The Gamer's Quarter

was Shiren for the Wii ever supposed to see a Western release? i seem to recall hearing about that...but maybe i made it up? or maybe they changed their minds?

i finish the game

hmm.

i still haven't played either Fallout, but i'm under the impression that they had a sense of humor, in spite of the setting, right?

that's the reaction i expected, dhex. actually, most people generally feel the same way. maybe they don't hate the other stories, but the last one is definitely the strongest.

i still say go for ...

so Baroque. i'm interested in it and i'll probably pick it up, but is there any real reason to get the Wii version over the PS2 version?

i need to stop spending my money but i want to pick this up badly.

hmmm...what's another $30...

i'm really enjoying what i've heard so far (in the process of acquiring all the Ghosts as we speak, since my download link won't work). Ghosts I hit me...interestingly at first. sometimes, i'll hear ...

i think mistranslating Cloud as Claude came either from Gamepro or EGM...some game magazine from around the time the game was being developed.

i haven't played this game since it first came out a ...

probably

Hard mode in this game is essentially as hard as something like Super Contra (arcade), except sometimes worse. Hard mode actually seems to bring to light some of the issues with the game, such as hit ...

Park Slope is a lot of decent ideas taken to their logical and irritating conclusions.

i really never could get into KotOR. maybe i had an unfair distaste for it due to my utter disillusionment with Star Wars in general post 14 years old, but the game just seemed oddly choppy to me; to ...

Wow. Jim is giving a peace sign.

haha, no, that's not Jim.

this is Jim in the Tom Sawyer game.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4207/jimmusl2.jpg

that is something i don't know, actually. hmmm...

what's the trend with that, usually? so far, have PS3 players been able to play against people on the 360 for anything?

from what i recall, the guy i spoke to at the GH3 PR event said that every version of GH3 would have online play, so...

he might have been wrong, but he seemed fairly certain every version would ha ...

Sonic and Knuckles.

they're pretty fun to use in that.

i'm going to further confuse things by stating that i remember Kojima claiming in an interview that he never planned anything more than Metal Gear Solid 1. maybe he was being semi-deceitful with that ...

I mentioned Ecolis a while ago, but now it seems it's coming out here, with Majesco publishing. The Western title is the less-catchy Eco Creatures: Save the Forest, but it suddenly dawns on me where t ...

this is sort of a conundrum in some ways.

from what i've played of Guitar Hero III, it seems like it's actually going to be a lot of fun. the stuff they've added to the multiplayer almost makes it ...

that's an excellent summation.

i wonder if the burning segment will be an anime cutscene?

oh, i hope so.

anyway, yea, the game is just fun and trying to determine/defend it's "historica ...

it's nice to see someone else actually picked this up. so far i've only put about an hour or two into this game, but it i can definitely agree that it looks gorgeous. the systems seem fairly coheren ...

i bought this game a few years ago off of eBay, but it ended up being Nintondo. when i figured that out, i sort of lost all desire to keep playing the game. i don't know why, because that's a dumb r ...

the idea makes sense from a sort of Black Panthers perspective, but at the same time the book is pretty much a period piece so it's kind of a grey area.

Resident Evil 5 can go in a lot of differe ...

i haven't played Marathon 2 in probably a little over 10 years. a friend of mine had a setup in his basement with about 3 Macs (all varying in age and performance) and we would play hours of Maratho ...

what do you think, dhex? [url=http://outcampaign.org/]should we get two each?

i'm not sure if it's the result of the games looking less appealing or if it's just because i've been getting older, but i've anticipated each MGS game just a little bit less as it goes on.

there ...

some of the footage i'd seen in trailers just seemed to rub me the wrong way and appeared to be going into some murky territory. of course, i haven't been able to find where those trailers were linke ...

i'm really debating this one in my head a lot. on the one hand, there's just something about the action/fighting in the game that turns me off. i don't know what it is, but just the way the enemies ...

can you even have an action game without an other?

maybe the word choice of "other" was a little too general. you definitely need to have an other in an action game, but when that other stops bein ...

i don't even know if i'd use Heart of Darkness as an example. how about producing something like Things Fall Apart or Midnight's Children or Omeros? not that they all deal with the same issues, but ...

Edward Said would probably not enjoy RE4 or 5.

i just kind of wanted to throw that in there.

i'm agreeing with Harvey and Mr. Mustache. they've pretty much said anything i'd want to say, and p ...

yea, that was a really good time. let's all do that again.

my tag is Isfet0, but i'm pretty sure you and i are already friended each other.

anyway, just downloaded it. i'll try it out and then maybe tonight we can give it a go?

well, i'm probably going to get it.

maybe today, even.

i played Dead Rising for about four hours with a friend the other night. that game is really a lot more fun when someone's around, i've found.

i've been going through books that i purchased for college classes but that we never ended up reading. i just finished The Trial and i have to say that i really enjoyed myself with that one. the mat ...

sorry to hear about the baseball game. that's...unfortunate.

also, re: Wii Fit: how do you feel it compares to something like say, i don't know, Gilad? home exercise video whatnot. what would y ...

this sounds interesting, but i guess what i really want to know is:

wait, Collide is in the game?

hey, no problem, i figured something like that happened. anyhow, i ended up getting a call later asking me to come in for an interview early Tuesday morning so i probably couldn't have come out for t ...

Gloria and I (and some friends) are planning to go to the Boredoms show. you apparently need to [url=http://www.viceland.com/77boadrum/]RSVP here in order to go.

the question "can i make a dish so spicy even i cannot eat it" has been answered and the answer is maybe. intentionally i mean. this batch of chili paste i got is like, 3x spicier than the last batch. ...

hahaha oh man. maybe this guy is just going to every single video that has something to do with Japan?

hahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCeK0Trz9E0 oh man

(taken from that individual's you ...

i think it's a mixture of a few of the things you've mentioned, but i also think it has something to do with that wonderful old archetype "replay value."

a few interviews i've read with Japanese de ...

i've owned a copy of Ogre Battle since it came out for the PS1, but i never really played very far in it. i enjoyed it, but i don't think i had the patience to really try to figure it all out.

but ...

interesting. yea, there doesn't seem to be much going on at the moment, and Smash Bros. is the only thing i'm really interested in at the moment (and it doesn't even appear to be very Wii oriented). ...

i...don't understand. something about Chavez and...

are they in some kind of handkerchief blackface?

yes! i figured a few of you here would be all over EO, so i've come to join in.

i'm surprised to see how many options you have for choosing what characters look like. it's a small touch, but somet ...

i feel really, really stupid asking this, because maybe i'm missing something obvious. can you specify the slowdown you're talking about? is it the whole time or a specific part? maybe it's bee ...

Also:So it's been a while since Lost Planet came out. Do people still think it's worth a purchase?
I do! Not too many people agree with me though Sad

i'm with Shaper on this; i really enjoy Lost Pl ...

i definitely think i'll be getting that orange one with the marlin penguin thing.