The Ninth Doctor went to Utah, though we never actually got to see much of it, besides the underground, and several of the episodes (three, I think) were on a space station, which is technically not England.
Otherwise, one of the plots revolved around a rift in time that had opened up in, where else, England, so they couldn't very well leave and expect the rift to follow, now could they?
I suppose they could also make the argument that tearing people from the past out of their ages is a typical time travel faux pas.
I suspect the answers are "many" and "never," respectively, which I suppose is why you can't seem to find the answer on Google. Because it doesn't exist.
Of course, if you'd kindly step into the inconspicuous looking police box... I'm sure we could find the answer somewhere. Or... somewhen.
Oh humans! Messing with things we don't know aren't harmful. Things like this are nearly always used before they've had a chance to be researched thoroughly, leading to something going horribly, horribly wrong, like giant mutating monsters or zombies or alien attacks.
Maybe I've just been watching too many horror flicks.... Either way, I should hope these people would proceed with extreme caution. I don't like the thought of the soil turning into one big slab of sheet rock. Where would my food come from?
Ha, that's OK. I just use Google to find pages on Wikipedia. It's got all the information I'LL ever need from the internet.
In all seriousness. There must be a reason why Google's floated to the top of the search engine love list, and I highly doubt it can be their (nonexistant) effective advertising campaign or their (also nonexistant) entertaining flashed-based website, because we all know people love those. No, I have to say that Google's got to have come up on top because they've been giving fairly accurate results. I know that if my search results were completely off, there would be almost nothing keeping me from switching to a new search; and, ironically, a search on Google for search engine brings up quite a few possibilities.
I see no problem here... I'll just move right along.
How do you kill hundreds of thousands of viruses with a laser that causes photosynthesis? Bah. Have you been reading too much of the national Exagerator?
Photobiomodulation, according to Wikipedia, sounds like what you're talking about, but the article is relativley lacking in sources, and only boasts that "Certain wavelengths of light at certain intensities (delivered by laser, LED or another monochromatic source) will aid tissue regeneration, resolve inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system." Doesn't sound much like removal of Hep C or HIV.
As human beings, we tend to get very excited at even the smallest most remote possibility of a miracle drug. I definitley think this needs to get lots of funding, and fast, but don't be too disappointed if it fizzles out. We've just got to keep trying. Hopefully, we find the plant or organism that holds the key before it dies out (aka we kill it).
Just because a game isn't for you doesn't mean it isn't good. Or, just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's terrible. In fact, that's the great thing about the DS. There are a LOT of great games for virtually anyone's tastes. I don't think you could say the same thing about the PSP. Don't like FPS games? There are RPGs. Don't like those? How about platformers? Educational games? Racing games? Mini games? Rhythm games?
You obviously don't like games that require constant care or are centered around the sort of "live in" mentality. That's fine. Doesn't mean there aren't people who do. The only reason I'm not playing Animal Crossing right now is because I know if I did, I probably wouldn't stop for several months, and you'd end up finding me dead on the floor somewhere in a pool of my own feces.
Of course, there are more games you could add to that list he posted. I'm sure he just typed what came to mind. Most of those are older titles. There are LOTS of great new titles out.
I think you need to look at these sort of things in percentages. Sure, there are probably more really terrible games out for the DS than the PSP, but what's that percentage compared to really great games? I'd wager it's a much smaller percentage. There are lots of games that are "good" for their niche (though not everyone may like them).
"Rob, we have bad news. The test results came back positive. Turns out when you sneezed on your pet mouse, you gave him diabetes."
It's like one of those terrible comic captions from The New Yorker.
I think, in an evolutionary sense, it would be more appropriate to say that humans got them from mice. Or, more accurate still, that they were present in the genome that mice were using and that humans eventually would eventually inherit.
Ah, forget it. We'll just chalk it up to Creationism and call it a day.
If you say you'd rather push a button than actually swing something to mimic sword movement... well, I just don't know what to think. You need to sit down and actually start playing the game. Once you do, it becomes second nature. It's the most natural thing in the world, just doing a quick movement and having him slash. It fits perfectly. It's just as responsive and acurate. It's not as if you actually have to aim your slashes. You just do a little movement, and he does his thing.
Worst case, just think of it as adding another "air button" to the controller, which frees up the actual buttons for more important things, like tool selection and the like.
Even MORE of a joy is using the Bow and Arrow or Clawshot. I was FLYING around a dungeon using the clawshot, because the point and shoot capability is perfect for that sort of thing. I could see some situations in certain dungeons where trying to line things up using the traditional method would be a pain after doing it this way.
A minute at a demo booth is WAY too short to accuratley experience what the Wii version has to offer. Seriously, people are hyping it for a reason. Stop trying to tack on the lame excuse that "OMG TEH MOTION SENSING'S ONLY FOR TEH FISHING!" It's not. I haven't even GOT to the actual fishing section yet, and I'm almost thirty hours in. It's not the focus of the game at all.
If you're going to buy a Wii solely for Zelda, then let it collect dust, then sure, the GC version might be more worth it. If you're going to end up buying a Wii eventually, anyway, when great titles start coming out for it... well, your loss now, I suppose.
Me? I'll stick with the "wrist flicking," thank you. Shaking the nunchuck to do a spin attack just feels SO DARN COOL.
Because standardized testing NEVER existed before the Bush administration. Seriously, though I don't disagree with you, I remember taking standardized tests years and years before Bush's reign of stupid began.
This is a problem that stems not from the president, but from the institution that has been built by countless politicians and beaureaucrats, brick by brick, year by year. Forcing students to all take the same test is easy on the system, but destroys the point of education. You kill the drive in the gifted and advanced student populations while the special needs students drag behind, and the "average" kids are given no reason to try to get ahead, and teachers are given no reason to teach anything but what is on the test. It's a huge problem that needs a huge solution, one that I don't forsee coming from the White House, no matter who the president is.
This country's downfall will be its education system, mark my words. Without education, everything else falls apart.
4. What if someone asks for a warrant, should they also get electrocuted. After all "all he had to do was let them search." No, thats different than suspiciously not leaving a public place or providing ID when asked by an authority.
How is that any different? What if the police had demanded to search him right there, or risk being tasered, and he had simply stayed on the floor? You're telling me that going limp on the floor or not moving is considered "suspicious?" They can tase me if, for some reason, I can't move or it hurts to move? Man, dead people must be TERRIBLE for the police. They scream at them to get up, and you tase them, and they STILL don't get up.
Not providing an ID when asked by authority sounds like he didn't provide ANY ID. He just didn't have his campus ID. Why didn't they ask him for a driver's license or some other form of identification? If he was leaving anyway, as the article said he was, why did they need to grab his arm at all?
The police are not supposed to be the ones inititalizing a physical confrontation. It's different if the criminal does, or shows intent to (having a weapon). Remember, these people are serving YOU (and everyone around you), you're not serving THEM.
Maybe the GBA had no real 3D capabilities, but go play Golden Sun, and tell me a GBA game can't do a smashing good job of simulating three dimensions.
That game was gorgeous.
Either way, what was your point? That the GBA couldn't compete with the PSP's predicessor?...the Amazing Non-Existant Sony Portable Doodad? (ANESPD! Rolls right off the tongue). The DS has outdone the PSP, through more effective marketing, innovative design, and the fact that it doesn't suck. (Read: it has good games, fun to play, battery doesn't explode, etc etc.)
Odds are looking good for Nintendo. They've pretty much done everything in their power to make this thing succeed, and all they can do now is hope for an accepting early adoption base. Sony, on the other hand, insists on punching its consumers in the teeth moments before console release. WHY SONY WHY?! (After seeing that PS3 Baby commercial, I was mortified. Why would I buy a console that obviously includes a screaming, crying Satanic baby?
Flames?! Why, we here at Sony LOVE flames. Flames and explosions. Especially explosions that involve corrosive battery acid. Those are the best type of flaming explosions.
But, no no, we'd never do anything like that. The PS3 WILL come with a special motion sensitive flamethrower attachment, though, in case you like that sort of thing. No? Well, we'll just charge you for it anyway.
In other news, researchers announced today that "the sky is blue and water is wet."
More at eleven.
In all seriousness, do we really need to keep posting this? FTA: "PlayStation 3 game console because of a parts shortage in the Blu-ray high-definition disc drive." They get a big-wig to admit that their target shipment estimate is, "just a target." Unbelievable the stunning detective work that goes on around these parts.
Strange how you only seem to target the Wii... but do XboxLive or the PS3's system work on Dial Up? I don't believe so. You can't pin this one on Nintendo alone.
While this may be true for the original Final Fantasy III, I don't believe it for a moment when it comes to the remake. Really, it's unfair to compare a game that came out years and years ago with a current release, so comparing the original FFIII is really old, shrivled up apples (from Japan) to new, shiney oranges.
That said, if you were to ask around, I'm sure you'd find a lot more people who know about, and are excited about, the new FFIII release on the DS than you would people who know about Final Fantasy 7: Yes, We're Trying to Screw it Up Even More on the PSP.
Final Fantasy on the DS would be a big step backwards from the PSP, graphics-wise. Not gonna happen for a franchise that always prided itself on pushing the limits of technology.
Funny how that echo rings. Ironically, PSP is the one getting the "spinoff franchise," with a sequal to the sequal of the sequal of Final Fantasy VII coming out. I'm not at all looking forward to it. Final Fantasy III on the DS? YES PLEASE.
It won't require any link cables, because hey, guess what? The DS doesn't HAVE a link cable port. That gives the whole idea an immediate boost, along with the fact that using a wireless DS with the game is just flat out easier to do than a wired GBA. Add to this the smashing success and essential omnipresence of the DS, and you're looking at a game that might just be a hit, or at least won't suffer many of the downfalls Crystal Chronicles did.
I love how you end your post with "It's not just about money," and yet your entire post is about money.
1. Perhaps, though the Gamecube was not more successful than the Xbox, Nintendo was in fact more successful than Microsoft. Not only did they make profit on the system, while Microsoft lost money, they launched some great games, many of which are still played THIS generation (Super Smash Bros Melee, or Mario Kart: DD. None of my friends has ever suggested pulling out an Xbox to play multiplayer, but we had THREE GCs at our last get together). Admittedly, their third party support, really did suck, but with Sony and Microsoft's larger MARKETSHARE (OMG I USED A BUZZ WORD GIVE ME A GOLD STAR), it was really to be expected.
This does not change the fact that Microsoft and Sony lost money on their ventures. It does not change the fact that my parents, and most adults I know, still refer to any hand held gaming device as a "Game Boy." It does not change the fact that Mario is one of the most recognized video game characters in the world. It does not change the fact that, though making a profit on their new console, Nintendo might actually be successful.
We've all heard by now that losing money on consoles to recoup on games is a relatively new concept. Perhaps, though, this is not necessary to build a successful MARKETSHARE? Yes, Amazon started out losing money for five years. Wonderful. Find me proof that Henry Ford sold cars at a loss. Most companies, prior to the invention of the intarwebs or the 1980's in general, would have found operating for five years at a constant loss unthinkable.
You get my point: Nintendo hardly has a "kiddie" reputation due to the GC, any more than video games in general do. Nintendo can make a profit and be successful at the same time.
I'm just forced to call BS on this one. N64 had some great games on it. I still play Super Mario 64 on my DS, and would play it on the N64 if it weren't packed away somewhere. It was revolutionary, and it's still darn fun to play. Super Smash Bros may be the best game on the system. Playing it with 3 friends is some of the most fun I've ever had, and if there weren't a sequal on the GC, I'd still be playing it. You've obviously never played Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask, or Paper Mario, and heck, even Yoshi's Story was fun.
The system had some pretty great games on it. Still does, and I think the only reason more people don't still play the thing is that most of all of them have been ported to the GC or other game systems.
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The Ninth Doctor went to Utah, though we never actually got to see much of it, besides the underground, and several of the episodes (three, I think) were on a space station, which is technically not England.
Otherwise, one of the plots revolved around a rift in time that had opened up in, where else, England, so they couldn't very well leave and expect the rift to follow, now could they?
I suppose they could also make the argument that tearing people from the past out of their ages is a typical time travel faux pas.
I suspect the answers are "many" and "never," respectively, which I suppose is why you can't seem to find the answer on Google. Because it doesn't exist.
Of course, if you'd kindly step into the inconspicuous looking police box... I'm sure we could find the answer somewhere. Or... somewhen.
It seemed so much smaller in metric...
Won't somebody please think of the worms?!
Oh humans! Messing with things we don't know aren't harmful. Things like this are nearly always used before they've had a chance to be researched thoroughly, leading to something going horribly, horribly wrong, like giant mutating monsters or zombies or alien attacks.
Maybe I've just been watching too many horror flicks.... Either way, I should hope these people would proceed with extreme caution. I don't like the thought of the soil turning into one big slab of sheet rock. Where would my food come from?
Ha, that's OK. I just use Google to find pages on Wikipedia. It's got all the information I'LL ever need from the internet.
In all seriousness. There must be a reason why Google's floated to the top of the search engine love list, and I highly doubt it can be their (nonexistant) effective advertising campaign or their (also nonexistant) entertaining flashed-based website, because we all know people love those. No, I have to say that Google's got to have come up on top because they've been giving fairly accurate results. I know that if my search results were completely off, there would be almost nothing keeping me from switching to a new search; and, ironically, a search on Google for search engine brings up quite a few possibilities.
I see no problem here... I'll just move right along.
How do you kill hundreds of thousands of viruses with a laser that causes photosynthesis? Bah. Have you been reading too much of the national Exagerator?
Photobiomodulation, according to Wikipedia, sounds like what you're talking about, but the article is relativley lacking in sources, and only boasts that "Certain wavelengths of light at certain intensities (delivered by laser, LED or another monochromatic source) will aid tissue regeneration, resolve inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system." Doesn't sound much like removal of Hep C or HIV.
As human beings, we tend to get very excited at even the smallest most remote possibility of a miracle drug. I definitley think this needs to get lots of funding, and fast, but don't be too disappointed if it fizzles out. We've just got to keep trying. Hopefully, we find the plant or organism that holds the key before it dies out (aka we kill it).
Just because a game isn't for you doesn't mean it isn't good. Or, just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's terrible. In fact, that's the great thing about the DS. There are a LOT of great games for virtually anyone's tastes. I don't think you could say the same thing about the PSP. Don't like FPS games? There are RPGs. Don't like those? How about platformers? Educational games? Racing games? Mini games? Rhythm games?
You obviously don't like games that require constant care or are centered around the sort of "live in" mentality. That's fine. Doesn't mean there aren't people who do. The only reason I'm not playing Animal Crossing right now is because I know if I did, I probably wouldn't stop for several months, and you'd end up finding me dead on the floor somewhere in a pool of my own feces.
Of course, there are more games you could add to that list he posted. I'm sure he just typed what came to mind. Most of those are older titles. There are LOTS of great new titles out.
I think you need to look at these sort of things in percentages. Sure, there are probably more really terrible games out for the DS than the PSP, but what's that percentage compared to really great games? I'd wager it's a much smaller percentage. There are lots of games that are "good" for their niche (though not everyone may like them).
"Rob, we have bad news. The test results came back positive. Turns out when you sneezed on your pet mouse, you gave him diabetes."
It's like one of those terrible comic captions from The New Yorker.
I think, in an evolutionary sense, it would be more appropriate to say that humans got them from mice. Or, more accurate still, that they were present in the genome that mice were using and that humans eventually would eventually inherit.
Ah, forget it. We'll just chalk it up to Creationism and call it a day.
If you say you'd rather push a button than actually swing something to mimic sword movement... well, I just don't know what to think. You need to sit down and actually start playing the game. Once you do, it becomes second nature. It's the most natural thing in the world, just doing a quick movement and having him slash. It fits perfectly. It's just as responsive and acurate. It's not as if you actually have to aim your slashes. You just do a little movement, and he does his thing.
Worst case, just think of it as adding another "air button" to the controller, which frees up the actual buttons for more important things, like tool selection and the like.
Even MORE of a joy is using the Bow and Arrow or Clawshot. I was FLYING around a dungeon using the clawshot, because the point and shoot capability is perfect for that sort of thing. I could see some situations in certain dungeons where trying to line things up using the traditional method would be a pain after doing it this way.
A minute at a demo booth is WAY too short to accuratley experience what the Wii version has to offer. Seriously, people are hyping it for a reason. Stop trying to tack on the lame excuse that "OMG TEH MOTION SENSING'S ONLY FOR TEH FISHING!" It's not. I haven't even GOT to the actual fishing section yet, and I'm almost thirty hours in. It's not the focus of the game at all.
If you're going to buy a Wii solely for Zelda, then let it collect dust, then sure, the GC version might be more worth it. If you're going to end up buying a Wii eventually, anyway, when great titles start coming out for it... well, your loss now, I suppose.
Me? I'll stick with the "wrist flicking," thank you. Shaking the nunchuck to do a spin attack just feels SO DARN COOL.
Because standardized testing NEVER existed before the Bush administration. Seriously, though I don't disagree with you, I remember taking standardized tests years and years before Bush's reign of stupid began.
This is a problem that stems not from the president, but from the institution that has been built by countless politicians and beaureaucrats, brick by brick, year by year. Forcing students to all take the same test is easy on the system, but destroys the point of education. You kill the drive in the gifted and advanced student populations while the special needs students drag behind, and the "average" kids are given no reason to try to get ahead, and teachers are given no reason to teach anything but what is on the test. It's a huge problem that needs a huge solution, one that I don't forsee coming from the White House, no matter who the president is.
This country's downfall will be its education system, mark my words. Without education, everything else falls apart.
3rd Grade: "Welcome to Science Class! Today, we'll be learning about the metric system!"
7th Grade: "Welcome to Science Class! Today, and all of this week, we'll be learning about the metric system!"
9th Grade: "Welcome to Biology! Today, and all of this week, we'll be learning about the metric system!"
10th Grade: "Welcome to Chemistry! Today, and all of this week, we'll be learning about the metric system!"
11th Grade: "Welcome to Physics! Today, and all of this week, we'll be learning about the metric system!"
1st year of College: "Welcome to Organic Chemistry! Today, and all of this week, we'll be learning about the metric system!"
It was at this point that I snapped, killed five classmates with a rubber eraser, and was sent to a mental institution.
Mental Institution: "Hello everybody! Did you know that you all are unique, special snowflakes?!"
Aaah, much better. I still twitch every time someone uses the word "centimeter" or offers to sell me a two-liter bottle.
How is that any different? What if the police had demanded to search him right there, or risk being tasered, and he had simply stayed on the floor? You're telling me that going limp on the floor or not moving is considered "suspicious?" They can tase me if, for some reason, I can't move or it hurts to move? Man, dead people must be TERRIBLE for the police. They scream at them to get up, and you tase them, and they STILL don't get up.
Not providing an ID when asked by authority sounds like he didn't provide ANY ID. He just didn't have his campus ID. Why didn't they ask him for a driver's license or some other form of identification? If he was leaving anyway, as the article said he was, why did they need to grab his arm at all?
The police are not supposed to be the ones inititalizing a physical confrontation. It's different if the criminal does, or shows intent to (having a weapon). Remember, these people are serving YOU (and everyone around you), you're not serving THEM.
Maybe the GBA had no real 3D capabilities, but go play Golden Sun, and tell me a GBA game can't do a smashing good job of simulating three dimensions.
...the Amazing Non-Existant Sony Portable Doodad? (ANESPD! Rolls right off the tongue). The DS has outdone the PSP, through more effective marketing, innovative design, and the fact that it doesn't suck. (Read: it has good games, fun to play, battery doesn't explode, etc etc.)
That game was gorgeous.
Either way, what was your point? That the GBA couldn't compete with the PSP's predicessor?
Odds are looking good for Nintendo. They've pretty much done everything in their power to make this thing succeed, and all they can do now is hope for an accepting early adoption base. Sony, on the other hand, insists on punching its consumers in the teeth moments before console release. WHY SONY WHY?! (After seeing that PS3 Baby commercial, I was mortified. Why would I buy a console that obviously includes a screaming, crying Satanic baby?
Flames?! Why, we here at Sony LOVE flames. Flames and explosions. Especially explosions that involve corrosive battery acid. Those are the best type of flaming explosions.
But, no no, we'd never do anything like that. The PS3 WILL come with a special motion sensitive flamethrower attachment, though, in case you like that sort of thing. No? Well, we'll just charge you for it anyway.
In other news, researchers announced today that "the sky is blue and water is wet."
More at eleven.
In all seriousness, do we really need to keep posting this? FTA: "PlayStation 3 game console because of a parts shortage in the Blu-ray high-definition disc drive." They get a big-wig to admit that their target shipment estimate is, "just a target." Unbelievable the stunning detective work that goes on around these parts.
Strange how you only seem to target the Wii... but do XboxLive or the PS3's system work on Dial Up? I don't believe so. You can't pin this one on Nintendo alone.
Buy a Wii.
While this may be true for the original Final Fantasy III, I don't believe it for a moment when it comes to the remake. Really, it's unfair to compare a game that came out years and years ago with a current release, so comparing the original FFIII is really old, shrivled up apples (from Japan) to new, shiney oranges.
That said, if you were to ask around, I'm sure you'd find a lot more people who know about, and are excited about, the new FFIII release on the DS than you would people who know about Final Fantasy 7: Yes, We're Trying to Screw it Up Even More on the PSP.
Thank you. Glad someone noticed the nuance... I put it there for a reason. ;)
Funny how that echo rings. Ironically, PSP is the one getting the "spinoff franchise," with a sequal to the sequal of the sequal of Final Fantasy VII coming out. I'm not at all looking forward to it. Final Fantasy III on the DS? YES PLEASE.
You realize, of course, that there IS a confirmed Dragon Quest Game coming out for the Wii, and the 360 has not even the rumor of real Final Fantasy on it.
It won't require any link cables, because hey, guess what? The DS doesn't HAVE a link cable port. That gives the whole idea an immediate boost, along with the fact that using a wireless DS with the game is just flat out easier to do than a wired GBA. Add to this the smashing success and essential omnipresence of the DS, and you're looking at a game that might just be a hit, or at least won't suffer many of the downfalls Crystal Chronicles did.
Er... I hate to break it to you, but by FF, I'm pretty sure the GP ment Firefox, not Final Fantasy.
I know, we're excited that Squeenix is supporting Nintendo, but that's another story.
Somewhere, a game reviewer reads this and sheds bitter tears.
I love how you end your post with "It's not just about money," and yet your entire post is about money.
1. Perhaps, though the Gamecube was not more successful than the Xbox, Nintendo was in fact more successful than Microsoft. Not only did they make profit on the system, while Microsoft lost money, they launched some great games, many of which are still played THIS generation (Super Smash Bros Melee, or Mario Kart: DD. None of my friends has ever suggested pulling out an Xbox to play multiplayer, but we had THREE GCs at our last get together). Admittedly, their third party support, really did suck, but with Sony and Microsoft's larger MARKETSHARE (OMG I USED A BUZZ WORD GIVE ME A GOLD STAR), it was really to be expected.
This does not change the fact that Microsoft and Sony lost money on their ventures. It does not change the fact that my parents, and most adults I know, still refer to any hand held gaming device as a "Game Boy." It does not change the fact that Mario is one of the most recognized video game characters in the world. It does not change the fact that, though making a profit on their new console, Nintendo might actually be successful.
We've all heard by now that losing money on consoles to recoup on games is a relatively new concept. Perhaps, though, this is not necessary to build a successful MARKETSHARE? Yes, Amazon started out losing money for five years. Wonderful. Find me proof that Henry Ford sold cars at a loss. Most companies, prior to the invention of the intarwebs or the 1980's in general, would have found operating for five years at a constant loss unthinkable.
You get my point: Nintendo hardly has a "kiddie" reputation due to the GC, any more than video games in general do. Nintendo can make a profit and be successful at the same time.
I'm just forced to call BS on this one. N64 had some great games on it. I still play Super Mario 64 on my DS, and would play it on the N64 if it weren't packed away somewhere. It was revolutionary, and it's still darn fun to play. Super Smash Bros may be the best game on the system. Playing it with 3 friends is some of the most fun I've ever had, and if there weren't a sequal on the GC, I'd still be playing it. You've obviously never played Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask, or Paper Mario, and heck, even Yoshi's Story was fun.
The system had some pretty great games on it. Still does, and I think the only reason more people don't still play the thing is that most of all of them have been ported to the GC or other game systems.