DLD 11/24/09 - Fine, I'll make another video game dump
by micdog2001 on Nov 24, 2009 1:22 PM PST
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What is all this talk about baseball on this site? :-) I guess no one has the time to post a DLD. I would think someone who has mentally checked out for the short week at work would have posted one. Well, if I'm doing it then you get video games as a topic. I saw this on yahoo's video game blog.
Man marries video game character
**UPDATE** This link now has video of the "ceremony".
That is kind of pathetic IMO.
Continuing my thread of Nintendo consoles and my favorite games for them, I present the Gamecube! (GCN for short). I received the GCN as a birthday present and while I don't look back as fondly on it as the previous Nintendo consoles I still logged a lot of hours on it. I think that is mostly because I was older when I got it and it isn't really that old yet. I guess kids do have more fun. It was released November 2001, which sounds old but in the scheme of life isn't that long. (to save time, I will just copy some things straight from wikipedia. These take too long without doing that.)
The Nintendo GameCube Game Disc is the software storage medium for the Nintendo GameCube, created by Matsushita. Chosen to prevent unauthorized copying and to avoid licensing fees to the DVD Consortium, it is Nintendo's first non-cartridge storage method for consoles released outside of Japan
Those mini-discs were much easier to store and take with you to a friends house but that was about the only positive thing. Some games required 2 discs, like Medal of Honor: Rising Son.
The GameCube features two ports that accommodate memory cards for saving game data. The three official memory card sizes are: 59 blocks (4 Mbit/512 KB, grey card), 251 blocks (16 Mbit/2 MB, black), and 1019 blocks (64 Mbit/8 MB, white).
This was a nice feature, if you and your friend both had a game you could take your memory card with you and use it to load profiles and the like (excellent for MVP Baseball 2005's team rosters).
The MultiAV port is identical to the one used in Nintendo's earlier Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo 64 consoles, allowing most cables from these systems to be used interchangeably.
So if you were like me and you lost your AV cord for the SNES then you could use the GCN cord, sweet!
The regular gamecube controllers were great but during the GCN era Nintendo made one of the greatest controllers EVER. The Wavebird, a wireless remote that would work up to 20 ft away (some say 60-70 ft) even when not in direct line of sight. I think this was the first widely successful wireless remote and it has become an industry standard. It didn't have rumble but I didn't care.
The GameCube sold nearly 22 million units worldwide during its lifetime, lagging far behind the 140 million PlayStation 2 consoles sold. The GameCube finished its generation slightly behind the Xbox, which sold 24 million units before being discontinued. It also did not outsell its predecessor, the Nintendo 64, which sold almost 33 million units in its lifetime.
In September 2009, IGN named the GameCube the 16th best gaming console of all time.
I got a little worried near the end of the Gamecube's run that Nintendo was going to close or something. They were WAY behind Sony as you can see (although I'm surprised they were so close to the XBOX) and were kind of the laughing stock of the gaming community. I will get into the Nintendo Wii later but lets just say Nintendo is the one laughing now (even if the hardcore gaming community still hates them).
The number of games released for the console exceeds 600, with 208.56 million GameCube games sold as of June 30, 2008
That is 9.48 games per console sold. Not bad i guess. This will take a while but I will go through the 600 games and pick out my favorites. (note, my favorites, not the best overall games for the GCN) Oh, and before I get into the best I would just like to say the All-Star Baseball 2002 on the GCN was one of the worst baseball games ever. Ot was so unbalanced and I hated playing it, a disgrace to the franchise. On to my favs! In alphabetical order (well, except the games with sequels I put in chronological order once I got to their alphabetical spot)
- Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (lack of multplayer sucked but good single player experience)
- Dead to Rights (bullet time! and a canine companion)
- Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (not even close to Goldeneye but I still enjoyed the powers of the cybernetic eye)
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction(way better than the new Wii Hulk game)
- James Bond 007: Nightfire (way better than Agent Under Fire and the World is Not Enough)
- James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (3rd person view game that featured a story made for the game only and Hollywood actors providing voices and their likeness to characters in the game. It also was the first Bond game with two-player cooperative mode, but not a true deathmatch mode.)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (I never played Windwaker, not sure why)
- Madden NFL (all the versions blend together, I only bought one GCN version)
- Mario Kart: Double Dash
- Mario Party 5 (more like a board game than a video game but I liked it because my girlfriend at the time and now wife actually played it with me. Just about the only GCN game we played together)
- Mario Superstar Baseball (arcade type baseball but it combined my two favorite things, Nintendo and Baseball)
- Medal of Honor: Front line (the first on many WWII FPSsfor Nintendo. It starts out with a huge bang, as you take part in the D-Day invasion. Great game, one of my all-time favorite games. It seemed a lot like the movie Saving Private Ryan)
- Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (followed up with an equally awesome level of Pearl Harbor but the the game was poorly received by critics and gamers. A planned sequel were you play the brother of the main character in Rising Sun (you actually see your bro in a couple of the levels) was scrapped because of the negative reception)
- Medal of Honor: European Assault (a nice recovery after Rising Sun. It featured an upgraded interface, HUD, and weapons)
- Mega Man Anniversary Collection
- Mega Man X Collection
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (a remake of the Playstation game but still great)
- Metroid Prime (although I got sidetracked and never completed the game, it was still fun)
- MLB Slugfest 03 or 04 (not as great as MVP but still kind of fun. Being on fire was cool)
- MVP Baseball 2005 (greatest baseball game ever)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (I barely played it but when I did it was good)
- Resident Evil 4 (some say the best game overall on the GCN)
- Robotech: Battlecry
- Sonic Mega Collection
- Soulcalibur II (The GCN version was the best because it had Link from Legend of Zelda as a playable character. Awesome game)
- SSX Tricky
- SSX 3
- SSX On Tour
- Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
- Super Mario Strikers (it got a little stale after a few games but ti was still fun)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (nice upgrade from the N64 version)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 (great game, I never really played the next couple years installments)
- TimeSplitters 2 (I LOVE this game. Great story, great characters with a ton to choose from in multiplayer, lots of unlockable content, great replay value, and it was funny)
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (equally awesome, continued right where 2 left off)
- True Crime: Streets of LA (some people complain this was a GTA clone but i can't say because I've never played a GTA game)
Wow, 34 games on this list. I don't remember spending that much time playing games and that doesn't count games I didn't list because I didn't really like them or the times I played other consoles at a friends house. Not surprising is that out of all 34 only 10 do not involve some type of violence (unless you count football and soccer, then there is only 8). I would like to say that I am not a violent person in real life. I have never even been in a real fight before. I have never shot a living thing (except with a paintball gun) although I do kill most common bugs without hesitation. I will admit to having some pent up aggression and anger, perhaps this is where I let some of that out.
Now to pull a top 5 from that list, oh boy this will be difficult. Edit - After making this list I had to change it to a top 10. After the top 3 I'm not sure if I keep this order, I just can't officially decide.
- MVP Baseball 2005 (I played this a ton with my cousin and still bust it out when I feel the need for baseball in the off season. This is the last baseball game I purchased.)
- Soul Caliber II (I unlocked every character, costume, and weapon)
- Medal of Honor: Frontline (classic in my eyes)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003
- James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (co-op mode with my bro-in-law)
- Timesplitters 2 (Future Perfect might have the edge in story, maybe, but I spent more time on multiplayer with 2)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- SSX 3
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
- James Bond 007: Nightfire
OT: Does anyone know why the spellchecker thinks "with" is not a word?
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Unfortunately, this is where I get off
No, not like that, LB. What I mean is, the Gamecube was what convinced me to jump over to the PS2 side, which worked out pretty well I’d say. Still, it led to the first time I missed a major (re: not on Gameboy) Zelda game, so that kinda sucked. On the plus side, sweet, sweet Final Fantasy.
And mic, there’s no “IMO” about it. The dude who marries a fictional character is a sad man.
Besides, that girl is a totally slut
Like, half the guests at the wedding had slept with her.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
if I ever jumped ship
it would be to XBOX, I just never have had much fun with Playstation.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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MMMMMmmmmmmm
Final Fantasy….
PS 1 had the best suite of FF games, followed closely by Super Nintendo. The PS2/3 titles have left me less than impressed.
Those FF titles for PS1 were awesome too...
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
If they ever stop pussyfooting around and do a FF VII remake for PS3,
I will buy one the very next day. Until then, I have no interest in buying a new gaming system. I just run an emulator on my computer and use all my old PS1 disks. Works well enough for me.
by cityplANner on Nov 24, 2009 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
why can't I have your knowledge and a stack of old D&D games?
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
I'll just go ahead and say it, VII is overrated.
TIME TO RUN
by ElQuesoCapitan on Nov 25, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
O Captain, my Captain...
When a game is a genre unto itself, there is nothing you can accurately measure it against. Thus, over/under-rated kinda goes out the window.
Such is FF VII.
These DLD's have been fun micdog2001
but a Gamecube? C’mon man. I was a huge Xbox fan and many of my friends thought the PS2 was the greatest thing ever but I’ve never heard anyone defend the cube.
But hey you know your video games and if you enjoyed your Gamecube then maybe that machine wasn’t as bad as I’d heard.
As far as the dude marrying a video game character well…..hmm……uh……
Well
On my list, besides the seven Zelda, Mario, and Metroid games the rest are all multi-platform games. I think the PS2 and XBOX are better machines but I have always been a Nintendo fanboy. Of the multi-platform games I think almost all of them have higher scores and praise on the other consoles. BUT that doesn’t mean there weren’t a few decent games for the ’cube. It got a bad rap as a “kiddie” console but it had 40 or so M rated games I think. Nintendo consoles are almost always cheaper also, which is a plus when convincing parents or signifigant others that a purchase is worth it.
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The lower price does help
I’ve alway wondered if Nintendo thought about raising the prices on the Wii when it was flying off the shelves.
Nothing wrong with being a Nintendo fanboy as I’ve become an Xbox fanboy and now I can’t imagine having anything else.
btw
I’m glad you have enjoyed them. No one else has said so but they usually generate a lot of comments and obviously it gives a place for people to post random links also. So I kept posting them. I’ll post one more after Thanksgiving about the Wii
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I agree.
But micdog is a total Nintendo-homer. I’ve been all over the board—no allegiance at all.
The order of things:
Magnavox II—Atari 2600—5200—NES—Sega Genesis—PS1—PS2—XBox360, with a generous sprinkling of computer games as well. And I think I’m missing a system or two in there…
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
I remember Atari 2600 and 5200.
Good times.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
5200 had a couple of awesome games...
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Nothing wrong with being a Nintendo-homer
Iwata-san and Miyamoto-san can have my unborn children if they wanted, and Reggie can kick my ass and take my name anytime.
That said, it’s also smart to be “multiplatform” and not stick to being a single-console fanboy. Too many great games you’d miss out on, that’s my motto (savings account withstanding, anyhow).
My order (pretty Nintendo-centric, but I was a kid with no money afterall):
Sega Master System III – NES – Gameboy – SNES – GBC – GBA – GCN – PS2 – N64 – Xbox360 – Wii.
Wii is used for a couple of RPGs and Nintendo games (Zelda, Metroid, etc), and the rest is the “casual” stuff for parties and my mom (she whips my behind in bowling every time!). I’ll eventually get more games for it, but for now my mom is the #1 user of the Wii
360 is used for RPGs and shooters. Accursed CoD:MW2, you will now hog most of my awake-time!
I would buy a 360 if I could convince my wife
but she will have none of it. i did buy her a $500 camera (Nikon D3000, good camera?) for Christmas so maybe she would be willing to spend the cash.
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The 360's are down to $199.
that’s chump change.
Man up and….steal it from her purse when she’s asleep. If she finds you out, blame the kids. If you don’t have kids, blame the lawn guy.
(wife, steaming over morning coffee) “….I just don’t think Enrique would do THAT.”
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 25, 2009 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
You can stream Netflix to it.
There’s a good selling point for ya. It’s not just for video games!
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Thanks
for posting these, micdog. In addition to providing a DLD, it’s interesting to read about the different systems since I missed out on everything between the NES and the Wii.
Oh, Bambi, I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy.
Ah, Super Smash Bros Melee.
So, so many hours.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
MVP 2005 was the best ever.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Incidentally, I've wanted to try and find a PC copy of it somewhere
but it goes for like $100 or so online WHEN you can find it.
People are still making mods for it.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Banned PSN player sues Nintendo and Microsoft
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You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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What the hell is that supposed to be?
Needs <pre>
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Face palm.
Meet the face palm.
It’s your average face sign of disgust.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
correct
I saw it in the comment section on that article. It is supposed to be Capt. Jean-Luc Picard.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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Is this a busted link, or just really ironic?
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
It's both.
It showed when I previewed.
I’ve heard others describe the phenomenon of post not matching preview. This was my first time experiencing it.
If you right-click and open the image URL directly it’s there.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Wait. Now it's back!
I’m so confused….
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
It's not a problem with SBN.
You hotlinked the image directly from a Tripod site, which they don’t allow. So any embedded Tripod image will have that placeholder there.
The problem is that your browser already saw the contents of that picture, so it just pulls it up from memory, rather than redownloading it. You see the real thing (from browser memory), we see the Tripod placeholder.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
Ah, so the reason it reappeared for me
is because I went to the direct URL and thus refreshed the picture in my browser’s cache?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Yep.
If I ever directly hotlink images without hosting them on Photobucket or whatnot, I make sure to reload the page without the cache (CTRL+F5 in Firefox) to make sure I didn’t get a placeholder image. Tripod’s nice about it, I’ve seen places where they use really explicit porn as a placeholder, to discourage hotlinking.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
I'm in Safari, and if there's a way to
reload without cache, I don’t know it.
I did have it drop from my cache, since I saw the non-picture image once. Maybe it just expired. At the moment the owl is back, but I guess he’ll expire again soon.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
(download firefox)
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Have I mentioned lately how much
I can’t standing changing software? I’m a technophobe. I like Safari, and I hate change.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Firefox is significantly better though.
Well worth changing.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
OOOOOOOOOOHHHH
now that makes sense.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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Jesus.
One of those things that really bugs me is people misusing the First Amendment. It applies to the government, not private places or private means of communication. The dude wasn’t arrested, just kicked out.
Also, uh, Nintendo has every right to delete his hacked Homebrew Channel. The Homebrew Channel is an illegal way to force the Wii to play copied games. Illegal, being the key here.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
Free speech is a constitutional right.
So if you don’t listen to me, you’re violating the constitution.
(And while you’re at it, buy me a microphone.)
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
What a goofball
If you’ve gotten to the point where you’re suing people for this kind of stuff maybe you need to look in the mirror and re-evaluate where you are in life.
This amused me WAY more than it should have.
Greatest thing I’ve seen on Youtube in ages.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
That's a great link danmerqury
I think the Muppets version might now be the defenitive version of that song.
speaking of the muppets
this is one of the greatest moments in pop history
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does
this and dan's link above made me very happy.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
I mostly love the way that Stipe-o is totally into it
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does
That makes me want to run
Phoebe-style down a path in Central Park. Love it!
I never considered taking him out. I had a commitment to his heart. - Johnny King
I just watched it again.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
monsters happy monsters....
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
.Michael made me laugh.
I never considered taking him out. I had a commitment to his heart. - Johnny King
he's an interesting creature.
It’s sad that the B52’s woman couldn’t be there to hop up and down with the monsters. That is her singing it, though, right?
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
I must've been in a dark place in life when that came out.
(I know I was), because it is an awesome song and it has aged really well, and that woman from the B52’s can sing her ass off.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed.
Love shack, baby, love shack!
I never considered taking him out. I had a commitment to his heart. - Johnny King
Everybody's movin',
Everybody’s groovin’, baby!
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Folks linin' up outside just to get down!
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
I guessed Natalie Merchant.
And that woman can bounce!
I never considered taking him out. I had a commitment to his heart. - Johnny King
Huh.
Wikipedia says the female voice in Furry Happy Monsters was Stephanie D’Abruzzo, from Avenue Q.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
really? wasn't B52's girl, huh?
Sounded like her.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 25, 2009 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
I got that on the third try.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I had that song stuck in my head this morngin when I woke up
and that is a good thing. When i heard it yesterday it was the first time.
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that was cool
i was wondering where kermit was.
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This must have been done post Jim henson's death
Cause I dont think Brian does Kermit. And I noticed it was pretty Frank Oz heavy.
by mikedaviswhereareyou on Nov 24, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
It is simply not possible to post that link
without including a link to Ice Cream’s immortal O Beaneian Rhapsody.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Nov 25, 2009 7:14 AM PST up reply actions
Totally NSFW
but baseball related. Baseball theme body paint. again NSFW!
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note my leaning towards shooting/fighting games :-)
I have never once played an AC game, but I know they are popular. Did you ever see this?
Animal Crossing for Mom (sad story)
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It’s totally great when you can purchase an axe and start shaving up citizens with it.
by ElQuesoCapitan on Nov 25, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
AC is fun, and Nook is a damn Mafia Boss.
I have it for the DS and Wii as well! Now, if only I can find a girl who likes baseball, is a A’s fan, and plays Animal Crossing with me, my life would be complete!
…I should add, a girl around MY age (28). I’m sure there are plenty of girls who fit that category in middle school, but I’m not looking at that demographic.
I don't know if there are any designers out there
but this is incredibly super awesome. It’s like something from Star Treks!
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does
also, this just 'dropped'
nothing speaks the language of baseball love like a verizon wireless store in Emeryville
I suspect that you think tilting at windmills means something other than what it does
uh oh, San jose holiday parade
Wasn’t there a San Jose connection last year too and a teapot tempest was stirred up here
COD: Modern WarFare 2
Anyone playing this? Likely to be the largest selling video game of all time.
Playing right now actually
It’s amazing, but I bought a game right before it called dragon age origins and I like it better.
by Twan54321 on Nov 24, 2009 3:42 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
yeah I need to check that out too.
and FIFA10
and Assassins Creed 2
and Left 4 Dead 2
Man I’m a dork. I’m 30 and I play video games for fun.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
LOL I got my dad into video games too don't worry
He’s 40 hahaha
by Twan54321 on Nov 24, 2009 4:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Well I mean, I'm a loser for all kinds of other reasons too.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Oh well you didn't mention that part
Haha just kidding.
But about the video game part I don’t think there is anything wrong with playing allot. Just don’t marry your character.
by Twan54321 on Nov 24, 2009 4:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
39.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I lose!
Yay!
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Dragon Age looks awesome.
But then again, it’s a Bioware RPG, so it has to be good.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
It's very good
I have like 6 characters between me and my twin brother already.
by Twan54321 on Nov 24, 2009 4:21 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Bioware
I love their games for the most part. I’m still trying to decide if I’m going to take vacation days or call in sick in January when Mass Effect 2 comes out.
I bought Dragon Age but I haven’t started playing it yet as I’m still working my way throught Fallout 3 (great game so far) while trying to teach 15 year olds and keep my girlfriend from figuring out that she can do much better than me.
I played multiplayer a little bit on the weekend
on my friends 360. I liked it but my friends prefered Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, losers.
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Yeah they are.
I couldn’t get into rainbow six
by Twan54321 on Nov 24, 2009 4:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Great game
LFD2 ain’t too shabby either.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Nov 24, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Woops
Guess its L4D2
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on Nov 24, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Didn't own my own cube
But my friend had one and we logged many, many hours into Super Smash Bros. Seems to me that Nintendo consoles are more for the casual gamers who like to play some fun arcade-style games now and then whereas the Xbox and PS are for the more hardcore gamers.
I have both an Xbox 360 and a PS3 and the Xbox blows the PS3 away IMO.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
That was great
I laughed pretty hard on that one
by Twan54321 on Nov 24, 2009 7:40 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
"puff, puff, pass, Randy!"
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
You've never played a GTA game?
Wow. Your life is not complete.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Oh wow, I missed that.
Yikes, micdog. You’re missing out.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
I'd put San Andreas up there with just about any game I've played over the last thirty years.
Fallout 3 is awesome in its awesomeness, too. Plus any of the Baldur’s Gate games…the original D&D games (Pools of Radiance) with the eight double-sided floppies were REALLY, REALLY good, too. I’d play those bad boys today if I had the wherewithal and understood how to run DOS programs on this computer.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
I'm 60 hours in on Fallout 3
and I’m loving it. It’s a lot like Oblivion but the story is better and the game has a wicked sense of humor.
I never played any of the Baldur’s Gate games or any D&D games but I do remember some games on DOS. Do a lot of people still play games on computers?
As far as GTA games I played Vice City (the one that was like Scarface right?) but it just wasn’t my thing.
Vice City...I dunno.
There was something very different about the San Andreas game. It takes place in CA, for one thing. Lots of really good music in the “soundtrack”…wide open game play….the other newer GTA titles (GTA 3 on) all take place in NYC or Miami, and quite honestly, have a much different feel to them.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
San Andreas was just masterful
everything was so seamless
by cityplANner on Nov 24, 2009 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
It really was.
And upon reflection, I think replayability is huge in my book of best games ever.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
And I think I'm going through Fallout for the fifth or sixth time now.
I think I’m finally managing to pull off being evil…
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
I should have known you wouldn't like the GTA game set in Florida
although the soundtrack to that game was retro cool with all the 80’s music.
5th! or 6th! time on Fallout 3….how do you have time to eat or shower let alone work? I’m playing the game as a Mr. Nice Guy so I’m going around trying to always do the right thing. (I guess this means you nuked a certain town then?)
One of the things I like about it is how many situations you can talk your way out of in the game and I love the Blackhawk .44 Magum for when I can’t talk my way out of a jam.
there are TONS of hidden weapons.
unique ones. The world is huge.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Oblivion is probably my number one game of all time
Just for the number of hours I put into it and how addicted I was to it, I still have my game of the year addition and play it every few weeks. I have spent probably over 200 hours on it if not 300. But it is like 4 or 5 years old.
by Twan54321 on Nov 25, 2009 1:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I've played all the Elder Scrolls games and I'd rank Oblivion 2nd out
of the four behind Daggerfall.
I probably put in 100 or so hours on it and I know it was the only game I played for about 6 months as I only play a couple hours at a time these days (damn work!)
Let's not forget about GTA IV.
Yeah, it had its faults, but I’d put it up there with San Andreas.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
New York.
Felt dirty and constrained somehow—oppressively so. Nico was not the character CJ was. And the “soundtrack” was not nearly as good.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
but it was pretty awesome.
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by Leopold Bloom on Nov 24, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
I enjoyed the newest DLC.
The Ballad of Gay Tony is probably the best expansion of any video game thus far.
I don't think I will ever get around to playing a GTA game
There is a lot of “mature” things in it right? Like cursing, slutty ladies, etc? I prefer to stay away from that if I can. The wife doesn’t like those things (she doesn’t like violent video games either but I have to draw the line somewhere!). I know, i know, I’m whipped. But Happy wife = Happy life.
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This is why you have a secret compartment in your desk drawer
Well, there might be a few other things that would go in there too.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
well
it’s a little bit of not owning a system that plays it, trying to be a “good boy” in my own mind, AND trying to please the wife.
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I'm pretty sure there's been a GTA on every single system that has ever, or will ever, exist.
Just sayin’.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
wrong
GTA has never appeared on a nintendo console. GTA and GTA2 was ported to Game Boy Color, GTA 3 was on the Game Boy Advanced, and GTA Chinatown Wars was made for the DS. I own GBA and DS but have never played a GTA game on them. I have never owned a home console that plays it. I have nothing against the series and I’m sure it’s super awesome.
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oh
here is a direct link to the chart that shows each game and what system it was on. Sure it’s wikipedia, but I think a GCN or Wii verison would not be forgotten.
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I own three Gamecubes
If you include the Wii’s backward compatibility. Screw all the ’cube haters, that system was great.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
I was really amused
by the fact that I played an N64 game with a Gamecube controller on a Wii. Excellent integration, Nintendo.
No, there's no light,
in the darkest of your furthest reaches.
Loved my GC
Still do, I still play it sometimes instead of using the Wii – first, I have wired controllers so I don’t have to worry about batteries, and 2nd, it’s more “import friendly” since all I need is a Freeloader disc. No hacks or mods needed!
And who can forget the awesome GB Player? I can play my GB/GBC/GBA games on the big screen! Yay pixelation!
agreed
nice article. this makes me wonder though.
The strain of a ballplayer’s life didn’t help. Since he’s on the road eight months a year and Evan (duke’s son) lives in New Jersey with his mother, Duchscherer sees his son sporadically.
I would bet that Duke desires to sign with a East Coast team to be closer to his son, even if he gets less money. We might as well say goodbye now, unless you haven’t already. I would guess the Mets since they need a SP but I’m not sure if the pressure of New York would be good for his fight with depression or his IBS.
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I'm thinking Phillies
less media pressure, money’s available, and they’ve got openings in the rotation.
by cityplANner on Nov 25, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
not doubting you but
which slot is open in the phillies rotation? Don’t they still have these guys?
Cliff Lee
Cole Hamels
Joe Blanton
J. Happ (I though he was in the pen for the playoffs only)
Jamie Moyer (Maybe they stick him in the bullpen)
Maybe Duke would be better than all of them except Lee and it would push a good pitcher to the pen?
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Well, for that rotation
I’d slide Duke in behind Lee and Hamels.
Happ had some injuries at the end of the season and showed in the post-season that he clearly hadn’t yet recovered from it. And from their actions at the end of the season, it seemed pretty clear the Phils weren’t interested in having Moyer in the rotation anymore. I could see either him or Happ landing back in the bullpen.
by cityplANner on Nov 25, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I guess pitching was/is their weakness
so it would make sense to upgrade. Who knows if Hamels can bounce back from his poor season anyways.
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I think you are on the right track though
any team in the NL East is going to spend a lot of time near NJ since the play in the divison so much. And the phillies would be much closer than Atlanta and Florida, and Washington sucks so I doubt he desires to sign with them. The Phillies would be my favorite destination in the NL East, that’s for sure :-)
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Speaking of Final Fantasy
Amazon pre-order deal for FF: Crystal Bearers
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