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#261740
Topic
Live Free Or Die Hard
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261740/action/topic#261740
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I've enjoyed the first Die Hard very much, that's a classic, and kinda liked the second one... I've seen only about 10 minutes of the third one on TV, and it didn't seem so good. It appears that reviving old franchises and movie series is the new movement for Hollywood (Rocky Balboa, possibly Indy 4). All I wanted is BTTF4 with a decent farewell to the screens by Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd.
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#261708
Topic
"Back and to the left"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261708/action/topic#261708
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Though what got me is the fact that Ted Kennedy had the nerve to call a video game despicable.


Weeeeell, I wouldn't blame Ted Kennedy so fast, as that particular game involved getting a BULLET through his brother's skull and seeing his brains flying through the air. And it gave money prizes for the best shots. So if a game that encourages you to shoot with blood and gore at your brother ain't despicable in someone's point of view, what game would be?
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#261485
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261485/action/topic#261485
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Selling numbers for Japan last week:



1. (PS2, Bandai Namco) Gundam SEED: Federation vs ZAFT II - 337,559
2. (PS2, Sega) Yakuza 2 - 274,822
3. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond - 98,859 / 1,996,275
4. (X360, Microsoft) Blue Dragon - 80,348
5. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl - 75,206 / 1,669,367
6. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 72,382 / 248,549
7. (DS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 66,421 / 465,462
8. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 62,863 / 237,160
9. (DS, Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 62,068 / 278,640
10. (DS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training - 55,208 / 720,752

11. Love and Berry DS Collection
12. New Super Mario Brothers
13. Momotarou Dentetsu 16
14. 1000 DS Receipes
15. Animal Crossing Wild World
16. More Brain Age
17. Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess
18. Tales of Destiny
19. Yakuza (PS2 The Best)
20. Final Fantasy VI Advance
21. Brighter than Dawning Blue
22. Power Pro Kun Pocket 9
23. Odoru Made in Wario
24. Kirarin Star Revolution Naasan to Issho
25. Brain Age
26. Mario Kart DS
27. 200 Mannin Kanji
28. DS Cuisine Navigator
29. J League Winning Eleven 10
30. English Training DS

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#261212
Topic
Do you have a gun?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261212/action/topic#261212
Time
Originally posted by: auximenies
Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: JediSage
There are also some areas in which owning a gun is mandatory.

Really? Mandatory how? And where?


The town next to mine: Kennesaw, Georgia.

And it isn't backwoods as one would think. It is a suburb of Atlanta.


I thought you would show me one of those old laws that told people should have a gun to keep the King of England away or something... I'm amazed this sort of law was passed on a city that based on it's population and location dosen't seem to be handling with crime problems as other cities around the world. Reminds me of Quake 3 Arena Deathmatch for some reason...
Post
#261171
Topic
STOP WITH GIRL PHOTOS (NSFW)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261171/action/topic#261171
Time
Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
Is your dad cool with Boy Photos?


And if the answer is yes, is your dad a member of NAMBLA perhaps?

Tell your dad that forbidding you to see chick's pics on Star Wars forums will turn you into a "dirty homo". Put some red lipstick and cry while you say that. I strongly belive he'll be allowing you to post here after that.

(Wow this is a Star Wars forum, I almost forgot about it...)
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#261029
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261029/action/topic#261029
Time
Sony is the #1 technological disapointement of 2006:


#1 Sony

Sony had a real bad year, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the company appears in this ranking in one way or another. In fact, there was so much wrong with Sony products this year that we chose to list the company instead of a single product.

Starting with the rootkit disaster that spilled over from 2005 into 2006, Sony had an unusually consistent run of bad luck in the past twelve months:

- First (Sony) Blu-ray player arrives with a six-month delay

- Nintendo DS outsells Playstation Portable by about 30%

- Roadmap for professional Blu-ray format PDD canceled

- Mylo handheld communicator launched with flaws

- U.S. Movie studios eliminate UMD offerings

- 9.6 million notebook batteries recalled

- Playstation 3 launch allocation reduced by 75%

The Playstation 3 and Blu-ray were the most visible developments and roll-outs for Sony in 2006. And both somewhat stumbled into the market, while competing technologies conquered new grounds. In terms of Blu-ray, the format was announced on June 25 and introduced with just one player, the Samsung BD-P1000. The device was the only available Blu-ray player for several months, was twice as expensive as the HD DVD competition, but had the unique feature of supporting 1080p high-def video. Sony delayed its own Blu-ray player multiple times and started selling the device not until early December.

While its is still to early to make the call which of the two high-definition formats will win, HD DVD has won the first round and, at least at this time, is the more attractive high-definition format of the two.

It is ironic that Sony wanted to use the Playstation 3 game console as the product that drives Blu-ray quickly into the consumer market. However, production problems with blue-laser diodes forced Sony to reduce the launch volume of the delayed PS3 from 2 million to an estimated 300,000 units. And even the reduced volume was apparently enough to dry up the supply of blue laser diodes, which apparently made it impossible for Sony to launch its own family room Blu-ray player.

The launch of the PS3 was a huge disappointment in itself. The fact that we now know that some older Playstation games are not supported by the PS3, the fact that the console needs a firmware update right out of the box are just two indications that the device was rushed out. From the consumer's view, that is simply unacceptable.

The same goes for the launch allocation cut. Sony spent quite some time to hype the console and create a huge demand, only to tell its customers that only one fourth of the originally planned launch volume would be made available at launch (actually it was much less than that on launch day.) While the U.S. received an estimated 200,000 consoles, Taiwan, for example got a total of 500.

You can't tell me that Sony wasn't aware of the dramatic discrepancy between supply and demand. Whatever reason may have convinced the company to launch an unfinished product that was not available in sufficient numbers, the customer's needs were irrelevant. But then, Sony has a history of forgetting, or, at least, not understanding the costumer: At the 2006 CES, chief executive officer Sir Howard Stringer compared the relationship between Sony and its customers with a marriage: "Sometimes we misunderstand each other, but that's a concept of marriage."

Stringer promised that Sony is "learning" and 2006 showed that the company has still a lot of work to do.
Post
#261027
Topic
Do you have a gun?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261027/action/topic#261027
Time
Over here if someone said "I'm considering buying a gun", some people might support and say "well good for you, for protection right?" and expect a positive confirmation, but most will stare blankly and consider that you're either considering robbing a bank, getting death threats, considering killing someone or commiting suicide. Owning an arsenal is so weird, one would be considered a psycho here.
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#260987
Topic
Do you have a gun?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260987/action/topic#260987
Time
About the responses to my post, it is hard to explain the level of weirdness of it. For cultural shock, I mean the difference between the image we have of a weapon. Over here only criminals and police officers brand guns (even though one can obtain one if proves a need for it), and if someone claimed he wanted to get this or that gun, one would get stares and/or be avoided at a social situation. I remember this girl from Ohio who spent a couple of weeks working with us here, and she owned a freaking machine gun and two shotguns. I asked her if she ever had to shoot anyone, she said no. Then I asked why did she need two shotguns, if it was in case that she ran out of ammo in one of the shotguns, she could grab another and keep shooting at the giant ant or zombie army invading her home...

Anyone from Europe sharing this feelings of shock with this thread?
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#260596
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260596/action/topic#260596
Time
By the way, here are the game sales figures for last week in Japan. Note the ridiculous absence of PS3 games. The #1 game is from a popular "Tales" series of RPGs that started on the SNES.


1. (PS2, Bandai-Namco) Tales of Destiny - 269,756 / NEW
2. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 176,167 / NEW
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 174,297 / NEW
4. (Wii, Nintendo) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 139,011 / NEW
5. (GBA, Square-Enix) Final Fantasy VI Advance - 137,810 / NEW
6. (PS2, Banpresto) Summon Night 4 - 115,701 / NEW
7. (DS, Nintendo) Pokemon Diamond - 70,190 / 1,897,417
8. (DS, Nintendo) JUMP ULTIMATE STARS - 66,269 / 216,572
9. (Wii, Nintendo) Wario Ware: Smooth Moves - 63,954 / NEW
10. (DS, Sega) Love and Berry DS Collection - 60,041 / 481,268

11. Pokemon Pearl
12. Common Knowledge Training
13. Kirby Squeek Squad
14. New Super Mario Brothers
15. Animal Crossing Wild World
16. Kamen Rider Kabuto
17. More Brain Age
18. J League Winning Eleven 109
19. Makai Senki Disgaea Portable
20. Yakuza (PS2 The Best)
21. Swing Golf Pangya - 16,908 / NEW
22. Yugioh Duel Monsters GX Spirit Summoner
23. 200 Mannin Kanji
24. Sengoku Musou 2 Empires
25. Brain Age
26. Mario Kart DS
27. Magic Taizen
28. Ennichi no Tatsujin - 10,763 / NEW
29. Go-Touchi Kentei DS
30. JEANNE D'ARC