AndrewTS

Is Jack Black still supposed to star in the Green Lantern movie?

Swap Magic alone won't work. If you have the original PS2 you'll need a casing mod (such as the flip top) or a slide tool. PS2 Slim has small add ons called Magic Keys that you can add onto it without opening/modding the console, though. A peek at that: http://www.modchip.com/ps2/v12slimkit.php The PS2 Slim is way easier and cheaper to modify. I ruined my old PS2 when I was uninstalling the flip top (the button no longer responded. This is cake, though.

They haven't announced that. Based on past promises, I expect all first party NES, SNES, N64 stuff to be available, but based on the NES Classics series 3rd party titles can and will be available. Which Genesis and TG16 games will be out is a mystery (Bonk is a given, although aside from that what people want is Dracula X Rondo of Blood, which I have doubts will happen). They've been tight lipped on prices. The Wii itself is going to be "under $250." Tradition says $200 USD. Nintendo can well afford to charge more in Japan, though, because 360 is a nonfactor and DS Lite already has a higher price than US. I expect $200 USD and a bit more for Japan.

This is really a "gotta have seen it in the 80's" phenomenon. Some friends showed me tapes of the old show and I couldn't stand it. The animation is like having your eyes stomped on, it's so choppy. But the ep where Cobra Commander guest starred was fine. I actually liked Inhumanoids much more than either GIJ or TF.

That would fit in with the "by Thanksgiving" date Nintendo announced long ago. I guess this means Twilight Princess isn't coming out any sooner than Nov though.

That was canned, because of budget reasons. That tidbit actually came up with at about the same time as the news on the Legion animated series.

I'm basing my opinion of Ramna off of the 2nd movie, which is all I've ever seen of it. Although from what I understand Rumiko herself thinks it sucks. The death of VHS has lead to a lot of anime getting to be easy to obtain, lots of stuff I haven't heard of. Of course, a lot of is pretty bad. Take a look at a lot of Central Park Media/US Manga Corps catalog, for instance. Saria's Song?

I picked up the Legend Films colorization of Plan 9 with the Mike commentary. It's pretty weak. The colorization seems to hide the fact that a lot of the film's sequences looked like night when most of the film now looks like day. The film is somewhat less funny overall now, because the stupid dialogue and narration has hardly any time to sink in before Mike starts babbling again. Mike hits some pretty good Tor jokes, but plenty of not-so-funny Bela jokes, mainly about his heroin addiction. I'm not really one who gripes about drug use jokes. Although, the fact that this film was made when Bela was dead and buried mainly for that reason makes it a lot less funny than it would be if he was a living celeb. It's a tremendous letdown after the excellent tracks on Reefer Madness, NotLD and House on Haunted Hill (I haven't seen the one for Carnival of Souls), but it's expected.

Yes, because she is getting married obviously from this point forward she will have no career outside the home... Is this based on anything at all substantial, like Trish hinting/saying she has no plans to re-sign? Or is this just guessing? Plus who is to say she doesn't take a good month or two break before signing a new deal? Anyway, Jack, you bastard!

Pixelly 2D giant robots that control poorly in a 3D pixellated RPG field aren't very fun, though.

No problemo. Remember, though, if you're in a spot where you just have to put a game away and can't save on the spot--just close the DS. It goes into sleep mode, and when you reopen it, you're right where you left off.

I *heart* the folks who are hating this game for this thread, so I don't have to.

Anyone know why? Legal issues I assume?

The Legend release of Plan 9 features Mike Nelson commentary, so a MSTing of Plan 9 is fish-in-a-barrel and redundant. When did the show go off the air? 2000?

SO3 is lazy

They ask you if it is operational, and they of course have you give them your info. They take broken systems and send them to get repaired. I suspect this practice will end sometime mid-2007, and they'll only take working systems. Last Christmas PS2 were constantly sold out everywhere, so maybe they expect to cash in despite the next gen systems. However, I'd first contact Sony and see if your system qualifies for free repair. Remember to stress the DREs you're getting: http://www.us.playstation.com/Support I had opened my old monster PS2 to mod it, so I just traded it in for a slim, myself.

Attention Anya- DS Lite in Pink hits Japan: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153282.html

Currently starting to get sucked into a dirt cheap ($5 used) PS2 platformer called Kya: Dark Lineage. It's a game that got bagged on and ignored because other games that were much more exceptional (Ratchet and Clank, Sly, etc) came out at the same time. It's not utter trash like Haven or Vexx, and in plenty of ways I like it more than any Jak game. So if you've toppled every Grade A platformer out on PS2 (and the Jaks), I'd say it is worth the Abe.

I was contemplating a OAO Sony Says Stupid Crap Thread, but that would be a bit too biased, plus we'd miss out on a lot of good Nintendo and MS stuff. So post any you find. Anyway, I'll link my recent posts through here... http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...47496&st=1830 Plus put up this gem, from SCEE's Phil Harrison: I tried to find a PSM magazine to see if Kaz would elaborate where MS ripped off Sony. However, I've yet to find it. I guess 3D graphics is the major thing. Remember -- 1994 : real time 3D graphics. -- 2006 : real time weapon change.

Making HW that is manufactured like crap?

I was tempted to try to get Curse of Darkness, but I picked it up for 15 bucks off Half.com. Whenever these sales happen, lots of brand new games end up there, with people attempting to make a slim profit off them. I still paid less than half of EB Games' asking used price for a new game, so huzzah for the 2ndary market plus Circuit City sales. Although if they aren't picked clean come Saturday, I'll try to see if they have Kim Possible 3 (which plays kind of a like a Batman game).

Actually, the attachable blu-ray drive was just a hypothetical argument. MS is going to be releasing an optional HD-DVD drive for the 360, and HD-DVD is, natch, the major rival format of Blu Ray. MS would never support Blu-Ray as long as HD-DVD has a fighting chance, because it's Sony proprietary hardware. Kaz's position there is that you at least know that PS3 will have blu-ray, and it will be used for both games and movies. There's no extra HW to buy or upgrades to get. Which would be fine and dandy if they haven't already made bold-faced lies about not having 2 SKUs, how lack of space on DVDs will become a problem (nothing currently even comes close to using up all the space unless it's mostly tons and tons of FMVs), and 360 wasn't already building up a hell of a lot of momentum. Sony seemed to be caught totally with their pants down at E3. However, it was a given after the PS2's infamous E3 debut showing that there would be skepticism and overanalyzing of every move they made. People were staring right at the man behind the curtain and saying, "Show us something tangible. You don't actually think we'll eat up this BS again, do you?" Okay, that's not entirely fair. The press raved about the MGS4 trailer, which I honestly don't care about.

Plus they lost half of their stock value, too. But hey, all those fine Sony studio offerings from Sony are so going to sell Blu Ray players. Like Spiderman 3....when that comes out like a year from now....and...um... (PSM interview with Kaz Hirai) Yeah, stop stealing from Sony already, MS!

Rusty's missing right side.

Is JR doing PR for Sony now? from 1up: The retarded Sony quotes just keep on coming. Ken Kutaragi: Sony is The Game and we are That Damn Good! Kaz Hirai: And if you're not down with that, I got two words for ya: RIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAAAAAAAACER!!!!