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General Chat / Re: Favorite streaming music service?
« on: August 15, 2012, 09:55:39 AM »
I don't think it really counts, but I'm using google music to stream all of my collection. It works great.
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General Chat / Re: PC/Mac "app stores"
« on: August 15, 2012, 09:52:04 AM »
General consumers like app stores. They're easy and convenient. You can have some sort of shopping experience as opposed to having to know exactly what you want and going to get it. It is easier to browse when there are a bunch of different products right in one place. You can search the internet for "photo editing programs" or "screen capture tools" and have to do a lot of hoping to find something good, or you can go to the app store and there are four or five of each kind of program you can easily compare.
It's not for everyone, but for a lot of people it's great. The most important thing is that none of this is mandatory. Steam is still going to exist (despite all of Gabe Newell's whining). You can go buy games there, or on origin, or buy physical copies, or go to specific publisher or developer websites or gog, or pretty much anywhere else you want to go. Nothing is changing about that. There's just a storefront for people to use if they choose.
You can download phone apps from the internet. You do not have to use the Play store or even Amazon's app store. There are plenty of places to go to find phone apps if you really really want to. Thing is, there's a good chance the apps you want are in one of those two stores. Also, if you buy an iphone that's your choice. You're choosing to lock yourself into that ecosystem. Even there, if you choose, you can jailbreak it and do what you want with that phone as well.
Video game consoles are really the last bastion of the super walled garden. Those even break down over time. Xbox is hacked to high heaven as is the PS3. The 3DS and the Vita are holding out, but it shouldn't be more than a year or so before both of those are busted open and homebrew communities pop up around them.
It's not for everyone, but for a lot of people it's great. The most important thing is that none of this is mandatory. Steam is still going to exist (despite all of Gabe Newell's whining). You can go buy games there, or on origin, or buy physical copies, or go to specific publisher or developer websites or gog, or pretty much anywhere else you want to go. Nothing is changing about that. There's just a storefront for people to use if they choose.
You can download phone apps from the internet. You do not have to use the Play store or even Amazon's app store. There are plenty of places to go to find phone apps if you really really want to. Thing is, there's a good chance the apps you want are in one of those two stores. Also, if you buy an iphone that's your choice. You're choosing to lock yourself into that ecosystem. Even there, if you choose, you can jailbreak it and do what you want with that phone as well.
Video game consoles are really the last bastion of the super walled garden. Those even break down over time. Xbox is hacked to high heaven as is the PS3. The 3DS and the Vita are holding out, but it shouldn't be more than a year or so before both of those are busted open and homebrew communities pop up around them.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will you do with your Wii after you buy a Wii U?
« on: August 15, 2012, 09:33:41 AM »
After doing the soft mod to play Xenoblade I went the extra step to go ahead and rip all of my wii games to an external hard drive. So since I won't have to actually put in discs or switch discs out I can leave the wii hooked up somewhere to play games whenever I feel like it. It's actually super convenient.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 300: SPARTAAA!!!
« on: August 07, 2012, 07:02:40 PM »
I'm only two and half hours into it and I love it. I am so glad that so much of the show is just like an RFN. I love the wii discussion. You guys are great. I've listened to about 250 of these things (I think I missed an entire year of the show at one point) and it's my favorite video game podcast beside retronauts. At times they're the only ones I can even listen to.
Maybe it's because I grew up pretty much only owning used or quite old games, not having a new release every month never bothered me during the life of the Wii. Since a lot of games seemed to die quickly their prices dropped quickly. In the times when there weren't a lot of blockbuster new games coming out there were a bunch of games I hadn't played on the discount rack. The site has a whole feature thing about all the games people never played on the Wii. I don't have a massive backlog because I was able to play a steady stream of games during the Wii's life. To me there was never a lull of new games, because it didn't matter to me whether a game just came out or if it had been out as long as I hadn't played it before. I just picked up a copy of Metroid: Other M for $8 brand new. I'm playing through RE4 Wii edition for the first time (I played it a lot on Gamecube) because I picked it up for $10. The same goes for any console, really. No one plays every game that comes out for it, and so there is always a new game for them to play.
Gamecube is my favorite nintendo home console, but wii is right there with it. I think this has been a remarkable console cycle for nintendo. Thinking about what they actually accomplished, it's astounding. They are completely terrible at ending things though. Think about the momentum they could have if all the project rainfall games were getting pushed leading into this year. Or maybe there was a Baten Kaitos Origins (I love the **** out of that game) or Chibi Robo on the horizons that you could possibly start or finish playing on your Wii U. Oh well. I still think the Wii is good and I got a lot of joy out of it. I never bought any VC games because they always felt too expensive. I did grab a couple of wii ware games, but not as many as there are good ones.
I'm looking forward to finishing the episode tomorrow at work.
Maybe it's because I grew up pretty much only owning used or quite old games, not having a new release every month never bothered me during the life of the Wii. Since a lot of games seemed to die quickly their prices dropped quickly. In the times when there weren't a lot of blockbuster new games coming out there were a bunch of games I hadn't played on the discount rack. The site has a whole feature thing about all the games people never played on the Wii. I don't have a massive backlog because I was able to play a steady stream of games during the Wii's life. To me there was never a lull of new games, because it didn't matter to me whether a game just came out or if it had been out as long as I hadn't played it before. I just picked up a copy of Metroid: Other M for $8 brand new. I'm playing through RE4 Wii edition for the first time (I played it a lot on Gamecube) because I picked it up for $10. The same goes for any console, really. No one plays every game that comes out for it, and so there is always a new game for them to play.
Gamecube is my favorite nintendo home console, but wii is right there with it. I think this has been a remarkable console cycle for nintendo. Thinking about what they actually accomplished, it's astounding. They are completely terrible at ending things though. Think about the momentum they could have if all the project rainfall games were getting pushed leading into this year. Or maybe there was a Baten Kaitos Origins (I love the **** out of that game) or Chibi Robo on the horizons that you could possibly start or finish playing on your Wii U. Oh well. I still think the Wii is good and I got a lot of joy out of it. I never bought any VC games because they always felt too expensive. I did grab a couple of wii ware games, but not as many as there are good ones.
I'm looking forward to finishing the episode tomorrow at work.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 299: Premature Evacuation
« on: July 31, 2012, 11:18:39 AM »
What some publishers need to realize is that there are people who are simply not going to pay $60 or more for a retail console game or $40+ for a boxed 3DS game. Usually these people don't hang out on forums or engage in a bunch of gaming discussion, but they are out there. (I'm one of them). I am super more than content to wait until a year or two after release to play a game. I always end up spending $60+ during Steam sales because I'll get a bunch of games. I love playing video games, I just don't like paying a lot of money to do it.
I used to almost exclusively buy used games. It wasn't because I hated the industry, it was because I didn't have the money to spend $50 on ever new release game I wanted. Instead I would spend $20-$30 on the big game I wanted a year ago. At least with Steam the publishers/developers get a piece of that pie if they're willing to price games where I'm willing to pay for them.
Republic Commando is absolutely a great game. It's easily my favorite non Metroid FPS.
Also, Halo 4 has Space Pirates, so that is super enticing.
I used to almost exclusively buy used games. It wasn't because I hated the industry, it was because I didn't have the money to spend $50 on ever new release game I wanted. Instead I would spend $20-$30 on the big game I wanted a year ago. At least with Steam the publishers/developers get a piece of that pie if they're willing to price games where I'm willing to pay for them.
Republic Commando is absolutely a great game. It's easily my favorite non Metroid FPS.
Also, Halo 4 has Space Pirates, so that is super enticing.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What are your three favorite 3DS games and why?
« on: July 31, 2012, 10:41:08 AM »
1. Cave Story 3D Because it is so thoroughly my kind of game. That and the soundtrack is wonderful.
2. Super Mario 3D Land - Because it's a good mario game. The music isn't the best, but it's pretty good, and the second half of the game is a blast.
3. Shinobi - Even though it's pretty hideous to look at, it's a fun enough action game and I got it for $10.
2. Super Mario 3D Land - Because it's a good mario game. The music isn't the best, but it's pretty good, and the second half of the game is a blast.
3. Shinobi - Even though it's pretty hideous to look at, it's a fun enough action game and I got it for $10.
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General Chat / Re: Nintendo Free Radio: Forum Cast (RFN Doppelganger Podcast)
« on: July 25, 2012, 01:27:34 PM »
I should have mentioned stuff like going to the briefcase to throw a grenade in RE4, the QB vision cone in madden, 80% of the car tuning stuff in the simmy Need For Speed games. Most of the complex stuff is bad just a matter of bad UI, other stuff (like RPGs giving you stat points in a bunch of categories) are just hold overs from pen and paper stuff, and some things are feature creep.
Mass Effect 2 over corrected from the first game in terms of item management, but it did make the game a lot easier to get into. There was never a moment where I had to sit around converting things to omni gel for ten minutes. Mass Effect 1 was busted. It had just a little too much going on.
Mass Effect 2 over corrected from the first game in terms of item management, but it did make the game a lot easier to get into. There was never a moment where I had to sit around converting things to omni gel for ten minutes. Mass Effect 1 was busted. It had just a little too much going on.
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General Chat / Re: Name your top 3 albums of the year (so far)
« on: July 25, 2012, 11:44:21 AM »
1. Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music is genius. EL-P is a wizard.
2. Bill Evans' Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate. I love the release of this album. It's rare when old Jazz previously unfound concerts are actually good, but when they are they are well worth it. This one is totally worth it. Double Album and Bill Evans is great live.
3. Aesop Rock's Skelethon. Just another good Aesop Rock Album.
2. Bill Evans' Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate. I love the release of this album. It's rare when old Jazz previously unfound concerts are actually good, but when they are they are well worth it. This one is totally worth it. Double Album and Bill Evans is great live.
3. Aesop Rock's Skelethon. Just another good Aesop Rock Album.
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General Chat / Re: Nintendo Free Radio: Forum Cast (RFN Doppelganger Podcast)
« on: July 25, 2012, 11:21:45 AM »
This was good listening. I don't mind the three hour length at all. I liked how long some of the discussions went.
I love that games are getting, in general, less complex. I don't mind a game being hard as long as it's never cheap. I don't like being shot from off screen, I don't like when my AI partners stand in acid or do other things to kill themselves, I don't like hidden death traps. None of that stuff is fun. I like when games take a lot of skill and you can get better at them. I also don't mind when games offer optional cheats for you (like 3D land's super gold leaf). If someone wants to beat a game and can't, there's no reason to not help them out.
I love that games are getting, in general, less complex. I don't mind a game being hard as long as it's never cheap. I don't like being shot from off screen, I don't like when my AI partners stand in acid or do other things to kill themselves, I don't like hidden death traps. None of that stuff is fun. I like when games take a lot of skill and you can get better at them. I also don't mind when games offer optional cheats for you (like 3D land's super gold leaf). If someone wants to beat a game and can't, there's no reason to not help them out.
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Podcast Discussion / Re: RetroActive #23 Poll: Second Chance Edition!
« on: June 26, 2012, 01:07:31 PM »
I voted for Star Wars mostly for an excuse to play it again, and to see how that title would look on dolphin. That, and I love space shooters. I just bought Wario Land: Shake it, so I'm kind of filled up no Wario games at the moment.
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