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General Chat / $4 for a gallon gas coming soon

« on: August 31, 2005, 04:38:51 PM »

Experts: $4 a gallon gas coming soon

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_prices/index.htm

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Consumers can expect retail gas prices to rise to $4 a gallon soon, but whether they stay there depends on the long-term damage to oil facilities from Hurricane Katrina, oil and gas analysts said Wednesday.

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General Chat / Old School Zelda Commercials (Videos)

« on: August 26, 2005, 05:53:14 AM »

Japanese Commercial fro the Original Legend of Zelda(Famicom)
http://rapidshare.de/files/4154760/nintendo_-_nes_-_zelda_-_the_very_first_1986_commercial.mpg.html

American Commerical for A Link to the Past(Super Nintendo)
http://rapidshare.de/files/4390879/nintendo_-_old_funny_zelda_commercial_video.mpg.html

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Nintendo Gaming / Beta Revolution Pics?

« on: April 15, 2005, 05:14:06 PM »

Revolution Console
Revolution Controller

What you guys think?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Resident Evil 4 Discussion

« on: January 08, 2005, 04:45:11 PM »

This post will attempt to predict Gamespot score for Resident Evil 4 using its past scores of other Resident Evil games among other data. I know there are other threads on this, but I don't think they are as scientific as this one. They are more opinioned based. In other words mine is special because I got stats.

Greg Kasavin will do the review for this game, and it will be posted Monday night. For some of his notable reviews he gave a 8.7 to MGS3:SE, a 9.5 to World of Warcraft, and a 9.7 to Metroid Prime.

Gamespot has reviewed 22 Resident Evil Games(Resident Evil(PS)10-25-1996 to Resident Evil Outbreak(PS2)3-31-2004). The average for these 22 reviews are 6.89.

The average of the best versions of the games in the main series is 8.72

Resident Evil 0(GCN)8.0            
Resident Evil(PS)8.2            
Resident Evil:Remake(GCN)8.9
Resident Evil 2(N64\PS)8.9
Resident Evil 3:Nemesis(PS)8.8
Resident Evil:Code Veronica(DC)9.5

The average score for other recently released high profile AAA games is 9.14

Half Life 2(PC)9.2
Doom 3(PC)8.5
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes(GC)9.1
Halo 2(XBOX)9.4
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas(PS2)9.6
Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater(PS2)8.7
World of Warcraft(PC) 9.5

Facts (Taken from gamerankings.com)
-No game in the last 2 years has gotten higher than a 9.6
-The average score from Gamespot is 67.9.
-Gamespot reviews are higher than average 43.9% of the time and lower than average 56.1% of the time.
-There is a 2.6 point difference between IGN-Cube and Gamespot Reviews. That would give Resident Evil 4 a 95.4(98-2.6) if it holds true.


Top Scores (Taken from gamerankings.com)
-The last game (1 of 4) to get a perfect score was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3(PS2). 10/28/2001
-The last game to get a 9.9 score was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2(DC). 11/6/2000
-The last game to get a 9.8 was Wario Land 3(GBC). 6/1/2000
-The last game to get a 9.7 was Metroid Prime(GC). 11/17/2002
-The last game to get a 9.6 was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas(PS2). 10/26/2004
-The last game to get a 9.5 was World of Warcraft(PC). 11/23/2004

Conclusion:
I think the most important part is the score they gave Code Veronica which was a 9.5. Obviously RE4 is the better game. I think that 9.5 was a slight overrate. My prediction of Gamespot RE4 Score is a 9.5. There are three reasons I won't go any higher.

1. It has a slightly harsh reviewer.
2. Gamespot has been stingy with very high scores over that last two years.
3. Gamespot score is usually lower than Cube-IGN score.


Score 9.5 Gamespot Editors Choice
Gameplay 9
Graphics 10
Sound 9
Value 9
Tilt 10

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Nintendo Gaming / Definition of Convoluted

« on: November 08, 2004, 02:51:47 PM »

From EGM's Review of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
9 (Shane) 9 (Mark) 10 (Bryan)

Good:Gorgeous graphics, plentiful secrets
Bad: Some overly convoluted level design
Uglyark [Samus'?]creepy third eye
*Taken from GameFaqs

Convoluted
adj

1. Coiled and twisted.
2. Complicated; difficult to understand.

Thesaurus: complicated, involved, intricate, complex, tangled, twisted, winding; Antonym: straightforward.
Etymology: 19c: from Latin convolvere, convolutum to roll together
http://www.allwords.com/query.phpSearchType=3&Keyword=convoluted

So in other words the noob anti-Nintendoites at EGM got lost even with all the hints and a on screen maps, and therefore decided that the game was to hard to navigate.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Resident Evil 4 Discussion

« on: November 01, 2004, 09:41:07 PM »

It all comes down to this:

Capcom decided that Money was more important than Values/Ethics/Morales/Ones Word/ ect.

They sold out plain and simple!

If Mega Man X series and the Resident Evil Series where not my most favorite series of all

time I would never consider buying a Capcom game EVER again.

RE4 is my most anticapted game in my 21 years on this planet. If it wasnt for that I

wouldn't buy it.

I have RE0, RE1, RE2 on N64, Mega Man X on Snes. All the games I own are either Nintendo

First Party/ Exlusive, EA Sports or Capcom games.

And Benjudd spare me this:
"Lets escape from reality into a morally perfect utopia where none of us lie and we are all

perfect beings..."

Talk about PR Spin! Is this supposed to be an excuse. So the world is full of lairs so that

supposed to make it okay. What's the saying "If everyone jumps off a bridge......"

I will buy this game the day it is released, but I will be mad when the PS2 version gets

all the bonus material and all the cool extras.

I refuse to buy a non Nintendo console. I got every one Nintendo ever made except Virtual

Boy. See Nintendo fans are smart. I'm a hardcore RE fan but im not paying $39.99 for a

several year old port of RE2 OR RE3. They where supposed to be $19.99 yet another Capcom

lie.....

Product Number 2 was just garbage, and Capcom is mad we didnt buy it. Viewtiful Joe sold

well and what does Capcom do, port it over to PS2 and make the sequel multiplatform. Its a

lose lose for Nintendo.

Ask yourself this:
Is Capcom more interested in making Great, Highly Rated games, Critcally Acclaimed games,

that garner mediacore sales, or releasing a crappy "Mature" game that that goes quadruple

platinum and makes them Millions of dollars.

The power of the allmighty yen.....
Money is definatley the root of all evil......

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TalkBack / RE:Resident Evil 4 Not GC Exclusive

« on: November 01, 2004, 09:15:04 PM »

It all comes down to this:

Capcom decided that Money was more important than Values/Ethics/Morales/Ones Word/ ect.

They sold out plain and simple!

If Mega Man X series and the Resident Evil Series where not my most favorite series of all time I would never consider buying a Capcom game EVER again.

RE4 is my most anticapted game in my 21 years on this planet. If it wasnt for that I wouldn't buy it.

I have RE0, RE1, RE2 on N64, Mega Man X on Snes. All the games I own are either Nintendo First Party/ Exlusive, EA Sports or Capcom games.

And Benjudd spare me this:
"Lets escape from reality into a morally perfect utopia where none of us lie and we are all perfect beings..."

Talk about PR Spin! Is this supposed to be an excuse. So the world is full of lairs so that supposed to make it okay. What's the saying "If everyone jumps off a bridge......"

I will buy this game the day it is released, but I will be mad when the PS2 version gets all the bonus material and all the cool extras.

I refuse to buy a non Nintendo console. I got every one Nintendo ever made except Virtual Boy. See Nintendo fans are smart. I'm a hardcore RE fan but im not paying $39.99 for a several year old port of RE2 OR RE3. They where supposed to be $19.99 yet another Capcom lie.....

Product Number 2 was just garbage, and Capcom is mad we didnt buy it. Viewtiful Joe sold well and what does Capcom do, port it over to PS2 and make the sequel multiplatform. Its a lose lose for Nintendo.

Ask yourself this:
Is Capcom more interested in making Great, Highly Rated games, Critcally Acclaimed games, that garner mediacore sales, or releasing a crappy "Mature" game that that goes quadruple platinum and makes them Millions of dollars.

The power of the allmighty yen.....
Money is definatley the root of all evil......

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Nintendo Gaming / Somebody Beat Super Mario 3 in 11 minutes!

« on: December 08, 2003, 05:06:48 PM »

Somebody Beat Super Mario 3 in 11 minutes! 11:02 to be exact. He took no damage, and finished with 99 lives. He ran throuh every level in seconds. Anyway just watch!

Click Here!