Just got the shipping notice.  In my rush I didn't pay any attention to what accessories they offered so looks like I'll be getting a SD card and the component cables from NewEgg.  I grabbed an used GC memory card 251 from EB but they didn't have any Wavebirds and I can't find a network adapter anywhere either (I don't have a WiFi setup yet).

Put it off until they start releasing the hybrid hard drives with built in flash memory: it's going to let you boot into Vista in a few seconds.

That's what I'm waiting for.

I'm not too worried about that.  Barring them doing something stupid like requiring a new type of HD connection that's something I can always upgrade too.  Besides, if I do the 'wait for the next big thing on the horizon' I'll never get a new PC 

Just got my order confirmation.  I splurged for next day delivery, which came out to be cheaper than if I bought it locally and paid the sales tax.

Wow, that went fast.  They are all out.

I actually saw this soon enough to get one, but I waffled and decided not to get one.

I almost waffled.  Oh well, my new PC purchase gets pushed back a couple of weeks; maybe some of the prices will drop..... (hmm.. if I put if off till March I can get a new monitor at the same time too)

I think I saw something about this in the console section and that so far it's console only.... 

and they're gone.....

poor impulse control FTW! 

LOLZ PWNED!!

At least I'll finally be able to play Zelda.  Thanks for the heads up BTW!

poor impulse control FTW! 

a demo wouldnt go amiss on xbox marketplace

+1

Just curious if anyone here has gotten into it via the 2 methods they have had so far.   Or, if you have crackdown preordered to get into it as well.

- shaggy

I've got Crackdown on pre-order.

meh...so why didnt they just do that in the clone wars??....could of saved a whole lot of crying with the first two crap episodes,lol

force powers should be used to put the enviroment as an advantage,not just strike everything out like your the hand of god

did you ever see the animated Clone Wars series?  The Mace Windu episode showed what a Jedi could do when unleashed  

I thought Galactic Battlegrounds was Ensemble Studios (the Age of Empires guys).

In the case of Lucasarts I'm not sure being outsourced is a bad thing since almost every good game they have produced in the last four or five years has been outsourced (Republic Commando being the exception). 

have they actually produced a game on their own in the last 5 years? The only other one I can think of would be Lego Star Wars (possibly, but I could be wrong) and that game was pretty fun.  Too bad Raven isn't working on this one though.

I am so incredibly excited about this game its not even funny-and CK-there is no way the game is going to run a Wii and look and play with the environmental damage and physics that they want it to.

Yeah because the PS2, which it was announced for, is so much more powerful than the Wii.

Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are being developed in-house at Lucasarts, while PS2, PSP and DS duties have been outsourced to another, unnamed developer.

methinks the PS2 is going to get the short end of the stick. I think they did the same thing with GRAW and it didn't turn out well...

[Elite Beat Agents]

Saturday: Got several hours into "taking care of sick people" despite acquiring the "low grade temp" debuff early in the day. Totally pwned the "admit 1" and "discharge 2" challenges. Unfortunately, my team didn't fare so well on the multi-player level "Code Blue." 

Sunday: Decided not to play "taking care of sick people" due to the debuff. Beat Elite Beat Agents at two star difficulty and made decent headway into three star. Played a bit of Wii Sports with the wife. It's become a staple. Started Marvel Ultimate Alliance up at "Normal" difficulty just to pass some time - made it to Stark Tower.

so, at what level do you get the quest for a new mount? 

Well, I just noticed the video link in the article doesn't work, so the one they're talking about is here.

(looks like some gameplay and some scripted scenes).

Blue Ray is teh d00m3d!!!!!!    300 gig per disc... that'll hold alot of porn 

Sweet!!!  Sounds like this will be a nice followup to the Jedi Knight series.  No word on a Wii version though.....

Oddly enough, I thought the company was called Level 5, not Factor 5. Why I made the comment I did. *shrugs*

Now the confusion makes sense:

Level 5 is the Japanese dev house behind Dark Cloud 1&2, DQ8, Rogue Galaxy, Jeanne D'Arc, a DS Puzzle game (can't remember the name), DQIX, and White Night Story.  They are mainly associated with Sony however they  have worked on two games for the DS and also were behind the aborted True Fantasy Online MMO for the Xbox. 

Factor 5 is the dev house behind the Star Wars Gamecube games Rogue Leader and Rebel Strike. 

See, I'm not a confused idiot! You just proved it to me!

 

so... there's no more confusion over that you're confused or that you're an idiot? 

A litle bit about the game length.

psssttt... im in ur house, steeling ur dvd player 

[Tomb Raider: Legends]

Played some more Tomb Raider: Legends yesterday as well.  I'm having a great time with it.  But I do feel a little awkward since she sort of gives me funny feelings. 

Oh great. CK, you're on duty for the "new hair growing in different places" talk. I had to explain it to ATB.

Oh, and CK, how do you feel about getting some Co-op GoW on Insane? I need to finish those achievements.

Righto.  Jancie-  it's called puberty and you'll notice your voice changing and yo-  aww screw it I'm feeling lazy.  I'll do the common parenting thing and let someone else teach you-  just read this. 

As for GoW I'm kinda disgusted with the game right now so I'm going to put it up for a bit.  Thanks for the offer though.

I'm pretty sure 100 is the absolute limit on the list right now (which I'm pretty sure I'm at).  I'm not sure what happens when someone sends you a request when it's full.  Right now I'm thinking about kicking those who I've never played with (or don't actually have a 360 currently) to make room but only if necessary.  will I send them a fruit basket?  probably not.  besides, if they've never played with you they probably won't notice you're not on their list anymore anyways.

nothing until Crackdown next week.

I played a couple of hours of Vanguard (mainly soloing-  it appears none of the guild has characters near the Dark Elf starting area  ) and gave GoW SP another shot    I also located The Longest Journey at Half Priced books and started it up to give it another shot.  I also caught up on my DVR recordings and watched more of Alias season 2 (completing phase one  )

KD, i find most of the women you post in SS very attractive.  but for some reason the first few in this list really turned me off.  i mean, can anyone tell me #96 is hot?

_{if you don't say #96 is hot she looks like she'll eat you alive......}

I will give some quick impressions...

If you liked VF4, you'll probably like VF5.  It's more of the same, but it's very good.

There is an issue that I have with the game that could be a possible deal-breaker.  I have emailed Ron about it and will be working with him about what to do with this situation.  Although it's not necessarily a huge gameplay issue that kills the entire game, it could be very serious.

Starforce?   

 

rampant Nazi symobolism?  Pai is actually Hitler in drag?

I am still amazed that folks are still lining up over 3 months after launch. Nintendo needs to make more systems!

Yeah, I've come to the conclusion that Nintendo just doesn't want my money.  I thought about trying to get one this morning, but with this weeks paycheck I'll have enough to pull the trigger on this new PC I've been eyeing if I decide to, so I just slept in.

Why would you say that?  Nintendo has shipped in eight weeks (and roughly sold) 40% of what MS sold in over a year and three times the number of PS3's for the same time period.  I don't think there is a limited supply conspiracy here.

He's being fecetious, sarcastic, silly and most of all stupid. It's Ceekay for the sake of Pete!

I'm trying to figure out where the stupid part is, much less the limited supply conspiracy.  You got the first 3 right though T (well, 2 if you discount your misspelling of facetious).

Well I guess I am the stupid one this time (note the stupid comment was in jest, should've maybe kinda used a smiley on that one)

Kinda figured that (the jest part that is  ), I just thought I may have unintentionally put something in between the lines that I wasn't catching.  No worries! 

OMG!!!! SS ate dbt's brains to absorb his login!!!!! 

I am still amazed that folks are still lining up over 3 months after launch. Nintendo needs to make more systems!

Yeah, I've come to the conclusion that Nintendo just doesn't want my money.  I thought about trying to get one this morning, but with this weeks paycheck I'll have enough to pull the trigger on this new PC I've been eyeing if I decide to, so I just slept in.

Why would you say that?  Nintendo has shipped in eight weeks (and roughly sold) 40% of what MS sold in over a year and three times the number of PS3's for the same time period.  I don't think there is a limited supply conspiracy here.

He's being fecetious, sarcastic, silly and most of all stupid. It's Ceekay for the sake of Pete!

I'm trying to figure out where the stupid part is, much less the limited supply conspiracy.  You got the first 3 right though T (well, 2 if you discount your misspelling of facetious).

 

I am still amazed that folks are still lining up over 3 months after launch. Nintendo needs to make more systems!

Yeah, I've come to the conclusion that Nintendo just doesn't want my money.  I thought about trying to get one this morning, but with this weeks paycheck I'll have enough to pull the trigger on this new PC I've been eyeing if I decide to, so I just slept in.

Ron, your sunday skin thread should be these women in the skimpiest you can find them.


GET TO WORK, MISTER. 

Suggestions on which ones kind sir?  I'll do my best.

5 of each? 

I am going to beat Rainbow Six Vegas and put several bullet holes in Irena's head.

If that's a spoiler and i one day get the game and find out it was, it shall be your head that has the several holes!

Nah, within the first 15 minutes of playing you know what must be done and to whom. It's setup from the first mission which is really a pseudo-mission.

The real spoiler is that terrorists attack Las Vegas. 

WHAT??? my assassins fai- er, I mean I hope you get better soon Arkon 

well I played some SP (up to the annoying UV Turret vehicle level).  Didn't get bombarded with invites (for once).

with the PS3 as only a possibility:

It's so peaceful to have someone present some news with this ending and have the thread be civil!

Ahem.  Your mother.

gellar

OH NO HE DIDN'T!!!!

Has there been any word if this was going to be another Final Fantasy type setting?

I really love the Alias complete 5 seasons box set but I may have to buy some of those 6 disc cases because the DVD's come in 6 seperate cardboard binders where you have to slide the discs into sleeves and I can see them scratching the DVD's over time.  I'll keep the cube the came in though.

Ahhh, somebody else who bought the Dragon edition of Ultima 9. 

Ha ha - you wasted your money on a lame collector's edition




(so did I )

I have it too, but the box got destroyed in a move.  I couldn't believe the size of the box when I got it-  and wasn't it like 20 bucks more than the regular edition?  Granted, the Ultima collection made up for it somewhat.  I miss the old Ultimas 

What nerf is next? The Cleric and Shaman are still great soloers. Maybe they should go after them and then nobody will play a Healer class at all (thus ending the game as healing is pretty much required to take down anything group based or 3 bubble or bigger).

As long as they stay away from Blood Mages....