like I thought, and also, before trying to make girls get close to me, I forgot to dispell Protection from Evil on myself (http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/ProtectionFromEv il.php). I was thinking that they were walking towards me in a trance and then screaming hideously and rearing away just because I was too ugly even for Charm spells to work.
g ), and yet I forgot to take it into my calculations. I've failed as a Wizard, I might as well take a long un-Feather-Fall (http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/FeatherFall.php) assisted walk off a short pier. Although I never said I couldn't cast http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/WaterBreathing.ph p on myself.
...
But seriously though, did the Charm Person (http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/CharmPerson.php
Cause it took me ages to realise my mistake when trying this. Firstly, regardless of how scary I find them, girls aren't monsters, so Charm Monster (http://ddo.ogaming.com/db/spells/CharmMonster.ph
I mean, everyone KNOWS girls are evil, it's a simple fact (http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/adityaag/girls.jp
I can't believe I made such a lame D&D post joke. Magic Missle me now.
Oh god, I did it again. WAND.
Okay this is getting beyond a joke. Actually, no, it's just before a joke. So a guy walks up to me and says "I'm a teepee, I'm a wigwam"
First, make new games only playable at gaming "arcades" like gaming cafes and the like. These venues may have to be invented by the game company to start, but once the profit model is shown they will become more common. Next, release the game on DVD or CD and slowly lower the sale price over time. Finally, release free, ad supported versions of the game and make money from ad revenue.
Okay fine, you've convinced me, I'll pay freaking full price. Just don't make me have to play games with other loudmouthed idiots or noisy school children that have no respect for the fact that you're trying to appreciate the same thing at the same time they are, just like the current setup in cinemas. Oh yeah, and I'll pay money for games before I play games with ads in them thanks.
I see the light! I see the light!
This morning I woke up, ate my breakfast, took my kids to their babysitter, came to work, and so far have had a very productive day. Not once did the idea of robbing a bank or a betting store enter my mind, because I know the difference between real and fantasy.
This morning I woke up - too early because the TV was turned way too loud - scratched my balls repeatedly (it's the closest analogy to my non-existant children I can think of), dragged my sorry ass to a job I hate and have spent the entire morning so far reading news stories off of gametab.com. I'm starting to think that robbing a bank or a betting store and spending the rest of my days sipping smooth refreshing colonic on a beach somewhere. You know, like I saw in that Grand Theft Car game.
(Okay fine, I'd use the money to buy so many games I would never leave the house to ever get caught by the cops anyway, before developing a Futurama style freezing device so I could move 1000 years into the future and crack onto a cyclops chick with big jugs, but that's just not cliched enough)
I'm looking thru the moderating dropdown and I can't see an option for 'Totally missed the point/Doesn't appreciate sarcasm' option. Can this please get corrected for next time I have mod points? Thanks.
Hey, I'm keen on the game (and I'm 28). I just think the comment is funny, and can't help but think that it's probably indicative of the situation. not that the game IS for 12 year old girls, but that that's what they think.
I have to agree with this totally. The games are there to play, not collect. It's highly annoying to have to look at paying ~US$80-100 for a game that is only regarded as excellent because it's hard to find.
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What drives me nuts is these idiots that are all about Rhapsody and Rez etc, until they are suddenly reprinted and cheap and then they don't want to know about them.
Personally, I'm highly excited that copies of older PS1 games that are normally stupidly expensive may become much cheaper and easier to find. GQDs prices are still pretty high, but once the games circulate for a while they should drop in price to a more affordable level. I really want to get into some of these harder to find games, and I'd much rather be playing originals, even if they are reprints, as opposed to torrented isos.
For much comedy read this thread : http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.ph
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Originally Posted by Camwi
[Can someone please explain the whole "Rhapsody ordeal" that I've heard mentioned on here before? It seems to have pissed a lot of people off..]
everyone wanted it because it's rare, then it un-rared, now they are stuck with a game about singing fairies made for 12 year old girls.