I won't argue that HL2 isn't good, I don't have it, but you forget to mention on Halo 2.
-Couch and coffee table to hold beers for comfort
-Stereo system I spent several thousand on
-Large screen TV
-Ability to just plug it in and almost instantly play with friends/relatives
Nintendo made Katamari? Lumines? So Nintendo has a single game that bends your mind?
And just how did Xbox and PS2 steal everything from Nintendo? Looking at me I mainly play online games, could I say Nintendo is going to steal from Xbox and PS2 by going online?
Who really cares who stole from who? You like your Gamecube, good for you, keep playing it. Tell me, these innovative games that Nintendo always releases, am I able to play them against my family a few thousand miles away? Can I play my own music tracks on the game?(Did Xbox copy this from Nintendo too?)....
As much as I hear people bitch about the xbox controller I just don't see how people like the gamecube controller. Sure, the first Xbox controller was a little awkward, I liked it a ton for FPS, and I think the S is by far the best since super nintendo days. I could never use the gamecube controller, it always seemed awkward. I will give that it "feels" better then the dual shock controller, it just didn't work well in any game I played besides mario kart it works nice for.
Go get the demo CD of Conkers if you have an Xbox. Sure it's basically a remake, but it's looking to be a killer game.
I also enjoyed Grabbed by the Ghoulies even though it was a bit kiddy.
Difference is nintendo started off at profit and isn't there anymore.
As for 8%, that is a hell of a lot of users. Look at stats for dialup vs broadbands, BB isn't as prevalant as it should be.
Xbox Live isn't going to get below 8%, but I'd put money that it continues growing. Also is the 8% of the total Xbox's sold? or is it 8% of a particular game sold? As with both there are problems with that figure that should be higher. But anyway, 8% in my opinion is great, all the games I play I never have a problem finding one, even the earlier games.
Obvious I'm a bit of a fanboy? I just haven't been impressed with Nintendo at all, GBA has some fun games yes, and RE4 was sweet, but...
Wow surprised you didn't hear about this earlier. Here in Austin I only pickup one channel(Fox, no cable, why fox is the only channel my rabbit ears pickup is a mystery) and the couple hours a week I watch on tv I see a commercial for this atleast once.
It's not totally obvious to the average joe that this isn't the greatest thing for texans ever! It's sad that they can have advertisements like that.
Haven't had cable in awhile but I did used to love History and Discovery channel. I've heard they've gone to crap, which is sad. I have tons of store bought copies of things they have played that were just awesome.
At work I've started watching the Military Channel on breaks which seems to be as good as the previous two used to be although with focus on military.
Weird thing about Whataburger I've noticed since I've moved to Austin. People in Texas freaking love that place. The people not from Texas don't care for it. Everyone at workplace that has moved here from elsewhere don't care for it while the people who grew up in Texas love it. I think it's adds from when they were younger!
Had a thing like this on sega that supposedly made you feel the game, like in MK the hits and what not. What it turned out to be was a sub you strapped onto yourself, quite disappointing.
If you call that a grind I invite you to come play some Lineage 2. That is what I consider a grind.
From what I've talked to friends from my old EQ days(Top tier guild) they are pretty underwhelmed and disappointed and most of the high level stuff. Hell even seeing some of the webpages from high end guilds are saying the same thing.
My roomate plays WoW and has 2 level 60's and seems to watch me play my game more and more everyday. I could be wrong but I don't think WoW will have the long term players it has today. I'd be surprised if in a year from now there is even near the same amount of people playing.
Actually you might be surprised. I've played both extensivly and once you get the hang of it and what not I think for headshots on a lot of games are easier on consoles. It's much easier to have the crosshair at the right height and whatnot.
There is also a thing called the smartjoy-frag or what not that lets you play Xbox with a mouse, it hasn't seemed to help people I know enough.
Xvid? Try just ripping that DVD to ISO. I've invested too much into my home entertainment system to lose any quality.(Although xvid is pretty sweet)
Not to mention huge anime collections, and TV series from mythTV. Hard drive space seems to disappear quickly.
I almost ran out and bought a PSP, not for the gaming, but for the future of the possibilities. Sure I wouldn't mind playing a few PSP games, but the emulation posibilities and whatnot is what really interests me. Instead I have a pocketpc that emulates even PS1, that I'm enjoying for now, and am definatley going to buy a PSP when price comes down and it's hacked to hell and back. Another big thing for that is if they make UMD-R or cheaper and bigger memory sticks.(Also pocketPC doesn't look so obvious that I'm not working at work)
Some of us don't need to be told anything by anybody to find out on our own and leave the church. While I disagree with their beliefs, I've come to my own which exclude a god.
Why must it always be someone lying or whatnot that makes someone leave the church?
Wish our US stations could make some of the quality work the BBC does. Seen a lot of good stuff from them, although probably don't get all the crap over here.
Wiki is pretty good on some obscure topics. It's also like you said a great place for some quick info on a subject. Hell it had more information on Sarcoidosis(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoidos is) then numerous doctors and specialists knew about it. Which is probably why it took so long to diagnose.
Don't even have to mention the great use of good time killer using random page. I don't know how long I have spent clicking link to link and learning some interesting things.
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I won't argue that HL2 isn't good, I don't have it, but you forget to mention on Halo 2. -Couch and coffee table to hold beers for comfort -Stereo system I spent several thousand on -Large screen TV -Ability to just plug it in and almost instantly play with friends/relatives
Nintendo made Katamari? Lumines? So Nintendo has a single game that bends your mind?
....
And just how did Xbox and PS2 steal everything from Nintendo? Looking at me I mainly play online games, could I say Nintendo is going to steal from Xbox and PS2 by going online?
Who really cares who stole from who? You like your Gamecube, good for you, keep playing it. Tell me, these innovative games that Nintendo always releases, am I able to play them against my family a few thousand miles away? Can I play my own music tracks on the game?(Did Xbox copy this from Nintendo too?)
As much as I hear people bitch about the xbox controller I just don't see how people like the gamecube controller. Sure, the first Xbox controller was a little awkward, I liked it a ton for FPS, and I think the S is by far the best since super nintendo days. I could never use the gamecube controller, it always seemed awkward. I will give that it "feels" better then the dual shock controller, it just didn't work well in any game I played besides mario kart it works nice for.
Go get the demo CD of Conkers if you have an Xbox. Sure it's basically a remake, but it's looking to be a killer game. I also enjoyed Grabbed by the Ghoulies even though it was a bit kiddy.
Difference is nintendo started off at profit and isn't there anymore.
As for 8%, that is a hell of a lot of users. Look at stats for dialup vs broadbands, BB isn't as prevalant as it should be.
Xbox Live isn't going to get below 8%, but I'd put money that it continues growing.
Also is the 8% of the total Xbox's sold? or is it 8% of a particular game sold? As with both there are problems with that figure that should be higher. But anyway, 8% in my opinion is great, all the games I play I never have a problem finding one, even the earlier games.
Obvious I'm a bit of a fanboy? I just haven't been impressed with Nintendo at all, GBA has some fun games yes, and RE4 was sweet, but...
When you went for your last colon checkup did your doctor take 20 minutes and have both his hands on his shoulder for your checkup?
Wow surprised you didn't hear about this earlier. Here in Austin I only pickup one channel(Fox, no cable, why fox is the only channel my rabbit ears pickup is a mystery) and the couple hours a week I watch on tv I see a commercial for this atleast once.
It's not totally obvious to the average joe that this isn't the greatest thing for texans ever! It's sad that they can have advertisements like that.
Haven't had cable in awhile but I did used to love History and Discovery channel. I've heard they've gone to crap, which is sad. I have tons of store bought copies of things they have played that were just awesome. At work I've started watching the Military Channel on breaks which seems to be as good as the previous two used to be although with focus on military.
Weird thing about Whataburger I've noticed since I've moved to Austin. People in Texas freaking love that place. The people not from Texas don't care for it. Everyone at workplace that has moved here from elsewhere don't care for it while the people who grew up in Texas love it. I think it's adds from when they were younger!
Difference between Steam and just downloading a game and playing. Steam is a hassle, especially if you want to play online.
Had a thing like this on sega that supposedly made you feel the game, like in MK the hits and what not. What it turned out to be was a sub you strapped onto yourself, quite disappointing.
If you would like I could talk to your now girlfriend for you
Oh that explains it....you are a gamecube user.... I kid RE4 was pretty sweet, actually got some use from my roomates gamecube.
If you call that a grind I invite you to come play some Lineage 2. That is what I consider a grind.
From what I've talked to friends from my old EQ days(Top tier guild) they are pretty underwhelmed and disappointed and most of the high level stuff. Hell even seeing some of the webpages from high end guilds are saying the same thing.
My roomate plays WoW and has 2 level 60's and seems to watch me play my game more and more everyday. I could be wrong but I don't think WoW will have the long term players it has today. I'd be surprised if in a year from now there is even near the same amount of people playing.
Actually you might be surprised. I've played both extensivly and once you get the hang of it and what not I think for headshots on a lot of games are easier on consoles. It's much easier to have the crosshair at the right height and whatnot. There is also a thing called the smartjoy-frag or what not that lets you play Xbox with a mouse, it hasn't seemed to help people I know enough.
Xvid? Try just ripping that DVD to ISO. I've invested too much into my home entertainment system to lose any quality.(Although xvid is pretty sweet) Not to mention huge anime collections, and TV series from mythTV. Hard drive space seems to disappear quickly.
Simple, the wrong sex is doing the offering then?
I remember thinking how cool it would be back when I used to play on my Nintendo. Makes me wish I was old enough to think to patent that.
I almost ran out and bought a PSP, not for the gaming, but for the future of the possibilities. Sure I wouldn't mind playing a few PSP games, but the emulation posibilities and whatnot is what really interests me. Instead I have a pocketpc that emulates even PS1, that I'm enjoying for now, and am definatley going to buy a PSP when price comes down and it's hacked to hell and back. Another big thing for that is if they make UMD-R or cheaper and bigger memory sticks.(Also pocketPC doesn't look so obvious that I'm not working at work)
Some of us don't need to be told anything by anybody to find out on our own and leave the church. While I disagree with their beliefs, I've come to my own which exclude a god. Why must it always be someone lying or whatnot that makes someone leave the church?
Wish our US stations could make some of the quality work the BBC does. Seen a lot of good stuff from them, although probably don't get all the crap over here.
We run specialized 486 boxes here to communicate between our private systems and our terminals. They work great, and seem to run forever.
Wiki is pretty good on some obscure topics. It's also like you said a great place for some quick info on a subject. Hell it had more information on Sarcoidosis(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoidos is) then numerous doctors and specialists knew about it. Which is probably why it took so long to diagnose.
Don't even have to mention the great use of good time killer using random page. I don't know how long I have spent clicking link to link and learning some interesting things.
You didn't get the email on that? Just two weeks fixed my small stones.
Well if you don't want to play games it sure is easy to get a very quiet PC. Even playing games you can get a fairly quiet PC.
You are comparing the noise of a hand-me-down PC compared to a brand new mac mini?