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You edited your post to call me stupid?

It might be better, if not easier, to use a Subversion repository along with the TortoiseSVN client. It will make full backups of your work every time you commit your changes, without taking up the full amount of space because after the initial save it only stores the changes. And you can revert back to ANY version of your file at any point. Technically it's designed for collaborative efforts, but I've found it functions exceptionally as a backup system as well, and I don't know of any single-user equivalents.

And now everyone who read Intellectual Whores thinks he's an expert.

Your MOM is the most overrated track since the FF7 main theme. ... I ain't gonna lie though, LttP Lost Woods theme > Zelda64 Lost Woods theme.

I like this, but I can definitely understand that it's not for everyone. It's got a dirty sound to it, and it takes a while for the track to grow on you. It won't be on my permanent playlist, but I can appreciate the creativity that went into it. Grats, Platonist.

Good to see they're doing their part to clear up the SoaD confusion.

OMG BEWBS Er, I mean CONGRATULATIONS!

Well, he said he's not sure if he'll have time. So maybe you can do one to take the pressure off.

Well, by definition chiptunes don't use samples (unless you count noise channels I guess?). Otherwise you could start referring to PS2 and GameCube music as "chiptunes," which is ridiculous. In fact, that's actually been brought up before on this forum...

Well in that case, you learn all the basic skills you need for building a computer in kindergarten when you're putting together LEGOs. It doesn't really help to know whether the CPU you're getting is big-endian or little-endian, or any of that extremely low-level stuff you learn in O&A (my friends preferred to call it "Org/ASM" for obvious reasons). Unless you're actually printing circuits and making your own components from scratch or something...THEN that might come in handy, although an EE major would have a much easier time I imagine. But that's just crazy...I've never heard of anyone even trying that.

I think his point was that you don't learn how to build a computer in school...which is true. I knew (and still know) pretty much jack about hardware even though I was a CS major.

Actually I am not an expert in any way, shape, or form, but in terms of options, here's the way I see it. The HD 3850 is the safest option for futureproofing. It also seems to have slightly better decoding and post-processing. Downside is it's $170. The 8500GT is a great card for HD video but is crippled in every other aspect, which is to be expected at $70. I don't see any significant advances in video encoding in the near future that would render this card useless, but there's definitely no guarantee there. The 8600GT (DDR3 version) is a decent middle ground for $100...same hardware acceleration to help with HD decoding, but it has a little extra power if you want some insurance down the line. ATI's 2600XT is a similarly-priced alternative. I'm personally leaning towards the 8600GT, but since if you're actually relying on my opinion, I will recommend the HD 3850 to cover my butt. Also I've heard reports that the 8600GT's post-processing features aren't available on Windows XP, so you might want to take that into account as well.

Not really sure if there's such a thing as futureproofing when it comes to video decoding, but if there is, the 3850 is probably a safe bet. Also here's an article I found because I'm OCD Sidenote: I would never recommend 8500GT to a gamer, but it's got some decent numbers and is $100 less than the 3850. Just sayin'.

The thing that trips most people up is having an AGP slot when they need PCI-e for the newest cards. I don't think they even make an AGP 7300GS though, so you should be in the clear. Reading the reviews on that card, it seems the fan is extremely loud (I believe it's an overclocked version) which would be distracting especially if you mostly use it for watching movies, so in that case I would consider the HD 3850 instead. ATI also seems to have better HD decoding. THAT SAID, if you don't game on your PC, you can almost certainly find an adequate card for much much cheaper (even the 8500GT I have right now is HDCP compliant). I've personally done absolutely no research in that area, though.

I would go for a GeForce 8800GS or an ATI HD 3850.

I give up.

I think it's safe to say this is the first time I've been moved by the lyrics in a video game track, arranged or otherwise. Bravo, guys, bravo.

1) You'll need NES and GB emulators to run NES and GB ROMs on a GBA. 2) There isn't even good SNES emulation on the DS. I doubt there will be any satisfactory options on the GBA. 3) Can't help you there. But if cost is really the concern, I'm pretty sure you could get an SP for cheaper.

Before you go crazy with the GB flashcart and soldering iron, I think you might want to check out a comparison and listen for yourself. I ended up deciding that the difference really wasn't worth the trouble. So it's EZFlash 3-in-1 + Goomba LSDj for me. Disclaimer: The EZFlash route is only practical if you have: 1) A DS and 2) a DS flashcard. So keep that in mind. But mainly my point was that GBA flashcarts are in fact a viable alternative. A DS and flashcard are great investments in general though, in my opinion.

Tell him to post it in WIP to get advice on how to improve.

Just sayin', "across different rooms" might be an exaggeration.

I thought component 1080p starts to degrade significantly past 1 meter or something.

I'll be glad to take it off your hands.

One thing I definitely appreciated in SA was the ability to use Japanese voiceovers. I haven't heard Big's English voice, but I have a feeling that's one of the major reasons I don't hate him.

And that's why you should get ZoE 2. Also I don't get the Zelda analogy at ALL.