I was going through some old stuff in the house, in a room that is no longer used since my grandmother moved out, and I found something amazing.
It's an SNES bundle, with Link to the Past as a pack-in game. The machine was never removed from the box, and everything's in it, completely mint-condition. It was purchased from Target in 1998. I have no idea at all why my grandmother had this, or why she was holding onto it, but still, a mint-condition SNES isn't something you happen across every day.
Having a brand-new copy of LTTP doesn't hurt, either. :D
Say I have a friend who wants to get an old school PSX so that he can relive the 90's. Say that he knew nothing about PSX, and wanted to know what were the very best titles from every genre (RPG, FPS, ADVENTURE, ETC.) to get.
yes...i just wanted to point out that it once was my birthday, but i had been working at a church camp with no tv, internet, and 1 phone line....got back august 2nd and my bday was july 13, so i spent my summer getting up around 7 and going to bed about 10 30....
Another case of child abuse, only this time there's a bit of a twist as it's done with drugs. Wonder exactly what motivated her to do this? Maybe she just wanted her kid to shut up for a while? At any rate, the kid's been removed from her custody and seems to be "clean" at this point. From things I've read and seen, apparently while the "hardcore" stuff has a much greater level of addiction, it apparently also leaves the system a lot easier than stuff like alcohol, so that's one good thing.
Still, very stupid and irresponsible mother here. If a reversable and safe surgery option for essentially neutoring and spaying babies comes along, I think I'll be pushing for the social engineering to make that as standard and recommended a procedure to do to kids as male circumcision is today. That way, kids can be as stupid as they want to be (with regards to the continued risk of STDs) without the risk of accidently creating yet another human spore that will repeat the cycle with a nice lack of education, and when they are actually WANTING to have a kid, they just get the reversing surgery and go for it. It's like the perfect solution to like a billion problems without stepping on anyone's rights or requiring laws (remember, social engineering would be required though).
The other steps would all require legal stuff, but that would be a last resort when I'm supreme dictator.
1.) Ja, Wii will not be playable to ze zeneral publick, but will be zhown and will playable for daz press.
2.) Ze name of ze show (for Nintendo) iz called 'Wii keep our promise". Though it'z unknown at diz point if Nintendo will give out a price unt date, ja, though new titles, more footage unt of course a megaton or two are to be ezxpeckted.
3.) In case you wore wondering, Zony wont be zhowcasing the PS3 to the publick. While Nintendo might be looking out for publick safety unt avoiding thoze 7 hour linez to play demoz, Zony is opting to avoid the whole negative-press-thing that they ran in to at za E3. (they're still being schtookt for the unimpressive footage and of course unt giant enemy crab)
4.) Dis unt the second to ze lazt show Nintendo has before it'z November launch (rumored to be between the 4th and 15th), next is ze Tokyo show in.... Tokyo, which I believe is juzt a few weekz after DAZ DEUTSCHLAND zhow. Zo, Nintendo may not spill all the beans until daz Tokyo, but then again, Nintendo has been promising a big turnz aroundz for how they've been dealing with Europe in the past (unt svinestukker), so it could be das blockbuster zhow. In the end, all we can ezxpeckt is more footage unt the 28 launch titlez unt more announced games, which btw is up to 88 at the moment (to hit within the launch window about 3 months in), which i'm sure das deutschland will get a kick out of.
Leipzig Game Convention in 6 days ladies.
You may only pozt unt you are speaking with unt stupid DAS DEUTSCHLAND accent, ja?
Seems Twilight Princess on the Wii will NOT in fact support using the Gamecube controller configuration.
If you ask me, there is no reason at all for this feature to be lacking. From reviews I've read, the Wii support in that game is pretty substandard anyway and a lot of things work better on a Gamecube controller. That may have changed, but give us the choice, and NO, I don't mean give us the choice by releasing a worse copy of the game on the Gamecube and saying "you can always BUY that as well", I mean give us the choice in the best version to give it the best of all worlds.
Hopefully between now and release there will be enough complaints that they will add GCN controller support to the Wii version as it should be (there is no reason, NO reason, they can't include something already in the Gamecube version in the Wii version, ALL things of GCN should be in Wii..., don't make me come in there!). If not that, maybe the game can be patched with proper support later. I don't want to see reviews of the Wii version saying "an otherwise better version marred by poor implementation of Wii control" or "stick with the Gamecube version". Don't do this Nintendo!
Also apparently some unique games will also be downloadable to the system through "virtual console".
To anyone who's been downloading trailers in Xbox Live lately (read: GR), have you seen that new Bomberman trailer?
...What have they DONE? Bomberman is now a cyborg in a gritty realistic future (probably full of highway gangs and perhaps some controlling company with a military forcing the people to fight for showmanship, or maybe there's like a rebel showing the world that his way is best through VIOLENCE, just like Socrates used to routinely apply his elbow to the jaws of his students which through repetition would eventually lead to enlightenment, or a coma). He's got like this METAL CLAW FUSED to his body, and there's nothing even resembling "cute" to be found in this game. This is the greatest breech of "existing mood corruption" since the new Megaman Powered Up series on PSP.
At any rate aside from that it looks like they added the ability to design your characters and play online, but nothing else from what I can tell.
Quote:Microsoft mentioned a new kind of microtransaction at the session, as well, which they are calling "consumables." These purchases would be re-purchasable items i.e. if a game was selling 100 gold pieces, you would be able to rebuy 100 gold pieces when you needed them. The "consumables" tech will be included in this fall's release of the SDK.
You have to be kidding me. People can now officially PAY MS MONEY to cheat? Will this lead to a new craze of game designers making something impossibly difficult unless you pay for specific "item placement" in various locations so you actually stand a chance of finishing a level? This better not be some video game related method of extortion...
If that's NOT what this is, well guess what? If I'm in the middle of a battle against Dracula and I need an extra potion and decide I want to cheat, I'm not BUYING a NONEXISTANT item with real money. I'll just get a Gameshark and get as many cheats (or alternatively, ways to make the game harder) as I could ever want.
Just wait until gamesharks are "frowned upon" by MS because they would rather you BUY the extra gold or whatever...
