I totally agree with your opinion. Sadly Sega failed to market its later systems, let alone gimmicks and whatnot. It used to be relaxing playing Get Bass with the rod (sans the timer, that is)
Nintendo have never the good guys. Though I admire their business model of taking risks and letting the consumer vote with their wallets, Sony have always played it safe and in fact allowed for far more "creative freedoms". It's only their cocky approach and shoving Blu-ray down our throats that's intolerable, as well as their PR propaganda. I hope Sony will learn some important lessons this time.
I reckon gamers can give a franchise a second chance even if devs botch it up (I was quite disappointed with EWJ3D).. I can't see a reason why EWJ can't become a cash cow for Shiny once more. Except of course it's creatively demanding. Dave Perry was at his best with platformers. His Matrix games suck and he still believes he can do decent movie-to-game translations.
I miss that old worm:(
Just to add.. Borat was correct in choosing that stereotype from Kazakhstan, since I've seen one or two TV reports about his new film, and not a word about the poor human rights record in that country. Why? I reckon it's bloody obvious.
Your media stinks! And everyone else knows it. CBS or even ABC and CNN (bar CNN Int'l) are no match for the BBC, Euronews or even the propagandic Aljazeera for that matter. It's void of journalistic integrity. Just this evening I was watching CBS news, and it occurred to me you Yanks have little idea of anything going on outside your borders. So much censorship and lobbying you have in your media it's sickening (alright, so all media are biased, but you go over the top). News programmes with the emotional music or that crap really grate on my nerves. They can't even preview a book without blatantly advertising for it, like tonight's CBS news show (can't bloody bother to remember the title of the book this time). Bah!
The Daily Show on the other hand, it's a breath of fresh air.. Shame they charge insane rates for American cable channels. Then again, maybe not =P
Thank you for that insightful comment. I'm at a loss myself, but I'm learning being a greedy materialist can't get you anywhere really in the end. One has to strike a balance, though I've been looking into voluntary simplicity recently.. Still would appreciate owning a few items not to mention decent compensation for any work done.
It's already October 4th in my time zone. See ya next year then, that is if DRM won't already have become a de facto with Vista, the PS3 and God knows what else.
I don't want a Hollywood director to preach about interactivity because that's a spell for disaster. A conventional film director knows zilch about interactivity, except bossing people around apparently. Of course we need more creative types to join the gaming industry, but without companies like the old Sega and Nintendo to take chances and invest in new concepts, we're going to see the same sequels in Kaz Hirai's hilarious presentation over and over again, each time drawn in more polygons and using better textures.
The industry is in a very sorry state, creatively speaking. Just look at the Japanese and American charts. Simply pathetic.
..but I'm buying a Wii sometime in the future. The N64 was a flop, almost like the Dreamcast. Both had their pleasant moments, and I personally prefer the Dreamcast because of its superior graphics and plethora of side-scrolling shoot 'em ups. Shenmue > Zelda IMHO, and as for Perfect Dark and Goldeneye they were stellar in their day, but I really don't see myself playing either in an emulator. So many better FPS's are already out there so why the bother. Oh and Turok was hardly groundbreaking. Pretty at the time, but hardly groundbreaking.
A little offtopic perhaps, but has anyone checked Lego's new products? Harry Potter? Batman? WTF? It's all cash-in crap! I know videogames have ravaged the toys industry, but this is absurd. Perhaps Technic and the trains line would remain Lego's last decent toy products.
I think Kojima-san's direction of non-game cutscenes in titles like MGS and ZoE can be considered an alternate form of the seventh art. However I think this debate will keep repeating itself without any clear answers, and thus I have no interest in pursuing it any further.
NES-SNES? Are you kidding me? Why do you announce SNES as the winner of the 16-bit wars? At best it was neck-to-neck with the Genesis/Megadrive. Get your facts straight pal!
Sorry but I think all of AOL's software is rubbish. I downloaded an AIM beta from their website and it refused to work at all on my Win2K3 server. Revert back to their classical balderdash, lo and behold it's Win32 nostalgia! Annoying sounds, outdated GUI, crappy design.. Are these apps made by school kids?
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I totally agree with your opinion. Sadly Sega failed to market its later systems, let alone gimmicks and whatnot. It used to be relaxing playing Get Bass with the rod (sans the timer, that is)
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me!
Greenhill and Ice Cap zones from the Sonic series.
Nintendo have never the good guys. Though I admire their business model of taking risks and letting the consumer vote with their wallets, Sony have always played it safe and in fact allowed for far more "creative freedoms". It's only their cocky approach and shoving Blu-ray down our throats that's intolerable, as well as their PR propaganda. I hope Sony will learn some important lessons this time.
No way can you qualift RF2 as one of the all-time worst. It was playable, and it was fun. Nothing more, nothing less.
I thought they were going to talk about fanboy flamewars which the trolls actually seem to be rather enjoying.. Boy it's late.
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I reckon gamers can give a franchise a second chance even if devs botch it up (I was quite disappointed with EWJ3D).. I can't see a reason why EWJ can't become a cash cow for Shiny once more. Except of course it's creatively demanding. Dave Perry was at his best with platformers. His Matrix games suck and he still believes he can do decent movie-to-game translations. I miss that old worm :(
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Precisely! And some Yanks are beginning to realise it thankfully.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show Faaar from it =P (though I don't know who's that person you're talking about either)
Just to add.. Borat was correct in choosing that stereotype from Kazakhstan, since I've seen one or two TV reports about his new film, and not a word about the poor human rights record in that country. Why? I reckon it's bloody obvious.
Your media stinks! And everyone else knows it. CBS or even ABC and CNN (bar CNN Int'l) are no match for the BBC, Euronews or even the propagandic Aljazeera for that matter. It's void of journalistic integrity. Just this evening I was watching CBS news, and it occurred to me you Yanks have little idea of anything going on outside your borders. So much censorship and lobbying you have in your media it's sickening (alright, so all media are biased, but you go over the top). News programmes with the emotional music or that crap really grate on my nerves. They can't even preview a book without blatantly advertising for it, like tonight's CBS news show (can't bloody bother to remember the title of the book this time). Bah!
The Daily Show on the other hand, it's a breath of fresh air.. Shame they charge insane rates for American cable channels. Then again, maybe not =P
Thank you for that insightful comment. I'm at a loss myself, but I'm learning being a greedy materialist can't get you anywhere really in the end. One has to strike a balance, though I've been looking into voluntary simplicity recently.. Still would appreciate owning a few items not to mention decent compensation for any work done.
It's already October 4th in my time zone. See ya next year then, that is if DRM won't already have become a de facto with Vista, the PS3 and God knows what else.
I don't want a Hollywood director to preach about interactivity because that's a spell for disaster. A conventional film director knows zilch about interactivity, except bossing people around apparently. Of course we need more creative types to join the gaming industry, but without companies like the old Sega and Nintendo to take chances and invest in new concepts, we're going to see the same sequels in Kaz Hirai's hilarious presentation over and over again, each time drawn in more polygons and using better textures. The industry is in a very sorry state, creatively speaking. Just look at the Japanese and American charts. Simply pathetic.
..but I'm buying a Wii sometime in the future. The N64 was a flop, almost like the Dreamcast. Both had their pleasant moments, and I personally prefer the Dreamcast because of its superior graphics and plethora of side-scrolling shoot 'em ups. Shenmue > Zelda IMHO, and as for Perfect Dark and Goldeneye they were stellar in their day, but I really don't see myself playing either in an emulator. So many better FPS's are already out there so why the bother. Oh and Turok was hardly groundbreaking. Pretty at the time, but hardly groundbreaking.
General George S. Patton, YOU'RE ALIVE?!?!
A little offtopic perhaps, but has anyone checked Lego's new products? Harry Potter? Batman? WTF? It's all cash-in crap! I know videogames have ravaged the toys industry, but this is absurd. Perhaps Technic and the trains line would remain Lego's last decent toy products.
I found it boring too, but I wanted to keep playing for some odd reason.
I think Kojima-san's direction of non-game cutscenes in titles like MGS and ZoE can be considered an alternate form of the seventh art. However I think this debate will keep repeating itself without any clear answers, and thus I have no interest in pursuing it any further.
You mofo geeks have done it again! But it's not like anybody RTFA or anything.
NES-SNES? Are you kidding me? Why do you announce SNES as the winner of the 16-bit wars? At best it was neck-to-neck with the Genesis/Megadrive. Get your facts straight pal!
..are doomed to repeat it!
Sorry but I think all of AOL's software is rubbish. I downloaded an AIM beta from their website and it refused to work at all on my Win2K3 server. Revert back to their classical balderdash, lo and behold it's Win32 nostalgia! Annoying sounds, outdated GUI, crappy design.. Are these apps made by school kids?