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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Out of print DS games

« on: January 28, 2006, 10:19:02 PM »

I found both Pheonix Wright and Trauma Center at local GameCrazy the first time I looked.  And this was only like 1.5 weeks ago.  Both brand new copies.

[wandering]

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TalkBack / RE:PGC is Hiring!

« on: January 28, 2006, 10:13:25 PM »

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Originally posted by: wandering
I guess even asking this might disqualify me, but...

How long would you need/expect this person to work? Months and months? Or years and years?

I think I can safely answer from my own experience.  They are probably looking for someone who can commit to putting in some length of time.  If you just looking to jump on the get into E3 that is looked upon very badly.  I have had that experience with some of my staff and they didn't last long at all.  As far as I know there is no definite commitment you have to make, but I don't know the PGC hiring methods only my own.  

Idealy it is something that if you want to do it, you could keep doing it indefitenly without it getting into and affecting your regular job and life to a degree.  The relaunching of a site, and starting up new coverage and all is a very exciting time.  At the same time it can be very strenuous on some.  For a position like this the hardest would be at the start with what Johnny has describe above with fixing the game infos of old.  But as that gets down and your only dealing with Rev, GBA, and DS stuff it will get easier.  

If you've got the free time and want to contribute it is awesome to know that your work is informing thousands of people (maybe more) around the world with these guys.  They are a good group (the few I've met at least).

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Naruto 4 match vid starring me

« on: January 28, 2006, 08:34:42 PM »

for a 320x240 video, you only need the vid encoding to be about 5-700k/sec or so.  1MB/sec is just wasted detail.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Disc care

« on: January 24, 2006, 09:28:31 AM »

nope, you supposed to open the top first so that the disc stops, then power off the system.  in all serioiusness thats what it says in the manual.  its the only reason i have remembered it since launch cause it seemed so backwards.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Akuda crashes towns

« on: January 24, 2006, 08:39:49 AM »

hahaha ownd

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:wrestling fan breaks down in tears on video

« on: January 22, 2006, 05:30:11 PM »

hahah...what a loser.

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General Chat / RE: Getting into E3

« on: January 16, 2006, 09:53:01 AM »

I've been to the last 2 E3's (this year will be my 3rd..woot), and I gotta 2nd Pro's complaints about having kinda a lapse in gaming after playing all the new stuff then having to wait for months for ths tuff to come out...like the DS.  

As Pro said, your chances of getting into the press conferences are pretty slim to none at this point.  I know of someother smaller sites that that are more well known, have been around for a couple years even that don't get in.

If you started to add say news posts to your site regularly it will help also.

After last year's E3, there were loooots of complaints from many many people in the media (including myself) who emailed the e3 expo staff complaining about how crowded it had become because many retail employee who worked at a company that even sold games could get in.  It made it really hard to get work done, and killed my enthusiasm as well.  I'm really glad they setup the 2 hour window for press only on the first day, and are really limiting who can get in this year.  It will make is much easier for all sites to provide better coverage.

One of the main reasons why they require license, is to filter out all the gecities/yahoo/other free websites any person can setup.  However, more bloggers are being accepted the last couple years too as they are growing in numbers and reputation.

Besides going to play the games and such, the other reason I go is to meet the other staffers from my site.  We've got people from around the globe and its awesome to meet them for even 5 days a year.  I get more enjoyment and memories from hanging out with the other people, than from the actual event.  

If you are able to get in, I would highly suggest having friends go with you.  Besides the reasons Pro listed above, it can also help with hotel costs.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Reggie in Feb's NP...

« on: January 14, 2006, 04:47:16 PM »

Ubisoft was confirmed long ago as working on a Rev exclusive FPS...I would think that should make it out for launch, or within 2 months.

[Gakman]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:troubles with NTSC and PAL.

« on: January 14, 2006, 04:41:56 PM »

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Originally posted by: Gakman
What about my pseudo ? Is "gakman" someone for you I don't know ? Could you explain please ?

there is a guy who used to post here (maybe still does randomly?) who has almost the same name as you.  just missing 2 letters in the front.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: DSpeak

« on: January 04, 2006, 08:05:48 PM »

its was listed in the release list of titles planned for 2006 release that NOJ provided a couple months back or so.  Hopefully it does come out.

[Bill Aurion]

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General Chat / RE:This is my 3000th post.

« on: January 03, 2006, 12:50:52 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
FREE KEVIN was some campaign to to free some hacker a bunch of years back...I *think* that's where it comes from...

correct.  he was only released and allowed to go online in like 2004 i think.  he had never before experienced the internets.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Hooking up a Gamecube to a LCD monitor - bad?

« on: January 01, 2006, 06:17:22 PM »

I have my cube hooked up to my 19" NEC LCD monitor via the digital output->vga in for when the games support Progressive Scan.  It looks fine with no problems.  

As Pro said with an analogue connection, there shouldn't be any issues either.  The Cube's resolution should be high enough to hide any inconsistancies.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Bypassing firewalls like ZoneAlarm

« on: December 26, 2005, 06:05:48 PM »

Try turning the level of protection on ZoneAlarm down to medium from high.  I read it work for some people on another forum with the same problems.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Who has a video capture device?

« on: December 26, 2005, 05:55:04 PM »

Take a look at Pro's N-Racing video.  I think that might inspire you some.  Its all racing clips from the n64 that he captured and put to music.  Its one of the half dozen or so vid game msuc videos i have saved on my computer.

*horray for browsing the internets at work cause there nothing to do!*

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TalkBack / RE: REVIEWS: Trollz: Hair Affair

« on: December 08, 2005, 12:23:19 AM »

Excellently written.  Should be very suitable for me kidnapped alien friend.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Odama - No Bongo Support?

« on: December 06, 2005, 12:48:17 AM »

yes there were bongos at 2004, but they have been removed as since before e3 2005.  i like it with the mic, even though you may feel weird barking out commands, its cool to see the troops actually act them out.

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General Chat / RE: Pat Morita Dies

« on: December 06, 2005, 12:44:19 AM »

aww man.  such a huge loss.  r.i.p. pat.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: another interesting 1up article: Developer roundtable

« on: November 28, 2005, 01:12:57 PM »

All i have to do is remind you Ian of all the people who complained about the xbox's controller and how big it was with the crappy "d-pad" as their reasons for not buying a system when it came out.

[thepoga]

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NWR Feedback / RE:Friend Code Limit

« on: November 27, 2005, 09:56:39 PM »

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Originally posted by: thepoga
it only works if everyone adds everyone. Maybe it should be organized into "leagues"? Anybody else have ideas?

Nope wrong!  as Rab said as long as you have one person, and the other person has someone else, you can meetup.  One of my first online races was with Bloodworth and Mattvdb (sp?).  I have bloodworth on my list, but not Matt.

[RABicle]

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:FIRST ANNUAL FIST AWARDS!

« on: November 26, 2005, 06:55:11 PM »

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Originally posted by: RABicle
I was thinking about making some public polls but then I remembered that democracy has failed time and time again.= So in light of this I'm just going to decide the winners of every award, maybe I'll even ignore your nominations.

Aw gee, ya too bad that Reagan is widely known as one of the best presidents in recent years, and Clarkson is far and away the most talented of any American Idol contenstant/winner as evident of none of the other winners selling anything past their first albums... if even that.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: what's wrong with this picture??

« on: November 21, 2005, 09:08:12 PM »

"OMG its the new xbox 360 barbie fantasy kit!!! OMGGG"

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Tony Hawk: Sk8land

« on: November 20, 2005, 07:40:43 PM »

errr,,...i don't think so....

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Berto2k is quite the jokester

« on: November 16, 2005, 12:17:06 AM »

whoa whoa now here.......lets leave out a few details shall we ?

Berto2K says:  lol i racing bloodworth
Berto2K says:  wooo beat bloodworth!  
Berto2K says:  2x
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  
Berto2K says:  3-1 me so far
Berto2K says:  i wins!
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  hahaha bertownage
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  LOL holy sh*t at massive activity increase on the day / night thing
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Berto2K says:  gah, he got me this time  
Berto2K says:  lol, MattVDB was also in the race at the start with me and blood, but he got dropped at the starting line.....just vanished
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  lol
Deguello says:  Bloodworth says your claims of Beating him are way exaggerated Berto.
Deguello says:  And some about how your face looks ugly.
Berto2K says:  lol
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  LOL
Berto2K says:  i beat him 3-1, then he beat me 3-1
Berto2K says:  i won on last race...baby park  
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Deguello says:  LOL Berto, check the smack talk Forum
Berto2K says:  ya
Berto2K says:  he just linked me
Deguello says:  EXAGGERATTI
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  hahaha
Mario - MARIO KART! says:  time to beat him again then berto

ya.......till next time......  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Mario Kart DS - The Release Thread

« on: November 15, 2005, 11:53:23 PM »

or walk closer to your router just to get things setup

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Making games disconnect

« on: November 15, 2005, 11:50:20 PM »

Is that who it was who vanished at the starting line.  Thought that was rather funny seeing that.