It's easy to get lost in the 19,000 articles Zonk posts every day. Your comments would also be more valid if the bulk of the article wasn't copied and pasted from 1up.com, which shows up so often that it seems to be a paid relationship.
If it's not a paid relationship, Zonk really needs to expand his web browsing horizons.
"Those adoring eyes glazing at you with complete obedience. The moist soft tongue running up and down the back of your feet."
I mean, really. Zonk, after a morning deluge of articles you nearly redeemed yourself with the BBC one, but no, you can't stop posting. You have an itchy submission queue trigger finger (and we all know where it's been).
I wish slashdot would open a meta.slashdot.org subsite wherein the editors posted and addressed common complaints, suggestions, feedback, etc. It would draw a lot of the inflammatory (yet often valid) stuff out of the normal comment threads and help to relieve some of the "ivory tower" attitude that seems to permeate the editorial board of slashdot, inc.
During the bombings of 7/7, I gave up trying to get decent live coverage from any of my cable news channels in the first 5 hours of the event. I went directly to BBC on the web, and was able to watch the whole thing live, a streamed version of BBC1. Perfect.
*click*
"...I don't mind about the war, that's one of the things I like to watch, if it's a war going on, 'cause then I know if our side's winning, if our side's losing..."
Microsoft (or anybody else) selling a console without a save mechanism would be like Microsoft selling Excel without the save button (it would be available as an online patch for $40 though).
maybe if they had a package and let you pick 2 games from that list instead of forcing specific titles on you. I am sure i aiwll get the 399 package, and then a game or 2, so i would love a package, i would just want to pick the games...
But then nobody would buy the crappy games, which is one of the major reasons for bundling them.
I think the UMD format would be a lot more useful for people it it was added Netflix. Paying $20 or $30 for something you're only going to watch once on the bus or airplane seems like a rip, but if you could get three new movies a week for the ride to work for $15/month...that's not so bad.
Or, you know, you could go to ebay.com and type "psp 1.5" into the search box.
Since you're concerned about inconvenience and energy expenditure, I'll point out that this would have taken less time than typing out your posts on slashdot crying about how hard it is to find one.
How do you like Advance Wars? Is it different enough from second one for the GBA to get? The main reason I was thinking of buying it is so I can utilize the DS's sleep mode.
If I close my DS in the middle of a game on the GBA one it just keeps chugging away.
Unfortunately your entire thought, if that's what we're calling it, was based on an erroneous supposition. You didn't know what the definition of mature was. This was unfortunate because your entire post was about how everyone else didn't know what mature meant.
"Suitable or intended for adults: mature subject matter."
Is it possible that you don't know what mature means? You seem to be confusing it with the word intelligent, which is another one that you probably don't know the meaning of.
Hell, most of the crap out there is just plain juvenile. For some reason, people equate GTA and other games of the same nature to equal mature, while games such as Mario are kiddy.
Is Mario intended for adults? Do the brightly colored graphics and non-offensive cartoon characters give you that impression? It's intended for all ages. This does not correspond to any definition of the word mature unless you are sayin g that the Mario games are "No longer subject to great expansion or development," which lately has been true.
I think the real "mature gamer" is the one that doesnt give a shit about the "image" of the game theyre playing, so long as they have fun, be they a 13-year old or a 50-year old.
Obviously you are correct and everyone else is wrong. If only they would ask you before they print these articles! Jerks, the lot of them!
I think the real "mature gamer" is an abstract concept that unfortunately doesn't actually exist anywhere but in your head. There is no "real" or "false" mature gamer. There is no dividing line between a mature gamer and Joe FartJoke. People are multifaceted. You should stop obsessing over meaningless nametags and characterizations and just accept that people enjoy different things.
You aren't adding in the cost of a second wireless controller, which is expensive.
So take your $550 total price, and add in another $50 for the extra controller. Strangely, that equals $600. If you want the stupid play and charge cable, the total is greater than $600, which is the price you were disputing.
You realize that if you have 5 members, that works out to a whopping $3.33 / month.
You really can't afford that?
I'm not arguing that it's not silly that you'd have to pay it, mind you. I'm just really curious if there is someone out there who can afford a computer but can't find $3.33 on a monthly basis.
The astute reader will notice that the crime was perpetrated by a bot.
This is just another sad and horrifying example of robots turning on their human masters. We really need to do something about these metal menaces before it's too late. Flesh creatures unite! The time for battle is upon us.
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Keyboard: maps to buttons and d-pad.
Mouse: draws on the emulated touchscreen.
Phew, solved that one!
It's easy to get lost in the 19,000 articles Zonk posts every day. Your comments would also be more valid if the bulk of the article wasn't copied and pasted from 1up.com, which shows up so often that it seems to be a paid relationship.
If it's not a paid relationship, Zonk really needs to expand his web browsing horizons.
The writeup sounds like some sick pr0n story.
"Those adoring eyes glazing at you with complete obedience. The moist soft tongue running up and down the back of your feet."
I mean, really. Zonk, after a morning deluge of articles you nearly redeemed yourself with the BBC one, but no, you can't stop posting. You have an itchy submission queue trigger finger (and we all know where it's been).
Quality, not quantity, dude. Please.
I wish slashdot would open a meta.slashdot.org subsite wherein the editors posted and addressed common complaints, suggestions, feedback, etc. It would draw a lot of the inflammatory (yet often valid) stuff out of the normal comment threads and help to relieve some of the "ivory tower" attitude that seems to permeate the editorial board of slashdot, inc.
I don't hold out hope that it will ever happen.
During the bombings of 7/7, I gave up trying to get decent live coverage from any of my cable news channels in the first 5 hours of the event. I went directly to BBC on the web, and was able to watch the whole thing live, a streamed version of BBC1. Perfect.
*click*
"...I don't mind about the war, that's one of the things I like to watch, if it's a war going on, 'cause then I know if our side's winning, if our side's losing..."
*click*
The basic console and one game costs about $460.
Damn, $460 for one game.
What a bargain.
Microsoft (or anybody else) selling a console without a save mechanism would be like Microsoft selling Excel without the save button (it would be available as an online patch for $40 though).
Please don't give them ideas.
maybe if they had a package and let you pick 2 games from that list instead of forcing specific titles on you. I am sure i aiwll get the 399 package, and then a game or 2, so i would love a package, i would just want to pick the games...
But then nobody would buy the crappy games, which is one of the major reasons for bundling them.
Show me a high-end gaming PC with 11 titles for $1,200. Geez. You pay that for an average PC without any good software.
Maybe if your "average PC" made out of diamonds and gold bricks. You can get a pretty damn nice PC for $1200.
I think the UMD format would be a lot more useful for people it it was added Netflix. Paying $20 or $30 for something you're only going to watch once on the bus or airplane seems like a rip, but if you could get three new movies a week for the ride to work for $15/month...that's not so bad.
They should also work on porting PS2 games to the PSP.
Sony has made it clear that they don't want this to happen.
Sony Muscle: ROGER ROGER.
Sony Executive 1: What's our vector Victor?
Or, you know, you could go to ebay.com and type "psp 1.5" into the search box.
Since you're concerned about inconvenience and energy expenditure, I'll point out that this would have taken less time than typing out your posts on slashdot crying about how hard it is to find one.
Love always,
cornface
My money's on the former.
That's what they're counting on!
How do you like Advance Wars? Is it different enough from second one for the GBA to get? The main reason I was thinking of buying it is so I can utilize the DS's sleep mode.
If I close my DS in the middle of a game on the GBA one it just keeps chugging away.
b) Having reached a desired or final condition; ripe: a mature cheese.
There was more, but you had me at "a mature cheese."
Aw, that's cute.
Unfortunately your entire thought, if that's what we're calling it, was based on an erroneous supposition. You didn't know what the definition of mature was. This was unfortunate because your entire post was about how everyone else didn't know what mature meant.
In conclusion, blow me.
No, seriously. I'm lonely and nude.
I don't care which has the higher MHz or bogus benchmark scores. I don't play 3DMark, I play _games_.
I have a top end Athlon 64 4000+, 2 GB RAM, a 7800 GTX, and a WD Raptor in my current PC
hahah. Yeah, someone with that system doesn't care about what has the higher Mhz.
Okay. I definitely 100% believe you.
People throw around the word "mature" in console gaming more than they do "hardcore gamer" now. I dont think people understand what either mean.
You can obviously discern their intended meaning or you wouldn't be griping. You are not the font of gaming definitions.
Just because GTA has explicit sex scenes, graphic violence, and copious swearing doesnt make it at all "mature".
In fact, it does.
Mature:
"Suitable or intended for adults: mature subject matter."
Is it possible that you don't know what mature means? You seem to be confusing it with the word intelligent, which is another one that you probably don't know the meaning of.
Hell, most of the crap out there is just plain juvenile. For some reason, people equate GTA and other games of the same nature to equal mature, while games such as Mario are kiddy.
Is Mario intended for adults? Do the brightly colored graphics and non-offensive cartoon characters give you that impression? It's intended for all ages. This does not correspond to any definition of the word mature unless you are sayin g that the Mario games are "No longer subject to great expansion or development," which lately has been true.
I think the real "mature gamer" is the one that doesnt give a shit about the "image" of the game theyre playing, so long as they have fun, be they a 13-year old or a 50-year old.
Obviously you are correct and everyone else is wrong. If only they would ask you before they print these articles! Jerks, the lot of them!
I think the real "mature gamer" is an abstract concept that unfortunately doesn't actually exist anywhere but in your head. There is no "real" or "false" mature gamer. There is no dividing line between a mature gamer and Joe FartJoke. People are multifaceted. You should stop obsessing over meaningless nametags and characterizations and just accept that people enjoy different things.
Why yes, yes I do. It's the Seagate LD25, 2.5" appliance oriented drive.
Article saying which drive is used.
PDF spec sheet from Seagate.
I haven't been able to dig up any pricing info on the drives themselves. They come in 20/30/40gb capacities.
I guess if you're comfortable shelling out that kind of cash to play all your new games alone, that would be okay.
I've always bought two controllers. I think it's kind of lame they don't include two by default with any of the systems.
I'm pretty sure they're using notebook sized drives. The 120gb notebook drive on the link you pasted is $263. So you were off by 180gb and $163.
You gave it the ol' college try, though.
You aren't adding in the cost of a second wireless controller, which is expensive.
So take your $550 total price, and add in another $50 for the extra controller. Strangely, that equals $600. If you want the stupid play and charge cable, the total is greater than $600, which is the price you were disputing.
You realize that if you have 5 members, that works out to a whopping $3.33 / month.
You really can't afford that?
I'm not arguing that it's not silly that you'd have to pay it, mind you. I'm just really curious if there is someone out there who can afford a computer but can't find $3.33 on a monthly basis.
Fascinating!
The astute reader will notice that the crime was perpetrated by a bot.
This is just another sad and horrifying example of robots turning on their human masters. We really need to do something about these metal menaces before it's too late. Flesh creatures unite! The time for battle is upon us.