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 Topic: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 24718 |
 Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:30 pm Subject: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
| It is just the "cell"da thing?
the new Zelda seems to be a big hype over here. In magazines, polls usually show it up there with the FF games... hmm... |
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| Topic: Introduce Yourself. |
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| calintz Replies: 605 Views: 545425 |
Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:58 pm Subject: Introduce Yourself. |
| being a mac user? quite good actually.
since i'm mainly a console gamer, a mac is pretty enough for surfing the net and chatting... yes. i like pretty things. |
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| Topic: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 24718 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:33 pm Subject: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
| I see your point.
I am just a little sketchy as to one game raising a console to "success" status. It just seems that no one is interested in the XBox 360 here. Well, that's my observation. And ... |
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| Topic: Japanese First Person Shooters: Kileak, Epidemic, Brahma. |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 27110 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:26 pm Subject: Japanese First Person Shooters: Kileak, Epidemic, Brahma. |
| it's been awhile since I researched this, but in short, Tsunoda Tadanobu (角田忠信) theorised in 1978's The Japanese Brain (under the influence of nationalistic pride that is [ ... | |
| Topic: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 24718 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:58 pm Subject: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
| Yeah, I was refering to the Xbox 360. It is little too late to make it into a success.
True, they have a killer game in their hands. Unlike the west though, the Japanese are a little slow to pick up ... |
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| Topic: Japanese First Person Shooters: Kileak, Epidemic, Brahma. |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 27110 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:47 pm Subject: Japanese First Person Shooters: Kileak, Epidemic, Brahma. |
| You make an intersting point in reference to the art, which also can be a reference to the state of mind between eastern and western people. Generally, by eastern (gaming wise) one refers to the Japan ... | |
| Topic: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 24718 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:34 am Subject: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
| What you say is true, though with the XBox case, its more of a case of a little too late.
Microsoft releases a new IP, which happens alot in the world of JRPGs, all Sony and Nintendo have to do is ... |
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| Topic: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 24718 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:53 am Subject: Ryan's 2006 Tokyo Game Show Report |
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Sakaguchi is also doing another Xbox 360 RPG called Lost Odyssey, which looks even better than Blue Dragon. It's also got music by Uematsu, but its art is being done by the guy who did Slam Dunk and ... |
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| Topic: Japanese First Person Shooters: Kileak, Epidemic, Brahma. |
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| calintz Replies: 28 Views: 27110 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:41 am Subject: Japanese First Person Shooters: Kileak, Epidemic, Brahma. |
| FPS is generally a genre which the Japanese have kinda failed to really rise above mediocrity, something of a similar story in terms of the west trying to create fighting games or turn base RPGs.
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| Topic: Introduce Yourself. |
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| calintz Replies: 605 Views: 545425 |
Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:35 am Subject: Introduce Yourself. |
| hey all ^^
i registered a year ago (i think) but never got back cos I kinda forgot about this place. Now that I have found it again, I think I shall stay for awhile... oh yeah, introductions, he ... |
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| Topic: Manga Scanlations on the Cheap (free) |
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| calintz Replies: 10 Views: 11034 |
Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:17 am Subject: Manga Scanlations on the Cheap (free) |
| dude...
your site (http://www.mangaqwest.com/) doesn't exist anymore... ...are you still translating the b-ones manga? |
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| Topic: Why is Lament of Innocence NOT a true Castlevania game? |
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| calintz Replies: 26 Views: 24054 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:46 am Subject: Why is Lament of Innocence NOT a true Castlevania game? |
| The only game that made the jump from 2D to 3D well was Goemon. And maybe MGS....
You didn't think that Retro's interpretation of Metroid and it's basic mechanics were successful? I thought they got ... |
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| Topic: Stella Deus in the US... in two weeks! |
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| calintz Replies: 17 Views: 17562 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:24 am Subject: Stella Deus in the US... in two weeks! |
| I'm almost finished for a second time, and I'd have to say that Stella Deus falls into the above-average SRPGs category. But that really is becuase Nippon Ichi's games occupy the upper ranks.
Okay. ... |
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| Topic: Manga Scanlations on the Cheap (free) |
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| calintz Replies: 10 Views: 11034 |
Forum: Quarterly Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:36 am Subject: Manga Scanlations on the Cheap (free) |
| Downloaded it.
Looking pro... ...are you just working on the two? |
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| Topic: Issue #0 No Longer Available |
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| calintz Replies: 19 Views: 59283 |
Forum: Issues Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:29 am Subject: Issue #0 No Longer Available |
| Having just discovered this site, and liking what I've read so far from issue 1, is there anyway to get issue 0?
Will you allow for past issues to be downloaded in the future? If not, don't worr ... |
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| Topic: Why is Lament of Innocence NOT a true Castlevania game? |
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| calintz Replies: 26 Views: 24054 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:09 am Subject: Why is Lament of Innocence NOT a true Castlevania game? |
I know it's very superficial, but I didn't really like it since it wasn't 2D... 
...LoI didn't make the jump from 2D to 3D as well as Metroid/Mario did. It had the Igarashi/Yamane/Kojima trio, b ... |
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| Topic: The Second Playthrough |
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| calintz Replies: 30 Views: 31377 |
Forum: Club for the Study and Appreciation of Interactive Audio Visual Media Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:02 am Subject: The Second Playthrough |
| Being the JRPG freak, I'd definietly play a JRPG again if: I've missed a single sidequest/item/character, a new games + option or if it had mulitple endings.
Other than the above genre, I'm really ... |
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