Update: 31oct05

That is SO awesome.

In this box, Mr. LaPorte holds the past, present and future of everyone who ever once logged onto GG. Notice he has begun to squeeze it at the corners.

The figures to either side of him are his Two Geeks of the Apocolypse.

Watch out GT!


PS.  I'm still pro Rich.

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Just a heads-up for those of you interested in the game, my local EB tells me that they needed to make a special order this morning in order to ensure getting any copies in their store. Otherwise they would have been sent none! Apparently there will be very low quantities of this available.

If you want the game, you might want to get a preorder in soon! (The game ships on Nov. 8, btw)

Is it PS2 only?

For a brief moment in time I was the posting king...I was number one with an astonishing PPD of 8.0...

Now...now i'm just me again.

<sigh>

Yes indeed. Gladius is such a phenominal game that I started a thread reminiscing about it and hoping for a sequel (though it quickly turned into betrayal and lies about KOTOR (Right, Starshifter ?)  Maybe someday  a sequel to this fine fine TBS game it will happen...

However, what is that screenshot (character shot) from? I don't remember him being in it.

[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 3.]

Hey ATB-

We should be focusing all our positive energies on willing the release of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 3.

 

Why? So you can just trade it?!?!?!?!

<hangs head and sobs>

I do remember that the same studio that did the Buffy games also did Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb.  I think it even used the same engine for what it's worth.

I love IJ & ET.  Wish they'd do a sequel to that too...it was hella fun.

I played through the original BtVS back in late 2003 and absolutely loved it (except for one impossible level  :x  that had me restart it a gozillion times). I finished the game and was pleased to see a sequel.  

When Chaos Bleeds came out, I picked it up, noted that they changed the engine and let it sit on my shelf for 2 years.

Since I'm attempting to play through my backlog and I've been playing longer type RPG games I figured I'd give it a spin.

They broke quite a few things (especially the camera) with the engine redesign, but once again I'm enamored of it.

I've never seen the show (nor do I plan to), but I love BtVS as a game concept.

Any news of new games on the horizon or is it pretty much a dead license since the show is no longer on?

66th. I'm sure I'd be about 10 spots higher had I not had that 13 week break from gaming...

Been a while since there was a good bad guy.  The blockheaded dummy known as Judd will do.

I can't believe he thinks he's even got a shot...

Was that ever officially cancelled or is it 'still in development'?

I like to keep games that are watershed moments in gaming for me.

I have pro wrestling from NES as well as the original Zelda.

For xbox these are the games I'm keeping forever:

Robotech Battlecry
SSX Tricky
KOTOR
KOTOR2
HALO
POP: SoT
NBA Street Vol 2
Ninja Gaiden

Possibly Pop:WW...just so I'll have the whole collection..

I've been having issues with my box lately. Seems like on any game I play I'm getting periodic bad disc errors.  It's driving me up the wall...especially on a game like chaos bleeds wehre there's no mid level save...

The problem started when we moved back into my parents house (while our new one is built)...they smoke in the basement where my box is...could that have something to do with it?

Even my favorites such as KOTOR 1 & 2 I traded

 :shock:

we...are...no longer...friends.

I only have an XBOX this gen, so naturally, I'm leaning toward 360 next gen.  However, I won't be buying either for years to come so that will give me the opportunity to do as I did this gen.  Compare all 3 systems and see which one is right for me.

I feel that I made the right choice this gen and by the time I'm ready for next, there will be enough info out and enough people to consult (points finger at screen) to help me make my decision.

As for Sony overall- I can't stand their products nor the arrogance with which they develop and deliver them.  I hate the little things they do to make them 'unique' that sacrifices usability and defacto-ness.  

Save for the PS3 (maybe), I plan to never willingly buy another sony product as long as I'm a consumer.

Playable Demos:

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
KUF: Heroes
Spartan: Total Warrior
Heroes of the Pacific
Pacman World 3
Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix 3
karaoke Revolution Party
Without Warning.

The first 3 are all games I'm interested in...can't wait to try them.

The cover of this month's is Mass Effect...

[Gladius]

Gladius for Xbox.   I need to go find this again.  What a dumbass.

I would put that on my list too... I traded it for Psi ops, which was fun, but I'm hankering to play Gladius again..

Also: Original Fallout.  I re-acquired it in a trade with minimal loss, but what was I thinking?

BG&E- Not because I'd play it again any time soon, but because it was just such a fun game that I would play through again if there ever is a sequel.

Maybe Indiana Jones and the Emperor's tomb.  That was just a hoot.

Today is Oct 19 and I have the new OXM.  This is the third month it has come before the calendar change...

I keep getting it earlier and earlier.  I bet next month's comes tomorrow.

The days of waiting a week or so into the following month appear to be over!

Man...you guyse must be rich/super frugle.

I'm a bit more restrained as I like to finish every game I buy...

[Mercenaries (28/jan/05)]

Not a very impressive list...

Psi Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Jan 2005) COMPLETE
Mercenaries (28/jan/05) ONGOING
Rocky Legends (April 2005) NOT PLAYED YET
Jade Empire (April 2005) COMPLETE
Pirates (August 2005) NOT PLAYED YET
SSX 3 (October 2005) IN TRANSIT

Bold = actual 2005 releases..I think..

So my total is 6.

Hexadecimal, also known as Base 16.  When you look at a MAC address on a network card and its something like 000b.243c.123d.af3b  that is hex.

1-9 = 1-9
10 -> 15 = a, b, c, d, e, f

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal

I know you're trying to help but you're making my head hurt worse.

Heh, the 0x just signifies that it's a number in hex.

Hex = Hexagon = 6 sides?

What are you talking about?

<Head Asplode!>

Go ask Amish Warlord on OO.

He probably has the details...

I got mine yesterday too.  I tried spinning it on my finger, but no go.

[0]

Now I'm terrible at math, but isn't 0 x 168 0?

Or is this some kind of geek higher math thing?

Isn't the designer (Micheal Ansel?) working on King Kong?

Yes because Peter Jackson loved BG&E so much.

But...but...that Kong demo was pretty bad, right guys? Does this really give us a lot of hope?

Regardless. It will sell a GOzillion copies.  If that's what it takes to get a sequel, I'm fine with that.

I guess, but...



No 2d game today looks as bad as that.  The visuals are dated.  But somehow I have no problem at all replaying Space Quest III, and I do have a hard time looking at Majora's Mask, a game released eleven years later.

Memories....

Well anyone just want to tell me what the ending is ?

You get a different ending if you find all nine upgrades & the water sword during the course of the game. The game ends differently (especially with regards to Kaileena's fate) and it doesn't have the same final boss.

Is it worth another play through to see it?

Cheat codes?

In their preview of POP3, OXM hints at a secret 'real' ending for POP:WW.

Anyone know what they're talking about?

Thanks.

As for POP3. I'm totally there...I think the dual Princes could work out well.

If there is ANY info on BG&E2, I'll be screamin it from the high heavens.

Sigh...that's what I figured...

I really couldn't remember.

I can't remember if I actually read this somewhere or only dreamed it: Is Ubisoft actually working on a sequel to Beyond Good and Evil?

I remember being excited and wanting to tell you guys...so I presume it was just a dream as I'm sure you would know it before I did anyway.

Sad if it was just a wonderful dream...one from which I had to wake...

Fable
Jade Empire
Max Payne 2
Psi Ops
Sega GT/JSRF combo disc


Seeking:

SSX 3
NBA Street 3
Psychonauts
Indigo Prophecy
Others

I'm guessing it had to be Combat on the 2600...

[Program aborting:Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much.]

Forwarded from a colleague. If someone else posted this already, SHUT UP! Favorites bolded...

Here are 16 actual sentences seen on the computer screens in Japan, where they are written in Haiku.

The Website you seek
cannot be located,
but countless more do exist.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears you screaming.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

Your file was so big.
It might have been very useful.
But now it is gone.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred?

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
but we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
must now be retyped.

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen, Mind, Both are blank

they are a stack of sadness

 

It depends on your playstyle, but I would say two maybe three hours. I believe you have two more areas to play.

But it begs the question that if you hate the game this much that you want it to end quickly why exactly are you still playing? Masochistic?

It is only under the most extreme circumstances that I won't complete a game.  And since my gaming dollar is so limited and I paid nearly full price for this game (in anticipation) I feel I must finish it in order to get the bang for the buck.

Even if the bang is not that great.

Right now it's a c- title. If it were an F it would have long ago been ejected and traded....

Yeah...but with Hetz it can turn on a dime.

Remember when Morrowind came out? He was nutso about it for weeks if not months prior to its release...and then when it arrived he was all 'it's not that great'...

We all died a little bit that day...

To get this off my backlog, I want to finish this snorefest:

Huge spoiler:

I just got killed by you know who toward the end of the game and have just arrived in the spirit world.

How much further until this game is over?


1 hr? 2? 3? .5?