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I don't think there's any particular pattern with the handhelds.. I mean, you can hardly count Game & Watch titles as something along the same lines as the Game Boy, and even still three points on a graph doesn't make a pattern. It's by no means inevitable that GB3 will be in 2010.
But not all of the giant retail outlets are online. I don't know about America, but the Grandparent mentioned Tesco, which is a supermarket chain in the UK. I'm don't know if places like Wal-Mart (Which is more or less "Asda" for us) sold the book for such low-low prices in America, though.
What about the GTA and Tomb Raider series? Both considered "amazing" by a fair few people, although I wouldn't include myself amongst that bunch. I know the latter is a bit past it too.
Worms & Broken Sword would be my two UK choices. I'm sure I'll have completely ignored another spectacular game or two, too.
Beyond Good & Evil was smashing. It was brilliant, creative & original, worth evey penny. I recommend you all check out Psychonauts too, for a similarly different gaming experience with plenty of character.
Yeah, but that's more or less irrelevant. If anything, that was implied since I was talking about Nintendo announcing the handheld that would compete with the PSP.
I thought Nintendo were all about making the Revolution "just a gaming system":)
Nah, I know what you mean. It's all in the controller, apparently.
I think Nintendo know what they're doing, to be honest. When the DS was announced, I decided they'd shot themselves in the foot and essentially handed Sony a sizeable slice of the handheld market, but the DS has by far the most interesting line-up, and I think sales figures are substantially higher, at least on a worldwide level.
Alan: I loved that phrase you used, it was very clever - 'Revolution not evolution'. Tony:No, it was the opposite. 'Evolution not revolution'. Alan: Well whatever. Because that is me. I 'evolve', but I don't... 'revolve'.... Or vice-versa.
Nobody outside Britain is going to know what I'm talking about. Probably a few inside, too. I'll shut up and go away now, I've embarassed myself enough for the day.
"Now, if you're upset that this precludes a real I, Robot movie that is actually based on the book, I'll join you in that sentiment."
But it doesn't, really. You can't really make a movie adaptation of 'I, Robot' (The Will Smith film wasn't really that). It's still just as likely (if not more) that someone will take one of the shorts (like, say, The Bicentennial Man) and make a film out of that.
The R2 Spirited Away DVD is good, it's just the others that have subtitles of the dub rather than of the original japanese version, if you catch my drift. We still need at least three Miyazaki films released over here, too.
That was the end of the 80s. Then Disney hit its stride in '89 with 'The Little Mermaid', followed by a decent sequel - 'The Rescuers Down Under' - and a trio of true classics - 'Beauty & The Beast', 'Aladdin' & 'The Lion King'.
Since then, I've enjoyed 'Hercules', 'Mulan', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'The Emperors New Groove' 'Lilo & Stitch' and I hear 'Tarzan' is pretty good too, but stuff like 'Atlantis', 'Home on the Range' & 'Treasure Planet' has disappointed me.
Actually, 40-50 year old women seems about right to me. My mother, who is in fact perfectly normal, has been very much known to sit in front of the television with the sky remote and play the puzzle games offered by the interactive service. The free ones, mind, generally clones of puzzle bobble and the likes.
This practice is also carried out by a few of her friends from work. It's also not uncommon for technophobes who don't touch video games at all to become addicted to Tetris, as I discovered years ago on holiday with my extended family and a game boy. They went through a lot of batteries, and I barely even got to play Super Mario Land.
If you're unsatisfied with a game or CD, simply delude yourself into thinking that it's great and that you definitely got your money's worth. Amazon is a good place to help you along with this denial. Simply find the customer reviews for your item, skip past all the negative ones and try to agree with all the five star ratings, no matter how badly punctuated and fully "capped" they are.
I don't really see that happening. I mean, I can't imagine sticking my TV & console on a computer-like desk and hooking up a mouse and keyboard. I like to play my console games on the big screen, sat on the sofa. It wouldn't feel right to be using a keyboard and a mouse in such an environment, there's no real surface to rest them on.
There used to be a family pub near us that let you play mega-drive* games for x per hour, simply by using a coin-operated TV. I don't think the service lasted long because people just stole the mega-drive carts.:)
*Mega-Drive being the Europe for Genesis, of course.
SK and Rare were both different stories. I'm pretty sure Nintendo & SK just had a little agreement that SK would make exclusive games - whereas, with Rare (and Retro, maybe?) Nintendo owned > 50% of the shares.
So the puzzles were easier to solve because of the extra dimension?
Admittedly, the 3D made EMI look crap, tacky and without atmosphere, but Sam & Max was actually looking pretty good if you check out the more recent screens.
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I don't think there's any particular pattern with the handhelds.. I mean, you can hardly count Game & Watch titles as something along the same lines as the Game Boy, and even still three points on a graph doesn't make a pattern. It's by no means inevitable that GB3 will be in 2010.
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The Stereophonics' latest album is oh-so cleverly named after the system, although it's rubbish.
Responsibility to teach him both? So Timmy needs to know how to kill, then? :)
But not all of the giant retail outlets are online. I don't know about America, but the Grandparent mentioned Tesco, which is a supermarket chain in the UK. I'm don't know if places like Wal-Mart (Which is more or less "Asda" for us) sold the book for such low-low prices in America, though.
Worms & Broken Sword would be my two UK choices. I'm sure I'll have completely ignored another spectacular game or two, too.
More DS's = bigger market, more gamessold. I'd say that's how MS are mostly thinking, mostly.
Beyond Good & Evil was smashing. It was brilliant, creative & original, worth evey penny. I recommend you all check out Psychonauts too, for a similarly different gaming experience with plenty of character.
Yeah, but that's more or less irrelevant. If anything, that was implied since I was talking about Nintendo announcing the handheld that would compete with the PSP.
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Nah, I know what you mean. It's all in the controller, apparently.
I think Nintendo know what they're doing, to be honest. When the DS was announced, I decided they'd shot themselves in the foot and essentially handed Sony a sizeable slice of the handheld market, but the DS has by far the most interesting line-up, and I think sales figures are substantially higher, at least on a worldwide level.
Alan: I loved that phrase you used, it was very clever - 'Revolution not evolution'.
Tony:No, it was the opposite. 'Evolution not revolution'.
Alan: Well whatever. Because that is me. I 'evolve', but I don't... 'revolve'.... Or vice-versa.
Nobody outside Britain is going to know what I'm talking about. Probably a few inside, too. I'll shut up and go away now, I've embarassed myself enough for the day.
I'm British, and I don't particularly care. All those films are very good in my eyes, regardless of accents and americanisation.
The majority of news postings feature someone commenting with something along the lines of:
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But it doesn't, really. You can't really make a movie adaptation of 'I, Robot' (The Will Smith film wasn't really that). It's still just as likely (if not more) that someone will take one of the shorts (like, say, The Bicentennial Man) and make a film out of that.
The R2 Spirited Away DVD is good, it's just the others that have subtitles of the dub rather than of the original japanese version, if you catch my drift. We still need at least three Miyazaki films released over here, too.
That was the end of the 80s. Then Disney hit its stride in '89 with 'The Little Mermaid', followed by a decent sequel - 'The Rescuers Down Under' - and a trio of true classics - 'Beauty & The Beast', 'Aladdin' & 'The Lion King'.
Since then, I've enjoyed 'Hercules', 'Mulan', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'The Emperors New Groove' 'Lilo & Stitch' and I hear 'Tarzan' is pretty good too, but stuff like 'Atlantis', 'Home on the Range' & 'Treasure Planet' has disappointed me.
Actually, 40-50 year old women seems about right to me. My mother, who is in fact perfectly normal, has been very much known to sit in front of the television with the sky remote and play the puzzle games offered by the interactive service. The free ones, mind, generally clones of puzzle bobble and the likes. This practice is also carried out by a few of her friends from work. It's also not uncommon for technophobes who don't touch video games at all to become addicted to Tetris, as I discovered years ago on holiday with my extended family and a game boy. They went through a lot of batteries, and I barely even got to play Super Mario Land.
Have you tried the wavebird, Nintendo's wireless controller? Response time is excellent, it's a brilliant little device.
If you're unsatisfied with a game or CD, simply delude yourself into thinking that it's great and that you definitely got your money's worth. Amazon is a good place to help you along with this denial. Simply find the customer reviews for your item, skip past all the negative ones and try to agree with all the five star ratings, no matter how badly punctuated and fully "capped" they are.
Zelda definitely has zombies (see: OoT, Future, Marketplace), and Link does carry around those bottles...
Check out the Orchestrated soundtrack to Super Smash Bros Melee - it is excellence, and has a few Zelda themes on.
Then again, you never know.
*Mega-Drive being the Europe for Genesis, of course.
SK and Rare were both different stories. I'm pretty sure Nintendo & SK just had a little agreement that SK would make exclusive games - whereas, with Rare (and Retro, maybe?) Nintendo owned > 50% of the shares.
Admittedly, the 3D made EMI look crap, tacky and without atmosphere, but Sam & Max was actually looking pretty good if you check out the more recent screens.
Well, movie studios rerelease films on DVD.