Quote: * Avatar: The Last Airbender
* Breakdown
* Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
* Call of Duty 3
* Cars
* Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex
* Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics
* FIFA Soccer 2007
* Full Spectrum Warrior
* Guilty Gear Isuka
* JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future
* MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
* Mercenaries
* NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control
* NFL Fever 2004
* Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
* Panzer Dragoon ORTA
* Phantom Dust
* Reservoir Dogs
* Return To Castle Wolfenstein
* RugbyLeague 2
* Sonic Riders
* Soul Calibur 2
* Star Wars Republic Commando
* Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
* The King of Fighters Neowave
* The King of Fighters 2002 & 2003
* Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07
* Tony Hawk's Underground
* Ultra Bust-A-Move
* Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
* Xiaolin Showdown
Well Sony finally did the sensible thing and now PS1 games that are bought in their online store can actually be played on the PS3 (which could play PS1 games off the disk already, hence the weirdness of them not having added this option sooner).
I just recently updated to customized firmware version 3.3 myself (it having only just come out, delayed only by the hacker's PSP kerploding), and this update won't hit my PSP until this one's hacked too. The thing is, the next thing I want to see them stick on the PSP, if they can squeeze it in there (and if it's done via a web page with the hyperlink added as an option, much like the instruction manuel option they've added, they'd have the room) is a way to access the PS3 store on the PSP, so people without a PS3, like me, can actually buy and download those games directly. Mind you, I'm in no hurry since I can copy the games I own and there's yet to be any games on their store that interest me, but it's a logical step. Along with the store, the online system on the PS3 could be used on the PSP as well, so future PSP online games will share the same online network as the PS3 and so on, friends lists and everything right there.
At this point, aside from further improving the PS1 game emulator (adding the texture smoothing option to go with the fast loading option they finally put in the emulator comes to mind, also further compatibility), the playstation network features are all I need added to the PSP. Oh, I really don't expect them to ever fit "Home" into that flash firmware nor is that really something all that important to me when compaired to the friends list and access to the download store. I mean, I suppose if they felt like it they could actually let you download home as an application on the memory stick (taking up a big chunk of memory perhaps) from that online store of their's.
Anyway, it's the big thing Sony needs to add to the PSP next. I'd download it the very MOMENT they released it... and then wait for the patch program from the hacker supreme so I would have an even better version :D.
Chow from the Virginia Tech shooting had a background in a mental institution and was not eligible to even purchase a hand gun!! He was classified by the Virginia board of health as a danger to him self and others.
But stupid Salem dumb shit had to sell him a gun anyway.. I'm predicting now the 10 or so people in this town with half a brain are going to hang Mr. gun store clerk up Jesus style. I for one and getting my spear ready..
So apparently this has been making the rounds. It's all good amusement, but more than a few gaming sites seem to be accepting it in that wishy washy "ya never know, better not risk it" way, as though there's any reason at all to think there IS a risk. More than that, there's a frickin' petition. The game company should have responded by saying "what are you people stupid?", but of course that would alienate some of their potential audience so they sorta said it in a politically correct style.
Seriously, I thought we'd evolved past this sort of superstitious thinking. Let's all start avoiding step ladders again too! Or, maybe it's just sports fan mentality, the same sort that convinces people that their cheers (from the couch) literally have an effect on the success or failure of "their team".
Quote:Top 10 Ways to Know You're a PC Snob
A handy guide to discovering the PC elitist within you.
By Li C. Kuo | April 16, 2007
The PC Gamer Snob, every gamer knows one, you may even be one yourself. They consider the PC to be the end-all be-all of gaming and will scoff at the idea of dirtying their hands on any sort of upstart console. Here's a handy guide to see if you or one of your friends fits into this especially snooty class of gamer.
10. HD is So Last Gen
1080i, 720p, 1080p, pffft, whatever. 1920x1200 is where it's at. That's 1200p if you want to put it in HDTV terms. You like to point out that PC gamers have been gaming in "high definition" well before consoles could even display games in "enhanced definition," better known as 480p. Heck, 1280x1024 already beats out 720p, and standard definition 480i games? Even stuff from the days of DOS topped that.
9. Mouse & Keyboard for the Win
You believe that only chumps play first-person shooters with a gamepad. In your eyes nothing matches the precision of the good old keyboard and mouse combo. No other control scheme comes close and you fully believe that with your keyboard and mouse setup you can easily best any console gamer in any first-person shooter. Including GoldenEye. Not that you'd play that.
8. Now You're Really Playing with Power
You constantly remind people how weak consoles are. Your PC has at least 2GB of RAM, far more than any piddling console and you'd pick an Alienware system over a PlayStation 3 any day. Why settle for a 60GB harddrive when you can get 600GB? Also, you believe Crysis looks better than any next-gen console game on the horizon. (You may have a point.)
What the PC Gaming Snob sees when he looks at his own gaming rig.
7. Will Wright = Game God
"Will Wright is a bigger genius than Shigeru Miyamoto." There is nothing you love more than the expression console gamers get on their faces when you utter these words and slander the creator of their beloved Mario. You think Spore is far more promising than Super Mario Galaxy, and while you're at it you add that Peter Molyneux has more talent in his left pinky than Hideo Kojima and Shinji Mikami combined.
6. Kids' Play
Platformers are for kids. You wonder why in the world a person would want to play a game where all you do is jump from platform to platform and collect coins or rings or other such nonsense. You'd much rather be leveling up in World of Warcraft or moving up the ranks in Battlefield 2142. That's totally different!
5. Blame it on the Console Gamers
Console gamers are responsible for the decline of some of the PCs best franchises. For example, the original Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six titles were fantastic and realistic, but now they've been compromised as the games cater more to console gamers and tone down the realism. To you, this is an absolute travesty. A vein on your forehead bulges.
How the PC Gaming Snob views the average console gamer.
4. You Think That's Realistic?
GTR2 is far more realistic than Gran Turismo could ever hope to be, and if you really want to get into the nitty gritty, Gran Prix Legends is the racing game to play. Everything else is "too arcadey." Not only that, but all flying games on consoles are rubbish. The Ace Combat series is a pathetic representation of modern air combat and all the Star Wars console games don't even begin to compare to bliss that was Tie Fighter and X-Wing. Also, thanks to Microsoft Flight Simulator X you're fairly confident you could land a Boeing 737 in real life. How many console games can teach you that skillset?
3. GamerTags are Overrated
Who needs Xbox Live when you've got the Internet? You've been gaming online since Quakeworld. Not only that, but it's also completely free. You look at console owners who have to pay for online gaming services and think about all the extra custom mousepads you can afford.
2. The Invincible PC
PCs are forever. You refuse to ever buy a console and wonder why anyone would. Consoles are fixed technology whereas PCs continue to advance. PC tech gets better year by year. You just can't top a system that's constantly evolving.
1. Nyah, Nyah, Console Tools
You've read this entire column and agree with every point, own every game mentioned, and can't wait to forward it on to your console-loving friends who just don't know any better. Congratulations: You're a PC snob!
10. Absolutely true. "800x600 desktop", you say? Bah, that's just the desktop. For games that support it natively I always played at resolutions higher than that. 1024x768 most of the time, due to framerate issues. Even there though, you've got a higher resolution than "720p", much less pitiful 480i... as they say, even old DOS stuff looks better. All it takes is 320x240 resolution to equal the quality of a TV (because it's not interlaced on a superior PC monitor), or 640x480 for one twice as good... :)
9. True for FPSes, that's for sure. Gamepads are better for games like platformers, arcade racing games, fighting games, etc, though, so I've had gamepads for my PC ever since 1995. So I don't quite agree on this one. And besides, I've never been a big FPS fan...
8. Yup, no question. The main thing keeping me from upgrading my PC much more frequently has been money, but now I have a nice new one, so that's settled for some time now. And I do have 600GB of HDD space... :)
7. Nah... Molyneux is about on par with those other two, probably, and Wright isn't better than Miyamoto. He is good though.
6. Don't agree there obviously, otherwise what have I been doing at a Nintendo site for this long? :)
5. This one is absolutely true, though. Console games are console games (and simpler) and PC games are PC games (and more complex). I like both kinds. PC games started console-izing in the late '90s, and it accelerated in the last six or seven years. It's gotten pretty bad... from Baldur's Gate to Knights of the Old Republic or from the first Rainbow Six game to the more recent ones, the sad impact of consolization has been felt hard in the PC gaming industry. :(
4. This is part of #5, pretty much (for why so many fewer of these games are around these days), but is also absolutely true. TIE Fighter is a more complex flight simulation than any console flight game I've ever seen, and that's just a space sim!
3. Yup. See: Windows Live and how it will (should) fail.
2. Obviously not, I have both. (And yes, handhelds are consoles. Saying that because I've been playing PC games since late (December?) 1991, handheld games (GB) since Christmas 1994 (if my memory is correct), and major-console (N64 first) games since September 1999... but I consider handhelds to be consoles, so I've been playing handheld games for almost as long as I have computer ones, if not quite as long. :))
1. Not quite, but I do like PCs more. Getting this new one has reminded me of why I like PC games... suddenly, I can actually PLAY most of the games made in the last few years again like I used to be able to! :)
Thompson’s rush to blame video games in the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, Dr. Phil has chimed in with support for this theory. Speaking on Larry King Live tonight, Dr. Phil had this to say on the issue,
“The problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me - common sense tells you - that if these people are playing video games where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high. And we’re going to have to start dealing with that. We’re going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murderers of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.”
At the time of this writing, the identity of the shooter (or possibly shooters) has not been released. So Dr. Phil’s suggestions are not based on credible, or any, specific information about this particular shooting. At least he lumped in movies while throwing out baseless and pre-mature conclusions.
We are just hearing the beginning of what will certainly be many people placing the blame for this tragedy on video games and the mass media culture.
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Why do politicians and talk show idiots jump on this shit??? This is the last straw with me for Phil, I tried to like him because I know some people who think he's great, but they're just as retarded as Phil. But oh yes, it gets much better.
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From CNN.com
The student who killed 33 people Monday at Virginia Tech paid $571 for a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol just over a month ago, the owner of Roanoke Firearms told CNN Tuesday.
John Markell said Cho Seung-Hui was very low-key when he purchased the gun and 50 rounds of ammunition with a credit card in an "unremarkable" purchase.
Cho presented three forms of identification and state police conducted an instant background check that probably took about a minute, the store owner said.
Cho did not say why he wanted the gun, Markell said.
A fellow student said the 23-year-old English major had authored two plays so "twisted" that his classmates suspected he might become a school shooter.
Ian McFarland, who said he had class with Cho Seung-hui, called the plays "very graphic" and "extremely disturbing."
McFarland is an employee of America Online, which has provided the writings to CNN.
"It was like something out of a nightmare," McFarland wrote in a blog. "The plays had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn't have even thought of.
"Before Cho got to class that day, we students were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter."
A university official also said that Cho scribed writings so "disturbing" they were sent to administrators, a university official said Tuesday.
The official did not provide details about the writings, which first came to the attention of faculty in the English department, but said they were passed on to the department chairwoman and university administrators.
Cho left a long and vitriolic note in his dorm room, law enforcement sources told ABC News. It contained an explanation of his actions and states, "You caused me to do this," ABC News reported.
It also railed against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus, according to the Chicago Tribune.
University officials said they were still trying to determine whether Cho was responsible for a shooting earlier Monday that left two dead at a dormitory.
However, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said ballistics tests show that one of the two guns recovered at Norris Hall was used at Norris and at the dorm, both located on the 26,000-student campus.
Authorities are still investigating whether Cho had any accomplices in planning or executing Monday's rampage, Col. Steven Flaherty of the Virginia State Police said.
"It certainly is reasonable for us to assume that Cho was the shooter in both places, but we don't have the evidence to take us there at this particular point in time," Flaherty said.
Cho, a 23-year-old South Korean and resident alien, was an English major who lived at the university's Harper Hall, Flinchum said. (Shooter's profile)
"He was a loner, and we're having difficulty finding information about him," said Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations.
Cho came to the United States in 1992, through Detroit, Michigan, a department of Homeland Security official said. He had lawful permanent residence, via his parents, and renewed his green card in October 2003, the official said.
His residence was listed as Centreville, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
The university and police are still in the process of releasing the names of those killed in Monday's shootings. (Watch how some are asking why warnings weren't issued sooner Video)
"What went on during that incident certainly caused tremendous chaos and panic in Norris Hall," Flaherty said, describing how victims were found in four classrooms and in the stairwell of the school's engineering science and mechanics building.
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it's Drama Club's fault. I want picket signs now that say "Shakespeare killed my son and/or daughter" and I want a 2 hour special on the next Dr. Phil about how dramatic plays and stage work can cause mass killings. Disney will pull the Lion King on broadway, in fact every broadway show and 2 bit stage will be shut down, investigated for muslims, and burned.
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