Morning Discussion

by Chris Faylor, Apr 16, 2009 6:15am PDT

Yesterday, someone--you know who you are--attempted to get the music from Super Mario Bros. 2 stuck in the heads of his or her Twitter followers. "Ever have one of those days where the Mario 2 music gets stuck in your head," they wrote.

It was evil, more so when they linked a video a bit later, even more so when they asked "how about now."

But then something weird happened. Later on, when I was trying to recall the Super Mario Bros. 2 theme, I found myself humming the Bubble Bobble theme instead. Which really makes me wonder--is the Bubble Bobble music more virulent than Mario 2?

Read all the News

« Previous Story
Bethesda Plans to Terminate Interplay's Fallout MMO

Next Story »
Sony Asks Fans to Create Their Dream God of War 3 Collector's Edition

See All Comments | 282 Threads | 5,370 Comments

#486

Refresh Thread

By: kainen1 x Show Full Post

Reply

Demigod Menz

Sound off retail buying menz, what say you? I'm only *mildly* curious and quite content with continuing to play DOTA. I've been playing it rabidly for a month now and I've still probably only played 1/2 of the heroes available. :) So fun.

Anyway - I am sold on Arena Hero games - so that's why I'll give this one even a lingering glance. But wtf, no demo?

Apr 16, 2009 8:19am PDT

toggle
Demigod Menz Sound off retail buying menz, what say you? I'm only *mildly* curious and quite content ... : kainen1
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 57 replies.
- toggle
  The consensus seems to be mixed but mostly leaning towards absolute hate. I'd like to try a demo really a... : nodebug
  - lakren is a dang fool. It's a really fun game! : Rice-Rocketeer
- toggle
  well at the least, you can resell it when it sucks right? impulse ftw? : kpxkrnjc
  - More cowbell : kainen1
- I like it, never played DOTA and loved Supreme Commander which puts me in a minority I guess. Well I d... : dael
- lakren or flammable may be convinced to sell one of their thirty pre-purchased copies. they love it that ... : Xanthos
- toggle
  It's ok. I don't see it as a competitor for DotA as best hero arena game but it's fun in it's own right. ... : Psigun
  - Well first impressions seems like 8 heroes is way too small. : kainen1
- Don't buy it retail. At the moment it's $40 for download, $50 for retail. 40 is already pushing it. As so... : chrisschutz
- Everyone that you play DOTA with says it's pretty horrible. I haven't tried it but I won't since Psigun'... : kgargs
- toggle
  They said they had 120k connections to their servers and only 20k were legitimate buyers :( : Crimsonbeak
  - That's pretty sad. : TaintedSyringe
  - toggle
    Where did you read that? : mittense
    - toggle
      http://frogboy.impulsedriven.net/article/346815/Demigod_Day_1_Status_Report : Crimsonbeak
      
      toggle
      that annoys me because it shouldn't still be amateur century in online gaming. enough games figured this... : Luminair
      
      toggle
      Yes, because stealing if a perfectly viable alternative when the product is not up to snuff. Here's an : walker270
      
      I wasnt talking about that : Luminair
  - i blame gamestop. : hirez
  - toggle
    I doubt this completely. : pancake humper
    - toggle
      It's definitely true. : ateam311
      
      toggle
      No it's not because it's not even out in those channels. : pancake humper
      
      I just asked someone and they said it was true. : ateam311
      
      this is not correct. demigod was release to the public piracy world on april 14 2009. : Luminair
    - toggle
      Sorry it was ~18,000 not 20k http://frogboy.impulsedriven.net/article/346815/Demigod_Day_1_Status_Report : Crimsonbeak
      
      fucking pirates : deject
      
      Wow, that's terrible. : r_picmip 5
      
      Wonder how many are actual pirates and not just people trying to reconnect because their multiplayer is c... : pancake humper
  - toggle
    I could see this, no demo so how are people suppose to know if its good. Think of the millions that bo... : Iwannaacura
  - Source? I find that hard to swallow. : r_picmip 5
  - haha : DrFlammable
  - toggle
    Fucking pirates. : MercFox1
    - The SEALS should knock their doors down and kill them. : r_picmip 5
- toggle
  I really, really like it! I tried out most of the heroes and most of the maps last night, and it's fun, a... : Majuju
  - We just played dota and I asked if anyone thought it was ugly or outdated looking and everybody agreed th... : kgargs
- toggle
  Just finished a few games of dota myself. Excellent game and so much variety between the heroes : kahuuna
  - toggle
    Join the shackdota group on steam. We have a group that plays regularly ! : kgargs
    - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shackdotatime : moogle
- toggle
  I played the beta of this, and it was horribly run by them, they released point updates months apart and ... : brainchild420
  - I think the GPG betas seem to be actual "betas" and less the current definition of beta (e.g. TF2 "beta" ... : crummynz
  - toggle
    uh the Supcom engine was demanding on single core CPU, not really on any C2D and blaming a game for your ... : Shai-Tan
    - toggle
      Actually Supcom ran the best on a quad core. It was a CPU hog IIRC. : Modulus
      
      #5145
      
      Refresh Thread
      
      By: Shai-Tan x Show Full Post
      
      Reply
      
      no, it only really has 3 major threads and 2 have the heaviest load so anything more than a C2D doesn't help much
      
      Apr 16, 2009 5:29pm PDT
      
      toggle
      no, it only really has 3 major threads and 2 have the heaviest load so anything more than a C2D doesn't h... : Shai-Tan
      
      huh, I recall seeing benchmarks back when it first came out with quad core machines offering the best fra... : Modulus
      
      SupCom computed and simulated everything, from what I remember. Down to the damage your shields would tak... : MercFox1
  - You can not really compare this to supcom. Supcom had thousands of units while this game focuses on 8 du... : dael
  - I have difficulty believing this. Modern CPUs (Intel ones anyway, and I would assume AMD as well by now)... : Arcanum
- lol : lakren
- I've watched someone play it, it looks alright but I don't like the animations. Melee shouldn't just be t... : Shai-Tan

red	r{...}r	italics	/[...]/
green	g{...}g	bold	b[...]b
blue	b{...}b	quote	q[...]q
yellow	y{...}y	sample	s[...]s
limegreen	l[...]l	underline	_[...]_
orange	n[...]n	strike	-[...]-
multisync	p[...]p	spoiler	o[...]o
olive	e[...]e	code	/{{...}}/