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I haven't played Galaxy so I have to go with Bowser in Mario 64... it may not seem like much now but that was such an insane fight at the time.

The Daleks. EXTERMINATE!

I'm open to it but not that hopeful just due to track record for video game movies.

Um... ok... why would there be porn in their constitution?

Over a decade old Panasonic.

My grandfather drove and ambulance in Europe. I honestly don't know any more than that because it's not something that he ever talks about.

It's easy to figure out, the actors didn't want to be stuck doing it for life (and or were just getting too old) so they had to keep recasting/rebooting the damn thing infinitely.

Still Chun Li after all these years.

Whether or not you feel Zelda is getting stale may depend on how long you've been playing it. In truth very little has changed about the game since the very begining. It's simply gotten bigger and more advanced as the technology has progressed. But the basic premise of enter dungeon, kill some guys, solve some puzzles, get a new item that helps you beat the boss remains the same. I think part of the reason it still is fun after so little change to the formula is that it's never really been overloaded with sequels, there's usually only one or two per generation of consoles and there isn't much else out there that captures the same feeling of adventure.

At 11/11/08 01:31 PM, towelie101 wrote: Worst: Mega Man

Yeah the original Mega Man box art was atrocious. It looked like it was done at the last minute but a random guy at the marketing office... and in fact that's exactly what happened.

The electoral college made sense back when it was established. 200+ years ago there was no true reliable way to count the popular vote on a grand scale. However it was doable for a county do count up it's votes and determine their majority and report that to the state. The state then determined the overall majority of the counties and the electoral college votes of that state went to whoever they felt came in first. Worked for the time. But now we have the technology to count the popular vote, in fact we already do, it just doesn't have any real meaning.

I can tell you however why they won't get rid of the electoral college, because it would change the entire election process and many leaders who got in on the basis of how the college works would suddenly be out on their asses.

The pardon has always been kind of weird. It's like a random perk of power and it feels like the one thing sort of left over from the days of monarchy, that the person in power could just sort of skip over the justice system. It's a privalage that almost seems designed to be abused. I guess the theory was that it was one final check and balance for the justice system but it's just too easy to use in a corrupt fashion.

It just doesn't get better than the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction.

Diablo 3

Are we talking best current system or best of all time? Because my all time favorite is still the SNES and my favorite game for the system is a tossup between Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI (released as FFIII at the time).

There's one thing that the results of the election have me hopeful for. Let's set aside the democrat vs. republican issue for a minute and just look at the tactics of the campaign. For the first time in quite a while the cleaner campaign won. While it is true Obama took out some negative adds against McCain very few were outright attacks and they made up a much smaller percentage of his ads and campaign than McCain's (which seemed to be primarily negative). Having watched smear campaigns succeed again and again it's refreshing for me to see that on the highest level it didn't work this time. I would like to hope that maybe it will lead to cleaner campaigns in general since it proved that going negative harder than the other guy isn't the automatic win it used to be. I'd love to see a trend towards campaigns focused on the issues more than personal failings or past associations.

Or maybe I'm just being overly optimistic.

Back when I was young and NES ruled (yeah I'm an old geezer) my first favorite was probably Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers, for two big reasons. The first is it supported two players simultaneously so there was none of that taking turns crap. The second is it was the first game I could actually beat.

Religion tends to frustrate me. Not in and of itself, a person's beliefs are their own business. But rather it's when they try to force the beliefs or morals dictated by their religion onto the rest of us, this applies to nearly every religion on some level or another. I believe that ones religious beliefs are a deeply personal and PRIVATE thing. I don't want to hear you try to tell me what you think God wants, that's between you and your God so leave me out it.

Alot of it had to do with timing. Sony managed to have the PS1 on the market for quite a while before Nintendo got the N64 out. That meant the people looking at which system to buy who weren't already totally brand loyal would see the N64 as having a much smaller game library just because it hadn't been out for as long, and that made it a no brainer for many people.

Then there was options, up to that point I was a total Nintendo loyalist but my favorite genre (RPGs) really was getting the shaft on the N64 so I had to go to Sony for my Final Fantasy and RPG fix.

The Sega Saturn never really had a chance because of pirating. Because they used standard CD-Roms the games were far to easy to burn and copy. I knew people who had a Saturn and like 100 games but only 10 of which they had actually paid for.

There are really very few games I could consider true remakes. Most of the ones people are mentioning (Mario 64 on the DS for example) are just ports with very little actually changed. Tomb Raider Anniversay is a good example of a true remake and I think it came out quite well. Most of things out there are either really late sequels or ports, very few games have been flat out remade (i.e. taking the same premise, story and events and doing it again but completely reworking the technical aspects such as visuals and gameplay).

When it comes to RPGs where you build your character I tend to do it different each time. Usually starting with a powerful brute because they're the easiest to get the hang of and then trying out more sophisticated options like spell casters later on.

I'm in favor of large natural breasts. Not such a fan of the fake stuff. However having said that I have no bias against smaller chests. Overall things should be in proportion.

Plus my wife is stacked so I'm a happy guy.

At 11/5/08 04:49 PM, mwmike wrote: I wanted a Quagmire spin-off.

Giggity.

From what I hear he's supposed to factor heavily into the "Cleveland" spinoff, you know with them being best friends and all.

At 11/5/08 06:20 PM, Headshot777 wrote: So is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Depends on your views and opinions. I'm not thrilled as I have friends who will have their marriages disolved.

I play my handhelds on the subway alot and I either have the volume off (on my GBA) or I use headphones (on my DS). In New York you can actually be fined for having the volume up (it's covered under the public noise law that banned boom boxes on the subway back in the '80s).

Most of my NES games could be considered rare at this point, though a few really hard to find highlights would include Zanac, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original game that nobody could beat) and Deja Vu.

I first noticed it back when the series showed up on the PS1 and cut scenes were introduced all in anime style. I believe there was a cartoon before that but I don't remember it well enough to be able to say if it was anime, though odds are it was.

I'd push for the national legalization of marijuana, prostitution and gambling. All three of which would be carefully regulated and heavily taxed which would increase revenue without having to raise the income tax. I'd either be hailed a genius or run out of the country with pitchforks.

I voted for myself! Go me!

At 10/31/08 07:03 AM, mathum wrote: trick or treat, giving them either something good or bad

Um... no. The idea of "Trick or Treat" is not that you might give the kids something bad. The idea is that if you don't give them treats then they will play tricks on you. It's a threat really. It's like the mob hitting you up for "protection money."