if the video game industry doesn't make it the retailer's job, then government will make it the retailer's job.
That's the part that scares me. Not to long ago, there was a law that almost got passed in Oregon that would have made it punishable by a $500 fine to anyone who sold a game the law determined to be offensive to a minor. Now this fine wouldn't have gone to the store, but to the little salesgirl that makes $6 an hour. Now, that's a little like hitting a fly with a hammer in itself, but the fun part comes in that since the govenment can't enforce the standard game ratings since they are made by a private company, the govenment would have it's own standards, just like this law. If they could find a way so that games that would be illegal to sell to minors would be clearly marked, it wouldn't be any different than lawws against selling cigarettes, but since they can't follow the ratings, it's really very mean to the retailers to expect them to know what they can and can't sell.
Is this wrong? Yes. But so is being able to buy Vice City if you're 13 years old. It's not just stupid parents -- it's game retailers as well. Until they stop selling violent video games to unaccompanied children, we haven't got much ground to stand on.
I worked in a video game store for over a year, and the reason we don't bother to ask the kid to bring their parents in is because we're tired of trying to explain just how not appropriate Vice City is for nine year olds, and having them ignore us. The best part is when they turn to the kids and ask them if it's ok for them to play. Gee I wonder what the kids going to say. "No Mom, I'm not mature enough to handle that game yet."
I don't sell mature games to kids, but I'm pretty sure that when a parent lets a kid wander to a gamestore by him(or her)self, either the kid is mature enough to make his/her own decisions, or else the parent doesn't care. And it's not the retailer's job to babysit kids when the parents don't care.
I thought Tomb Raider was a little mean for making you kill poor little wolves and bears, but most games have you fight demons or monsters, not fluffy animals.
Why would someone stand in a store and tape a movie? I've seen a couple of videos that look like that's what someone did, and they're absolutely terrible. You've got background noise, the camera shakes, and people walking in front of the camera. I can't imagine why anyone would waste their time when they can rent the movie for $3 at Blockbuster. If you want to pirate a movie, do it right and copy the DVD, don't waste 2 hours of your life for a bad copy.
So now we're getting a law to stop retarded pirating. Yay. I think they just want to be able to arrest anyone they feel like for pirating, just for kicks.
True Random: Everquest-style game where monsters are spawned randomly into the world at random (limited) locations and exist until they expire by one method or another.
Actually, in EQ, the monsters aren't random. A preset monster will spawn in a present spot, will walk around a little, and then when it is killed, a preset time will pass and the monster will respawn. Not to be mean to your arguement, but technically, EQ is the least random.
When you are an uber-high level character, and gnats keep attacking you (long after you have practically scorched the entire planet clean of monsters) making your progress tediously slow.
I'm most of the games I've played, by the time I'm that level, I've found items like "Bracer of No Encounters" which prevent random encounters. In some games, I've even found items that increase the encounters. As long as there are items like that it the game, I don't mind the random encounters because they allow the player to be as strong or as weak as they want in the game.
This is what I don't like about this hype stuff. They tell us stuff that either doesn't make sense, or just doesn't mean anything. Show us videos, explain how the battle system works, or just be quiet, but don't tell us junk.
I don't think the Knights of the Round is a good example of somehting you couldn't figure out without a strategy guide. You got the gold Chocobo after spending way too much time and effort breeding and racing, and then once you get it, it's kinda logical to go to the only place you couldn't get to on the airship. I never got it because I didn't like the chocobo breeding.
One thing I never got how you were supposed to figure out the ultimate weapons in FFX by yourself. I found all these crests and sigils, but until I went to GameFaqs, I had no clue what to do with them. Also, many of them were hidden in stupid spots that I'm just not sure how people found them in the first place. (Lulu's Onion Knight comes to mind.) If anyone knows how normal people would figure them out, tell me. =)
Another thing I can't figure out is why Yuna doesn't know Al-Bhed by X-2, but that's another story.
My revolutionary comment was a result of seeing too many articles like this. Articles that say the game is nifty and unique but gives nothing solid to be excited about. I love Final Fantasy. I want to be excited. But being excited about the fact that it's on two discs or the game is huge or that they expect people to say "Is this Final Fantasy?" when they play it? I'll pass.
Unfortunetely, a PAL SNES doesn't work on American TVs. And Terranigma costs $50+ on ebay anyways, which is a lot of money for a game that I'm not even sure I can play. I've got the ROM, but it's just not the same on a computer. Square should just go and put it on the GBA with the other two.
Oh, and if anyone knows of a english-translated Star Ocean ROM, I would absolutely love it if they would give me a link. =)
I would love to see a new 2d game on a new home console system that makes up for graphics in the fact that it's *huge*. Maybe it also redefines what "pretty" is for 2d, or maybe a creative mixture of both 3d and 2d....
I guess Sony's anti-2d policy is why we haven't seen anything creative like that. Maybe if I'ld get off my ass and do my C++ homework I'ld have a chance at becoming a game designer like I want and doing that, but I'm lazy.
Van looks like he's twelve. And Ashe doesn't know what a skirt supposed to be. And if I hear one more time that this is going to be "the most revolutionary Final Fantasy ever!" while being shown the same cookies from the same mold, I'm going to kill something.
I'm all mad I missed Secret of Mana back in the day. But, I hear Square's remaking it along with FF3 (the japanese one, the last one that hasn't been released in the US) for the next Final Fantasy collecter's set. So I still have hope. =)
I wish they'ld remake the Enix games that never got to America, like Star Ocean and Terranigma. Oh well.
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if the video game industry doesn't make it the retailer's job, then government will make it the retailer's job.
That's the part that scares me. Not to long ago, there was a law that almost got passed in Oregon that would have made it punishable by a $500 fine to anyone who sold a game the law determined to be offensive to a minor. Now this fine wouldn't have gone to the store, but to the little salesgirl that makes $6 an hour. Now, that's a little like hitting a fly with a hammer in itself, but the fun part comes in that since the govenment can't enforce the standard game ratings since they are made by a private company, the govenment would have it's own standards, just like this law. If they could find a way so that games that would be illegal to sell to minors would be clearly marked, it wouldn't be any different than lawws against selling cigarettes, but since they can't follow the ratings, it's really very mean to the retailers to expect them to know what they can and can't sell.
Is this wrong? Yes. But so is being able to buy Vice City if you're 13 years old. It's not just stupid parents -- it's game retailers as well. Until they stop selling violent video games to unaccompanied children, we haven't got much ground to stand on.
I worked in a video game store for over a year, and the reason we don't bother to ask the kid to bring their parents in is because we're tired of trying to explain just how not appropriate Vice City is for nine year olds, and having them ignore us. The best part is when they turn to the kids and ask them if it's ok for them to play. Gee I wonder what the kids going to say. "No Mom, I'm not mature enough to handle that game yet."
I don't sell mature games to kids, but I'm pretty sure that when a parent lets a kid wander to a gamestore by him(or her)self, either the kid is mature enough to make his/her own decisions, or else the parent doesn't care. And it's not the retailer's job to babysit kids when the parents don't care.
I thought Tomb Raider was a little mean for making you kill poor little wolves and bears, but most games have you fight demons or monsters, not fluffy animals.
Wouldn't it be easier just to get the systems rather than cart readers and USB adapters and controllers? Just a thought.
Gee, what happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Why would someone stand in a store and tape a movie? I've seen a couple of videos that look like that's what someone did, and they're absolutely terrible. You've got background noise, the camera shakes, and people walking in front of the camera. I can't imagine why anyone would waste their time when they can rent the movie for $3 at Blockbuster. If you want to pirate a movie, do it right and copy the DVD, don't waste 2 hours of your life for a bad copy.
So now we're getting a law to stop retarded pirating. Yay. I think they just want to be able to arrest anyone they feel like for pirating, just for kicks.
True Random: Everquest-style game where monsters are spawned randomly into the world at random (limited) locations and exist until they expire by one method or another.
Actually, in EQ, the monsters aren't random. A preset monster will spawn in a present spot, will walk around a little, and then when it is killed, a preset time will pass and the monster will respawn. Not to be mean to your arguement, but technically, EQ is the least random.
When you are an uber-high level character, and gnats keep attacking you (long after you have practically scorched the entire planet clean of monsters) making your progress tediously slow.
I'm most of the games I've played, by the time I'm that level, I've found items like "Bracer of No Encounters" which prevent random encounters. In some games, I've even found items that increase the encounters. As long as there are items like that it the game, I don't mind the random encounters because they allow the player to be as strong or as weak as they want in the game.
I'm wierd, but I just don't like the graphics style of Viewtiful Joe. It just bothers me.
This is what I don't like about this hype stuff. They tell us stuff that either doesn't make sense, or just doesn't mean anything. Show us videos, explain how the battle system works, or just be quiet, but don't tell us junk.
I don't think the Knights of the Round is a good example of somehting you couldn't figure out without a strategy guide. You got the gold Chocobo after spending way too much time and effort breeding and racing, and then once you get it, it's kinda logical to go to the only place you couldn't get to on the airship. I never got it because I didn't like the chocobo breeding.
One thing I never got how you were supposed to figure out the ultimate weapons in FFX by yourself. I found all these crests and sigils, but until I went to GameFaqs, I had no clue what to do with them. Also, many of them were hidden in stupid spots that I'm just not sure how people found them in the first place. (Lulu's Onion Knight comes to mind.) If anyone knows how normal people would figure them out, tell me. =)
Another thing I can't figure out is why Yuna doesn't know Al-Bhed by X-2, but that's another story.
My revolutionary comment was a result of seeing too many articles like this. Articles that say the game is nifty and unique but gives nothing solid to be excited about. I love Final Fantasy. I want to be excited. But being excited about the fact that it's on two discs or the game is huge or that they expect people to say "Is this Final Fantasy?" when they play it? I'll pass.
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Great, I'm famous. =)
Unfortunetely, a PAL SNES doesn't work on American TVs. And Terranigma costs $50+ on ebay anyways, which is a lot of money for a game that I'm not even sure I can play. I've got the ROM, but it's just not the same on a computer. Square should just go and put it on the GBA with the other two.
Oh, and if anyone knows of a english-translated Star Ocean ROM, I would absolutely love it if they would give me a link. =)
I'm sure you played the role of the girl, you fucking asshole.
Be nice. And "girl" is not an insult. Wonder why they don't talk to you?
Yeah, but they got Terranigma! (Sequel to Illusion of Gaia, I'm the only one that cares :/ )
But..they didn't even get the REMAKE of Crono Trigger... That's a really bad sign...
I would love to see a new 2d game on a new home console system that makes up for graphics in the fact that it's *huge*. Maybe it also redefines what "pretty" is for 2d, or maybe a creative mixture of both 3d and 2d....
I guess Sony's anti-2d policy is why we haven't seen anything creative like that. Maybe if I'ld get off my ass and do my C++ homework I'ld have a chance at becoming a game designer like I want and doing that, but I'm lazy.
Van looks like he's twelve. And Ashe doesn't know what a skirt supposed to be. And if I hear one more time that this is going to be "the most revolutionary Final Fantasy ever!" while being shown the same cookies from the same mold, I'm going to kill something.
Type in "smallpox vaccine dangers" into Google.
....NO.
No vaccines.... ever. Period." Maybe a little paranoid, but read for reasons.
Here's some nice pictures of some side effects.
From article: "NO. No matter WHAT they say or threaten you with, tell them
The rest of the Google links.
Japanese people are mean. They should send us more games. =)
Actually, I've heard people call Mario Sunshine an RPG.
I'm all mad I missed Secret of Mana back in the day. But, I hear Square's remaking it along with FF3 (the japanese one, the last one that hasn't been released in the US) for the next Final Fantasy collecter's set. So I still have hope. =)
I wish they'ld remake the Enix games that never got to America, like Star Ocean and Terranigma. Oh well.
Gameinformer magazine gave it an 8.5. They're one of the top-selling game magazines in the USA.
You buy computer hardware as gifts for your boyfiends?
Bought. As in once.
Yep, yep, convert to the dark side before you waste all your money! =)