More cheap games that I'll never get around to playing in full? At these prices, sure!
For $10.50, I got these...
(the Genesis games are cart only and the PSX ones CD only, no original cases or manuals, helping to explain the price)
PSX
Dino Crisis
Silent Hill
Mega Man X6
TigerShark
I just wish George would insure is intellectual property was put into better hands.
This Day of the Dead, from the trailer I can see it already doesn't seem to even remotely have much to do with the original film other then zombies. I read its not even being done as a sequel to the dawn remake,But a stand alone film.
The Dawn film kept some aspects from the original , "The mall , Being trapped on roof tops, With swarms of zombies surrounding the building trying to pry themselves in.
But this Day remake from the trailer misses the mark, In the original Romero film the Zombies were more or less already embarking on their rampage when the movie starts, The characters seek shelter in a laboratory bunker with scientist with the feds to examine zombie specimen, While the outside world gets ravaged.
This day remake , Doesn't do that , Its straight to the begin again back to what the other films already established like dawn, were everything starts normal , People start getting mauled and then comes the rising. * been there done that*
The big thing of Day is that its supposed to be a precursor to Land of the the dead the more recent film, Were Buba *fat black zombie* from land was experimented on in the Film Day of the dead in a attempt to domesticate him, Thats why he could think make some decisions and use weapons.( Although he was Caucasian in day and mysteriously underwent a negroplasty)
The big question is will that happen? Will the Zombie experiment occur or will this film suck?
"My freedom to swing my fist only ends at the beginning of your nose."
Should so-called "victimless crimes" which harm no one be prohibited? (If you want to exclude hard drugs from that, feel free, but I don't under any circumstances condone the prohibition of substances which can be used moderately for the benefit of the users.) Should prostitution, gambling, and abortion be legal? How about suicide and euthanasia?
Personally, I feel that all of the above (aside from hard drugs, in which I am still undecided) should all be legal.
Prostitution: There is the argument presented that prostitution deprecates the female gender, and to an extent, I agree. However, I believe it's more deprecating to humans and their pursuit of happiness to restrict selling your own body. George Carlin had it right when he said, "Why shouldn't you be able to sell what you can give away for free?" Women should have the choice if they choose a lifestyle that's frowned upon by most of society. What if the money they would earn through performing consensual sexual activities on a person they know is disease-free would ultimately help the woman through financial troubles in which she appears to be out of options? What if it remained a skeleton in her closet? What if she knew the man? Why is "friends with benefits" perfectly legal, yet not "friends with financial benefits"?
It should be this woman's choice to hold sex on whatever emotional pedestal she chooses. If it isn't a big deal to her, or if she sleeps around to begin with, why does the added detail of money suddenly make it a moral taboo?
Gambling: I don't disagree with its legal status. I don't participate or care if people choose waste their money.
Abortion: It should be legal. Some people simply aren't ready to have children, nor should they be forced to raise it. Adoption? Sure, it's an alternative, but the child may still feel unwanted. The world is already over-populated. Why raise more god damn children when they're already too many? There's nothing beautiful about giving birth to a child. It does not make you special; mostly everyone else can do the same. Raising a child properly is special, and if there's a bad chance of this taking place, and if the parents are unfit, there's no reason to force them. I do not see the child as an independently living creature until it's birth (or perhaps by the 3rd trimester), and hence, don't see it as any more murderous than removing a tumor or parasite before then. Don't take that the wrong way. :D
Suicide/euthanasia: Yup. If someone really wants to die, and is in constant suffering, who am I to force him to live? He's not truly master of his own domain if I force my own self-righteousness upon him. I may disagree, but it's not my decision to make. On the other hand, someone who is mentally ill and at times DOES value life ought to be saved and helped.
There's a few ideas to mull over. What do you guys think?
Apparently a former (I am SO glad it's former) Canadian defense minister thinks secret alien technology being withheld from the people should be used to end global warming. If that doesn't sound that bad, read it AGAIN, and if it STILL doesn't sound that bad, perhaps the total lack of any evidence of secret alien technology might tell you something. If you think "well of course there's no evidence, because the government is hiding it all!", return your brain because you aren't using it correctly.
Or, it could be titled 'Why Fallout Fans Are So Angry And Why They Have A Right To Be'. :)
Seriously though, this long three-part article is a very interesting read. The Fallout fan community is well known for being very angry at ... well, a lot of things, but particularly anything that threatens their idea of what an ideal Fallout game is, and this article does a great job of both reviewing the history of why things got to where they ended up and what they think about the attitudes and situation. Of course, it is written by a longtime member of the best known hardcore Fallout fansite, so it is not exactly impartial, but I don't think anyone outside the community could have done anywhere near this good a job of reviewing the whole situation... in addition to just this case, the article covers issues of developer-fanbase relations and many other issues.
Seriously, read it. It's very well done and quite interesting.
Quote:SAN JOSE, Calif. and FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immersion Corporation, (Nasdaq: IMMR - News), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced the companies have agreed to conclude their patent litigation at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and have entered into a new business agreement to explore the inclusion of Immersion technology in PlayStation® format products.
"We are pleased to have put this litigation behind us," said Immersion CEO Victor Viegas. "Our new business agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment is specifically intended to enable advanced vibration capability for the benefit of the PlayStation gaming community. We are happy to provide our technology in this regard and hope to make technical proposals very soon with respect to use of our technology in the PlayStation products."
Immersion will receive the amount of the judgment entered by the District Court, which includes damages, pre-judgment interest, costs, and interest, in addition to retaining compulsory license fees ordered by the District Court which were already paid. Terms of the business agreement between the parties provide SCE with certain new rights with respect to Immersion's patent portfolio. Additional financial terms are not being disclosed. The conclusion of this litigation and the agreement will have no material impact on Sony's consolidated earnings forecast announced on January 30, 2007.
"We look forward to exploring with Immersion exciting new ways to bring the largest and best range of gameplay experiences to our customers," said Kazuo Hirai, President and Group Chief Operating Officer, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "We are very excited about our new partnership with Immersion and the potential for new and innovative products incorporating their technologies."
SIXAXIS DUAL SHOCK coming soon? Sony obviously finally realized that they were losing the case and inevitably would eventually have to pay Immersion a lot of money, and decided to just get it over with now instead of later... this also avoids that little 'pulling lots of PS2 games and systems off of the shelf' issue too, I'd imagine.
