I've learned to function without sleep.  Sincerely, I will sit down for 10-15 minutes and play when I get home just to detox from work and school.  That usually means I play through one mission of Front Mission 4 or something and then put the game away.  It takes a great deal of restraint.  Eventually the game is finished.

That said, when a review is pending, I'll block time to churn through the game to review it.  It make mean several smaller blocks or a few larger blocks, but its all about time management. (but its mostly the 'not sleeping' thing.)

I read a magazine review that said something kinda funny about the game: "Why is there no parachuting in a game with Paratroopers in the title?"

Don't get your hopes up on Pandora Tomorrow...the ending cinema is rather anticlimactic.  Oh well, at least the gameplay rocks.

Its sick but I'll start with the 20+

I sincerely try to finish every game I play.

I dug that El, thanks!  I was pretty impressed with the first RE:A trailer, pretty good on the spook factor there.  I also share your concern for the crapitudinal factor for this next flick.   Lets hope that the special effects are much improved, that "licker" beast really sucked.

Why did Mega Man sound like a chain smoker?  Or am I thinking of the Nintendo Power cartoon....

Ok, I'll bite...why the 3 Xboxes?  LAN parties?

That is such a horrible title....K-1 World Grand Prix = Car racing!  What marketing knucklehead thought that up??

Its always 30 bucks when I find it!  Its good, but its not THAT good. (IMHO)

If ANYONE can find me Panzer Dragoon I'd gladly pay you back if you could pick it up.  I've never managed to find the thing for a decent price...

What ever happened to kickboxing games?  I had Panza Kickboxing on my Amiga 500 way back when, but I've never seen a good kickboxing game on platform.  Am I missing one out there?

Here is the complete list:


GAMEBOY ADVANCE
Breath of Fire II
Driver 2
Fire Pro Wrestling
Lunar Legend
Max Payne
Megaman & Bass
Megaman Battle Network 2
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man Zero 2
Robotech: The Macross Saga
Sega Smash Pack
Shining Soul
Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival
Stuntman
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Tactics Ogre
Zone of Enders: Fist of Mars

GAMECUBE
2002 FIFA World Cup
4x4 EVO 2
Aggressive Inline
All Star Baseball 2003
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Beach Spikers
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Bloodrayne
Bomberman Generation
Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO
Def Jam Vendetta
Defender
Die Hard Vendetta
Disney's Party
Dragon's Lair 3D
Evolution Worlds
F1 2002
Freekstyle
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
Home Run King
Hot Wheels Velocity X
Hot Wheels World Race
Ikaruga
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius
Jimmy Neutron Jet Fusion
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Knockout Kings 2003
Lost Kingdoms
Madden 2002
Madden 2003
Mario Party 4
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Megaman Network Transmission
MLB Slugfest 2003
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Nascar Dirt to Daytona
NBA Courtside
NBA Street
NFL Quarterback Club 2002
NHL 2003
NHL Hitz 2002
Outlaw Golf
P.N.O3
Pac-Man Fever
Piglet's Big Game
Rayman 3
Red Faction II
Resident Evil
Resident Evil Code Veronica X
Rocket Power Beach Bandits
Rugrats Royal Ransom
Scorpion King Rise of the Akadian
Sega Soccer Slam
Shrek Extra Large
Simpsons Skateboarding
Skies Of Arcadia
Smugglers Run Warzones
SpyHunter
Tarzan Untamed
Tetris World
The Sims
Timesplitters 2
Top Gun Combat Zones
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
UFC Throwdown
Universal Studios Theme Adventure
Vexx
Viewtiful Joe
X2: Wolverines Revenge
X-Men: Next Dimension
Zoocube


PLAYSTATION
ATV Mania
Beyblade
Dragon Warrior VII
Harry Potter COS
Scooby Doo Cyber Chase
Skydiving Extreme
TA Compilation
Tekken 3
Threads Of Fate


PLAYSTATION 2
Aliens vs Predator
Ape Escape 2
Armored Core 2
ATV Quad Power Reacing 2
Barbarian
Black & Bruised
Bloodrayne
Bloody Roar 4
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Britney's Dance Beat
Capcom Vs SNK 2
Celebrity Death Match
Chaos Legion
Clock Tower 3
Dark Summit
DDR
Defender
Deus Ex
Devil May Cry 2
Dino Stalker
Disaster Report
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Driving Emotion Type-S
Dynasty Tactics
Dynasty Warriors 4
Ephemeral Fantasia
ESPN NFL Football
ESPN NHL Hockey
ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding
Extermination
Fairly Odd Parents Breakin Da Rules
Fantavision
Forever Kingdom
Freaky Flyers
Freestyle Metal X
Frequency
Futurama
Galerians
Grandia Xtreme
Guilty Gear X
Gundam:Federation vs. Zeon
Gungrave
Haunted Mansion
Ico
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Jade Cocoon 2
Jeopardy
Jet X2O
Jungle Book: Rhythm N'Groove
Klonoa 2
Legaia 2
Legends of Wrestling 2
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Maximo
Mega Man X7
Men in Black 2: Alien Escape
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
Metropolismania
Minority Report
Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
Monsters Inc.
MSG: Encounters in Space
Murakamo
My Street
Mystic Heroes
Ninja Assault
Okage: Shadow King
Onimusha 2
Parappa the Rapper 2
Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn
RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive
Red Faction 2
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
REZ
Ring Of Red
Roadkill
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Robotech: Battlecry
Rumble Racing
Rygar
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Sega Bass Fishing Duel
Sega Sports Tennis
Shadow Hearts
Shrek Super Party
Silpheed
Simpsons Skateboarding
Smash Court Tennis: Pro Tournament
Soccer Mania
Speed Kings
Spyhunter 2
Street Fighter EX3
Stretch Panic
Suikoden 3
Super Trucks Racing
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Terminator: Dawn of Fate
The Bouncer
Timesplitters 2
Vampire Night
Vexx
Wallace & Grommet: Project Zoo
War of the Monsters
Wheel of Fortune
Wild Arms 3
Wipeout Fusion
WRC World Rally Championship
WWE Crush Hour
WWE Smackdown
X-Squad
Zone of Enders: 2nd Runner


XBOX
Aggressive Inline
Aliens Vs Predator
Aquaman
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
Blood Omen 2
Blood Rayne
Buffy the vampire slayer
Burnout 2
Capcom vs. SNK 2: EO
Celebrity Death Match
Crazy Taxi 3
Crimson Sea
Dead or Alive 3
Dead To Rights
Dino Crisis 3
Disaster Report
Dragon's Lair
Dynasty Warriors 3
Enclave
ESPN NFL
ESPN NHL Hockey 2k4
Evil Dead
Exhib Vol. #5
Fatal Frame
Ford Racing 2
Futurama
Gladius
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Gun Metal
Gunvalkyrie
Haunted Mansion
Jet Set Radio Future
Kung Fu Chaos
Legends of Wrestling 2
Mad Dash Racing
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Mojo
Monopoly Party
Morrowind (GOTY Edition)
Motor Tren Presents: Lotus Challenge
New Legends
NFL 2K3
NFL Blitz Pro
NHL 2K3
NHL Hitz Pro
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Pirates Of The Carribean
Pro Race Driver
Roadkill
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Run Like Hell
Secret weapons over Normandy
Shenmue II
Simpsons: Hit & Run
Smashing Drive
Spy Hunter 2
Stake Fortune Fighters
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars: Obi Wan
State of Emergency
SWAT
SX Superstar
Syberia
Tetris Worlds Online
ToeJam & Earl III
Unreal Championship
Vexx
Voodoo Vince
Wakeboarding Unleashed
Whacked!

Yow!  Great find Tebunker!  I'm off to get me a few gems...

Yea, we only played a few rounds and 1/2 of them team members lost their connections.  I'd call it a tie as the two rounds where everyone stayed connected I won one and Tim won one.  There will be a rematch....

Hate to break it to you Loren, but X-Files never came to mind when I saw your username.  

Happy 4th my friend.

I'm online and hosting right now.  THe wife sprang a surprise party on me and bought me a grill.  So I've been grillin like a villan.  Now I'm going to take a break from that to rough you guys up for a little while.

Well, with the shindig beginning to wind down, lets plan to get together in about two hours. (Its almost 6:00pm PST)  Cool?

You better cut it out with that Jade GARDEN stuff....I know one of the programmers reads this forum.  

The thing that impressed me the most was how seamlessly you could bounce between a hard martial arts style, then whip off a few magic spells, then finish them off with a swipe of the sword.   I played the game for an hour at a private meeting with Bioware during E3 (no cameras allowed.  ) and I never felt like I was fighting the system or the controls.

You'll really dig Jade Empire then, they have put so much effort into that game.  Best Action/RPG hybrid I've seen in a long time.

I just don't know you anymore....

In my opinion, Brooke Burns is hotter than Brooke Burke.  Granted, I think I'll have to just block out that she is dating Bruce "Hudson Hawk" Willis.

If somebody keeps track of a ladder or scores I'll be more than happy to shower the winner with glory on the front page.  As for the losers...well...we can beat you like the dogs you are.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Besides, this is more my speed:

But not the worst superhero ever...that honor is split between Captain Planet and Aquaman.  Uh...one guy is a greenpeace nut with no real powers unless people believe in him (might as well be the Easter Bunny for crying out loud!) and the other can talk to fish...uh whatever man.

Yow, I'm right there with your kid Mike...that was one fantastic movie.

I found that watching paint dry was far more exciting than The Hulk.  :/

http://www.pulplit.com/display/generic.php/15.html

Says so right there.  I can't make this up....

Riiiiight.... your "Son" will be going in "HIS" spidey suit.

Where is that damned Tron dude pic when I need it....

Yea?  Nay?  Rehash?  Rotten Tomatoes looks good on the subject, but I always like to ask others that I know have the same movie tastes that I do...

Ah, nice.  I came in here to post it but you beat me to it!

What are your plans for the fourth?  Anything?  Gaming?  Hiking?  Sulking because you have no friends?  Working?

Just like the Ninja Gaiden debacle, sometimes reviewers just score low to draw attention to themselves.  Like a four year old, acting out.

What times work for everyone?  I'm thinking in the evening is best....

IGN is surley and hateful and CG is run by gamers who still remember that games are supposed to be fun?  I'm just speculating here...
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Welcome JoePez.  I'm gonna defer to Tim on this one as he has played both.  When I asked him a similar question he did say that the only version he is aware of is that the Xbox does load the levels (it only loads between levels) faster and that it supports progressive (I believe).

He'll answer when he gets a sec.

Well, for some of the newer problems (DSO Exploit) there is no defense other than not using IE.  MS has to patch it for that one to go away.  Unfortunately you can't just kill a process as it runs as a batch and the file name and registry entry is polymorphic.  These things resemble their virii brothers more and more every day...

Tim put up his Spider-Man 2 review at 12:01am this morning to make sure you guys could read it before you buy it.  Any thoughts or questions for him?

You would have just got your ass whipped anyway.  

Taunt taunt taunt!!

July 3rd is MY BIRTHDAY!  I wanna play Crimson Skies with you guys again...it was so much fun that it has to be done again.

I will also crank up Pandora Tomorrow and do dedicated hosting if there is an interest...

The little minigame that looks like an old scrolling arcade game was actually a joke?  Just something to distract and break away from the code for a little bit of fun.  Seems that the testers liked it so much that they demanded that it stay in the full version.