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Awesome! In a distant way, Tim Schafer and Jack Black are both role models for me and seeing that picture just makes me happy.

Rusalka, you are indeed most awesome!

Right when you see the animation begin you have to roll backwards out of its reach. If you get the timing right those stages of the boss battle become quite easy. The middle part is what sucks. Even more so in God Difficulty.

Uhm, I'm sure you have other talents, like maybe knitting or cooking. You can lead a fulfilling life based on those talents and become as happy as Tim Schafer might be. Offtopic but related: is doublefines next game set in space? The DFAN-header hints as does this interview. Something about 'broader physical space' and a whole world as a character itself.

I'm just semi-new, but I never said 'Hi', so here it goes: Hi. My post-count indicates that I don't have that much new to say. Most of the time someone else already made the point I might had to add. But sometimes I have a question or some stupid one-liner. Especially at times university breathes down my neck. I like this forum for its tone and wit, it's basically the only forum I frequent. oh, and I have a wee, but haven't found its number or the add-option

My copy of 'I am Legend' arrived today (just one day after the order was made - nearly disturbing). The involved viral marketers can give themselves a pad on the back as this is my first book in a long time that was not written by someone who is already dead, and the very first book I will read about the, uh, undead.

Considering the endurance test you underwent with Okami I suggest you play 'God of War' next. I think it's the shortest of the above and it's a good game to work off some dammed rage.

Okay, now it's getting to weird. I found the first Masquerade game had nice graphics and vampires but not much more. The story, while it had good basic approaches (the different locations, the different times), was sense- and pointless. Now the second game is even with its bugs (as said before, the unofficial patch should solve a lot of them - I encountered nothing serious) by far the better game. Twisted, dark, strange characters, some very disturbing, adult quests, rare dialogue and story stand against sub-source graphics (quite good nonetheless) and the at the beginning troublesome controls. Everyone is entitled to his opinion (even if they are wrong), but this is a game you should force yourself to get over the first stony hours, because its worth it and fun and the death of Troika, while not unjustified still itches sometimes and people making jokes about that are evil and stupid and have bad breath. [just try it with the unofficial patch, give it some hours and if you then still don’t like it, you are allowed to]

I still do like my PC and need it to play the games on my old-games-I-missed-list and the ones I just want to enjoy again, but what made me buy a PS2 was, that every PC I bought kind of fucked me over. In my current one the graphic card decided from one day to another to overheat calculating some high-end-3D-gaming. Years ago I would have searched the internet for a solution, corresponded with some support person and probably would have found a way to make it work again, but not before days of major hassle and disappointment. To tired for that I just stopped playing new 3D, got me a PS2 and really like the change and simplicity. As for games I do think that there are enough good ones on the PC, but for now I just extend said list and maybe get to them in some years when I learned again how to trust. Oh, and when I figure a way out to get Sam & Max without having a credit card or paypal, there is that.

That is so my situation. Except for the girl wearing a bra.EDIT: I feel so inferior now

Maybe it's just my german conditioning but statements like the above along the lines of 'we know you jews got screwed by history so stop rubbing it in our collective faces' with a mild undertone of 'semitic-world-conspiracy' sound a bit, uh, anti-Semitic. Nonono, I don't call any of you that, it's just this line of thought that rings my alarm bell. In a pluralistic society every group has its voice and for that matter tries to be as loud as possible. What mechanics are at work when one voice gets heard as to loud (and annoying) I can't clearly point out, but one thought is that it might be in the hearers perception. Christan idea and reasoning is all around but when a jewish interest group speaks up it seems like a big deal, it gets a lot of attention and than this to-much attention stirs up hostility.

I hadn't had a chance to play the game, but this exaggerated gamespot-review with its fucking 9.6 annoyed me to no end nonetheless. Eurogamer seems to have put it in perspective.

so the thumbs is just your back-up credential for GDC and you really think of every single member as a brainless sub-monkey and you all are on the nintendo-payroll oh, the humanity

Thanks Wrestlevania. Problem is that I want it to be in japanese. The patched game runs and works fine, but unpatched all the ingame-japanese is just a letter-mixup. I guess that it maybe needs a japanese-windows, but hope there is another way. Someone an idea?

N I found through the idle-article, so it's not new. I just wanted to state that it's a great game. A year or two old, widely known and maybe not the kind of 'to mess around with for a while'-game this thread is about, but it's good and it's free: Jessica Plunkenstein and the Düsseldorf Conspiracy. A really funny and witty adventure game with Windows-Paint and Clipart graphics (somehow it works), full voice acting (actually quite good) and Ninjas (okay, it's just one). Has someone an idea how to make the japanese version of "cave story" work properly on a not japanese-pc? It runs, but most of what should be japanese is just silly letters.

Thanks. Fantastic story. I'm waiting for the movie.

I'm about to buy a PS2 as a present for me for potentially passing the midterm exam and wondered what games I should get. My current wishlist looks kind of like this: God of War Guitar Hero ICO Katamari Damacy (maybe 'We Love Katamari') Okami Resident Evil 4 Shadow of the Colossus What's wrong? What's missing? I'm looking for story-and-atmosphere-and-fun-stuff. Not so much racing, sport, beat'em-up (okay, maybe the one bestest for silly roommate-beat-fun). Is there something I should know about this whole buying-a-PS2-thing in general? Thank you for your kind participation in this subtle marketing ploy.

Thanks again. Another question popped up just before I hit the 'Buy' button for Resident Evil 4 and ICO on some english Online-market (btw: is there some better [=cheaper] place than the big A?). Are the regions the same as with DVDs? Can I play my UK-bought games on a german PS2? and totally not repeating myself:

I got it. Took some time though. Thanks for the links baconian

I heard the movie with Nicolas Cage as Charlotte Church is already in production.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've added Dragon Quest VIII, Rez, Primal and one of the Soul Caliburs to the buy-list and Sly, Gitaroo Man and Lego Star Wars to the maybe-list. The remains seem to be not my thing. The whole Kingdom Hearts concept sounds rather strange. It's my first console (there was an SNES, but that's to long ago) and so not knowing Square but on the other side knowing Disney the setup appears more creepy than fun. Speaking of, is Final Fantasy worth the effort? Another thing: there are a slim and a fat PS2. And there is modding - something about a harddrive. I don't know, but maybe you do. Sounds fun. But with that in mind, is ebay still an option?

okay, I just had a coversation about the captain with some other kids - in reality...now that's magic...or psychic...or drunk

thank you for that

I'm sold. Sounds interesting.

It may/could be art - it gives room for some airy interpretations; the '1,000 unique human experiences' would work, I guess - but it isn't a game anymore. It's a video using a game's engine. I think being a game (player-input - more than Play/Stop/Rewind) is a number one prerequisite for a game-that-is-art. Oh, and it's pretty stunning. Thanks for that. Edit: is there a place to download it?...or a, uhm, way...?