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At 7/22/10 08:29 AM, Centurion-Ryan wrote: So, I tried out the Kane and Lynch 2 demo, and it may be the single most mediocre game I've ever played.

I've been following the online modes of K&L2. It looks pretty good from that perspective. Or at least inventive. But I have no doubt that the main game is just average.

I could never beat any of those games - Putt-Putt, Slylock Fox (I could be wrong about that name, but it was a detective game where you played a fox), or an Arthur game that, if I recall correctly, involved ice cream.

Of course, I haven't played any of these games since I was 6, so it's difficult to gauge my video game ability based on that.

You do realize that he didn't die from the gunshot, but rather the infection from the "doctors" shoving their unwashed hands into him to try to fish out the bullet.

He was hit near the base of the skull, and survived 2 days (give or take) before dieing. He would have been severely paralyzed, but alive.

the real question should have been - if modern medical practices were around when Abraham Lincoln was shot, how would history be different?

At 7/14/10 07:29 PM, CheppZanoff wrote: Demon's Souls is about the only PS3 save that I care for and it's doomed anyways because it can't be copied or anything which really pisses me off. =_=

Really? It's got to be able to be backed up somehow; there's no way that the developer would make a game that ball-slicingly hard just to say "fuck you" whenever your system crashes or HDD is wiped.

I've been bouncing this idea around for a long time now, although only recently have I been able to put it down. While this might have been kind of perfect for Robotday, it wasn't finished by that point, and couldn't have been entered in any contests anyway. Whatever, it's here now, and hopefully you guys will think it's kind of good.

The Robot

The Robot was born on January 9, 9170
To Desert Father Electronics,
The aloof parent.
While the Robot was one of many, it was singular.
It was different.
This robot could Comprehend.
It Understood.
He stepped off of the assembly line
And onto the flat Earth
That he knew was round
And wanted to show it.

Thoughts went through his circuitry
Like fuel through an engine,
Spinning his gears
And letting him speed through Imagiriums
At breakneck paces
With only his motherboard as his brakes.

He knew the very secrets
Of the Universe
And every Lock to the World.
He mastered every text,
And every book,
And every bible,
As though he
Had written them.

And he felt all the emotions -
Love, hate,
Pain, joy,
Jealousy,
Envy,
Pride,
Passion,
Awe,
Grief.

And yet,
He could not express these feelings.
He was not programmed to share
His endless depths with the world.
It was casted and formed to solder
It computed that.

So,
It stood in line,
Next to the drones,
And did its task
Of soldering other's wires.
And,
For the next hundred thousand years,
All it did
Was solder.

Glad to see such warm welcome! And I was just kidding about not seeing me in 4 months; I must have forgotten to leave my sarcasm tag open.

Eagle, I had no idea you wrote a new story. I'll have to check it out, although I'm still (maybe) halfway through Barracks Under Fire, but if this new one strokes my ego, it's coming first. And us Joysy boys gots to sticks together.

Sir-Nuts, I'm more than just a Boy Scout's mentor now; I got my Eagle Scout in December.

Byte, I might even say that I'm even more strange now than I was before. Amazing how much different life can be with a few changes.

At 7/13/10 12:31 AM, Jerkapotamus wrote: Well, we got over 800,000 with Living on a Prayer, but that was with a 100%, 99%, and 98%, so we're not going to get much better there. According to Gamefaqs, Green Grass & High Tides works even when everyone is on hard instead of expert, and there are a bunch of other songs that would work too. We need a pretty decent drummer though.

I might be able to play for you guys. I'd have to practice Green Grass on hard before I jump in, but I might be able to be kind of helpful. Just give me a time and I'll be there.

At 7/13/10 12:43 AM, SlntCobra1 wrote: SLASH! What rock have you been hiding under the last month or so?

is this a massive influx of all the older EGB members who were here when I was but a mere Guardsman? If so, YAY! WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Actually this is the only time either of us will post for the next 4 months, so revel in it.

Look, the economic theory of the Obama administration is that our economy is based on spending. When consumer spending stops because of a lack of credit and a loss of jobs, the government needs to step in and take the place of that consumer spending.

Reagan believed that tax cuts would allow consumers to spend more without the government stepping in.

Both economic theories have the government losing money in the beginning. With tax cuts comes a loss of revenue, which is already down because not as many people are making as much money. But with increased spending means that the government is increasing the deficit.

But in the long run, business tax and income tax revenue will increase as businesses and people make more money. And under the Keynesian plan, spending programs will be reduced and/or eliminated, and more people will be paying taxes.

Of course, both of those are just theories that may not work or cause problems down the road. It seems to be that tax cuts tend to lead to a recession later, and people tend to like government programs after they've been around for a little while.

So both of these economic theories that are being tossed around don't lead to a balanced budget, or will only be a temporary fix, and either one is viable. But no one wants to cut spending, because no one wants to be seen as the bad guy who supported a cut to Program X, which effects Group Y, who are now voting for the other candidate. I mean, look at the argument against the Healthcare Bill - $500 Billion will be cut from a socialized medical program to fund a socialized medical program; clearly this second socialized medical plan is bad and must be stopped because it's hurting a socialized program, and we can't have that in order to move closer to socialism.

At 7/12/10 11:33 PM, SlntCobra1 wrote: Holy crap! Welcome back dude! Where've you been hiding these last few months?

Well, I was working 35-40 hours a week for a while there, plus school and an attempt at a social life. So I was a bit busy to do much. But that job ended, and so did school, and now I have a laptop, so I've got a bit more free time and more time for Newgrounds/the internet.

I honestly haven't b/ped in a solid 9 months.

Also, I thought you were kicked out of here for good Duke.

Yeah, he was, but that post was so ridiculous that it couldn't have been him. I don't even think Duke has a 5.0 scale

*Note* This is still a pseudo work-in-progress. I'm still playing around with the wording, but I figure I'll share it now and see how it's received.

The idea was conceived in the emotionally reflective times of high school graduation. Although it's a "graduation" poem, it can really be applied to any time you took a reflective look on life. But enough talk, let's poem.

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4 Years

4 years is a long time.
4 years is a short time.
4 years is dreams, is aspirations, is wishes.
4 years is depression, is avoided opportunities, is wayward paths.

4 years can make you.
4 years can misguide you.
4 years can build you.
4 years can bring you down.

4 years will be remembered.
4 years will be purged from the mind.
4 years will be a life.
4 years will be a death.

4 years has been in us,
And now you have to decide if
4 years is how your life will be, or
4 years is how your life won't be.

At 7/12/10 05:06 PM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: I just wanted to see how the best club in newgrounds was doing with stuffs. If you guys ever need any help I can make sure to help you guys out with new ideas and stuffs! Duke is going great and I still have my 5.00 GPA!!

God I hope that this was a hacked account.

Oh, and hello. Most of you don't know me, but for those that do, I've finally gotten enough free time to actually attempt to b/p and post in more than just the PS3 lounge.

At 7/12/10 05:44 PM, TheMaster wrote:

At 7/12/10 05:20 PM, Bahamut wrote: I got one PS3 game for my 20th birthday which is Batman: Arkham Asylum. I shall be playing this game sometime tonight! I know I'll enjoy this game considering what I saw in the demo.

Awesome game. One of my favourites this gen.

I concur with that sentiment. Even it was the only thing you got for your birthday, you would be happy.

So I beat Operation Flashpoint. Overall a solid game, but nothing spectacular. What really drags it down is the AI, both friendly and enemy. But other than that, it does a good job of making you feel like you're in middle of a war. Oh, and it allows for awesome moments, like when I shot a guy with a rocket launcher (which made him disappear), my character said in the most nonchalant way "Rifleman is eliminated".

For $26, it was well worth it.

7/11/10 05:31 PM, TheMaster wrote:

Anyone want to play some Rock Band 2 at some point?

So yeah, I'm up for anything but singing.

I'm down for that. I'm about 50/50 with expert guitar, and almost always expert bass. I can play medium drums for every song, and hard drums for the easy/medium songs. And I can pull off singing on easy, and maybe medium.

At 7/6/10 05:54 AM, BobbaQ wrote: Thing, when you finish it, d'ya to do hardcore with me? Been meaning to finish it for ages.

Sure. You've got to be at least twice as smart as half my team.

I'm almost done the campaign; a scant 2 missions are left. But, I'm leaving for Orientation tomorrow, so I won't be able to play until Friday night, if I were to finish the game tonight.

I'll send you a message when I'm done

At 7/4/10 07:15 PM, Captain-Ben wrote: On top of that it seems you're the only squad capable of holding your position, because you just keep getting told that the other squads failed to hold their side of the village, so you're on your own defending pretty much a single house.

The other squad died out long before then. But a stroke of luck hit me on the first run through of the day, and I only lost my 4 and the co-pilot.

You should start up again; the next mission is a covert stealth mission, and if you play it that way, it's a lot of fun.

Oh, and I'm a fag. I got the Playstation Plus.

So I picked up Flashpoint the other day. Good thing I waited - the case got a bit torn and they knocked the price down to $26. It's alright. The graphics are decent, the gameplay is solid, but the AI is horrible. For example, I'm currently on the 4th (?) mission, the one where you have to rescue the helicopter pilots. Well, after you save them, you have to escape a small village that has a swarm of Chinamen coming to attack it. You have 2 options; take refuge in a building and take down the Chinese, or run to the extraction point, spraying bullets behind you. The only problem is, my team is too stupid to do either of these. They prefer to stand in the open and get cut down, instead of getting into a building. And when I tell them to move/follow me, the slowly back up and stop every few steps to shoot at the enemy. I have a few strategies to possibly get around that, but I shouldn't have to compensate for my team's retardation.

So, I'm looking at Operation Flashpoint 2 and The Saboteur. The Saboteur is $20 and OF2:DR is $35. So I pose this question to you: do I go for both? Or is one not worth the money?

Mind you, I have the $55 to get both, so don't worry about that.

At 6/16/10 09:31 PM, kman355 wrote: I think im going to sell my fat Ps3, its fun and all i just never really play it. All it does is collect dust. Im going to try to sell it for like 350$ like 5 or 6 games, 80gb, 1 controller. Maybe i should lower the price a bit but idk i bought the damn thing for 300$.

There's very little chance you'll get anything close to $350. When people buy used consoles, they're looking for deals; for that money, they could get a new slim with a 120GB hard drive, 1 controller and 1-2 games. You might be able to squeeze out $150-$200 for it.

I'm surprised more people haven't been talking about this.

Steam is coming the PS3. Granted, it seems like it's merely just a way to provide Portal 2 updates and DLC, but it's a step towards a Steam "App" for the triple.

I'd actually like to see Steam or a similar service on the PS3. While Sony has been fairly open with the PSN, it would be cool to for developers to publish custom mods that aren't subject to Sony's quality inspectors/profit analysis team.

At 6/14/10 09:46 AM, iateamexican wrote: It was done that way so you played in the games with people the same level as you.

It was also designed so that you have the chance to experience all of the classes and weapons, and decide what you like the best on each map.

At 6/12/10 12:20 PM, BobbaQ wrote: Annoyingly I have to miss tonights game because of work, feel free to poke fun at me :( I know we'll win though, providing Rooney doesn't have a hissy fit.

Looks like Rooney wasn't the one you needed to worry about.

At 6/4/10 11:33 PM, kman355 wrote: Anybody else have the problem of trying to update a game and the ETA goes from like 1 min to 23 mins? This is an estimate of course but can i just download via pc and install it to my PS3 via flash drive?

I don't have the problem, although it does usually take a good amount of time to download something.

If you want to go from your PC to your PS3, you'll have to make sure your flash drive is FAT32 in order for the PS3 to read it. It doesn't do NTFS. If it isn't FAT32, just do a quick Google search for formatting drives.

At 6/3/10 08:29 PM, xscoot wrote: I like this idea.

As do I. But there is no way that game is worth $60. It just feels too unfinished and bland to be worth that kind of money.

At 6/2/10 02:51 PM, Gobblemeister wrote: Not to mention the game is sluggish by comparison to its competitors. A few shiny, glossy cars doesn't change the dull gameplay. Mario Kart feels faster than GT and it's a party game.

It's all about the kind of racing game you want to play. GT is more about realism and creating an accurate feel of what racing is. Mario Kart is more about having crazy fun with your friends. People find enjoyment in different things

Some people prefer installing a new supercharger into a Lotus. Other people prefer shooting a blue shell at Luigi.

Not sure if I'm allowed to say this (being that the series hasn't been good in about a decade), but the new Medal of Honor looks good. Really good. Like, infinitely better than COD:Black Ops good.

I'm tempted to preorder, but I'm afraid that the game will blow, seeing it is a Medal of Honor game made after 2002.

This was definitely part of my last post.

At 5/23/10 05:16 PM, Stretchysumo wrote: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/21/k illzone-3-is-real-first-details/
First Killzone 3 details.

Jizz

To be honest, I'm not going to be using the 3D feature as I don't have a 3D TV, nor plan on getting one soon, jetpacks are now going on at least 2 years old (3rd Warhawk pack), and I hope to god that they would add more weapons.

As for the story, it sounds exactly like KZ2 right now. What I want to see more from the story is a bit of humanization of the Helghast. Make them less evil; the ISA is invading their home planet and mercilessly slaughtering everyone. Why not make everything a bit more gray instead of black and white?

At 5/23/10 12:33 PM, TheMaster wrote: Think my PS3 is on the way out. It's whirring really fucking loud. Like, Xbox 360 loud.

Maybe it's just the high-heat fan setting. Once your PS3 is on for a long time or in a really hot environment, the second speed for the fan comes on and it sounds pretty loud.

If that's not it, you definitely should get it checked out.

At 5/22/10 06:57 PM, Nev wrote: God of War 3 is ace :D. I had to pause at the Aphrodite bit cause I feel it may get too sexy and my tea was due to be deliverered.

Spoken like a true English gentleman. I say, good show, good show.

At 5/16/10 06:38 PM, scetch00 wrote: I felt Split/Second was lacking something.. Like all the cars had the same speed and shit, and that you could only do the same power plays in the race.

I agree. If you know the tracks, you can easily dodge most of the Power Plays. And although it's hard to gauge the cars by the demo (you only got to play as 1 kind), they all seem pretty much the same. Sure, there may be a little difference between types, but nothing major. Oh, and it's fucking impossible to get the 2nd stage power play, unless you're waaaaaaayyyyyy in front or really don't care if you're sitting in the middle of the pack for a while.

It's a fun game, but it's far from a polished title. I'd wait until the bargain bin prices, then get it. But I am excited to see if they can make the sequel much better than this one.