LET'S ARGUE ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

[noob3]

yeah, maybe if the wii had games that people could play for more than 10 minutes it'd overheat too

fag

[Vengeful Asparagus]

yeah, maybe if the wii had games that people could play for more than 10 minutes it'd overheat too

fag

??? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Mario_Party_8.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/TP_Wii.jpg
http://www.vpd.fi/kuvat/wii_mortal_kombat_armageddon.jpg

[Vengeful Asparagus]

I'll take average games over good games that have a chance of getting a complete perfect circular scratch because Microsoft didnt feel like putting buffer pads near the lens.

[noob3]

come back when your parents can afford you a real console, then we'll talk. okay?

[Chojin]

That would be because the Wii is as graphically powerful as the Gamecube, which is the problem.
Nope. The original devkit released for Wii was just a GameCube, which is why the first generation titles aren't as impressive as they could (should) be.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=68776&page=1

TIGHTEN UP THE GRAFIX

[Chojin]

Also, I do earnestly hope you homos enjoy your exorbitantly-priced living room PCs before publishers cut all the projects for them. I'll let you know what all the games that come out this next year are like, ok?

[Vengeful Asparagus]

come back when your parents can afford you a real console, then we'll talk. okay?

Your right sir, I dream of the day that I too can be the proud owner of my own personal video game console/overactive radiator. Until then I'll just peddle my ice cream down the street.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/06/22/xbox.360.failure.rate/
LOL one in 3. You know how crazy that is? Thats like saying alright kids you can have youre super deluxe ice cream....but one of em is arsenic.

[noob3]

enjoy your exorbitantly-priced motion sensing gamecube

and if your wii died, nintendo would probably tell you to fuck off! microsoft will send me a new one AND a free gift! free gifts, guys!

[Vengeful Asparagus]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=168471

Motion-sensing Gamecube FTW. Btw, in recent years when has Nintendo ever put out a bad product or said fuck you to their customers?

[Chojin]

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Nintendo_Customer_service_gone_shockingly_right

[Vengeful Asparagus]

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Nintendo_Customer_service_gone_shockingly_right

Thanks for support i guess. Btw exorbitantly i had to actually break my dictionary out on that one.

LoL WordWeb online definition: exorbitantly:to an exorbitant degree.I was taught not to use the word in the definition.

[Chojin]

enjoy your exorbitantly-priced motion sensing gamecube

Actually, my money and I are enjoying my motion-sensing gamecube right now! Enjoy your sucker-sensing fire hazard!

I actually hope to get a 360 this year for Smackdown VS Raw 08 (i know it's coming out on Wii too, but it looks terrible). BUT I FULLY EXPECT IT TO BLOW UP OK

[Vengeful Asparagus]

Actually, my money and I are enjoying my motion-sensing gamecube right now! Enjoy your sucker-sensing fire hazard!

I actually hope to get a 360 this year for Smackdown VS Raw 08 (i know it's coming out on Wii too, but it looks terrible). BUT I FULLY EXPECT IT TO BLOW UP OK
I stopped playing wrestling games because theyre just like madden games were they add a new roster, plus i like UFC better. Just my opinion.

[Chojin]

your opinion is WRONG

the Smackdown series adds something big to the engine every game. Though I do hate how some of the animations they use have been used for 5 games now, and how they somehow make the create-a-wrestler worse in every game.

[Zomboid]

I dunno what everyone is bitching about. I've never had a problem with my 360 and I also bought a faceplate pack for it with 12 different decepticons :O

The only time I play my wii is when I play virtual console games. There's no point in getting games for it that are also on 360 because shittier graphics and motion sensing shit doesn't impress me too much. Super paper mario looks fun though. I dunno about the 20 mario games for it though.

[Vengeful Asparagus]

your opinion is WRONG

the Smackdown series adds something big to the engine every game. Though I do hate how some of the animations they use have been used for 5 games now, and how they somehow make the create-a-wrestler worse in every game.
If you're trying to make me cry...you did.
I just hope Jack Thompson doesn't sue Smackdown for you're sake because the create a fighter mode can make it look like him..:|.
http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=6165

[Fathom Zero]

Btw, in recent years when has Nintendo ever put out a bad product or said fuck you to their customers?

Gamecube. Network. Adaptor.

Especially in America, Nintendo has always fucked up the networkable aspect.
Whereas Japan got all the networky goodness, even in the N64 days when there was an add-on that included a modem.

There've been plenty of first party games from Nintendo that could've had online play, but none have been used to their full potential.

[EndersGame]

Adding a modem to something doesn't make it "better" . Saying that the N64 in Japan had a modem doesn't mean it worked, had use, or even made life more enjoyable. I cant remember a time when I've been playing on my 360 and wanted to keep my headphones on.

Besides, the online abortion that is PS3's "online experience" came from "Japan's networky goodness". That is too say, good like burning a bag of cats.

[Vengeful Asparagus]

Gamecube. Network. Adaptor.

Especially in America, Nintendo has always fucked up the networkable aspect.
Whereas Japan got all the networky goodness, even in the N64 days when there was an add-on that included a modem.

There've been plenty of first party games from Nintendo that could've had online play, but none have been used to their full potential.

I heard Phantasy Star was alright. Nintendo didn't really market the online aspect. But yea ill definitely give that to you.

[Fathom Zero]

It's not that they didn't market it.

It's that people wanting it, correction, STILL WANTING IT, and have been denied. I want it. And I want intigration like in the 360.

Yes, I know that the 360 is nothing like the Wii and comparing one to another is like apples to oranges or Franzia to Bordeaux varieties, but I think that the Xbox took online console gaming to the point it is today, the standard.

I want one central "gamertag" under which you can message other people and all the other sorts of social fuctions you'd come to expect. But under Nintendo, we've come to expect much less.

I do not want these damn game-specific friend codes and you have all these numbers instead of just one name. One name for all your games you've played, everything you've downloaded, and you and your console.

Granted, Phantasy Star Online is good and well deserving of it's large fan-base.

But I still think the Miis are fucking retarded.

[Vengeful Asparagus]

It's not that they didn't market it.

It's that people wanting it, correction, STILL WANTING IT, and have been denied. I want it. And I want intigration like in the 360.

Yes, I know that the 360 is nothing like the Wii and comparing one to another is like apples to oranges or Franzia to Bordeaux varieties, but I think that the Xbox took online console gaming to the point it is today, the standard.

I want one central "gamertag" under which you can message other people and all the other sorts of social fuctions you'd come to expect. But under Nintendo, we've come to expect much less.

I do not want these damn game-specific friend codes and you have all these numbers instead of just one name. One name for all your games you've played, everything you've downloaded, and you and your console.

Granted, Phantasy Star Online is good and well deserving of it's large fan-base.

But I still think the Miis are fucking retarded.

The little "friend codes":\ are so u can only play with people u know. It also prevents flaming by one group onto that person and from pedophiles from stalking kids, but yea they defiantly need a gamer tag. I don't care if a 68 year old is offering me candy in a van.

[Fathom Zero]

1) If people are flaming you, you were doing something considered rude by them, they're pricks, or you're just a bastard.

2) Anyone with the mental competancy equivalent to that of someone with assburgers knows safe internet usage. You shouldn't let 6 year old Timmy play online with the big people on Halo anyway.

3) Strangers with candy is the best.

I mean that both ways.

[EndersGame]

lol.....its not spelled assburgers.......its spelled "aspergers".............thats the funniest shit ive seen someone spell wrong in a long time.........learn to check your spelling.....or not and keep the laughs coming :D

[Vengeful Asparagus]

Assburgers sounds funnier.

[Fathom Zero]

Thank you. I just thought of it on the spur of the moment.

[Fathom Zero]

No love for wii? At least wii doesn't have a failure rate like the 360 does.

Go pound sand. I bet you don't even have a 360. I also bet that if I looked, I could find Wii failure rate numbers. People are willing to overlook 'em because of the Wii's "innovation."

I shouldn't really be saying anything about the Wii 'cause I don't have it yet. But I will. It's only $250.

[noob3]

http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69697142

some how this was in this thread, and got moved

[noob3]

I still don't know why Chojin called my 360 exorbitantly priced PC when a PC that could run 360 games would cost 1000+ dollars!

Chojin, if you do get a 360, find a nice spot for it. If you keep it in a cool area, it won't overheat. It's when people have it right side up, on the carpet that it over heats. You have to let it breeeaaathe!

AND I GUESS SINCE WE SHOULD ALL ABANDON ARE I-MOCKER USERNAMES IN FAVOUR OF NUMBERS SO WE WON'T GET FLAMED OR STALKED, AM I RIGHT? HOLD ON, LET ME ENTER MY FRIEND'S CODES INDIVIDUALLY SO I CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW AWESOME THE 360 IS!

[Atari Dragon]

I Have both consoles and i can asure you that both wii and 360 both are awesome.

[Zomboid]

I also have both and can assure you that only the 360 is awesome.

[noob3]

Don't let me fool you, guys. I WILL be purchasing a Wii when SSBB comes out. And then, MAYBE, I will pick up Paper Mario & Pokemon Battle Revolutions! Also, Umbrella Chronicles looks good.

Pretty much it will be a glorified Cubivore/RE1 Remake/RE0 player that also plays SSBB.

Hurray!

But for now I'll play FUN GAMES like GEARS OF WAR & DEADRISING THX BYE

[noob3]

Can you please tell us something we don't already goddamn knoW?

[Vengeful Asparagus]

What my opinion? Yea, maybe. Or I'm just mad that i don't have a video game
console/ frying pan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLabckoPC0g&mode=related&search=

*looks into distance* Good Lord, the Microsoft Fan boys, and their coming

right for me!

[Fathom Zero]

I hate to tell you this, but shit breaks.

It happens.

Nothing may have ever broken with you, but I've had 3 PS2s, 2 N64s, 2 Playstations, 0 Gamecubes, and none of my Xbox's have broken on me.

I've had to replace that which has been broken numerous times.

You should always keep any electonics or computers in a well-ventilated area. Period.

[Vengeful Asparagus]

Nothing against u Fathom, but the egg frying video has the guy with an xbox

with the case off. I know someones gonna say "LoL silly Asparagus, he

overheated it then took the case off".

*On a side note, this pizza I'm eating is the most fucking delicious thing ever.

[noob3]

GUESS WHAT, DUMB FUCK. ELECTRONICS TYPICALLY GENERATE HEAT.

get the fuck over it. have fun playing mario party 8, a gamecube game & the worst MK of all time

[Vengeful Asparagus]

Enough to fry an egg? Without the case on it?

Whatever I came to this thread to talk about the new Resident Evils.

[Girl Drink Drunk]

I also have both and can assure you that only the 360 is awesome.
I bet you are sad about that.

[Atari Dragon]

Sniperwuld delivered a zing!

[RaNkeri]

You're all nothing but faggy fan boys

[Atari Dragon]

you are nothing but an ass

[ArrowX]

I'm gonna go enjoy playing with my friends without the need for a different million number long passcode for each one of my games.

[Chojin]

Jesus avatar guy, the friend code system doesn't prevent you from playing with people outside your group of friends. All it does is let you set up matches specifically with people whose friend codes you've saved - otherwise, you can still set up matches with randomly-picked strangers.

I don't like the friend code system or the way that Nintendo's handled online play, but I take issue with the statement that XBox live is the 'standard' - if it's the only service that offers online play as well as it does, doesn't that make it 'well above standard'? Compared to PSN, Steam, et al, I'd say that Nintendo's online strategy is 'slightly below standard'.

[Chojin]

Also noob, I see the Wii being exactly what the PS2 was last generation - the primary system for game releases, the new home of shovelware, and the console of choice for any company that develops games without million-dollar budgets.

[Emu]

I plan to buy a PS2 next week

[thebiggameover]

as soon as game makers figure out how to use the wiimote w/o making me feel like i have down syndrome ill get a wii......


also PS3 IS TEH SUXXORS or however you fags say it....

[GADZOOKS]

I had 1000 dollars and after reading this thread I am going to use it to buy a prostitute. I'm sitting this "generation" out and getting my dick sucked.

[Cfr5]

I plan to buy a PS2 next week

Attaboy, Emu.

[Fathom Zero]

I bet you're totally sure the Wii is icy-fucking-cold. Macbooks get that hot, too.

Without fans and stuff, that is. That's why NASA invented coolants.

[Guitar Woman]

So when did I-Mockery's Gaming section get replaced by 4chan's /v/ board?

[Chojin]

I bet you're totally sure the Wii is icy-fucking-cold. Macbooks get that hot, too.

The Wii uses 22W of electricity at peak usage times. It doesn't get as hot as other systems. Or very many other things.

I hate to tell you this, but shit breaks.

It happens.
I don't really know how to respond to this. If you think it's great that your systems blow up all the time, then more power to you? Why should other people accept that?

GUESS WHAT, DUMB FUCK. ELECTRONICS TYPICALLY GENERATE HEAT.
YOU MAKE A VALUABLE POINT HERE. FIRE ALSO PRODUCES HEAT, THEREFORE FIRE IS AN ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF POWERING A GAME CONSOLE. ICE IS ALSO COLD AND WATER IS SOOTHING, THEREFORE EVERYONE WILL LIVE IN CHILLED AQUARIUMS IN THE FUTURE.

have fun playing mario party 8, a gamecube game & the worst MK of all time
...and super paper mario, and mario strikers charged, and wii sports, and metroid prime 3, and mario galaxy, and super smash bros, and mario kart, all by this January. And that's only the first-party releases.

[Guitar Woman]

So when did I-Mockery's Gaming section get replaced by 4chan's /v/ board?
Seriously

Next thing I know you faggots will start worshipping FF9 and Tales of Symphonia as HOLY DISCS OF PERFECTION that can never be challenged ever and at the same time dismiss Chrono Cross and Shadow of the Colossus as second rate crap that was garbage when it was new. What is wrong with you people

[Chojin]

I played a little ff9 and got bored :< and I've never played tales of symphonia but it sounds like a furry adventure ;<

[Guitar Woman]

Chrono Cross has a furry as the bad guy, except he doesn't deserve to die in a fire because he is a body-stealing time-devouring badass.

[Chojin]

I hated chrono cross because it was boring as all hell and kills off all of the likeable characters from the last game for ultimately no reason.

[RaNkeri]

I personally didn't really hate Chrono Cross. It's still a great rpg, although it surely was a let down when compared to Chrono Trigger. :/

[Fathom Zero]

I don't really know how to respond to this. If you think it's great that your systems blow up all the time, then more power to you? Why should other people accept that?

Who's saying mine blew up? Nothing is wrong with it yet.

It ate two discs, but it was my brothers' fault. They threw a tantrum the day we got it and started kicking it while it is running. I don't think anyone would put any console in a situation like that where it has to have kick prevention.

We will see which of our consoles breaks down first. Your Wii or my 360.

[Fathom Zero]

I just realized something profound and it's probably been circulating in my head for a while.

How can we even begin to compare Nintendo's Wii to the 360 and PS3?

They're fundamentally different on all levels. They're marketed to a different, (and wider), audience. The control schemes are vastly different. In terms of horsepower, they are very very very different.

It's almost as if they were from different generations of consoles.

They are incomparable on those grounds. They are two extremely different gaming experiences and, as I said before, it's like comparing apples to oranges.

[Chojin]

Because people have a finite amount of money and they're all video game consoles. Are you retarded or something?

[GADZOOKS]

You can apparently get a really good prostitute for 1000 dollars! Ones that shave!

[MLE]

I'll have to take a note of that :posh

[Guitar Woman]

I hated chrono cross because it was boring as all hell and kills off all of the likeable characters from the last game for ultimately no reason.
Mabye, but it's still better than pretty much every other 3D JRPG ever

[Emu]

I prefer CC to CT

[Vengeful Asparagus]

You can apparently get a really good prostitute for 1000 dollars! Ones that shave!

God bless America!

[EndersGame]

This conversation is taking a turn into the surreal......when did we move from video games and the pointless debate over them, to prostitutes shaving themselves and costs of said "ladies of the night" PS3 SUCKS!!

(btw here in the Northwest hookers dont cost much...just some dignity....craigslist ftw?)

[thebiggameover]

welcome to i-mockery!

also, tos was good, but it will never be as good as its 2D fathers......

[Supafly345]

Since I like fun games, I would so get a wii if I didn't already have a system.

[noob3]

stupid gadzooks, u could have stuck ur dick in a 360 for less than half of the price you paid! they get nice & hot too, yum!!!

[GADZOOKS]

Videogames are for children, AND THE CHILDREN SHALL INHERIT THE EA
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7252/childrenshallinherittheqh3.jpg

http://www.ottentas.theblog.com.br/dead_clown.jpg

[Seven Force]

Wiis are for kids! Are you a kid? I guess so!

[Emu]

Seven Force get out of our play pen and get back to your job and your tax returns you fucking adult

[Seven Force]

yeah you kids have fun wavin your little wii sticks at each other like in first grade

[Matt Harty]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1400/1204768501_0577f9799d.jpg

Yeah you enjoy your xbox 360

[Guitar Woman]

WHY DON'T YOU KIDS LIKE THE PS TRIPLE?

[eggyolk]

Why don't you contribute to the conversation?

[Emu]

Because I'm not spending 500 dollars on a system to play Lair. No thanks.

[HickMan]

They have LAME games! duh

[MetalMilitia]

Just whatever you do don't buy a Wii unless you enjoy lame Nintendo tech demos and ported PS2 games that kinda-sorta-notreally work with the gimmicky POS wiimote. Oh and don't forget the 'retro' (aka shitty old) games that you got bored of 10 years ago but can now, through the magic of technology, pay for again.

[Chojin]

http://www.infendo.com/wii/wii-bingo/#more-4245

[Dr. Boogie]

Be honest now, who saw the title of this thread and DIDN'T think it was going to devolve into another faggy console wars thread?

[Guitar Woman]

Spoilers for idiots still engaging in console wars. (http://www.all-three-consoles-this-gen-fucking-suck.com/)

[Fathom Zero]

Because you don't own any one of them.

[Guitar Woman]

I'm getting a Wii. It's got a grand total of 1 game I want at this point, but at least it won't blow up in my face!

[Fathom Zero]

Neither will a 360.

In fact, it's just as likely your Wii will break.

GODDAMNIT, I'm tired of this. Emu: You want a 360, get the Premium. It's exactly what you want for what you need.

[Guitar Woman]

OK THEN IF YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE THAT I DON'T WANNA PLAY A BUNCH OF SHOOTAN GAEMS AND PAY A YEARLY FEE FOR LITTLE KIDS TO SHOUT THE N WORD AT ME ON GEARS OF WAR

[Guitar Woman]

Seriously, if I wanted a bunch of idiots to yell at me about pointless shit I'd just hang out on 4chan and I-Mockery for free.

Which I do all the time anyway!

[HickMan]

4CHAN SUCKS YOU JERK STOP GOING ON IT YOU B-TARD I HATE THAT PLACE ITS'S SO POINTLESS JEEZ THATS ALL IMMORTAL GOAT DOES AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY

[Guitar Woman]

I'm starting to loathe it, don't worry!

[Guitar Woman]

So I reviewed this thread and decided that you all should take a look at THIS. (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1383-Zero-Punctuation-Console-Rundown)

Also Fathom Zero is the most retarded Microsoft fanboy I've ever seen in my life.

Even my friend Teddy isn't as bad as you, at least he can admit to the thing being a fucking piece of shit because it melts itself down every two weeks.

[Fathom Zero]

Also Fathom Zero is the most retarded Microsoft fanboy I've ever seen in my life.

Holy fuck, did you ever miss the target. I'm a Sony fanboy, jerk.

I just happen to have strong opinions about consoles I OWN. 6 Months and still not melted or otherwise!

[Guitar Woman]

That tends to happen when you fix the manufacturer's fuckups yourself!

[Fathom Zero]

I haven't broken the seal yet, you goddamn moron.

[Chojin]

But your use of the word 'yet' indicates that you acknowledge the inevitability of the venture!

[Guitar Woman]

Then what was that a few pages back where you went into a PASSIONATE DEFENSE of the console because you can fix it yourself?

DO YOU EVEN KNOW IF IT WORKS, OR ARE YOU JUST A LIAR

[Fathom Zero]

I've opened every console I've owned, so yes, Chojin. But that's just side-skirting what you said. So, after the warranty is up and they've given me my fixed/new console because the old one breaks, I will indeed modify the X-Clamps.

Provided, of course, they don't fix the problem by then.

My 360 should work, I just played EDF not one hour ago. And I'd like to see those quotes of things I've said. I'd also like to mention that anyone, WITH PROPER KNOWLEDGE, should be able to fix anything, thus making said problem a non-issue.

[Fathom Zero]

Nevermind about that last bit. I realize now that what may be good for someone may not be for someone else.

[Chojin]

This is true. But really, with lines like "Anyone, with proper knowledge, should be able to fix anything, thus making said problem a non-issue," do you really need proof that you said something asinine in the past, prior to a few hours ago?

By the way, my Wii is making strange noises when we play MySims, but during no other game. It's coming from the disc drive, though I have no idea if the Wii is supposed to be that loud. My guess is NO, and I called Nintendo to get a UPS shipping label sent to me. It arrived a few days ago (about 2 days after I made the call), and I was told that it would take about 3-4 days to get to Nintendo, 3-4 days to repair, and then another 3-4 days to get it back - At most 2 weeks, total, with no proof whatsover that something was wrong. When I called Nintendo, they had Smash Bros. music for the hold music and warned that my wait time could be UPWARDS OF FIVE MINUTES but thank god it was only like two or something. I told the guy that it was making strange noises while playing MySims and he said 'Oh, really? Is that game any good?' and we talked a bit about it. I offered to let him listen to the noises after he'd submit my repair order, and he was all 'What was that?' (it sounds like a hamster trying to escape a habitrail). However, the system still works fine and is just making noises in that one game, and I'm afraid to send it out because we use it too much (between MySims and Mario Strikers Charged and Metroid Prime 3, I don't think there's a day that it doesn't go used).

Compare this to Microsoft's service, wherein you can expect to wait AT LEAST a month to get your system back, and it is virtually guaranteed to break (if it wasn't, they wouldn't have extended the warranty to 3 years. Shut up.). I don't know if you have to pay to ship it to them in the first place, but my money is on 'of course.' Our friend Chris is going through this issue at the moment (they've had his box for at least a month and a half), and so far has yet to play his copy of Halo 3 due to their shitty turn-around time.

I also ordered a new set of 4 Wii straps from Nintendo's web site a few weeks ago, for free (I heard they had released new models of straps from Infendo). They arrived within the week. This is my second set from Nintendo, and these have a lil locking mechanism. They're cute.

[Chojin]

Also you can suck my wireless dongle vis-a-vis your 'I HAVE NO TIME TO ARGUE WITH FOOLS TO WHOM THIS KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT CONCERN OR APPLY' remark, as I fully intend on getting a 360 when they fix the very real problems with their console.

[Fathom Zero]

Fair enough.

Is your game broken or scratched, though? My 360 does that with EDF and only EDF. Perhaps the 360 and Wii use the same brand of drive or the data is stored in the same pattern on the disc. Hmmmm.

How is MySims, by the way?

[EisigerBiskuit]

I CAN MAKE ALL 3 CONSOLES USING MY PC

[Cfr5]

Make me a few, please.

[Chojin]

Fair enough.

Is your game broken or scratched, though? My 360 does that with EDF and only EDF. Perhaps the 360 and Wii use the same brand of drive or the data is stored in the same pattern on the disc. Hmmmm.

How is MySims, by the way?

The disc isn't scratched, I guess it just doesn't cache anything at all. It gets much louder when you go into areas with lots of stuff.

The game is actually really good, btw. It's nothing like the sims, more like Animal Crossing plus playing with blocks :< Most of the game is actually you building furniture for people that they can actually use, but you can get pretty crazy with the pieces. My guy is a huge dick and the people in my town cry when they make eye contact.

[Fathom Zero]

Didja make them some really uncomfortable furniture?

[Chojin]

I made one guy a bed of nails because he's lived in my town for a month and never thought to ask for a place to sleep before. He was DELIGHTED.

[HickMan]

F this guys I'm selling my 360 for a Nintendo 64 with Goldeneye and playing it on my hdtv. It'll look stellar

[Fathom Zero]

Hey emu, hey emu.

The Wii is good because we say it's good.

[Chojin]

And 360s cannot overheat because it has never happened to me and should it happen it's just sort of like god's test to job and if you don't run out and buy three more to replace it you're some kind of faggot.

[Emu]

I'm waiting for this supposed "Falcon" model.

[Chojin]

yeah, us too :< we have the funds to buy one and I'd like to, but I really would rather it not blow up.

[Fathom Zero]

Hahaha, I knew that would happen. Anywho, Shadow Hearts is still a kickass game, though I've never played Okami. I can see how it'd work fluidly on the Wii.

[Emu]

From the 2 hours I've played of Okami, this game would be a must-have on the Wii. It would take the place Twilight Princess was supposed to have.

[noob3]

This is true. But really, with lines like "Anyone, with proper knowledge, should be able to fix anything, thus making said problem a non-issue," do you really need proof that you said something asinine in the past, prior to a few hours ago?

By the way, my Wii is making strange noises when we play MySims, but during no other game. It's coming from the disc drive, though I have no idea if the Wii is supposed to be that loud. My guess is NO, and I called Nintendo to get a UPS shipping label sent to me. It arrived a few days ago (about 2 days after I made the call), and I was told that it would take about 3-4 days to get to Nintendo, 3-4 days to repair, and then another 3-4 days to get it back - At most 2 weeks, total, with no proof whatsover that something was wrong. When I called Nintendo, they had Smash Bros. music for the hold music and warned that my wait time could be UPWARDS OF FIVE MINUTES but thank god it was only like two or something. I told the guy that it was making strange noises while playing MySims and he said 'Oh, really? Is that game any good?' and we talked a bit about it. I offered to let him listen to the noises after he'd submit my repair order, and he was all 'What was that?' (it sounds like a hamster trying to escape a habitrail). However, the system still works fine and is just making noises in that one game, and I'm afraid to send it out because we use it too much (between MySims and Mario Strikers Charged and Metroid Prime 3, I don't think there's a day that it doesn't go used).

Compare this to Microsoft's service, wherein you can expect to wait AT LEAST a month to get your system back, and it is virtually guaranteed to break (if it wasn't, they wouldn't have extended the warranty to 3 years. Shut up.). I don't know if you have to pay to ship it to them in the first place, but my money is on 'of course.' Our friend Chris is going through this issue at the moment (they've had his box for at least a month and a half), and so far has yet to play his copy of Halo 3 due to their shitty turn-around time.

I also ordered a new set of 4 Wii straps from Nintendo's web site a few weeks ago, for free (I heard they had released new models of straps from Infendo). They arrived within the week. This is my second set from Nintendo, and these have a lil locking mechanism. They're cute.

When my 360 broke, they sent me a coffin with styrofoam guards & a free ship label. No cost to the customer at all.

[Zomboid]

Hey guys I really like my 360 but not my wii. I think it has something to do with not wanting to play a bunch of mini games or compilations.

[Guitar Woman]

Hey guys, I really like the Wii but not the 360, which might have something to do with not wanting to play a bunch of fucking console shooters while 13 year olds swear at me over an expensive online service.

[Guitar Woman]

Also I am suggesting we sticky this thread

[EisigerBiskuit]

Raise of hands who has a PS3.

[Guitar Woman]

I was planning on getting one so I could get all the PS2 games I missed out on last gen AND a healthy catalog of sexy PS3 games, but that was before they decided to have winning the lottery as a requirement to own one and decided to have the only good exclusive for it be Warhawk.

I may still get one when I secure a job and if a few more games come out, but I hear the backwards compatability is a load of bullshit. I'd ask you guys to validate this, but nobody fucking has one so I may never know.

[noob3]

guitar woman i have never had a 13 year old cuss me over live, usually there isn't even any little kids on unless you get on during school hours (which surprizingly is when all the little kids play i guess they play hookie) one kid was really irritating because he was pretending to be a russian :lol but usually i have had only good experiences with my fellow 360 players

there's a bunch of non console shooters for the 360 you are just using a bad arguement

[Guitar Woman]

Ok, that's probably because I don't own one. But I'm still not getting one when I could have all the interesting games for it on my PC for free and with way better aiming.

If I had a good PC, which might be a nice alternative to blowing all my money on a PS3.

[Kant spelz]

360 is for little kiddies who can't afford a decent video card or for hardcore losers who have no friends to play video games with.

Stick with a Wii.
It's a blast.

[Zomboid]

guitar woman i have never had a 13 year old cuss me over live, usually there isn't even any little kids on unless you get on during school hours (which surprizingly is when all the little kids play i guess they play hookie) one kid was really irritating because he was pretending to be a russian :lol but usually i have had only good experiences with my fellow 360 players

there's a bunch of non console shooters for the 360 you are just using a bad arguement
Same here. Like any online game, there's quite a few total losers who get way too into it, but for the most part everyone is pretty easy to get along with.

Expensive online service? I paid like $70 for a package that had a year of xbox live gold, new headset, webcam, and some free xbox live arcade games and shit. That's not exactly expensive. Also, I'm probably wrong here, but I don't remember there being any real online capabilities for the virtual console games. I like playing street fighter 2 on live except when the insanely good players come on and fucking destroy me within 10 seconds.

[Guitar Woman]

See: Mario Strikers Charged, Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart Wii.

And again, I don't support the virtual console. I have an emulator with NetPlay, mabye you guys should get one too!

[Zomboid]

I'll be getting smash bros brawl for sure, but I definitely don't have enough interest in MARIO SOCCER to get that. Mario Kart just isn't very fun for me anymore.

[Guitar Woman]

Mabye 16 people in an online multiplayer game will change your mind a little bit :<


Also, I thought for sure Strikers would be a giant lump of shit, but I played it a little in a GameCrazy over the weekend and it's fucking FANTASTIC.

[Emu]

Yeah, I love kart games and all but Mario Kart's just not doing it for me. If Mario Kart Wii is going to be anything like Double Dash then I think I can get along without it.

[Guitar Woman]

Double Dash was terrible :<

[Emu]

It wasn't terrible. I mean it delivered basically the same thing the previous two did -- three difficulties, sixteen tracks and mirror mode. It suffers from Melee-itis and all the characters are clones of eachother. And they re-used a lot of the music. And it's impossible to get a boost in two-player co-op. And powersliding is impossible. And the battle minigames are awful.

Okay yeah maybe it is.

[Guitar Woman]

I remember when I was younger and I had friends, and we could just play the Battle mode on 64 for hours and hours.

We didn't even fight directly, we just drove around on Block Fortress shooting shells and bananas into the bottom level and trying to knock each other off :<

[Emu]

And can someone explain to me why fat fucks Wario and Bowser drive faster than Toad and Koopa Troopa?

[Guitar Woman]

And it's also a crime if, when taking DD's shit factor into consideration, you don't mention Baby Park, the most horrible and retardedly unoriginal track in the history of Mario Kart. Why the fuck they ported it to DS and made it playable online is completely beyond me, and every time I'm playing and some fag picks it I DISCONNECT IMMEDIATELY.

[Guitar Woman]

Also, heavy characters have a high top speed and low acceleration rate, which means that if you don't drive in a criss cross pattern or hit anything then you can GO LIKE HELL.

Most of the time this is impossible, though.

[Emu]

I was going to mention Baby Park but I thought I had disparaged it enough.

I miss Crash Team Racing. :\

[Chojin]

I love double dash ;< It's way better than the piece of shit that was kart 64.

Also, Mario Strikers Charged is a fucking amazing game, and if you go LOL MARIO SOCCER YEAH OK without even playing it, then you have no right to complain about people going LOL SHOOTERS YEAH OK about your 360/PS3/3DO/Neo-Geo.

[Guitar Woman]

Chojin, I generally respect your opinion in these matters, but I'd like you to give me a detailed explanation as to why you hate MK64 so I will have points to base my logic on when I tell you to go fuck yourself.

Ok? :<

[Chojin]

Sure -
it's slow
the framerate is crappy
at least two of the stages are designed in such a way that if you hit someone with an item right before they make a jump, they have to repeat the entire lap
introduced blue shells, which were the worst idea ever
computer will literally teleport to keep up with you if you're doing too well
n64 analog control sucks
largely uninteresting courses

[Emu]

Blue Shells are even worse in Double Dash. You only get them if you're in last place, and the only person they help is the person in second place, or third if it's a close race.

[Chojin]

They work the same way in the 64, GBA, GC, and DS versions, but they showed up in the N64 version first is all I was saying.

[Emu]

No, the 64 one had some use, because it would swerve to hit all of the players ahead of you, but in DD it just flies over everybody, gets to first place incredibly fast (so much so that you can't keep up with it) and knocks out the person in first. But by that time it's so far gone that you can't possibly make any gain on it unless you saved and threw it when you were in second place, in which case you would probably nuke yourself in the explosion.

[Guitar Woman]

OK MY REBUTTAL

it's slow
It's a 3D game from 1996, it was fucking when it came out. Also, stop playing on 50cc, you fucking pussy.


the framerate is crappy

Are you emulating this or something? I got out my copy to play before I typed this, the framerate is fine.

at least two of the stages are designed in such a way that if you hit someone with an item right before they make a jump, they have to repeat the entire lap
That's half the fucking fun :<

introduced blue shells, which were the worst idea ever
Yes, but you actually had time to slow down so it avoided you and hit the fag you were doing VICIOUS BATTLE with, giving you the edge, unlike the faggoty flying ones which only give you the option of having it hit the people in second and mabye third, too.


computer will literally teleport to keep up with you if you're doing too well
I never saw this, and still don't notice it after playing a few courses just now. I might just suck horribly, but I say this is crap because I've gotten so far ahead that I overlapped a bunch guys and nobody rose to challenge me ever.

n64 analog control sucks
Ok you are right about this one :<

largely uninteresting courses
This game contains my favorite mario kart courses ever :< Banshee Boardwalk, Yoshi's Valley, and Rainbow road all kick substantial ass, among others.

SO THERE

I admit that it's not nearly as good as I remember it being, but it's still way better than that pile of shit Double Dash.

[Guitar Woman]

CHOJIN WILL YOU JUST GIVE ME BACK MY EDIT BUTTON SO I WON'T MAKE SO MANY TYPOS

[Guitar Woman]

Also, I don't see any teleporting, per se, but the characters in second and third are always the same for the 4 races in a Prix, and they always seem to MAGICALLY speed up even if you've completely devastated them.

Of course, this happens in every other Mario Kart, too. :<

[Emu]

Every Kart game. Cortex always wins in CTR.

[Guitar Woman]

I remember on the desert level I'd always try going through the train tunnel because I was convinced I could make it a shortcut, but the train raped me EVERY TIME and when it didn't I came out and was in like 8th place

[Chojin]

OK MY REBUTTAL

It's a 3D game from 1996, it was fucking when it came out. Also, stop playing on 50cc, you fucking pussy.
It's much slower than all of the other Mario Karts, including the GBA and SNES ones.

Are you emulating this or something? I got out my copy to play before I typed this, the framerate is fine.
It runs below 30 fps on the target hardware.

That's half the fucking fun :<
Killing someone from a race, permanently, in ONE FELL SWOOP, isn't fun at all for that person. It's kinda why lakitu saves you from lava and shit.

I never saw this, and still don't notice it after playing a few courses just now. I might just suck horribly, but I say this is crap because I've gotten so far ahead that I overlapped a bunch guys and nobody rose to challenge me ever.
It uh, really isn't. The computer will teleport. All the time. Just watch the player icons on the left running along the track - if you're waiting for a Quake-style slipgate noise accompanied with star trek effects or something, you're missing the point.

Ok you are right about this one :<
THE GAME MAY CONTROL TERRIBLE BUT IT IS GR8

This game contains my favorite mario kart courses ever :< Banshee Boardwalk, Yoshi's Valley, and Rainbow road all kick substantial ass, among others.
The GC rainbow road is better, and I don't remember those other ones. The ones they sent over to the DS suck. I'm also talking compared to DD here, too, where there's lots of interesting shit going on.

Double Dash is a great game with much better balance, ai, levels, and speed than 64. I really don't see what your problem is!

[Emu]

I liked N64's Rainbow Road simply because you could take that awesome shortcut if you jumped off at the very beginning.

[Fathom Zero]

I like Mario Kart 64 and Double Dash! They're fun games!

[Emu]

GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS THREAD THIS IS A FUCKING WARZONE AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR FENCESITTERS

[Guitar Woman]

It's much slower than all of the other Mario Karts, including the GBA and SNES ones.
Ok, mabye you need to do some heroin to get into the groove of things!

Coincidentally, fuck the SNES and GBA ones.

It runs below 30 fps on the target hardware.
Ok, but it isn't CHOPPY, which I can live with!

Killing someone from a race, permanently, in ONE FELL SWOOP, isn't fun at all for that person. It's kinda why lakitu saves you from lava and shit.
Fuck that person. If I gave a shit about him in the first place, I wouldn't have dumped his ass into a lake of ice water!

It uh, really isn't. The computer will teleport. All the time. Just watch the player icons on the left running along the track - if you're waiting for a Quake-style slipgate noise accompanied with star trek effects or something, you're missing the point.
Again, I still don't see the teleportation. I was probably watching the map so hard I forgot to get way ahead of everyone, but whatever. Mabye you could provide a YouTube video or something.

THE GAME MAY CONTROL TERRIBLE BUT IT IS GR8
Double Dash's control is horrible, too, but you seem to think that is a GIFT STRAIGHT FROM OUR LORD AN SAVYUR JEASUS CHRIST.

The GC rainbow road is better
Yeah, enjoy your shitty rainbow road music and no chainchomps or awesome neon backgrounds, and drifting off the fucking edge because of the game's horrendous power sliding.

Double Dash is a great game with much better balance, ai, levels, and speed than 64. I really don't see what your problem is!
My problem is that Double Dash is TERRIBLE

In fact, thanks to this thread I realize that Mario Kart is crappy in general and only getting worse so I won't waste my money on the Wii version. But hey, more dough for me to buy No More Heroes with!

[Guitar Woman]

I like Mario Kart 64 and Double Dash! They're fun games!
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9869/1188463243189pm7.jpg

[Guitar Woman]

So, Mario Kart has no games that I like for anything other than nostalgic value except the DS one which I don't like anyway because the online community is full of fucking faggots and it says FUCK ALL and doesn't even include the game's coolest tracks for wifi play.

Fuck this series :[

[Guitar Woman]

While we're on the subject of cool games Chojin hates, what do you have against Earthbound? It's one of the only jRPGs I can play without vomiting :<

[Emu]

It makes his white blood boil with the slanderous stereotypes of the white lifestyle.

[Emu]

At least, that's what it does to me. :\

[noob3]

ooo my first sticky :D

[Guitar Woman]

I love the part in the beginning where you talk to Pokey's dad and he's all WOULD YOU PLEASE MOVE AWAY SOON

[Chojin]

Double dash's controls are just fine, you homo. The powersliding on the DS is retarded, it actually makes you move in that direction instead of, like, sliding.

Earthbound sucks because I am not five years old and therefore can't relate.

[Emu]

Guys why does everyone call her Aerith when her name is clearly spelled Aeris :\

[Fathom Zero]

Because they're jFAGs like Guitar Woman.

[MetalMilitia]

Everyone shut up about stupid JRPGs and Nintendo.

Talk about how fantastic Portal is. It's a conversation far more relevant to my interests.

Btw, does anyone ever watch the Zero Punctuation game reviews?

I finally caught up with all of them today and I must say they're fantastic and really accurate.

Check them out here (site may be down right now):

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/

[Chojin]

Yes, let's all talk about how great Portal is in the 'LET'S ARGUE ABOUT VIDEO GAMES' thread, guys.

[Fathom Zero]

Portal is fantastic!

[Chojin]

FOR LESBIANS

[MetalMilitia]

We can argue about which part is our favourite.

P.S. CHONG!!! >:

[Guitar Woman]

I MADE A THREAD ABOUT YAHTZEE BUT NOBODY CARED ;_;

[Guitar Woman]

And yes, I generally tend to have the same opinions! He's a cool guy!

[MetalMilitia]

'cept for he hates Japanese RPGs and you love them to bits. :rolleyes

[Guitar Woman]

Hahaha, what?

Ok, so I like FF6 and Chrono Trigger, but everyone else fucking does too.

Where you guys get the impression that I think Japan is fantastic I'll never know

[Emu]

The Heavenly Sword one :lol

[MetalMilitia]

You love Japan by proxy because you spend so much time posting next to Chojin.

Also you are always talking about how you love JRPGs to bits. :rolleyes

[Emu]

Hahaha, what?

Ok, so I like FF6 and Chrono Trigger, but everyone else fucking does too.

Where you guys get the impression that I think Japan is fantastic I'll never know


Well TBH every avatar you've had so far has been of some character from any of the handful of animes that define what it means to call something Japanese

[Guitar Woman]

Anyone else do the pen thing on Psychonauts? :(

[Guitar Woman]

Also unless it was opposite day when I said that Tales of Symphonia and most games of that ilk were fucking horrible I don't get how you'd think I liked jRPGs

[Guitar Woman]

As for anime, I like Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D, but again, so does everyone else

[MetalMilitia]

I don't get how you'd think I liked jRPGs

Well you're just the type to be honest.

[Chojin]

My favorite part of the lesbian is the cleft chin!

[Guitar Woman]

man this is like becoming the chatroom thread but for the gaming forum

[DuFresne]

i was a fan of Yahtzee before this thread made him cool >:

but i've only been a fan since GW posted the video in the Bioshock thread so yeah, thanks for that kiddo :(

I did the pen thing too :(
And I subsequently went out and bought Psychonauts :)

[Emu]

Well people bitched when we chatted about games in the GenBlab chat thread so fuck them!

[Guitar Woman]

I love Yahtzee's sense of humor, but I can't get into any of his adventure games. I forced myself to like halfway through day 1 of 5DaS, but then I got distracted and haven't touched it since.

Interactive Fiction adventures are more my speed anyway, he should totally do one of those.

[Fathom Zero]

Hay guys, I'm buying a PS3.

[Guitar Woman]

Let me know what Twing Twang is, ok?

[Fathom Zero]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Guitar Woman]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1350-Zero-Punctuation-Heavenly-Sword-and-Other-Stuff

[Fathom Zero]

I wish I could reference humorous internet videos like you.

YOU'RE MY INTERNET HERO.

[Guitar Woman]

:oneofthosedays

[EisigerBiskuit]

what is there to argue about anything besides it being too old, too much like every other game, or that it was a complete moneybag of failure? it's too much for me to worry over!

gaming is in stasis to me

[Guitar Woman]

So I just spent like 5 minutes taking shit from some prick on Yahtzee's forums about how Um Jammer Lammy is terrible and that it has shit tracks with shit guitar playing and singing, after which he proceeded to be all GUITAR HERO 3 IS GONNA HAVE THE BEST SOUNDTRACK EVAR

it made me :oneofthosedays

[MLE]

At first I thought you said Gitaroo Man and I was like WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT

[Guitar Woman]

I've never played Gitaroo Man :<

[MLE]

I can not talk to you again until you have.

[Emu]

Guys I have a question.

The copy of SOTN I bought seems to be working about 90% okay but has a few errors due to a very small (probably about an eighth of an inch long) but rather deep scratch on its backside. This results mostly in some errors with the music at certain parts (mostly in the Marble Gallery and the first section of the SPOILERinverted castleSPOILER)
and some pretty bad graphics errors when I transist past a disc-reading area when moving from said areas. The graphics errors can be fixed by re-loading the area but this is kind of a pain in the ass. Being in the aforementioned areas when the music is screwing up results in some lag and/or freezing when I try to access the start menu or die. Opening and closing the disc cover usually fixes this.

The dude I bought it from said he would resurface it if it gave me any problems, but as I understand it there's some risk involved in it and if he resurfaces it I probably won't be able to get my money back. :( Should I have it done?

[Fathom Zero]

Well, I'd do it if those parts are that important to you. I've buffed and resurfaced almost all of my games. Never had a problem.

[MLE]

I've buffed and resurfaced almost all of my games.

You must take pretty poor care of your games, then.

[Fathom Zero]

Guilty! :lol

Actually, since I turned fourteen and realized that trading in games is stupid, I've kept them all in the original cases instead of on spools like I did.

[Emu]

Every time I go into gamestop anymore they try to convince me that trading in games will save me money.

[Fathom Zero]

The turning point for me was looking around for Shadow Hearts 2 and Katamari Damacy only to remember I'd traded them in for Halo 2 or something gay.

[Emu]

Speaking of Katamari, I found it in a ghetto pawn shop for 8 dollars. Bought Fatal Frame III instead because I figure Katamari probably has a longer shelf life. :[

Edit: Meaning I could come back and get it later when I had money.

[MLE]

Katamari is hard to find, dude. At least it was about 8-12 months after the small release. I doubt they upped production at that time.

[Fathom Zero]

Halo isn't old enough for that. However, it does have its plot broken up into tons of books, and now supplemented by Halo Wars.

And Street Fighter has the mangas, the animes, the movies, et cetera.

[MLE]

I don't think he was discrediting that in that quote, I believe he was trying to establish that the point noob was trying to make in that thread was less relevant than he originally intended.

[Fathom Zero]

Granted, noob is special and Halo overstayed it's welcome, but using that statement as a counter-point is dumm.

[MLE]

Not really. He has a valid point that it's not just the games here.

[Chojin]

My point was that Halo branched out beyond the numeric series as well. Way to DECONSTRUCT MY HOUSE OF CARDS

[Fathom Zero]

They fall on their own eventually, i.e. YOU'LL HAVE ALZHEIMER'S SOON.

[MLE]

DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT MY FIANCE ;_;

[Fathom Zero]

Somebody had to tell him the truth sooner or later.

[Emu]

Katamari is hard to find, dude. At least it was about 8-12 months after the small release. I doubt they upped production at that time.

I'm probably going to go pick it up today. What I meant is that the store I found it in was a tiny pawn shop that dealt mostly in car parts and stereo equipment, and Katamari happened to be a gem surrounded by 50 copies of Madden '05-'07, so I don't think it's in danger of being bought any time TOO soon. Fatal Frame III on the other hand I found in Gamestop, and they never sit on the shelves more than a day.

[Guitar Woman]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2582-Zero-Punctuation-MOH-Airborne

Guys, this is one of the best things I've seen all year

[noob3]

i found a jet set (not sure which?) at a closing video store, it was like $1.. I went back to pick it up and the mother fucker was CLOSED

[Fathom Zero]

Probably the Xbox one. There are tons of them, anyway. Bundled title, ya see.

[Supafly345]

:themoreyouknow

[Guitar Woman]

I never noticed before but Yoshi's Island is really shitty and the only fun parts are just broken and stupid versions of levels from Sonic the Hedgehog

[Emu]

Yeah, playing that game again as an adult ruined my childhood. ;-;

[Guitar Woman]

I'm currently playing a freeware MMO Strategy RPG called Dofus. It's kind of like an online version of Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics, except instead of controlling a bunch of dudes you ARE one of the dudes and have to use TEAMWORK to survive!

I ran around shouting obscure lyrics at new guys and getting orally raped by Teddy for the better part of thirty minutes, then got into EPIC COMBAT with some little sheep creatures. That part was boring, but since I am a level one berserker with no weapons, magic, 1337 5k!11z, or party members other than the aformentioned haloboy, I wasn't exactly expecting Frank Miller's rendition of Thermopylae.

It's a little simplistic, but I like it!

[Guitar Woman]

That should have gone in the what are you playing now thread but that one isn't stickied like it should be so I forgot about it >:

[bigtimecow]

let's argue about g-man

WHO IS HE

[Seven Force]

Everything went to shit

after 16-bit

[bigtimecow]

i can take a hit

unless i pop a zit

[Seven Force]

searchin' fo' a clit,

gonna make a new slit

[bigtimecow]

i knock your ass into a pit

i really hope your pants don't fit

[DuFresne]

hummingbirds like to flit

but i like to suck a tit

[Guitar Woman]

Are we doing memes now, too? Jesus christ.

[bigtimecow]

hi rhyming is a meme bye

[Guitar Woman]

CANDLE SNIFFING FUCK FENCE

YOUR FACE LOOKS LIKE A DICK

[bigtimecow]

:( GW!

[Guitar Woman]

So I had a job interview at the game store today! It went pretty well, the manager seemed really interested in the fact that I've done volunteer work taking apart and repairing/modifying computers, and wants to interview me again later when he starts doing repairs out of the store.

But that's not the important part. The important part is while I was waiting he encouraged me to make myself at home among the kiosks in the place, and I played Guitar Hero 3 and Halo 3, both of which were HORRENDOUS. :<

To start, GH3:
This game has some fucking problems, ok. The soundtrack is all right, but the game itself is a complete pile of shit. For one thing, the band member's character models and animations are so terrible and primitive that it is impossible to believe that this game wasn't made eight years ago for the original Playstation, left to fester, then re-released on newer systems with no visual updates whatsoever. It didn't look even half as good as the original Guitar Hero. Speaking of the PS1, by the way, Parappa the Rapper comes to mind when I play this because the game REFUSES to detect the notes I'm hitting when it's supposed to. I didn't play enough to decide if this was a shitty wireless guitar issue or if the notechart and the audio just don't synch up 100% of the time, but I had to hit frets way way early for it to register. Also, the fret signals kept gettting stuck and it wouldn't let me play any notes other than the one that jammed for periods of a few seconds, which is ridiculous for a game that requires you to be as rapid as this. I can blame that one on the wireless controller with reasonable confidence, I think.

I was planning on picking this up for my Wii when I had 80 dollars I didn't want anymore, but now I will not because this game is fucking awful.

Now then, Halo 3. I had less problems with this than GH3: the buttons are at least a little more responsive, and as always the visuals were PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY. At least, they would have been, if I could have fucking seen anything. Bungie seemed compelled to make this game a throwback to Marathon, and to that effect made the field of view ridiculously tight and horrible on the eyes. The fact that they also saw fit to put the crosshairs 3/4th of the way down the fucking screen and that the aiming mechanic is clunky as all hell probably didn't help, either. Mabye I've been spoiled by Metroid Prime 3 and all the PC shooters I've been bootlegging as of late, but Halo 3 definitely has the worst aiming I've seen from a console shooter in a long long long time. Again, the retarded placing of the crosshairs didn't make it easier. It most certainly was not as good as Bioshock, contrary to Chojin's opinion. And no, DuFresne, I am not just being a Yahtzeefag here.

So yes, pretty much any reason for me to get a 360 just went down the shitter.

But I'm totally probably going to get this job sometime in the future!

[Chojin]

Guitar Hero 3:
Lag is caused by the HDtv being used, there are options to adjust this to better settings. The graphics are better than other Guitar Heros and that isn't really up for debate. The animations are much worse in GH3. The gameplay is the same as before, which is to say that it remains boring.

Halo 3:
The field of view is fine, and the same as Bioshock or anything else. Putting the crosshair lower prevents you from staring at the ground as much as you would otherwise and is for the most part a good design decision. Some of the guns take up a lot of visual room, but they have very few shots and do a lot of damage to compensate. The AI and gameplay of Halo 3 is better than Bioshock in so many ways that this is apparently a faith-based argument and there's no reason for me to pursue it any further!

Marathon:
Is also better than Bioshock.

[Guitar Woman]

Marathon:
Is also better than Bioshock.
Well, yes. I wasn't saying Bioshock was anything special, but if given the choice I would pick it over Halo 3. Coincidentally, I'd pick Halo 1 over both of them.

I noticed they had an uncentered crosshair in some Beta footage I watched, but in the finished game it is so horrible that I can't even fucking function. I don't see how this makes the game better, I hardly spend any time looking at the ground in titles with dead-center reticules either. Although Halo is loaded with faggoty short enemies so I guess it makes a little bit of sense, but I think they completely overdid it.

Also, the version I played was for whatever reason in Spanish, which made me feel stupid :<

[Chojin]

I guess play Halo 3 at someone's house instead? The game plays just fine for me and everyone else.

I didn't even notice that the crosshair wasn't vertically-centered the first couple times I played it.

[Fathom Zero]

I didn't notice and I still kick ass. Maybe it's because I play it on a standard definition television.

[HungryWantBiddy]

You know, GH, there is an auto-center option. Haven't used it, haven't needed to. Sounds like it may fix what you don't like though.

Also, who wants to run some rocket race tonight? GT: HungryWantBiddy Add me!

[Girl Drink Drunk]

I like the Elephant :)

[Chojin]

Got to see a 360 die today!

We were over at a family function of Emily's and their kid had a Wii and a 360. He was playing COD4 and weird artifacts would show up after he played for a while. After more people showed up, we opened the floor to strikers charged, smash bros, and wii sports, but when he went to play madden on the 360 it red ring'd him.

This kid was about 15, so he ran and got dad and mom, I guess so they could make it all better. He'd bought the 360 with his own money and looked like he was about to cry.

I think Microsoft does this on purpose.

[Moobs]

When my 360 died i put in my bed to cool it down and treated it like a living sick person :(

That kid will be bored for a couple of months

[Chojin]

No, he has galaxy and is gonna get strikers. And Smash Bros in a month or so.

[Moobs]

i played galaxy on my friends wii and i expected a lot more. The graphics are great and the controls are fine but overall it just seems a bit tedious and boring :/

I have Strikers and it kinda sucks as well. Smash Bros is actually the main reason i have a wii

[Guitar Woman]

YOU ARE WRONG AND HAVE NOT PLAYED GALAXY ENOUGH

[Moobs]

You're probably right. I actually only played one level and it was the Bowser boss level, and i got to this bit where there are portals which eat you and things

Yeah i kinda suck at games

[Chojin]

Which is also probably why you dislike strikers

[Moobs]

No i don't like Strikers because i have one nunchuck and therefore cannot play anybody who is real unless i get my wii online

[Chojin]

a second nunchuk is a big investment at $20 are you sure you can make the plunge

[Moobs]

yeah i don't actually have a job and santa failed me so i'm gonna have to wait a while. In the mean time i'll be playing my less interactive xbox games

[Chojin]

Oh I forgot to mention that the best part of that story about the kid's xbox dying is that when his mom came downstairs to look, she said "Oh, did it give you those red rings?"

[Chojin]

http://kotaku.com/338667/mario-mod-uses-knowledge-to-hurt-you-make-you-cry

This made me lol :<


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39rntdqn
Download it here :o

[Emu]

Who plays Guitar Hero for the graphics? :\ You can't even really watch them while you're playing anyway. I find them to be appropriate for the game since I tend to feel that low-grade graphics lend themselves well to rhythm games (see PaRappa.)

I might be a little more forgiving of GH3 since it's the first GH I've played, but I'm having a lot of fun with it.

[Rongi]

Honestly though, GH3 is pretty god damn ugly looking. Especially compared to 2, which I thought looked really good.

[Zomboid]

I had my 360 on for like 12 hours yesterday and it didn't even get a little warm :O. Also, I got mario galaxy for christmas but I haven't even started it because I'm having too much fun with mass effect and assassin's creed.

[Fathom Zero]

I played Guitar Hero 3 last night. I'm going to have to go "Fun, but forgettable" on this one. The mechanics are fun and really get me into it, but I only like about five songs from the entire playlist and the list is really underwhelming. On the plus side, I'm ambidextrous with a guitar, apparantly.

By the way, Mass Effect is the shit. I'm jones-ing.

[Seven Force]

Why not just get a real guitar and play anyway?

[Fathom Zero]

My point, I was just playing it because my friend borrowed Guitar Hero and the guitar and a 360 to play it on, BUT NO CONTROLLER. :( So no Perfect Dark that night.