AndrewTS

Well, recording tool (Customer Relationship Mgt). I was referring to PeopleSoft for the 2nd one. Here's some good links to direct customers to, depending on their version of OSX: http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/mail/ http://www.apple.com/support/panther/mail/ "Tiger" is any OS X 10.4 version, so 10.4.1 to 10.4.6 (current). "Panther" is any OS X 10.3 version, so 10.3.1 to 10.3.9. Customers can check it by going to the blue Apple (upper left corner of the screen) and clicking on About this Mac.

I hadn't used a mac for a decade before I trained for it, and never OSX. And from hearing from customers what their ISP/developer of the software said, most of them rarely or never did non-Windows tech. What's the problem with Mail.app, though? Type of mail account (IMAP, POP, etc), Ingoing mail server, outgoing mail server, see if they can send the mail to themselves...well, that's all I really need to be concerned about (that and if it launches). Of course, if there's a specific issue you're getting a lot of, I'd be glad to see if I can pass you along some info. I'm sure you've had at least a few calls where you had to explain that the Airport "not talking to your computer" has nothing to do with the internet connection. I always get the customer to power-cycle everything and reboot, though, because if that is'nt it, I'm expected to log SN for the Airport, Firmware, Software, ISP, Modem type, etc. What CRM tool do you use to log? We use P(o)S8.

Carn: meh, try doing tech for Macs....with a user that has 1. dial up, 2. through AOL 3. over Airport (Apple's wireless POS base station), 4. with an Airport Express being used as a WDS. AOL users are prone to the PBKAC error a lot. Replace user and try again.

A green one doesn't exist, and on top of that most import sites charge a lot extra. Unless you're thinking of some way to order direct, and cut out the middleman, perhaps using Paypal to pay? Still, it's white or wait, so I guess I'll go with white.

Nintendo announced today that the DS Lite ships June 11th in the Americas, and will be for a MSRP of $129.99. Sorry, Anya, no pink, just white initially. They need to allow special ordering if you want different colors, with the option of personalization. I'd love an emerald green DS Lite with my name on it. In Japan they have white, navy, and ice blue. Not sure about any others. EDIT: These are obviously fake, but if only... http://ryle.the.forest.free.fr/ds_lite/ds_lite_pink.jpg http://ryle.the.forest.free.fr/ds_lite/ds_lite_green.jpg

I hear that Cloud no-sells like stab and gunshot wounds to the chest, and there's so much annoying crap with the cell phone it's like a bad commercial.

I downloaded it, but it isn't working for me. It seems my QT needs some sort of plug in, but the page it redirects me has like a dozen of them. Would you happen to know what I need? Yuna's posts tend to always be memorable and/or funny to me, so I have no complaints. I often will agree with her points except for, ironically, stuff related to video games.

EA announced its getting Madden, too. Interview, even: http://revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703727p1.html

"Glorified point and click" games would be better than much of the trash Digital Pictures and Sega produced. Adventure games, a fine immersive detective game...those have redeeming value. However...SEWER SHARK?! Having that as a pack in was like twisting the knife. "Congratulations on your purchase of the Sega CD. Here's one of the worst ****ing games of all time. Enjoy!" Zipping through a nasty, FMV pipe shooting nasty FMV rats while nasty FMV actors choke through bad dialogue...next level, indeed.

Incredibly true. Insomniac is like..."thanks for the engine, Naughty Dog. Now let's show you how it's done." Jak 1 is generico 3D platformer with baubles to collect. Jak 2 and 3 is just about everything but platforming. Assloads of racing and driving crap, and the platforming usually has lots of repetitive collecting. Yeah, in R&C you need bolts...but that's pretty much from blowing away enemies.

Sega had several failed *consoles*, that's the problem. In the grand scheme of things, the Activator is no worse than the U-Force or Power Glove. However, the 32X, Sega CD, and the poor handling of Saturn eroded Sega's rep to the point where a good console was doomed fairly quickly (Dreamcast).

Damn--none of the links work there for me, Yuna.

The dude who played Dracula should never be allowed to appear on the big screen ever again. His performance screamed Drama Club Student and destroyed the film. And the guy playing Frankenstein apparently thought he was performing a scene out of the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. ETA: Just found out he WAS a broadway actor who won a Tony. Wow, I would have NEVER guessed. Casting is what killed Van Helsing. If you remove the actors who played the vampires and the guy who played Frankenstein, it really would be an entertaining movie. Bullshit. You'd still be left with shitty CGI, shitty writing, a plot that makes no damn sense (filled with holes and huge logic leaps), and ridiculous action sequences. Oh, and that ending. Uggggh. Full-on gay sex in Van Helsing would only be an improvement.

I played a recent Jampack demo disc (which was kind of weird since it had playables for Ratchet Deadlocked and Shadow of the Colossus, but also for Shadow Hearts From the New World, Beatmania, Tomb Raider Legend, Steambot Chronicles, Okami...?!). Anyway, Okami looks extremely promising. The game feels very much like a Spyro title with super-tight controls, a unique visual style, and a gimmick (painting items to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles) that I had some problems with, but intrigued me regardless. Steambot Chronicles is very cool. It feels a lot like the Misadventures of Tron Bonne, although with deeper combat and without its inherent whimsy. Although the intro really threw me off guard, as there's voice acting, and our main character is played by Spike Spencer. Having Shinji's voice for your main character isn't a good start...but gameplay was definitely interesting. I still don't like those dials for Shadow Hearts... I also picked up Brain Age. I'm very much digging it, even if it doesn't involve killing anything.

Death and Return was just an ultra-formulatic beat 'em up. However, you'd get a boss that looked like Doomsday, you could fly for a little bit...and you'd have an attack that looked like heat vision. With heroes like Spidey and Hulk, you have to "make do" with their "lesser" abilities like the webbing and huge jumps to navigate cities. With Supes, it's going to be harder to make a good, fun game. With Supes, you...fly. And good flying controls are hard, especially with a 3D camera. You're not going to be just flying around attacking baddies, no. You're going to be having to react fast to catch falling items, and there's a lot that can go wrong with a camera that isn't top notch.

If by "pretty good" you mean "painfully average." And it's pretty much the best of the lot by default.

He's Brainiac 5, a descendant of the original Brainiac, but he's a good guy.

It's Teen Titans...OF THE FUTURE!

I saw a non-playable demo of the new Superman game at Gamestop. It looks horrible. Flying looks awkward and clunky, and that's pretty much all they showed him doing...flying. The voice acting is pretty crummy. I don't know if it is Routh or not, but it sure as hell isn't Tim Daly or George Newbern. Whoever it is seems to be deliberately trying to mimic Danny Dark (from the ooooold Superfriends shows), because he's belting out "Great Scott!", "Great Krypton!", and "I've got to act fast!" (I swear, no joke) during the demo. Nothing was really shown showcasing the hyped-up puzzle sequences involving uses of his powers. I suspect stuff like that will be like in Begins, where they talked about how you could throw your batarangs at objects to draw enemy attention...and that was pretty much where the innovation ended, and not much was done with it. Looks like the Superman curse continues.

The "kiddies", at least NA ones, prefer GTA to Nintendo franchises. I base this on solid empirical data which basically consists of me seeing snot-nosed little brat bastards bitching for "Gwan Teft Otto" in game stores all the time. The average age of GC owners are early 20's, with PS2 about midrange and X-Box near the higher range.

So Apple is going to buy Nintendo in a few years?

Hmm, neat. I thought the anime was ridiculously awesome as it was. However, I would think it would lose a hell of a lot without the color. So much of the mood of the anime seemed to be defined by the way they used it...especially (duh) red. The manga covers more, though. Isn't Love Hina, like, just female-on-male violence and stupid sexual humor? That's what I've been led to believe. Oh... What the hell is this? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C60UYTH7IQ

I guess I should be outraged, or annoyed, or something. I honestly don't give a damn. Square's done far, far worse to piss away their artistic credibility than to make a game's Christ figure more Christ-ey. There are still idiots who claim that's a feature in "the Japanese version" (not even International version, but that version that came out in Japan first.) Riiiight.

razateca = fair and balanced coverage

It's wishful thinking. Nintendo likely waited last minute to put the paperwork in, and just because it isn't currently registered means absolutely nothing.