I just beat Super Mario Bros 3 two days ago, this makes me feel great to know it took me 20 years!
That's got to be one of the greatest games ever.
I first learned of its existence when I stopped in the arcade at the Tacoma Mall in '89 (either late '89 or very early '90) and there was an SMB3 machine. My jaw dropped, and I promptly spent half of my allowance on it. I would've spent my entire allowance, but I left to tell my friend the news. He refused to believe me and it took a lot of coaxing to convince him to go to the mall with me to show him. Then we both proceeded to spend all the money we had on it.:)
Once the game was released for the NES and I got a copy of it, it took me a couple of weeks to beat it. I'm not as much a hardcore gamer today as I was then, but I still enjoy playing SMB3.
Of course, after twenty years, I still haven't managed to make it into the minus worlds in SMB.
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Man talk about a biased magazine. I mean it is Nintendo who owns it after all. At the time though I ate it all up with gusto! Plus by subscribing during a promotion: I got a copy of Dragon Warrior.
Heh, I remember that promotion; it's when I got my subscription to Nintendo Power too. I was fifteen at the time, and I was upset when my first issue arrived, but no Dragon Warrior. A call to customer service revealed that my subscription had been processed as a non-promotional subscription, but they sent me the game via priority mail to fix things.
Once the game arrived, I spent an entire week in my room playing that damn game until the wee hours of the morning to finish it. Then Final Fantasy came out -- I swear my parents must have forgotten what I looked like during my RPG craze.
I have several years' worth of Nintendo Power magazines in storage; the newest issue must be close to a decade old by now.
At the time, all I had for a television that I could call my own was a small 13" b&w one with poor reception. Then I noticed something: the RCA cables that came with my NES (and later SNES) worked with my Apple//e monitor -- the graphics were amazingly good on that monitor... there just wasn't any sound. At least until I realized that I could plug the third connector into my radio's input jack.
I guess if you're of the opinion that parents should have no say in what content enters their homes and to what their children are being exposed, then sure that would be flamebait.
That if parents were doing their jobs and paying attention to what their children are buying and playing, legislators wouldn't feel that these laws are necessary.
But then reality sets in, and one realizes that legislators would attempt to pass these laws regardless of how vigilant parents are.
Why would I (or anyone else, for that matter?) want to pay $2.49 for a song I can only listen to on my cellphone when I could buy the same song from iTMS for $0.99 and listen to it on my iPod and computers, and burn it to CD then listen to it anywhere?
Despite the current controversy over their choice of a name, they downplay it. Take this excerpt from their website:
Some OSM readers have expressed consternation over our new company name, so please let us take a moment to explain--in the spirit of full disclosure--the story of its origin. At the outset, we formed a company under the masthead "Pajamas Media," after that now-famous remark about bloggers being "just a bunch of people sitting around in their pajamas." Then, as the idea for the company grew, we cast about for a new name that would reflect our ethos long after the joke grew old. Some of the unsuccessful names rejected along the way were "Alpha Media" and "Jellyfish Media," so don't be so hard on us about "OSM"--it could have been worse.
Not only did they launch themselves with an anti-open source attitude (prohibitive copyright terms which they've since removed from their privacy policy), they didn't do a simple google search to make sure that no confusion would occur as a result of their name selection. OSM should have stuck with "Pajamas Media"... there's nothing wrong with that and it pokes reverent fun at those who shrug off bloggers.
Most ten year olds are caught up with recess, Nintendo, and sibling rivalry. For Timothy Rolfe however at least one day of his week is spent on a university campus.
And the XBox 360 showing up in the 'best breakthrough technology' category? Come on (though that it lost to the PSP is still funny. I smell a Sony plot!).
I wonder what music CDs were played on the computer that compiled the data for the awards...
How much longer until we're able to grow human organs in the lab? The implications of that are enormous... no more long waiting lists for transplants because doctors will be able to grow the needed organs for those who can survive long enough for the organs to mature. The waiting lists can then be limited to those who need new organs now.
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That's got to be one of the greatest games ever.
I first learned of its existence when I stopped in the arcade at the Tacoma Mall in '89 (either late '89 or very early '90) and there was an SMB3 machine. My jaw dropped, and I promptly spent half of my allowance on it. I would've spent my entire allowance, but I left to tell my friend the news. He refused to believe me and it took a lot of coaxing to convince him to go to the mall with me to show him. Then we both proceeded to spend all the money we had on it.
Once the game was released for the NES and I got a copy of it, it took me a couple of weeks to beat it. I'm not as much a hardcore gamer today as I was then, but I still enjoy playing SMB3.
Of course, after twenty years, I still haven't managed to make it into the minus worlds in SMB.
Heh, I remember that promotion; it's when I got my subscription to Nintendo Power too. I was fifteen at the time, and I was upset when my first issue arrived, but no Dragon Warrior. A call to customer service revealed that my subscription had been processed as a non-promotional subscription, but they sent me the game via priority mail to fix things.
Once the game arrived, I spent an entire week in my room playing that damn game until the wee hours of the morning to finish it. Then Final Fantasy came out -- I swear my parents must have forgotten what I looked like during my RPG craze.
I have several years' worth of Nintendo Power magazines in storage; the newest issue must be close to a decade old by now.
At the time, all I had for a television that I could call my own was a small 13" b&w one with poor reception. Then I noticed something: the RCA cables that came with my NES (and later SNES) worked with my Apple
Installing Front Row on an unsupported Mac. Enjoy.
Flamebait?
I guess if you're of the opinion that parents should have no say in what content enters their homes and to what their children are being exposed, then sure that would be flamebait.
That if parents were doing their jobs and paying attention to what their children are buying and playing, legislators wouldn't feel that these laws are necessary.
But then reality sets in, and one realizes that legislators would attempt to pass these laws regardless of how vigilant parents are.
Now where did I put those copies of goatse.cx and tubgirl?
Why would I (or anyone else, for that matter?) want to pay $2.49 for a song I can only listen to on my cellphone when I could buy the same song from iTMS for $0.99 and listen to it on my iPod and computers, and burn it to CD then listen to it anywhere?
Not only did they launch themselves with an anti-open source attitude (prohibitive copyright terms which they've since removed from their privacy policy), they didn't do a simple google search to make sure that no confusion would occur as a result of their name selection. OSM should have stuck with "Pajamas Media"... there's nothing wrong with that and it pokes reverent fun at those who shrug off bloggers.
That's nothing that the right Firefox plugin can't handle! ;)
Timothy Rolfe is youngest student on WNMU campus
Pardon my ignorance, but what's the difference between Skype and Vonage? Is one better than the other, or are they just both crap?
I wonder what music CDs were played on the computer that compiled the data for the awards...
I'm confused... who am I supposed to root for? Stallman or the UN?
;)
Excuse me while I go curl into the fetal position in a corner until I resolve this dilemma.
How much longer until we're able to grow human organs in the lab? The implications of that are enormous... no more long waiting lists for transplants because doctors will be able to grow the needed organs for those who can survive long enough for the organs to mature. The waiting lists can then be limited to those who need new organs now.