Oath

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    Do you have a chipped or region 1 Xbox then, to be able to buy those from the US?

    The NTSC releases for both games are compatible with PAL 360's. VG+ have a blog where they test new releases for PAL compatibility, which can come in handy. Hopefully they haven't been telling me lies and I'll have something more fun than two DVD-shaped doorstops come next week.

    Edit: Yeah Play-Asia works too.

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    Anyone else spotted good game deals lately? And not just in the UK, mind...

    I bought Lost Planet and Viva Pinata for what converts to a grand total of £48, and that's with shipping from the US. It's still in the mail though. Unfortunately the sale I got it from is no longer available.

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    That is so weird.

    It looks like they're after passwords though, since the whole page is a mirror of the Thumb except for the login link. That takes you to their (cleverly disguised) login screen. So yeah, probably a phishing site where they swap the main page around every so often and then hope for a few passwords before moving on?

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    so woukd the way it works be similar to the proceduraly (sp) rendered environments of oblivion? im not big into this stuff but since im going into programming, i want to learn ^^

    Well, in Oblivion they did the procedural stuff once and then packaged that and sent it off for people to play. In Spore the procedural content is constantly being delivered to the players, generated in real-time, so it actually makes a difference because you can't run out of content. Technically they might have a lot in common, but in practice Oblivion wasn't procedural since all content was pre-packaged.

    If that was what you were asking, because I'm not sure.

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    Dude, it's about a decade old in internet time, and coming up to like three years old in actual time. It's never too early for a refresh!

    So if you're a dog browsing the web, does it move in dog years, internet years or is there some scaling factor involved? Please, I have to know!

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    Also, would this be a serial killer going around killing radio morning show hosts? If so, it wouldn't be all bad. Maybe they could make a TV series out of it.

    I imagine something like that, but Miyamoto would most likely get a taste of the shiv too. Probably some poor ocean as well.

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    That is entirely possible, and actually quite likely. Again, all of that was off the top of my head.

    I think it has to do with that Nintendo's products differ in that they only use a single motor for powering the vibrations, while the Immersion patent covers multiple motors for rumble. Maybe they're still shareholders, but this is off the top of my head too.

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    I'm not sure whether we're still talking about this (I think not) but the PS3 is a two-faced beast. In a lot of photos it looks very pretty - suave some would even risk saying - but in the next batch of pictures it looks like a piece of shit plastic toy that would go for a few bucks down at the local grocers. It can't be lousy photography because I've experienced it more often than that would allow, so I'm wondering if I'm alone on this sentiment?

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    I watched the UK television premier of Kill Bill (Vol. I) last night -- first time I've ever seen it. What a truly pointless film.

    As if most movies have a significant point to make. Kill Bill does what it sets out to do, entertain through looking cool and funny, with lots of throwbacks.

    Children of Men is probably the best film I've seen in the last two or three years, I was completely immersed and it was really an emotionally draining film for me. It really hit home in a significant way, without ever making me think it was being overly dramatic. Superbly done both technically and aesthetically. Two big green thumbs, way, way up. :tup: :tup:

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    It's how he finishes with "as for the time being" which makes for a very unnatural ending to a sentence, in my opinion at least. The rest of the message throws you off as well, but that bit sort of makes my eyes twist and turn in a funny way.

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    Isn't the 1080p upscaled from 720p anyway (in games)?

    Yes. Perhaps even something lower than 720p too.

    I don't mind the noise the 360 makes, it's about on par with my computer. Wouldn't complain about a larger hard drive though, but I don't care about HDMI either, as VGA is fine for me. That said, I like having the latest gadget, so I hope there'll be some not too expensive ways of trading my current box for a new one in stores.

  22. Posted

    I think it was a link from Mixnmojo. When I found the site, the first Mecha-Goose epic had just been published and I liked that so I hung around for a little while and then started posting my own stupid shit on the forums. I bet everyone was thrilled :shifty: