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Game Help / Re: The Super Jumps in SMRPG

« on: September 07, 2008, 08:36:46 AM »

Don't use the classic controller. I've found the buttons can have up to a full second delay between when I press them and when the character reacts (even with a fully charged Wiimote).

That's only true if you're playing with a HD television, which all controllers have at least a half-second delay. Normal TVs don't have this problem.

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Game Help / Re: Resident Evil 4 Help

« on: September 07, 2008, 08:34:48 AM »

I usually take care of both paths, so I can get all the treasures.

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General Chat / Re: New/Returning Members Post Here!

« on: September 02, 2008, 01:48:01 PM »

After being accidentally banned for nearly two weeks, I'm finally back, thanks to Deezer.

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General Chat / Re: Japanese game imports

« on: August 20, 2008, 08:43:46 PM »

The DS and the GBA are region-free, and a Freeloader is available for the GCN. The only downside to the GCN Freeloader is that games which use the Japanese text straight from the console (Yoshi's Cookie from NPC) appear as glitchy-looking text-mess.

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General Chat / Re: Japanese game imports

« on: August 20, 2008, 01:37:01 PM »

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Did nenson pass out in mid sentence?

The Japanese games I own are Luigi Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine, Nintendo Puzzle Collection, and Mario & Luigi RPG 2.

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Forum Games / Re: A Mario Story: You Add ONE Sentence to the Tale II

« on: August 18, 2008, 08:57:54 PM »

"Look," said Waluigi, "A Waluigi!"

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Fan Creations / Luigi and Mii

« on: August 18, 2008, 04:04:01 PM »

I felt inspired to draw this after seeing this post. Excuse the pixel-ness, I had to resize the image after it was too large to see properly, so I'll upload a new one later.

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Video Game Chat / Re: A Compelling Article

« on: August 16, 2008, 06:39:15 AM »

but it's sad when a first party cannot provide suitable entertainment for it's hardcore audience.

If we look at the Wii thus far we have a fairly solid collection of titles from Nintendo all geared to satiate the Nintendo "hardcore" crowd. We have seen Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Smash Bros, Battalion Wars, Fire Emblem, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, and Wario Ware on the Wii already. We also know that Nintendo is working on Disaster, Wario Land, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, a new Mario and a new Zelda. Are there really that many franchises they have missed? Nintendo has clearly invested quite a bit in the hardcore, and as we speak, they are still developing more for us.

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Fan Creations / FLUDD Fun

« on: August 14, 2008, 04:49:20 PM »

I drew this last year and I found it while going through my files. I'd guess I'll share it.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Bleedthrough

« on: August 12, 2008, 07:01:11 AM »

At work two days ago, I looked at one of the benches and had the impulse to pick it up from where I was standing.

I had been playing Elebits for the past day and a half.

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General Chat / Re: Your \

« on: August 11, 2008, 11:34:42 AM »

Brian was to me the wisest character on the show and most tolerant. Now most of the time he sounds like he's whining and pushes his political views on people way too much. Considering Brian is supposed to be Seth's Author Avatar, it tells us a lot.

[Too Commonplace:]

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General Chat / Re: Your \

« on: August 11, 2008, 08:24:33 AM »

I know this is gonna make some people angry, but I don't find Family Guy amusing at all.

I agree where you're coming from. I used to love Family Guy, but when the fourth season appeared, I stopped watching it. Not necessarily because it was random, but because the jokes were becoming too commonplace, too long, and too degrading.

Too Commonplace: Despite the random nature of the jokes, it's easy to see that patterns have shown up, making it as though you're watching the same thing every time. Several times there has been a joke in which one person walks in on another doing something embarrassing, and just stands there saying "Oh...hi... I see you're [doing this]... I'll be going now." Or another in which (pop-culture) characters are doing their normal routine, stop and start bickering and complaining about their lifestyles. There has also been an increase in "Let's crack on Meg Griffin" jokes (Seth MacFarlane states "It's hard to get in a teen girl's head"), which were scarce in earlier seasons and demonstrates the laziness to develop Meg's character or that she is used as an easy joke out if no others can be thought of.

Too Long: Worse than a random, nonsensical joke that doesn't make you laugh is one that goes on for two minutes. A whole tenth of the episode's airtime. An example is when Osama Bin Laden is trying to film a new threat video but keeps screwing up. It was funny for 20 seconds but it quickly lost momentum.

Too degrading: The bulk of Family Guy is shock value, so vulgarity is prominent. In earlier seasons, it was subtle enough to laugh at. Now it's characters cursing at every chance they get (even Lois about her own husband and children), flatulence and bodily fluids spewed everywhere, more violence, more political criticism, and more sexual related jokes. It's almost as if Family Guy is trying to be on the same level of South Park humor, but is failing to see the importance of balance between vulgarity and context. With its political jokes, Family Guy is too one-sided ("wah, we have to go to a Red State, where they're all morons" or "don't give me that Republican crap"). While that I don't have a political standpoint, this shows that Family Guy chooses to lampoon only issues and people in ways that won't offend their target audience. South Park manages to lampoon all sides of a political issue, which I do find to be a good balance. As a side note, Family Guy never really focused on politics to begin with, so it seems (at least to me) out of place with its formula.

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General Chat / Re: I think it's about time ... we saw each other.

« on: August 09, 2008, 09:12:53 PM »

I just took this picture two minutes ago.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Nintendo introduces Wii MotionPlus for Wii

« on: August 09, 2008, 08:05:29 AM »

Except you wouldn't know if P1 ran into a wall or tripped or something.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Nintendo introduces Wii MotionPlus for Wii

« on: August 08, 2008, 10:27:47 PM »

0:0 control... a game that uses no input and... does nothing? Sounds like a great marketing strategy.