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Haha, that's hilarious. I wonder why we are all so fixated on good and evil around here? Or maybe someone always manages to name drop the game in almost every thread.

This would merge nicely with that other push and pull speculation thread on BG&E2.

http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/cid206499/cs_486_q409_120x600_evony_pink.swf?clickTag=http%3A//media.fastclick.net/w/click.here%3Fcid%3D206500%26mid%3D386942%26sid%3D49169%26m%3D3%26c%3D4497 Just saw this one today. It's new to me.

There you go: http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6499476-lg.jpg (NSFW) I hope that was worth all of the Wow Gold in the world.

I don't know, Wow Gold seems to be the motivation for the devious actions of most of the global criminal underground. I wouldn't put it past them.

This is his resting place:

This is pretty much how I feel. After AdventureGamers.com feeding his ego with his own private Q&A forum years ago and him talking nonstop about how revolutionary and real his games are (as well as inserting himself directly in that demo), only to see about what exactly Indigo Prophecy amounted to (Secret societies and supernatural elements? Come on, we've got Charles Cecil screwing around already) that he's sort of just become a running joke to me once the uncanny valley boasting started. On one hand, it sucks, because I feel personally people with such an overinflated sense of self shouldn't be encouraged and that maybe a more idealistic yet humble game designer can garner some attention based on merit instead of artificial hype. I suppose a lot of this comes with being a name brand game designer, but it seems like the guy forced himself to become one before Indigo Prophecy was released and after Omikron, which I don't remember many people talking about. So yeah, Cage's hype machine is just out of control and it's hilarious, especially when I see people defend how mature Heavy Rain is supposed to be when all of the game videos I've seen so far seem like pressing buttons over the movie True Lies or something.

This is pretty much how I feel. After AdventureGamers feeding his ego with his own private Q&A forum years ago and him talking nonstop about how revolutionary and real his games are (as well as inserting himself directly in that demo), only to see about what exactly Indigo Prophecy amounted to (Templars? Come on, we've got Charles Cecil screwing around already) that he's sort of just become a running joke to me once the uncanny valley boasting started. On one hand, it sucks, because I feel personally people with such an overinflated sense of self shouldn't be encouraged and that maybe a more idealistic yet humble game designer should garner some attention based on merit instead of artificial hype. But I know better. So yeah, Cage's hype machine is just out of control and it's hilarious, especially when I see people defend how mature Heavy Rain is supposed to be when all of the game videos I've seen so far seem like pressing buttons over the movie True Lies or something. I was actually under the impression a lot of people here liked David Cage and that there will probably be some backlash soon. The IdleThumbs podcast itself made it seem like the three guys were looking forward to playing Heavy Rain.

Geez, strangelingo, I had no idea there were so many clones. With that many online fantasy RPG games going around, I wonder if they actually have an audience, or are just trying to generate hits at this point? EDIT: So I got to the end of the posted thread, and someone linked to this video: yFb9QKkNDU8& So these ads are all part of a worldwide conspiracy to farm WOW GOLD. Geez, we've come full circle, haven't we?

I'm sick of these ads as well, and I agree with this, but I guess I'll end up a hypocrite no matter what because thinking about "big bums, hips and thighs," just because a BBC article mentions it gets me all excited (But not too much, I think!). Personally I wouldn't have put the Jennifer Lopez picture up at the top of the article. Is this Nodiatis crap the same as that Evony Online crap? I like this article that shows their pitiful evolution to desperation that some someone will play their game: http://theuniblog.evilspacerobot.com/?p=2249 The really annoying thing about the Evony ads is they kept appearing on sites that are usually work safe, and I had to be careful because they made me feel like I was going to make someone think I was trying to look up porn at work.

Oh man, here's the worst quote from him in my opinion: Correct me if I'm wrong, but he's referring to his own game. He makes me think of the angry nerds who fail a test and blame the failure on the fact that they were too smart for the questions and that they were giving right answers all along that somehow the writer of the test didn't anticipate. Oh, and this: That's women for you... I wish everyone in these Gamasutra comments wasn't trying so hard to be diplomatic to the guy.

It must be from the overwhelming tragedy of that wounded origami.

I saw The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus last weekend, and it was a real treat on some parts. I'd say it's the first movie of his since him actually cutting and pasting in Monty Python to nearly get the imagery of his drawing and animation in a live action film. It could be a case of his storyboards really shining through this time around, whereas (I could be wrong) the last few films for a while haven't been storyboarded fully by him. Other than that, the story was not really as confusing as I heard other people complaining about, but I had a hard time understanding the motivations of characters near the end. Colin Farrell didn't really do a good job of portraying Heath's character, but the other two replacement dudes seemed spot on. The movie also seemed to be missing a satisfying climax for whatever reason. I'd have to rewatch it. The movie was fun in many places and worth seeing though, Tom Waits was great as well. It was much more playful and less sinister than the Gilliam films since 12 Monkeys, which I was excited to see revisited.

:(ARGH!:(:( Wave Race for Game Boy is a bastard game full of jerkoff asshole computer opponents who all love to run their stupid jet ski into the only human player around. I never see them fighting eachother. The worst part about this asshole fucking game is on the final circuits, winning isn't dependent of how well you do the track, but is dependent on you saving up your nitro for the last lap. How well you race does not make a difference, because it's not possible to pass the 1st place computer opponent until near the very end, because how fast he goes is dependent on how fast you go. That's such bullshit! The computer should play on a set time you have to beat to win! It's even more crap because if I completely fuck up a race, I can dawdle around in circles for a while while the second to last computer player is dependent on how slow you are going, so he will purposefully dawdle or wait for you to start going again until the point where you are trying to pass him, in which he teases you staying directly in front of you until the end of the race! AND THEN THERE'S THE JERK OFF BUGS WHERE SOMETIMES PLAYERS START DRIVING BACKWARDS SOMEHOW JUST TO BUMP INTO YOU> JETUSKIS DON"PT DRIVE BACKWEDASE! ARGH! I would have cheated to finish this shit by now if it weren't for lack of codes. egnsdv

Haha, yeah I still alternate between my blue GBA from long ago and my chunky DS for carry around gaming. I might get a PSP game sooner or later since I own eight games for it but no system. Wave Race on Game Boy is of the oldest breed of Game Boy games, with the plain grey cartridge, no color capabilities outside of messing with the d-pad on start-up, and no way to plug it in to Super Game Boy to get better color. I guess it's insanely frustrating to me when I can't finish a game, because my brain requires me to in order to move on to the next game, which possibly may be Metal Gear Solid on Game boy, I haven't decided yet.

Maybe Rare should invest in a new Conker game. Their sales might soar a little then. But they are probably doing fine now anyway.

I think all of the Rabbids games are minigame collections besides the DS and GBA versions of the first game. Those seem to have been based off the platform version of the game that never came to fruition.

I swear there was a dirtier one than "Splinter Cell: Double Anal," but it's possible I may have been just thinking of "Splinter Cell: Double Anal." It was fun until I realized how much I truly suck at it. I'm really at the very last circuit of the World Series before I get to see the ending. Technically, I have already beaten the game, because there's a whole different mode where you race through pylons that I have beaten all the way to the credits. That was much easier because even on the hardest levels, instead of rubberbanding AI, I had computer opponents becoming completely blind to levels with tons of pylons, so while they raced in circles, I just went through the flags all alone, racking up a huge score. I like to take my 15 minute breaks at work to play handheld games in the stairwell, but this cartridge has been in my gameboy for over a month now. I still didn't remove it yet. Maybe next week I'll give up. Can you give me some tips on how to beat it? I really seem to be screwing up on the 800cc races on the last four courses of the World Series. Course 4 was always a bitch, and I usually just let myself get last place, while doing great on the other races, but now I'm screwed. If there's some trick to beating the 4th Course where I don't lose control when turning (this will help on other zig zag courses) I would be grateful for any help. The biggest problem I have on Course 4, is because everyone's speed doesn't die down until the last two laps on the last circuit, I can't catch up on the zig zag part at the end. Everyone drives faster than me before and knocks me out of the way before hand or there's no way for me to use nitro while zig zagging without losing control. I always have way too much nitro leftover in that course.

The only reason I know that word is because of a Boards of Canada song. Alternatively, it's freezing here in Houston, Texas. I'll trade.

Yes, that's exactly the type of game it is. Apparently it's the first Wave Race game. I didn't realize until last week that Wave Race made it's debut on monochromatic game boy. I remember reading your post, but I guess the frustration didn't ring true for me until now, since I hardly play racing games. Now I've learned what rubberbanding is, very cool. I guess I hardly have dealt with this sort of AI behavior before.

:tup:

The FBI is too busy laying around with AT&T in order to help the RIAA make some sweet monies on illegal MP3 downloadin'. I think you are safe Rodi.

I don't know, I'm only forcing myself to play it because it was designed by the guy who designed Donkey Kong for Game Boy as well as Mole Mania, both of which are great. I do remember playing Wave Race 64 though while riding the dolphin, which my friend had unlocked on his cartridge. Mostly I just ran the dolphin into rock walls and wooden structures.

How about it?

It's really more of an OCD problem. I get off on playing things in chronological order. Seriously. I have this list of Mario games I need to finish for instance, that is in order of release dates. I can't bring myself to play them out of order.