LET'S ARGUE ABOUT VIDEO GAMES

[MetalMilitia]

Watching my roomie play TF2 last night. I don't understand the physics behind the backburner ability. It hurts more to be set on fire from behind....seriously?

Yeah I mean shooting a rocket at your feet would clearly propel you gracefully though the air, but fire being more damaging to your back than your front - ridiculous!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

AMEN

[Zhukov]

No, 10K, I only play chess when I have a chance of winning. I am actually pretty rubbish. Hence me getting upset that the computer beats me on 'novice' and why my little brother wont play me anymore.

The games I play online at the moment are Red Alert 3, Dawn of War 2 and Day of Defeat.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

If you ever want to play let me know. I used to be really good but haven't played in a few years.

[Tadao]

I'm always down for a game of chess.

[executioneer]

i only like battle chess

[stevetothepast]

I love chess. It's my favorite game period. video games have nothing on it.

[Dimnos]

Not even battle chess?

[Tadao]

http://nintendo8.com/game/105/battle_chess/

I wanna play multiplayer online Battle Chess :(

[stevetothepast]

@ dimnos
I like person to person better. It's great seeing your opponents face after certain moves.

[Tadao]

Yahoo Instant Messenger Chess with Web Camera turned on.

[stevetothepast]

Damn this world of technology.

[Tadao]

If we had one of those parks with chess tables and old people, I wouldn't be here right now.

[Zhukov]

We have one of those, but they keep the pieces locked up because of bogans. I have never seen anyone using them :\

[MrSmiley381]

mrsmiley are you friends with guitar woman by any chance

Nope. I haven't really lurked at all on here to figure out who's known for what. Does she share some of my thoughts?

Also, chess is cool but I have no understanding of basic strategy. I am most certainly a fool.

[Babs]

What a god damn coincidence. I was just playing battle chess earlier. I must admit my favorite part is their sluggish movement, especially when you move your knights and everyone has to make way for their fat sloth asses and move back to their spaces.

[Dimnos]

Chessmaster's animated chess board is way better than Battle Chess.

[executioneer]

IT IS NOT SCREW YOU

[Fathom Zero]

YEAH WELL CHESS SUCKS

[Guitar Woman]

The Classless Update might be my favorite one yet.

Scouts die in one second anyway, and without double jump they're close to useless. So, basically, I have the same chance of survival with better mobility and I can stun people.

The new maps and defeat animations are also pretty classy.

[Chojin]

Loving this update and agreed with GW - I'm really not feeling any weaker with 30 less HP, and it feels like my scattergun is stronger for some reason. I also love that firing the ball from the Sandman is a right-click now, I'm hitting peeps way more consistently with it now and can fire through teammates.

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[Guitar Woman]

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8356/1250468962267.jpg

[Fathom Zero]

I just bought a PSP and have almost no idea why.

I only know that I'm going to hack the ever-living shit out of it.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I only know that I'm going to hack the ever-living shit out of it.

:rock

Also, I just heard that the downloadable PSP games (the UMD games put on PSN) are going to be the same price as the discs. Kinda bullshit, because you're not paying for a manufactured disc, game case, instruction booklet, etc. I know, I just run games anyways (though some new games are requiring and update even if you pirate it), but shit like that isn't going to convince me to start paying.

Persona, for instance, comes with a soundtrack if you buy it on UMD, but not if you buy it online (they're not going to send you MP3s or something with it). Both the same price. The fact that the PSPGo is the original price ($250) while adding nothing of particular interest, just makes it sting even more.

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah yeah yeah, but sometimes the advantage of not carrying around UMDs is worth it. And I can't exactly get out to the Gamestop from where I am. It's about three miles away, which isn't far, but I don't wanna spend an afternoon just to pick up a game. Maybe if I had a bike.

Besides, the PSP game cases are awful-shaped.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Well I use my PSP for emulation and shit anyways.

Also, perfect Cave Story port. :D

[Fathom Zero]

Cave Story is on it? AWWWW SHIT

[Fathom Zero]

Two days later and I'm already playing Cave Story. :lol

Too bad I can't log onto the store without updating, though. I guess I'll just have to download the shit onto my PS3 when I get back.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Two days later and I'm already playing Cave Story. :lol
:rock

As for the store, you should be fine if you download the newest custom firmware. I haven't gone on in awhile,but I grabbed a few things off there and my CFW is still fine.

[Fathom Zero]

My PSP can't handle it. I don't wanna flash shit yet. I still think I've missed out on a lot of news since I last had a PSP.

I've got a 2000 with presumably one of those shitty mobos. But I use the enabler, of course. I dunno. I tried to spoof the firmware in the settings on it, but the store wouldn't accept it.

[Dimnos]

http://www.destructoid.com/buddhist-monk-recommends-games-for-treating-aggression-149304.phtml

[Fathom Zero]

Why hey now, Shadow Complex looks like it'll come to the PS3.

I just have that feeling. That and it's on a tentative list on Wikipedia.

[Microshock]

It's published by Microsoft and probably has an exclusivity agreement

[Fathom Zero]

I don't know. Epic's not entirely in Microsoft's back pocket, and it's not unheard of for a game to have multiple publishers. I've just got a weird feeeeeeeling here.

[Dimnos]

If Microsoft thinks they can make a few extra bucks...

[Fathom Zero]

Well, there's timed exclusivity stuff, like the Fallout 3 DLC and whatnot. I'm sure the Grand Theft Auto IV stuff will come to the PS3 eventually, as well.

[Microshock]

I doubt the GTA4 stuff will come over, it was a 50 million dollar exclusivity deal with a huge marketing campaign by microsoft itself..

[Fathom Zero]

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[stevetothepast]

qwerty mofo

[Guitar Woman]

asdf > qwerty

I have to move my hand for qwerty, that's way too much effort.

[Phoenix Gamma]

aoeui is where it's at.

[Guitar Woman]

Dvorak nerd

[kahljorn]

sometimes it kills me to see what people have invested their time "learning" and being interested in.

[Chojin]

OHSHI my wii homebrew channel is gone

how many hours will i go without before the latest patch is circumvented

my guess is 12

I only ever used it to watch video files from SD cards on my TV, shame that faggots had to use it to obsolete the wii shop channel with roms.

[Fathom Zero]

I updated to the official firmware on my PSP because I couldn't have custom firmware on it and therefore not be able to play games like Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman.

And I don't regret anything.

[Chojin]

also shadow complex was the best game I've played on 360 so far

[Phoenix Gamma]

I updated to the official firmware on my PSP because I couldn't have custom firmware on it and therefore not be able to play games like Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman.

And I don't regret anything.

I just pirated that game :X Kinda glad I did. Game's frustrating as fuck.

OHSHI my wii homebrew channel is gone

how many hours will i go without before the latest patch is circumvented

my guess is 12

I only ever used it to watch video files from SD cards on my TV, shame that faggots had to use it to obsolete the wii shop channel with roms.

It's already been fixed. And roms made Virtual Console obsolete before the system even launched. Maybe if they released better games on it...

[Fathom Zero]

I just pirated that game :X Kinda glad I did. Game's frustrating as fuck.

I love it. Probably wasn't worth $20, but I can't really put any other price to it. Just a helluva lot of frustration and fun.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I think $15 or $10 would have been more fair. Yea, it's just $5-10, but you can get a lot of physical copies of PSP games for $20 with more content.

But I know castle defense fans really eat that stuff up, so I'm not really the intended audience anyways :V

[Fathom Zero]

I don't even know that I would call it tower defense. It's more of a puzzler for me.

But I can see how some people would feel that it was.

[Guitar Woman]

Shit, that reminds me, they're refunding my purchase of the Internet channel with a NES game.

Did they put the english Mother up yet or are they still being huge, giant, stupid jerk faggots?

[Fathom Zero]

Why on earth would they ever release that? Are you fucking high?

[Guitar Woman]

I dunno, to make the billion people who want it happy

Although last time I had 500 Wii points to spend they still didn't have any of the games I wanted and was biding my 5 dollars for. Because they are lazy.

[MLE]

I'm trying to read what you're saying, but all I see is QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

[Fathom Zero]

I don't know what QQ means. :(

[executioneer]

i think it is some japan emoticon for crying

[Fathom Zero]

I'd ask why but I wouldn't get a good answer.

[executioneer]

its like a couple eyes with tears running out idk

[Guitar Woman]

I demand to be catered to

Castlevania III is on now, I'll get that.

[kahljorn]

i wish guitar woman was a character

and that playstation kid :(

[Dimnos]

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/10/05/modern-warfare-trailer-does-washington-burning-go-too-far/

Sissies. :lol

The scenes of post-apocalyptic scenes of carnage play out not in some fictional town in eastern Europe, but in Washington D.C. itself.

OH NOOOSSSS!


The game’s trailer, which debuted to a national audience tuned into Sunday night’s Steelers-Chargers NFL game, has racked up close to 200,000 views since its posting on YouTube Sunday, and reports have it that more than a million have pre-ordered the game.
Does the game go too far? Is it offensive?

Obviously not to the "more than a million" people who have pre-ordered it fools. :lol

[Fathom Zero]

Hilarious

[Dimnos]

And and and like grand theft auto 4 because.... Yeah....

[Fathom Zero]

I read the Christian Science Monitor for, you know, science. As opposed to opinion pieces.

[Tadao]

Oh shit, I want this!

[stevetothepast]

mine is pre-ordered finally. I've been playing MW to try and get pumped up.

[Dimnos]

Just thinking about shootin me some ruskies gets me pumped up.

[Sam]

I SHOULD PREORDER THIS ON PS3 TO PLAY WITH MY GOOD BUDDY DIMNOS OR MAYBE I SHOULD PREORDER IT ON 360 TO PLAY WITH MY GOOD BUDDY EVERYONE ELSE I KNOW

:(

[stevetothepast]

Don't get it for xbox sammy I don't like the cut of your jif.

http://www.bzbestbuy.com/Pics/Jif%20cr.gif

whoops I mean jib.

[Sam]

WHAT KIND OF TALK IS THAT :(

[Tadao]

PC FOR LIFE

[Dimnos]

Get it for PS3 so you dont have to pay to play it online. :microdualshock3

[Microshock]

MW2? Yeah, i think everyone is getting that?

It's obviously a 360 centered game, but the game itself should be the same on all the consoles and PC, its just Microsoft having the bundle and pushing the "Jump in" advertising at the end of the trailers

[Fathom Zero]

I don't care for it. :/

I'll play if someone want to, though.

[Dimnos]

Are you getting it Fathom? What system?

[Dimnos]

Oh and who the hell is GreenLantern on PSN? Is that someone here? I got a friends request and need to know if I should tell him to eat a dick.

[Fathom Zero]

Are you getting it Fathom? What system?

I only have a PS3. I dunno if I'll get it.

I'll try my damnedest not to buy it, though.

[Dimnos]

Come on. You know you want to shoot some ruskies on the white house lawn.

Microsixaxis. Can I just plug any USB headset into my PS3 and use that? Or do I have to buy a special PS3 headset?

[Microshock]

Most USB and bluetooth headsets work with it. The official one is nice though, has a charging stand and a mute button on it and also has some kind of High Quality voice mode so people hear you clearer and you hear them?

[Fathom Zero]

Any USB headset will work. My friend's got a Logitech headset. You can even use it in Rock Band, though he looks like a tool with the thing on his head.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Any USB headset will work. My friend's got a Logitech headset. You can even use it in Rock Band, though he looks like a tool with the thing on his head.

Looks like he's in a man band?

[King Hadas]

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is breaking my heart. It isn't a respectful remodeling like Resident Evil. It's a Hollywood style re-imagining where they've completely missed the point. Maybe I shouldn't assume so much from just watching the trailer, but that trailer didn't make me feel anything at all. No hype or anticipation, not even the smallest morsel of hope. The Silent Hill I knew really is gone forever.

[Dimnos]

A question just to hear what everyone thinks...

In your opinion what was the last GOOD Silent Hill game? Bonus if you care to elaborate and say why you thought it was good and/or how the next one dropped the ball.

Personally I think SH2 was the last good one. I just didnt like 3 at all and I pretty much didnt play any more after that. I did pick up The Room or whatever and got a little into it but never finished it.

[Dr. Boogie]

SH2 was definitely the best, but I still felt that 3 was a good addition to the series.

4 was pretty much a departure, what with them giving you an actual health bar and a charge meter for your attacks.

[Guitar Woman]

3's hard-mode puzzles are my sexual fetish.

[stevetothepast]

Any of you motherfuckers getting modern warfare 2 or WHAT?

[Tadao]

On PC

[Dimnos]

On PS3. :\

[Sam]

ON 360 DAWGGGGG

[executioneer]

nope

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

360 maybes.

[Microshock]

I have it on PS3. Honestly, would've rather had this game on a 360, cause like 60 percent of the MW2 people are on there even if a lot of them are 11 year olds.

I don't mind the fact they're on the game, because when I was 11, i know i wouldnt want to wait 6 years just to play the game but please dont use your microphone and then curse/rap on it.

[kahljorn]

Just think in a few more years you'll be ashamed of all the stupid shit you said on this site.

I already feel ashamed for making fun of a six year old or whatever.

[stevetothepast]

:lol

[Guitar Woman]

Hey, Wii owners, are you ready for a game with a little substance after a slew of shovelware and casual shit?

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/experience-the-darkside/57808

Well, I guess you'll have to wait a little longer, courtesy of Capcom!

[King Hadas]

SIlEnT HILL

Origins was the last one I liked. You have to ignore certain bits though, like most of the end game. This is one problem I have with western atempts at the series. They take the Silent Hill concept of hell and make it way too literal. Origins ends with you fighting an actual biblical demon. Another problem with Origins, the psychological elements are not very subtle. Most things are spelled out for you so you won't spend much time spinning outrageous theories (Henry's not a real person!). My reasons for liking the game I'm not able to enumerate as easily. I guess I like it because it feels like a Silent Hill and that's good enough for me.

[Guitar Woman]

You know, if Shattered Memories fails as a Silent Hill, it could probably still be a good horror game. Even if high-minded things like decent pacing and the building of tension through silence and Silent Hill's subtle psychological elements and symbolism and all that shit miss Climax completely, unkillable stalker characters have always terrified me, and I thought just being able to murder everything in all the Silent Hills made the games significantly less scary. So I support the Clock Tower approach completely. It could be that which ends up saving Shattered Memories from absolute shittiness.

More of a little thing, too, but I think it looks really good, and I'm glad people other than Nintendo themselves are finally trying to make Wii games that don't look like something a Dreamcast threw up.

[King Hadas]

The chase scenes from the trailer look like they boil down to Quick Time Events. :x

Maybe what's upsetting me is that the trailer is a total plagiarism of every other trailer I've ever seen for a "psychological horror". Maybe the game is actually gonna be great! They got the aesthetics all wrong though. And why'd they redesign Dahlia as a trashy lady? Is that to make the game more modern?

[Guitar Woman]

According to the dev team the choices you make in the game affect the appearance of the characters and the monsters and shit, so I'm assuming Harry being a slut turned Dahlia so or something.

Not sure why she's 30 years younger than in the original, though.

The whole gist of what Climax is trying to do is basically apply the representation of Silent Hill from the second game, i.e. a personalized hell/purgatory for bastards, but instead of poor old James Sunderland or Harry Mason the town's punishing, it's you. So they give you a bunch of psychological tests and shit at the beginning to try and find out what kind of person you are, and of course it's also reflected by gameplay descisions, and the game is supposedly tailored from this to scare and disturb you as much as possible. Considering the original game focused pretty heavily on the things Alessa hated or was afraid of, this is a gigantic change of aesthetic.

Why they thought a bunch of ice and shit would be more iconic than the usual rusty grating and dirty hospital sheets is beyond me, though. It also kind of scares me how much the trailers for this game take after Alone in the Dark, especially the real-time landscape morphing.

I'll still buy it, though. 3 years ago I might have not bothered with a game I wasn't 100% about, but release starvation hasn't made me picky, especially when it comes to Wii games.

[King Hadas]

I respect they're trying something new with the whole psychological tests and the flashlight. Recently I've realized that I love Silent Hill 4 because they tried a lot of new things. Most of them didn't work but man, almost. The titular room was a stroke of genius, I wish they'd invested more time into that part of the game.

especially the real-time landscape morphing.
This sort of thing is what makes me feel they missed the point. How long does it take to build that sort of game mechanic? And yet it has no effect on the atmosphere, if anything it kills the mood. They probably shouldn't be showing the transition in the first place, it's bad for ambiguity.

I could bitch and moan until the cows came home but regardless of what I say I'll definitely end up playing this game eventually. Even if I'd known Homecoming was going to turn out the way it did I'd still of played it because I'd need to see it for myself.

[Guitar Woman]

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/144632_S/Silent-Hill-Shattered-Memories-Impressions.jpg

Howdy!

[Supafly345]

MY ARGUMENT AS FOLLOWS
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[Guitar Woman]

That is terrifying on multiple levels!

[executioneer]

at LEAST five :(

[bigtimecow]

is the hand grabbing a cock? like, in someone's pants?

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[Fathom Zero]

It's a double-fister, too. Must be a black guy.

[King Hadas]

Apparently, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is going to be available for the ps2. That version will be delayed though, apparently.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/104/1044573p1.html

[Fathom Zero]

Speaks for the quality of the game. Whereas, the No More Heroes series is getting ported to the Xbox 360 and PS3.

[Zomboid]

Ugh.

[Fathom Zero]

:lol

[executioneer]

"series"? i was not aware there was an sequel

[Fathom Zero]

I dunno too much about it, honestly. I know that there's one coming out for the Wii and then there's a version for the PS3 and 360.

Truth is, the only bit of Silent Hill I ever played was the second for about five hours in the middle of the night one time at my friend's house. So I'm not one to judge.

[Guitar Woman]

Yeah, there's a sequel coming out, with dual-wielding and playing as Shinobu and a bunch of other awesome shit.

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I'm excited.

The 360/PS3 version is a port of the original with nicer graphics and probably Project Natal support and whatever motion crap the PS3's got. There's currently no publisher for the game, though, since Ubisoft dropped it. :\

[stevetothepast]

fuck project natal.

[Fathom Zero]

Atlus would do it! Or Konami, I feel.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Atlus would only do it if they could add in 8900 pages of their own text first.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Atlus would only do it if they could add in 8900 pages of their own text first.

As if an overworld of nothing wasn't bad enough :rolleyes

[Guitar Woman]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1818/1259818943871.png

hell yeah, brah

[King Hadas]

Silent Hill no uta~

I was looking for a clip on youtube of Silent Hill 2 in japanese, I was curious about how it sounded. Apparently the voice acting has always been in english, there never was a japanese version. Might explain the quality.

[executioneer]

was that picture drawn by the ctrl ald del guy

[Phoenix Gamma]

No, they'd all have B^U faces if he did.

[Tadao]

What is that?

[Guitar Woman]

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/3e/CAD2.gif

[Supafly345]

pgrbYLH5O4g
9/11 never forget

[Phoenix Gamma]

Classy

[Fathom Zero]

That's dumb as hell.

[Supafly345]

Read the comments and comment responses in the video for dumb.

[Lord Lonic]

http://209.85.122.83/2508/163/0/e26478//e26478.gif

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Ugh, why is Samurai Warriors 3 only coming out for the Wii? >:

[Pentegarn]

Isn't it the same game play as Dynasty Warriors?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

subtle nuances I can whistle for my horse to come to me in Samurai. Sick of playing through the three kingdoms too. I've played Samurai Warriors 2-whatever its at now.

[timrpgland]

The Dreamcast is still awesome and after buying a new controller on ebay I've been playing it a lot. Don't argue with me :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

VMUUUUUUUUU's!!!!

[timrpgland]

Insanely expensive BBA!!!!

[Phoenix Gamma]

Man, why the fuck do video games have to have shitty movies based on them. They're even making a shitty Earthbound movie

EARTHBOUND, the major motion picture starring Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, & Kathy Bates is holding an Open Casting Call for Principal & Background Actors.

Saturday January 9, 2010
10:00AM – 1:00PM
Robert E. Nims Center
800 Distributors Row
Harahan, LA 70123

We are seeking the following types:

Major Speaking Role: Principal

Cammie – Seeking Identical Twins or Triplets, Caucasian female, 3-5 years of age. Blonde, brown or red hair ok; to play the child of one of our stars. Happy, energetic and not afraid of people. No previous experience necessary!

Background Talent:

Hospital Fundraising Gala: Society Types – MUST arrive in sophisticated cocktail attire (Suits, Sport Coats, Dress Shirts, Ties, Cocktail dresses)

Plot Summary: A woman (Hudson) learns she has been stricken with cancer before meeting a new guy.

It's like they aren't even basing it on the same game! >:

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

They AREN"T basing it on the game. It's just the same name.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440161/

It's a drama comedy

[Phoenix Gamma]

It's like they aren't even basing it on the same game! >:

I thought that would have tipped you off :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm really tired right now and just thought you were being serious.

[Sam]

:rolleyes

[Pentegarn]

That was a good piece of business Phoenix

[Guitar Woman]

Earthbound could work as a movie, provided it was in the same vein as horribly traumatizing and childhood-ruining films like Secret of NIMH and The Brave Little Toaster.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

When Earthbound came out me and my cousin played it but renamed the characters. We didn't think Poo sounded like an Asian enough name so we name him O69'ER. Right after Tommy Boy came out too.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Earthbound could work as a movie, provided it was in the same vein as horribly traumatizing and childhood-ruining films like Secret of NIMH and The Brave Little Toaster.

I think the appeal to Earthbound is how gamey it is, and how it plays off of that. I mean, Itoi takes advantage of the medium and your expectations (ex: "you-know-who prayed", the final final ending of Mother 3).

It's definitely got charm to spare, but I think some of the silly gameplay moments is what makes it special. I'd still watch it, though.

[Guitar Woman]

Hey don't spoil Mother 3, I'm not done with it :<

Even though I know what happens anyway. :(

[Phoenix Gamma]

I didn't. I'm just saying is does a cool thing at the "END?" screen to wrap it up, which most people miss, and

Wait. You still didn't beat it? How old is that thread? :V

[Guitar Woman]

I got to chapter 5 before I became bored and left it to gather dust.

I have since played Seventh Saga to completion, and in the process have become an RPG grinding blackbelt. I will resume Mother 3 in short order.

[Fathom Zero]

I'm buying a 360 with my refund, so be prepared for ass-kickery in various games, bros.

Shit yes.

[Sam]

YOU ARE DIRT AND I WILL STEP UPON YOU

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm still waiting on my refund from last year. Going to refile 08 with 09. Might get a new television or go on a cruise.

[Fathom Zero]

YOU ARE DIRT AND I WILL STEP UPON YOU

DON'T TREAD ON ME, YOU FLAG-HATING COCK

[Phoenix Gamma]

YOU ARE DIRT AND I WILL STEP UPON YOU

DON'T TREAD ON ME, YOU FLAG-HATING COCK

It's like I'm really on XBox live! :D

[Dr. Boogie]

N***r!!!


Now it's like Xbox Live.

[Zomboid]

We need someone to be arguing with their mom while playing call of duty. I never understand why they don't just turn off their mics in those situations. Do you want people to know what a little wuss you are?

[stevetothepast]

I never put a mic in unless I'm in a party, it's too hard on the head.

[Phoenix Gamma]

We need someone to be arguing with their mom while playing call of duty. I never understand why they don't just turn off their mics in those situations. Do you want people to know what a little wuss you are?

YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT MY MOM YOU F****T WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN TO BUTTFUCKVILLE, KENTUCKY AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE MY UNCLE HAS A GUN I COULD SHOOT YOU ACTUALLY



heh, I told that asshole. Hey mom. Get me my cheesy poofs.

[OxBlood]

Please don´t remind me of that...what you also need is a french guy singing. LOUDLY! VERY, VEEERY LOUDLY! Then some british dude with an accent as thick as the makeup on the little screaming kid´s mom.

Add the mic-breather-idiot, the mumbler and the one where you just hear his other TV in the background and you´re set for any kind of FPS-Multiplayer.

[kahljorn]

dude im totally the mumbler :(

[Zhukov]

I was called a ****** once during a game of Gears of War 2 :\

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm a gasper.

dude im totally the mumbler :(

Was playing Dark Carnival - Freeway and I thought Tom Bodett left the light on for us.....ended up being a charger. :(

[Dimnos]

I
Was playing Dark Carnival - Freeway and I thought Tom Bodett left the light on for us.....ended up being a charger. :(

:lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

As much as it takes up a large space in my heart Suikoden II has such an annoying glitch. If you name your hero in Suikoden I you can import your save data and get him as a character in Suikoden II with his name you chose. Except if you save Gremio and get all 108 stars of Destiny in Suikoden I and import the save data into S II an annoying glitch happens.

In S I the Hero's last name is McDohl regardless of what you choose. I always named my hero Donovan(I played a lot of Darkstalkers around that time). S II's glitch was that it took the first letter of your chosen name and substituted the rest of McDohl.

So in SII his name was DcDohl....DickDole :(

My friend had named his hero Kenshin so when he played through it got renamed to KcDohl,,,,KickDole.... :(

[Pentegarn]

:lol

[Fathom Zero]

BioShock 2 plays more like early PS2 multiplayer titles such as TimeSplitters rather than technical, multi-faceted experiences like the Call of Duty games.

I can't possibly see how this could be a negative.

[Guitar Woman]

By "Technical and multi-faceted" do they mean "Camp until you get sick of nothing happening, then wander towards the objective only to get shot by some prick on the other side of the map who has a higher boredom tolerance"?

Call of Duty is the worst multiplayer game I've ever partaken of, the more steps we take away from that territory the better.

[stevetothepast]

By "Technical and multi-faceted" do they mean "Camp until you get sick of nothing happening, then wander towards the objective only to get shot by some prick on the other side of the map who has a higher boredom tolerance"?

Call of Duty is the worst multiplayer game I've ever partaken of, the more steps we take away from that territory the better.


you just don't know how to play budster.

[Dimnos]

He prefers high stakes patty-cake.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

:lol budster is amazing. When I worked at KeyBank we always had to use the term Fraudsters which I always thought was ridiculous sounding. Might as well have called them Crooksters.

[Guitar Woman]

TF2 once again shows its amazing balance by eliminating camping with Spies, who will fuck you up for standing around like an idiot. Maybe if Modern Warfare had a stealth class, too!

Shit, now I need to go and do my part to stop the plague. BRB, Spy.

[Fathom Zero]

Every class is a stealth class in Modern Warfare.

[Guitar Woman]

not being able to see players due to everything being colored gray doesn't count as stealth.

[Fathom Zero]

Everyone being fast and quiet does. And just because you can distinguish contrasting colors doesn't mean the rest of the world can't.

[Guitar Woman]

I also don't have an HDTV, I guess you need to purchase a flatscreen for next-gen graphics to not be horrible

Although I could see to play Halo 3 and Bioshock well enough

[Dimnos]

You can be a stealth character in MW2. It jsut takes the right perks.

Marathon - Unlimited Sprint

Cold Blooded - Undetectable by UAV, air support, sentry guns and thermal

Scrambler - Scrambles the enemy radar in a small area
-OR-
Ninja - Invisible to heartbeat sensors

[Fathom Zero]

Cold Blooded is wonderful.

[Zomboid]

Scrambler is a mixed bag because if you're near someone that has it, you can essentially find your way to them based on how fucked up your radar is.

I have a guy made for running around and knifing people. That's fun.

[Dimnos]

Yeah I prefer Ninja myself. To many fuckers running around with the damn heartbeat sensor if you ask me.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

My friend waits to get a crate drop but holds onto it because it makes you run faster. Then he goes knife crazy on people. He just does that to mess with people though. I think he is triple prestiging already.

[stevetothepast]

I hate care package runners, it sucks.

I usually use cold blooded, the pro version doesn't show your name above you in red and stupid fucks always think I'm on their team and run out in front of me and beside me.

[Guitar Woman]

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4862/1267089544232.jpg





FALCON KICK

[Phoenix Gamma]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKBRG_QgEAM&feature=youtube_gdata

BLARF FLARF VIDEOGAMES MADE ME FAT AND GET DIVORCED I COULD HAVE READ HARRY POTTER BUT DIDN'T BECAUSE VIDEOGAAAAAMES

[Guitar Woman]

All my time spent on games couldn't have been spent better!

Unless they're games that suck dick.

[kahljorn]

what a faggot

[executioneer]

jesus if it wasn't for video/other games i probably wouldn't socialize AT ALL

don't project your problems on me, d-bag

[kahljorn]

i like how he blames videogames and not himself.

HE SURE DODGED THAT ADDICTiON!!!

[Babs]

That's Samus, not Captain Falcon. You don't even know a very familiar video game character.

[Supafly345]

:lol you can't be serious

[Grislygus]

A little slow on the uptake, I think.

[Babs]

you know I kid /b/rothers

[bigtimecow]

ahhhhhhh noooooo babs

[Ant10708]

So this guy stopped wasting his life on videogames in order to waste his life making videos on youtube about how he wasted his life on videogames?

[Guitar Woman]

I want someone to make a Stealth Survival Horror game wherin you stay alive in hostile, terrifying environments by sneaking around, surprise-killing monsters, creating diversions, etc.

Basically, the Shalebridge Cradle extended for 8 hours. All 3 Thief games have some pretty fantastic scary moments/levels, and I don't see why something like that wouldn't work as the formula for a full game.

I also think the last time I was too scared to finish playing a level in one sitting was, like, Ocarina of Time. I tip my hat to Ion Storm.

[Grislygus]

I never liked the first one, but oh how I loved the fucking bejeesus out of Deadly Shadows

[Dr. Boogie]

I want someone to make a Stealth Survival Horror game wherin you stay alive in hostile, terrifying environments by sneaking around, surprise-killing monsters, creating diversions, etc.

Basically, the Shalebridge Cradle extended for 8 hours. All 3 Thief games have some pretty fantastic scary moments/levels, and I don't see why something like that wouldn't work as the formula for a full game.

They did that already. It was called Vampire Rain, and it sucked.

[Zomboid]

Fuck, did it ever.

[Guitar Woman]

Oh.

Well, shit.

[Fathom Zero]

I should really play them.

[Guitar Woman]

Yeah, you should, it's probably the best series ever.

I hope Thief 4 has a dynamic awareness level for guards where they don't just forget that they saw you if you get caught but then run away and hide again. They could also get increasingly suspicious the more noise you make, and at some point realize that the thing hurling pots and wine bottles around in the other room isn't just a large, obnoxious rat. This is one reason I like playing the Spy in TF2 so much; if you do enough damage, people get paranoid, and start to realize and look out for unseen threats. In turn, that makes it about twice as satisfying when you outwit them anyway and commit rape upon the enemy ranks. It's really the ultimate stealth game. Or would be if Valve would fix backstab detection, goddamnit

One thing I liked in Thief 3 was that unarmed NPCs would run and find a guard to clean your clock if they saw you, wheras in the other games they'd pretty much run through the mansion waving their arms and hollering while the sentries stood around staring at walls and muttering about how much they hate stale bread.

[Nick]

Don't you mean THI4F

[Dr. Boogie]

The Fast and the Thiefious.

[Nick]

2 Fast
2 Thiefous

[Jeff The Ninja]

The fast and the Thiefious : Tokyo Theft.

[Nick]

Fast and the Thiefious: Return of Vin Diesel

[Zomboid]

Knock it off.

[Supafly345]

P6iT-lMgfAI

[captain516]

Are those new Pokemon games any good? Does anybody here even play Pokemon?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I've played Red when it came out. Once there was more than 151 I lost interest.

[Phoenix Gamma]

The new games are basically the same as the old ones, except with more Mons to Poke. That, and they revamped the combat and stat system, though if you aren't OCD about that shit, you might not tell the difference. Well, aside from the fact that attacks are now grouped as Physical or Special.

Oh, and online battling and trading means I can stalk children without having to walk all the way to the playground with my DS.

[Tadao]

Call of Duty : Black Ops is made by Treyarch. This is horrible news. :(

[Dimnos]

You didnt like world at war?

[stevetothepast]

world at war is my favorite call of duty to date

I'm not sure what to think of black ops yet though.

[Fathom Zero]

What are some good games on Wiiware or the Virtual Console?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I think Super Mario RPG got released for virtual console.

[LiliaMooley]

I have send you in pm

[Tadao]

YAY! I AM MUCH THANKING YOU!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

His occupation is even better.

[Pentegarn]

Must be a rough gig being the entire United States :lol

[kahljorn]

THIS THREAD JUST GOT SEXY

[bigtimecow]

hahahahahahahaahahahha

e3 for nintendo is going awful. the zelda demonstration is going terribly. they are having "interference" issues with the wii motion plus or something and i literally just watched miyamoto point the bow and arrow at the ground for like 15 seconds. no one seems impressed

[MLE]

ARGUE MORE

[Fathom Zero]

Oh poor Nintendo.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Suddenly, Kirby, Donkey Kong Country, Golden Sun, Kid Icarus, 3DS, and every 3rd party under the sun comes in and makes Nintendo's press event fucking awesome.

Awesome conference. Sony played it safe with interesting (but not totally exciting, save for Twisted Metal) sequels and their remote, but their show was still pretty solid. Microsoft's was just a total joke though. EA had a pretty good show this year, but the less said about Ubisoft, the better. But Nintendo just showed games, and their new tech looks really good. They brought back a lot of franchises that kinda disappeared (Kirby hasn't seen a proper platformer on consoles since N64, DKC died back on the SNES, Golden Sun was presumed to be forgotten, and Kid Icarus as a launch title for the 3DS is really neat) and the support for the new handheld is really impressive (MGS? Resident Evil? Shin Megami Tensei?)

It's about time Nintendo had a strong showing for E3. And I'll even give them the benefit of the doubt for Zelda (unless hands-on reports from blogs prove otherwise).

Nintendo: A-
Sony: B+
Microsoft: D
EA: B
Ubisoft: D

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah, I didn't realize how powerful the 3DS was. A remake of Snake Eater? Holy shit.

[Dimnos]

Oh shit that Kid Icarus is on the 3DS?

[Fathom Zero]

By the way, the 3DS looks like garbage, design-wise. The thing's gonna be a chintzy piece of plastic like the smaller DS and I saw the case flex a lot while people were handling it. Ugh.

[Dimnos]

:(

[Phoenix Gamma]

By the way, the 3DS looks like garbage, design-wise. The thing's gonna be a chintzy piece of plastic like the smaller DS and I saw the case flex a lot while people were handling it. Ugh.You already said that in the other thread. Besides, I have three reasons to believe the quality of the casing won't be a concern:

1) It'll be made out of fucking Nintendium. The Game Boy could survive a Gulf War bombing, and I've owned every iteration of the DS, and that thing is durable as shit, unlike the PSP, which I have to coddle like an infant. Nintendo makes durable stuff. Also with noting is that the system is still a year away, and this might not be final. The DS had a pretty derpy design before it's original launch.

2) I haven't heard any complaints about the case's durability on news sites.

3) I haven't seen any evidence of said flexing. Link plz.

Plus, the casing isn't my biggest concern. Price is. They threw in everything but the kitchen sink; accelerometer, gyrosensor, pretty graphics, 3D display, touch screen, improved WiFi, apparently some internal storage, and technically three cameras (two in the front for 3d photos, one inside for your face). I can't see myself paying more than $200 for this, but it seems like a pricey piece of hardware, as opposed to Nintendo's usual attempts to make things affordable for your mom.

[Fathom Zero]

You already said that in the other thread.

I thought it would be better here because I knew I'd take a lot of shit for it.

Besides, I have three reasons to believe the quality of the casing won't be a concern:

1) It'll be made out of fucking Nintendium. The Game Boy could survive a Gulf War bombing, and I've owned every iteration of the DS, and that thing is durable as shit, unlike the PSP, which I have to coddle like an infant. Nintendo makes durable stuff. Also with noting is that the system is still a year away, and this might not be final. The DS had a pretty derpy design before it's original launch.

Whatever. Sure, it'll last probably. But if it's the same shitty polymer and finish they used to make the 2nd generation of DS, it'll be a fingerprint and scratch magnet. Which is not cool for a handheld.

2) I haven't heard any complaints about the case's durability on news sites.

Like I give a fuck what the news sites say. I won't use a "Nintendo bias OMG" defense here, either. I'll wait until review units go out before I really make a decision.

As an aside though, they said it was almost too easy to slide the 3D switch, which reminds me a lot of the Gameboy contrast switch where it could slide around in your pocket when you weren't playing it and make you think you've gone blind when you turn the thing back on.

3) I haven't seen any evidence of said flexing. Link plz.
I don't really care enough about the thing to make an argument against it. So I don't feel like giving evidence to support. What I see in photos and videos is flexing and imminent flexing, in my hands at least.

[Phoenix Gamma]

But...I thought we were supposed to argue in this thread :(

[Fathom Zero]

I am. I'm just not providing sound evidence.

Your turn.

[k0k0]

I have more reason to believe that a lot of people will be disappointed in the 3ds due to the working viewing area than the design. It seems that it only has a small bubble that you can view the 3d-ness in before it either hurts your eyes and makes them cross-eyed, or gets really blurry. I can see people suing because their kid's vision went bad due to children these days being retarded and keeping playing it even though it's fucking up their eyes.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I am. I'm just not providing sound evidence.

Your turn.

"Nintendo has made nothing but super sturdy plastic casing for all of the products they've produced in the 20+ years that they've been around, and the 3DS isn't out for another year so the casing is subject to change like the original DS did, plus there have been no reports of poor case builds from any news site" seemed like a pretty solid argument to me :V

[Fathom Zero]

'Tis good. And like I said, if it's a pre-production model, no worries. I'd like to have it matte like the DSi, but that may be too much to hope for. The DSi rules.

[Guitar Woman]

So Shadows of the Empire for the N64 looks absolutely identical to Morrowind's unmodded graphics

When I said Morrowind was like a beta of a game from 1996, I didn't realize I wasn't exaggerating. The difference is that Shadows isn't nearly as shit.

[Zomboid]

Is there not an all-encompassing e3 thread?

This is hilarious: http://www.dorkly.com/video/1848/e3-dance-central-demo

[k0k0]

Is there not an all-encompassing e3 thread?

This is hilarious: http://www.dorkly.com/video/1848/e3-dance-central-demo

I dunno, I think that game could teach me some things. I can't dance worth a shit and although I don't actively go to dance clubs, after a bit of practice on there, I could see myself going and making a dick out of myself on a dance floor by pretty much copying the moves I learned on a game.

[Dimnos]

FLAWLESS VICTORY! >:

wz3BuYYhnn0

[Phoenix Gamma]

Here, someone fixed the Dance Central demonstration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTYtH28esTg

[Dr. Boogie]

I got Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter on Steam because it's gotten to the point where it's cheaper to get it and the first episode again as part of a package deal. The only catch is that they don't let you have an extra license if you get an extra copy of a game in a package deal unless it's one of their special packages.


So fuck you, Steam.

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah, it's a bummer. It's only when they explicitly state it.

Kinda fucked up.

[Tadao]

Hahahaha how many times is Steam gonna fuck you Dr. B? I quit them a long time ago.

[Dr. Boogie]

So far, just twice. The rest of it is just potential ways things could go wrong with digital downloads.

I was disappointed, but it was still cheaper to buy it that way than individually.

[Tadao]

I'm just still bitter about the 2 week delay in patches for COD : W@W. It made the game useless till they put out the patch.

[Tadao]

http://izismile.com/2010/06/30/how_games_change_the_rock_21_pics.html

[Phoenix Gamma]

Question: We have a medium where we can make ANYTHING, with tech that's constantly improving. Near limitless possibilities. Anything your imagination can come up with, you can make.

So why the fuck are so many people spending time on photorealism? The real world sucks. >:



Plus their graphics engines always get outrealism'd before the end of the year anyways.

[Guitar Woman]

Valve's TF2 backstory comics are badass as fuck, I love them

[Seven Force]

I'm playing the MMZ Collection on my DS, its really fun.

[Seven Force]

I bet none of you faggos ever beat em without cheating

[executioneer]

i never even played them lol

[Bubsy]

I bet none of you faggos ever beat em without cheating

i'm the beat MMZ player ever so STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Seven Force]

I will prove my superiority with youtube videos