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You not watching the news? The THUMB is behind that whole Pope thing.

I knew it was a joke right from the get-go.

Heh. Thank-you. Just discovered it was Hot Rod, come here to post the info and you're beaten me to it.

I asked the same question here. "OK, who can tell me the name of the top down, tabletop cabinet, 4 player (steering wheel on each of the table's 4 sides) racing car arcade game where you bought upgrades for your vehicle etc. Would have been out around 1990, and probably made by SEGA, but no promises on that." No-one aswered me then either.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10111595

I have often thought a good premise for a Video game would be, Aliens. I am praying that one day "we will be ready" and that the US government will allow games to be released that feature aliens in one form or another. This thread gives me much hope.

Oooh. Tough crowd.

Well, planet moon have been working on Infected for a year now, though I still don't know anything at all about it, but I do trust that company wholeheartedly to make something wickedly entertaining. But you're right, who knows when it's gunna be released. And Ridge Racer was the only game that I got to play on the PSP.

Just had a few minutes playing Ridge Racer on the PSP. Well. Goddamn, that was fun. Pretty interesting analogue joystick too, it slides, not pivots, but it's all totally natural. Never been interested in a buying a console before, but given Planet Moon's exclusive PSP developments, I might just be swayed.

Maybe the Edison's PC was old, so it could only run the 16 colour version. ** ahem ** The RAM issue notwithstanding, it's a pity the CD version of DOTT didn't ship with the better version of Maniac Mansion.

Can you 'extract' it from the Day of the Tentacle CD-Rom?

So, this is what happens when you race to review the latest hardware before you have any software to go with it. Gamespot: Sneak peek at the PSP Jesus Fucking Christ. Here are the highlights for your viewing pleasure. If you want to read more enthralling information, and even see a video clip of the PSP boot up sequence you'll be wanting to visit GameSpot quick haste.

I'm extremely sorry Bc9b, I didn't realise you were a GameSpot employee.

Those burglarizers got what they deserved.

It's a 4 gig Quicktime movie of Wolfgang Kierdorf wearing large white bunny ears and doing the David Brent disco dance.

Why? Because I cut & pasted it from a US cooking site. Tell you what, just substitute the low-fat dairy products for full-cream dairy products, make yerself some real succotash.

Succotash recipe ingredients 200 ml (1/3 pint) vegetable stock 2 small fresh corns on the cob, or 175 g (6 oz) frozen sweetcorn kernels 225 g (8 oz) shelled fresh broad beans 1 small onion, skinned and finely chopped 150 g (5 oz) low-fat soft cheese 45 ml (3 tbsp) low-fat natural yogurt 10 ml (2 tsp) chopped fresh basil or 5 ml (1 tsp) dried salt and pepper, to taste fresh basil leaves, to garnish method 1. Bring the vegetable stock to a boil in a saucepan. 2. Meanwhile, using a sharp knife, remove the kernels from the corn cobs, cutting lengthways down the cobs. Discard the cobs. 3. Place the fresh corn kernels in another saucepan with the broad beans and onion. 4. Pour the boiling stock over, bring back to the boil, then lower the heat and cook gently for 8-10 minutes, until the vegetables are just tender. If using frozen corn, add it to the other vegetables halfway through cooking. 5. Meanwhile, beat the cheese until creamy, then stir in the yogurt, basil and seasoning. 6. Drain the vegetables and return them to the saucepan. 7. Add the cheese and yogurt mixture to the vegetables and reheat gently, stirring continuously, for 2-3 minutes. 8. Serve hot, garnished with the fresh basil leaves. serving amount serves 4

How do you lose in a varmint hunt game? Are the squirrels packing heat too?

Story from cnn.com; http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/11/21/kennedy.game.reut/index.html Official Site; http://www.jfkreloaded.com Me, I'm totally "meh" over the outrage of the whole thing. I mean it's fine to simulate wars in video games and kill thousands of virtual people, so I guess this isn't a whole lot different - except of course there are living relatives of Kennedy who probably wouldn't much care for entertainment being made off of his murder. So I will concede it's in bad taste, and the developers aren't gonna be getting $10 off me. An interesting point would be whether or not other assassinations will get made into mods for the game. Will we now see Chapman vs. Lennon? Ray vs. King?... Somehow I doubt it.

A CBS based news story was aired last night in New Zealand on the evening news. I assume the same piece was picked up globally.

So you can show outrage at WW2 based FPS's claiming they're abhorrent for desecrating the memory of those who fought and died in wars, but when it's bought down to a one-one-one level you can cast all that aside and support a game glorifying the assassination of a real individual?

That's not quite what I said/meant, but anyway, your counterpoint is valid. However, I will still put forward the possibility that a lot of teenagers know a lot more about (certain aspects of) key historic battles than they would know if they were only relying on school, movies & TV for their information, as in the past. But as I said, I personally don't find any interest / fun in playing FPS games based on real life conflicts (though I do admit to quite liking combat flight sims).

Personally, I don't own any FPS (or strategy for that matter) games based on real conflicts - much for the reasons you've outlined. I simply don't find the scenario entertaining. But nor do I really subscribe to your claim that that playng MOHAA (for example) "dishonours the memories of those killed". Maybe, in a strange way, games like that actually keep the memories and hardships of those soldiers alive and in the consciences of a new generation. However I do admit to owning and enjoying WW1 & WW2 combat flight simulators. So, colour me a hypocrite...

Of course in those games the individual in-game soldiers aren't based on real life individuals. If young Bobby Briggs actually died on Omaha beach, and there he was with the correct name, rank, attire.... even physical likeness in the next Battlefield game, I think we'd all be horrified and the surviving next-of-kin of Bobby would be mighty put out. So, just because John Kennedy was a public figure, he's open to exploitation in a way we'd never tolerate if an actual 'ordinary' person's death was simulated for entertainment? Why is that?

I don't feel pressured, but coupling the general love of the game here, and the free voucher for it that I have, I figured getting the game and playing it ASAP would be the polite thing to do. It's just not often I get the chance to play a game around release time - to actually be part of the buzz, as usually the budget only stretches to reduced price games - eg. I just finished Armed & Dangerous, am currently playing Runaway, and today bought Mafia.