Quote:February 3, 2005 - Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced the North American launch date and pricing structure for its anticipated PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld. The device, which launched in Japan last year, is set to debut in the US and Canada on March 24 for suggested retail prices of $249 USD and $299.99 CND respectively.
Unlike the Japanese launch, which offered a base PSP package for approximately $185 USD, North American buyers will only be able to get one bundle, the pricier PSP Value Pack. The good news is that the Pack comes standard with a good number of extras that help make the purchase worthwhile, including a 32MB Memory Stick Duo, headphones with remote control, battery pack, AC adaptor, soft case, and cleaning cloth. In addition, the bundle boasts a movie/music/game sampler UMD disc with non-interactive demos. On top of everything else, the first one million people to purchase a PSP in the US will receive a bonus UMD featuring the full feature film Spider-Man 2.
"PSP will evolve and elevate portable entertainment, giving users the freedom to play full 3D games, watch movies, listen to music and connect wirelessly on their terms, their time and their place," said Kaz Hirai, president and chief executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "More than ever, today's consumer demands access to entertainment outside the home without compromising quality. With more than 100 PSP game titles currently in development worldwide, and the ability to download and listen to digital music and view feature films with breathtaking screen quality, PSP lets users control their entertainment options, all in one package."
Sony also announced the preliminary list of launch titles, to be released simultaneously with the handheld:
<DIR><DIR>Ape Escape: On the Loose, Sony Computer Entertainment America
ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, Capcom
Dynasty Warriors, KOEI
FIFA 2005, Electronic Arts
Gretzky NHL, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Lumines, Ubisoft
Metal Gear Acid, Konami
MLB, Sony Computer Entertainment America
MVP Baseball, Electronic Arts
NBA, Sony Computer Entertainment America
NBA Street Showdown, Electronic Arts
Need for Speed Rivals, Electronic Arts
NFL Street 2 Unleashed, Electronic Arts
Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory, Konami
Ridge Racer, Namco
Smartbomb, Eidos Interactive
Spider-Man 2, Activision
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR, Electronic Arts
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix, Activision
Twisted Metal: Head On, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade, Sony Online Entertainment
Wipeout Pure, Sony Computer Entertainment America
World Tour Soccer, Sony Computer Entertainment America
</DIR></DIR>Sony said it would manufacture one million PSP units for sale in the North American market by the end of its fiscal year on March 31.
Ok before you guys go "OMG it's $250 What teh Ripoffss!!!!!111111", look at the details. It's because it's comes with a 32MB memory card (that's what, four times the size of the largest official GC memory card which costs $30?), headphones w/remote (those kinds of headphones are usually 'spensive), a battery pack (probably not a spare one though), AC adapter, a "soft case", a cleaning cloth (wee...), and the first million units with come with a spider-man 2 umd of the entire flick. Not too shabby. The memory card, headphones, and case themselves should more than warrant the extra $50. They should have also offered a barebones PSP, but whatever. I was going to buy most of that crap anyway.
And look at that launch lineup! I can already see three great games that I'm going to want at launch. MG Acid, Lumines, and Wipeout. I hate to say it, but that's a far more impressive lineup than the DS'. Though if the games cost more than $40 I'm probably only going to be able to afford two of them.
I dunno... anyway, I'm playing it again. First thing I did was wage war against the roach army that had taken up residence in my house when I was away. I was there first so their claim to the land is illegitimate! Who cares if I left for like over a year?
Anyway, my second duty involed talking to all the townspeople... They were not amused by my disappearence...
My third duty was to start picking the weeds... The roaches were nothing compaired to this threat. They were too much, so I stopped. As it stands, I never did finish paying off my latest house expansion, so I'm doing that now. Good thing I planted all those fruit trees, the ones with foreign fruit, all that time ago. Nice cash flow.
Anyway, I just stopped playing after finding a ghost wandering around. It wanted me to catch spirits. I did so, and it said it would grant me one of three favors. Well, I picked the most evil one I could, I asked it to pick all the weeds in town. The poor thing scanned the place and was rather dismayed that I could let it get that bad. The ghost said it would take all frickin' night to do it, but a promise was a promise, so it got to work. That's when I saved and quit. Well, tomorrow I get a fresh town that's weed free to start my fun up again, thanks to the tireless work of a being that honestly probably figured it wouldn't have to do such backbreaking work when noncoporeal.
Anyway, I decided to hijack this forum back to whence it originally came. So, let the trading commence, or something...
I'm still looking to complete my arcade/general game room look for my house.
Quote:After months if not years of speculation, UPN has announced today that the fifth STAR TREK television series will not continue beyond this season. Here's the complete release from UPN. Stay with TrekWeb for continuing coverage of this news. At TrekWeb we'd like to thank all the people who have brought STAR TREK and ENTERPRISE to us over the years and express our sadness that this chapter in the STAR TREK franchise is coming to a close. May you all, and STAR TREK, live long and prosper.
"STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE" TO END ITS CURRENT VOYAGE ON UPN IN MAY
UPN and Paramount Network Television have jointly announced that this will be the final season of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE on UPN. The series finale will air on Friday, May 13, 2005.
"Star Trek has been an important part of UPN's history, and ENTERPRISE has carried on the tradition of its predecessors with great distinction," said Dawn Ostroff, President, Entertainment, UPN. "We'd like to thank Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and an incredibly talented cast for creating an engaging, new dimension to the Star Trek universe on UPN, and we look forward to working with them, and our partners at Paramount Network Television, on a send-off that salutes its contributions to The Network and satisfies its loyal viewers."
David Stapf, President of Paramount Network Television, said, "The creators, stars and crew of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE ambitiously and proudly upheld the fine traditions of the STAR TREK franchise. We are grateful for their contributions to the legacy of TREK and commend them on completing nearly 100 exciting, dramatic and visually stunning episodes. All of us at Paramount warmly bid goodbye to ENTERPRISE, and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future."
A prequel to the original "Star Trek" series, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE premiered on UPN on Sept. 26, 2001, and aired for its first three seasons on Wednesdays (8:00-9:00PM, ET/PT). On Oct. 8, 2004, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE moved into its current time on Fridays (8:00-9:00PM, ET/PT). Through its four-year run, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE produced a total of 98 episodes and earned four Emmy Awards.
In January, Paramount Domestic Television sold the rebroadcasts of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE into off-network syndication in over 90% of the country, including 49 of the 50 top markets, and is set for debut in Fall 2005.
The series stars Scott Bakula as Capt. Jonathan Archer, John Billingsley as Dr. Phlox, Jolene Blalock as the Vulcan Sub Commander T'Pol, Dominic Keating as Lt. Malcolm Reed, Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather, Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato and Connor Trinneer as Chief Engineer Charles "Trip" Tucker III.
Rick Berman and Brannon Braga are the creators and executive producers of the series. STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE is a Paramount Network Television production.
Fucking fuck fuck fuckers from ft. fuckington! Just when they were starting with the Romulan war! ARGH!!
Those idiots Brannon and Braga better stay the fuck away from Star Trek from now on. This really, really blows. Who knows when we'll see another Trek series, or movie for that matter.
You know, the one with "New Roman Empire Style Long Hair Link!" shown in stained glass in Minish Cap? I'd like to see that holy blade, as well as it's original name, likely Four Sword, but maybe not they don't really need to stick with that. From the way the Minish seem so weak and from how they seem to not be able to create light force on their own, I suspect that the Minish actually served as just the "delivery boys" of some great deity or deities. Also, what's with all the other gods in that world anyway? The world was pretty much void before the 3 goddesses showed up, so I imagine they actually created creatures like the two wind brother gods, meaning they aren't so much gods as... well I guess they are kinda like angels or something, though I guess the fairies would be most likely to fit that role...
Eh, anyway... So, when do we play as hatless Link? Oh, he won't be hatless. They shall defy that stained glass window and give him a hat for the whole game :D, but like, maybe when he is offered the sword for the first time he is told to remove the hat out of respect (you know he wouldn't do it unless told to, he's kinda a social idiot, running around raiding people's houses WHILE THEY ARE IN THEM and all, but give him a dungeon puzzle...). Anyway, they should add some old man in that game that calls Link a hippy and tells him to get a haircut.
Oh and, Four Swords Adventures, which first refered to this game, before it existed, as the event where Vaati first got imprisoned in the Four Sword, seems to be a little wrong... Seems as though Vaati didn't kidnap even ONE maiden, as opposed to how he supposededly "kidnapped many maidens". I mean, he barely kidnapped Zelda. He turned her to stone and eventually took over the castle, which TECHNICALLY did the job, but it's hardly the massive number FSA desribes...
Oh dear... I do believe Minish Cap, where the Four Sword first defeats Vaati, isn't the one that was refering to. I do believe yet a FORTH part of the Vaati saga awaits us, between Minish Cap and Four Swords (original Four Swords). They sure left room for it anyway. Wow, this is getting about like Castlevania in the sheer number of totally forgotten encounters with the ultimate evil.
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/01/25/rollingstone.bible.ap/index.html">CNN: Rolling Stone decides to accept Bible ad</a>
Quote:After first rejecting the advertisement, Rolling Stone sent Zondervan a contract for a half-page ad in the rock magazine's February 24 issue, said Doug Lockhart, executive vice president of marketing at the nation's largest Bible publisher.
Lisa Dallos, a spokeswoman for Rolling Stone publisher Wenner Media LLC, said Tuesday that the company had "addressed the internal miscommunications that led to the previous misstatement of company policy and apologize for any confusion it may have caused."
Grand Rapids-based Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, had bought space in the magazine months ago as part of an ad campaign for a new Bible translation aimed at young people, called Today's New International Version.
But about two weeks ago, Zondervan said it was told that Rolling Stone's policy was not to accept advertisements for religious materials.
Lockhart said the contract sent to Zondervan does not require any changes to the ad, which features a contemplative-looking young man and says the new Bible is "written in today's language, for today's times -- and it makes more sense than ever."
"We're thrilled," Lockhart said.
Other media outlets that agreed to carry the ad include <b>Modern Bride, The Onion, MTV.com and AOL</b>, Lockhart said.
I think it's fantastic to see Zondervan making a point of advertising the Bible to people who would probably otherwise never give it a second thought. I also appreciate that they are not selling out or watering down with a bold slogan like "Timeless truth; Today's language". Using the word "truth" is apparently what originally caused Rolling Stone to ban the ad, but it's cool to see the change of mind.
I am excited because most people are searching for spiritual truth yet they have never gone to the source and found out the truth for themselves. It would be foolish to dislike Ocarina of Time because your friend's big brother's cousin played it at a kiosk and thought it was stupid because Link is a kid in the beginning. You'd miss out on the best game ever made. Don't make a mistake by believing what somebody else told you about God or Jesus, not even what a prof says or your friends say or your parents say or what I say. Read the Bible and find out what God says about himself.
Yes, that's right it's the end of an era. As soon as tomorrow I say goodbye to the moldy, old narrowband connection I've been forced to contend with and say hello to a sparklling, new broadband connection. Yep, 56k is going out the door and I'm going to be hooking up to some ADSL, not quite sure how that differs from reqular DSL, but it can only be better than what I have. *beings singing "Moving On Up"*
