UNIVERSAL VIDEO GAME THREAD

[Hoxtalicious]

Yeah, speculation is the number one reason why I no longer watch CNN for anything other than Larry King. If the news readers would just stop speculating over the stuff they report on and just tell the facts straight things would be okay in my books.

Instead we get Hot Coffee, ESRB being inadequate and Mass Effect being lauded as a porn game.

"Grandmother buys M rated game for her grandson, finds out about Hot Coffee and sues the developer and wins because her boy saw bad things in the game." What the ******** ******** was that old whore thinking in the first place? The rating system is there for a reason.

And according to Jack Thompson, ever since video games were invented violence has gone up. So if his words are to be believed, people were killing because of Pong and Pac-man.  

[Ruric Torrune]

Goddess, I'm glad I don't have cable.

Hmm, if that were true, and games do get progressively worse as the years wear on, we'd all be mass murderers by now. I'd say this is where that tee shirt my friend has comes into play. "People like you, are the reason people like me need medication" Hurray for stupidity.  

[[Sanity_is_for_the_Weak]]

Lt. Brookman

And according to Jack Thompson, ever since video games were invented violence has gone up. So if his words are to be believed, people were killing because of Pong and Pac-man.

He fails to realize there was a sharp increase in gang activity and illegal drug trafficking around the same time.  

[[Sanity_is_for_the_Weak]]

But wait, he seeks Redemption!  

[sun dragon]

hey has any one gotten Squad Command (new 40k game for the DS)
i just wanted to know what other people think of it before i get it

any thoughts ?  

[Hoxtalicious]

Oh wow, I made Saren AN HERO by convincing him to shoot himself because of drama. When you do it you'll get treated to this:



All its faults and annoyances aside, Mass Effect does have some really over the top gritty moments.  

[[Sanity_is_for_the_Weak]]

I did that the first time, I was really surprised at him when he did it. But the second Renegade time I just killed him so he slumped off his flier thing and into the garden below. The question I have to ask is: Was Saren a synthetic this whole time?  

[Hoxtalicious]

Nope, he was a regular filthy Turian with synthetic upgrades, hence the ease with which Sovereign could take over the gutted corpse of Saren.  

[[Sanity_is_for_the_Weak]]

Ah, I see. I'm making a huge tour out of my third game, I've earned the sabotage and overload achievements, and working on Hacking and Neural Shock ones. After that I will play an Adept to get the stasis, singularity, and warp achievements. Then I will replay my soldier career to get to level 60.  

[Hoxtalicious]

Mass Effect will introduce a content pack thus March, which will allow us to kill another alien race for the sake of us being pompous superior beings.

http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/mass-effect/849982p1.html  

[[Sanity_is_for_the_Weak]]

It better be more than "Go to Planet X, find base Y, and kill people Z" cause that s**t is getting repetitive. Speaking of Planets, I hate Nodacrux, it is the worst level design in the world. Its nearly impossible to get to some places of interest, and even more so trying to leave them. I got so fed up at having to reload the planet 4 times that I charged at Thorian Creepers screaming "******** you retarded level design". This is true because my dad could hear me downstairs.
Anyways, my jewel of an Xbox has decided to s**t out on me. It doesn't like playing Mass Effect anymore, and when I try to play it tells me to stick the disc into an Xbox 360 Console. One time, it even directed me to purchase a HD DVD drive attachment to play the disc. I'm sending my console to the repair center. Luckily, the woman on the phone said I'd get it back a lot quicker this time around since this is my second repair in such a short amount of time.
Oh, and another thing: some lame as rule came into play this December restricting anyone under 18 from downloading Teen and Mature content from Xbox live. The censor on Mature stuff is understandable, but I'm nearly 17 and I should be able to download stuff that is intended for 13 and up players!  

[Hoxtalicious]

HAHA! Oh man, sucks to be under 18 then. Around here we don't bother with that stuff, you just need parental consent or be 16 and it's open to all.

As for the new content, my brother told me that 400 GC for the new content is quite a bargain, so I will be getting it.  

[A.R.G.U.S Mykal]

I understand it that the 360s hardware isn't that reliable, so that's put me off getting one. My mate's crapped out about a month or 2 ago, still hasn't got it back.  

[[Sanity_is_for_the_Weak]]

A.R.G.U.S Mykal

I understand it that the 360s hardware isn't that reliable, so that's put me off getting one. My mate's crapped out about a month or 2 ago, still hasn't got it back.

Yeah, I think it's too late in the game to buy a 360 now. In a 1 or 2 years the next system will be put onto shelves. I'd wait for that and if you wanted to play some of the good games on 360, prices will have dropped.
Where is the Microsoft repair center in Europe?

Oh, and today Activision confirmed another Guitar Hero and another Call of Duty.  

[Hoxtalicious]

Ireland and Germany if not mistaken. A lot of the major support centers (Dell, HP etc.) are in Ireland these days.

All in all 360 hardware is a mixed bag. I know people who have their current box since the release two years ago, not a problem with it. My own elite works fine, safe for the racket, scratching sounds and the fact that downloaded media doesn't play with sound nine out of ten times.

Hehe, Duke Nukem Forver will be released this year, for the PC, PS3 and X360. Or so 3D Realms claims to some Texan paper. They also dropped that Duke Nukem 3D would be released for the 360 Arcade later this year. So if all goes well we can all park bricks into some alien toilet by the end of this year!

I'm more looking forward to Scene It! finally coming out sometime this month and Army of Two being released in early March.