Err, to clarify the "game-equivelent" part, I was trying to compare it to a hollywood blockbuster, but somehow the simile got lost in the translation from brain to keyboard. *headdesk*
Ok, so we're making this game-equivelent of an extremely hyped, anticipated sequel and graphics masterpiece. Let's give people wallpapers, and make the "big" option 1024x768!
Lame.
See, personally, I dismissed Zelda: WW because I hate Zelda. And most RPGs, for that matter. The only thing I've got against cel-shading is that it started becoming way too overused for a while. I mean, a cel-shaded FPS? A cel-shaded skating game? A cel-shaded racer? Bleh. I actually like cel-shading when it's not used so much. I loved Cel Damage, and I like the visuals of Jet Set Radio, although I'm not much for the gameplay.
Personally, I think Master of Orion II is the best game ever made, bar none. Worms: Armageddon is also very far up there.
Personally I wasn't too thrilled with Sonic X, and I'm not complaining. I wanna know when Wolfpack'll start churning out some more Rockman.exe Axess goddammit!
Sweet googly moogly! This slipped under my radar too!
And it looks like they improved it... I just hope they changed the controls to be like Shining Force 2 (i.e. there's a button that automatically interacts with whatever you're looking at, as opposed to having to open the menu and then interact with it).
I should qualify as a cyber athlete. I mean, granted what I do is really more of a solitaire than a competitive activity, but I guarantee you I work up more of a sweat than some 1337 c4mp1n9 5h0ck wh0r3
How about Canada invading Turkey? Greatest military coup in history, lie low for ~200 years, then bust into Turkey.
"We're takin' it over, and we're callin' it Chicken, eh!"
Oh, come on, I'm all for knocking Bush, but the sad fact of the matter, everything is not his fault. Just most things. As long as I can remember violence has been tolerated far more than nudity in the US. This outrage would be happening just as much under Clinton, Bush Sr. or... Er, who was it, Reagan? (lol, pretty sad that I can only accurately remember back 2 presidents, and I don't actually remember anything from Bush Sr. But give me a break, I was born in '84.)
Actually, I was simply referring to the fact that Counter-Strike isn't exactly what one would call "cutting edge" technology and doesn't really benefit from having the latest equipment.
DDR's really not at fault, though. Arcades have been dying for a long time, they were dying before DDR came out. DDR gave them a shot in the arm, allowing places to stay open and attract people. Yeah, DDR's a wicked embarassing game to play. I play it at home and am reasonably good, but I get way too nervous if I even touch a foot on the pad. But noone says you have to play DDR if you go to an arcade. You can go and play the other games which are only there because DDR has kept the arcade from being converted into a Starbucks or hell, you can even just chill and watch people play.
The sad fact is, just as Street Fighter II brought the glory days of arcades, DDR is its last leg. I'm not saying DDR is at fault-- far from it. DDR is keeping what few arcades that are left alive and they were failing for other reasons (primarily the quality of home systems and the fact that while the cost of home games hasn't increased as far back as I can remember (I remember all those new Genesis games I used to force my dad to buy me costing $40 and $50), arcade games have at least doubled in price, and the larger games often cost a dollar or more per play.
Of course, if you go to Japan, the games run off 100 coins which are the equivelent of ~$0.90USD, so even for the "cheap" games they're paying twice as much as we do in the US, but they in return get a much better atmosphere. The games are all a bit shorter and have comfy stools so you get to sit down and enjoy them. The games are also kept in tip top condition... If you don't like the way a joystick feels, you can tell whoever's working there and they will have the technical skill to replace it, have replacement parts handy and be more than happy to replace it for you. I can't count how many time I've been bored and gone into the arcade at a mall and put a couple quarters into Marvel vs. Capcom only to find out that I can't move backwards or use middle punch.
Then again, maybe all the mall arcades actually just set the machines on the secret "uber" mode hoping to attract die hard fans looking for a challenge?:)
That's all well and good if you want to play some single player action game or something, but what about fighting games, RTS's, FPS's and the myriad of other games who have a relatively short single player experience (in the case of fight games often a half hour or less!) but provide as much entertainment and time as you're willing to put into them in multiplayer and/or mastering them.
Umm, South Park is about as politically charged as a show can be without consisting of a panel of asshats. Of every ten episodes, at least nine address some current issue (sometimes more subtly than others), blow it out of proportion, and finally end with a message of moderation. South Park is extremely centrist-biased. It preaches against extremes of any sort. Take for example the most recent episode, where immigrants from the future were taking the jobs of people in the present. They had the white trash rednecks wanting to shoot the immigrants and the aging liberal hippy douche wanting to let the immigrants do whatever they want (just like real life, oddly enough). Finally it ends with Stan telling it like it is; where they come from sucks, but if we let them come here unimpeded than here will suck too. The solution, then is to make where they are already NOT suck quite as much.
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Err, to clarify the "game-equivelent" part, I was trying to compare it to a hollywood blockbuster, but somehow the simile got lost in the translation from brain to keyboard. *headdesk*
Ok, so we're making this game-equivelent of an extremely hyped, anticipated sequel and graphics masterpiece. Let's give people wallpapers, and make the "big" option 1024x768! Lame.
See, personally, I dismissed Zelda: WW because I hate Zelda. And most RPGs, for that matter. The only thing I've got against cel-shading is that it started becoming way too overused for a while. I mean, a cel-shaded FPS? A cel-shaded skating game? A cel-shaded racer? Bleh. I actually like cel-shading when it's not used so much. I loved Cel Damage, and I like the visuals of Jet Set Radio, although I'm not much for the gameplay. Personally, I think Master of Orion II is the best game ever made, bar none. Worms: Armageddon is also very far up there.
Personally I wasn't too thrilled with Sonic X, and I'm not complaining. I wanna know when Wolfpack'll start churning out some more Rockman.exe Axess goddammit!
From what I understand of Go, the corners and edges are important strategic areas. Wouldn't wrapping around defeat that?
Sweet googly moogly! This slipped under my radar too! And it looks like they improved it... I just hope they changed the controls to be like Shining Force 2 (i.e. there's a button that automatically interacts with whatever you're looking at, as opposed to having to open the menu and then interact with it).
I should qualify as a cyber athlete. I mean, granted what I do is really more of a solitaire than a competitive activity, but I guarantee you I work up more of a sweat than some 1337 c4mp1n9 5h0ck wh0r3
Agreed.
How about Canada invading Turkey? Greatest military coup in history, lie low for ~200 years, then bust into Turkey. "We're takin' it over, and we're callin' it Chicken, eh!"
Oh, come on, I'm all for knocking Bush, but the sad fact of the matter, everything is not his fault. Just most things. As long as I can remember violence has been tolerated far more than nudity in the US. This outrage would be happening just as much under Clinton, Bush Sr. or... Er, who was it, Reagan? (lol, pretty sad that I can only accurately remember back 2 presidents, and I don't actually remember anything from Bush Sr. But give me a break, I was born in '84.)
Actually, I was simply referring to the fact that Counter-Strike isn't exactly what one would call "cutting edge" technology and doesn't really benefit from having the latest equipment.
Sweet, they get the latest hardware to play, uh, Counter-Strike on...
DDR's really not at fault, though. Arcades have been dying for a long time, they were dying before DDR came out. DDR gave them a shot in the arm, allowing places to stay open and attract people. Yeah, DDR's a wicked embarassing game to play. I play it at home and am reasonably good, but I get way too nervous if I even touch a foot on the pad. But noone says you have to play DDR if you go to an arcade. You can go and play the other games which are only there because DDR has kept the arcade from being converted into a Starbucks or hell, you can even just chill and watch people play.
Wait, they had the king of the hill where they go to Japan last night too?!? I gotta wonder if that's not more than a coincidence.
The sad fact is, just as Street Fighter II brought the glory days of arcades, DDR is its last leg. I'm not saying DDR is at fault-- far from it. DDR is keeping what few arcades that are left alive and they were failing for other reasons (primarily the quality of home systems and the fact that while the cost of home games hasn't increased as far back as I can remember (I remember all those new Genesis games I used to force my dad to buy me costing $40 and $50), arcade games have at least doubled in price, and the larger games often cost a dollar or more per play. Of course, if you go to Japan, the games run off 100 coins which are the equivelent of ~$0.90USD, so even for the "cheap" games they're paying twice as much as we do in the US, but they in return get a much better atmosphere. The games are all a bit shorter and have comfy stools so you get to sit down and enjoy them. The games are also kept in tip top condition... If you don't like the way a joystick feels, you can tell whoever's working there and they will have the technical skill to replace it, have replacement parts handy and be more than happy to replace it for you. I can't count how many time I've been bored and gone into the arcade at a mall and put a couple quarters into Marvel vs. Capcom only to find out that I can't move backwards or use middle punch. Then again, maybe all the mall arcades actually just set the machines on the secret "uber" mode hoping to attract die hard fans looking for a challenge? :)
That's all well and good if you want to play some single player action game or something, but what about fighting games, RTS's, FPS's and the myriad of other games who have a relatively short single player experience (in the case of fight games often a half hour or less!) but provide as much entertainment and time as you're willing to put into them in multiplayer and/or mastering them.
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Umm, South Park is about as politically charged as a show can be without consisting of a panel of asshats. Of every ten episodes, at least nine address some current issue (sometimes more subtly than others), blow it out of proportion, and finally end with a message of moderation. South Park is extremely centrist-biased. It preaches against extremes of any sort. Take for example the most recent episode, where immigrants from the future were taking the jobs of people in the present. They had the white trash rednecks wanting to shoot the immigrants and the aging liberal hippy douche wanting to let the immigrants do whatever they want (just like real life, oddly enough). Finally it ends with Stan telling it like it is; where they come from sucks, but if we let them come here unimpeded than here will suck too. The solution, then is to make where they are already NOT suck quite as much.