AndrewTS

I hate how so many cool heels become faces, then they really get annoying.

You're kidding, right? Tell me, you didn't just say that. The ONLY ones who don't hate the Yankees, are the Yankee fans. FUCK THE YANKEES!!!

Brock is apparently coming back to the Mellon Arena...oh, and Smackdown too I guess. You wouldn't know it from the ad, though.

Scary...

Oh for the love of... MAYBE HE AGREES WITH VINCE AND IS NOT A SUPER EVIL GENIUS OF DOOM. THEN I GUESS THREATENING OTHER WRESTLERS IS FINE THEN?! SHUT UP YOU SONNUVA...

That's not the point. The point is, I think given time to perfect their craft, that Konami can make a great game in any genre. They're about the only ones to make a good Mario Kart clone (most attempt and fail horribly). I don't think it's the greatest thing ever, but I don't think its bad either--judging from the one game I played. I heard SIII isn't good so I haven't bothered with it yet. However, the review is so hilarious. This jackass seems to be expecting a typical Final Fantasy game, ignorant that the game is supposed to be an offshoot of the Mana game. He calls it "unfit to bear the sacrosanct Final Fantasy name." As soon as I show it to some buds for laughs, I'm burning the damn thing. Oh, by the way--on a similar note, check out 411games. A feature on the Dreamcast...and of all games, they praise Grandia II.

Why would it be any more demoralizing to lose to a girl? Maybe because in the mid-90s hearing of females who played fighting games was virtually unheard of--let alone being any good at them. Hell, it's not exactly common today either. How many of those players are female?

That's news to me. I never knew that it ever came out anywhere. So in other words, it did come out, but it was a huge miscalculation and a tremendous failure. My point still stands that it's another stupid thing Nintendo did. So in other words, Nintendo's experience with marketing research was next to nil before that? Also, did Nintendo not pay attention to the "valuable feedback" that Sega's twice-over screw-ups should have provided them? Compared to the 64DD, the 32X sounds like pure genius. At least the Genesis had a wide installed user base already. How much yen did the whole 64DD/N64 package cost, at the then approximate exchange rate of 97 yen to a dollar?

Agreed. Brock...backing up Vince...trying to become the "locker room leader"--does this not smack of playing politics to anyone else?

I beg to differ. At the risk of using an extreme example--slave states and free states? The amendment couldn't be passed without some Democrat support. Agreed. This is coming from a rather conservative Republican, too. However, don't call it "marriage" and don't decide to say "to make up for past injustices" and give them additional rights or tax breaks over any heterosexual couples.

Well, Jericho's already been the first Undisputed Champion already.... That's all I got. However, in real life Jericho's said that he's happy enough with that title reign.

The XWF2 or whatever they're supposed to be calling the rumored one he's going to start with Bret?

It never came out, and even if it did, it would have been at a time when the interest in online gaming among console players may not have been anywhere near the fever pitch it is now. So--that's a perfectly valid excuse to leave it out of the GC plans? Uh-huh, sure. Thing is, I don't even care about online gaming, but I don't get how Nintendo couldn't. Back on topic--a humorous look at the situation from toastyfrog.com:

What system? RCR EX for GBA, right? I haven't heard of any new game in development. So in other words, this will be a list of what the most overhyped titles of 2004 will be. Wow, how useful.

Vince loves the dorky moron Angle character, so whether Angle likes to be his personal dancing monkey or just does it because he likes to be that way, it's not all WWE creative's fault. Angle just has no backbone in the matter. By the way, is it too much to ask for a Smackdown to be Cat- and Torrie-free?

Come on, this *has* to be a joke. Of all people who WWE would tell to limit their move set--Goldberg?!

Coming soon to TSM: The Wilma the Worker SHOOT~ interview!

Where's Pyron? He was supposed to be in but Ren missed him.

Blasphemy!~ Don't say such things about Konami. As are 99% of all RPG characters. Hey, that rhymes. It was nice of them to include the auto-fight command, though. I found battles not distracting or a chore at all, and the boss fights were often challenging and fun. I.Y.O. I honestly don't mind when plot doesn't get in the way of the actual gameplay. I thought it moved along rather well, the characters were developed as well as can be expected for how many there were, and the main ones seemed fine to me. I only played 1, but I'll admit bias towards it because it seemed like a perfectly competent and playable old-school RPG with some great ideas, great art, great music, and at the time it wasn't average because the number of RPGs out were pretty pathetic. I'll also take Suikoden 1 even now after most of the crap that passes for the upper echelon of RPGs to Americans. My Lord, seeing the Game Informer review for Crystal Chronicles, which is just a big blowjob for other, current Square RPGs, made me sick to my stomach. Listening to it while playing the game's still fun to me. Although yeah, the games are another shining example of how Konami has some of the finest music composers in the industry working for them.

I don't get it. Gamespy sucks. Why does anyone care?

Torrie needs him to feed on, too. I thought Palumbo was being sent to OVW, and he's on SD this week?

I think the D-Pad's fine, actually, but the one on the GBA SP is crummy because it doesn't stick out far enough. Isn't the D-pad for the GC the same design/size that they've been using forever? The N64, VB, SNES, and I think the SNES all had the same didn't they? Doesn't compare to the the Sega pad IMO, but it does the job fine.

Cartridges: more expensive for companies to produce, third parties hate 'em, and if you save data it stays on that cartridge. With CDs you can rent, play, save, and if you want to buy that game you can continue. While not as big a concern, battery backups croak eventually. However, the save issue ISN'T a reason that cartridges are better, any more than memory cards are better. It's just a preference that you have personally. Your precious N64 used Memory Cards too, BTW (although they go with stupid names like "Controller Pak" and "Game Pak.") I know cartridges load faster, are more durable, and all that wonderful stuff, but Nintendo going with carts for the N64 killed a ton of third party support. Of course, Acclaim still liked them. No one is disagreeing, but it was money wasted into working on a project that turned out to be vaporware. Add-ons are only practical when they're affordable and you have a large userbase for the first console, strong third party support, and the cost and performance of the upgraded console all together is competitive. Sega's Genesis had a large installed user base, but they charged $150 for an add on with next to no third party support, no marketing, and the two systems together would have run $250 for non-Genesis owners: which would be just a bit shy of what one of the real new consoles would cost, and the same as the then-uber-hyped n64. Then, figure in the cost to play 32X CD games... No one is saying it wasn't a dumb idea, but it was a dumb idea to even invest time into doing. Faster loading: bps covered. Less prone to scratching--bullshit. It's the same as a regular DVD from what I've seen. What does compression or not compression really matter, though? Nope. However, you do realize on this very forum a report was posted stating the positive effect consoles that play DVDs have on the DVD market? They save space, save money, and work just as fine. Can't you simply accept that it was smart on MS and Sony's part to do that? Hell, there's a third party company that made a Gamecube that plays DVDs, so while they don't need to be, it's convenient for them to. Again, as bps said, you could do both, rather than doing that INSTEAD of online gaming, which is...you know...popular and a huge potential money maker? I have little interest in online gaming, but who wouldn't be up for Mario Kart online play? The N64 controller was shaped all wrong, the c-buttons were too tiny, the whole thing (especially the Analog stick) felt too cheap, the thing didn't even get utilized in many games where it would have made sense. The button layout for the Gamecube controller is nonsensical. Because its Miyamoto's baby and he's nostalgic for two button games, that's why you have one HUGE HONKIN' BUTTON, a smaller button underneath that, and the other buttons are scattered around that layup. What's wrong with a more orderly, traditional button layout? I've failed to get an answer on that question anytime this has come up.

Where's the news?

That doesn't work though. That would mean that two guys might be "married" in one state but if they move to another state it wouldn't be recognized. If you get a driver's license in Pennsylvania, it's good in all fifty states and all US territories. It isn't an issue where some states will refuse to recognize your license in their states. However, gay marriages wouldn't be because some states will simply refuse to recognize them. You simply can't do it. You have to have a uniform law about it, and whether it's "no gay marriages" or "yes to gay marriages." it has to be uniform. Having the states individually decide what their stance on a major issue is and having it reflect itself in the laws doesn't really have a high success rate. At the same time, I hate when the states lose power, but I see no agreeable solution. I guess some states will just call them "civil unions" and grant partial marriage rights then?