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 Darth Groovy
05-23-2006, 2:47 AM
#901
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000A0IBHO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

Man this game is everything I hoped it would be. I had reserved this game way back in January. I was excited because I was craving a good turn based strategy game for the PSP. When I sold my GBA SP and all my games, one of the games I missed was Advance Wars. I was really adicted to that one, so I was hoping that Sony would at least make something similar. Field Commander is better...MUCH better. This is the perfect turn based stratedgy game for a PSP...REALLY! Basically, it still plays like Advance wars. You look at the battlefield top down...select your units, and either move them and/or battle opposing forces. As anticipated you have so many moves per turn, and can create one new unit per factory. You can occupy cities, to gain money, and supplies, and you can also take over an enemy factory so you can build new units. You fight your battles with land sea and air units. You win the game, by either destroying all the enemy units, or capturing the enemy headquarters. The BIG difference between this and advance wars, is that Field Commander has the same gameplay, without all the annoying cartoonish over tones. Also, you can use your thumbstick to rotate the map 360 degrees, and once a battle is inititied the whole thing rotates and zeroes in to show the battle in 3D. The graphics are actually better than I thought they would be. Obviously, the military units such as tanks, choppers, and submarines don't really resemble anything "REAL", but they have more of an exagerated futuristic sci-fi look to them. The sounds are almost lifelike on this game, from the movement of helicopters, to the explosion sounds of mortar fire. The people that talk to you in this game are not annoying either. There is quick play, where you can just cue up a map, and set it to go, there is a single player campaign, and multiplayer ad hoc. You can set time limits on your turn if you want to make things interesting, which works if you are playing ad hoc with friends that take waaaaaaaaay too long of a turn. This game is totally worth the price tag of $39.99. (Although, I am even happier I got it for free, because it was a promotional copy sent to all the GameStop managers! Already, rank has it privilages!) I started playing the game around 8pm. Played two rounds, and when I looked up at the clock again it was already 10:45pm. Yes, it's that good. Don't let the 37 page instruction manual throw you off, it's easy to pick up and play, probably even more so if you have played Advance Wars before.
 BongoBob
05-23-2006, 4:31 PM
#902
http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/06013011011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/10710000/10714711.jpg)

Just ordered this from half.com slightly used for 30 bucks with expidited shipping :)
Should be here at the latest by saturday :)
 TiE23
05-24-2006, 11:39 AM
#903
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/Other/XBOX20star20wars20battlefront20220b.jpg)

Killing the bots are still pretty fun. Though from the little time I've had on multiplayer it's not that much. I'm still experimenting.
 toms
05-24-2006, 1:28 PM
#904
Man this game is everything I hoped it would be. ... t's easy to pick up and play, probably even more so if you have played Advance Wars before.

So basically its a total copy of advance wars but without the charm? Yay innovation! ;)
I still have 2 more advance wars games to play so i'm happy for now..
 BongoBob
05-24-2006, 7:52 PM
#905
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/Other/XBOX20star20wars20battlefront20220b.jpg)

Killing the bots are still pretty fun. Though from the little time I've had on multiplayer it's not that much. I'm still experimenting.

I wasn't too happy with it on xbox live, but maybe that's because it seemed I was always playing a bunch of pricks, and it was laggy as hell.

But just playing with a couple friends on xbox live or playing it splitscreen is fun as hell. Maybe I'll steal my friends copy and frag you for a bit :P
 BongoBob
05-25-2006, 1:03 AM
#906
Sorry for the double post, but I just got one very good thing.
My Nevada High School Proficiency Exam Results.

In math, out of a necessary 304, I got a 356 (out of 400), and in reading, I got a 396 out of 400.

Hell yes :D
 Darth Groovy
05-25-2006, 6:55 AM
#907
So basically its a total copy of advance wars but without the charm? Yay innovation! ;)
I still have 2 more advance wars games to play so i'm happy for now..

It has a charm of it's own, and the battle animations make it really interesting.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007ULFAW.01-A1NDBS7YGOPBD6._SS400_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

I have mixed opinions about the game. It strives for innovation, and it's neat to be the predator in this game, but the camera and controls aggrivate the crap out of me. You are forced to play through the tutorial before you can get any further. Things only get interesting once you get to attack the beach, and take down a dock, but that is a short lived experience, and then it gets annoying again once you are captured and placed into a holding facility. (not too dissimilar from the one in Jaws 3, or even Deep Blue Sea) Once you get there, your objective is to capture a scientist holding a key kard in order to escape the facility. Fetching key cards in a game where you are an oversized man eating shark, seems way too silly. I'll have to mess with it more when I am not so tired. Still...eating scuba divers FTW....
 toms
05-25-2006, 9:08 AM
#908
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000A8NZ0O.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

Pretty good film, with some nice scares. I went caving as a kid and hated it... and after this I remembered why i never want to do it again....
 Darth Groovy
05-30-2006, 6:43 AM
#909
 Pie™
05-30-2006, 11:20 AM
#910
 TSR
05-30-2006, 1:25 PM
#911
HUGE twin peaks fan :xp::)
 Tokarev
06-02-2006, 5:49 PM
#912
 Darth Groovy
06-04-2006, 3:29 AM
#913
 Tokarev
06-09-2006, 5:14 AM
#914
Corepad Skatez PRO (Razer Diamondback)
Corepad EYEpad Mouse Pad
Heavy Duty Zip Ties 8" (15)
Ultra MicroFly Aluminum Micro-ATX Case (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_304&products_id=4596)
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/images/products/ULT33117_01.jpg)
 CapNColostomy
06-09-2006, 5:34 AM
#915
 BongoBob
06-09-2006, 5:35 AM
#916
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/20-141-436-01.jpg)

512MB Kingston RAM (http://tinyurl.com/8oybv)

Hell yes, brought me from 384MB RAM to 768MB :D

I borrowed a friends copy of oblivion to test it out, and using my configuration (2000+ AMD Athlon XP, 768 ram, 6600GT OC'd from 500/1000 to 550/1100, and clogged up WinXP), I run it at 1024x768 at pretty high settings with little lag. Most of it happens when more than 4 people come on screen at once.

Now to actually get my own copy of Oblivion...
 TiE23
06-09-2006, 7:30 PM
#917
[IMG]
512MB Kingston RAM (http://tinyurl.com/8oybv)

Hell yes, brought me from 384MB RAM to 768MB : D

I borrowed a friends copy of oblivion to test it out, and using my configuration (2000+ AMD Athlon XP, 768 ram, 6600GT OC'd from 500/1000 to 550/1100, and clogged up WinXP), I run it at 1024x768 at pretty high settings with little lag. Most of it happens when more than 4 people come on screen at once.

Now to actually get my own copy of Oblivion...
Do you run it with distant lands on? I had lag with it on. Glad to see it works alright. : D

Okay, my post. My parents got a big-ticket item. A $640 E500 n Olympus digital camera. 8 Mega Pixels. It arrived an hour ago and it's still charging and it looks pretty bitching. I would have prefered an Xbox 360. But eh, it's still cool. I'll post some pics I take with it to show off it's quality.

My mom wanted it because she wants to use the old lenses she has, this is her 3rd "real" camera. It came with two lenses and has 256mb of internal memory and has a nice big 2.5" screen.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BK39DE.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V55767404_.jpg)
It looks cooler in person and feels cool just holding it. :P

Also:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EIORE8.01-A1L4LS2KNDBWYV._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
$39

Demo pics:

You can see dust specks on the flowers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/Special/P6090002smaller.jpg)

Individual lines on the dollar bill.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/Special/P6090008smaller.jpg)

Both were about 1.6mb. I compressed them to 1 mb each.

EDIT: My sister took a bunch of pics in our backyard. These are totally mind-boggling. Besides the pretty flowers, the resolution of the pictures are so high you can see the pollen stalk thingies on some of them.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2036/extremeflower4eq.th.jpg) (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=extremeflower4eq.jpg)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/9910/p60900342ud.th.jpg) (http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p60900342ud.jpg)

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8334/p60900266fc.th.jpg) (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p60900266fc.jpg)

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4358/p60900426ag.th.jpg) (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p60900426ag.jpg)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9928/p60900186ak.th.jpg) (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p60900186ak.jpg)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2054/p60900178fz.th.jpg) (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p60900178fz.jpg)
 Darth Groovy
06-16-2006, 8:48 AM
#918
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000F8OISM.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V55370884_.jpg)

FNMFTW.

NICE! FNM was one of my favorite bands ever! I have the Who Cares Alot? on VHS. You know watching them with that first singer almost seems irrelavent doesn't it? He was terrible compared to Mike Patton, but then again, Mike Patton is a hard act to follow. Patton helped that band alot more than they ever gave him credit for, but what is cool, is that Patton was powerfull long after and beyond FNM! Even his stuff on The Real Thing was steller! :D
 Lynk Former
06-16-2006, 9:19 AM
#919
http://img.pconline.com.cn/images/product/1284/128474/lcd_samsung_970p_m.jpg)

Samsung 970p 19" LCD Monitor (http://www.samsung.com/au/products/monitors/tft/highperformance/970p.asp)

XD Wheeeeeee I just got my new monitor *dances around* and it's so cool. It's black n very sexy and can do this (http://membres.lycos.fr/nathanoth/Images/970P_2.jpg). Nuff said.
 El Sitherino
06-16-2006, 3:35 PM
#920
Samsung makes me happy in the pants.
 Pie™
06-17-2006, 11:54 AM
#921
 BongoBob
06-17-2006, 5:50 PM
#922
http://www.splashmovies.de/images/dvd_video_cover/2004/labyrinth_se_cover_gross.jpg)

I just watched that last night, one of my favorite movies that we don't own :D
 ZBomber
06-17-2006, 7:32 PM
#923
Eric Clapton tickets for the 10-03-2006 show in Boston
 Darth Groovy
06-19-2006, 2:30 AM
#924
 BongoBob
06-19-2006, 4:12 AM
#925
I just got tickets today to go see an awsome local band The UTMoST (http://www.myspace.com/theutmost) play on friday, and it's their CD release show too, so it's just gonna be extra awsome :D

Unfortunatley, the tickets for flogging molly sold out :(
 Darth Groovy
06-19-2006, 8:37 AM
#926
I just got tickets today to go see an awsome local band The UTMoST (http://www.myspace.com/theutmost) play on friday, and it's their CD release show too, so it's just gonna be extra awsome :D

Unfortunatley, the tickets for flogging molly sold out :(

Flogging Molly, Breaking Benjamin, what's up with these groups who have random acts of violence as the name of the band? I must be getting too old. I wonder if Slapping Susan has been taken yet...
 TSR
06-19-2006, 9:01 AM
#927
it has now..:xp:
 BongoBob
06-19-2006, 6:44 PM
#928
Flogging Molly, Breaking Benjamin, what's up with these groups who have random acts of violence as the name of the band? I must be getting too old. I wonder if Slapping Susan has been taken yet...

That's actually kind of what I thought the first time I heard of Flogging Molly. Well, except for the getting to old part.

Gramps :xp:

You know I'm kiddin grooves, don't ban me :D
 Commander Obi-Wan
06-21-2006, 10:55 PM
#929
 Lynk Former
06-22-2006, 7:22 AM
#930
http://www.famiconsumer.com/fzero-gx-cover.jpg)

F-Zero GX (http://cube.ign.com/articles/434/434947p1.html)

I continue my quest to buy as many of the good GCN games as I can before it becomes even more impossible to find them. Plus it's nearly the end of this generation.

http://www.playright.dk/covers/240/metalgearsolidthetwinsnakes_gcn_eu.jpg)

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (http://cube.ign.com/articles/497/497319p1.html)

:D Talk about great luck, this game is EXTREMELY rare down here, it's pretty much IMPOSSIBLE to find... and I found a copy for 20AUD LOL. I feel so proud XD
 Pie™
06-23-2006, 1:36 PM
#931
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Zenial/lsd/picu-v/big/voimasta.jpg)
Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
http://www.rockdetector.com/assets/resized/img/covers/20502-0-300-0-300.jpg)
Impaled Nazarene - Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz
http://www.russianshanson.com/images/eb/death_spiritual_healing_1.jpg)
Death - Spiritual Healing
http://www.mistermoonlight.be/dyn/hoes/2100.jpg)
Shape Of Despair - Shades Of...

Also, I got Aborym's new album, Generator, but I couldn't find a cover picture of it. :p
 TiE23
06-23-2006, 3:07 PM
#932
http://www.russianshanson.com/images/eb/death_spiritual_healing_1.jpg)
Death - Spiritual Healing

Hahaha, awesome cover. :lol:

"You'r heal'd!" *Smack*
 Det. Bart Lasiter
06-23-2006, 3:12 PM
#933
 TiE23
06-23-2006, 3:16 PM
#934
7 volumes for a 26 episode series? Man the makers are just milking. Awesome series, tho. And the the first box... I love those hats, lol.
 Det. Bart Lasiter
06-23-2006, 3:19 PM
#935
7 volumes for a 26 episode series? Man the makers are just milking. Awesome series, tho. And the the first box... I love those hats, lol.$25 a piece too, bringing the grand total for the series to $175 + tax, unless you buy the box set for the bargain price of $150.
 TiE23
06-23-2006, 3:22 PM
#936
I had the same problem months ago when I wanted to get the Azumanga Series. I was torn over the fact that the 6 volumes cost $20 each. But then right before ordering the first one I found they sold the entire series box-set for only $50 on this one site, so I got it. :p
 TSR
06-23-2006, 3:33 PM
#937
you try getting the whole of CSI miami on a paper round wage:xp:
 TiE23
06-23-2006, 11:27 PM
#938
Sweet, I got hired at Safeway to be a bagger-boy/Courtesy clerk. Woot!

I start training on thursday. Minimum wage beats no wage at all! :p
 TK-8252
06-23-2006, 11:50 PM
#939
Sweet, I got hired at Safeway to be a bagger-boy/Courtesy clerk. Woot!

I start training on thursday. Minimum wage beats no wage at all! :p

Wow, that was quick. You just turned sixteen and already got a job? I've got a few applications out and not even a damn interview yet.
 Jeff
06-24-2006, 12:05 AM
#940
Indeed. I'll be 17 tomorrow and I've just put in 6 or 7 applications throughout the week. No calls for me yet either.
 milo
06-24-2006, 12:54 AM
#941
$25 a piece too, bringing the grand total for the series to $175 + tax, unless you buy the box set for the bargain price of $150.
Why not just watch it online for free? That's what I do.
 Det. Bart Lasiter
06-24-2006, 2:04 AM
#942
Why not just watch it online for free? That's what I do.Because it's illegal. Samurai Champloo is licensed here in the U.S and most countries across the world.
 milo
06-24-2006, 2:32 AM
#943
Because it's illegal. Samurai Champloo is licensed here in the U.S and most countries across the world.
*hastily exits youtube*
Oh, yeah. hehe.
 Det. Bart Lasiter
06-24-2006, 2:40 AM
#944
*hastily exits youtube*
Oh, yeah. hehe.Just watch the unlicensed fansubs if you don't want to pay for your anime (I get mine from http://animesuki.com).
 milo
06-24-2006, 2:57 AM
#945
Well, most of those shows I've never even heard of, but yes! They've got gundam seed! :D Hey, nice site jmac.
(btw, the link's broken)
 TiE23
06-24-2006, 3:44 AM
#946
Indeed. I'll be 17 tomorrow and I've just put in 6 or 7 applications throughout the week. No calls for me yet either.

Wow, that was quick. You just turned sixteen and already got a job? I've got a few applications out and not even a damn interview yet.
Hey, I'm just special guys. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/emot-downs.png)
 Darth Groovy
06-24-2006, 3:53 AM
#947
Sweet, I got hired at Safeway to be a bagger-boy/Courtesy clerk. Woot!

I start training on thursday. Minimum wage beats no wage at all! :p

Congradulations! Getting your first job is always the hardest. Always keep the job you got BEFORE you start another one, always give a two weeks notice before you quit, and if you stick it out for as long as possible, it looks better to future employers. I speak from experience on this one. ;)
 TiE23
06-24-2006, 4:01 AM
#948
Congradulations! Getting your first job is always the hardest. Always keep the job you got BEFORE you start another one, always give a two weeks notice before you quit, and if you stick it out for as long as possible, it looks better to future employers. I speak from experience on this one. ;)Gamespoot manager FTW.

Also, to Moeller and TK, this was my first application and I submitted it just 5 days ago, lol.

Edit:

Psst....it's GAMESTOP, you knucklehead! :p

~Groovy ;)

Edit 2:

I think -spoot is better'er. ;)
 Darth Groovy
06-24-2006, 4:06 AM
#949
Wow, that was quick. You just turned sixteen and already got a job? I've got a few applications out and not even a damn interview yet.

With everyone being out of school, everyone is filling out applications. About 20% of those people are ACTUALLY wanting a job....the rest of them are just filling out applications to keep the rents of their backs. Needless to say...positions are getting filled anyways. When the summer ends, many of those people in those positions will be going away to college, or back to school, or what have you, and those positions will be open again.
 CapNColostomy
06-24-2006, 4:53 AM
#950
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