But what about constant guy-date phone calls?  How will those be handled??

Wow! This commercial cracked me up. If this skit were in a Wayan's brothers movie no one would have said a word. Ridiculous oversensitive media strikes again.

Really?  You thought that was actually funny?  You're being completely serious?

And it would actually work in a wayan's brothers movie because those things are simply unwatchable (with the exception of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka which actually wasn't a film by the brothers...just Keenan.  So is exempt from the tragically true statement "All Wayan Brothers films are simply not funny.")

Yeah, I'm not offended by it personally on any level than someone putting it out there as humor. 

OTOH, I can see where someone would find it offensive and am surprised that no one along the production line didn't raise a flag.

I'm not sure where you guys are seeing all these negative reviews.  It's got an 80% on both GameRankings and iQi, and they are using totally different reviews at this point.

This was in the works well before FTL and as Misguided said isn't supposed to be the same game at all (although I have seen the comparison come up elsewhere, too).  It may be that playing FTL gets you in the wrong mindset for this. 

FTL is great, and I haven't played this yet, so I don't know how I feel, but from the previews I've read it seems like its meant to be a different animal.

How the hell did that make it to production?  I feel like there was some kind of dare going on.

I really hope they don't use another time travel plot to justify that ship.

That said, I suspect the Federation probably used it to do some nasty things.

Cumberbatch is like the Ollie North of the Federation, but couldn't take the nastiness of the black ops life any more and snapped.

Exactly.  The modern games were actually GTA III, GTA III: Vice City, GTA III: San Andreas, which all use the same engine, essentially, then GTA IV and its two DLC games and now GTA V. 

I have to say that GTA V seems to be a similar engine to IV, though.

I'm guessing that this is a movie that should be properly experienced in a theater.  

I'm guessing that this will be the first time that a major movieplex will look like the inside of a porn theater.

Nope, that happened with Pee Wee's Big Adventure as well.

Not the movie, of course, but his real-life adventure.

I thought it was that game, too, originally.  It supposedly does have an iOS port coming as well.

L:W was pulled from the app store, btw.  There was a bug in the MP.  They're hoping for a super fast turn around on it, though.

Eclipse also hit last night, for those interested in board game to iOS conversions.  It's supposed to be pretty spectacular.

They are so good at creating real, complicated characters that it boggles my mind how these games are just lumped into the "murder simulator" category.

I'm guessing that this is a movie that should be properly experienced in a theater.  

I'm guessing that this will be the first time that a major movieplex will look like the inside of a porn theater.

 

It's also hitting iTunes tonight.

[Spoiler]

Putting it on a moose is unlikely - a moose's back alone is over 5'. Perhaps strapping it to it's belly would be fine, but given the angle of view, you'd be sitting on a couch staring into a moose's anus, which is no fun. (*ask Bullwinkles' proctologist ... he's got some particularly stirring tales for you to digest)

It's true.  On the plus side, he's one of the few doctors that still does house calls.  On the other hand, he doesn't get out of the car.

Also, he keeps a sketch journal of all his visits.

Spoiler for Hiden:

What a lame time.  Nothing is coming out until mid-May, and even then it's just The Last Metro.  Not sure there's anything I want in the whole month, and it hasn't even started yet.

Sounds like you need a backlog.

Oh, I have a backlog.  The problem is none of those games are new and shiny.

[Star Command Eclipse]

For iOS this week, I will probably be picking up two long awaited games:

Star Command
Eclipse

Probably Blood Dragon.  Maybe Zeno Clash II.

What a lame time.  Nothing is coming out until mid-May, and even then it's just The Last Metro.  Not sure there's anything I want in the whole month, and it hasn't even started yet.

I've been buying all kinds of games.  I guess my wallet wishes I was you.

Up to now, I have, too.  My point is that there is nothing on the horizon for weeks all of a sudden.

Stop the world, I want to get off.  

I don't need to hear about you getting off.  Just buy them and do whatever your doing in the privacy of your llama farm or whatever.

Probably Blood Dragon.  Maybe Zeno Clash II.

What a lame time.  Nothing is coming out until mid-May, and even then it's just The Last Metro.  Not sure there's anything I want in the whole month, and it hasn't even started yet.

Right.  Stop that.  It's silly. 

What started as a nice little thread about phobias and spiders has gotten silly with talk of llamas and xenophobia and hep being funny.  Let's have a nice, clean post about something military.  Like rocket jumping.

Get on with it.

Robot Unicorn Attack 2 is awesome.  Fabulous, some might say. 

Second that emotion.

[Spoiler]

Hey, kids!!
Remember the guy carrying the ice cream maker on Cloud City in ESB?!


Clip Link in "HD"

Of course you don't!!

Well now you can buy his action figure!!!



No, really!

Really.

Spoiler for Hiden:

Loki should have opened with 'Hello Clarice'...

I had that same thought.

I'm already annoyed as hell by the first boss.  None the less, loving the game despite that.

I thought the whole point of this was that you didn't have an internet connection in that part of the house!  You mean, this whole time you've had WiFi?!

Sorry about the misinterpretation! I should have elaborated, I didn't know wireless Blu-ray players were that common. Also, I have a - some may call it dumb, I call it safe - tendency to shut down my wireless signal whenever I can. I don't want to go into a debate about the believers and non-believers of wireless signals and their effects on health, but suffice to say I rather play it safe, especially with small kids nearby.

So yes, I have a wifi signal in that part of the house, but no cable.

No cable?!  How do you watch TV??

Just kidding, I knew what you meant there.

I thought the whole point of this was that you didn't have an internet connection in that part of the house!  You mean, this whole time you've had WiFi?!

[Spoiler]

Rayman Legends Challenges App, Sengoku and Mega Man 4

Spoiler for Nintendo Weekly Download:

Wii U download
Rayman Legends Challenges App – free

3DS VC
Mega Man 4 – $4.99

3DS download
Crazy Construction

DSiWare
Color Commando

Wii Virtual Console
Sengoku

I was going to make a quip about it having an anal bead, but thought better of it.

So instead of a quip, you just made a statement?

no need to get anal about it

You bead me to it.

But there's been no word on the Vitality Sensor.  Surely that counts as hardware.

I was going to make a quip about it having an anal bead, but thought better of it.

So instead of a quip, you just made a statement?

I just finished Season 8 of Red Dwarf and started on the "season 9" mini-series called "Back To Earth".

While i loved the regular show, this continuation is some of the most painfully unfunny TV I've ever watched.  What a horrible way to go out.

Fortunately, they didn't go out on it, as there's a season 10.

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, I actually enjoyed Back to Earth for what it was, but totally understand why most didn't care for it.

What's the story on the delay for this?  Or is it one of those weird Friday releases?

Tried it for the 360 today. 

Brock went all-in against me.  At the end he had a pair of aces, and I had a full house of aces and threes.  GlaDOS said I had a pair of threes and Brock won.  Game over. 

Are saves transferring on the 360?  I'm thinking about picking this up, despite the fact that the original never completely clicked with me.  I don't want to start over, though.

I think it was meant to be but there are people complaining on the Capcom forums saying their saves wont work or even appear(PS3 and 360)
http://www.capcom-unity.com/dragonsdogma/go/thread/view/122057/29888261/original-dragon-dogma-save-to-dark-arisen

What are people finding here?

I know this one guy who can't go a month without declaring his game of the year.

Are saves transferring on the 360?  I'm thinking about picking this up, despite the fact that the original never completely clicked with me.  I don't want to start over, though.

I use the PS3 for movies more than games.  It's a good blu ray player, for sure.

However, you definitely will have to update it, but you can probably get away with a USB stick, if that's the only option.

[Spoiler]

that black starship from the trailer?

Spoiler for Hiden:

The USS Vengeance

It's like a Federation vessel got it on with a Klingon Bird of Prey.

Meet Joe Black is the first one of these I remember.  Most memorable thing about the movie, which isn't saying much, but it was a pretty memorable moment.  Also he liked peanut butter.

I remember a moment, too, in Erin Brokovich where Julia Roberts got in a car, drove off and got plowed into all in one shot.

These kind of things were startlingly impressive back in the day, but they've definitely lost their impact.

Equal to this is the "shot in a car where the characters get t-boned" scene.  Oddly, the first one of those I remember is from another JJ show: Alias.

Pre-purchased Dead Island on PC - got it for $15 at GMG using a sale and store credit. And just purchase both the original Dragons Dogma for $19 on Amazon and the Dark Arisen. Did always want to get the DD games just never got around to it so nows the perfect time.

From what I read dark arise  is a standalone that includes the original game so I think you don't need to buy that separately?

Gah. Can anyone confirm?

From the DD forums:

The Game will be released on Disc at 1st, and will be up as download later in time.

DA:DA is both Original game and DLC.


Do to updates, changes to mechanics of game, and Game play. It wasn't able to be patched.

Buying DA, nets you Original game(which now takes into effect all changes brought by DA(new skills, better menus) Better gear)

DD:DA also comes with all DLC that was released for Dragon's Dogma.

Your Save file from Original copy will also work with new version. (there will even be some new monsters in old areas)

What's the word on the difficulty this go 'round?

Man, if poorly ripping off Duck Amuck is what we can expect, I don't know if I can get too excited.

Still, I do love the series, so I can remain hopeful.