Bingowings said:
...Anakin running through the Naboo fields.
The possibilities are endless.
Anaking doesn't run through Naboo fields as a nine year old in TPM; he waits to do that sort of activity when he is a more mature 17 year old, then he downright frolics.
I take it someone isn't reading threads, just the numbers? C'mon!
Loved it.
Mrebo said:
Star Trek (I ponder how transporters/holodecks could be faked)
Seriously? I take it you never went to the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas? I thought they did a brilliant job of simulating a transporter, and that was using 90's technology. The big gust of cold air they hit you with as the lights go black for a second before flashing back on to reveal you are now on board the Enterprise was a nice touch.
That was the best part of Vegas. Such a dumb doky guilty pleasure. Not even much of a Star Trek fan, but that place made me extremely happy inside.
As for holodecks, that would be harder, but would also defeat the purpose. Why create this simulated fantasy world to attempt to make customers feel like they are aboard a Star Trek vessel, then build another simulated fantasy within the simulated fantasy to bring them back out again? If it were really necessary it could be done, but the only way a holodeck would really be cool is if it were real. Going through transporters, flying in shuttles, surviving space battles, and being boarded by the Borg or other alien threats would get my vote over a simulated holodeck every time.
I don't play anything on PC/computer. Partially because I have a Mac, but also because I hate the whole installing, adjusting settings, compatibility issues, etc.
Flower is the game where one of the writers of the IGN top 25 PS3 games list talked about it bringing tears to his eyes. Really hard to take it seriously now. Well, not that I ever really could have, with a name like "Flower". I'll look into Trine and BTTF.
LBP? LittleBigPlanet? If I get lucky enough to be included in the Welcome Back thing, I was thinking about grabbing that and Infamous. But I am not going to hold my breath. TLP doesn't really look that interesting to me, but the positive reviews are overwhelming.
I just blew $6 bucks on Resident Evil 2. Totally worth the ability to play the game with a wireless controller without having to get up to insert a disc. I think I now own four copies of that game... N64, GC, PC, and now PS3. Carp.
I definitely appreciate not having to deal with MS points and only being able to spend certain increments of money. Nice being able to pay exactly $5.99 for something that costs $5.99. That along with the ability to copy folders of MP3 files straight onto the hard drive are two places where it really owns the Xbox.
xhonzi said:
RTS? Surely you mean FPS?
How long did it take you to get into it? I've given it maybe 3 hours and it never hooked me.
Of course I meant FPS. Typo. I've only played it a couple of hours. It is the only game I have on the system and thanks to the PSN being down it has been the only thing I've been able to do on the PS3 since I got it. Now that it it seems to be back up I'll be able to snag a bunch of demos and be blown away by this machine that only does everything. Or maybe I'll continue to be underwhelmed (not to say I am not really excited to own one, it is just that having never so much as used one before but hearing everyone talk about what a superior system it is, it isn't living up to many expectations. I also picked a hell of a time to get one with all these PSN issues going on. Doesn't look like I will get the Welcome Back package either, sounds like it only goes to people who were effected for the entire duration of the outage, and not new customers who bought it only to discover they really couldn't do anything on it thanks to the outage).
Read a little bit of The Walking Dead earlier in the year. Kind of fun, but a lot of the same sort of thing over and over again. Kept waiting for it to mix things up a bit, then it did... and I stopped reading. Maybe I'll go back to it sometime.
I have Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns in my trunk along with some medical and philosophy text books, as well an as espresso maker. Started on Year One a while back, but never finished it. I don't have a very good attention span for comic books; have a really hard time getting into them.
Been playing more Resistance. Really getting into it now, kind of like a really watered down Half-Life. Strips the FPS genre down to its core (or takes it back in time ten years) very straight forward shoot and be shot at, but I really appreciate the storyline. Almost to the infamous Manchester Cathedral part.
I still think you need to make a bee keeping thread. After my first taste of bee keeping last summer, I feel like it is totally something I could get into.
So are the bees in your backyard? If you have neighbors close by; have they ever expressed issues with you having bees? I hear that is a big issue. Do you get a pretty sizable honey crop each year? Do you keep it for yourself, gift it, or sell it?
DuracellEnergizer said:
My take is that he looks a helluva lot like Bruce Campbell with long hair and a mustache.
From now on Bruce Campbell plays Talon Karrde in my head! Thanks Durecell E., this makes me very happy.
Anchorhead said:
Heir to the Empire
Dark Force Rising
The Last CommandSpecter of the Past
Vision of the Future
Sounds like you've really been on a kick to branch out lately. I generally don't like EU novels with few exceptions, but I love the first three Zahn books. Those are good reads, all about Luke, Han, Leia, and the gang several years after Return of the Jedi. Specter and Vision continue the story a few years later, I heard they are good, but have never read them.
From all I have heard, pretend the others don't exist.
I also always liked Shadows of the Empire, which most people hate. But I think falling in love with the video game and the story has a lot to do with that. I actually haven't read the book since it came out, so I don't remember how bad it was in writing. Every so often I listen to the abridged audio book, my preferred way to experience the story. It leaves a lot out and cuts the story down to the very basics, but I think it does an excellent job of doing so.
The Tales of books have been others that have always stood out to me. Personally, I think they get silly at times, but that is to be expected from any anthology of short sci-fi stories. Surprisingly, my favorite of these was Tales of the Bounty Hunters.
I was a teenager when I read any of these last, Revenge of the Sith (love the way it is written, story still sucks though) being the only SW novel I have attempted to read as an adult (if you exclude listening to the full unabridged audiobook of Attack of the Clones). So, I might feel differently about them if I were to encounter any of them today.
I'd say give Heir to the Empire a chance, if you don't mind reading a story where you have to take the events of Empire and Jedi into account, it can't hurt.
There is already an Abortionplex? Weird, people will pay for anything.
Bioshock theme park would be amazing! I'd walk all the way to it just to see it if I had too. I noticed on amazon that a Bioshock novel is coming out in July and even though I don't know the author and imagine it will probably suck, I've already as good as bought it in my mind. Mmmm, Bioshock!
greenpenguino said:
The only good thing about it was hearing Tom Baker's voice, because it reminded me of when Doctor Who was good.
I assumed that was Tom Baker's voice. Having never seen the older Who series, to my ears it sounded like a really atrocious old sound clip thrown in. I appreciate what they were trying to do, and that it was a bit of wanking intended to pleasure old fans, but it still sounded horrible.
Didn't enjoy the episode as a whole that much, but the ending makes me hopeful for more exciting things to come.
You can call me the 'Anchorhead' of Doctor Who if you like.
Wow, first a Fink clone, now an Anchorhead clone. Ever going to build an identity for yourself Greenie? ;)
doubleofive said:
I've decided on a good way to differentiate us from regular "Star Wars Fans".
*Cough* Nerd *cough*
Easterhay said:
Tell me, how many other franchises have done this? Y'know, telling a story in two halves, thirty years apart, and yet still ensuring mahoosive worldwide success?
Mahoosive? Seriously? Sometimes I get the impression you are trying to sound cool, then it dawns on me that it is really that you just don't want people to like you.
Nope. That was a gen-you-wine typo.
In that case, I don't think we can be too certain that he was pwned... well... wait, are you eating cereal out of that bowl? Because if that is the case, then yeah, he was pwned alright!
You see, I don't care what anyone thinks The Phantom Menace was the world's finest crappy prequel ever! And I say this with the most ordinary of bowls.
Hey! I didn't steal your idea! I am ignoring you so I didn't even read your stupid idea! And its you're fault for having my ideas before I do! *
Why yes, I am being hyper-bowl-ic.
*Actually, I swear I read your every post in this thread, wonder how I missed that?
Well, before I can correct you, I need to know if you were using hyper-bowl or not?
TheBoost said:
Easterhay said:
kilik64 said:
I dont care what anyone else says, TPM is a steaming pile of shit. Only way to watch it is a fan edited version. My preferred one is L8wter's, its pretty damn good movie after he fixed it up.
"I don't care what anyone else says" - then you won't mind me not giving a tinker's cuss about what you say either.
hmmm...
Easterhay said:
Figure of speech. Pretty common, really.
Far from being clever, you now just look stupid with that remark.
GREAT SHOT, KID! THAT WAS ONE IN A MILLION!
Well, actually, you stole the amazing point I was going to make and am slightly disappointed... but don't worry... I'll get over it... eventually.
kilik64 said:
Ever heard of the word hyperbole?
That is pronounced "hyper-bowl" right? What a cool word! No clue what it means though. I am imagining a bowl that stirs its own contents? If not then I am totally going to patient that!
;)
Easterhay said:
It's awful when someone more articulate than you comes along and puts forth a calm, measured and totally rationale argument...
I know buddy, but don't you worry it'll all be okay. *Pats Easter on the back sympathetically.* Someday when you're all grown up, you too, will learn how to be articulate and rational.
Fargo.
4 out of 4 ba... Oh, sorry wrong thread, apparently...
Sooo, all these cool PS3 features I'd like to play around with... but... yeah, everything is still offline...
Resistance looks like a PS2 game, didn't see that one coming. I knew it was an early release title for the system, but wow. I think some of my PS2 games actually looked prettier than that. The infected are so cartoony as to be comical. Definitely not the best pick to be currently my one and only PS3 game. :(
Maybe I'll take it back and grab Killzone 2 instead.
Harmy said:
Well, I for one think this picture looks kind of cool. It's a bow to the real world samurai origin of the Jedi. And as to the robes, the Jedi are basically a religious cult - look at how monks dressed hundreds of years ago and how they dress now, practically no change there.
Well, I think it is the color coded metal blades that is the real eye roller there. The robes didn't strike me as too odd for the same reasons you explained above.