Quote:First up is a rumor that says that the Japanese gaming publication Nintendo Dream is reporting that Nintendo will possibly announce a new game on August 7th in Japan. So is there any truth to this? Nintendo Dream does report that Nintendo will have a meeting to go over their management policy. But this rumor says it is a press conference, it is not, and as far as I know Nintendo Dream has not gone on to say anything about new first party games. Is there a possibility that Nintendo will reveal a new game at a management meeting? Very unlikely. This may just be creating something out of nothing.

The other, more substantiated rumor comes from an interview in a French publication (which release far too many rumors to stay credible) that is being reported by JeuxFrance. According to the interview Nintendo has been going around to big publishers looking for someone to take up work on particular Nintendo franchises. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that Capcom's Shinji Mikami (worked on Resident Evil 4) would gladly develop a franchise title with Nintendo. Miyamoto also confirmed that Metroid Prime 2 would be released in 2004.

Not this AGAIN! Argh!

For anyone who doesn't notice, we've got the 'new posts don't show up on the forum lists' problem. Again. And Weltall isn't around much.

When I came back from the Bradshaw Family Funhouse I discovered that my beloved PC was brutally raped and murdered by a bolt of lightning. Therefore, my prescence within these hallowed halls will be quite limited for an unforseeable length of time. I'll do my best to try and keep track of goings-on but until I can pony enough GP to replace my pooter, I'm going to have to pretend to be Ice-9 for awhile.

But at least I have a good reason.

In the old Tendo City tradition I thought it would be nice to start a topic about what game is currently in your Gamecube (or any of your other systems); what have you been playing the most lately.

And we need some more casual video game topics, you know? Not everything has to be news-related.

GC: Mario Golf. I got the game at Circuit City for only $35 by using a $5 Best Buy coupon (they accepted it, much to my surprise) and getting that $10 gift certificate from them for buying Mario Golf (the deal expired today). Well anyhow, it's a very fun game and gets very tough. I haven't been this close to throwing my Wavebird up against a wall since... well since ever, actually. It's not so much that it's very tough than that the characters you compete against jump for joy when they win, which really gets on my nerves. If only there was lightgun support. :woo: The only dissapointing aspect of MG is that they took out the mini golf mode from MG 64, which was a ton of fun. But ah well, I guess I'll have to buy back that game to enjoy some mini.

X-Box: KOTOR. After playing it for 21 hours in just three days I kind of burned myself out so I took a little brake from it to enjoy Mario Golf. I'll beat this awesome RPG soon. I just don't want to finish it all so fast.

GBA: Four Swords. I've been playing a lot of this lately and I can't believe how much fun I'm still having with it. I know that the upcoming Gamecube version won't have online support, but if it did... damn. I'd never leave my room... so I guess that's kind of a good thing then, huh?

PS2: Onimusha 2. I picked it up at Circuit City a few weeks ago for a measly $10, and I was very surprised by how much fun it is. I didn't really care for the first game too much since the whole soul tug-of-war thing was really tough on my fingers (tap tap tap like mad!), but Oni 2 fixed that problem and the result is a much better experience.

PC: A whole lotta' Battlefield mods. From Eve of Destruction (best BF mod yet, IMO) to BF Pirates to the brand-new Star Wars BF mod, I've been playing a whole lot of Battlefield lately. Thank you, mod community.

N64: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. After having rented it a bunch of times several years ago, I finally found a used copy for real cheap at Blockbuster a few weeks ago so I immediately bought it. It's a very fun game, a great mix of Mario and Zelda with a great, insane feudal Japanese setting. IIIMPAAAAACTUUUUUUUU!

PS1: Parasite Eve. I started playing it a few months ago and have enjoyed it a good deal, but kinda stopped playing like I do with so many other games. I should really finish it before I move onto something else...

Its a old favorite of mine.

Lets just say the rest of you are competing for second place... :D

Oh... its for the Atari ST system. Here's the emulator.

Recommended settings: 32mhz cpu, 4mb memory, standard (color low/med resolution) color setting, and in the 'fullscreen mode' tab be sure to check 'use 640x400 resolution' so the game runs fullscreen and not 640x480 with borders.

Oh. When you run the emulator it'll ask you to set a folder as the hard drive. Create one, preferably, in the emu folder and put the Llamatron files in it... then all you have to do after launching the emulator is click the hdd, the llama1024 file, and it runs.

Well... except for control configuration.

I highly recommend mapping it to your keyboard or gamepad in a way that you use the better, Robotron-style controls -- one pad for movement, other for aiming gun. What I do is, on my gamepad, use the dpad for movement and the 4 main face buttons for aiming... I tried the analog but like digital buttons better.

Here is emulator

This new debate idea is about deciding what the future will be like,

What will america be in the future lets say 1000 years from now?


I feel it will sink back into the Ocean and be populated by peace freedom loving whales and Fish of the like.
Americans will be transformed into Fish men called Naga which will under the sea in the comfort of their own Coral beds.

The new America will flex its muscles by spawning hatcheries in every corner of the world. Mount Rush moore and lady Liberty will be giant presidential palaces made for the Naga king and Queen.

Instead of stars we will have starfish on the Flag.

http://www.homestead.com/rhinoxsis/zfmegahappy.html

Silly Japanese people.

From Cube-Europe:

Quote:When Americans pre-order Rogue Squadron III they will receive a bonus disk featuring:

-Playable Rebel Strike demo
-Rebel Strike game trailer
-Gladius Cube playable demo
-Atari's Star Wars Arcade Game (circa 1982) fully playable on Nintendo GameCube

From The Onion:

Quote:HOLLYWOOD, CA—Focus groups at advance screenings for Gigli, a romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to open nationwide July 30, have demanded a new ending in which both stars die "in as brutal a manner as possible," sources at Sony Pictures said Tuesday.

"The movie is pretty good, I guess," read one comment card from a test-screening audience in Culver City, CA. "I liked the Al Pacino character, but I had a hard time buying Jennifer Lopez as a lesbian. I also really, really wanted [Affleck and Lopez's characters] Larry and Ricki to die, to get shot or blown up or run over by something. I would prefer to see the blood and the looks on their faces."

On Monday, 3,000 people in markets as varied as Dallas, Chicago, Albany, Atlanta, and Seattle screened Gigli, a gangster-themed romantic comedy written and directed by Martin Brest, in which lowly thug Affleck lets his love for hitwoman Lopez get in the way of a high-risk mob assignment. Of those viewers, 2,965 "strongly agreed" that the ending should be changed to include a graphic scene in which its main characters die.

"Many participants wrote 'shot to death' in the space provided for comments, probably thinking that it fit in with the gangster characters' stated realities," Columbia Pictures director of marketing Peter Zitterman said. "Some comments showed a lot of careful thought, such as 'point blank through head from right side,' 'both at once with single shot from elephant gun,' and 'several hundred times, with multiple camera angles showing their bodies jerking as they're shredded with a heavy hosing of lead, spraying the lens with gobbets of meat and bone and blood, with the sheer number of fist-sized exit wounds obviously precluding any sequel.' And shootings weren't the only ideas suggested, believe me."

According to the exit cards, other popular methods of achieving Lopez and Affleck's on-screen demise included car bombs, multiple stab wounds, acid baths, rabid wolf attacks, lightning strikes, and, in one case, a "hammer party."

"We never expected this kind of reaction," Zitterman said. "We've had odd results from focus groups before, but I don't recall an audience ever agreeing on such a sweeping change. If only we had done this survey in pre-production."

Although the various test audiences differed on the preferred methods of death, they seemed unanimous on one point.

"We were very surprised at how many viewers thought that, no matter what, Affleck and Lopez should not be entwined in a romantic embrace at the time of their deaths," Zitterman said. "Everyone was perfectly clear on that."

Although Brest said he is satisfied with the final cut of Gigli, he briefly considered incorporating some of the test audience's ideas into the film.

"The danger here is succumbing to what people in the business call 'option paralysis'—being caught with so many good ideas that you're not sure which one to use," Brest said. "Getting shot is fine, but what about an automobile fire in which Ben and Jennifer are shown perishing in a slow-motion montage, their newfound love discarded as they try desperately to claw their way past each other's melting bodies, while slowly roasting to death in their own fat? You'd be surprised at how many people came up with that one. Or having them crawl through a field of broken glass while a safely booted and gloved Christopher Walken casually advances on them with a spray bottle of acid and a pair of bolt-cutters? I must say, a part of me loves the idea of them chewing each other to death during a 14-minute dolly shot."

Added Brest: "Believe me, after the singular experience of working with these two for several months, it would be a joy to get back together just to make these changes."

Even if time were not prohibitive, Columbia executives remained skeptical about the validity of the focus-group results.

"I find it hard to believe that audiences would harbor hostility toward such major media figures as J. Lo and Ben," Zitterman said. "With her magazine covers, clothing and perfume lines, and constant radio presence; his roles in Daredevil and Project Greenlight; and their recent joint appearances on Dateline NBC and numerous entertainment shows, how could anyone wish for anything but a resolution that unites these two attractive, highly visible celebrities?"

Insiders confirm that time constraints will prevent the much-requested death-scene additions to Gigli, which already underwent several days of fine-tuning when earlier focus groups noted a lack of romantic chemistry from the real-life couple. In light of the results, however, director Kevin Smith has said he will consider adding a gruesome double homicide to his Affleck-Lopez comedy Jersey Girl, due in theaters next year.