This lap-board thing is real and apparently it works rather well. It's made appearances before. While I definitely wouldn't recommend PRE-ORDERING from that company, once it actually becomes available it could likely be a solid product. Wireless keyboard/mouse combos from MS run about $100, and this one is DESIGNED to go on your lap, with a mousing surface. If I ever see one in the store, I might consider buying it to replace my current wired keyboard.
Or, y'know, you could just enable widescreen mode. It makes the text perfectly legible even on standard televisions. I have an HDTV myself, but I was curious to see just how bad the text problem really is, and even without widescreen, you only have to squint a little.
It's not dumb at all. By making the amount different than 1 pt = 1 ct, Microsoft has made it harder to recognize the amount of money you're spending, so you're more likely to spend over your limit.
Also, as soneone else mentioned, by making the exchange less than 100, they can post amounts that look like less than they really are.
Or maybe, you know, he purposely left that information out since that's part of the joke. Or was that too subtle for you?
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But is it true that if you fall ill with, say, the common cold or flu, that going to a sauna or steambath and sweating a lot will help to clean out the sickness? I'm almost positive that it can't possibly be true, but my Sgt swears that it is.
That's impossible, obviously the show is going ahead with the premise that violent games DO cause violent crimes, and if they put in a lawyer like Jack Thompson it'd throw the whole thing off because their lawyer would have to be insane, attack anyone who doesn't agree with him, and ultimately lose his license to practice law.
That's a scary thought, considering I'm in the Army now, and most of these guys claim to have been in the Army previously. Maybe I should buy this book and bone up early.
They still make them? Most media stores have relegated all their VHS stock to a single shelf at basement prices. I understand that many people still have VHS because the new-fangled 'tech' of the DVD scares them, but it's getting to the point now where you simply can't find tapes to play anymore. TiVo has the right idea on this one, although I hope they weren't saying they were the replacement for the VCR.
Cell phone gaming HAS taken off. Just not in the US. Take a look at some of the stuff they get over in Japan. I think a large part of it is the fact that US phones basically suck. The only good game I ever played on one was before the advent of color screens and it was a Roguelike.
Over there they have Final Fantasy 7: Before Crisis,Shining Force, and, although I don't have links for them, Dragon Quest/Warrior and a bunch of other REAL games. Many of them are sold in chapters or installments, typically for around 500 yen. When I see crappy half-assed pinball games going on US phones for $5, the distance between the two standards really starts to show. I'D pay $5 for a FF7 prequel I could play on my phone when I'm not busy doing anything else. I'd pay $5 for Shining Force! But we don't have those. I really wish we did, or at least things LIKE them.
Not until then will cell gaming really take off.
No. This is a common misconception of the ESRB rating system. The ESRB ratings are GUIDELINES only. There has never been any legal penalty attached to them, even the AO rating. Many stores had a policy of checking ID and/or refusing to sell an M rated or higher game to a minor, but there was no actual law against it.
I wasn't aware the idea of SETI was to establish communications with other sentient life. I thought the whole point was simply to FIND them if they are there. We can work on what comes after that, AFTER THAT.
I was eight around the time Zelda came out. In any case, even as a kid, I was never the gamer that leaned into turns with the controller in Rad Racer or inexplicably jerked the controller around when playing Mario. I've always gamed in exactly the same way...zoned out with occasional bursts of rage when frustration reaches a boiling point. (Most often nowadays it happens in Battlefield 2.)
Nintendo didn't actually make the Power Glove, did they? In any case, all the hands on reviews said it works pretty well, so I'm just excited to get my own taste of it as soon as possible.
No...dude, seriously. You got phished. I got those same exact emails. I hope nothing bad happens to your stuff but if I were you I'd change all my passwords and call the bank to make sure nothing unusual has been going on.
Indeed, the recent storm of 'suspicious activity' emails from Paypal are NOT really from Paypal, and if you followed any links from them and revealed personal information, well, you better go change it and/or cancel any accounts, cause you just got phished.
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I think the subject says it all. But I'll repeat it here for those who missed it. 'ElkS'?
This lap-board thing is real and apparently it works rather well. It's made appearances before. While I definitely wouldn't recommend PRE-ORDERING from that company, once it actually becomes available it could likely be a solid product. Wireless keyboard/mouse combos from MS run about $100, and this one is DESIGNED to go on your lap, with a mousing surface. If I ever see one in the store, I might consider buying it to replace my current wired keyboard.
Or, y'know, you could just enable widescreen mode. It makes the text perfectly legible even on standard televisions. I have an HDTV myself, but I was curious to see just how bad the text problem really is, and even without widescreen, you only have to squint a little.
Someone hasn't played Guilty Gear XX Slash.
It's not dumb at all. By making the amount different than 1 pt = 1 ct, Microsoft has made it harder to recognize the amount of money you're spending, so you're more likely to spend over your limit.
Also, as soneone else mentioned, by making the exchange less than 100, they can post amounts that look like less than they really are.
Lol.
Or maybe, you know, he purposely left that information out since that's part of the joke. Or was that too subtle for you?
But is it true that if you fall ill with, say, the common cold or flu, that going to a sauna or steambath and sweating a lot will help to clean out the sickness? I'm almost positive that it can't possibly be true, but my Sgt swears that it is.
That's impossible, obviously the show is going ahead with the premise that violent games DO cause violent crimes, and if they put in a lawyer like Jack Thompson it'd throw the whole thing off because their lawyer would have to be insane, attack anyone who doesn't agree with him, and ultimately lose his license to practice law.
That's a scary thought, considering I'm in the Army now, and most of these guys claim to have been in the Army previously. Maybe I should buy this book and bone up early.
Not as funny as your comma usage.
But everyone knows hobos don't have names. It's always just 'That guy on the median at the intersection of Ironwood and Laneview St.'.
No, video games have the social stigma that they cause you to kill without mercy.
In 100 billion years or so, there are gonna be some seriously freaked out aliens.
They still make them? Most media stores have relegated all their VHS stock to a single shelf at basement prices. I understand that many people still have VHS because the new-fangled 'tech' of the DVD scares them, but it's getting to the point now where you simply can't find tapes to play anymore. TiVo has the right idea on this one, although I hope they weren't saying they were the replacement for the VCR.
Cell phone gaming HAS taken off. Just not in the US. Take a look at some of the stuff they get over in Japan. I think a large part of it is the fact that US phones basically suck. The only good game I ever played on one was before the advent of color screens and it was a Roguelike. Over there they have Final Fantasy 7: Before Crisis, Shining Force, and, although I don't have links for them, Dragon Quest/Warrior and a bunch of other REAL games. Many of them are sold in chapters or installments, typically for around 500 yen. When I see crappy half-assed pinball games going on US phones for $5, the distance between the two standards really starts to show. I'D pay $5 for a FF7 prequel I could play on my phone when I'm not busy doing anything else. I'd pay $5 for Shining Force! But we don't have those. I really wish we did, or at least things LIKE them. Not until then will cell gaming really take off.
No. This is a common misconception of the ESRB rating system. The ESRB ratings are GUIDELINES only. There has never been any legal penalty attached to them, even the AO rating. Many stores had a policy of checking ID and/or refusing to sell an M rated or higher game to a minor, but there was no actual law against it.
I wasn't aware the idea of SETI was to establish communications with other sentient life. I thought the whole point was simply to FIND them if they are there. We can work on what comes after that, AFTER THAT.
I was eight around the time Zelda came out. In any case, even as a kid, I was never the gamer that leaned into turns with the controller in Rad Racer or inexplicably jerked the controller around when playing Mario. I've always gamed in exactly the same way...zoned out with occasional bursts of rage when frustration reaches a boiling point. (Most often nowadays it happens in Battlefield 2.)
Go here. Download the commercial for Legend of Zelda. Tell me that that is what gamers acted like, even back in the eighties.
I can. Two words for increased traffic.
Free porn!
Nintendo didn't actually make the Power Glove, did they? In any case, all the hands on reviews said it works pretty well, so I'm just excited to get my own taste of it as soon as possible.
Die monster! You don't belong in this world!
No...dude, seriously. You got phished. I got those same exact emails. I hope nothing bad happens to your stuff but if I were you I'd change all my passwords and call the bank to make sure nothing unusual has been going on.
Indeed, the recent storm of 'suspicious activity' emails from Paypal are NOT really from Paypal, and if you followed any links from them and revealed personal information, well, you better go change it and/or cancel any accounts, cause you just got phished.