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- Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:03 pm
- Forum: Lunar: Dragon Song
- Topic: October sales figures...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 52145
I'm with Rune on sequels. I was too lazy to respond before. But video games don't follow the same rules as movies (who very occasionally break that sequel rule). Halo 2 I believe sold more than Halo. GTA 3 and beyond simply slaughtered GTA 1 and 2. Super Mario Bros 3 outdid 1 and 2 (I think). Withou...
- Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:55 pm
- Forum: Lunar 3 & Rumors
- Topic: Lunar 3 level 99 characters...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 23324
...I don't think I understand this question. Lunar 3 doesn't exist yet, and a game can have any scale of HP/MP and max level. Arc 1 had a max level of 60, while Arc II topped out at 999 (I think, never heard of anyone actually making it past 400 or so); previous Lunars have all stayed in triple-dig...
- Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
- Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
What? Are you saying Osama had nothing to do with 9/11? Prooobably not the smartest thing to say. Being Muslim or any religion does not prevent you from doing bad things. Plus, what religion do you think the hijackers practiced? You know, I could go on, but that's just such an ignorant statement I'm...
- Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:51 pm
- Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
- Topic: Sephiroth vs Ghaleon (The final battle!!!!!)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13320
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:55 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
^ Won what? Uh...whatever then... No further comments from me. You guys are looking at things in a direction different from mine. You're exactly right. The direction I'm looking in is the sane one, the one that doesn't involve supporting a man who says thing like this: Oh, and certain regional gove...
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:54 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
Hey I thought i should point this out. a few months back, i was reading an article about an grandmother that purchased GTA: San Andreas for her grandkids (both still WAY under the age limit for the game). well, anyway, someone broke into their house with them in it and the kids were playing the gam...
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:49 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
spirit, I need not take my own advice and research. That's exactly what I have done already! I am a journalist (though in most cases I don't call myself that) and have written on Thompson before. More importantly, I've written on the implications of video games' corruption several times. I've read t...
- Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Lunar Discussion
- Topic: Lunar Entries on Wikipedia
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16740
- Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:34 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
Don't be brainwashed my ass. You know, I could care less if you think Thompson has a good cause. The man is a sociopath. He compares his enemies to nazis and particularly highpowered enemies to Hitler. He thinks Sony and Take 2 releasing GTA is the equivalent of Pearl F u cking Harbor. He wants kids...
- Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
The trouble is that we're working with a rather odd moral system to begin with. In movies, shooting somebody int he head is not as bad as showing a nipple for a few seconds. Personally, as far as psychological damage I think the gunshot is worse. And as far as imitating, I'd rather my kids go after ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Guess we should have expected this
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16165
You could look at it this way... we used to pay around $60 for certain games back in the SNES/Genesis days. My copy of Phantasy Star IV ran me $99 brand new the day it came out. Except now the costs are for development instead of manufacturing. Yeah, you can also be thankful the reigning system isn...
- Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Guess we should have expected this
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16165
That's because there will be some games that will be $60 and no MSRP exists for those games yet. If you recall, all DS games were priced at $50 before the system came out and PSP games, depending on where you looked, were priced for $50 or $60. They get marked down to their actual price. But to put ...
- Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Did anyone watch the G4 Speical on Violence in Videogames?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 71370
It should be noted that restricting video game sales as a law is NOT the same as R-rated movies. That's a flawed comparison. The movie industry is self-regulated and the video game industry should be as well. Also, the law in California does not use M rating, but is actually far more open and could ...
- Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:56 pm
- Forum: Lunar: Dragon Song
- Topic: September US sales
- Replies: 38
- Views: 42333
I recall the Ninety-Ninety rule being stated something like this: The first 90% of the project takes the first 90% of the time, and the last 10% of the project takes the other 90% of the time. That sounds about right. The reason I can never remember it is that a web dev book I had expanded upon it ...
- Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Jack Thompson
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12129
If I have my times correct, he spoke by email to GAF and penny arcade around the same time. But he spoke to us (one of my cali staff members, Ash) on the phone AFTER he spoke to Gabe on the phone. So he was apparently already pissed and was just doing a lot of yelling. But I guess Ash basically conv...
- Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:03 pm
- Forum: Lunar: Dragon Song
- Topic: September US sales
- Replies: 38
- Views: 42333
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:15 pm
- Forum: Lunar: Dragon Song
- Topic: September US sales
- Replies: 38
- Views: 42333
No it isn't a lack of common sense. It's an incredibly practical way of developing a product. Design decisions are made by designers. That's why they exist. Developers, depending on the product you are making, can have everything from a bit of design input to being designers themselves. But no matte...
- Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Lunar Discussion
- Topic: Game Arts purchased
- Replies: 21
- Views: 25956