Late Night Consoling

I haven't played or even seen a screenshot of the Echo game. But I will say this: If you deface public or private property you are a complete ass. I hope the game tanks. I'd love to see someone tag Atari's corporate offices (before they shut down for good.)

yeah, I know I sound like an old fart... w/e

The Outfit multiplayer demo on marketplace on March 3rd!!

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/688/688998p1.html

There's a free multiplayer demo coming out on the Xbox 360 Live Marketplace on March 3. In it, players will be able to engage in frantic online battles with up to eight players.

Once in a match you'll be able to choose either the Axis or Allies, choose one of three playable squad leaders on either side and then blow the crap out of each other. Specifically, the action will take place on a map called Estate Assault and will be set in the Strategic Victory game mode. The Allies start in a French villa across a river from the Axis headquarters. Your goal will be to capture certain areas on the map so you can earn Field Units (F.U.s) that are used to call in machine gun nests, half-tracks and airstrikes, among many other destructive options.


This will only be a sample of what the full retail version offers for multiplayer, but it should definitely be a great way to get a feel for The Outfit's frantic online play.

for the ER folks

120 NEW 720P Ghost Recon:Advanced War Fighter Screens

http://www.xboxfront.de/news-728-3061-Tom_Clancy_s_Ghost_Recon_3__Advanced_Warfighter.html

Which game do you guys think shows the best use of the DS touchpad? I was thinking Kirby or Trauma center.

That Philadelphia's Channel 6 Action News story is such amazing bullshit.

I don't watch much local news but when I do and its tech related, it gets pretty bad (and pretty wrong). However, that was ... way the hell out there.

When is the DS Lite coming out?

I WANT A REVOLUTION GOLF GAME NOW! GIVE IT TO ME!

Has nobody here played the Ninja Gaiden for the Sega Master System?

I was hoping to illicit some interesting discussion with that post.

Albatross 18: Realms of Pangya actually has something called "family mode" where up to four people can play a game on the same computer, and its actually quite good for just practicing by yourself.

So games that encourage killing are cool. Games that encourage graffiti = bad.


Right. Go USA!

Hey Jason, is there any chance that we could get a database of the Console Game of the Evening with the original post included?

I was looking through the list, and sometimes when I'd see a game that looked interesting, I'd like to see what the shacker had to say about it.

I find that the most informative and insightful comments on the real state of the consoles come from their developers and publishers, and I wish there were more interviews with them than with self-described analysts. They're the ones that make or break a console, and they're the ones most equipped to tell us just how easy or hard it is to conceive a game, write it, publish it traditionally, deliver it online, and coordinate the whole process with the console manufacturers.

These comments from the PS3 developer are important and revealing. I think that a company's internal culture is far more important than many people realize. Sure, it's easy to be an armchair strategist and say "Oh, well obviously the company should be doing so and so," but that ignores all the processes inside the company that come into play when making such decisions. It's been evident to most of us for years that Sony needed a Live-like service in order to stay competitive, but as the developer's remarks show, Sony is even now being rigid and disconnected about the whole endeavor. They lack corporate agility - ironically, something of which lots of people are quick to accuse Microsoft.

I ran across an article recently that listed the top ten most profitable software companies in 1984. The list included VisiCorp (makers of VisiCalc), Broderbund Software (Carmen Sandiego, The Print Shop, etc.), and Microsoft. Below that was the same list from 2001. The only company present in both lists was Microsoft, who was at #2 in 1984 and #1 in 2001. All the other companies from the first list had died or been absorbed. People need to look at information like this and realize that the culture of a company is more than just an influence, it's vitally important to its survival.

ah the calligraphy trainer would be awesome!

Anyone know if Nintendo releasing a browser will speed up the release of a homebrew browser?

ATTN Chris!


"Be refusing to rate the title,[...]"

In your Marc Echo paragraph.

I'm all over that Opera webbrowser for my DS. Even if I use my DS from home all the time I still want it just to have it and mess around with it.

Also I hope Sony can do some sort of Live knockoff for the PS3. My only concern is they won't have enough time and a huge project like that takes years to get out the door. I'm all for it though if they can pull it off

Repost in a more appropriate thread.

Anyone (not playing Grandia III) have that Xenosaga I Limited Edition movie DVD that has the cutscenes strung together into one long movie that they'd be willing to part with (with compensation of course)? Just asking before I hit up ebay.

The web browser on the PSP sucks, wish they would use Opera or update the damn thing.

I got Grandia III tonight. It's pretty enjoyable so far! The battle system is awesome, the characters are fun and likeable. The conversations have been lighthearted and funny. The graphics are pretty damn good for a ps2 game (beautiful environments, mostly).

There was some bad poppy music during one of the first cutscenes, I hope that doesn't happen again. It wasn't terrible for what it was, but that and a lot of the other music i've heard in the game just sounds out of place for an RPG. I'm only 2 hours in, so we'll see if that improves. The story seems alright so far, no mindblowing on-the-edge-of-my-seat stuff yet. The characters make it worthwhile enough to be compelling.

no flash means no isketch ds or other cool little flash games :(

I just bought Animal Crossing Wild World. I'm a little disappointed. I was hoping for some kind of random town visit on the net but apparently I need friend codes. Is there any way to make friends though the game or am I stuck begging for friends online through the web?

Code:
536 936 348 405

Namco and Monolith are working on Xenosaga ports? Wow, they've been pretty busy lately.

winning eleven on the ds? multiplayer over wifi?

sold.

Dunno if this was posted earlier but the new video preview up on IGN for GRAW is pretty hot.

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/736/736206/vids_1.html

- A Japanese Kanji dictionary, also featuring Japanese to English and English to Japanese dictionaries, was announced. It has Kanji handwriting recognition support. I'd say this is likely to leave Japan eventually.


Maybe...but I doubt it. If it is, it'll likely be a special order item. Stuff like this sold in the US is usually aimed as businessman/women and on platforms that aren't tagged for gaming exclusively.