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Karyyk

Member Since 7 Feb 2003
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In Topic: Just downloaded the new dashboard... not impressed

Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:13 AM

I've been in the beta program for a while, so I've had a little more time to play around with it, and honestly, I'm not feeling it. Things actually seem to be more difficult to find (especially indie games). The idea of having "Apps" is nice, but I think it will go as far as "Channels" did on the Wii. How about a browser Microsoft? That's an app...

Maybe it will grow on me and I do like the Cloud save feature, but this reeks of Microsoft trying to shoehorn the Metro UI onto the XBOX, and I really don't think it's everything it's cracked up to be on this type of device.

In Topic: another "10 worst systems" article

Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:51 AM

View PostAustin, on Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:38 PM, said:

I do disagree with the N-Gage though. It seems the write only based the judgement on it from its launch period (the system lasted at least three years with a re-model less than a year after the original).

The CD-i? Eh.. I don't know, I think he probably could have picked some other random, obscure platform (that only had five games released) to fill that gap. It does have some redeeming software, maybe not a lot, but it has some.

Was just about to make those same points about the N-Gage and CD-i, but you beat me to it. Not sure what they're saying about the CD-i having bad video. For the time it was great (definitely better than the 3DO could output).

I am glad to see the Jag not showing up on each and every one of these things.

In Topic: Whats Your Fav Xmas Video Game Memory?

Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:30 AM

Mine has to be Christmas '86. I'd gone on and on about wanting a "BMX bike and an Atari system" the latter half of the year (even had some reel-to-reel tape recordings that we used to do and that's what I'd mostly talk about). My father had never allowed me to have a gaming system (more of a go outside and play kind of guy), but I guess he finally let me have what I wanted. I woke up to an Atari 2600 Jr. with Space Invaders and Chopper Command (one of my little brothers also got Battlezone). That was a good year...and my father himself developed an affinity for Battlezone.

The SNES was a good one too. We got it along with Final Fantasy II (my brother, Stan, and I had played Final Fantasy on the NES to death). We got up early and played for a few hours, only to have to go to my grandparents in the next state for two days...without our new SNES. That was an agonizing wait.

In Topic: Steve Jobs voted the most influential person on video gaming?

Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:40 AM

This sounds like a case of your average poll-taker not knowing any of the other names on the list...

In Topic: The good news? Theres going to be a new Syndicate game...

Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:26 PM

View PostReaperman, on Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:07 AM, said:

I'm expecting a Wing Commander FPS out of EA next. Or maybe 'Great American Cross Country Road Race: Extraction Team.'

Honestly, as bad as the last Wing Commander game was on XBL, an FPS would be a step up (and no, I'm not saying I want that, just that Wing Commander Arena was a travesty).

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