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General Chat / mouse_clicker's Short Story

« on: July 05, 2003, 08:10:13 AM »

Thanks for the ideas.... I drop references every 3 words because that's what Tolkien does (and it's a reason a lot of people never read the book). The trick to immersing someone in science fiction and fantasy is to completely surround them with their world. In science fiction you have new technologies EVERYWHERE and you don't explain any of them, because the people in the story take them for granted. You don't want people focusing on one or two specific things. With fantasy, it's all in the lore, and if you have ever read the Silmarillion, you'll find I reference actual events constantly- I don't make any of it up. People don't get pulled in when they think what they're reading is the only tale.

I know the beginning didn't start off with a bang, but I've always considered that cliche. Not that I don't want to grab the readers' attention, but I also don't want every single one of my stories to start off with some sort of fight or chase- Fellowship of the Ring didn't, and it's my favorite movie (although there's a bit of partiality to that ). I tried to draw in the reader with a sense of epicness, but my first paragraph has the most outward references and if you don't like the names as it is, I can understand how you wouldn't be drawn in.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gameboy Advance SP light

« on: July 05, 2003, 07:50:02 AM »

As far as I know, you're the only person on this board who hates me, Actor. Discontent will only win you the same in return. : |

Smadte: Tell me how you would handle a guy who lives to insult you every chance he gets? You're really telling ME how *I* should act on the internet?

noface: I've heard quite a few people have that problem, but I'm sure Nintendo will replace the SP if you send it in.    

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom 5?

« on: July 04, 2003, 11:49:23 AM »

Yeah, Burnout 2 was actually released, but Activision first had shipping troubles then just forgot or something- no store in Kansas I know actually has the game, which really pisses me off. A friend of mine managed to find a copy of it in Chicago and it's an incredibly good game, one that I'd buy in an instant if I could.

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Nintendo Gaming / New article on Nintendo´s future! Must-read!!!

« on: July 04, 2003, 11:12:19 AM »

Sorry if I was a bit sarcastic, but I don't think you should be hailing this editorial as great when it's saying the same thing a thousand other editorials have. I DO agree with it, though- it raises excellent, albeit unoriginal, points on Ninendo's stance, something that they need to fix as soon as possible. I do whole heartedly agree that Nintendo gives 3rd-parties the cold shoulder way too often and needs to really build good relationships with as many as possible because Nintendo can support themselves forever. I just think that this article wasn't much different from any other I've read on the matter.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gameboy Advance SP light

« on: July 04, 2003, 11:04:58 AM »

"don't listen to anything mouse_clicker says about the SP. He hates the SP because he can't afford to get one. "

Holy crap- now I don't want one because I can't AFFORD one? Thank god you're here to check my finances, Actor, because even *I* didn't know that. As a matter of fact, I've got roughly $200 in cash- I'll email you a picture of the roll, if you'd like. For god's sake, I own 18 Gamecube games and 8 PS2 games, on top of another 8 or 9 GBA games- I have 140 games in all. Since when could I not afford an SP? I don't like the machine because I think it's a waste of resources and money and HONESTLY think the colors are a little washed out. It happens with almost any light, Afterburner and wormlight alike, so don't think my opinion on the subject is because of a lack of money. Jesus- must've taken you a couple hours to come up with that one.  

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Nintendo Gaming / New article on Nintendo´s future! Must-read!!!

« on: July 04, 2003, 10:57:45 AM »

Bla, blah, blah- it's the same crap we've been hearing all along. Most of it's true, but don't go praising N-Sider for bringing it to you how it is because if you haven't realised by now that Nintendo needs to get their act together business wise, you're an idiot. N-Sider of course made a whole bunch of good points, but nothing new- just the same basic lack of 3rd party stuff. I'd like to see a truly original angle on the situation for once.

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom 5?

« on: July 04, 2003, 08:15:26 AM »

Well, the game did require a $150 controller to play it, on top of the $50 for the game. I've heard it was a very good mech game, though.

Capcom only shipped 50k units? That doesn't seem like them. I hope they sell through all their other shipments, too. I hate it when developers blame bad sales on Nintendo or the Gamecube when they barely shipped any copies (ala Burnout 2).

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Nintendo Gaming / Gameboy Advance SP light

« on: July 04, 2003, 08:08:48 AM »

I notice it on the store demos when I play games like Metroid Fusion- the colors look a little washed out and pale. I use a lamp to light my GBA.

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General Chat / Good Books?

« on: July 04, 2003, 08:06:24 AM »

Gah, I can't believe forgot Michael Crichton! He's my second favorite author, next to Tolkien. Jurassic Park is magnificent and The Lost World was a good follow up, Sphere is incredible, although extremely weird, Timeline is wonderful, Prey is extraordinary, and the Andromeda Strain is compelling. I'd recommend any of his books. He's one of the few authors that actually makes you believe what you're reading- in Jurassic Park he could've just said they cloned dinosaurs but he went through the process of explaining HOW they cloned dinosaurs, and made it very believable.

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General Gaming / Metroid Chronology

« on: July 03, 2003, 09:27:38 PM »

Perfect- thanks, Ruby.

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom 5?

« on: July 03, 2003, 08:30:36 PM »

Good thing it's doing well because I remember it's creator (who also made the very poor selling Stell Batallion- wonder why it flopped) said he could possibly lose his job if Viewtiful Joe doesn't do well- we certainly don't want that.

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General Gaming / Micrsoft is now doomed?

« on: July 03, 2003, 08:09:48 PM »

Pirating didn't kill the Dreamcast- Sony's PS2 hype killed the Dreamcast, that and general knowledge of Sega being in the crapper. Only hardcore gaming nerds who have nothing better to do pirated Dreamcast games- NOBODY I know owns a pirated Dreamcast game. Most people who owned a Dreamcast didn't care enough about buying games to actually pirate them, however long it took to do it. Stop dillusioning youselves.

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TalkBack / Viewtiful Joe Sells Out?

« on: July 03, 2003, 04:45:17 PM »

The best part about the whole thing is that Viewtiful Joe is NOT an established franchises, like Resident Evil, and no once can attribute it's success to series popularity and it shows thaty truly innovative and good 3rd party games DO sell well on the Gamecube- the developer just has to put some effort into it. On top of all that, it's a very unorthodox title, being a cel-shaded 3D side-scroller. This will only encourage other developers to not conform so much to tried and true genres and styles and takes risks.

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom 5?

« on: July 03, 2003, 03:18:57 PM »

I mean that all the games are exclusive simply by the fact they haven't been ported except Resident Evil 4, which IS contractually exclusive. sorry for any confusion.

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General Gaming / Metroid Chronology

« on: July 03, 2003, 03:16:49 PM »

Thanks, Ruby- this guy seems to work beyond logic. Metroid Prime couldn't be set after Super Metroid by the simple fact that there ARE Metroids- every last Metroid was eliminated in some way after Super Metroid and only the Galactic Federation began experimenting with them again, NOT the Space Pirates, who's operation was destroyed after Zebes blew up. Samus is also clearly not in her Metroid-fused form.

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Nintendo Gaming / New Nintendo Power Scores Averaged out (if you dont get the mag)

« on: July 03, 2003, 07:15:14 AM »

"but Wario World isn't really blowing my skirt up."

::has mental picture::

OH DEAR GOD, NO! JESUS CHRIST MARY MOTHER OF GOD NOOOOOOOOO!

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General Chat / Hacking Set for Sunday

« on: July 03, 2003, 07:01:39 AM »

Somebody told me the hacker contest thing was moved up to tomorrow (ie July 4th)- he could be wrong, but I personally won't be taking any chances and will hence be spending the rest of tomorrow in bed.

Bob- it was on CNN yesterday.

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General Chat / Good Books?

« on: July 03, 2003, 07:00:11 AM »

Speaker for the Dead technically takes place several thousand years after Ender's Game (you'll figure out why), but Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind all take place immediatly after each other.

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General Gaming / Metroid Chronology

« on: July 03, 2003, 06:41:51 AM »

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the chronological order of Metroid games:
Metroid
Metroid Prime
Metroid II: The Return of Samus
Super Metroid
Metroid Fusion

I seem to remember this being the official chronology but a friend of mine claims Metroid Prime takes place right after Super Metroid and before Metroid Fusion. I'd think the simple fact you're not fused with the Metroid would be enough to prove that wrong, but that's apparently not so. However, Nintendo's website and the official Metroid Prime website offer no details story or order wise, and my friend won't trust Retro for some crazy reason.

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom 5?

« on: July 03, 2003, 02:40:56 AM »

Yes, Mario, but saying they're exclusive implies that they're contractually exclusive and CAN'T be ported over to another console, which isn't true. Although Capcom doesn't have any plans to port them they could right now if they wanted to.

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General Chat / I would like to take this opportunity to...

« on: July 02, 2003, 05:32:19 PM »

I see a fanboy as a mindless and completely biased autonaut of the corporate entity and disregard all rational thought, reason, and logic. FAN is a word I'd used to describe 99% of the people on this board, not fanBOY.

Anyway, this is all a suck up anyway.

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Nintendo Gaming / Capcom 5?

« on: July 02, 2003, 05:28:00 PM »

No, I'm fairly certain all the games except for Resident Evil 4 are exclusive by default and have the possibility of being ported but there are no current plans to do so.

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General Chat / Good Books?

« on: July 02, 2003, 04:24:45 PM »

KnowsNothing: Have you read any more of the Ender Quartet (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind)? Speaker for the Dead is almost as good as Ender's Game in my opinion, although in a different way. Xenocide and Children of the Mind complete the story, but both are rather boring, if you ask me. I own Ender's Shadow but personally have not read it although I've heard it's extremely good. There's another 3 books in that series, as well- Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppet, and The Giant's Shadow.

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General Chat / Hacking Set for Sunday

« on: July 02, 2003, 04:22:18 PM »

Hacker technically refers to a skilled computer use while cracker refers to people who illegaly break into computer systems and reak havoc. However, it's pointless to try and change popular perception- I don't know any skilled computer user who actually goes by the term hacker, anyway.

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General Chat / Hacking Set for Sunday

« on: July 02, 2003, 12:51:09 PM »

The thing is you get no recognition for hacking because if people knew who you were the police would be busting you. I'll keep the Sunday plan in mind, but most of the sites I go to should be fine.