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General / Re: What Are Your Favorite Platformers NOT Starring Mario or Sonic?
« on: April 06, 2013, 04:05:22 am »
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General / Re: Best Video Game Commercials
« on: April 01, 2013, 04:25:07 am »
I'm having trouble with youtube this fine morning, and nostalgia may have clouded my memory, but the PS1 commercials with Crash Bandicoot outside of the Nintendo offices cracked me up when I was a kid.
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General / Re: What do you do to support your addiction??
« on: April 01, 2013, 04:16:56 am »
To be clear- my collection is not in jeopardy. I do not want her Nora Roberts books or Friends DVDs, she doesn't want my video games. Good thing, too. 
I meant more extra money to apply towards collecting, after alimony, child support, etc. Thanks for the vibes, though.
I meant more extra money to apply towards collecting, after alimony, child support, etc. Thanks for the vibes, though.
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General / Re: What Are You 2013 Game Collecting Goals
« on: March 30, 2013, 04:07:21 am »
This is the year I finally get my collection organized and displayed. Of course, I said that in 2009, and then had another kid. Then I moved to Germany. Then, Afghanistan. *sigh* I should be back in the States by late summer, and this, besides getting my children settled and starting a new job, is my priority.
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General / Re: What do you do to support your addiction??
« on: March 30, 2013, 03:48:52 am »
I'm in the Army, so I had enough extra money to indulge every now and again. Now, I have to see how this divorce plays out to see how affected collecting will become...
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General / Re: Game Cravings
« on: March 29, 2013, 03:50:36 am »I usually get the itch to play an RPG between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think it stems from receiving games for my birthday as a kid, which is in October. I would always have fun playing them before Thanksgiving, but when school was out for a couple of weeks around Christmas it gave me some real time to sit down and play an RPG.I noticed the same pattern myself, but never took the time to figure out why. I also have an October b-day, and this makes perfect sense to me.
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General / Re: overrated & underrated games
« on: March 27, 2013, 06:28:30 am »Underrated - Trojan. Its such a goofy game but its actually kind of fun. Ive never heard anyone other than myself actually liking the game though.
I love that game. The only knock on it is there's damn near no replay value. I think I can blow through it in 10 minutes or so now. Well, back when I played it alot.
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General / Re: Do You Have Any Unpopular Gaming Opinions?
« on: March 27, 2013, 06:05:02 am »I can't speak for everyone who holds opinions that might be interpreted this way, but I think reducing these comments to simply people determining "gamer cred" is simplistic view.Possibly, but when you want to reduce a person's opinion/taste/whatever based upon where they shop and the genres they play (and engage in circular logic to tie them together and justify your opinion), you are clearly attempting to interject superiority over the person and their opinion/taste/whatever. It's one thing for, say, cars or clothes, where there is a difference in the product, but when we are talking a case where the product is the same (minus pre-order swag), and you make sweeping generalizations, you are either intellectually dishonest, being elitist, or a combination of those (I suppose there are smaller possibilities, like a disgruntled former Gamestop employee or something as well). While in many way Gamestop has done things which are a net negative for the industry and our hobby, in many other ways they have been a boon to both. My ability to snatch up cheap, last generation titles on a used BOGO has been AWESOME for my collection, and I look forward to the Xbox 720 and PS4 for this reason alone.
The way I look at it, a lot of us have been gaming for years, sometimes decades, and have seen enough big shifts happen in the industry that we have a certain sense when things are happening, however gradually. It stands to reason that a lot of what you're perceiving as superiority is really just knowledgeable, experienced people making a correlation between certain genres, demographics, etc. and negative changes that they've observed.
I've only been here a short while compared to a lot of the others, but I figure if anyone here really wanted to wave their dick around, they'd go to GameFAQs.
I could be reading all of this wrong, granted. But usually when I see a "this/that" or "yes/no" argument with such black and white distinctions, I see it as a biased opinion. And maybe *that* is an unpopular opinion.But that's the point of a thread about unpopular opinions, right? Hell, I encourage more people to distain Gamestop, as that's one less person who will grab a copy of a game I want before I get there.
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General / Re: Do You Have Any Unpopular Gaming Opinions?
« on: March 26, 2013, 04:41:20 am »
I think it's sad that people try to determine "gamer cred" based upon the genres someone enjoys or the stores in which they buy their games. What's extra sad is trying to tie those two things together to feel double superior about themself.
I enjoyed the N64 controller, and it's probably my favorite console (though I collect mainly NES...). I loath the rumble pak though.
I want a Uniracers sequel/remake.
Strategy guides and internet walkthroughs killed RPGs for me. It may well be my fault for lacking the restraint to use them, but oh well. Also, having children and a full time job may have factored in as well. Either way, I don't spend as much time with the genre as I did 20, or even 10 years ago.
I want another Tony Hawk game, more in the spirit of TWPS 4.
Kirby games need a hardcore mode.
Majora's Mask sucked, as least as far as Zelda games go.
I enjoyed the N64 controller, and it's probably my favorite console (though I collect mainly NES...). I loath the rumble pak though.
I want a Uniracers sequel/remake.
Strategy guides and internet walkthroughs killed RPGs for me. It may well be my fault for lacking the restraint to use them, but oh well. Also, having children and a full time job may have factored in as well. Either way, I don't spend as much time with the genre as I did 20, or even 10 years ago.
I want another Tony Hawk game, more in the spirit of TWPS 4.
Kirby games need a hardcore mode.
Majora's Mask sucked, as least as far as Zelda games go.
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General / Re: projektowanie serwisów internetowych
« on: March 22, 2013, 04:37:00 am »
I love lamp.
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Modern Video Games / Re: Bad PS4
« on: February 23, 2013, 02:39:39 am »
I'd just like to note he said it's his "expectation" that used games will be playable, and per the reporter, the PR guy didn't answer the question "clearly". I wouldn't be surprised if they had some kind of Season Pass type feature (like EA does with it's sports games) to get some revenue off of used games.
I find this potentially much more troubling than the lack of support for the DS3.
I find this potentially much more troubling than the lack of support for the DS3.
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Modern Video Games / Re: PlayStation 4 Will Have The Ability to Stream Games & Controller Prototype
« on: February 18, 2013, 02:37:42 am »
The leaked controller reaks of "let's have a controller that does everything" which means, probably, it won't do anything particularly well.
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