"Is it possible that the Rebel ship at the beginning of Episode IV was at Tatooine because they were going to contact Obi-Wan? Leia seems to know who he is and that he lives there."
yeah, that's pretty much stated directly in the movie, Bail Organa sent his daughter to find and recruit his old friend into the Rebellion
"Hell, there were plenty of tri-console titles even in the last generation; even if the PS1 version of Spider-Man, for instance, was uglier, it still played the same as the Dreamcast version."
Just a tiny edit, the Dreamcast is actually the same generation as the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube. Sega's entry into the PS1/N64 battle was the Saturn.
Once, after a marathon Quake II session, i spent about an hour when every time i blinked my eyes, or just let my gaze relax, my mind "translated" whatever i was seeing into blocky graphics. It even did this with people's faces, which was a rather disconcerting effect.
The remedy was just closing my eyes for a few minutes and walking around outside in natural light, but it was still rather unsettling.
"There is a little man that we demand audience with. A tiny tiny little man, no bigger than you, well... perhaps a little bigger than you. Bring him to us at once, but i fear he may not come quietly. A pity."
Little Napolean would run from you (shouting "Sacre Bleu!" over and over again) while his forces shot at you with cannons, knocking pieces of your Katamari off and slowing your progress.
i suppose what i'd like to see is the actual database that keeps track of the whole shebang, perhaps graphically represented like Roller Coaster Tycoon as each guest moves from place to place (provided that they buy stuff with it of course)
it makes more sense that that card would only have your unique ID on it. the system would just edit your entry in the database showing what park you're in and whether or not you have a FastPass at the moment
The Walt Disney World resort in Florida has a rather all-encompassing keycard system. Not only is it your hotel room key, but its also your pass into the theme parks as well. In the parks, you can use it to get Fast-Pass tickets, and the system keeps track to prevent you from having more than one at a time. At the stores and resturants you can charge any purchases to it and they will show up on your bill at checkout. They can even ship the gifts straight to your hotel room by pulling that info off the card as well.
I'd love to see what kind of data is on one of those.
don't you mean "Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A pirate's life for me!"?
Although, i'd imagine that switching the audio tracks for "Pirates of the Carribean" and "It's a Small World" would make for an interesting day at Disneyland.
its funny, i was at a Dave and Buster's this past weekend, enjoying the mix of games and beer. about 60% of the games were light gun shooters, 30% were "driving games" of various types (car, motorcycle, hovercraft, etc) and the remaining 10% was a smattering of various types, and only 2 fighting games (Tekken 4 and Virtua Fighter, uh... 4?)
one of the games however, was a boxing game where you held 2 boxing gloves in your hands, and could "duck" to avoid getting punched. i could see combining these controllers with an eyetoy type camera for that kind of game
Does it have to be pointed at the TV to work? (I have read there are sensors you must place on top your TV)
no, the infrared port on the front is just a light gun for "house of the dead" and "duck hunt" style games. classic games will require the player to turn the controller sideways like an old NES joypad
I should also note that MDI is an ugly, wonky kludge that was added to Windows because of Mac superiority. On a Mac, you can have an app open with NO windows, or have multiple Windows that share the Apple menu bar. MDI is an attempt to replicate this, with a dull gray background, blech!.
Because when you switch to PhotoShop or Gimp from another application on a Mac, ALL the pallette windows come with it. In Windows, every toolbar and pallette hangs there by itself and disappear behind your browser or other window, and you have to either bring them all to the front again, or hunt through them until you find the one you want. its a pain in the neck, and made me give up on Gimp on Windows at work.
well, it will be the same honest editorial quality, but now with tie-ins to this week's episode of 24! Synergy!
i could see the following happening:
Fox creates shoddy CGI animated feature that emphasises celebrity voices (from Fox shows) and crappy pop-culture references over story.
Fox commissions video game based on new feature.
Gamespy gives video game glowing review.
Gamespy interviews celebrity voices for site, asking about voiceover work for game, making sure to quote celebrity saying that they're a "big video game fan".
Fox runs cross-media marketing campaign for movie with a scratch-n-win game at Burger King.
Gamespy is plastered with Burger King ads tying into the scratch-n-win promotion.
Following link from Gamespy takes you to flash-based minigame on BK website, urging you to buy the burger, see the movie, and play the PS2 game.
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that would explain the constant shots of rundown gheto houses where stores are supposed to be
i think you nailed it
"Is it possible that the Rebel ship at the beginning of Episode IV was at Tatooine because they were going to contact Obi-Wan? Leia seems to know who he is and that he lives there."
yeah, that's pretty much stated directly in the movie, Bail Organa sent his daughter to find and recruit his old friend into the Rebellion
"Hell, there were plenty of tri-console titles even in the last generation; even if the PS1 version of Spider-Man, for instance, was uglier, it still played the same as the Dreamcast version."
Just a tiny edit, the Dreamcast is actually the same generation as the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube. Sega's entry into the PS1/N64 battle was the Saturn.
i did! i got taken for us$4000 by the "lads from lagos"
ok, now send me my beer please!
(damn, that was easy, maybe those guys are on to something)
actually, i think its supposed to creep you out. the artist is trying to make you feel a little unsettled. i guess it worked
It used to happen to me in waking life.
Once, after a marathon Quake II session, i spent about an hour when every time i blinked my eyes, or just let my gaze relax, my mind "translated" whatever i was seeing into blocky graphics. It even did this with people's faces, which was a rather disconcerting effect.
The remedy was just closing my eyes for a few minutes and walking around outside in natural light, but it was still rather unsettling.
so you can't get a raid party of villians gathered up and have a huge super-battle against a bunch of hero characters ala Horde vs Alliance?
that's lame, what's the point of the game then?
Waterloo level:
"There is a little man that we demand audience with. A tiny tiny little man, no bigger than you, well... perhaps a little bigger than you. Bring him to us at once, but i fear he may not come quietly. A pity."
Little Napolean would run from you (shouting "Sacre Bleu!" over and over again) while his forces shot at you with cannons, knocking pieces of your Katamari off and slowing your progress.
That would be awesome!
X-Men is a team of superheroes, you need a team of supervillians for them to fight.
yeah, you're right.
i suppose what i'd like to see is the actual database that keeps track of the whole shebang, perhaps graphically represented like Roller Coaster Tycoon as each guest moves from place to place (provided that they buy stuff with it of course)
article was slashdotted before i could get to it
it makes more sense that that card would only have your unique ID on it. the system would just edit your entry in the database showing what park you're in and whether or not you have a FastPass at the moment
The Walt Disney World resort in Florida has a rather all-encompassing keycard system. Not only is it your hotel room key, but its also your pass into the theme parks as well. In the parks, you can use it to get Fast-Pass tickets, and the system keeps track to prevent you from having more than one at a time. At the stores and resturants you can charge any purchases to it and they will show up on your bill at checkout. They can even ship the gifts straight to your hotel room by pulling that info off the card as well.
I'd love to see what kind of data is on one of those.
don't you mean "Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A pirate's life for me!"?
Although, i'd imagine that switching the audio tracks for "Pirates of the Carribean" and "It's a Small World" would make for an interesting day at Disneyland.
no no, that's "The Island", a completely different movie. this article should only contain jokes about "face/off".
:)
Thanks
without the same bone structure and musculature, i don't think that the recipient would have an exact copy of your dead wife's face
its funny, i was at a Dave and Buster's this past weekend, enjoying the mix of games and beer. about 60% of the games were light gun shooters, 30% were "driving games" of various types (car, motorcycle, hovercraft, etc) and the remaining 10% was a smattering of various types, and only 2 fighting games (Tekken 4 and Virtua Fighter, uh... 4?)
one of the games however, was a boxing game where you held 2 boxing gloves in your hands, and could "duck" to avoid getting punched. i could see combining these controllers with an eyetoy type camera for that kind of game
ummm... i think you missed the entire point of the comment.... that's exactly what he said
Does it have to be pointed at the TV to work? (I have read there are sensors you must place on top your TV)
no, the infrared port on the front is just a light gun for "house of the dead" and "duck hunt" style games. classic games will require the player to turn the controller sideways like an old NES joypad
of course, this controller has an integrated light gun built into it....... :)
I should also note that MDI is an ugly, wonky kludge that was added to Windows because of Mac superiority. On a Mac, you can have an app open with NO windows, or have multiple Windows that share the Apple menu bar. MDI is an attempt to replicate this, with a dull gray background, blech!.
Because when you switch to PhotoShop or Gimp from another application on a Mac, ALL the pallette windows come with it. In Windows, every toolbar and pallette hangs there by itself and disappear behind your browser or other window, and you have to either bring them all to the front again, or hunt through them until you find the one you want. its a pain in the neck, and made me give up on Gimp on Windows at work.
/scratches head
ok, weird, new URL format, anyway, it was Elijah Wood
http://imdb.com/name/nm0000704/
fun bit o' trivia, that kid was none other than
oh, and it should be obvious that Fox Interactive would publish or produce the video game of course
well, it will be the same honest editorial quality, but now with tie-ins to this week's episode of 24! Synergy!
i could see the following happening:
Fox creates shoddy CGI animated feature that emphasises celebrity voices (from Fox shows) and crappy pop-culture references over story.
Fox commissions video game based on new feature.
Gamespy gives video game glowing review.
Gamespy interviews celebrity voices for site, asking about voiceover work for game, making sure to quote celebrity saying that they're a "big video game fan".
Fox runs cross-media marketing campaign for movie with a scratch-n-win game at Burger King.
Gamespy is plastered with Burger King ads tying into the scratch-n-win promotion.
Following link from Gamespy takes you to flash-based minigame on BK website, urging you to buy the burger, see the movie, and play the PS2 game.
Profit!