The Gamer's Quarter

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject:

apparently they're snotty elitists, which is what led virt to found vgmix.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

three page feature on dwarf fortress in games for windows magazine (scans).
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

any word on a dang mac binary already?

dessgeega · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

video of contra 4, featuring jeremy parish and friends. you can almost make out the music. the game seems to be a throwback to the older contra games, abandoning the elaborate setpieces of hard corps and shattered soldier that i am actually in love with. it looks like it could work though.
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

I really like what they did with the tower boss to the point where I'm really surprised that Konami never did it themselves.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Ok, I'm sick and tired of the constant "Hard Corps is too hard" whining from people. Why do they propagate this lie? US version of Hard Corps is easier than Alien Wars! There, I said it. Fuck off whiny boys!
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject:

i think the complaint is usually that it's more memorization-heavy than the earlier games. and though i love hard corps dearly, i could see myself enjoying a looser contra game.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject:

People who complain about Hard Corps being difficult haven't really played Contra before. That or they aren't man enough for Blast Processing™.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I don't find C3:Alien Wars any less mem-heavy.
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“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!"

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

There's definitely less stuff to memorize in C3 just because so much of its level design consists of enemies spawning at random at the edges of the screen instead of boss fights. The fact that two of its stages consist of overhead view shenanigans doesn't hurt, either.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

so apparently bomberman is coming to xbox live arcade.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Welcome to forever ago!!!

im just jealous because i dont have a 360.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject:

yeah yeah yeah.

is sensible soccer out yet?
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Quick!

Zombie Smashers is free game of the day for three more hours!

It's horrible yet I couldn't stop palying the demo! It's like RCR, but with zombies and blood and badly drawn art!

http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjS0FA-PwV0

Play import GC games on your wii without a freeloader. INTERESTING.

Too bad it doesn't work in import wii games.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:23 am Post subject:

the doukutsu psp port is apparently now playable, though not bug-free.
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Tim · . Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 54 Location: Millersville, MD

Nights: Journey of Dreams gameplay trailer

Looks pretty good! even though that video sounds like a commercial for a straight-to-DVD Disney movie.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject:

what if you could take a journey to a place in a world
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Lestrade · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

IN A WORLD. The Disney comment is spot on. Now I guess I better get cracking with the original, eh?

That MK video was up somewhere else about a week ago, I think. It gets me frothing but I noticed that the gameplay switches from what looks like the SNES version to the arcade version (watch the health bars). I imagine it will be more like the SNES port because of the DS's resolution. Portable, online Mortal Kombat = love. (I better practice; I got my ass handed to me quite judiciously a couple of weeks ago over XBLA.)

The GC import trick is interesting too. I don't have an import game to try it with, but now I want to. Those Japanese GC cases have always been freaking awesome.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject:

"we're boring people to death," says ea executive.
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

dhex · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:31 am Post subject:

i translated his words as "we are banking on the "casual" market to keep our lopsided production system from falling in on itself."
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Pijaibros · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:50 am Post subject:

Is that why EA are so enthusiastic about the Wii?

Lestrade · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:16 am Post subject:

Xbox 360 backwards compatibility update!

I'm very excited; they've finally included Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil! I can't wait to play SH2 on my 360 (no, seriously).

Tim · . Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 54 Location: Millersville, MD

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject:

blast works (aka tumiki fighters goes hollywood) to include rrootage and maybe other games.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

According to Capcom the new Lost Planet map packs will soon be available for free:

"For our Xbox 360 community of Lost Planet fans, the four maps in PC Map Pack #1 are currently available as Map Pack #1 and #2 in the Xbox 360 version of Lost Planet. However, in conjunction with the PC update on July 20th, all these maps will also be made available for free download on Xbox Live Marketplace. In addition, Xbox 360 players can expect a new patch addressing connectivity which will be available around the end of this month."

In case you don't know what this means, Microsoft's policy on Free DLC is that if it gets released on another platform for free then they won't charge for it (another example is Rainbow Six, and the two DLC packs were included in the PS3 release so they became free downloads).

When Gears of War first got shown off at E3 for the PC version a few people around me were pissed and I stated that it was actually brilliant that they were doing this. Because EPIC now has the game out on another "system" with content MS is charging for on the 360 they can finally release this stuff for free.

If Microsoft doesn't shape up soon about this they're going to end up with publishers releasing higher quality versions of games for other systems and the 360 version will be perminantly tagged as "gimped." I could forsee this becoming a larger problem down the road.
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-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I mean that if people have other systems they're going to say "I'll just wait untill the (non-360) version is released so that I can get all the bonus content free." Or, rather than buy the DLC when it comes out people will start waiting until it's included with the (non-360) version of the game. This frame of mind hurts 3rd party developers as they need to keep their fans happy, and like the EPIC battle about Gears and how DLC should be "free" you've probably got more companies also arguing these things.
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“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!"

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Avary not going to write Silent Hill 2 movie. In case you forgot this guy is usually considered a good writer with films like Pulp Fiction under his belt.
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“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!"

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Doesn't mean they couldn't potentially get a better one.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Ok, two really awesome things today!

First is the anniversary Hudson clock that comes out September 5th(?) at about $17:

Second is a story that dhex will love about japan being full of crazies:

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

endorsed by takahashi meijin!

who could say "that is not a totally great clock" to that face?
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dhex · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

oh that's not that bad. if he was a real fan he would have used razors. they look cooler.

chicks dig scars.
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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:45 am Post subject:

hey, gamejew's mario opera is on itunes now. if you've only ever heard the version where jonathan mann, heroically, performs all the parts himself, this is a pretty good opportunity to hear the full cast recording.

he's also written an amazing musical review of bloody wolf.
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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:06 am Post subject:

here's a pretty good unreview of warioware.
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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

izuna 2. who cares?
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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:57 am Post subject:

also, re: awesome hudson clocks:

from takahashi meijin's blog.
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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:48 am Post subject:

arkanoid ds. featuring a paddle that plugs into the gba slot of the ds! hopefully this will be like a nervous brickdown that knows what it's doing.

(courtesy jiji by the way. i do not read the neogaf.)
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ApM · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject:

chu chu rocket on xbox live arcade? also, shenmue 3?
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parkbench · . Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 145

chu chu rocket AND shenmue 3? fuxxxx as if i needed MORE reasons to get an xbox 360

i still have to play shenmue 2 though :O

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

And Happy Tree Friends False Alarm.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

hey guys that list is obviously fake
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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

So....no Happy Tree Friends False Alarm?
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

No. No Happy Tree Friends False Alarm.

I'm sorry.
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