[Someone Else]

Use this topic to post interesting little articles you find around the internet you don't want to make a whole topic about.


http://xbox360.ign.c.../1014486p1.html

And I thought 360 failure rates were going down? But anyway, my PS3 had a YLOD (yellow light of death) just yesterday which sucks massive balls, but ONLY if I lose my save game data. Mostly because of LittleBigPlanet...

[TheEnglishman]

I've had one 360 failure about 5 or 6 months after I originally got it. Since then it's been fine, but I can easily imagine it breaking down at some stupid time, e.g. just after I've started uni in September.

[Caael]

http://kotaku.com/53...at-next-to-slim

[Golden Legacy]

I've been meaning to ask about the 360 failures. What happens to your data when you send in your console for replacement?

[Caael]

Nothing; the HDD isn't built in so when you send it off you just take the HDD out and your data is stored on that.

[Golden Legacy]

Ahh, that's right, I'd forgotten it's removable. Hey, how about that, a hardware design of the 360 that you can actually praise.

[Drizzy Drake]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 18 2009, 08:15 PM, said:

I've been meaning to ask about the 360 failures. What happens to your data when you send in your console for replacement?

sony reformats the drives when you send a ps3 in..i'm sure the same'd happen for a 360, no?

EDIT - And actually, fuck you Mallick, I could quote Caael, because since you have to send back the hard drive with the PS3, my guess is Microsoft would do the same.

[My Best Wishes]

Drizzy Drake, on Aug 19 2009, 02:30 PM, said:

sony reformats the drives when you send a ps3 in..i'm sure the same'd happen for a 360, no?

...Not if you detach the hard drive before you send it in like Caael said.

[Mallick]

Drizzy Drake, on Aug 18 2009, 09:30 PM, said:

sony reformats the drives when you send a ps3 in..i'm sure the same'd happen for a 360, no?

Seriously, don't post unless you at LEAST read the whole post you're quoting. Doing otherwise will now be a warnable offense. JUST 4 U.

[Legolastom]

I dont know who where they got the results of that survey from my experience that is cant be true.

[Drizzy Drake]

Captain Cannabis, on Aug 19 2009, 06:38 AM, said:

Seriously, don't post unless you at LEAST read the whole post you're quoting. Doing otherwise will now be a warnable offense. JUST 4 U.

I meant to quote GL, fucking sue me.

I'd rather warn you. I don't have to pay any fees that way.

-your forum liason

[TheEnglishman]

Now I'm finally getting the game I bought my DS for.

[Drizzy Drake]

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[TheEnglishman]

http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/20/ffxiii-sim...10-says-kitase/
This is good to hear, considering how long RPG's usually take to reach here. I think Vesperia came out about a year after it was originally released in Japan.

[Drizzy Drake]

The first 6 months of 2010 are batshit insane. it's nice to enjoy the lack of gaming bukake that the summer has brought us.

(Multi) Madden NFL 10
(XBLA) Trials HD
(Wiiware) NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
(DS) C.O.R.E.

That's the next week's releases... WHAT THE FUCK.

[Caael]

Um, shadow complex?

[Someone Else]

Ahaha this is funny.

http://kotaku.com/5340476/the-ps3-slim-has...ittle-kickstand

[Split Infinity]

Already posted that in TRT, but nonetheless, do want.

[Someone Else]

For 24 bucks? Won't it be even more expensive in Aussie land or no? Either way, 24 bucks?? I could probably just make my own.

[Split Infinity]

Most likely. I keep my consoles in a very confined space though, so even if it did fall over it's probably not going to take a hit.

[Toasty]

Just get some fiber board, maksome layers of it, cut/sand it down, and paint it black with acrylic paint. I'm sure that's got to cost less.

At the least, you'd have the satisfaction of a diy job. =O

[Split Infinity]

But it's just not the same as having expensive, mass-produced swag!

[Someone Else]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/chilean...sion-to-a-nazi/
Bad Sony. No no.

[Nosferatu]

Someone Else, on Oct 1 2009, 07:52 PM, said:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/chilean...sion-to-a-nazi/
Bad Sony. No no.

So what the fuck is it with Sony and retarded ads? Explain, sir.

[Someone Else]

They do it because controversy sells products. Case in point, Jack Thompson.

Those ads don't even inform anything about the console 8|

[Nosferatu]

Someone Else, on Oct 1 2009, 07:59 PM, said:

They do it because controversy sells products. Case in point, Jack Thompson.

It/ He also gives undeserving games attention.

[Split Infinity]

They say any publicity is good publicity. I don't doubt Jacko is a troll for hire.

[Mallick]

Split Infinity, on Oct 1 2009, 08:45 PM, said:

They say any publicity is good publicity. I don't doubt Jacko is a troll for hire.

I do. Facebook doesn't need any publicity. It's already used by EVERYONE.

[Split Infinity]

Self-advertising? We did put him out of a job by shooting down L4D2...

[Someone Else]

Fry's Electronics to sell Uncharted 2 for $49.99

California ftw. I didn't plan to get this until a few weeks or a month after being finished with Brutal Legend, buuuut oh well. My dad likes the game so I guess I'll tell him about this deal and he'll get it.

[TheEnglishman]

Wow. What an awful idea.
This is probably going to be the only time when I'll agree with the reaction from the mainstream media.

[Someone Else]

Quote

Modern Warfare 2 is a fantasy action game

What.

I agree it's stupid idea, if I were to have been designing the game I wouldn't have had a sequence like that be playable but I don't think it should be pulled off shelves for it.

[Someone Else]

Double postan, I heard a rumor that SPORE updated a little while ago and you can now make ASYMMETRICAL CREATURES

Ctrl+A when placing parts. I might start playing SPORE again sometime solely for this.

[Lemontime]

That's such a fuckin' lame reason to start playing a game again..

[Someone Else]

The MMO addict is not one to judge.

[Nosferatu]

TheEnglishman, on Oct 28 2009, 05:11 PM, said:

Wow. What an awful idea.
This is probably going to be the only time when I'll agree with the reaction from the mainstream media.

INFINITY WARD GOING OMG CONTROVERSY? THEY TOTALLY AREN'T DOING THIS TO SELL MORE COPIES. NOT AT ALL.

What the fuck is the big deal? Think about fuckin' Mass Effect where the "brain-washed", for lack of a better term, colonists can either be gunned down or knocked out when they're doing shit against their will. BioWare didn't make a big shit fit over it, but the INSTANT Modern Warfare has something where citizens get harmed OH NOES CONTROVERSY.

Infinity Ward needs to get the fuck over themselves.

Lemontime, on Oct 28 2009, 10:13 PM, said:

That's such a fuckin' lame reason to start playing a game again..

And I'm going to assume a new map pack for a multiplayer game isn't, right?

[TheEnglishman]

I think there's a difference between knocking out colonists in a fantasy setting, and killing ordinary people in an airport.
But I would agree that it's just being done to sell more copies.

[Legolastom]

There is also something called fiction, logic and reason.

[Someone Else]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/02/god-of-w...asted-15-weeks/

I think I'll get this.

[Split Infinity]

Same. Would go nicely with those Ico/Nico remakes.

[Someone Else]

I'm not sure when or how, though. Still a bit broke.

[Nosferatu]

Needs moar posts. http://kotaku.com/5445868/sonic-adventure-...st-to-xbla-port

I would download that at the speed of god damn light.

[Someone Else]

But I don't understand would it be too hard to make a good, NEW Sonic game?

[Nosferatu]

Y e s.

[TheEnglishman]

I agree.
If this story's true then great. My Dreamcast hasn't been working for while so it might be worth the download.

[Someone Else]

Ignorant porn actor Ron Jeremy says violent video games are worse than porn, should shut up and go back to being a C list celebrity.

[TheEnglishman]

SEGA might not screw up Project Needlemouse after all. I had a feeling the competition would just leave Sonic, but this is still good news.

[Nosferatu]

TheEnglishman, on Jan 15 2010, 03:01 PM, said:

SEGA might not screw up Project Needlemouse after all. I had a feeling the competition would just leave Sonic, but this is still good news.

http://pics.fort90.com/forum/sonic_cycle.jpg

[TheEnglishman]

Quote

In Project Needlemouse, there will be no new characters – playable or otherwise. The focus will remain solely on one blue hedgehog.

I think the cycle may finally be broken.

[Someone Else]

Gran Turismo 5 delayed in Japan from it's original March release, and the projected summer release across the pond will most likely be delayed too. No reason was given. Sony ponders over new name, "Gran Turismo: Forever."

[Toasty]

Apparently it's only being delayed in Japan?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/sony-eur...ts-on-gt5-delay

[Nosferatu]

If Jack ever posts ever again I'm sure he'll be glad to see this.

http://kotaku.com/5452226/no-new-half+life...s-game-informer

[Caael]

Fucks sake, they're taking their sweet fucking time.

[Mallick]

There was a good wait between half life and half life 2; keep your hopes up that they've got HL3 under wraps.

[Caael]

Dun care bout HL3, I just want HL2: E3

[TheEnglishman]

Well I got the original Half Life awhile ago and nearly beat it before losing all my data. Therefore any delay just gives me more time to beat 1 and 2.

[Someone Else]

How long does it take to make a 6 hour game? They probably did decide to just say screw it, and bring Episode 3's storyline to be part of Half Life 3's storyline.

It'd make sense, because the current Source engine is starting to show it's age. What better time to release a new engine than with the new installment of your flagship series.

[Caael]

I actually hope thats the case. Ep 2 only really had left one loose end, which was the Borealis ship, as part of aperture science.

Portal crossover references plz.

Oh, and G-man and his 'employer' that he keeps referencing.

[Caael]

http://kotaku.com/5455307/bioware-hollywoo...ass-effect-film

Dont know if want...game films have yet to work, but the actors would actually look like the characters due to most of them being motion capped. And they're the voice actors.

As much as I want it to be awesome, it's probs gonna fail.

[Someone Else]

Most of you probably knew by now that Assassin's Creed 2 will get at least two packs of DLC, (I didn't) but the first of which will be WAS RELEASED TODAY I'm such a Slowpoke.

That explains the two missing parts in the memory stream I was wondering about after I beat the game. I don't approve of having whole sections of the game missing to be sold as DLC, but they're so cheap that I'm finding it hard to complain. I was thinking about playing the game again soon, guess I'll hold out for when both of these are released.

This post has been edited by Someone Else: 28 January 2010 - 08:48 PM

[TheEnglishman]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/artic...CVG-General-RSS
Some good news there. I can't wait for Civ V

[Aquamarine]

Who is this General Gaming you speak of?

[Nosferatu]

Portal 2 officially announced (finally).

http://kotaku.com/54...ide-to-portal-2

[TheEnglishman]

Good to know, Portal was fun and I'm sure a sequel could work.

[gsninja]

http://www.1up.com/d...ory?cId=3178759

So yeah, West and Zampella now have another company the founded together. If you don't know of the previous situation concerning them, Infinity Ward, and Activision, look it up. (: