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Guitar Woman · #1

I'd never ever play this IRL because I'm the kind of person who has to have roleplaying in his tabletop RPGs, and it takes a really special kind of friend to watch someone pretend to DRIFT TO AND FRO TWIXT THE FEYWILDS and then still want to be friends afterwords. Strangers on the internet are fine, though.

Chojin · #2

We play a cyberpunk GURPS campaign on Sundays. I'm a gay former teen pop star with a robot dog.

executioneer · #3

lets get together and LARP some mechwarrior

you guys bring the battlemechs ok my locust's in the shop

WhiteRat · #4

So I received 6 Sega CD games in the mail today from ebay and I am pleasantly surprised to find out that I now own a factory sealed copy of "INXS Make Your Own Video" (which wasn't mentioned in the auction).

Seriously though, I could care less...it's Make Your Own Video for fuck's sake.

T-Rex · #5

Games improve hand to eye co-ordination. Did you know that a survey on surgeons found that they did a better job after warming up with a session on a video game?

"I'll remove your spleen in a second Mr. Johnson. Hey, where's the gatling gun?!"

Phoenix Gamma · #6

Old study, but yea. Another one is that driving games help drivers, since it teaches them to watch their surroundings and not the back of the car in front of them. I guess that explains why I've never had an accident yet.

Guitar Woman · #7

His face is a question mark. I'm never going to be able to play this game the same way again.

bigtimecow · #8

i love earthbound, but mother sucks. so fuck ninten

Guitar Woman · #9

I thought it was pretty good, especially considering the hardware limitations.

How they managed to make a NES game that creepy and multi-layered I'll probably never know.

10,000 Volt Ghost · #10

Still think they should have made Mother 64( 3-d sequel for N64).

Guitar Woman · #11

Mother 64 was just going to be Mother 3, anyway.

I'm actually glad it's had more time to cook, it looks fantastic.

10,000 Volt Ghost · #12

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Originally Posted by Guitar Woman

Mother 64 was just going to be Mother 3, anyway.

I'm actually glad it's had more time to cook, it looks fantastic.

The preview I had in my gamepro from ten years ago had the entire cast of Mother 2 returning as playable chars.

After playing through Earthbound again I began to question some things. I used to play the game a lot when I was younger, especially overnights without the lights on.

After using the PSI attacks on the replay recently I don't know how I never got epilepsy from this game.

bigtimecow · #13

i played a good hour of the japanese rom with a translation guide and it's quite fun. the music element of the combat system is well executed and accurate.

oh, and i found out that there is a visual boy advance edition for the wii... so mother 3 can be played on your wii...

oh

my

god

Lobo Tommy · #14

Mother 3 will never be the same as Earthbound in my eyes. Earthbound is my favorite game ever.

dddddddddd · #15

i think its funny how people call this earthbound 3 when the nes and snes games where basically re makes of one another

Phoenix Gamma · #16

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Originally Posted by dddddddddd

i think its funny how people call this earthbound 3 when the nes and snes games where basically re makes of one another

Must...resist urge...to correct typos...

Whether or not the second game is a remake is up for debate, though I'm fairly certain anyone who claims Mother 2 is a remake never played the original and is just talking out of their ass.

I'll make you a deal though: you convince either Rockstar or EA to fix the numbering of GTA or The Sims, and I'll convince Nintendo to change Mother's numbering. I think that's a fair trade.

bigtimecow · #17

i'll assume you only said that to piss someone off, because they are not even close when it comes to storyline

MetalMilitia · #18

GTA is named correctly.

bigtimecow · #19

indeed they are. all the numbered ones take place in liberty city, and the others are named otherwise because they take place in different cities

Phoenix Gamma · #20

GTA2 takes place in (I shit you not) "Anywhere City", presumably next to Some Place Town and Middle-Of-Nowhere-berg.

It's semantics, sure, but it's my semantics

HellBeast · #21

Although I don't own a Wii I've had fun playing at my friends. But I wouldn't go out and buy one or anything. It's like with their games you play through them, maybe again on another difficulty and then thats it. Personally I need to buy games that I know I can play for 80+ hours and still go back to it in maybe a year or so.

Phoenix Gamma · #22

Yea, he's talking about replay value.

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Originally Posted by HellBeast

Although I don't own a Wii I've had fun playing at my friends. But I wouldn't go out and buy one or anything. It's like with their games you play through them, maybe again on another difficulty and then thats it. Personally I need to buy games that I know I can play for 80+ hours and still go back to it in maybe a year or so.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Also Mario Galaxy. Maybe Mario Kart Wii if you're a masochist. Eventually, it'll hit the stride the DS hit.

It's actually really sneaky when you think about how Nintendo is working now:

http://malstrom.50webs.com/birdman.html

Recommended reading if you've got the time. Crazy long, but well written.

HellBeast · #23

lol And i know kust saying that dosent make much sense but that has been bugging me for a while and i needed to get it out of my system.

Fathom Zero · #24

I haven't really played any console games recently. I think I'm edging back into my movies over games phase. I still play PC games, though.

Also, I've sworn myself off buying another console game until I move out of this hell-hole. I'm not having another game broken or stolen.