Intrepid Homoludens

www.maps.google.com Type in any address or location in the world, and you'll see it in map form (start with your own address). Zoom in, zoom out, use your cursor to pan around and see surrounding areas. Now, look at the upper right hand corner of the page and click 'Satellite'.

Would this be how Xbox 2 will look like?

I've only just run around a little bit in the camp, not really played the whole demo. I just wanted to test out the controls and see how it runs. It runs fairly well on my sister's machine. She has a P4, 2.6GHz, 512MB RAM, Radeon 9200. I had to turn it down to 800x600, but it looks quite good anyway. The mouse/keyboard controls feel excellent!! Reminds me of the setup the PC versions for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Splinter Cell, and I had an effortless time with those. I'm still up in the air, though, about which platform to get it for - PC or Xbox. The PC one costs $10 less, right? It's not even that, I'm thinking me and my niece & nephew would be able to enjoy it more together on the console. And importantly, it would be my little way of telling Microsoft that these kinds of games have a place for consoles.

Goody! Now I can see how it'll run on that old Radeon 9200.

I already pre-ordered Jade Empire and should receive it next weekend. Sadly, my sister's computer only has a Radeon 9200 (the game demands at least a 9600). But we can always wait for the PC demo to come out and test it to see. Otherwise it's Xbox all the way.

What you mean control differences? Heh, I'm currently negotiating with my niece (11) on pooling our resources to get this game. She's fallen madly in love with it just from watching all the trailers, and in particular the official trailer and this one showing the opening cutscene. Her favourite line so far: "Oh my GOD! Let's make out!" So now she and I are poking under the family room sofa looking for lost change, trying to convince her little brother to contribute some greenbacks (he's a huge car slut - are there any cars in the game at all?), and even announcing to the 'rents that she's ready for a raise in her allowance.

Is anyone else getting this for Xbox?

Unfortunately mine is a bad satellite pic and that's the closest you can get.

Wow, it's quite rare that any game site gives off good vibes like that one.

Oh, alright. Don't. Seesh!

It's not my excitement, it's my frustration. That I won't be able to play it for a while.

Go kill yourself anyway, Kingzlebub.

Shut up.

Shit. I made the stupid mistake of watching the intro cutscene. And I had just pre-ordered Jade Empire. Ah well, in another few weeks I'll have some more money.

Is this too much information?

I think he's wondering if you had a very hot orgasm.

OTS* * Off The Scale

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Can we, like, change the name of this thread to, like, 'The Peter Molyneux Bashing Thread'?

Bullshit. Admit it, green lips give you a woody.

Your dog bit you in the face, too? Wow. The same thing happened to me when I was a kid. Our dog back then was one nasty bitch ( ), and she attacked me on two different occasions, one resulting in a little scar on my head, the other on my face (which has since vanished, no trace).

That's no excuse!

What, did you pirate the album?

They also need a coach to train those two dolts. Oh crap. I already said what I wanted to say.