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VGMaps Social Board / New Transformers The Movie DVD coming soon

« on: July 20, 2006, 08:09:08 pm »

While I already have the movie on DVD, I was kinda bummed that Rhino skipped making it something special. Now Sony BMG is turning it into something worth buying again (at least for me). IGN DVD gives info and boxart.



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VGMaps Social Board / Can I get some opinions?

« on: July 17, 2006, 11:15:15 pm »

I hope you all don't mind, but I want to get some feedback on something that I'm working on.



My company is branching out to print services, brochures, business cards, project folders, etc. . . and I created new cards to advertise the ability (with a website coming soon). I'd appreciate getting some 'outside' impressions.



Side One:





Side Two:



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Gaming / Blogs I read

« on: July 09, 2006, 10:34:04 pm »

Just wanted to share a couple of sources of news on the Wii.



The first one seems to be pretty well respected.

The other seems to be at times someone pulling crap out of his butt, then other times putting out some decent information.



http://nintendo-revolution.blogspot.com/



http://saruwatari-wii.blogspot.com/



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Gaming / Here's something to do with your loose change

« on: July 07, 2006, 10:49:50 pm »

Some guy wants to buy a Wii (or however many he can afford) just to break it into pieces right on the spot.



[link]http://smashmywii.com/[/link]



I wonder why he won't do that to a PS3 . . .

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Message Board Help / Poll Problems

« on: June 21, 2006, 10:13:10 pm »

The Poll on the Home page is giving a javascript error. Or is that because I'm using IE and not Firfox :p



And when a new thread is created, the str_replace('
', '\n', $content) isn't in place. I get three instances of html code that shouldn't be there in the textarea.

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Gaming / Finally Got One

« on: June 18, 2006, 10:40:20 pm »

I finally got a DS Lite. And New Super Mario Bros. Yay for Father's Day.



Now I can start saving for Animal Crossing so we all can exchange stuff and whatever else.







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Gaming / Video games as a spectator sport?

« on: June 13, 2006, 10:35:15 am »

Some people are trying to get video games in the Olympics. Would you watch?

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VGMaps Social Board / Star Wars Rant

« on: June 09, 2006, 10:21:37 am »

When news first broke that the original unedited Star Wars films were being released on DVD, I was excited. I am terribly disappointed by the 'enhancements' of the late 90's re-release of the films, and consider the original far superior. After all, DaVinci wouldn't go back over the Mona Lisa just because a brand new set of paints became available.



So now its apparent that this release is actually a 'gift' from Lucas attached to a yet additional release of the remakes. So you can choose which version to watch. Thats not bad. What is bad is the transfer for the original is from the Laserdisk set, not the original negatives. The sound is compressed where the original is 5.1, and its letterboxed, not anamorphic (yes, I have a 16x9 tv).



Holy shit, this is the set the fans have been begging for, and Lucas responds by blowing smoke and saying the remakes are the 'true' version so get over it. I realize that it is his work, but once art is shared with the world, it takes a life of its own.



If Star Wars was originally released with the computer effects, I wouldn't know any better except that the effects are visibly noticable. But I do know, and knowing is half of something.



Some of you youngsters may not be too familiar with the original versions, but think of one of the defining pieces of your childhood, art, book, movie, or music, and then picture it being 'enhanced'. Every time you see the new version, you might get a little feeling of nostalgia until the new changes smack you in the face and takes you out of your emersion.



And this doesn't compare with the Transformers movie or others similar. Its not a 're-imagining' I have trouble with.

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VGMaps Social Board / X-Men anyone?

« on: May 28, 2006, 09:08:57 pm »

Did you see it yet? Want to discuss the film and fill the thread with spoilers?



I liked it and didn't like it. Too many characters to handle correctly, and the core group felt broken. But the action was good and showed some team work. Just the execution of it was wonky.



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VGMaps Social Board / I posted some pics

« on: May 22, 2006, 11:11:39 pm »

I was on another board and I posted a collage of images of me through the years.



So I'll share it here, also.



Too bad I can't directly display images or hyperlinks in my posts...







Pretty boy of the forums signing in!



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Gaming / Reaction to our April Project

« on: April 27, 2006, 02:18:57 pm »

http://forums.damagedgames.com/index.php?showtopic=180&st=2460



One post in particular:

Yeah,and Capcom NEVER mixes bittages!

There were 16 and 32 bit sprites in there!

Feh. Liars!

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Gaming / The Nintendo Wii

« on: April 27, 2006, 10:27:02 am »

Man, I don't know if I like it, but that is the official name for Nintendo's new system.



The Nintendo Wii. Check out http://revolution.nintendo.com/

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VGMaps Social Board / New Transformers Article

« on: April 27, 2006, 09:21:19 am »

http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=23105



Now I'm really excited to see this movie.

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VGMaps Social Board / Strange Dreams

« on: April 25, 2006, 12:51:02 pm »

Have a strange dream? Post it here so we can go all analytical on its meaning and come up with reasons why you dreamt what you did.



I thought I'd post one of my most earliest dreams, from when I was 3 or 4. I dreamt that a tyranasaurus rex ripped the roof off the house looking for me. And I was hiding behind a couch where I was hoping I could see it but it couldn't see me.



Funny how I knew what a t-rex looked like back then. But I do have a ton of dinosaur books so that might explain it.

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VGMaps Social Board / Message Board Suggestion

« on: April 20, 2006, 11:58:53 am »

While there isn't a specific board for this, I'm sure this topic will be moved once one exists.



But something I'd like to see once any other more pressing issues are addressed is the signature. I really think it should be dynamic and not just part of the post. So if I change my sig in the future, its reflected on all of my posts and not just new ones.



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