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General Gaming / Re: X-Wing/TIE Fighter space flight sims

« on: February 21, 2010, 04:09:47 AM »

I've found the SCP project to be completely inscrutable, I can't even figure out how to install it. I think you need to get the original game first and I can't figure out how. It's been a while since I tried.

I've tried X3 but it doesn't run so hot on my Mac. I hope to get a newer computer before long, and when that happens, hopefully one of these will be out:

www.blackprophecy.com
www.jumpgateevolution.com

This is the only style of MMO I would ever CONSIDER trying out.

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General Gaming / Re: X-Wing/TIE Fighter space flight sims

« on: February 21, 2010, 02:41:26 AM »

I went out and bought a USB joystick to replay these games (and possibly get some modern space flight sims, but there aren't many.) I think it was this one, for about $20: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0563992&dgc=SS&cid=27530&lid=627063

Works like a charm.

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General Gaming / X-Wing/TIE Fighter space flight sims

« on: February 21, 2010, 02:02:49 AM »

I just want to throw this out there - did anyone else get absolutely addicted to the X-Wing series of flight sims from Lucasarts in the mid 90's? Especially the second one, TIE Fighter. Still one of the best game series of all time. I'm just geeking out over it because I was recently able to get the collector's editions of those games running on Windows XP, and they are bringing back countless hours worth of memories. Before I owned any console, this is what I played. (Also Commander Keen games.)

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 21, 2010, 01:53:22 AM »

I forgave Capcom a long time ago for that because I don't give one rat's ass how many systems a game is on.

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General Chat / Re: iPad...meh

« on: February 21, 2010, 01:51:48 AM »

Exactly, think of how this will revolutionize the porn industry.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 20, 2010, 10:37:17 PM »

Sadly, I can't forgive Capcom for the ps2 and wii ports.

What do you mean? The Wii port is wonderful.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 20, 2010, 04:34:10 PM »

I agree, SMG isn't really that casual-friendly at all. My girlfriend would NEVER play SMG, but she insisted we get New Super Mario Bros. Wii on its release date.

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General Chat / Re: Patenting An Idea!! What To Do?

« on: February 20, 2010, 02:21:33 PM »

Tell me what your idea is and I'll tell you exactly what you need to know... 

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« on: February 20, 2010, 02:16:07 PM »

I'm not positive but I think around May. I don't have Showtime and I don't think they put Weeds episodes online, so I might have to find other means to catch the show... I don't really want to wait till the Season 6 DVD comes out this time.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« on: February 20, 2010, 02:10:05 PM »

Shane bashes Pilar in the head with a croquet mallet.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« on: February 20, 2010, 02:02:17 PM »

I just finished Weeds season 5, the final scene is AMAZING. The last few episodes in general are really good. They've set up season 6 pretty nicely. Even the Celia/Doug/Dean/Isabel crew have some interesting potential now for season 6.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 20, 2010, 01:48:37 PM »

Yeah, Metroid Prime 3 is the anomaly (though in Twilight Princess you do have to "warp" to the desert and to the Sky Temple, you can't just walk to those places.) I don't fault them for having similar progressions. I think the "explore a world, run into obstacles, get new items to pass those obstacles" game design is so popular for a good reason - it can be really fun, addictive, mentally stimulating and occasionally brilliant, compared to games in which you progress through level after level after level without ever going back.

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General Chat / Re: iPad...meh

« on: February 20, 2010, 01:08:52 AM »

Netbooks are faster? Really? First off, very few people have even touched an iPad, so it's tough to say how fast it is, but every hands-on impression that's out there says it SCREAMS.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 19, 2010, 05:38:04 PM »

Yeah, I've always felt that 3D Zelda and Metroid games were extremely similar in game design, differing only in setting and number of NPCs.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 19, 2010, 12:52:53 PM »

Zelda games allow you to explore the world differently with new items.  The backtracking isn't nearly as tiresome in those games.

So do the Metroid games. I'm afraid I really don't understand how there's a substantial difference between backtracking in Zelda and in Metroid. Regardless, I much prefer backtracking to the alternative, which is fully linear level-after-level design.

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General Chat / Re: Official Avatar Discussion

« on: February 18, 2010, 02:53:31 PM »

Maybe I'll look into it. Are you looking forward to the film?

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 18, 2010, 11:04:21 AM »

Metroid Prime was the Ocarina of Time for its decade.  It took a game property that was previously only in 2D and brought it to 3D the right way.  There was no blueprint for Retro to work from, just like Nintendo had no existing blueprint for Ocarina (aside from Mario 64, but the design challenges were completely different for each game).   When it was announced I had no idea how they would pull it off, but they did.

This is exactly why I don't understand people writing off Other M so early... last time everyone wrote off a Metroid reboot based on short videos and first impressions, they were horribly horribly wrong.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 18, 2010, 11:02:08 AM »

Couldn't imagine playing any of the modern PoP games without a game pad.

They sell gamepads for PCs.

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General Chat / Re: Official Avatar Discussion

« on: February 18, 2010, 11:01:33 AM »

I have never seen anything Airbender-related, so I can't really speak to that. I enjoyed the James Cameron film for what it was.

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General Chat / Re: Official Avatar Discussion

« on: February 17, 2010, 10:02:54 PM »

Mine is self-explanatory.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: always behind the times...

« on: February 17, 2010, 09:46:58 PM »

Rotary phone? You must really hate automated phone systems (press 1 for English...)

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General Chat / Re: Lost

« on: February 17, 2010, 09:45:47 PM »

I never suggested they're chronological. Who knows what Jacob's filing scheme is. I think they're just ultimately arbitrary.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: always behind the times...

« on: February 17, 2010, 07:21:12 PM »

You really have no interest in having the ability to skip tracks, skip to scenes on DVD, or call someone when you're out of the house? Those things have value beyond simply being "new". Why even have a computer?

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General Chat / Re: Lost

« on: February 17, 2010, 07:16:36 PM »

I think the numbers are simply an organizational system Jacob used to keep track of his "candidates"... I feel like the last episode has pretty much answered that for us.

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General Chat / Re: iPad...meh

« on: February 17, 2010, 04:23:06 PM »

I don't know anyone who owned a Blackberry who wasn't using it primarily for work, and I don't know anyone who owned a Treo, period. I know lots of people who own iPhones who don't need them for anything work-related. I think there was a definite shift there that you aren't appreciating. And how did the iPhone "trick" anyone into doing anything?