Thank God that I called Best Buy and asked someone to hold a unit for me for a half hour otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it. They sold all 40 or so systems within the first 20 minutes of the store opening. So... on to my impressions (if anyone cares).
It's so cute and sexy! I got the metallic blue one because I read reports about the paint being scratched off easily on the platinum SP and that games look better against a dark background than asilver one. The buttons are flatter and more clicky than the regular GBA ones, and the shoulder buttons do feel awkward for the first fifteen minutes or so of play. But overall it feels just fine, although I still like the feel of the regular one a tiny bit more because it's wider. Now the light... the light is fantastic. It's true that the colors do get a bit washed out when it's on, but it's a very small price to play for great illumination. The tint isn't as blue-ish as the Afterburner, but if you had no problems with the Afterburner then you'll fall in love with this. I really love the fact that I don't have to have a twenty pound (slight exaggeration) light attached to my GBA anymore (anyone want it? It's a flood light--great, but heavy light attachment), so now I can play the system while lying on my back! Oh the joys of laziness! I'm also really, really happy about the recharchable battery. Now I don't have to spend a hundred dollars on batteries every year!
So overall, this is a great system. It may take some time adjusting to the new layout, but there's no going back for me. Highly reccomended.
This is a random pointless question, but aren't those the best? How many currently active email addresses do you have? To be fair, I will say I have 4, although it could technically be considered 7. See, I have a school address that can be sent to any of the 4 Unix servers CS students have access to, but I'll only count that as 1. I had a couple more in Ye Old Rumble City days thanks to PK and Epollna, but I let those die away. And in truth all my other addresses are just forwards to my main account. But it still sounds cool, er maybe not. :)
Im now on the very last level, only to discover that the millennium falcon blows up instantly, within seconds of the level's beginning...literally...I can't possibly blow up all 8 or 10 TIEs within 10 seconds, whats going on here?
Hey guys, I recently posted the following at G4's forum, to get public demand. But I also wanted to see what some of the wiser gamers thought about this. :)
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Before I begin, let me just cover my bases by saying NOTHING HAS BEEN FINALISED ON. That being said, I'll tell you what I'm trying to do. As the title suggests I'm trying to set-up a web stream radio broadcast of an interview with a Capcom employee. The catch? YOU GUYS are the ones who call in, and ask the questions.
Here are the details I've arranged so far.
- I've got a relatively new Capcom employee (currently he has been there for around 2 months) to agree to do the interview.
- I've also arranged for someone to conduct the interview and stream it through their DEDICATED server. :)
- The time frame I'm looking at is within the next month or so, which should give me plenty of time to wrap up any last minute details, and promote the event publically.
- It'll work by one person (who for now, wishes to remain annonymous) calling the Capcom employee. Then they'll give out their own HOME phone number, you call them and the calls will be conferenced. (There won't be a 1-800 number though, and the person you'll be calling lives in the US. Tennessee actually.) Note, this method has been tested with another interview. It works fine, and everything is completely hearable.
- The event will take place on a Saturday or Sunday probably around beginning at around 4PM-5PM EST. (This hasn't been finalized on, so the time is subject to change.)
- I'm hoping to have the thing done within the next month. So as you can imagine, the questions will GENERALLY be about getting into the industry. Seeing as how the Capcom guy will have only worked for them for 3 months. BUT, at the same time, you can ask any question so long as it is PG-13. :)
- The web broadcast will be at 4KB/s so dial-up users can tune in. And while they won't be able to call-in (what with one phone line and such) you can ask questions in an IRC chat. *BUT* not all IRC questions will be answered due to time limits.
- The whole interview will probably last from 30-60 minutes of call-in time. So be sure to have your question(s) clearly planned out before calling... if you call. Time is very valuable.
- For those of you who can't tune in, the show will be recorded and you can then download it. But no, there won't be a transcript made. (Well unless one of you guys make it. :))
So what do you guys think? Would you listen to it? Would you want any specific changes made? I'm trying to see how the public receives the idea before going through with it full force. :) Please vote in the poll, so I'll know your opinion.
I've been playing Rogue Leader for 16 months now, and I haven't yet beaten it. I'm on Bespin now...and it's certifiably impossible to beat. I can secure the first two tibanna platforms (with MUCH difficulty), but the third one IS IMPOSSIBLE...if you get anywhere near the third set of platforms, TIE interceptors swarm you...not to mention their ack/ack fire. Am I missing something really basic here, and how much longer is this level after you do the third platform?
Is anyone else here extremely irritated at the fact that GameCube has 2 slots for memory cards, yet most games (that I've played, at least, including Metroid Prime) only read from Slot A? What's the point of even having 2 when you're just going to have to switch them anyway?
I'm fearful for the future, because I see times of great despair coming. Saddam Hussein needs to be disarmed, and it's not Bush's fault, but I think this is going to all come to a head when the nuclear nations and Iraq start bombing and getting bombed in a fireyl maelstrom, and I think this in an unavoidable sequence of events that will cause loss of life/land/sanity on a scale none of us can imagine.
