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General Gaming / Direct2Drive's Five Year Five Dollar Fiesta
« on: September 16, 2009, 11:20:21 AM »
Steam's mentally challenged cousin Direct2Drive is celebrating its five year anniversary with a bunch of games for only $5.  Every Monday for the next few weeks they will be updating the list, and already there are some big games on there.

FOR INSTANCE:

Some Splinter Cell game
Chronicles of Riddick....the second one, which includes the first one
Prince of Persia, the third one with slightly less angst
Civilization IV

And a few more that are good.

...SUCH AS:

Sid Meier's Pirates!
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Farcry
Serious Sam Gold
Saints Row 2
BIOSHOCK

Five bucks makes even using D2D seem worth it!!

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Reader Reviews / Shadow of the Colossus
« on: June 22, 2009, 09:18:21 PM »
Game that could potentially contain $20 worth of content, but is rendered worthless by terrible controls and the worst camera system I've ever seen.  You are often not fighting the colossus but the game's mechanics itself.  I was overjoyed when my horse died

1/10

A zero out of ten represents me trying to play a game boy game in a toaster.

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NWR Forums Discord / We can put a MAN on the MOON
« on: April 08, 2009, 02:33:14 AM »
but when I unplug my iPod too quickly it DELETES EVERYTHING ON IT and CORRUPTS THE FIRMWARE

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General Chat / Guess what console is being discussed!
« on: October 08, 2008, 12:37:25 AM »
Consider these quotes:

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Instead of going for the highest possible performance, which does not contribute to software development, our idea was to create a developer-friendly next generation TV game machine that maintained above-standard capabilities.

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Additionally, in response to the demand for new types of entertainment from users in the game trade, the scale of games became larger, and frequently special adjustments to software had to be made. This came back to haunt the developers in the form of development costs and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it made software development more challenging.

This type of problem, if not solved, could have a dramatic effect on the succeess[sic] of the game business.

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We have been creating a world in which the player can enjoy the feeling of actually touching the "world" created by the software.

Let's play a game: what console are these quotes referring to?
if you guessed gamecube you would not be incorrect!

That last one is especially cool =o I dont have the energy to post any useful or insightful commentary besides "this has been a long time coming" and "there are obviously clues all around us as to what the successor to the Wii will be since Nintendo is a tricky company that likes leave hints lying about."  Just thought it was interesting. I didnt follow games as closely back then as I do now so I had no idea Ninty has been saying this for so many years.

This all comes from here, btw:http://web.archive.org/web/20010411150324/www.nintendo.com/spaceworld/ngc.htmls

Anyway, if you guys have the desire you can turn this thread into an ACTUAL "guess what console is being discussed" game, but whatever.  DO WHATEVER YOU WANT SEE IF I CARE SRSLY.

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General Chat / This is weird...
« on: February 14, 2008, 01:42:08 AM »
...my eyes just spontaneously started to bleed.  Is this happening to anyone else?

Also for the love of god make the NWR banner up top a link again.

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General Gaming / Unreal Tournament 3 Demo
« on: October 14, 2007, 04:19:57 PM »
Pirate Bay torrent
(I prefer torrents to just about anything, don't worry this one's legal)

I don't know why I spoiler tag'd that

No topic on this?  For shame!  SHAME I SAY.

So yeah, Unreal Tournament 3 demo is out.  I had a moderate amount of fun with the 2004 demo (lawlz no need to buy the game amirite), but I'm not sure I like this one as much.  Maybe it's just that my taste in games has changed in the last few years...a huge frag fest seems almost...pointless to me.  I guess I like to take things slowly and think things out in my shooters, which is the exact opposite of this game.  I feel so incapable when I say it's just too freaking fast for me.  I get more kills based on luck than skill, which just isn't fun.  Granted I've only been playing for a day, but I think the demo has actually deterred me from buying the game.

I guess the main problem is that I just plain suck at these types of games

Anyway, DISCUSS or something.  I don't know.

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General Chat / HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOSTILE CREATION
« on: May 01, 2007, 05:01:32 PM »
TAKE THAT.  

I believe this puts me in the lead.

Also, happy birthday mate  Here's some birthday themed destruction:




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General Gaming / RE4 PC - LOL
« on: February 07, 2007, 09:10:45 AM »
If any of you goons frequent digg it's likely that you've seen this already.  It's simply incredible.

The PC version of RE4

I need not say more.    

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General Chat / windahz vista
« on: February 02, 2007, 07:44:50 AM »
There's another Vista thread somewhere, but whatever.  THIS is now the official Vista thread.  And if anybody tells me to get a mac I'll cut their legs off- I'm not anti-mac, but that's not what this thread is about.  SO GO AWAY.

Alright, so every once in a while I clear my HDD and reinstall Windows.  Right now I'm using XP MCE, and at times I get quite frustrated with it.  Seeing as how I'm reinstalling my OS, I figured I should make the switch to Vista- so I tried it out and I liked what I saw.  It fixed a lot of the problems I was having and actually seemed to run faster in some areas (particularly with connecting to a network, and deleting large files), all while looking much nicer than XP.  I'm not really  ahardcore PC gamer, and the performance hits associated with Vista aren't a big deal to me- I run Oblivion at full now, so I figure I've got a lot of leg room.

ANYWAY, with Vista you basically have four options: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate.  In essence, Home Basic sucks, Business is not for you, and Ultimate is expensive as hell.  Well, you can can actually buy the Ultimate OEM version for $200, which is relatively not bad, but still too much for something I don't really need.  Anyway, Home Premium is what I wanted, since it comes with the new interface and Media Center capabilites.

But still, Vista HP is pretty expensive.  So I searched around, and lo and behold I found this site.  They give discounts for students, and for a college student (which I am not, but my brother is, so I used his info) the Vista Home Premium upgrade is knocked down to $70.  That's a nice deal.  Only $10 more than Gears of War :P  Normally, Home Premium is $240, and the upgrade is $160.  I just saved $90, and I figured I'd share that with you guys.

Keep in mind, though, that this is the UPGRADE.  You can only install this under certain cirumstances (but if you meet those criteria, you keep all your files and programs installed).  There is a fairly simple workaround for this, and you CAN actually install this clean if you have the patience to install the OS twice, but MS is probably going to fix this soon.  So you'll be taking a gamble.  Anyway, here's the chart of upgrade paths for Vista- and since I assume most of you use  XP MCE or Home you can take advantage of this upgrade.

Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you.  You do have to prove you're a student, but most of you probably are, and those who aren't probably know someone who is.  Most people aren't ready to make the switch yet, but if you are you'll save a lot of cash this way.

So, uhh, that's it.  I now christen this the official Vista thread, so if you have any questions, post here and there is a slight change they will be answered.  

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General Gaming / Why Gears of War sucks
« on: January 15, 2007, 06:11:43 AM »
A.I.

Also the controls, but mostly the AI of the team members.  They are dumb as posts.  They often block doorways and refuse to move.  Their path finding is worse than Oblivion's.  They don't care about their own lives, and often run out into the open and die in the most inconvenient places.  I run out to save them, risking my own life, only to find them charging the enemy once more.  This is a game about COVER.  That was the whole thing with this game, this WASN'T just another run and gun game, where you rush the enemy firing everything you've got.  The game was hyped for it's tactical element.  WHY OH WHY, then, do your team mates run into the open?!  That's just laziness by Epic's part.

Furthermore, I'm at a certain point in the game where it would be a bad thing to go into shadows.  My team mate doesn't seem to care, he runs- no, actually, he walks- straight into the shade, and dies.  I can't really save him either, since I would die as well.  The game was nice enough to automatically revive him in the shade (most of the time...), but often he will immediately die again because he's not smart enough to move out of the shade.  One particular time he hid behind a pillar in the shade and didn't want to give up his cover.  So he would die, get back up, get back under the cover of the pillar, die, wash, rinse, repeat, DAMMIT.  ENDLESS LOOP OF STUPIDITY.

The game's production values seem SO HIGH.  The graphics are gorgeous (especially on the new TV ), and the sounds are LOUD (which means they're epic).  The controls work well for the most part (except for running and turning and covering and chainsawing).  But the AI ruins it.  RUINS, I SAY.

Co-op is fun though....too bad no one want s to play with me

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NWR Forums Discord / I propose a CHALLENGE
« on: January 01, 2007, 07:00:29 AM »
Put a picture of one solid color on your Wii and do puzzle mode.  Six pieces should be plenty.  If you complete this task, take a picture for proof!  You are part of an elite club!  If you can do anything above 6 pieces then I nominate you Queen of Earth (and also extremely lucky)

READY GO

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Reader Reviews / iPod
« on: December 25, 2006, 05:09:07 PM »
Pros: looks cool
Cons: doesn't play music

Final score: 0/10
-Looks cool, but without the ability to play music it really loses a lot of its value

also doesn't update podcasts correctly, white earbuds with black ipod?, iTunes sucks HARD  

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General Chat / This is me complaining about stuff.
« on: November 29, 2006, 12:21:06 PM »
I want to make a custom soundtrack for Excite Truck, but most of my music is in wma format because I got them from my brother, who ripped them from CDs he borrowed.  I can't convert them to MP3 format because of those god-damned copy-protection doowabs.

DAMMIT

A quick search tells me that there are tons of shareware trial offers on sketchy programs that claim to do this, but I've been down that path a few too many times to try my luck with it again.  So I am looking for a confirmed solution, if there even is one.  Because I am angry right now.  

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NWR Forums Discord / "The standing here's getting more intense."
« on: November 20, 2006, 02:22:07 PM »
lol guy behind me on cell phone

any other hilarious quotes over heard while waiting for wii?  no?  awwwwwww

the kid-who-said-that's dad also came by and yelled at everyone for standing in line for a videogame thing.  hilarity.  he then attempted to auction off his coffee.  "Anyone want this coffee?  It's FIFTY DOLLARS.  You'll never have a coffee like this ever again.  Start lining up here."

lol

coincidently I also saw that same kid at just about every other store I went to.  we were failure friends.

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Nintendo Gaming / Official *I DON'T HAVE A WII* thread!
« on: November 19, 2006, 03:45:41 AM »
GUESS WHAT GUYS if you guessed copy/paste from gurnal, you'd not be incorrect!

I have Zelda, Excite Truck, and a controller, but no Wii =(

Now, I didn't exactly put my all into this, I only got there at six this morning, but still. READ MOAR.

I call walmart yesterday and they say they will hand out tickets at seven, and that you can't line up on the property until then. Okaaaaay. So I get there at six, and they're sold out. Later on I learn that sold them all at 5:30. I WAS LIED TO. Lot's of other people in the Best Buy line had been told the same thing. Bastards.

The Target line was easily 120 people long. No thanks.

Best Buy line. I'm number 46 in line. There are 45 units. BITCHES. The guy in front of me got the last one.

Circuit City apparently got 15 units. Lawl.

So I go home. Sears.com has them in stock. I should order them, but first lets go search some more.

I get to Toys-r-us right like 10 minutes before it opens. Not two minutes after I arrive this dude who was behind me at best buy shows up. Lawl. Nothin there. Apparently though, the best buy I went to had 90 units but they only put 45 up for sale. Sigh.

We head over to the mall. FYE wasn't even open yet and they were sold out. EB Games didn't have any, duh. Nor did walmart. Me, the best buy kid, and a couple others waited by sears for a while, only for them to tell us that they had a total of TWO UNITS and they sold at 8:00. EIGHT? YOU GUYS OPEN AT ELEVEN WHAT THE HELL.

I get home. Sears.com says the product is unavailable.

DAMN




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NWR Forums Discord / OH BY THE WAY
« on: September 26, 2006, 02:47:07 PM »
I STILL haven't figured out what this sign means.  This was from a cruise I was on back in...February I think.  Still don't know what it's trying to telle me.  Maybe you can shed some light!


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Nintendo Gaming / The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« on: August 28, 2006, 10:56:55 AM »
If you want to talk about Twilight Princess with Wii controls, do so here.  If you want to talk about TP with GameCube controls, do so in the GameCube section.

YOU CANNOT POST IN BOTH THREADS.  This thread does not support posting about the GC version.  

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Nintendo Gaming / I want Mischief Makers Wii
« on: May 31, 2006, 04:25:46 PM »
I just thought I'd get that out there.  I really want it.

Control scheme is simple.  Hold the Wii mote sideways.  Use the D-Pad to move about, and the A and B buttons for jumping and grabbing.  Replace the C-Buttons on the N64 with movement controls.  Your boost would be controlled by jerking the controller in the direction you want to boost.  To SHAKE SHAKE all you have to do is SHAKE SHAKE the controller.  Throwing stuff and bouncing off clanballs and whatnot would also be motion controlled.

IT WOULD BE SO GOOD

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Reader Reviews / xbox 360 controller
« on: May 24, 2006, 03:54:32 PM »
i bought one and then left on the d-pad started to get mushy i had to push it down hard for it to work so i returned it but they didn't have any others so now i dont have one

0/10

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Nintendo Gaming / I just had a thought.
« on: May 03, 2006, 09:40:51 AM »
It's not a very good one, and it's probably been thought before.  I just didn't feel like figuring out which useless thread to put it in and whatnot.  So here goes.

You know how Matt said that the Wii sensor bar thigner isn't always there?  Well at first I took it simply to mean that some games won't use the special remote functionality, but the more I think about it, the more I drift from that idea.  Why would he say that?  What's the point.  The sensor bar must have some other function.

Furthermore, in some recent talkback threaed, a few dudes were trying to figure out WHY the Wii would need the sensor anyway.  It uses bluetooth and gyros and accelerometers and other STUFF, but none of those need a bar.  Infrared needs a reciever, but why would the Wii use infrared?  It's old technology that doesn't have a very wide data bandwidth.  It seems stupid to use it.  But then again, the Rev does have what appears to be an infrared signal thingy on top of it.  SO WHY, YOU ASK?

Well, I was watching that augmented reality video and something popped into my head.  What that guy was holding in his hand was basically a wand with a projector on top, right?  Isn't that what the remote looks like?  And the sensor you place by your TV, that's could be a projector of some sort.  The two could work in tandem to create an immersive envirnoment.  Say you're playing a baseball game.  You get up to bat and the remote turns into a baseball bat, and out of your TV pops a ball.  WHACK.  Huzzah!

Now I have no idea whather this is all even feasible, but it sort of fits everything.  The sensor isn't always there because not every game has a need for this technology.  It explains why we need the sensor, and why the remote has that strange thingy on top which we all assumed was for pointing.  Remember that Ninty patent a while ago, with the multiple planes and whatnot?  Where it showed a picture of a Link type character and somesuch?  I know you do.  Did we ever figure out what that was for?  I sure as hell didn't understand it.

So anyway, those are my thoughts!

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Nintendo Gaming / Brain Age commercials
« on: April 16, 2006, 03:24:06 PM »
HEY

Apparently on the Discovery channel (or science channel) there are a few infomercial-style adverts for Brain Age.  I've personally never seen one (couldn't find it on google video either), but I guess it's on fairly often, so I'm looking out.  Cooelst of all, it's endorsed by the science channel, it's not just an independant Ninty advert.

Pretty useless news!  It's pretty cool though to see Nintendo doing some appropriate advertising, they've been handling the DS pretty well so far, gives me hope for the Rev.  Reggie :rock:

Edit:  Just saw one, it's a fantastic commercial!  It's a non-game commercial!  It does a great job of explaining the purpose of the game, how to play it, and all the features.  It targets the right group, and it's very effective.  Thumbsup.  

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NWR Forums Discord / EVERYBODY QUICK GO TO IGN REVOLUTION
« on: March 08, 2006, 11:00:46 AM »
SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/broncotrolley/omgomgomgsega.jpg

does this mean a possible teamup between sega and nintendo????

just putting the pieces together  

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Nintendo Gaming / Tetris DS
« on: February 15, 2006, 11:42:32 AM »
IGN and Gamespot have got some movies up, and it comes out in like a month, so it's high time for a thread.  There's not too much to talk about yet, but who cares.

A few observations:
- Metroid Mode looks cool, it appears as if you control the block of Tetrinos around the bottom screen as you scroll up collecting more pieces.  Once you get a solid block (4x5 squares in the video) something...happens.  In the video all the blocks in the group turned grey but it cut out before anythign else happened.
- In Balloon trip mode there's a tall tower of tetrinos (it extends far above the top screen, beyond sight)  and you use the touch screen to push and rotate the bottom blocks to clear lines, thus lowering the tower.  At the top is a box of balloons, so I guess you're goal is to get them down.
-Zelda mode appears to be like a mission mode, with goals like "clear three lines at once" and "clear two lines with a [shape]"
- Donkey Kong mode has a block of tetrinos in the middle, with additional blocks coming from both the top and bottom.  It appears to be a contest against another player (or AI, I would assume) where you try to screw up the other person while trying to clear all you blocks from your side.  I think.
- Yoshi mode....uhh, something happens here!  I see cookies and stuff!  Yoshi's on the bottom screen with baker-mario FRANCHISE WHORE on the top.  Judiging by the tube that sends cookies to the bottom screen, I guess you're trying to feed yoshi....?  On the top screen there are some blocks (!!), and the bottom screen gives you the choice of a few different shapes and rotations.  Choose one and it drops down on the screen.  Clear lines, get more cookies.  It's weird though, it doesn't look as if you choose where you put the block on the top screen (although in that particular picture is was obvious...)
- Mario Mode = regular tetris, except freaking awesome.  Shadows appear to show where the falling block will land, which was a little annoying, but still!  Looks awesome!

- All musics seems to be remixes from their respective games.  Lots of simple, repetitive, grating beeps and boops.  Awesome.
- SPIINNING MARIO SPRITE, LOOKS AWESOME
- I love the style of the mario scenes on the top screen of regular mode, realistic backgrounds with sprites taken straight from the games looks awesome.  I want the New SMB to look like that, not stupid old polygons ;____;
- I want this game.
- If I were to live on a deserted island and only bring one game, I would so bring this.

Plus it has internets, discuss.

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General Chat / I am both shocked and appalled
« on: January 28, 2006, 05:20:31 PM »
that Hostile Creation did not make me a birthday thread

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Reader Reviews / Castlevania Double Pack
« on: January 27, 2006, 02:25:20 PM »
Game Pak-
-plastic
-well built
-sturdy
-no rattle
-ultimate cool when you have it along with Dawn of Sorrow in your DS at the same time
-very boring, but very functional art design.  Well, text design, since there is no art

8/10


Manual-
-one manual for both games
- cool flip design thing, on one side is the Harmony of Dissonance manual, flip the book over and you get the Aria of Sorrow manual...
-...or so they would have you believe.  It turns out they screwed up the manual royally.  When I open up to the Aria of Sorrow side, I get the information for the opposite game, and vice versa.  This is very sloppy work Konami.
- not only that, but the manuals are exact photocopies of the originals.  That means the manual for Aria of Sorrow tells me to "insert the Aria of Sorrow game pak into your GBA" while the HoD manual tells me to insert the HoD game pak into my GBA.  In reality, there is only one game pak.  This was very confusing, for a while I thought I was missing an entire game, I even reached my hand into the toilet to find it, and then a toilet snake bit my finger off along with a very expensive ring I was holding for a friend , this is a very bad situation.
- black and white

0/10  

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