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  Topic: The work of Kevin Smith, STEP TO ONE SIDE OF THE LINE
sarsamis

Replies: 62
Views: 47239

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:52 am   Subject: The work of Kevin Smith, STEP TO ONE SIDE OF THE LINE
I liked both Clerks movies and the Clerks animated series quite a bit. Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back were good enough (I'm not very judgmental when it comes to movies, so that doesn' ...
  Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
sarsamis

Replies: 82
Views: 52420

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:38 am   Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
I just skimmed this thread real fast, and honestly didn't read most of the post above this one due to time constraints and the fact that I'm trying to pay attention to a lecture, but:

FPS (doom) & ...
  Topic: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
sarsamis

Replies: 29
Views: 16735

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:28 am   Subject: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
I just didn't feel as though there was enough of a lead up for the complete "lol, game" ending. I mean, there was always a little bit of that 4th wall breaking, or w/e you want to call it, in there, ...
  Topic: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game?
sarsamis

Replies: 26
Views: 19468

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:27 am   Subject: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game?
I had to give up Dual Strike. There was this one gimmicky level where you had to face a TON of almost dead enemy, but there were recharging stations. I just couldn't figured out if I hadn't leveled up ...
  Topic: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
sarsamis

Replies: 29
Views: 16735

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:23 am   Subject: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
Lame over world fluff aside, I think the God of Play had a lot more influence on NMH than Killer 7. I thought Killer 7 was a better experience overall, but it's one I'm not in a hurry to play through ...
  Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
sarsamis

Replies: 82
Views: 52420

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:15 am   Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
Well, I was either indifferent towards or leaning towards dislike on all the games I listed in my OP. I would have been willing to try them, buts seeing all the froth on forums irritated me and that ...
  Topic: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
sarsamis

Replies: 29
Views: 16735

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:12 pm   Subject: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
Just beat it with the "view real ending" option selected, so I fought Henry in the end. It was a cool fight, but a bit too easy once you get how to counter him. Well really, it's kind of an easy gam ...
  Topic: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
sarsamis

Replies: 29
Views: 16735

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:57 pm   Subject: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
Damn, I really despise the way the MK-II pushes enemies away after you first hit them. It just leaves you open to be attacked and it screws me over a lot in the free fight missions that I used to get ...
  Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
sarsamis

Replies: 82
Views: 52420

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:38 pm   Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
but yeah wes is right

I know. I never said I was justified in ignoring games that get hyped a lot. Was just being honest.
  Topic: Got any good quirky Japanese websites?
sarsamis

Replies: 6
Views: 8030

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:32 pm   Subject: Got any good quirky Japanese websites?
thanks
  Topic: Got any good quirky Japanese websites?
sarsamis

Replies: 6
Views: 8030

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:48 pm   Subject: Got any good quirky Japanese websites?
Sensei's letting us waste time by presentign good ones we know of in class. Problem is, I've never really been ambitious enough to check out foreign sites. I was thinking of just asking her if I cou ...
  Topic: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
sarsamis

Replies: 82
Views: 52420

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:31 am   Subject: Games you were turned off from before ever playing
due to other people's froth. (couldn't fit that all in there)

I'm pretty sure everyone has a few.

Mine are:

The entire Phoenix Wright series*
Hotel Dusk*
Okami
Shadow of the Colossus
...
  Topic: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game?
sarsamis

Replies: 26
Views: 19468

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:24 am   Subject: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game?
I hate it when Nintendo tries to act like they're hard core.
  Topic: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game?
sarsamis

Replies: 26
Views: 19468

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:27 pm   Subject: Wanna talk about that new Advanced Wars game?
I hate the story, I hate the new style, I'm indifferent towards the music, I miss the old CO's, I miss getting money and unlocking things because it gave me incentive to play the war room a lot, I mis ...
  Topic: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
sarsamis

Replies: 29
Views: 16735

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:15 pm   Subject: Am i missing the no more heroes thread or something
I was playing just fine and hadn't died once, then I tried to rank 8th and it was like hitting a brick wall of difficulty. It was harder than anything I encountered in God Hand, and not really in a go ...
  Topic: What do you wish was a videogame?
sarsamis

Replies: 62
Views: 37432

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:20 am   Subject: What do you wish was a videogame?
I want a game starring a sentai power ranger man that showcases both stunningly realistic graphics and zany, exaggerated DBZesque physics.
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
sarsamis

Replies: 4229
Views: 3074637

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:17 am   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
I did some sidequesting in Mass Effect, and I must say that I find the random planet exploring stuff rather enjoyable. I think it's my ideal slow and easy going game. Although it does piss me off a ...
  Topic: Location, Location, Location
sarsamis

Replies: 41
Views: 28347

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:18 pm   Subject: Location, Location, Location
Southwest side of Chicago.

Like mslano, I also go to UIC, but I live kind of distant from it. Takes around 45 minutes to an hour to get there every morning via CTA, but that's with the time spen ...
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:01 pm   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
ok so headlamps on jeeps are a no thus far. just the tires and all the windshields.

Damn.
  Topic: The Bullshitters
sarsamis

Replies: 20
Views: 15032

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:14 pm   Subject: The Bullshitters
Protip: Due to the awesomeness that is real time cutscenes, there are really 2 Triforces!!! One above the Temple of Time, and the other above Zelda's room! O_O

(I'm actually not sure of that as I' ...
  Topic: The Bullshitters
sarsamis

Replies: 20
Views: 15032

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:12 am   Subject: The Bullshitters
The Man on the Roof has a Present for You!

I can't really remember the details, but there were a few that said if you did all sorts of save tricks, and then did that maneuver on Cinnabar to see tha ...
  Topic: Xbox 360 stuff
sarsamis

Replies: 6
Views: 6369

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:47 am   Subject: Xbox 360 stuff
what video formats can the 360 stream?

same question for the PS3 as well. Actually, especially for the PS3 since it streams much faster and easier than the 360, but it doesn't seem to recognize AN ...
  Topic: Going out on a limb here.
sarsamis

Replies: 16
Views: 12160

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:46 pm   Subject: Going out on a limb here.
I like Mountain Dew and just about anything grape flavored.
  Topic: The Bullshitters
sarsamis

Replies: 20
Views: 15032

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:32 pm   Subject: The Bullshitters
Listening to that anecdote about "The Bullshitters" in the AB review of King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 recently got me thinking about some bullshit supposed cheat codes that I'd often find online i ...
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:22 pm   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
Meh, I'd rather spot a lone guard walking around with a gun mounted flashlight, take cover in some bushes, take careful aim and shoot out that light with a silenced pistol, watch him get all confused ...
  Topic: Introduce Yourself.
sarsamis

Replies: 605
Views: 567261

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:06 pm   Subject: Introduce Yourself.

N. . . No! I'll, uh, look for it.

It's in the lost woods. There's this room with some trees, a piece of heart, some NPC that I can't clearly remember atm, and some grass near the back with butte ...
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:45 pm   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
Is the game awesome enough to let you shoot out the light in their flash lights?
  Topic: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero
sarsamis

Replies: 1116
Views: 788883

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:40 pm   Subject: Everything I know about FPS games I learned from John Romero
I always thought Time Splitters Future Perfect (pretty sure it's the 3rd game) had some fun, fast paced multiplayer. 2 of my neighborhood chums only have a Game Cube, and Smash Bros got boring after ...
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:23 pm   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
I don't recall any light bulbs in Crysis.

Is it because you're outside all the time or something? I know very little about the game. Just brought it up because it's probably the most advanced FPS ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
sarsamis

Replies: 4229
Views: 3074637

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:19 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
Played a little of Monster Hunter 2 Freedom on the PSP I bought today. Fancy little game imo. Tomorrow I'll probably play it with two friends for good times.

And with this newly acquired PSP sli ...
  Topic: Introduce Yourself.
sarsamis

Replies: 605
Views: 567261

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:14 pm   Subject: Introduce Yourself.
er,whats the smb2/oot connection?

Lost levels was to SMB what Master Quest is to OoT?

And yeah, I thought Master Quest was pretty cool. Only felt compelled to clear it once though.
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:04 pm   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis, i think you would like Riddick a lot.

Unfortunately I only have a 360 though (and even that's not with me atm due to RRoD), and Butcher's Bay isn't B/C. In the even that it is made B/C t ...
  Topic: Virtua Fighter 5: ONLINE
sarsamis

Replies: 12
Views: 9992

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:40 am   Subject: Virtua Fighter 5: ONLINE
It would have been nice if they released online play as a downloadable add on for the PS3 version, for people like me who already bought it on that platform and don't want to buy the same game twice. ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
sarsamis

Replies: 4229
Views: 3074637

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:33 am   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
phantom hourglass isn't terrible. it's better than most recent zelda titles in a lot of ways, at least.

I have issues with the fact that there's no option to walk with the D-pad (like ACWW). Const ...
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:31 am   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
dhex, if you still have the game installed, think you could boot it up just to test light bulbs real quick? Maybe make a stage in the map editor that has a ceiling full of light fixtures and see if y ...
  Topic: Introduce Yourself.
sarsamis

Replies: 605
Views: 567261

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:32 pm   Subject: Introduce Yourself.
I wonder if everyone remembers what they were doing the first time they played Ocarina of Time?

I got it around Christmas break of 2000, so initially, not a whole lot besides playing it. Um, I rem ...
  Topic: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
sarsamis

Replies: 52
Views: 35689

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:54 pm   Subject: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
It's the "Go!" arrow from Final Fight you get when you defeat all the enemies in an area and the game wants you to move ahead in the level.
  Topic: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
sarsamis

Replies: 31
Views: 20852

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:47 pm   Subject: ATTN: Crysis players (a light bulb thread)
When it comes to first person shooters, I'm a compulsive light shooter. If I see a light bulb, I shoot it. In Perfect Dark I used to add an imaginary "shoot out every light fixture" second to last o ...
  Topic: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
sarsamis

Replies: 52
Views: 35689

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:11 pm   Subject: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
Damn, I rather liked my new sig :/

I think I'll just go sig imageless for now
  Topic: Shin Reading Thread Gaiden
sarsamis

Replies: 1106
Views: 860670

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:20 pm   Subject: Shin Reading Thread Gaiden
I got all 6 of the original Dune books for my birthday a few weeks back. I've already read the first one though, so at some point I'll start reading them from the second.
Honestly I only really like ...
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
sarsamis

Replies: 4229
Views: 3074637

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:16 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
IWhen will developers realize that when a player invests ten to twenty hours in a game, a thirty-second ending is a complete piss-off?

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k80/sarsamis/thatthing.gif
...
  Topic: Shin Reading Thread Gaiden
sarsamis

Replies: 1106
Views: 860670

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:10 pm   Subject: Shin Reading Thread Gaiden
I got all 6 of the original Dune books for my birthday a few weeks back. I've already read the first one though, so at some point I'll start reading them from the second.
  Topic: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
sarsamis

Replies: 52
Views: 35689

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:02 pm   Subject: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
Is it possible to set invert for the wiimote? And if so, would anyone do it? I don't think I ever would.
  Topic: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
sarsamis

Replies: 4229
Views: 3074637

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:58 pm   Subject: the tell us about the games you are playing thread
I cleared Ico yesterday and it put me in the mood for some mindless, happy-time gaming, so I bought Yoshi's Story on the VC and played that for awhile.

I have yet to play anything today. Soul No ...
  Topic: Introduce Yourself.
sarsamis

Replies: 605
Views: 567261

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:53 pm   Subject: Introduce Yourself.

my guess is sar-sam-is because it seems most straightforward


Yup, that one.

LIST ALL 100 OR BANNED

Ungh, too lazy, and that would require that I replay the game to remember everything. ...
  Topic: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
sarsamis

Replies: 52
Views: 35689

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:19 am   Subject: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
I think FPS's are more geared towards head movement, or really body movement in general, as opposed to eye movement, since you're manipulating the gun as well as your perspective. I think of it as th ...
  Topic: Introduce Yourself.
sarsamis

Replies: 605
Views: 567261

PostForum: Quarterly Discussion   Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:10 am   Subject: Introduce Yourself.
Hello, name's Eric, but Aderack's the true Eric 'round these parts, so it would probably be more appropriate of me to introduce myself as Sarsamis*. I'm 19, male, Caucasian, rather hefty, have long h ...
  Topic: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs
sarsamis

Replies: 301
Views: 382094

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:37 pm   Subject: Wii Numbers, Xbox Live Tags, PS3 Network IDs, and MMOs
Wii #: 2251 7277 8587 3259

gamertag: sarsamis (recently shipped my 360 in for RRoD, so I can't add anyone for awhile)

PSN ID: sarsamis
  Topic: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
sarsamis

Replies: 52
Views: 35689

PostForum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media   Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:32 pm   Subject: console gamers: Y-axis look "normal" or inverted?
I'm strictly inverted when using analog sticks, but prefer normal for mouse and stylus control. And when using analog sticks, I typically make little twitch movements to aim.

I used to play invert ...
 
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