CP3S

Twister, your punctuation literally makes my head hurt. I swear you just randomly drop commas into your sentences. Don't take this the wrong way, I not trying to bash you. In fact, I appreciate that you even use punctuation at all; seems on the internet a lot of people don't even try. You're making some decent points, however, I think your posts would be much easier to follow, and your points would be much better made, if all your commas and periods were in their proper places. 

my two bits:

I believe in personal freedom. To many of us in the US it is one of our most important principles. So I am always hesitant to support something that forces someone to do something. However, when children are involved issues become a lot more complicated. On one hand, it seems like a parent should have the right to choose what they personally feel is best for their children. On the other, children can't protect themselves and parents may not always make the most intelligent choice for their children.

Finally, as harsh as it may seem, I have to say I fully support the doctor here. TheBoost had a very good example when he said that he'd be angry if his pre-vaccinated child caught pertussis from an infected child whose parents refused to get him vaccinated. Pertussis is an extremely serious upper respiratory infection and is highly contagious, and worst of all, it can have permanent debilitating effects on your child. We don't typically get pertussis or often hear about it... because thanks to modern science (wooo!) we have vaccinations against it. We don't live in the middle ages anymore, there really is no reason to leave your child unprotected and vulnerable. The doctor is just being responsible here, much like schools that require vaccination records before they'll enroll students. Unfortunately, we can't always protect children from the stupidity of their parents, but we can do everything in our power to protect the children of those parents who are doing everything they can.

Well, that was the point of the Master Quest, wasn't it?

doubleofive said:

 

Bingowings said:

The only thing marring my enjoyment of redoing Ocarina Of Time is knowing There Will Be Water Temple! 

*scream*

Thankfully the 3DS version has these two things going for them:

Eiji Aonuma apologized for the design of the Water Temple in a 2009 interview, and, with the announcement of the Nintendo 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time, specifically mentioned that he plans on changing the gameplay in such a way to make the Water Temple less frustrating, such as making the Iron Boots easier to use.

 

That is crazy! Who does that? Remember back in the old NES days things could be as hard as hell, no one ever apologized... because they were suppose to be challenging. This is actually the first I have ever heard of the Water Temple being considered overly hard.

I played through Ocarina of Time several times, I remember the Water Temple pretty well, but don't recall ever considering it unreasonable.

Kind of disappointing to hear they are going to change the "gameplay" (guess that could mean any number of things), sounds a little bit like they are Lucasing things up (the much earlier change of Ganondorf's red blood to green comes to mind too). I mean, they were already changing the resolution, which I am fine with, but things like this make me wary.

Ziggy Stardust said:

Awwwwww, people are starting to change back their avatars. :-(

Says the guy who never even showed his real face...

ChainsawAsh said:

What the movie got right:

- Martin Freeman as Arthur
- Sam Rockwell as Zaphod
- Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin
- Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast

What the movie got wrong:

- Basically everything else

I'd agree with just about every word of that except for Sam Rockwell as Zaphod. Wasn't really Sam Rockwell in the role I didn't like, I suppose he did a fine job, but it was the execution of the character that I absolutely couldn't stand.

Come to think of it, I didn't really care for the look of Marvin either, but I thought Rickman as his voice was spot on.

Bingowings said:

The Dead Island trailer is a great piece of total CGI film making (it has a strong emotional effect) but as none of what we see in it is in the game, other than zombies and the general idea of the resort, it's not necessarily a good enough reason to go out and get the game

That is pretty normal and acceptable for a game trailer. When a game is that far from release teasers like this are just released to generate interest and to get a feel for the market's interest. This was more of a "So, what do you think about this?" trailer, closer to the launch date you can expect some "Hey, you should buy this product we're selling!" ads.

Personally, I prefer Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the towel and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the old text-only adventure game over Hitchhiker's Guide the the Galaxy TV adaption. It is really hard to say which is my preferred method of experiencing the series, a tight match between the original radio show and the full unabridged audio book read by Douglas Adams himself. The guy just has this really great way of reading his own work that is hard not to love. 

And to bring things back on topic (because I am such a rebel), finally after many years of being told I should, I have begun watching the first season of the new Doctor Who series. I guess it is okay, but as someone who has never seen anything Doctor Who before and has no attachments to it, it has a really high cheese factor and is obvious it was really made to appeal to kids falling somewhere in the 10-17 demograph. The Aliens of London/World War Three two parter was immensely painful to watch with all of its infantile fart gags, not to mention the intentionally over the top goofy looking alien villians. When I was twelve I may very well have loved this show, but I really don't think it is something I could get into in adulthood. Glad I gave it a shot though.

Just to give any other Black Ops players a heads up in case they missed it, it is double XP weekend this weekend. Started yesterday at 10am PST and goes through Monday morning at 10am PST.

xhonzi said:

How dare you put ACII in the category of crappy third person games.

You need to start it.  Do it today!  Then get addicted to the Facebook game like my wife and I are.

I am actually looking forward to playing ACII, I am just not ready to start on it yet.

<--- This is actually what I look like.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Wait I thought that he cancelled the making of a remake due to negative fan reaction. Didn't he say that he's focusing on Evil Dead 4, with Bruce Campbell as Ash?

I think that is what happened a few years ago. Then this little tidbit just surfaved last month:

http://dailyblam.com/news/2011/01/24/ghost-house-films-to-review-evil-dead-remake-script-this-month

So it looks like the remake is still more likely than the sequel, though personally I'd rather have the sequel. Especially in this age of ancient actors returning to reprise their old roles (Indy, Rambo, Rocky), a series like The Evil Dead, which hasn't taken itself seriously since before its first sequel, it seems like it would be very fitting. I already love how the trilogy starts out with an Ash who looks like he is in his early twenties, a sequel (I still maintain it is a true sequel with an extended prologue retelling the first film in brief with extra characters removed for simplicity, and not "actually a remake" as so many claim it is) where he looks like he is in his late twenties, and a third film where he looks like he is in his thirties. A sequel featuring a fifty year old Ash seems more than appropriate, in fact, I think it would be awesome!

xhonzi said:

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Rise of the Empire's Prey

?or?

The Empire's Prey Rises

?or?

The Empire's Rise Preys

?or?

Empire.
Rise.
Prey.

Oh, man! Funniest post I have read in a very long time!

Ziggy Stardust said:

Two words:

 

L.A. Noire

 Hmm, Rockstar Games. So basically it is Red Dead Redemption/Grand Theft Auto IV/Bully in a 1950's detective setting... I guess it is cool if you are into the open world clunky control third person thing, I just never have been. No matter what setting or genre they turn it into it isn't my thing.

I really enjoyed Bully for a while, thought it was pretty cool, played it for what felt like a really long time. I was beginning to get tired of it, and was pretty sure I was nearing the end. Then the gates to the school opened up and let me leave the school grounds and venture into the much larger world of the surrounding neighborhood, and my friend (who recommended the game to me) excitedly told me, "No it isn't almost over! It is just starting! You pretty much just beat the tutorial. You still have a lot of game left to enjoy!" and I smiled back and said, "Ah, that's... good..." and promptly never played it again.

I think I made it almost an hour into GTA4 before failing near the end of a mission, deciding I really couldn't be bother to redo the whole thing again, and put the game away for good. And for some stupid reason I still keep thinking, "Man, Red Dead Revolver looks cool! I should buy it when it gets a bit cheaper." But it will be the same thing again, after a few hours of playing I'll fail and the annoyance of restarting it will overshadow my desire to press forward and find out what the rest of the game has in store for me. I'll probably think the same thing and be tempted when the price of L.A Noire begins to drop as well.

Speaking of crappy third person games... I have yet to put my recently purchased copy of Assassin's Creed II in my console and give it a try or to try out that copy of Mass Effect my friend loaned me (along with Fable II, also untouched) in exchange for Bioshock 2. I've got a lot of third person goodness (?) awaiting for my attention.

I'd love to play the game. Sounds pretty cool. Hope they manage to pull it off.

Yeah! So emotional. That trailer is way better than any actual zombie film I have seen recently. I wonder when people decided zombie movies had to be over-the-top campy shock comedies that usually fail to shock?

I like the reversed video gimmick, pretty visually effective. But for replay value I prefer the chronological version IGN reedited (also on youtube, I think that video I liked to links to the chronological one).

TheBoost said:

C3PS said:

Whoa, somewhere in there you moved on from Mr. Black to Dr. Black.

Yeah. There was another Mr. Black doing movie reviews on youtube at the time, and his first vid predated mine by 6 days.

Ah, so no actual PhD?

Wow.

Here, you guys watch this awesome trailer while I excuse myself and go change my pants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg

Disclaimer: It is a trailer for a zombie game and is pretty violent. Just thought I should warn rather than offend unsuspecting people... oh yeah, and it depicts the death of child, which apparently a lot of people have found offensive so far. If any of that bothers you, just don't watch it.

O'Five, since you have never played Adventure of Link, I feel I would be a bad friend if I didn't highly recommend you give it another shot. It is a bit like the first Metroid game in that it is insanely ridiculously hard starting out until you manage to collect some gear and health upgrades. But once you persevere and get into it a little ways, it is no longer insanely ridiculously hard, but just ridiculously hard... and well worth playing. 

In these crazy days of roms and emulators, there is really no excuse not to play it. And if you find it way too difficult, then I would forgive you for using an emulator's save state feature if it made the difference between you playing it through to the end or giving up on in after half and hour or less like most people seem to do with that poor under appreciated game.

Sluggo said:

Oh?  I've been a little sick of cake lately.  Is the new album more of the same?

To be honest, I remember listening to a bit of Cake back in the 90's and had no idea they were still around or even cared. A friend of mine told me their new album was awesome, so I skeptically gave it a shot and ended up loving it.So, I can't really tell you if it is more of the same or not. It sounds very different than the few of their songs I had heard before.

Yeah, Mumford & Sons' lyrics are brilliant. Their lyrics actually make me semi-jealous that I can't write that well.

Whoa, somewhere in there you moved on from Mr. Black to Dr. Black.

Labyrinth!!!

Woooooo!!! Jennifer Connelly!!!!

Eeerrrrm...

At least that is what I thought all the other times I had seen Labyrinth, which I am pretty sure was sometime before I even began high school. This time all I could think was, wow, she is a little kid. Kind of funny/weird to think back to how very attracted to her in that movie I was in my newly post pubescent (and even pre-pubescent) years.

Kind of off topic, but that is what we are all about in these parts.

Just bought Mumford & Sons' Sign No More and Cake's Show Room of Compassion. Best two albums I have gotten my hands on in a long time.

Warbler said:

I said that this isn't the first time Americans have fought Germans over the values of freedom.

Hehe! Sorry, that really made me laugh. Wasn't looking for a full out confession buddy, just the jist of what sort of thing might have happened. You told it in such a diffident way that it sounds like had my little joke about sleeping with his dog and letting his wife out been what really happened it would have been a far more minor thing.

Whoa! Sounds serious. What the hell did you do over there?

You make it sound like you slept with his dog and let out his wife... or something equally offensive.