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Now, the war isn't over yet, but if you read IGN's article, it seems it's about to be.
http://gear.ign.com/articles/852/852769p1.html
I knew it would probably be Blu-Ray after seeing everyone using the PS3 as Blu-Ray player at NAB 2007. Hasn't done much else yet, but the PS3 is definitely what did it.
Actually, it's funny, because I have some video footage from CES 2002 of some serious biz Toshiba guys gathering around an HD-DVD ("blue laser") prototype that long ago.
Edit: I just realized, this is the first format war Sony has won in... Awhile.
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I love it, and I really hope to hear more Threads of Fate remixes.
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I felt totally opposite to what you felt
But thank you for the link! I was wondering what that was!
I'm hoping for no sequals.
Please let there be a movie out this year that will not see a sequel later in its marketing life
Oh, screw being against sequels. It's not like you have to watch them or anything. Besides, I think most people would agree that this movie does, in fact, deserve a sequel.
I didn't like the attacks on the monster at all. 4-5 bombs blowing up on its back in succession causing its face to slam into a building should at least slow the fucker down or show significant damage.Bullets doing nothing I can understand. Explosions with no effect I can understand. Not head trauma though.
I'm thinking it had some sort of regenerative abilities, especially now that I know the end said "it's still alive".
Try ANY Akira Ifukube CD...Gawd what a rip...
I guess I will if it's anything like that.
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If only I lived somewhere near NY. Wait, wasn't there some kind of disaster there? Something having to do with clovers or something?
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Production has already been completed, fortunately. That sucks though.
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Michael Giacchino is a beast
Funny way to put it, but yeah. It sucks that I cannot find this piece of music anywhere on the interweb
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Oh yeah, and the overture at the end (Roar!), was an epic orchestral score. I'm trying to find it everywhere to no avail.
BTW, if anyone who stayed for through the credits was wondering what that voice clip at the very end said, it's revealed here:
http://boards.ign.com/teh_vestibule/b5296/157534266/r157535371/
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:As hisself: HOLY SHIT. I came out of the theatre and I hugged my wife because I hadn't seen a monster movie that fantastic since...like, ever. It was the single greatest monster movie I've ever seen. I love how it was done, all through a video camera. The monster design: insane. Never seen anything like it. Was it man-made? Alien? Some sort of cosmic disaster? WHO KNOWS. They left it a blank and I kinda like it like that. I LOVED it. Now give me a sequel.
My thoughts exactly.
..why? Not that it's even out in Norway yet. I haven't even been subjected to the hype. Convince me.If you don't see it your missing out on a spectacular movie. That's all I have to say.
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If by "depends on what group thinking tells us to do" you mean "I'm going to see Cloverfield on Monday", you just made a great decision. If not, well, there is no if not. That needs to be what it means.
Cloverfield lived up to the hype. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. In fact, I'd say it exceeded the hype. It was AWEsome.
FYI 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Now.......
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some prophet
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Isn't it obvious guys?
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His music will live on as long as I am around.
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Yeah, Playstation and N64 emulation on the computer is really fun, better than the actual consoles if you have a good controller. I would imagine that using an Xbox 360 controller would be the best solution, and those come built to work.
For those that want to use an N64 controller: http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=n64psxusb&Category_code=N64
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Also, I'd like to point out that Zelda 64 (and other N64 games) look amazing on Project 64 if you have a decent video card. You can bring games up to 1080P, add major anti-aliasing, and anisotropic filtering + smoothing, but I would recommend 800x600 to 1024x768 for the sake of the textures on OoT. Some games, like Starfox, look extremely good at even higher resolutions though. Emulating these games is so much better if you have a decent PC controller.
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Believe it or not, but Mario64 and Zelda64's graphics still hold up for me. Every time I go back to those games I'm actually MORE impressed by how good they looked for their time. The fact that they couldn't (or at least didn't) use fancy textures (going back to my "pure" comment) means they had to actually put effort into making amazing *models*, and it totally works. All too often I would see PSX games that would use textures as a crutch, as a replacement for detail instead of a complement, and N64 games were a refreshing change of aesthetics.
I agree that many PSX games did use textures as a crutch, but the ones that didn't blow their N64 counterparts away in terms of graphics that hold up.
I think OoT may still hold up for me because of the models, but I only played the very beginning recently.
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Trying to figure out the Zelda timeline has always seemed like a waste of time to me.
I agree. I would only care about Zelda's timeline if there was an actual storyline that went with it. Playing Zelda for the story is like playing Mario for the story, which is like playing Pong for the story.
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I loved OoT back when I beat it, but I cannot guarantee I still would. Many early 3D games don't hold up as well anymore -- especially without a great storyline to motivate you, something Zelda never really had. I can say that it was one of the most enthralling experiences a video game of it's generation ever gave me. The world was huge, and amazingly explorable for its time, and its music will entrance me forever (especially the song of storms.)
It's possible OoT's age may have gotten to you if you played it when yesterday's next-gen consoles were out. Then again, every game isn't for every person.
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This song is just awesome, period. Instant favorite.
My exact thoughts.
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Now here's some quality craftsmanship.
Wow, that's pretty cool. The mouse would probably be uncomfortable, but the keyboard seems pretty cool. I looked it up, and apparently you can buy it for $20 http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=woodkybmou&cm_mmc=geekmail-_-newarrivals_html-_-19jan07-_-naproduct&AID=10439518&CJPID=1992680
I don't plan on getting or anything, but that seems like a pretty good deal.
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No, I like my keyboard shortcuts in windows. a well-coded game would automatically disable it anyway.
The windows key is the most useless key regardless. I can easily just click the start menu as fast as I can push the button for it.
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The keyboards Atomicfog posted are true gamer keyboards because they don't have a Windows key.
Exactly
. Though anyone who has a Windows key on their keyboard can say goodbye to that key by disabling or remapping it with this VERY handy free application:http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/
Personally, I made mine into another control key.
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My keyboard kicks your keyboard's ass.
Think you're old school?
Or you can just run with it...
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No, no, and no.
Get the Razer Deathadder. It's so comfortable compared to Razer's other mice since they are meant for right and left-handed people. Not saying the Logitech's are bad though
Yeah, I haven't looked at mice for awhile, so I missed the Deathadder, which, apparently, would definitely be the mouse of choice if one were to go with a Razer. Personally, I cannot imagine a mouse more comfortable than the Logitech G5, it feels amazing.
IGN Declares Blu-Ray Winner of The Format War
in General Discussion
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Yeah, probably, but there is no Microsoft would be willing to lose that much money for a format that isn't there own.
Want.
Yeah it will be interesting to see how that turns out... Seeing the money Microsoft put forth in an attempt to buy Yahoo, I hope Sony would be able to resist such an offer.