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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | ninja spirit is better than at least 90% of the games you own, wes. |
OUCH! |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Ninja Spirit is fantastic! This will be my next purchase. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Aegis Wings is free for a limited time on XBLA. Anyone get it yet? 4-Player hori shooter with online multiplayer... anyone? _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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aerisdead .
Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:47 am Post subject: |
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It's a bit... Meh.
The main weapon doesn't power up, and there are only about 3 different baddies in the entire game. It's an uneasy mix between "bullet hell" and your normal kind of horizontal shooter.
It *does* have a fun sort of multiplayer, though. You can choose to either fly alone or join another player (until all four are joined) to have one player control movement and the rest mutli directional firing. It's fun because sometimes the person doing movement sucks, and so on.
I wouldn't pay for it, but it's a decent enough freebie, I suppose. _________________ aerisdead |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:14 am Post subject: |
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aerisdead wrote: | It's a bit... Meh. |
That's unfortunate, but at least it's free.
The story behind the creation of the game is pretty ordinary too. I guess it's cool for the interns and all, but not very special seeming. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 3725
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Blazing Lazers (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
These would normally all be awesome releases, but, you know, there are now so many good games on the VC that $8 is starting to go beyond impulse buy and into "a bit too much" territory.
I'm starting to use the VC release schedule as something that lets me know what carts I might want to try to track down in the future. Pretty odd, huh?
-Wes _________________
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Ethoscapade .
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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in some sense, i've been doing that since january.
hopped on over to my one 360 owning friend's place to try aegis wing; it's a terrible shooter, but in keeping with the "why else would you play a brawler" mentality (that seems popular enough on XBLA), four player co-op can salvage anything. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Ooooooh gooooodddd yesssssssss!!! Ninja Gaiden II coming out sooner than I thought!
I didn't even have the scratch to buy the first one, but this is the one I want anyway. Oh man, oh man, I love Virtual Console. |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, apparently they also rated Shining in the Darkness. That's the first First Person RPG I ever really saw (aside from Lands of Lore for the PC, which is fucking awesome). I kind of hated it despite really liking a lot of things about it. Thankfully the stuff I liked about it was carried over into Shining Force and the stuff I didn't like was left behind. Still, with everyone talking about Etrian Odyssey I'm kinda curious what the general perception of Shining in the Darkness is. Has anyone else here even heard of it?
-Wes _________________
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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I hadn't until now, no, I'm ashamed to admit! |
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simplicio .
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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SuperWes wrote: | I'm kinda curious what the general perception of Shining in the Darkness is. Has anyone else here even heard of it?
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I'd say it's entirely non-essential except as a nostalgia piece. Maybe dess will have a rebuttal that'll make me look a little foolish, but I couldn't find a thing engaging about it. It felt like an entire game of those lifeless first person RPG segments that made me stop playing Phantasy Star. _________________ "Worlds turn the new machine to thee. To thee. Though, thine the new machine space."
-Kurt Schwitters, 1919 |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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i actually remember it as being like wizardry without any interesting dungeon features. to the little extent that i do remember it. _________________
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Scratchmonkey .
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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It's got some very charming character art. You have to get quite a bit into it before it stops being utterly boring though. |
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aerisdead .
Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Nintendo Power seems to imply that Super Paper Mario will be next up.
If so, it will be the first game which I still own a physical copy of that I will purchase gladly. _________________ aerisdead |
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Ethoscapade .
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:19 am Post subject: |
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aerisdead wrote: | Nintendo Power seems to imply that Super Paper Mario will be next up.
If so, it will be the first game which I still own a physical copy of that I will purchase gladly. |
i believe you mean paper mario? and anyway, i wouldn't count on it - NP also claimed zelda 2 would've been out forever ago, and it certainly isn't - a much more likely n64 release candidate is f-zero x, which was recently released in japan. |
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aerisdead .
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 8:38 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, I just mean Paper Mario. And yeah, They did mention Zelda 2 before, didn't they? Darn. _________________ aerisdead |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Fuck fuck fuck Actraiser!!!!! Now I have to scare up some change to convert into WiiBucks™ so I can get this and Ninja Spirit.
Oh well, I'm too poor this month to afford any "real" games, so this will tide me over! |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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you know what they should bring to the virtual console? arcade light gun games. n.y. captor on wii virtual console NOW. _________________
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Ethoscapade .
Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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the eventual not-virtual-console wii download service remains the only potential place for space harriers now that the game cannot be played anywhere. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:38 am Post subject: |
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I own Street Fighter 2 Turbo a million different ways, and now I can own it once again! I've been waiting for the Virtual Console release, because I was weaned on the SNES versions of the games. I'm totally going to buy this.
Now I'll have it for PS1, XBLA, Super Famicom (fo' realz), and Wiiiiiiiii. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Harveyjames wrote: | So Starfox isn't much better with the Wii Classic Controller. I missed a lot of hits I used to be able to get no bother because you just can't get the same level of control with this stick. You can't keep the crosshairs still in one spot with the same accuracy and steadiness as you could on the 64, unless you just move the ship and let the crosshairs settle. I think I might write Nintendo a letter of complaint or something, because I'm not really happy about it. |
oh, supposedly there was a recent patch to address this. _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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also what the fuck china warrior?? _________________
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Mr Mustache .
Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 167 Location: Queens
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:05 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | also what the fuck china warrior?? |
Large sprites?
Honestly, it is incredibly bizarre that this game is being distributed. _________________ Straight up |
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JasonMoses .
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Mr Mustache wrote: |
Honestly, it is incredibly bizarre that this game is being distributed. |
Not especially more bizarre than Bravo Man getting released, really. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Well I nabbed 2000 WiiBucks and got SF2T; I kind of regret it, but yeah... there it is. Now I need to spend the other points I have. I really want an N64 game but there aren't any out yet that are a must-buy for me. |
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Harveyjames the meteor kid
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | Harveyjames wrote: | So Starfox isn't much better with the Wii Classic Controller. I missed a lot of hits I used to be able to get no bother because you just can't get the same level of control with this stick. You can't keep the crosshairs still in one spot with the same accuracy and steadiness as you could on the 64, unless you just move the ship and let the crosshairs settle. I think I might write Nintendo a letter of complaint or something, because I'm not really happy about it. |
oh, supposedly there was a recent patch to address this. |
I thought it was a little better the last time I played it. Cool!
You know, the worst thing you can do is buy 2000 Wii points and not know what to spend it on. You'll end up buying all kind of junk games you don't really need. Just buy the points when there's like three things out that you definitely want. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, you're totally right. I really want Ninja Spirit, but I better wait until I'm done with Layer Section. If I have too many options, I end up not enjoying any of them. |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:51 am Post subject: |
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I got Ninja Spirit and Punch Out!! last weekend. Punch Out!!'s amazing, but Ninja Spirit isn't all I had heard. I prefer Ninja Gaiden 1, 2, or 3 and/or Shadow Dancer and/or Shinobi 3. I'm actually kind of surprised Dess likes it as much as she does. It's not bad or anything, I just didn't see anything beyond the shadow power-ups tht really make the game stand out.
-Wes _________________
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JasonMoses .
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Alright, Hudson updated their US VC page with upcoming games for this month. Basically: Dragon Spirit on Monday, followed by Air Zonk, Silent Debuggers, Devil's Crush and Drop Off in the following month. Yup. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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that is an amazing lineup.
silent debuggers is pretty much the scariest game ever. _________________
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JasonMoses .
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Also of note is that Paper Mario is up soon in Japan and Europe just got Kirby's Dream Course. |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1760 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Today is Canada Day (Happy Fucking Canada Day!) and thus I don't have to work tomorrow. What Virtual Console delights will I wake to? (Or rather, wake up at 6:30 and wait for?)
I'm also enjoying Contra III a lot more now that I remember things like, uh, being able to hold two weapons. (Hey, Persona, do a 4-koma "nyoron" comic about me!) |
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Lestrade Bug Fister
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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S00000PER MAAAARIO BROOOOOTHERS TWOOOOOO |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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which one? supposedly the disk system game is coming to the american virtual console, which would basically be the most amazing thing ever. _________________
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Lestrade Bug Fister
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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The Doki-Doki Panic one—my fave! |
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JasonMoses .
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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Paper Mario got added to the virtual console in Europe.
So... two weeks from now in the US? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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Bomberman Live! with 8Player online next week. I will probably get it to see what all the hub-bub about OMG BOMBERMAN MULTIPLAYER has always been about. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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aerisdead .
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:45 am Post subject: |
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BUY PAPER MARIO NOW YOU CUNTS _________________ aerisdead |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:48 am Post subject: |
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If we still have physical copies are we exempt? _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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aerisdead .
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:50 am Post subject: |
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UM
ALRIGHT _________________ aerisdead |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Yay!! _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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Cycle Mac daddy
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: |
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so bomberman live is up. i played the trial, but all of the interesting stuff (as in the stuff that would let me compare the game to my current favorite bomberman) is only in the full game. the good news is there is interesting stuff: my favorite map from bomberman '94 (the trapdoor stage) seemed to have made it in, along with "revenge" (players who have died are allowed to keep contributing to the chaos from the sides, instead of putting down their controllers and waiting for the other players to finish).
the most curious thing, though, is probably the "girl power!" achievement. win an all-female match while wearing a full female costume? what? _________________
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Lestrade Bug Fister
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMHJrn1KyA
meh. |
Whoa, that was XTREME.
Man, it seems to me like Doom just ages so much better visually than most other almost-3D shooters. Maybe Duke excepted.
Still, can't wait to give this a go and see what all the fuss is about. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | the most curious thing, though, is probably the "girl power!" achievement. win an all-female match while wearing a full female costume? what? |
My guess is that this has to do with the costumes.
So... what's the final word? You going to buy it? _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: |
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i dunno! are you gonna buy it? _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:06 am Post subject: |
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Probably ;_; _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: |
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well if you get it i might get it. _________________
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ryan .
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Lestrade wrote: | Man, it seems to me like Doom just ages so much better visually than most other almost-3D shooters. Maybe Duke excepted.
Still, can't wait to give this a go and see what all the fuss is about. |
Don't let the explosions fool you, though I did laugh at them (I hope they were meant to be funny): Marathon is an awesome series. It did a lot first. I know that doesn't count for much now that it's all become standard, and better, since, but they are still great games. I didn't see a release date though, so I'll just have to twiddle my thumbs until then. _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:20 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | well if you get it i might get it. |
What about GOLD? _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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