The Gamer's Quarter

Can anybody link me to a good site that's gathering all the E3 business into a nice section that I can check and refresh now and then?

Found some great stuff today.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RievkmGP8Z4]Another brilliant piece by Rippa Eshidan. - wish I could just spend a day watching these guys.

[url=http://www.youtu ...

as far as i'm concerned, 2 is the peak of the series. the boards are both excellently designed and have a strong sense of theme (reinforced by the costumes - which have never appeared since - and the ...

i hath returned.

i'd just like to mention that i've been playing through system shock 1. i'm in spain right now, so i can't play anymore (stupid of me, i should've brought it), but it was a very e ...

I subscribe to PC Gamer (USA). It doesn't disappoint, really. I've heard great things about UK, but PCG has satisfied me for years. It's not mind-blowing, but they're clearly knowledgable and I tend t ...

you have someone what can hit eight times per turn.

ahh, sabin with two tiger claws + genji glove + offering...

wherein i return unexpectedly!

I'll submit to this thread that you're going to want to have a ninja at some point. Throwing your old, deprecated weapons at boss monsters, I found, was key. There's ...

props on the NPR-ness. I love that show.

Uhm, yeah. I'm getting the same kind of thing. I've just been shocked by how consistently I hear totally "random" people being interested in it. I say "rand ...

Ooh. I actually had an idea for a game like this way back for the DS that I'm positive would be fun. Essentially a cross between this and Four Swords Adventure. Spice it up with some randomly generate ...

I donno. I was taking it as a Fark-like quip meant to be used during some controversy on the authenticity of an article.

Plus, the Kramer example wasn't on whether he actually is or not--it's whet ...

I'm slightly put off by the complexity, but I'm willing to give it a try, especially if there's a good online scene.

You know, I was too--frustrated for a bit, too. But you learn it. Once you lea ...

Toribash.

Oooh, yeah. Great suggestion. There are actually independent servs set up with special rules if you google enough.

Yeah, I had some legendary matches in Toribash.

scenario:

1: michael richards totally didn't say that!
2: dude, yes he did. he's a person. a racist person. not kramer.
3: IBTN.

I find ftw quite hilarious in online FPSes.

I disagree. I prefer to view life, humanity, and the continuing products of humanity as steps in the natural unfolding of the universe that you see as infinite. For example, human constructs such as c ...

I agree with what you're saying, Perseus. I alluded to it briefly, and perhaps should have been more clear: I said it "has" to. That is, if humanity is to finally grow out of its shell. If we approach ...

Aw. Can't believe I missed all this!

Well, to answer the initial question: I can understand the initial confusion, but you don't see humanities complete dominance of all other species and the Earth ...

Eternal Darkness (I made it all the way through this one unfortunately)

Wow, really? I never expected to see ED in this thread. I kind of expected it, being a cult classic and all, to be a hit here ...

Usually classic SNES rpgs--final fantasy 6 and the aformentioned chrono trigger. specifically, zeal in ct. I'd have a special save just for zeal so i could 'visit' whenever i wanted to. it's so serene ...

Nah, you really can't determine the intent of the creator through the text.

Sigh. Yes, I'm sure many things are just so darn ambiguous that the meaning and intention are lost to time. But, 90% of t ...

The fact that intern believes that you can actually determine the intent of the creators of the game through playing it is a good indication that this was never going to go anywhere.

I'm not sure w ...

well, isn't that the point? at least with advance--that they both take place in Vana'Diel or whatever?

Dracko: why are you all in a tizzy about the word "right?" There's an obvious goal here--someone is clearly asking for any justifiable reason to enjoy this experience.

Listen: anyone can play hitma ...

Let's whip up notepad here:

gabriel knight
system shock
jade empire
ninja five-o
ninja gaiden
the longest journey (partially played)
indigo prophecy
grim fandango (beaten before, just wanted ...

metallica - strawberry fields forever.mp3

Yeah, Shakespeare's a hack.

Of course, video games are a lot less guilty of these kinds of changes in young behavior than, say, drunken parents, but if you try to step in to protect the children by interfering with the "holy" ...

There's no way to 'counter' dash cancelling. You can't stop a player doing it, much like any of these so-called "advanced techniques", or if you will, glitches, that people go on about, along with t ...

Ooh, I have a lot of good memories with this game. Especially on long car rides. I played this thing to death. Fucking brilliant. I think I'm gonna go grab it now, actually.

But it doesn't, because most people a) have never heard of it b) even if they did, never use it and c) never even play to the type of intensity and stripped-down mechanics pro games necessitate.

I ...

Oh, yeah. The bosses are lame. Waste of time that could be spent on more challenging levels. The 'hit-boxes' also suck. I missed the DEATH BUTTON by a mile a few times and it still registered.

That = that mario one you just posted. Ugg. It gives me visceral displeasure.

And, wind wakey is in the link you gave:

http://64.111.216.60//ul/477-17.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Zelda_Wind_Waker_explosion.jpg

Colorful controller...colorful game. Everything matches, really. It's also placed carefully.

See TP image above. My ...

This won't be too bad as long as they don't base the game around bullshit like dash cancelling.

Bullshit? I donno. I was never that pro but I got pretty darn close. It sounds like you're calling ...

Wouldn't it be kind of surreal and slightly unsettling to create a game with highly realistic assets and engine then create the environments in an intentionally artificial manner? I'm thinking that ...

See, I really hate ragging on Zelda because I'm positive it's a great experience, but in my short experience I had two major problems:

1) The Wii gestures feel like an afterthought. They don't enha ...

1: tattoos like that are exactly the reason people think tattoos are lame. ugly and an easily regrettable decision.

2: what's with all these wind waker tattoos? they fucking rock! especially cel-sh ...

While the multiplayer left something to be desired, I had great fun with the single player. It was so intuitive--and comfortable. Rather than sitting awkwardly with my hands in my lab with the GC cont ...

on tattoos: i always thought of getting a small one on my wrist-area abouts. something timeless--for me it might be a classic character, but i'm not quite sure yet. I always liked that one of the guy ...

I remember Bomberman 64 being pretty fun too. Maybe I should keep an eye out for a copy next time I'm in the market for older games.

I obsessed over that game. Thinking back, it was truly amazing. ...

can you play 93 on the wii with a full five players, or does the wii only support up to four?

Well, as I understand it, Wario Ware is supposed to have up to 12 players. So the wireless has an adva ...

I disagree. Compare "most" films with "most" literature and "most" music and it's the same across the board--there's a lot of trite, pointless crap. Would you deny that playing games as a whole having ...

I understand what you're saying. I think, considering how much time we've all spent with videogames, that they will forever be a part of our identity in some capacity. But I don't think you should be ...

How was Bloodlines, by the way? I only played through a bit of Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption. It's first-person or some shit?

In Deus Ex, no place is a bad place to hold a two-way lecture about politics. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a point where you find two guys talking about Marx in a public toilet. Standing at th ...

I really enjoyed the clusterlove of conspiricies that Deus Ex threw at you. I don't think it was really trying to be deep, just bring together an entertaining and at times thought provoking collection ...

According to Gamespot, Red Steel is a 5.5.

Is anyone surprised? What a stupid, stupid move, Nintendo, that will only tarnish your reputation.

Just finished Hitman Contracts. I've moved on to Killer 7 now.

I dabbled with NBA Street 2 for a little bit, and then I realised I suck all holy hell at sports games, but I respect it for its style ...

So, friedchicken: if the graphics were derivative rather than identical, would you feel differently? I ask this because dessgeega brings up a good point: I think often the reason we find a sequel or t ...

I love this man. He epitomizes everything I adore about Nintendo's philosophy and videogames. He's the Will Wright of console games--vibrant imagination, and he's not afraid to use it.