Points of Interest
- There’s a new episode of Super Mario Bros. Z over at Newgrounds, “Here Come The Koopa Bros.” and ranked #3 in the top 50 of all-time in the Portal.The Sonic side of the backstory is just a little dark, but with all the different versions and tones of Sonic out there, it still works. Perhaps it’s a sort of commentary on things since Sonic Adventure 2 or so.
Still, I love the chemistry they have in these between the Marios and the Hedgehogs. Especially during the big fight sequence in this one. This is the sort of thing I’d hope to see in a Mario/Sonic team-up.
Hehehehe… “Spirit Squad.” XD
- Splashman says I should post this, so who am I to argue? IGN interviews the CEO of Telltale Games about Sam & Max checking out the Wii style of life.
- Over at the Allspark, an interesting conversation struck up by Shockwave75 addresses “should you have to put away childish thing?”Short answer for me is “hell no.”
- If there is one thing that the Mega Man games are good for, besides some fun now and again, it’s confusing the hell out of people.Arguably, the most confusion of all was drummed up by Mega Man Zero, which really took things for a spin. But thanks to the efforts of Zan Sidera, we now have a good analysis of Rockman Zero, based on information provided by the various soundtrack booklets and sourcebooks released in Japan.
What are Cyber Elves? What is “the Vicious Cycle?” What’s the deal with Zero and Omega? And why does Zero have such long hair that never seems to get damaged?
The answers, my friends, lie within.
- Next-Gen has entered the podcasting scene with their own entry titled “Sex, Steam and Wii.”
- Next-Gen also tries to expose the myth of the “core gamer,” finding that “the most serious gamers aren?t in the 18 to 34-year-old age range, as many believe.”
- Exhausted by your X-Box? Pissed-off at PlayStation 2? Well, in Australia, GameWizards has the answer for you!
- Insert your joke about new reasons to hop the border here.
LBD “Nytetrayn”
September 20th, 2006 at 11:07 am
2. Sam and Max! Awesome!
3. There’s a lot of progressive, intelligent comments on that thread! I agree. While your hobby shouldn’t take priority over your family, there’s no reason they can’t coexist, and even support each other. I imagine if you ever have kids, they’ll think they have the coolest parents in the world.
6. Interesting! Didn’t expect that, because yeah, the myth is so pervasive… But it makes complete sense. Just look at an average GameFAQs board for confirmation… Nintendo was really on the ball by attempting to expand the gaming audience. This article made a lot of sense!
7. HAHAHA. 25 games. I’m not even sure I have 25 PS2 games. Just as bad as something GameStop would do…
September 20th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
3) You mean Red and I specifically? Or just people like that in general?
LBD “Nytetrayn”
September 20th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
I have much respect for S(Z)an Sidera, but I have to criticise his take on what he refers to as the Vicious Cycle. First of all, that’s not a correct translation. I’d accept “Worrying Cycle” more than vicious. The actual translation is, of course, “Suffering Circuit”, where “circuit” refers basically to the programming or artificial life form’s thoughts/inner feelings.
I’ve never really sat down and stated what I believe is to be the way it’s supposed to work (mainly because SB20 scared me off with a comment he made), but I have to say that the second paragraph under “Vicious Cycle” is pure speculation, and the last line is in fact incorrect. Zero is good due to the fact that he was evil in the first place: the deep worrying that was caused by the suffering circuit didn’t make him go crazy because he had no problem deciding between humans and robots: he had already chosen evil period. How this set him onto the other side of the spectrum, however, is not explained by the book.
Anyway, the rest of his analysis is still full of speculation, but I won’t bother going into details here.
September 21st, 2006 at 10:33 pm
(6) — That study is not that broad. So, apparently, they just took 16,000 people and seperated them into groups and pointed out who buys more games. Interesting, though.