"Of course, it doesn't cost 5 million to pick up a pen and start writing a sketch about parrots...."
When John Cleese first wrote the Dead Parrot sketch, it was about a toaster (based on a real-life experience he'd had trying to return a defective toaster). Graham Chapman listened to Clesse read it and told him it'd be funnier if it were a dead parrot instead.
Just so you know
So while it may not take 5 million to create a sketch about dead parrots, it does take talent.
Where did you give up? I gave up at the part where you had to fly the dog up the tower with the jetpack...
I gave up at the exact same spot. I just couldn't do it. And it's a shame really. The game had great visuals, some kick-ass gameplay (Using the dog with 4 machineguns ruled) and innovative game mechanics. But some parts of it were just too damned difficult. I really liked the game, but quit before I got to where I hated it. I'd even buy it all over again if I could change the difficulty level to get past that part.
Then again, I did just order a Gameshark for DC off of Ebay. Oh, and look! There are codes for:
Inf. Health Max B5963C7F00008905
and
Inf. Jet Pack Fuel B63E3C7B00000009
Speed Devils on the Dreamcast had a Hollywood level with an earthquake in it. Once you progressed through the levels (and had see the plain Hollywood level) the Hollywood Disaster was unlocked. Racing on cracked pavement and around fallen utility poles. =o) Yeah, that could work well in a GTA game.
Rockstar (the parent company) already owns a great engine. The one in Midnight Club II (from Rockstar San Diego, formerly Angel Studios) showed how they could do a very detailed (and BIG) city environment. Tweak it a bit to add pedestrians, cops and some of the other things that were standard in GTA3/VC and it would feel like a bigger step than between 3 & VC.
A person's perception of gaming history has a lot to do with when they started playing, and what games they grew up with. for some people, that'l the NES. For others it's the N64, or the 2600, or the Odyssey. Heck, for some people it's the Playstation!. It's all relative to the age of the gamer.
If the NES was considered "historical" why was there just a museum exhibition dedicated to it? Level-X just ended its showing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. I was lucky enough to get to check it out last month when I was there. Tons of history - and lots of boxes!
"Altogether, 1,200 titles were produced for the system. Remarkably, a sample of each one can be found at ``Level X,'' together with 50 or so different consoles and the accessories made for them."
They had pristine boxes for each and every one of those games, and perfect condition consoles, too. Maybe it's not thought of as such anymore, but boxes and manuals used to be art. Sure, the 8-bit character on the screen didn't look like much (remember NES Link?), but the box/manual art was great, so it was easy to imagine him as something more heroic. These days manuals are barely one step above photocopies - black and white inside and nothing much worth looking at. I remember full-color manuals being so nice that it was cool to look through them and read about the game while you waited for your turn to play.
When's the last time anybody did that with a current-gen game?
This is why I stopped trading stuff in to chain stores. (This, and the fact that you don't get ripped off by independant shops.) The local game shop I go to gives you more credit/cash if you've got the box/manual/whathaveyou than if you don't. That's how it should be.
Yes, he coined the term. He even had a cameo in David Lynch's "Wild Palms" as himself. Somebody introduces him to one of the characters and says, "this is William Gibson. He invented the term 'cyberspace.'" Gibson responds, "yes, and they'll never let me forget it."
Maybe it's because of the bad taste left in my mouth by seeing the local orthodontist
If you had a bad taste in your mouth after seeing the orthodontist, it makes me wonder what else went on besides dentistry while you were under the anesthesia.
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Unfortunately, yes.
Now the words, "LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!" are forever seared into my brain.
OMG NERD RUSH WTF?!?! KeKeKe!
Only if it's the cover version by Dokaka!
http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/DOKAKA/
You misspelled "Sephiroth."
But not enough to get you pay the measly $99 for the system to play them on? Or for you to actually buy the games and reward said innovation?
Modern gaming is fine. If it doesn't interest you, find another game, or find another hobby.
Modern gaming doesn't need people like you. Clearly, it's you who should find another hobby.
Actually, it'd be more accurate to say "the second crappy movie." The first one was pretty cool.
When John Cleese first wrote the Dead Parrot sketch, it was about a toaster (based on a real-life experience he'd had trying to return a defective toaster). Graham Chapman listened to Clesse read it and told him it'd be funnier if it were a dead parrot instead.
Just so you know
So while it may not take 5 million to create a sketch about dead parrots, it does take talent.
I gave up at the exact same spot. I just couldn't do it. And it's a shame really. The game had great visuals, some kick-ass gameplay (Using the dog with 4 machineguns ruled) and innovative game mechanics. But some parts of it were just too damned difficult. I really liked the game, but quit before I got to where I hated it. I'd even buy it all over again if I could change the difficulty level to get past that part.
Then again, I did just order a Gameshark for DC off of Ebay. Oh, and look! There are codes for :
Inf. Health Max B5963C7F00008905
and
Inf. Jet Pack Fuel B63E3C7B00000009
I may have to track a copy down after all....
I only played it on the Dreamcast and could never finish it. Great game, but evilly hard.
I now have 4 kids, and I just turned 30.
So you missed the part in the game where Larry had to get a condom before he could score?
Stop dating?
Oh, wait....
Speed Devils on the Dreamcast had a Hollywood level with an earthquake in it. Once you progressed through the levels (and had see the plain Hollywood level) the Hollywood Disaster was unlocked. Racing on cracked pavement and around fallen utility poles. =o) Yeah, that could work well in a GTA game.
Rockstar (the parent company) already owns a great engine. The one in Midnight Club II (from Rockstar San Diego, formerly Angel Studios) showed how they could do a very detailed (and BIG) city environment. Tweak it a bit to add pedestrians, cops and some of the other things that were standard in GTA3/VC and it would feel like a bigger step than between 3 & VC.
Ummm. t3h f4gg0t$ w1ll b3 0wnz0r3d?
(See, it'd be funnier with a chick making you her bitch.
I don't gib on Shabbas!!
If the NES was considered "historical" why was there just a museum exhibition dedicated to it? Level-X just ended its showing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. I was lucky enough to get to check it out last month when I was there. Tons of history - and lots of boxes!
"Altogether, 1,200 titles were produced for the system. Remarkably, a sample of each one can be found at ``Level X,'' together with 50 or so different consoles and the accessories made for them."
They had pristine boxes for each and every one of those games, and perfect condition consoles, too. Maybe it's not thought of as such anymore, but boxes and manuals used to be art. Sure, the 8-bit character on the screen didn't look like much (remember NES Link?), but the box/manual art was great, so it was easy to imagine him as something more heroic. These days manuals are barely one step above photocopies - black and white inside and nothing much worth looking at. I remember full-color manuals being so nice that it was cool to look through them and read about the game while you waited for your turn to play.
When's the last time anybody did that with a current-gen game?
This is why I stopped trading stuff in to chain stores. (This, and the fact that you don't get ripped off by independant shops.) The local game shop I go to gives you more credit/cash if you've got the box/manual/whathaveyou than if you don't. That's how it should be.
No, I think a lot of us have seen what happens when a site gets sponsored by McDonald's
Actually, it's better than that. They say "OWN it today."
Who cares? Just so long as I can use this to learn kung-fu (or how to fly a helicopter) in less than 10 seconds.
Yes, he coined the term. He even had a cameo in David Lynch's "Wild Palms" as himself. Somebody introduces him to one of the characters and says, "this is William Gibson. He invented the term 'cyberspace.'" Gibson responds, "yes, and they'll never let me forget it."
Cashdotting?
If you had a bad taste in your mouth after seeing the orthodontist, it makes me wonder what else went on besides dentistry while you were under the anesthesia.
I realize you were joking there, but there really are USB vibrators and USB "personal massagers."