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    Super Paper Mario review (Wii)

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    http://www.gamesradar.com/us/wii/game/revi...mp;sectionId=10

     

    I was speechless when I first heard of this game, I thought nintendo was BSing, then when I saw footage of it. o shi... NO LIES, nintendo has fuckin done it again. Who would of thought of the gameplay concept playing mario in a 2D world able to flip to a 3D perspective making the level look completely differently. Not only that, -

     

    This is hardly the only new wrinkle in the gameplay, though. Since SPM is a chapter of the Paper Mario series, it features the usual mashup of 2D/3D gameplay; Mario himself is a flat object moving through a polygonal world. While the world is usually seen from a side-on perspective, it's possible to "flip" the game sideways and look down the length of a level, where objects that seemed insurmountable in 2D space can easily be skirted around in 3D. The Paper Mario RPGs placed their random battles on what appeared to be literal stages, and SPM essentially makes all the world a stage, so to speak. By flipping the action sideways, obstructions resemble stage props -- flat, and simple to move past.

     

    absolute fucking genius, I can't wait til the 9th of April (that was damn friggin quick). As a proud Wii owner (sick of wii puns, give it a rest you guys), this is one game I've been waiting for, this is a great subsitute while waiting for Mario Galaxy. At last, a first true mario game, but a whole new game. You get the tradition mario game with paper mario rpg elements. This should be very good.

     

    here's a footage demonstrating the core gameplay of Super paper mario:

     

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=xlFtjwSGy3w

     

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    after:

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    Official: Naruto thread

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    The date for the one hour special advertised at the end of Shippuuden 005 was mistakenly given as March 22nd. It is actually March 29. We thank you for your understanding and patience as we continue to deliver you high-quality in fansubbing.

     

    Sorry magnis, that's next week.

    http://yhbt.mine.nu/pr/23

     

    bah i hate dattebayo, damn mistakes, stupid tricks, and all those fake episodes hehe. I want back ANBU and AnimeOne :afro:

    Next Gen News

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    Nights ftw no doubts, and as for the PS3 Price cut, about damn time sony, you finally made the right choice ;) I'm not interested in a black 360, skins are always a good substitute but 120gb hmm.... I don't know, just think are we going to have original xbox games up for download in the marketplace (xbox live)? maybe that is useful but stuffing a 120gb with demos and small mini arcade games isn't a good investment.

    Devil May Cry 4 coming to 360, PC as well

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    I got two words for ya, OH MY SPARDA HELL FUCKING YES!! capcom has finally come through. Ignoring the PC port, I always hoping this would be on the 360 and finally one of my wish is granted (my prediction came true yey!).

     

    http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/news/html/e070320.html

    Capcom Co., Ltd., a world-wide leader in the gaming industry, is proud to announce the development of "Devil May Cry 4" for the PLAYSTATION3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms.

     

    "Devil May Cry" is a series of popular, stylish action games, with a cast of unforgettable characters. Since the release of the original "Devil May Cry" in 2001, the series has shipped 6,800,000 copies as of December 31st, 2006, proudly making it one of Capcom's flagship titles. The series appeal is not limited to games; an animated TV series to be broadcast on Japan's WOWOW network is slated to air Spring 2007. The latest iteration, "Devil May Cry 4" will take advantage of each platform's hardware strengths to achieve the most stunning visuals in the series to date, and the introduction of a mysterious new protagonist will keep the action fast and fresh. Even before its release, "Devil May Cry 4" has been met with tremendous anticipation, as fans patiently endured long lines at TOKYO GAME SHOW 2006 for the chance to play the demo. "Devil May Cry 4" will be released simultaneously for the PLAYSTATION3 and Xbox 360 platforms.

    wait, what?

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    this sounds weird but I don't buy one bit about utilizing the ps3 cell. or maybe I'm just against sony :unsure:

     

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...L&type=tech

     

     

    Bruce Borden is debating whether to buy a Sony PlayStation 3 even though he has no interest in playing games. For him, it's about helping Stanford University conduct Alzheimer's research after his mother died of the disease.

     

    Already, he has five computers continuously crunching numbers in his Orange County home in Tustin as part of a "supercomputer" collection of 200,000 PCs that span the globe from Africa to Australia.

     

    By month's end, it will be possible for people to add their PlayStation 3s to that Internet force and further the scientific research at Stanford into Alzheimer's and perhaps, later, other diseases that occur when proteins don't fold correctly, such as mad cow, Huntington's, Parkinson's and many cancers.

     

    The project is the creation of Stanford Associate Professor Vijay Pande, who has dubbed it "Folding@home." Stanford and Sony will announce the latest twist involving PlayStation 3 at a campus news conference today.

     

    "In addition to playing games, you can do some good for the world," Borden said of PlayStation 3 owners. "I decided Folding@home is something I could do to help."

     

    Folding@home, started in 2000, is what's known as a distributive computing project that could soon double in size if enough PlayStation 3 gamers download the software that Sony will soon make available and then leave their consoles on when they're not playing. The PlayStation 3's Cell processor will allow Stanford researchers to do certain calculations twenty times as fast as a personal computer. So if just 10,000 people with the gaming equipment help out, it will be the equivalent of the 200,000 PCs already working for Stanford.

     

    "It doubles Folding@home in one swoop," said Pande.

     

    Proteins are the building blocks of biology and assemble themselves in a process called "folding." Pande's research group is studying computer simulations of what happens when proteins don't fold correctly. Misfolding can happen in two ways. Sometimes proteins "aggregate" in the same way that cars on a highway begin crashing into each other. Or they turn them into something bad -- instead of an auto factory making a car, out comes a chainsaw.

     

    By learning how proteins misfold, scientists hope to better understand how to prevent that. Already Pande has what he considers some exciting results from his Alzheimer's research, although he can't discuss them while they are undergoing peer review. And he has done some preliminary work on Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases with plans for more research in the future.

     

    The whole point of a distributive computing project is to speed up calculations that otherwise would take a long time. A typical calculation in this field can take 10 million days on the fastest home computer, in part because researchers are trying to make such detailed models of how atoms interact when proteins fold. But breaking up the calculation and giving pieces to 100,000 personal computers or 5,000 PlayStations means it can be completed in 100 days.

     

    Participants can still use their personal computers for e-mail and other daily activities while they're "folding at home," but the PlayStation 3 will only fold when play has stopped. Borden, who studied mathematics, understands why distributive computing makes so much sense for what Pande is trying to do. Borden participated in one of the first distributive computing projects that popularized the idea -- the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project at UC Berkeley, which uses radio telescopes to listen for signals from space. The data is then distributed to personal computers around the world and analyzed to see if it indicates the existence of extraterrestrial technology. After he stopped using his computers for SETI, Borden stumbled on Folding@home.

     

    Borden's mother died in 1994 of Alzheimer's and he understood the importance of Pande's basic research. He is thrilled by all the published papers on the Folding@home Web site generated by the makeshift supercomputer he's part of. If he decides to buy a PlayStation 3, he'll likely give it to his grandchildren and hope his daughter agrees to pay the electric bill, he said.

     

    He'll tell her, "Please turn it on and leave it on."

    USB "thumb drive" microSD readers/writers

    in Nerd's Chatter [/nerds]

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    I say take your chance, I don't think there should be any problems purchasing for that cheap. In any case, I purchased this from CompUSA: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_in...ash_Card_Reader

     

    if your not a blunt about cost, I say walk into a store and just buy it and be on your way. Besides, microSD cards are becoming cheaper and cheaper. An average Kingston 1gb microSD goes around 20 dollars or less nowadays. So I don't see why a 5 dollar microsd writer would be so suspiciously cheap.

    God of War 2

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    solid: shhhh!

     

    but yeah, I love this game so far. Already pumped in 4 hours during my first play today and trying to max out athena's blade. Enjoying the story and the unique puzzles so far.

     

    so, if i didn't play the first one, should i get the second one?

    are you serious? how can you never play the first GOW? I suggest you do that as soon as possible. If you like hardcome games like the DMC (devil may cry) series, then you will feel right at home. I could define this as the most chaotic extreme hack and slash game known to PS2, it's really the sh!t.

     

    as for GOW2, it picks up after where GOW. So you know the answer.

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