Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers - See above.  Does anyone know if this is a completely different game or just a different title?

Had to look these up... here's the official site where it looks like they are two different (yet similar) games set in the same... err... 'universe'.

don't forget, they are expecting to add a whole separate island sometime down the road (or did that already happen?  it's been a while since i kept up with the news)

Still down the road... and across the bridge. 

Apparently, since Monday I've played over 7 hours!
And only tonight did I discover the power parking and showtime thingees. Downloading the game means no manual, and I honestly just had no idea those modes were in there. I wonder if I'm missing anything else.

Power parking?

High speed emergency brake parking between two other parked cars, one where you end up facing the opposite direction you started the manuever from.

My biggest gripe at the moment is the fact that you can't invert the X-axis and it seems completely ass-backwards to me. To me it's counter-intuitive to come up to an intersection in an alley, want to go left and have to push the stick to the right to do that.

Maybe this will help?

http://www.aitechsolutions.net/mupdotsysXPhang.html

For the restart, it's "right" on the d-pad or arrows for the normal "EZ Drive" stuff and you'll see one of two new options - Restart current event if you're in one, or Restart previous event for the last one you completed.

It's out, mine updated to 1.60 when I cranked it up late this afternoon. Got the new stuff, restarts and all.

Ah... apparently delayed on the 360, I have the PS3 version.

If you watch Episode 21 of "Crash TV" on the Criterion site you'll see them restarting a race. From what I recall, it's off the "EZ Drive menu" but don't recall exactly where... sorry.

I tend to leave my extra battery in there with the light green until I need to swap it and haven't noticed any problems from doing that. The only time the light goes out is when there's no battery inserted, btw.

I stumbled across mention of it one day and was intrigued. I'm hoping they pull it off. Official (interactive) site here:

http://www.velvetassassin.com

[Closing Comments]

So Afro Samurai seems to be getting all the media hype but no one here is interested?  I'm slightly interested but will wait for reviews/impressions.

Initial reviews over at Gameranking average 69%. IGN gave it a 6.6...

Closing Comments
It sucks that Afro Samurai isn't awesome. If you take the plunge and buy this game, there will be times when you'll be playing, having a blast, and think that I'm full of crap. Falling through the air while brawling with Afro Droid while rocking out to some fat beats is an amazing experience, but when you couple that with a piss-poor camera, terrible platforming sections, and cheap/mentally challenged bosses, the end product suffers.

Don't doubt that there is fun to be had with Afro Samurai, but be ready to deal with a lot of lame to get to it.

Argh... you can only invert the Y-axis (which I don't need to) but for some stupid reason you cannot invert the X-axis which is ass-backwards to me. Never mind that you have to quit the game to tweak any options. 

[Spoiler]

And how, exactly, would you take stuff with you out of the sim?

Was wondering the same thing... you don't. 

Don't think this is really any kind of a spoiler but just in case:

Spoiler for Hiden:

You are helping the Outcast group get into a locked vault / cache of weapons, I assume from the period in question. The only way to unlock the vault is to complete the simulation campaign and they need you to do that for them. Once complete, you (apparently) get your pick from the cache in question.

Pretty sure that's part of the third DLC release - "Broken Steel" - in March.

I was so proud of myself when I figured that out without any help as a kid.

same (& i wasn't a kid ) . otoh, gaming-wise, there was little else to do back then but figure out shit like that ...

Exactly. And why it could take months sometimes, and you'd involve your friends for a little extra brain-power, draw maps as you went... those were the days. None of this namby-pamby "I've been stuck for 5 minutes so off to the Internet for a walkthru" stuff.

how is it with these PSP games, can they be played on the PS3, or is that just a select few?

I don't think they can ever be played on PS3, at least not in the conventional sense.  There are some games, like Echochrome, that have versions on both PSN (for PS3) and PSP but it's technically not the same game.  PS1 titles can be played on both, however.

You might be thinking of "Remote Play" where certain PS3 games can be played on the PSP, where the game still runs on the PS3 but streams wirelessly to the PSP and is controlled / played from there. It doesn't work the other way, however.

Is the sale still going on now?  I always miss these things...

For another day... it's a very long 48 hours, it seems.

[does]

Looks like that chipset does support the resolution, but you may need a registry hack to make it work with some monitors. 

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/955386.html

Yah, quite a long article and the concept seems very cool. Here's hoping they can pull it off! 

[only]

So, is the only difference between the free and premium versions the ability to play it online co-op? Seemed like that was the case from the description but wasn't sure. 

Ah... smoke condensates. From the little wiki entry I found:

One of the many uses of liquid smoke is to cook bacon. It is one of the main flavors in the curing solution used for bacon.

We come full circle. 

How did these things ever become popular anyways?

Are they? I don't think I've ever seen an adult wearing one. Maybe it's a regional thing. Or maybe I'm not very observant. Or maybe I run with the heartless.

I don't think they are popular but they certainly were popular a few years ago. As noted, you can blame Lance for starting it all off. I have a bunch around somewhere, used to wear a couple at a time and then just stopped. Biggest annoyance I remember with some of them was that they would pick up the oils from your skin and get kind of... slickery... for lack of a better word. Soap and water would take care of that. Or a shot of penicillin, I forget which.

[Spoiler]

I wrapped up all the quests that give achievements (with the exception of Strictly Business, which I guess punished me for killing the quest giver after taking the quest)

I'm in the same boat, quest-wise, as I too accepted that one and then killed the quest-giver when I decided I wasn't about to go through with it. Didn't think of it as punishment, however, more like a natural consequence of the decision seeing as there's really no way to complete it after that. Had a similar problem with "Head of State" but continued retrying that one until they didn't get their sorry asses killed on that final trek. And no, I wasn't about to babysit them the whole dang way.

Hrm... you may want to revisit the Strictly Business quest, especially if you didn't ask around about the quest giver. There is a particularly nasty item as a reward, and I am still a saint of the wastes even after doing it (meaning you don't have to be evil to finish it)

Are you referring to...

Spoiler for Hiden:

The Mesmetron? I got that and the slave collar when I accepted the quest. I then decided I wasn't about to run around and enslave those folks, so put a bullet in the quest-giver's head, which promptly failed the quest for me.

And then I wasted the entire town.    Oh, and at 102 hours and basically all the achievements I can get with this character, it's time to set this aside and move on to something else. At least until the DLC hits.

[Alefroth]

+1 to Alefroth
+1 to Monkeyfinger

Both for super quick payment on the books

+1 to Gratch, books arrived today.

[finally]

I wrapped up all the quests that give achievements (with the exception of Strictly Business, which I guess punished me for killing the quest giver after taking the quest)

I'm in the same boat, quest-wise, as I too accepted that one and then killed the quest-giver when I decided I wasn't about to go through with it. Didn't think of it as punishment, however, more like a natural consequence of the decision seeing as there's really no way to complete it after that. Had a similar problem with "Head of State" but continued retrying that one until they didn't get their sorry asses killed on that final trek. And no, I wasn't about to babysit them the whole dang way.

I just fast traveled to the Lincoln Memorial and waited for them.  They got there just fine.

I read you could do that but it really didn't work for me. The first time the leader got killed seconds after I accepted the quest when he ran outside to fight a Deathclaw and lost. Second time I killed it before accepting but after fast traveling and waiting... and waiting... they never showed up. Restored back and tried to guard the little caravan but a short ways down the road he and the stone mason ran off and got killed by a Deathclaw / Giant Radscorpian tag team before I could get over and help them. Tried again and this time took them further before fast travelling and they still didn't show up. I'd read you may need to wait 6 hours, I'd waited over a full day with no sign of them, even after checking the Metro exits as I'd heard they can get hung up there. One more time, escorted them further before fast travelling and after waiting a piece they finally showed up standing around the Metro exit. Trucked over there and got credit for the quest. Finally. Thank Gawd.

What edition did you get? US? UK? Also, what is your current version and which patch are you trying to apply?

[console]

I plugged in my old 20 GB HD, and went to xbox.com to initiate the license transfer (which was a breeze) and all my stuff, including all my RB DLC is ready to go.

You may not care - but when you transfer your licenses (for example, when upgrading from a 20GB HD to a 120GB) - it can only be done once every twelve months.  I'm not sure if that applies in your situation, but you might want to check that out.

Microsoft has just a tiny paranoia problem... 

Thanks for the heads up, Mytocles - I did the 'initiate license transfer' thing on xbox.com, which gives directions on how to to it on the 360, but so far I've been too busy (and lazy) to sit and do it yet (over 103 licenses to transfer! can't they have a 'transfer all' option?)

So I'll look more into it later. I may want to upgrade to a bigger HD for the new Jasper unit anyway.

No problem! If MS didn't make it so confusing, I'd be able to tell you whether your "initiate transfer" will bite you back later, but I'm not sure.  IF you are considering the 120GB HD, and IF they will allow the transfer, then it's a piece of cake - when you get the HD separately, it includes a cable and software to transfer everything at once.  Quite frankly, I'm completely confused about the whole thing now.  I upgraded one of my 360 HD's from a 20 to a 60GB, and the "transfer kit" didn't come with it.  While I was wrassling with MS's email support folks, I got impatient and moved everything over with a 512 memory card (two runs was all I needed).  Only one item wouldn't transfer, so it was no big deal for me, though it did take some time, even with as little as I had to move over.  I had no music, one Red vs. Blue video, and the rest was mostly game saves and a few gamer pics.

I can't even imagine how long it would take for you to move 103 licenses via mem card though  - or how many could actually be moved that way.  All my Oblivion, Fable 2, and Infinite Undiscovery DL content went with no problem, along with everything else I cared about except one Zuma save file... I don't even play Zuma, so it was easy to decide.  Because of that, I haven't used up my once-a-year thing, which I'm glad about because I suspect there is either another 60GB on the horizon, or maybe a 120 if I want to go wild.   

A little confused by all this talk of worrying about the once every twelve months limit on license transfer when all you've replaced / upgraded is the hard drive. Everything I've seen says there's nothing to transfer as the licenses are tied to the console and not the hard drive.  Let's see...

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/faq.htm

I've just upgraded to a larger hard drive and am re-downloading all of my content. Do I need to transfer the content licenses?
No. The content licenses are associated with the console, not the hard drive.

Are people finding this to *not* be the case? 

I wrapped up all the quests that give achievements (with the exception of Strictly Business, which I guess punished me for killing the quest giver after taking the quest)

I'm in the same boat, quest-wise, as I too accepted that one and then killed the quest-giver when I decided I wasn't about to go through with it. Didn't think of it as punishment, however, more like a natural consequence of the decision seeing as there's really no way to complete it after that. Had a similar problem with "Head of State" but continued retrying that one until they didn't get their sorry asses killed on that final trek. And no, I wasn't about to babysit them the whole dang way.

[Spoiler]

At about 100 hours in, finally went down to the Dunwich building for one of my last bobbleheads, wondering on the trek there... a Lovecraft reference?

Spoiler for Hiden:

But of course! Rather than the Dunwich Horror and Yog-Sothoth we get a drilling company - the Dunwich Borers Corporation, mention of a leather-bound book with strange glyphs, several audio logs and down in the bowels of the building an altar to "Ug-Qualtoth".

 

Three more bobbles and I'll have done about as much as I can stand with this character and will set FO3 aside to get back to other games... until the DLC hits, anyway.

PM sent.

Deadwood rocks from beginning to end. Awesome show.

Too bad there really was no end. They wrapped up Season 3 with the understanding they would be doing a Season 4, but before they could come back and start working on it HBO changed their mind and dropped the axe on the show. So, another show I was following religiously that just... stopped rather than ending well. 

When pondering a forum name back in the day, I'd had the Beatle's song "Come Together" stuck in my head for days, it seemed... "He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola". The avatar came from a GG discussion where someone had ask everyone to google for their forum name and post the first image that came up. That's what did for me and I decided to adopt it. 

+1 to MonkeyFinger for an awesome deal with quick shipping to boot!

And a +1 to both Kagath and Ascendent for an easy transaction and quick payment.

"Show desktop icons" not enabled?

"The Cruiser gives a force the backbone needed to complete a harry mission."  Cool, it has Harry missions. 

SO,anyone have a retail boxed version of the game up and running,and then been able to patch to 2.34.0 without any problems??
Or do you have to uninstall and start from scratch?

I have the Collector's Edition retail disc with the "Elite Texture Pack" installed, and I had no problem upgrading to the newest version.

-Autistic Angel

I have the UK Collector's Edition (retail) and my woes with the patch are earlier in the thread. I had to uninstall and use different earlier patches to get the latest one to work.

[Off:]

FWIW, found this on the PS3 site:

Upscaling DVD Output Settings
Off: Disable upscaled output.
Double Scale*: Upscale and display with double horizontal and vertical dimensions without changing the proportions.
Normal: Upscale and display at a size that matches the screen size.
Full Screen: Upscale and display at full screen by changing proportions and stretching the image.

* This option can be used only when the PLAYSTATION 3 is set to output video at 1080p or 1080i via an HDMI or component AV cables.

I remember being blown away by the ending of an old adventure game called Mission Critical. Not that I remembered any details of it other than Michael Dorn being involved until reading the wiki, but it has always stuck in my mind as a game with a great ending.

Priority mail is very reasonable and yes, I have PayPal.

Ok guys, glad there's some interest. 

Let me pop out the ram, get them packaged up and see what shipping would be. Any preferences on the how? Priority mail? Please PM me with an address so I can check on the shipping.

I've got an older motherboard collecting dust here, complete with cpu and ram that I'd like to pass on a deserving soul who could put it to good use. So, what I've got:

Abit AN8 SLI nForce4 mobo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core CPU
Zalman Silent CPU Cooling
2GB OCZ RAM, DDR400?

It all worked when I pulled it several months ago when I upgraded. All I'm asking is you cover the cost of shipping and it's yours. Now, at that price there's no guarantees, but it worked just fine when I yanked it and I don't see why that won't continue to be the case.

Any takers?