At 7/25/08 01:33 PM, DJ-BEAN-POLE wrote: Yes, we DIDN'T already know this.

STFU about Jack Thompson. Nobody cares anymore!

Did you even watch the video?

I am without a doubt completely and utterly fucking bewildered after watching this. I'm having a hard time thinking of how to describe what I just saw... I had to watch it three times before I could laugh at the humor, because of the fact that I was so confused after watching it the first couple of times. It's like seeing something you would never think you would ever see, and if you do see it you explode. I'm still waiting to explode.

I understand this was meant to be funny and everything, but I just never imagined Jack Thompson doing something like this. How the flying fuck did they get him to agree to do this? Jack basically makes fun of himself and everything he stood for in his anti-video game crusade in the span of two minutes. He has to realize that after doing something like this it's now impossible to take him seriously, because not even he is taking it seriously.

I'm in extreme disbelief.

This is pretty interesting I think.

You'd think it has to be one of two things: Either he is losing his mind and is convinced of this, or he is being honest. I don't see what he'd gain from out right lying and being aware that he is telling a lie.

I also love the comment made by NASA. "Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue."

They are really nonchalant about the way they responded, when this guy is actually making some heavy claims. He is a respected person that was involved with a very respected organization, and he is saying the government is lying and NASA is helping to cover things up.

At 7/25/08 09:06 AM, Coop3r wrote: I am not saing this as a fanboy, I am just saying this as COMMON SENSE.

It's not common sense. Common sense says you need to play the game to determine whether or not it will work.

256 players will NOT happen. since the person hosting the match has to have the connections of ALL the players. (or something or the other, he's the host. you know).
The Host will have to support EVERY SINGLE PERSON PLAYING. Impossible. The only silution is SEVERAL Servers hosted by Sony (Direct Servers?) that other people can use.

Do you really think they went into this project without that in mind? They've made it quite clear that they wouldn't attempt this if they didn't think it could work. I'm sure they will have dedicated servers for the game. What people are wondering though, is if the game is going to cost some kind of fee, seeing as they will have to be hosting a lot of servers.

And my other point is how large the maps will have to be, the ingame size of maps will have to be that of a small city for it to even work.

There are games out there that have supported tons and tons of players. One of my favorite games of all time was one of these games, Starsiege Tribes. That game came out in 1998 and you could play games with 128 people. I understand 128 is only half of what MAG wants to accomplish, but keep in mind, this is in 1998, and it worked fine.

I think MAG will fail.

Ah, so now you just think it will fail. What happened to it being common sense that it's going to fail?

Q: What would the world be like if bananas were purple?

Holy shit, this is not a world I would want to live in.

A:

You're asking a forum full of people who've never even had a two-some before.

The third Spider-Man film was bad enough. If they tried to base it off the comic book events it would have been a complete disaster, seeing as Spider-Man goes to space and that's how encounters the symbiote.

Some stuff in the comic book world doesn't translate well into a movie atmosphere. Nolan's Batman is not the same as the comics, he has made that clear. He wants a more realistic feel to it, not an abstract superhero.

Also, there are many different adaptations of superheroes in comic books, so what are they supposed to follow when making a movie?

Like I already told you in another thread before locking it, you need to learn how to type like a normal person. I'm going to continue deleting/locking your threads until you can convey a message that everyone is able to understand. You keep making threads and every single one has people posting, "What the fuck are you talking about?"

I have a hard time believing you're 17, but if you truly are then what the hell happened to you? Did you get into a car accident or something? Your typing is worse than 14 year old girls texting, and that's impressive.

So, stop making threads, or start typing in a way people can comprehend.

At 7/24/08 10:45 PM, AshfordPride wrote:

The television show is just as good as it was ten some odd years ago.

The production values have also skyrocketed, creating a much nicer show to look at. Very clear. Very crisp. Nice colors.

I doubt I could enjoy the show at this point. I stopped watch basically after the first movie. That was probably at the peak of my Pokemon craze. Games, movies, and trading cards, yay!

Even if the show is better production wise, being older I just don't see myself connecting with it like I did when Pokemon first came out. The games I can still play though.

Plus, you can't replace Ash and Pikachu daaaawg!

I think I was the only kid who was playing Pokemon Red. All of my friends bought Blue, because Blue was more of a guy's color.

So, fuck your Pokemon Blue >:(

I also got Yellow once that come out, but after that I never played a Pokemon game again until Diamond and Pearl, which kind of sucks because I've heard good things about the other ones, especially Ruby and Sapphire. Well, I think it was Ruby and Sapphire I heard good things about. It's hard to keep up, I can't say for sure :|

Advertising your own alt accounts? Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

I stopped eating meat for about three months. I have a vegetarian friend, and since me and my friends are all pretty close I felt out of respect for him that I should try out his lifestyle. Why not? I'm not a big meat eater to begin with, so I didn't think giving up meat would be extremely difficult.

I never had such strong cravings for meat in my life. I asked my friend if he felt this way at first and he said no, so I guess it was just me. I never got sick from it. In a lot of ways I began feeling a bit better because I wasn't ingesting anymore fast food... But anytime somebody around me cooked meat or ate meat, I wanted to eat it too. After three months I gave up and went back to it, and going back to it didn't make me sick either.

Not eating meat did help me in ways though, because now I'm a little more health conscious than I used to be, and I eat more fruits, vegetables and nuts than I used to.

Learn how to write like a normal human being.

It's my ambition to be a writer. I'd love to get around to writing something. Anything, really. I haven't jotted down anything fictional in a long time. I've become too lazy. I don't read as near as often as I used to either. There was a time I was getting through two or three books a month, now I'm lucky to finish a book over the span of three months.

MUST FIND THE WILL TO DO SOMETHING BESIDES PLAY VIDEO GAMES...

Congratulations on finishing something as exhausting as writing a novel, it's a true testimony to your ability to set your mind on something and accomplish it. I'll check out this blog entry of yours.

Also, about copyrighting. Getting something copyrighted is as simple as creating it. You make a piece of artwork or write a story, and by that act alone you are protected by copyrights. The problem is proving that it's your work if somebody got their hands on it.

The best way is the old fashioned way and to just register it with a copyright office. You can always do this, but like the article describes, they haven't came across one case where this helped anybody out. That doesn't necessarily mean it won't help you if worse came to worse, but then again, is it worth the risk to take if you have serious concerns about your work being stolen?

And if you plan on trying to get your work published, why not go ahead and just copyright it anyways? I believe you need a copyright before publishing your work anyways just so you are allowed to legally distribute it, but I could be wrong.

This topic doesn't really serve any purpose. It's the typical rant topic you find on video game forums. If there was something to discuss here I would leave it unlocked, but all you've done is say "Nintendo sucks," and I'm sure you realize yourself that you're not the first person to make that statement, so that begs the question; what makes this topic any different than the rest?

Usually if it's a single player game that has an average play time, around 12 - 16 hours, I beat it within the span of a few days or a week.

It's not that I want to try and savior the game, I've just developed a short attention span playing single player games like that. I find God of War II to be incredibly fun, but after two or three hours I just have to stop.

This doesn't apply to all games though. I've had some pretty intense marathon sessions with Guitar Hero, and I can see myself playing Fable 2 and Fallout 3 for long periods of time, seeing as I did that with Fable and Oblivion. Also, for online games I can keep going for just as long and stay content.

At 7/23/08 04:10 AM, 36Holla wrote:

And what's with this call for a ban on characters that look different? All female characters have to be skinny now?

But that's the thing, they bitch about that too. They don't like video games that place women in an unrealistic light. Skinny waists and big tits equal what men expect how a woman should look after playing a video game.

Then more funnies roll in, because I scroll down the front page of their website and find articles about Mirror's Edge and FFXIII. Mirror's Edge features a female protagonist, so I'm sure that makes them happy, but she isn't any different than any other chick in a video game. She has a seductive appearance about her and a slim body, so why don't they hate this game? They've made it clear they hate the stereotypical woman portrayed in games. It surprises me even more that they are interested in FFXIII, because just about every FF game features women who are meant to be sexy looking.

The women in Mirror's Edge and FF games aren't as extreme as those in games like DoA or Soul Caliber, but regardless, they still fit that description of "hawt gurlz that get the interweb boyz excited."

I was going to post this but it slipped my mind. This is the picture of the lady who is throwing a fit over Fat Princess. I figured the savages of Newgrounds would enjoy it.

She certainly has a smug appearance and sense of entitlement.

You know what really twists my tits about this ordeal? I've been reading comments on Kotaku, and at the feminist gamers website, and people are saying how if, "it was a fat man, nobody would care."

You see those types of phrases a lot. "If it was a white guy, nobody would care." "If there was no sex in the game, nobody would care." etc. etc. So, the phrase really isn't original, but the fact is these feminists can't argue against it. They can't argue, because if it was a fat king, or prince, or whatever, they would play the game.

I know they would play the game because I read their website and they likened this game to TF2, admitting that they play and enjoy TF2. The irony in these feminist playing TF2 is the fact that none of the characters are female. They are playing a game with a wide variety of characters you can use, all of which male, and that apparently doesn't bother them.

OH, BUT WAIT, IT'S BETTER THAN THAT... Because, some TF2 players realize that there is in fact a female character in the game. In case you don't know, it's the Pyro. Valve has referred to the Pyro as "her" and there is a little purse with a flower on it in the Pyro's locker.

So, it juices the irony up. It makes it... Ironier. They play a game that is mostly dominated by male characters, and the only female character is a masked lady who happens to be overweight.

Pwned.

At 7/22/08 11:38 PM, The-Omnipresence wrote: Lets all take the time to remember that nobody listens to feminist, because they are some of the craziest kinds of people out there.

The problem is, people do listen. The craziest and most obscure people with the most pointless argument to make still find people that will listen to them. Enter, Charles Manson.

This article is just more fuel to the anti-video game fire. What's really sad is the feminist group are a group of gamers. I've been to there website before, and from what I remember there was nothing that struck me as, "Jesus, these people are delusional." They don't understand that they are drawing negative attention to the hobby they love. One day you have feminist gamers complaining about something mundane and silly, the next you have news anchors for the biggest and most trusted news sources around reporting the game and giving it a bad rep. It doesn't help that this game is made in a cartoony style and is bloody as hell. I could easily see this news story:

"A new game for PS3, Fat Princess, has been making headlines lately. It's an online game where two sides compete, each with their own kidnapped princess, by forcing her to eat food until she becomes morbidly obese. The object is to slaughter the opposing team, in a very bloody and brutal fashion, and save your "Fat Princess" before the other team can save theirs. What's more, the cartoony graphics and low price make this mature game very appealing for children, or at least says Dr. Asshole, a leading psychologist in the field of video game study. Dr. Asshole, some people would say that "it's just a game," and you can't be "overly sensitive to everything." What's your take on this?"

"*Snide laugh* Well first off, it's never "just a game." We have undeniable proof that video games have heavy influence on the younger audience, and that these violent games our children spend so much time in are becoming a reality for them. They live it. They want to be in the game. Secondly, this is a game many parents need to be watching out for. The concept of this game just sickens me. The point of the game is to objectify obese people, and women, and make a mockery out of their lives, and you get points for doing it! Throughout the duration of the game you are also killing other players, which earns you double the points! Why can't they make a game where you save other players to earn points? The sad thing about this game is it's cartoony appearance will surely attract a very young audience. Kids who are 9, 10 and 11 will be getting their hands on this game. Parents won't realize what the game contains. The parents will ask to see the game and their child will show them the cartoon style of the game, and the parents will just shrug it off and think, 'it's just a cartoon, what harm could that do?' I just don't understand how these games get passed the ESRB."

I just read an article that made me bow my head in shame and cause me to hate the world just a tiny bit more.

Pulling the race card for Resident Evil 5 was one thing, but making a big deal out of this game, that's just a whole new level in stupidity.

Let's ignore the fact that tons of games exist that totally objectify women, games like Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball or Soul Caliber (one of the examples the article refers to), and focus on a cartoony game that is meant to have a dark and humorous approach, and complain because the game features a fat lady. That's it. The game revolves around a fat lady, and that's apparently not cool with feminists.

Give me a break, this is by far one of the dumbest outrages done by anyone towards a video game.

There have been games are that far more derogatory, and nobody cared, because it wasn't something you took seriously. There were games back on the Sega and SNES "worse" than this game. And, I'm sure most of you watched a healthy dose of Saturday morning cartoons when you were younger. Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Ahhhh! Real Monsters, Kablam!, every one of those shows was more controversial than this game looks, and they were meant for children.

We are turning into a society of pussies where everything has become offensive to somebody.

By the way, this Fat Princess game really makes me think of games like Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. I sure hope Castle Crashers doesn't feature any bad guys in wheelchairs, or God forbid, old people who drool on you, or something equally offensive, because the video game media will be on that shit like Fox news on child abductions.

At 7/22/08 12:25 PM, Jezuz wrote:

Don't post pictures of yourself.

People not knowing how you look is a good thing. The second they find out how you look, you're risking that everyone loses respect for you. Sorry, love, you're just not that attractive.

Well this just isn't right. The only reason I got popular to begin with is because of posting pictures of myself.

FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

Here is a game just titled Four. Can't beat that.

Also, Connect Four.

At 7/21/08 06:34 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Left4Dead

what do i win?

That's what I was going to say, because I wanted to win the witty award, but you snatched it right out from underneath me :(

I wouldn't worry too much about it. I enjoy banning these dildos left and right.

This is the single reason why I rarely browse video game forums anymore. I just cannot stand the lame posts people make that offer no insight or intelligence to the topic. They just want to tell you that the 360 sucks, or the PS3 sucks, or the Wii sucks, for no apparent reason, other than to try and start some shit.

I know this place isn't as active or big as a video game forum, but at least I can do my part in trying to make it more civil.

At 7/21/08 11:17 AM, technodude79 wrote: yes becasue its out in north america right now

I know it is?

Has anyone else played this game?

I just got a chance to play it, and it's decent, but I'm surprised at the good reviews it got. The negatives about this game have nothing to do with the game play, but instead the functionality of the game.

I have long, skinny fingers. I've always been told I have some pretty girly hands. So, I'm pretty good at handling fragile, or delicate things. Well, even my fingers have a hard time pressing these buttons. They just aren't spread out enough. I basically have to squeezed my fingers together to keep them on the fret buttons. I don't see how a guy can play this game who has normal sized fingers. In fact, I don't see how anyone over the age of 12 can play this game well.

Besides the frets being a pain in the ass to hit because of how close together they are, the way you have to hold the DS is just awkward and uncomfortable. I played the first set of songs and afterwards my hand was burning.

I still managed to beat the first tier of songs on expert, but it was a struggle. I kept finding myself reposition my hands, or my hand slipping from the grip. All in all, I had to focus too much attention on myself and not on the game.

That's about all I have to say. The game is a royal pain in the ass to play >:(

Lol, parents have their heads up their asses and still remain incapable of raising a child.

"OMFG THIS GUY SPEWS BLOOD OUT WHEN YOU KILL HIM, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!"

"Wait, dad, I can turn the blood off! There, it's turned off!"

"Oh. Well... That's much better. As long as the guy you are brutally murdering point blank with a shotgun doesn't bleed on the screen you won't grow up to be a psychopath. Enjoy your game Joseph!"

But, my most favorite of all scenarios is this one:

"This looks like a pretty fun game Thomas. Haha, you just ran that guy over! Hahahaha oh my God you lit him on fire, that's fantastic! Oh my, hahaha, did his head just explode? I wish we had games like this when I was your age, this is too good!

In game Dialogue: "I'm sorry, but you crossed the line. You fucked up, and now you pay the price!"

"DID HE JUST SAY THE F WORD? THOMAS, I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS! NO PLAYING GAMES WITH PROFANITY, NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM!"

"But dad, DAD! WAIT, NO PLEASE DAD I DIDN'T SAVE IT!"

"GO TO YOUR FUCKING ROOM!!!"

I'm the only one here who had a Sega-CD, Game Gear, and Atari 2600. I win!

I use a GeForce 8800 GTS, the processor is a 2.4 quad core and I have 2 gigs of ram. Any game I play runs just fine, Crysis as well.

I would recommend getting a 8800, they may be cheaper now than when I got one. I've heard negative things about the 9000 series, but I don't have any experience with it, so I can't say for sure. Just read reviews on the product you are thinking about getting at newegg.com and find out if it's any good. When I built my PC I looked over all of the reviews and awards the part got before deciding to buy it.

I don't know much about Radeon cards, other than I hear sometimes they have compatibility issues with games. This is probably because so many game companies are starting to sponsor Intel and Nvidia. I remember when Age of Conan came out a lot of players with ATI cards were saying how the game ran like crap, or not at all.