Evening Reading

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• ME!! I dont have finals, but i cant wait till the weekend! weeee!!! : g0nk
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  I should be finished Thursday at five and I cannot wait. : dltrem
  • Thursday @ 7:10 pm for me... Woo. Bah. Test tomorrow :( : sigma
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  Cracking beer 12/17 @ 11 am : goatjc
  • I'd do the same if I didn't have to work. : the archvile
• Oooo OOoo mE! : Hiro
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  Just finished my last final. Done with school FOREVER! : Katarn3279
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    Congratulations! : dltrem
    • Come Wednesday around noon I plan on getting utterly sloshed : vezatron
    • Thanks :D :D : Katarn3279
  • thats what you think... congrats! go get DRUNK! : BobBarker
  • congrats, man i wished i was you :P : takio
  • Awesome, i'll be saying that next semester. Do you have a job lined up? : fishbone
• i was done last tuesday. thank god for being a design major ! : hobosapien
• I have a final this Saturday at 7:00 AM. Fuck. : smackpiece
• I am going to be so drunk friday night its not even funny, If I dont shoot myself before then : oldschoolbob-o
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  Omg, my parents have been down my throat with this shit since it started. I HATE FINALS. Thank God when t... : dixieboi
  • the older you get, the less you will care about your grades. Am I right? : goatjc
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  1 down, 3 to go! DONE WITH PHYSICS FOREVER!!!! and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever!!! : omnova
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    hehe, i'm a physics major : takio
    • I'm all for the subject, but the profs here are assholes (as with most other places from what I hear). : omnova
• first going to Texas with the gf, then spending ALL of January playing Wow, I can't wait : skanky08
• math tomorrow and physics thursday. ALMOST THERE : lord cecil
• Done with my one and only final this morning (Calc III, which took the whole 2 hours for EVERYONE). Just ... : sgtsanity
• I finish my Bachelors TOMORROW! w00t! time to enter the real world : disco
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  0 down, 1 to go. : shredder133
  • same here :) : anthonybean
• I hate the gap I have between finals. Any 'good' student would be making use of it to study but since I ... : smacknca
• i will be finished by 1pm tomorrow. praise the lord. : arizona bay
• My hand is up there. WAY up there. My calendar is already marked for *fun and games* come Saturday night ... : ieGod
• 2 more days... gaahh : Jonny Be Good
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  YES i have 3 finals in a row, differential equations, comp sci and optics.. exams end for me on a frida... : ballystix
  • my last three were initially all scheduled on wednesday with 10 minutes apart starting at 8am but luckily... : diabol1k
• first and easiest done. now for comp sci and calc3 on wed and physics friday at 8am :( : diabol1k
• I still can't believe I'm done college. I still have involuntary reactions to the idea of finals week. : artillery
• raises both hands and screams out loud in frustration. : darklox
• I'm graduating and taking all freshmen courses this semester, two more finals to go and the two I already... : udetve
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  I'm all done. Weeeee!!!! : Sparhawk6
  • boom, done, end of report! : aquapolaris
• 1 Thursday and 2 Saturday. Already wrote 2 last week. Almost there... : Anti_dentite
• It's over for me. The Ring has been destroyed. Time to drink beer and pick up RotK Extended, then pass ou... : Jumperus
• when finals are over, WoW is fucking ON. but for now :( : Audhuml4
• Im a teacher...so yes : reflex33
• waves both hands furiously : virus
• 3 down, 2 more to go. curse the bastards that scheduled me for 5 consecutive exams :( : theWhite
• business law and calculus left to go :( : davislovestacobell

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  Ghost in the Shell; Stand Alone Complex I'm sorta watching Bleach, it's...sorta interesting... : cygnus
  • oh yea, i forgot to include FLCL. as always, don't watch the episodes on adult swim, i can't stand dubs ... : cygnus
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    I HATE anime focusing on school/relationships/dating. GiS looks cool though : byorn
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      Damn, that just about wipes out all of my suggestions then. My friend will kill me if I don't suggest ... : SiW73
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        I meant to add the series I'm watching or have watched recently, but you'll probably hate.. School Rum... : SiW73
        • azumanga daioh! YES : smalakar
        • yup those suggestions make me want to gouge my eyes out : byorn
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        I fucking LOVE Hajime no Ippo, but I wish they would release the DVDs in the US a hell of a lot quicker. ... : roushimsx
        • haha.. I throw the same homosexual accusation at him, too. I tried a couple of episodes.. couldn't ge... : SiW73
• Samurai Champloo is good. Same dude that did Bebob directed this one. : project13
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  Naruto is the obvious one missing from that list. : d3tached
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    other than the fact that the first season bites and it suffers from some pretty big pacing issues : roushimsx
    • I thought the first season rocked. I am on 113 now and besides some horrible filler episodes it pretty f... : kanix
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  Akira and Ninjia Scroll and maybe Iria : Durandal07
  • I had to check my system clock to make sure i wasn't in the mid 90s again :( : roushimsx
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    I don't get why everyone liked akira so much. I thought it was pretty meh. : TheTick
    • Ditto. Citizen Kane'd, I guess? Groundbreaking? : brickmatt
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      There's like three kinds of anime people that really populate the hell out of the net: 1) Old Motherfu... : roushimsx
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        I started on the color Astro Boy. Astroy Boy rules. He is brave and gentle and wise :( : Luminair
        • when I was really young, I used to get terribly anxious during some Astroboy episodes, worried that he'd ... : seven
      • Hi roushi! I started my anime with Akira, but just about everything I've seen since has been better, i... : slax0r
• I was highly entertained my Apleseed (2004) so thats my current suggestion for an anime movie. : smacknca
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  Check out Scryed, but don't watch the last 1 1/2 episodes. They added that shit just to buffer the run le : roushimsx
  • Scryed owns. : Squirrely
  • Second'd: DEFINITELY Hikaru no Go. This series needs more love. The first half of Scryed is *very* we... : genom
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  The Excel Saga : Normality
  • When cells attack? : rosewood
• FLCL! 6 Episodes of goodness. : ant321
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  Read or Die. : nomaad
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    Seconded, both the OAV and TV series (in that order). : woddemandred
    • shit, i never knew about the tv series. Saw the OVA a while back and LOVED it. : roushimsx
• I'd suggest something radically different (while still being excellent, of course), namely Revolutionary ... : woddemandred
• I liked Witch Hunter Robin, and Wolf's Rain was decent. : StuMan1337
• not the newest, but Neon Genesis: Evangelion is definately recommended.. : g0nk
• Some new ones to watch are Bleach and Monster. Bleach is modern day fantasy type stuff where a guy fight... : Ecks
• this thread has officially filled up my NetFlix queue : g0nk
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  Check out GANTZ. Also, there's a series currently airing called Samurai 7 that looks like it's in the ... : Sze Ior
  • Samurai 7 is horrible. It's a kick to the groin of anyone that liked Seven Samurai, Magnificient Seven, o... : roushimsx
• Saint Seiya if you find the original series and are patient to go through the first half of the series (W... : Zoesch
• Naruto is the best i have ever seen. It is not a finnished series so it still comes a new episode once a ... : Doricos

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• agreed : Nighthavvk
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  Might as well just can it now and save the money that would be wasted by launching this game. Sci-FI M... : johnny skidmarks
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    thanks for the status quo vote. god forbid developers try to do anything different. : dmiller
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      Yeah, Matrix products are edgy! : brickmatt
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        for an MMP they are. doesn't anyone get tired of knights and fairies? : dmiller
        • yea, that's why everyone is playing Orcs now. :( : roushimsx
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          iawtp. a mmo with kung fu and guns = possibility to be cool. I'm not in the beta, so I don't how it's goi... : Nighthavvk
          • we'll see how it goes. anyway off to zzzs.. : dmiller
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            The problem with guns and kung fu, though, is that it's too simple. With the fantasy setting you have ne... : PenicillinX57
            • given city of heroes and its success, I'd say that's not a problem. : Nighthavvk
            • And you have... THE MATRIX, in which all sorts of magical shit like fucking flying is possible if you are... : floated
            • Your imagination is kinda restricted if you think that sci-fi isn't as broad as fantasy. :S : SpiderMonkey
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          That's like asking if everyone is tired of action movies. The answer is apparently not. I also ... : brickmatt
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            I'm not tired of action movies. A good action movie is aite. : Nighthavvk
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              Thank you, my geeky assistant, for proving my point. : brickmatt
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                ^^. just because you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't good. That said, I haven't seen a good acti... : Nighthavvk
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                  Thank you for further proving my point. We'll be here all week folks. Try the veal. : brickmatt
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                    if you're original point (afaict) is just that we aren't tired of action movies, then I'm more than happy... : Nighthavvk
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                      Elementary, my dear Watson. : brickmatt
                      • well, I'm glad we're ultimately in agreement. : Nighthavvk
    • Trying something different as fine. That doesnt mean people shouldnt be realistic. This game has almost n... : johnny skidmarks
  • Hell yea. Jumping into the overcrowded fantasy MMORPG subgenre is where it's at! : roushimsx
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    why are sci-fi mmo's dead ends? IMHO, fantasy mmos are boring - all the rpg's I've ever enjoyed have been... : thetangent
    • Agreed, I don't see what is any different doing sci-fi stuff compared to fighting random dragons and the ... : SpiderMonkey
    • Because fantasy sells more. None of the games you mentioned, with the exception of KOTOR, were huge selle... : johnny skidmarks
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  do you still work at monolith? : n0v4
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    nope. I work at a console developer, I left a little over a month ago. : dmiller
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      I hope that doesn't mean F.E.A.R. is going bad D: Unless that's not monolith at all! : JINKY
      • I was on the Matrix and had nothing to do with FEAR. It's in good hands :) : dmiller
    • Noooo, over to the dark side :~( : FlatlineDixay
• delay, or prepare to announce its cancellation? : paganritual
• GeorgeB just mailed you a free copy of Max Payne : fluke
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  not to mention releasing it anywhere near WoW is suicide : tostador
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    Hell I've never played a MMORPG, and I'm going to pick up WoW : PenicillinX57
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      I'm still resisting it. Not even a struggle really. : omnova
      • Yeah, i give myself maybe 48 hours before I'm overcome : tostador
• haven't seen this yet - when did they delay it to? I'm in on the beta, so does this mean the beta will be... : thetangent
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  They're waiting for EA to buy exclusive rights to the internet. : Dimmona
  • lolol : Nighthavvk
  • They're saving that announcement for Thursday : feratu
  • Thats fine since I already work 70 hours a week on the thing : rosewood
• I tried the beta on that thing for all of 15 mins. My first impression was something along the lines of ... : smacknca

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• some F1 game for sega saturn. It was cheap. But man it was terrible. I learned my lesson that day, and... : fluke
• a nintendo 64 doom for saturn. : paganritual
• hl2 jk :| : Ripley
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  Deus Ex: Invisible War. I knew it would be shit, but I guess I'm a masochist. I loved Deus Ex so much tha... : SpaecKow
  • I was extremely happy I rented that one first.. and never ever played it again : fluke
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    but it even had a demo and everything. : paganritual
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      I just had to know man! I loved DX that much... :( : SpaecKow
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        Yeah I hear ya there. Fortunately I didn't fall prey to DX2. God I wanted it to be awesome though :-( : TheTick
        • Yeah, me too... I was envisoning the ability to have a pilot that would take you where you chose, and you... : SpaecKow
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    I only played the demo, the most fun I had was stuffing corpses and unconcous ones into storage crates. : Durandal07
    • I feel I must balance this DX2 hatred by saying that while it was nowhere even close to the first game I ... : NastyJack
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  A Star Trek game, can't remember the name of it, but it was the one with all ground combat. I think it wa... : thetangent
  • Hidden Evil? : BrodieMan
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  KKND HOLY SHIT what a terrible game that was. : Nighteyes
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    What was so bad about it? I thought it wasen't bad. : Durandal07
    • same. It wasn't terribly original or anything, but i found it fun. : roushimsx
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  doom 3. sorry but it sucked : sleepyvt
  • same here, actually. i bought it cause i had just built a new box, and i kind of wish i had picked up som... : mindmann
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  Some stupid anime game about fifteen years ago. I don't remember it's name. It was "<something> Mission... : RatBastard
  • Cobra Mission Bought that, Metal & Lace, and Knights of Xentar because I was a little perveted mother... : roushimsx
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  BF1942 : d3tached
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    ummmmm.......wut? did you ever play in any of the shackbattles? : thetangent
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      Yep lots. I couldn't get into it no matter how hard I tried. Trust me, I wanted to like it. : d3tached
      • I'm totally in the same boat =/ : timmie
  • Same here. Just couldn't get into it. : helvetica
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  ECW Hardcore Revolution for PS1. : dltrem
  • I almost bought it because of the license but didn't because i learned my lesson from WWF RAW :( That'... : roushimsx
• Doom 3. I'm sorry, but really, what a waste of money. All-time worst purchase is probably this game I ... : sigma
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  Syphon Filter 3. Stupid sequal/game ever. Missions range from freeing African slaves to rescuing transe... : rotten element
  • I loved the Syphon Filter trilogy, and 3 was my favorite of the three. Storyline was every bit as lame as... : roushimsx
• Star Wars Force Commander : TheTick
• C&C: Sole Survivor. I win. it was fun for a while : Nighthavvk
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  Shaq-fu for Genesis. : one beach bum
  • I think I actually started crying to my mom 10 minutes into this game so upset that I'd used up a gift on... : one beach bum
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  Black & White, which I thought would be awesome was just not fun for me. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Ahhh I couldn't think of any games but this would be my choice as well. For 10 minutes I thought it was t... : NastyJack
    • I still try once every year or so. Forget all the things that made it sucky or feel like screwing around ... : TheTick
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    Seriously, I must be the only shacker who adored B&W. : WaterSign
    • replace shacker with human and you'll be right : TheTick
• "Privateer" 2: The Darkening :( : Durandal07
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  Fable : -Panther-
  • word, i'll never buy another Molyneux game again. They are all awesome in theory/hype but then I end up h... : mankeroo
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  Morrowind. what a piece of shit, most overrated game EVAR : moonbreaker
  • That's not the reason I'm still playing it :) On my fourth time through now. It's in my top 10 for sure. : NastyJack
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    ? it's a classic open-ended rpg, what is not to love? unless you need large pointers & markers showing y... : cygnus
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      Personally, I thought the game lacked direction - it didn't make me feel special at all, and thus I lost ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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        I thought that was exactly what made it interesting. I never finished it due to lack of time, but I still... : TheTick
        • i wish i could buy the expansions seperately :( : cygnus
      • I don't think that was the problem. The game was just really badly balanced, the quests were trite and th... : bargeld
      • ^^^ needs large pointers & markers showing him the way : paganritual
  • I'll cut you. : filtersweep
  • YOU N'WAH! : sigma
  • FUCKING THANK YOU. omg - i hated that game MORE then black and white!! seriously - biggest overhype... : virus
  • I regretted playing it for 5 minutes on someone elses PC. : yAak
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    Agreed. More like boringwind. : freshview
    • omg I see what you did there : BrodieMan
• Battlefront. : ashke
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  Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor : devi| dog
  • Truth x 10000000000000000 Bought the special edition. Regretted it from that day onward. : roushimsx
• DOA Volleyball. : Sludgehead
• Deadly Towers, NES. My mom bought this for me when I was a kid, and I TRIED SO DAMN HARD TO GET ANYWHERE ... : Mondo
• Breakdown. : AdmiralBman
• UT2K4. 30 minutes installing, 30 minutes playing, 5 minutes uninstalling and a lifetime of regret and ang... : stuka
• battlefield vietnam also sims2 : CoRDS
• BF:Vietnam. I played it once. Uck I should give it away but I dont think anyone wants it anymore. : smacknca
• SWG : brewsterdog
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  Daikatana. $49.99 : wunderbred
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    can you plz post that on stoofoo so i can mark it stupid : CoRDS
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      Shut up. I was a sucker to hype, I admit it. : wunderbred
      • i bought it aswell, but only for $5 they said "no refunds" : CoRDS
      • What hype? The only hype I heard was that it was possibly the longest-running development time ever. : famine101
      • hype? so you bought it before the demo came out then? is that possible? : paganritual
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  C&C Tiberian Sun. I bought it because it was C&C, and regretted it immediately after. Also Anachronox... : SenorSpine
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    I too made this mistake. Tiberan Sun was the worst C&C game ever. : moogle
    • perhaps even the slowest rts ever (ignoring the variable game speed issue.. even that doesnt help much be... : ballystix
• FAKK2 Heavy Metal....basically because I saw the screenshots with the hot girl in the thong. : goats ecx
• Metal Gear Solid 2 : BrodieMan
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  Youself fitness... what was I thinking? : surround
  • You bought that game? : famine101
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  Everything on the Sega CD :( : Ben Barker
  • Even Snatcher? : BrodieMan
  • Sonic CD wasn't too bad. The US soundtrack wasn't that great when compared to the Japanese release, thou... : dmason
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  Evil Genius. Final Fantasy XI. City of Heroes. : Cottc Cid
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    evil genius? i've only heard good things about this. tempted to pick it up. enjoyed the demo : feek
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      Do you like pain, suffering, and frustration? My roommate lost his saved game TWICE, and had to restart.... : Cottc Cid
      • oh, that's disappointing. guess i'll atleast wait till a patch and probably a price reduction :/ : feek
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  iron sword for the nes. it was impossible to beat without cheating. I think they gave you 3 lives for... : Morgin
  • Totally agreed. Such a shame, since the original Wizards and Warriors was so good. At least they made ... : Magitek
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    thats how contra was and that was totally beatable. I need to play this "iron sword" : TheTick
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      Contra : Ironsword :: Half-life marines : Daikatana frogs : Magitek
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        That explained it waaay too well. (mostly i just wanted to pimp the fact that I can beat contra without d... : TheTick
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          Without dying? WTF? : Magitek
          • Yes. All the ringtones on my cellphone are contra midis to celebrate this. :-D I can usually do it mor... : TheTick
          • Actually doing it without powerups (no spread or machine gun) makes it harder than just not dying. Also l... : TheTick
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    I've determined that if you had the levels memorized, then you could probably beat it. Or if you had a... : famine101
    • assuming you know where the extra lives are. The game was marketed to kids. kids arent generally smar... : Morgin
  • Ironsword fucking sucked. Wizards and Warriors was fucking awesome. : slax0r
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  Star Wars Battlefront was a huge disappointment for me. : al9000
  • a new xbox patch is coming though.... http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/7335/Star-Wars-Battlefront-to-Support... : sharkII
• State of Emergency for the PC. : dmason
• I win, Black & White, Morrowind, Doom3, and UT2K4 for a combined playtime of like 10 hours :) : NukeDukem
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  Road to Rome : drucifer
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    Communist! : WaterSign
    • ...played it 10x... only liked one map. : drucifer
• Neverwinter Nights. Ugh I had NO fun whatsoever. : PUPSTAHS
• Dune 2000. Even out of the bargain bin I felt cheated. : ThrillKill
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  Drakan - I should have bought two copies, it was absolutely awesome, but I lost it :( : seven
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    That was an awesome game. Especially in stereoscopic 3D (Revelator shutterglasses). : bargeld
    • Loved that game. I played the demo again and again. : brickmatt
    • the combat was awesome, the combos, and the newer, bigger weapons and their associated combos. serious... : seven
  • Drakan was number two on the August, 1999 Softrend chart. : paganritual
  • I hated the ending to that game :( : sharkII
  • I lost mine too. That game had some personality and amazing terrain graphics. : EvilDolemite
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  master of orion 3 : Yabrodan
  • very true. : Nighthavvk
• PIT FIGHTER come on everyone you know you did too. : neotrick
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  Robin Hood The Legend of Sherwood. Shoot me plz. : abubu
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    you actually thought that might be good? teehee seems we've all got our game we were fooled by : TheTick
    • It got decent to good reviews all around and it plays exactly like Commandos. But it seems so...uninspire... : abubu
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  Warhammer 40k: Firewarrior Worst FPS ever. : fugu124
  • I bought it to...didn't realize you could make a game this bad. :( THIS is what consoled means, Deus E... : enigmatic
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  DOOM 3. No troll. : SlamDunk
  • lots of people said that. I can understand why. I enjoy it but only in small doses. : TheTick
  • That's too bad. Out of all the games you've ever bought, though? : EvilDolemite
• Zephyr and Dark Colony, UGHHH...Zephyr was a cool concept but SUCKED. : EvilDolemite
• I bought Unreal Gold, which is Unreal, plus the expansion pack. The thing is, I already had both at home.... : Dynotaku
• Simgolf. Ugh. What a boring game. : FormerHPB
• Wargasm. But to my credit it was only $15. : ieGod
• National Lampoon Chess. : Fyunch Click
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  legacy of the wizard...i was only 8 and couldn't understand the game for shit :( : davislovestacobell
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    That game was IMPOSSIBLE. : EvilDolemite
    • I bought it recently. I remember getting really far in it when I was younger. I don't really wanna put th... : TheTick
• Myst IV: Revelation. : nachowray
• prince of persia 2 (the shadow and the flame) it didnt suck but it paled to pop1. also dungeonkeeper. : Hoax
• For me its a tie... Archangel,I was hoping it would be like Requiem,Avenging angel,which was a very co : TheDreamDragon
• Anarchy Online. : bounty838
• BF1942 : DKo5
• septera core, abomination, kingpin, redfaction2, and bfvietnam. i know there are others, but i can't re... : X-GOUKI
• Age of Empires/Operation Flashpoint/Civilization 3 : AllYourBase
• MOH: Breakthrough. Oh and Star Wars Phantom Menace. Fortunately though I didn't pay for it back then ... : xphil