Video Game Thread (Officially Unofficial) - Page 2

cthulufhtagn · May 24th, 2006, 10:01 PM

meh, i've long since given up on having a good fighting engine in a hockey game...i just like em cuz they're good for just hanging out/avoiding studies, that and i tend to be better than most of my friends at them

dorian gray · May 24th, 2006, 10:02 PM

ahaha what do you actually do at college?

cthulufhtagn · May 24th, 2006, 10:37 PM

uh smoke pot...lots of pot. and play guitar. and occasionally show up to class.

no i keed, at least about the last part. had a 3.45 gpa this past semester, 2 A-'s and a B

and none of those classes were pushovers

Conspicuously Absent · May 24th, 2006, 10:45 PM

must be nice to have that kind of spare time.

cthulufhtagn · May 24th, 2006, 10:48 PM

yeah it is, really laid back, life up there pretty much kicks ass all around, especially if you slack as hard as i do haa

Conspicuously Absent · May 24th, 2006, 11:11 PM

well, to give you some idea, i have about 200 pages of new material to cover between now and friday morning for a final plus about 106 pages to read for a quiz that afternoon. Then I cram my brains out all weekend for a skills exam monday morning, and for 2 more finals later than weekend. While doing regular classes in the other class, whose final is on friday of next week, but we're covering new material right up through wednesday (including new/more reading).

Night Mare · May 25th, 2006, 12:06 AM

Should you even be on here?

Conspicuously Absent · May 25th, 2006, 12:26 AM

need to take a break sometime or you go insane.

Johanna · May 25th, 2006, 05:24 AM

The problem with new stuff is that once you can afford to buy it its old, so its really not my fault I mostly just play oldschool games. (Also, there is alot more games coming out so its hard to find the really really good ones)

Fable is the newest game I have for my xbox but I haven't played it 'cause I always end up playing Super Mario World instead.

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 05:26 AM

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Erik · May 25th, 2006, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dorian gray

Oh, and by physics, I mean the propensity for stuff to happen as it would in a real, physical environment.

you know today i thought

you know how if you drop a koopa shell between two pipes, it bounces endlessly between them

what if you built some sort of generator to harness the infinite koopa shell bouncing power, you could probably solve the mushroom kingdom's energy crisis right there (assuming they have one)

Hell Mike · May 25th, 2006, 05:29 AM

Everyone who is interested in the oh so tough schooling process of CA type "I AM GAY" after this post

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 05:30 AM

i prefer video games thanks

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by KILL TULLY

Just in general its anoying how a lot of people will just disregard all modern gaming as a whole, only playing oldschool stuff.

i like when games are "old school" in the sense that they 1) rely more on fun gameplay than graphics and/or shock value 2) innovate and come up with new interesting ideas instead of rehashing last year's fps/football/beat'em'up game with better graphcis

so i like "old school" game play regardless of whether it's on the nes or has fancy graphics on a 64 bit console

that make sense to you

(in practice, this means that ms and sony can go fuck themselves because nintendo>alles)

dorian gray · May 25th, 2006, 08:13 AM

@Johanna: Maybe I should rent Fable, then? Never heard of it actually.

@Erik: I heard that Nintendo DS is largely a piece of crap. What's good about it? Just wondering, I don't know anyone who has it.

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dorian gray

@Erik: I heard that Nintendo DS is largely a piece of crap. What's good about it? Just wondering, I don't know anyone who has it.

EVERYTHING

what's supposed to be a piece of crap about it? that it doesn't have stupid fucking mindless american blood and guts and flashy graphics games?

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 08:19 AM

seriously though it has great games and the touch screen/stylus & dual screen & wireless networking are all really cool ideas

dorian gray · May 25th, 2006, 08:20 AM

What is the functional paradigm of the dual screens?

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 08:23 AM

it differs from game to game obviously; in mario & luigi, you get a map on the upper screen which is really handy, and sometimes you get to control different characters in different rooms with some guys on the top screen and some on the bottom one (and the lower screen is touch sensitive)

it's difficult to explain but it's a really cool thing to have actually -- people thought nintendo was nuts for doing this but it's more than a gimmick, it feels really natural

Conspicuously Absent · May 25th, 2006, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dorian gray

@Johanna: Maybe I should rent Fable, then? Never heard of it actually.

Fable is really fun, I played the PC version, it's quite similar to the Xbox version, you should definetly check it out. I like being so evil I grow horns and my own smoke cloud.

dorian gray · May 25th, 2006, 08:26 AM

What about Nintendo's new console with the wierd "TV remote" controls?

dorian gray · May 25th, 2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Conspicuously Absent

Fable is really fun, I played the PC version, it's quite similar to the Xbox version, you should definetly check it out.

Wait, I think I remember this. Did it come out for XBox around November 2004? I remember the salesperson trying to get me to buy it when I bought the XBox

Erik · May 25th, 2006, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorian gray

What about Nintendo's new console with the wierd "TV remote" controls?

jesus i started a seperate thread on it that is linked from THIS thread

it will fucking rule

dorian gray · May 25th, 2006, 08:31 AM

haha You're like a Nintendo die-hard. Do you have N64? I still have mine. I've kept it solely to one day get a copy of Goldeneye and play it until I die.

Conspicuously Absent · May 25th, 2006, 08:33 AM

Pretty dead on review from paidoffbythegamecompaniesspy: http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/fable/546898p1.html

May 24th, 2006, 10:01 PM	#26 (permalink)
cthulufhtagn el chingón de chingones Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the land of bottomless coffee Posts: 7,491	meh, i've long since given up on having a good fighting engine in a hockey game...i just like em cuz they're good for just hanging out/avoiding studies, that and i tend to be better than most of my friends at them __________________ Arterial Spray: PDX thrashgrindviolence Thee Metal Shakespeare Company: Portland's Fineft Purveyors of Shakespearean Power Metal!

May 24th, 2006, 10:37 PM	#28 (permalink)
cthulufhtagn el chingón de chingones Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the land of bottomless coffee Posts: 7,491	uh smoke pot...lots of pot. and play guitar. and occasionally show up to class. no i keed, at least about the last part. had a 3.45 gpa this past semester, 2 A-'s and a B and none of those classes were pushovers __________________ Arterial Spray: PDX thrashgrindviolence Thee Metal Shakespeare Company: Portland's Fineft Purveyors of Shakespearean Power Metal!

May 24th, 2006, 10:45 PM	#29 (permalink)
Conspicuously Absent Linguistically Confused Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 8,726	must be nice to have that kind of spare time. __________________

May 24th, 2006, 10:48 PM	#30 (permalink)
cthulufhtagn el chingón de chingones Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the land of bottomless coffee Posts: 7,491	yeah it is, really laid back, life up there pretty much kicks ass all around, especially if you slack as hard as i do haa __________________ Arterial Spray: PDX thrashgrindviolence Thee Metal Shakespeare Company: Portland's Fineft Purveyors of Shakespearean Power Metal!

May 24th, 2006, 11:11 PM	#31 (permalink)
Conspicuously Absent Linguistically Confused Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 8,726	well, to give you some idea, i have about 200 pages of new material to cover between now and friday morning for a final plus about 106 pages to read for a quiz that afternoon. Then I cram my brains out all weekend for a skills exam monday morning, and for 2 more finals later than weekend. While doing regular classes in the other class, whose final is on friday of next week, but we're covering new material right up through wednesday (including new/more reading). __________________

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Night Mare Picket Fence Wings Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 1,128	Should you even be on here? __________________

May 25th, 2006, 12:26 AM	#33 (permalink)
Conspicuously Absent Linguistically Confused Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 8,726	need to take a break sometime or you go insane. __________________

May 25th, 2006, 05:24 AM	#34 (permalink)
Johanna merciless DEATH Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Umeå Posts: 3,258	The problem with new stuff is that once you can afford to buy it its old, so its really not my fault I mostly just play oldschool games. (Also, there is alot more games coming out so its hard to find the really really good ones) Fable is the newest game I have for my xbox but I haven't played it 'cause I always end up playing Super Mario World instead. __________________ Let me tell you of the days of high adventure...

May 25th, 2006, 05:26 AM	#35 (permalink)
Erik Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: southernmost voyage Posts: 16,454	+ =

May 25th, 2006, 05:29 AM	#37 (permalink)
Hell Mike fuck melodic black metal Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Norrland Posts: 7,702	Everyone who is interested in the oh so tough schooling process of CA type "I AM GAY" after this post __________________ WITCHBURNER of the Metal Inquisition Nasheim\|Lethal Nobody died for my sins No faith tied to my name The path I choose to walk is mine When the clouds turn red and the horizon as in flames

May 25th, 2006, 05:30 AM	#38 (permalink)
Erik Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: southernmost voyage Posts: 16,454	i prefer video games thanks

May 25th, 2006, 08:19 AM	#42 (permalink)
Erik Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: southernmost voyage Posts: 16,454	seriously though it has great games and the touch screen/stylus & dual screen & wireless networking are all really cool ideas

May 25th, 2006, 08:23 AM	#44 (permalink)
Erik Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: southernmost voyage Posts: 16,454	it differs from game to game obviously; in mario & luigi, you get a map on the upper screen which is really handy, and sometimes you get to control different characters in different rooms with some guys on the top screen and some on the bottom one (and the lower screen is touch sensitive) it's difficult to explain but it's a really cool thing to have actually -- people thought nintendo was nuts for doing this but it's more than a gimmick, it feels really natural

May 25th, 2006, 08:33 AM	#50 (permalink)
Conspicuously Absent Linguistically Confused Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 8,726	Pretty dead on review from paidoffbythegamecompaniesspy: http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/fable/546898p1.html __________________