Chaotica

See, I disagree. I am about to make a sweeping generalisation here, but when I go through all my roms and old games, a lot of them are good, and most of the others are playable and at least vaguely interesting. But I just can't say that about today's games. I look on the shelf at the local game shop, and barely any register anything with me, with only a couple I consider special and worth me buying and playing. I mean, go to a local games store, see the recent releases, and see which ones take your fancy - you could probably count them on your hand. Just my two cents.

My god, I'm shocked. I just saw the guy live a few months ago at a show. A great entertainer, so very tragic. On another note - what's up with so many wrestlers dying so young?

I got the 9800 Pro. Are the Omega drivers better in some way? I have a P4 3 ghz, 1 gig ram.

I have an ATI Radeon 9800 and it runs everything I throw at it just fine - Doom 3, Far Cry, Fear. That's about all I can say, because I'm not very techno savvy nowadays. And I use the official drivers, and I've had no probs.

Wow...very similar story to my past experiences. But I also remember renting NES and Master System games too. I think I have lost interest in gaming for both the reasons you state - I have just grown up, and also because games were better back then. Don't get me wrong, there still are a couple of cool games being released today, but I think older games were just more fun and more playable - even if they were more harder to complete, which is something I personally find. Todays games are very much obsessed with graphics and having an oscar winning plot, which is great, but not when the fun factor gets left on the side of the road. Another thing I find are games are less creative and inventive these days - because games are such big business, developers are scared to push genre boundaries just in case their game flops. They feel safer staying in the usual genres and franchises. I remember booting up new games on my old Amiga computer, and wondering, "wow, what the hell! I've never seen a game like this before!" And to discover yet another oddball game that some obscure developer came up with. You don't get that today.

I saw that pic in a local newspaper. Absolute coolness. Those snakes will just try and swallow anything, regardless of size.

Well, in the first game the marine dies at the end of episode 1 and goes to hell. Maybe that's what happens to the Rock in the movie. Although I heard the movie would have no demons and no hell, which would suck.

Leander was indeed a truly great game...it was a shame the press at the time of its release overlooked it for some reason. I only played the A500 version, and it blew me away. Hope this thread isn't too old to post in.

I hope K Man is okay.

I didn't like it. It set itself up to be a suspenseful thriller, but in the end it was just an censor of explosions and fights. Nothing wrong with that, but I expected more substance.

My...I haven't visited this place in so long. Hello peeps. Right now I am working 9-5 in an office. It is ok pay, nice location, nice people, not hard work, but I can't help but feel that I want something more. I work part time on the radio, have a show and all that. That is fun, but its annoying, because it eats into my spare time, like weekends. I wish it was my day job, but that seems unlikely. I don't know if there is a dream job - I have been thinking about my career options and goals recently, because life is drifting by under my nose. But I have no idea. Perhaps something arty, but not too arty, which paid well and wasn't too far from home. And I agree that working in stock is cool. It was very hard work - I'd come home with bruises and cuts all over me from lifting and moving big, bulky and heavy stuff. But it was a really good workout, made you feel alive, and I met lots of funny people - like truck drivers. They are funny people.

I liked the Jenny thread, and, when rom links were allowed, how we would all help each other and exchange info, links and advice when a new rom hit the net.

I sort of still feel it, but not as passionately as before. I come here more for the convo and SPAM more then anything else. Still dally in some Neo Geo, Mame and Amiga emulation, but not as fervently as before. Another reason is that I am an emulation hoarder - once I finally get a game and make sure its working, I burn it to CD and...that's about it. I promise myself to play them, try to complete them, but I don't. I just collect!

lol. "Hunnie, you looked stressed. Here, have some gum."

Here you go. Hope it helps. Resurrection of Evil is on its way!

I'm all up for nude scenes...but anyway, I think Tomb Raider is pretty much dead - even movies with Angelina Jolie can't bring it back from the brink! But if they can insert something new into the formula, then who knows.

I like reading...like, almost anything. When I went to university, I stopped reading for pleasure, because you have to read alot of texts. But now that I have finished school, I read alot. I like writing too - short stories, long stories, poems, rants, reviews. I like drawing, but I'm not so good at it. I like going to art galleries too. I like exploring all types and different types of music, but my favourites are rock and metal. So of course, I love to go to rock concerts when I can. I still losely follow wrestling, and I hope the Undertaker beats Randy Orton at Wrestlemania this year, even though Orton is pretty cool. The media industry (radio, tv, newspapers, print, publishing, advertising) fascinates me, and I hope sooner or later I can crack into it. I don't watch too much tv, apart from the news, and cricket and aussie rules football, which I both follow, but I can't play for peanuts. That's about it, apart from chatting with friends, pubbing and clubbing and random flirting.

yes, i feel the same way. im quite unhealthy and i can admit that bc its my fault for not takin care of myself <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Make that three! I feel the same way, but just recently I have been really trying to take care of myself, eat better, stay more positive, and excercise more. It ain't easy, tho!

A - Apidya B - Balder's Gate C - Castlevania D - Doom E - Expendable F - Final Fight G - Gods H - Half-Life I - IL2 Sturmovik J - Jazz Jackrabbit K - King of Fighters L - Lucky and Wild M - Mortal Kombat N - No Regret O - Overdrive P - Planescape: Torment Q - Quake R - R-Type S - Speedball 2 T - Thief II - The Metal Age U - Unreal Tournament V - Vampire Saviour W - Warlords: Battlecry II X - Xenon 2: Megablast Y - Yolanda Z - Z-Out

I don't know about early starters...remember the Dreamcast? It got an early start too. I miss Dreamcast.

You won't look at the mayo in the hamburger in the same light ever again <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Or cow milk.

sad but true. I wish they'd be more like UbiSoft. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Let's hope they are not taken over by EA. I don't like this gangsta gaming news either, but I guess I will wait and play the game before I judge it. And I agree that Tom Clancy novels are all the same.

That is the stupidest thing I have read in awhile. Plus it is censorship of good zombie material!

Happy Tree Friends is really popular here too, in a cult way. They screen it with another show, two miniature aliens where one alien always gets killed.

Well done Samurai Edge, congratulations! Make sure to give yourself a nice reward.