Late Night Consoling

Whoa, Timesplitters 2 got an awesome review on IGN yes I pay for content on the intarweb; sue me bitches - sounds like I might have to pick this bad boy up

Doesnt that Xbox bundle make the price of the actual console itself less than $150?

Microsoft has also said that the Controller S has been outselling the original "by a wide margin" since it went on sale back in April.

I'm sure part of the reason is people want to have or try both and they get the normal controller when they buy the system. (i.e. If they counted system buys as normal controller buys, the normal controller would win. Maybe. Unless people are buying three S controllers for each Xbox.)

I hate Controller S. The stick and analogue triggers are loose like on every other crappy console controller. Normal controller all the way, you small hands bitches! :)

any news as to whether or not they're gonna be carding people at EB for Vice City? I already reserved it and didn't get any flak for it then.

I hate EDGE! They think they’re so intellectual and high brow, catering for the connoisseurs of the games industry. They can never say a game looks fun, action packed, enjoyable etc. The only way EDGE can express that they like a game is to say it’s intriguing. Every sentence is something like “The most intriguing feature of the game is…” or “This game looks most intriguing and we look forward to learning more…” Never interesting or fascinating though. I think using an adjective other than intriguing is a sackable offence at EDGE.

I stopped reading it many years ago but I still remember some of their gems like crashing in 1080 “results in a frustrating loss of speed.” WTF! So they expect to crash into something and just continue like nothing happened. The magazine was full utterly stupid comments like that.

Then there was the letters page, which was full of letters from EDGE wanna-bes. They used to write in doing their best to sound intellectual and say intriguing just as much as EDGE. Some of the letters used to make me piss myself laughing as much as the content of the magazine did.

I read C&VG now. While there’s hardly any text in the magazine, and the little that’s there is frequently inaccurate, at least the writers aren’t completely full of themselves and the magazine is occasionally funny.

Ah it’s good to see after years of not reading the magazine my hatred still lives on. It pisses me right off to see them being shown respect that they really don’t deserve.

Thanks for letter me get that off my chest :)

so what about the PC version of Tony Hawk 4??

Rock N Roll Racing for the GBA. Fuck yes.

I remember "Haunted House" on the Atari. Weird game, as all Atari titles, but still fun at the time. Funny watching the googly eyes spin around when you "died."

But, the best Atari 2600 game ever was of course "Mountain King."

http://www.nintendogamecube.com/cubeclub/

HELL YES. Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, five minutes from my house. I'll DEFINITELY be checking this out. I'll do a writeup too! Anyone else that goes to one of these in their area and gets to play Metroid/Zelda/etc... should talk about it in LNC too!

I'm gonna be hitting up the 21 and over night, hopefully there are some sweet giveaways/raffles.

Remember to print out the ticket from the website if you plan on going! It isn't necessary, but it lets you cut to the front of the line! =)

I cannot wait for FFTA .... I think my feancee will be getting a GBA + FFTA (Her favorite game is the FFT)

:-D

when will the japanese learn that bringing single player franchises onto multiplayer online titles will harbor nothing but evil

I may be delusional and this may pass before I do anything but, i'm thinking about selling my Xbox & gamecube and games. Any suggestions as the best way to do that? I rather not Ebay it but I'm not against it.
There are a couple of reasons I'm thinking about selling them and it has nothing to do with the quality of games. I don't have time to play just the pc games I have let alone all the console games. I've lost interest in platformers which were my main draw to consoles. I might be getting a Tivo unit soon and can see myself watching more TV instead of playing it.
Honestly, the main reason is because of my disability. I'm mostly paralized on the right side and thus have only my left hand to use for the controller. I've been playing consoles since 1974 and delt with all sorts of controllers. Even completed Maro 64 with the N64 controller one handed. (mean feat FYI). However I'm just not as flexiable as I use to be and I find it increasingly frustrating using console controllers. I got spiderman for the Xbox and spent 40 minutes struggling with web slinging and fighting at the same time to defeat an enemy that should of been a piece of cake. It was. a 7 year old, who had never played it before, just blew through it first try.

I'm buying a PS2 sometime before GTA: Vice City comes out, and I've been wondering. With Gamecube doing the Mario bundle thing, and Xbox doing the Sega bundle thing, should I wait a couple weeks for Sony to follow suit, or am I dreaming to think the market leader has to do anything to move systems? Just thought I'd ask in case anyone had some hush-hush info. :D

does anyone have one of those e card thingies? i thought about it.. but then i noticed the reader is $40.. fuck that.. i think ill buy a flash cart and just load an nes emu on it w/ a shitload of games :)

numbering games by year is really lame!

I'd just like to state that I'm finding Robotech: Battlecry for the GameCube highly enjoyable. It's beautiful, loaded with action, and just what I was hoping for in a Robotech game. Its two-player "To the Death" mode is great too, even if only one map is unlocked before you start Story Mode.

"This wasn't a particularly great game, but for some reason I found myself thinking about it today. Don't ask me why. "

That's because you are a loon.

Silly question time, with this new X-Box bundle coming out soon, what will happen to the systems that are out now?

Will they actually drop in price or be taken away...i fear the latter...

Cube PSO is just like DC PSO with some levels, music you can turn down (finally), and extra animations.

Watch my zoom around on my CHAIR OF DOOM. Whee!

i think this has been asked here several times before, but does anyone have a link to a source of weekly sales figures for the various consoles (actual hardware sales) in the US. i see the Japan figures posted regularly but i never hear any specifics with regards to the US.

The Vice City interview makes me want to run out and get a PS2.

Fatal Frame sounds interesting/looks good.

That Xbox bundle isn't bad. I might buy one when Panzer Dragoon comes out.

Please let these GBA rumours be true... please, please please...

Anyone with a GC and NBA 2k3 experiencing seemingly randomly lockups accompanied by a loud buzzing noise during a game?

Microsoft just pissed into Sony's Cheerios.

i don't know what haunted house is, but i'm sure ghost house for the SMS is much better >:(

i love thise !