the official console and PC nerdy thread!

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:10 am

from /. this morning
a 20 year old computer is faster?
http://hubpages.com/hub/_86_Mac_Plus_Vs ... e_Who_Wins

saintberry · Post by **saintberry** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:52 am

^ thats fucking bullshit. In fact is such a shit article its laughable.

They should have had the AMD running DOS, after all thats the best OS EVER as was rocking the 80s!

Post by **huge** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:03 pm

im trading in Red Steel and Rayman and or Splinter Cell for the Wii.

what should i get??

mario party yes!? is that out?

Post by **huge** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:10 pm

fucken no.

stupid nintendo! get with the games already!

Post by **system** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:47 pm

saintberry wrote:such a shit article its laughable.

it's just trying to make a point about modern os code bloat, which is both true and poignant.

saintberry wrote:They should have had the AMD running DOS, after all thats the best OS EVER as was rocking the 80s!

ms-dos, as opposed to unix?

the point of the article was to compare a snapshot machine from the late '80s compared to one from now.

(i've got a huge soft spot for the old mac os, as i used to write a lot of apps in assembler.)

Post by **huge** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:22 pm

http://www.pollensonata.com/download.html

looks interesting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psB0wu9- ... age%2F2%2F

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:38 pm

The tracklist for Guitar Hero 3 is looking sweet!

Here's a list of the tracks that have been announced so far:

Paint It Black: The Rolling Stones
Cherub Rock: Smashing Pumpkins
Sabotage: Beastie Boys
The Metal: Tenacious D
My Name is Jonas: Weezer
Knights of Cydonia : Muse
Rock And Roll All Nite: Kiss
School's Out: Alice Cooper
Slow Ride: Fog Hat
Cult of Personality: Living Colour
Barracuda: Heart

Paint it Black is a master track, brought into the game from the original four track recording. Playing along with the ghostly sitar riff laid down by Brian Jones over 40 years ago is simply awesome. Sabotage is also a master track and is pretty much designed around the co-op experience. The song is fairly repetitive and easy, which isn't too surprising given the song. Still, with the volume turned up, the classic is fun nonetheless.

The Living Colour song, Cult of Personality, is a track that people have been wanting in Guitar Hero for a long time. There was a slight hitch with it though. The master track was nowhere to be found. Instead of getting a cover, Living Colour came in and re-recorded the song just for the game. And they threw in a wicked solo that makes this song on expert just plain ridiculous.

Two new tracks are also being announced today, exclusively on IGN. They are:

Evenflow: Pearl Jam
Lay Down: Priestess

Evenflow is a much more fun song to play than the previous Pearl Jam song we've seen, Life Wasted, which was one of the 10 new tracks included on the Xbox 360 iteration of Guitar Hero II. It's also a master track, so you won't have to wonder how it will turn out other than note placement.

Lay Down is also a master track and it's one of those nice surprises that Guitar Hero games are known for. Priestess isn't a member of the rock pantheon so you might not have heard about them yet, but this metal song is a ton of fun to play. It's fairly fast and has a great riff to it. It isn't the toughest song to play, but the fast nature of it make it a nice choice for a Guitar Hero III battle.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:56 pm

My Name is Jonas is one of the greatest weezer tracks ever.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:01 am

Still on guitar hero...

This video makes me LOL!

Post by **system** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:03 pm

^ this made me laugh:

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:06 pm

Stray wrote:The tracklist for Guitar Hero 3 is looking sweet!

Here's a list of the tracks that have been announced so far:

Sabotage: Beastie Boys

oh my lord. guitar hero 3 sessions will be MESSY.

sneaky hands · Post by **sneaky hands** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:16 am

im thinking about giving pc gaming the flick, biting the bullet and getting a new console.

you guys have had access to them for awhile now, think i should go for Xbox 360 or Wii? bear in mind all i want to do with it is play games.

Post by **huge** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:25 am

at the moment i would get a 360 or a ps3 over the wii.

:pissedathelackofawesomegamesffs:

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:27 am

im starting to look at 360s so i can play em on my lcd.

ebay will turn up something useful i hope.

Post by **system** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:32 am

huge wrote::pissedathelackofawesomegamesffs:

football?

Post by **huge** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:01 pm

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:40 pm

Yeah I'd get a 360.

One of our publishers has decided to not make games for the wii at the present moment as the installer base is too small in comparison to the cost of actually making the game.
While it is more expensive to create a game for the 360 or ps3 these two platforms can share assets which in affect makes them cheaper to develop for than the wii.

Also, for one our big games we are considering dropping the ps3 version in favour of a PC version.
Costs are the same but we are more likely to sell more units on PC.
Although to be honest, I don't actually think that will happen.

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:43 pm

id like to get a 360

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:56 pm

get a DS
casual gamers FTW!

sneaky hands · Post by **sneaky hands** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:28 pm

ive got a ds but to be honest the collection of games you can get in australia is shite, there are tonnes of good japanese games but unfortunately i cant read japanese.

bloody puzzle quest was developed in australia and still doesnt have a release date here months after the US release.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:00 pm

huge wrote:at the moment i would get a 360 or a ps3 over the wii.

:pissedathelackofawesomegamesffs:

Fucking

Nintendo really need to lift their game (no pun intended).

I got an Xbox360 as well, but it's still frustrating.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:01 pm

sneaky hands wrote:ive got a ds but to be honest the collection of games you can get in australia is shite, there are tonnes of good japanese games but unfortunately i cant read japanese.

bloody puzzle quest was developed in australia and still doesnt have a release date here months after the US release.

You need to go to Dungeon Crawl on Elizabeth and Bourke. They've got loads of cool US and European imports that are in English and are region free.

Post by **lynt** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:05 pm

I just knew Wii would be a stack of Mario based horse-shit.

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:10 pm

wii and ds still outselling everything else the user base is increasing

sneaky hands · Post by **sneaky hands** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:17 pm

Hardy wrote: You need to go to Dungeon Crawl on Elizabeth and Bourke. They've got loads of cool US and European imports that are in English and are region free.

Hardy, youre a fucking gentleman

cheers

Post by **lynt** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:27 pm

spiral wrote:wii and ds still outselling everything else the user base is increasing

If I were a parent, I'd choose Wii playtime bubble fun over death destruction Xbox 360 and PS3, too.

A friend has a mad game on the DS... "Trauma Center: Under the Knife" where you're a surgeon. It's crazy.

http://au.gamespot.com/ds/action/traumacenter/

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:31 pm

DS + one of these

http://www.modchipstore.com/DSX-DS-Extr ... 16342.html

and you'll never be short of games

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:32 pm

sneaky hands wrote:
Hardy wrote: You need to go to Dungeon Crawl on Elizabeth and Bourke. They've got loads of cool US and European imports that are in English and are region free.
Hardy, youre a fucking gentleman

cheers

No probs. Highly recommend the place, and the guy who runs it knows his shit too.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:40 pm

lynt wrote:I just knew Wii would be a stack of Mario based horse-shit.

I love broad generalisations like this.

Just love them.

To death.

Post by **lynt** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:32 am

mecka wrote:
lynt wrote:I just knew Wii would be a stack of Mario based horse-shit.
I love broad generalisations like this.

Just love them.

To death.

What's broad and general about it?

Here is Gamespot's Most Popular Wii Games

Mario Party 8
Zelda III
Super Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros
Pokemon Battle
The Lenged of Zelda
Mortal Kombat
Mario Strikers Charged
Manhunt 2
WarioWare
The Bigs
Super Mario Galaxy
Resident Evil
Wii Sports
Guitar Hero III

Here's Amazon.co.uk's Top 10 Wii Games (much of the same Mario horse-shit)

Here's Yahoo Shopping's Top Wii Sellers (including Happy Feet and Super Monkey Ball)

I mean, the numbers don't lie!

Just Google "top wii games" and read the lists. Mario rainbow fluff bubble love.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:37 am

Maybe it's cos Mario is rad?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:17 am

did anybody else really expect nintendo to launch a console and then just leave their single most successful franchise alone?

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:50 am

:yawn:

morning.. :8)

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:54 am

haha so tired i posted in wrong thread....lol

morning nerds!

Dark Lord Piddle Bottom · Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:35 am

Hardy wrote:Maybe it's cos Mario is rad?

I hate to break the news to you but he's gay and Princess shes a fag hag!!

Just look at them

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:44 am

mecka wrote:did anybody else really expect nintendo to launch a console and then just leave their single most successful franchise alone?

lynt wrote:I just knew Wii would be a stack of Mario based horse-shit.

obviously not

Post by **lynt** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:18 am

flippo wrote:
mecka wrote:did anybody else really expect nintendo to launch a console and then just leave their single most successful franchise alone?

lynt wrote:I just knew Wii would be a stack of Mario based horse-shit.
obviously not

Oh, don't be so daft. You forgot to bold based in my quote as well.

Happy Feet, anyone?

Post by **huge** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:49 am

WHERE IS SUPER PAPER MARIO FOR FUCK SAKE!?? AAAARRGRHHGRRGHRHG!

im off to buy a wiikey.

sneaky hands · Post by **sneaky hands** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:52 am

fark i just cant decide

gonna hold out and keep playing wow till i go overseas instead.

hardy: what are the exact directions to that shop you mentioned? I couldn't find it on the corner bourke and elizabeth.

Post by **system** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:00 pm

a good game is a good game.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:39 pm

lynt wrote:
flippo wrote:
mecka wrote:did anybody else really expect nintendo to launch a console and then just leave their single most successful franchise alone?

lynt wrote:I just knew Wii would be a stack of Mario based horse-shit.
obviously not
Oh, don't be so daft. You forgot to bold based in my quote as well.

Happy Feet, anyone?

I was pwning mecka 4 u

gaz · Post by **gaz** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:30 pm

lynt wrote:A friend has a mad game on the DS... "Trauma Center: Under the Knife" where you're a surgeon. It's crazy.
http://au.gamespot.com/ds/action/traumacenter/

a friend of mine has this too. Weird but strangely addictive

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:22 pm

huge wrote:WHERE IS SUPER PAPER MARIO FOR FUCK SAKE!?? AAAARRGRHHGRRGHRHG!

im off to buy a wiikey.

FUCKIN

It's been out in Europe and North America for 2 months now.

Post by **huge** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:33 pm

lynt wrote:Mario Party 8
Zelda III
Super Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros
Pokemon Battle
The Lenged of Zelda
Mortal Kombat
Mario Strikers Charged
Manhunt 2
WarioWare
The Bigs
Super Mario Galaxy
Resident Evil
Wii Sports
Guitar Hero III

we have four (i think) of those games over here. if only we had all of them!

Post by **system** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:16 am

stovequeen wrote:morning nerds!

ha! just saw this.

Dark Lord Piddle Bottom · Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:02 am

I downloaded the demo of - Hour of Victory on live the other night and it sucks, how hard is it to make a WW2 FPS? There are enough of them now I would have thought it would be very easy.

Though I did like some of their controls which worked well esp compared to COD3. Most notably being able to lean which is something I thought we had mastered a number of years back!!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:33 pm

jesus god not another WWII shooter. I'm really happy that CoD4 is moving into the modern setting.

Dark Lord Piddle Bottom · Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:48 pm

mecka wrote:jesus god not another WWII shooter. I'm really happy that CoD4 is moving into the modern setting.

Come on we still have Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway & Medal of Honor Airborne coming out and im sure with the new Spielberg series we will get a new lot of Pacific theater games.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:08 pm

lol. i dunno there have been what... 10 or 12 WWII fps shooters in the last 4 years? Call me a cynic but im a little over them.

Post by **huge** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:09 pm

same here. i want lasers!