My Xbox red ringed... Has yours?

[HaemishM]

Deus Ex 2, despite being utter dogshit, did come out just a few years ago. He didn't even know that one.

Being inbred is just the result of a shallow dating pool.

[schild]

Oh shit, I forgot to tell you that you're the only literate person in Mississippi. Joke ruined.

[Riggswolfe]

Funny... I get carded at EB whenever there's a clerk that doesn't recognize me. I asked the manager about it at one point when she was out at the front desk, and she told me it was company policy - both the clerk and manager could get sacked if someone rightfully reported them for selling M-rated games to people who look "under 30" without checking ID.

In all fairness the kids didn't buy while I was there. They just asked about the games. I also got carded at EB games the other day and I'm 35! (which is odd because I thought EB Games and Gamestop were owned by the same corporation now.)

[WayAbvPar]

I know running water showed up in June of 2002.

It was certainly running like a motherfucker in August 2005.

[MisterNoisy]

3 Year warranty for red ring failures now

[schild]

I made a news thread about this on the frontpage/top forum.

[Merusk]

Anyone who would buy their KID a $400+ game system deserves anything they get.

Some systems aren't for kids. How many E10/G rated games are there? Oh, only racing games? Surely a 6 year old can tear some ass in Forza.

Go get a Wii.

What's funny is you say things like this, then bitch that the PS3s aren't selling.  Gee, correlation maybe?

Yes, the majority of the populace looks down on you if you're over 25 and buying game consoles for anyone other than your kids.  Buying it for your kids and playing it yourself once in a while is OK, as long as you suck or it's when you're drunk.

Perceptions will change, eventually, but that's still the viewpoint of the masses and another reason the Wii is kicking the other consoles asses.

[Signe]

There's a... never mind, I'll shut up and just go read it.

[Yoru]

Funny... I get carded at EB whenever there's a clerk that doesn't recognize me. I asked the manager about it at one point when she was out at the front desk, and she told me it was company policy - both the clerk and manager could get sacked if someone rightfully reported them for selling M-rated games to people who look "under 30" without checking ID.

In all fairness the kids didn't buy while I was there. They just asked about the games. I also got carded at EB games the other day and I'm 35! (which is odd because I thought EB Games and Gamestop were owned by the same corporation now.)

Information wants to be free, maaaaaaaaaaan...

[Strazos]

If he was with his mom, he probably wasn't 16. So let's assume he was 8 when Deus Ex came out. You live in Mississippi, I'd imagine the number of people who own PCs is lower than... anywhere. Mars, even. Now let's crank that back to 2000. This is roughly when fire was discovered, rite? I know running water showed up in June of 2002. So, we can assume that a grand total of 3 people in glorious Mississippi had computers. They were Japanese ex-pats. So, I have to ask, how the hell did you play it back then. Also, that kids mom - really his sister.

Oh yea. Wicked Burn.

ZING.

Ok, I lol'ed.

Also, yeah, I card people. I don't care; I don't need people coming back and hassling me later.

Also, lol@Haemish for expecting a young kid to have heard of Deus Ex.


AND Sky....the 360 is not a kids' toy, it's a fairly expensive piece of electronics. While yes, MS could stand to build the system to handle more abuse, that doesn't mean the system should be expected to be kid-proof. I had a fucking NES at age 4. I've never broken anything have to do with any of my gaming systems. I've never even thrown a controller. Ever.

It's not unreasonable to expect even a child to Not Break Shit. I blame the parents, mostly.

[Tannhauser]

How is Star Trek legacy? I've been kind of hoping it's basically Starfleet Command, I used to  that particular series on PC. Only two things have kept me from buying it 1) The reviews and 2) It covers all eras and I only care about Original Series and Next Gen, all the rest of it can disappear IMO.

So far I like it a lot.  Skirmish mode is fun for a quick knock 'em up.  I am on the 4th mission, you start as Archer and the Enterprise (Faiiiith of the Hearrrrrttttttt).  I guess you progress thru the eras after that.  It's not as detailed as SC, but close enough.  Good graphics, colorful systems but the missions are like 20 minutes long each with no save points.  I'm puzzled why it got such bad ratings maybe Picard and Ricker snuggle in a jeffries tube on the USS Brokeback Mtn.

Oh and driving the original Enterprise and fighting Klingon D7's is worth the $40 to me (Wal-Mart price down)

[Tale]

Defective Xbox 360 consoles to cost Microsoft a billion dollars

[UnSub]

Deus Ex 2, despite being utter dogshit, did come out just a few years ago. He didn't even know that one.

Being inbred is just the result of a shallow dating pool.

Gamers, especially casual gamers, suck at knowing gaming history for any time before they started playing. And then their starting point for game history becomes when games 'got popular' i.e. they started playing.

For instance, I recently read some guy posting elsewhere about how Warcraft was the first true RTS and how Dune 2000 and C&C didn't bring anything new to the genre essentially because they didn't have games out RIGHT NOW.

The lack of availability of older games and the fact they can be more clunky to play probably also doesn't help players learn such history.

Of course, maybe these people are just idiots.

[Yegolev]

AND Sky....the 360 is not a kids' toy, it's a fairly expensive piece of electronics.
...
I had a fucking NES at age 4.

I smell perspective paradoxes!

[Sky]

Yes. And the fact that, adjusted for inflation, the atari 2600 was more expensive than a PS3. It's a game console. Kids are a primary target audience, even if adults now play a lot of games. You /have/ to engineer for that.

When I was 4 there was the Magnavox Odyssey.

[CmdrSlack]

It's not unreasonable to expect even a child to Not Break Shit. I blame the parents, mostly.

Heh.  Right.  Have one.  Get back to the people that do.

[Murgos]

I remember when we got our 2600.  We had pong.  With the paddles.  It was awesome.

[Yegolev]

I try not to be That Guy, since before I had a kid I was That Other Guy and believe you can't convince non-parents of anything related to children.  But CmdrSlack is right, any comments on children from non-parents are invalid.  I don't give people a hard time about it because the only solution is to procreate, and I don't think we want Strazos to do that.

[HaemishM]

Also, lol@Haemish for expecting a young kid to have heard of Deus Ex.

When I was that kid's age, I was playing shit like Wasteland on a 4.77 mhz PC that could dualboot to Apple II OS, on C-G-FUCKING-A. I don't think it's unreasonable the little cumstain could know about one of the greatest games in history that isn't even a decade old, especially when its shitty sequel came out within the last few years for the predecessor system of the one he currently owned. Oh and to shave his fucking quivering Mongoloid lip. And get a goddamn haircut, you moppet-quaffed hippie.

It's not unreasonable to expect even a child to Not Break Shit. I blame the parents, mostly.

Yes, it really is unreasonable to expect a child to Not Break Shit. It's what kids do. Your $20,000 car? They'll roll it down a hill trying to imitate daddy driving. That $50 DVD player? It WILL have peanut butter jammed in it. Your collection of pr0n tapes? Someone's wearing those tapes out and it isn't just you. Most kids do not know or care how to take care of shit. Hell, most adults don't know how, and they've had training.

[Riggswolfe]

Also, yeah, I card people. I don't care; I don't need people coming back and hassling me later.

I didn't mind I just thought it was kind of funny. I haven't been carded for anything, including hard liquor for about a decade now. Something about my goattee and shaved head not to mention my credit cards usually gets the idea across that I'm not a teen ager.

If I had been female I'd probably have been pleased.

[Strazos]

Am I the only person here who didn't break shit as a kid?

No, I take that back. I did in fact break a toy, once; a brand-new Ghostbuster Janine figure (come on, you had to have Everyone from the show if you used these things). I promptly decided that burying the thing by a vacant house a few doors down was better than letting my parents find out I broke the thing. I bet it's still there.



I should try to find the picture of when I decided to empty the china cabinet and stack it on the dining room table. At age 2.


Sure, I expect a kid to possibly break stuff you give to them....but if your kid is the type to break stuff, do you give them something like a 360? I think not.

[Yoru]

You are a special and unique snowflake.

[Azazel]

If any kid - let's say - under 10 - is playing on anything more than a SNES, they're 1. Not getting the gaming education they need, and 2. Are likely overpampered. But then, I think gaming should have a curriculum.

The amount you're out of touch with the real world amuses me no end at times. PS1/Gamecube are the absolute low end for normal kids, with the PS2 and X-Box being most common, followed by DSes and PSPs and a smattering of 360s, Wiis and PS3s. For all the great stuff that the SNES had, you can't find the things anymore if you're a regular person, particularly a parent. The kids all want the latest shiney as much as you do, as well. With an increasing number of young parents who grew up with PS1 and 2/X-Box, PS3s and 360s are finding their way into more family homes. And, let's face it, even more PS2s. Pink ones, Guitar Hero, Buzz, Singstar, etc.

Kids don't want to play Gradius these days. Well, younger ones will play anything, but give them a few years and they want the latest shiney.

Also, lol@Haemish for expecting a young kid to have heard of Deus Ex.

When I was that kid's age, I was playing shit like Wasteland on a 4.77 mhz PC that could dualboot to Apple II OS, on C-G-FUCKING-A. I don't think it's unreasonable the little cumstain could know about one of the greatest games in history that isn't even a decade old, especially when its shitty sequel came out within the last few years for the predecessor system of the one he currently owned. Oh and to shave his fucking quivering Mongoloid lip. And get a goddamn haircut, you moppet-quaffed hippie.

So you're suggesting I should perhaps install Deus Ex again and try to play through it? (for a first run-through) I guess I did download that texture pack..

[CmdrSlack]

Am I the only person here who didn't break shit as a kid?

No, I take that back. I did in fact break a toy, once; a brand-new Ghostbuster Janine figure (come on, you had to have Everyone from the show if you used these things). I promptly decided that burying the thing by a vacant house a few doors down was better than letting my parents find out I broke the thing. I bet it's still there.

So you never strapped an M80 to a GI Joe figure to see what happened?  Dang, you missed out.  Did your parents have some uber punishment for breaking toys?

[Signe]

I hated dollies when I was small, even GI Joe sort.  I either gave them away or pulled them apart.  I loved my bike, roller skates and water toys.  I would wear my duckie intertube everywhere.  No water required.

[Strazos]

Never owned a GI Joe. Never particularly liked the cartoon either; TMNT and Ghostbusters were more popular where I lived at the time.

So no, I've never blown up a GI Joe with an M80. I've never used an M80 either, as they're patently illegal. Where would a 7 year old get a M80 anyway?




Also, no, I don't remember any particular punishment for breaking toys. I never really broke anything as a kid, and I only panicked when I broke the Ghostbuster because I had only gotten it about 2 hours previous to burying the evidence.

[Strazos]

You are a special and unique snowflake.

Stop it, that's not what I mean.

Did I just miss the part of childhood where you break all of your Fun Stuff? I was never one for wanton destruction as a child.

[Yoru]

Did I just miss the part of childhood where you break all of your Fun Stuff? I was never one for wanton destruction as a child.

Apparently. Hell, I used to buy shitty discount candies and stick them in the road, then hide behind a bush and giggle as they got smashed flat by car tires.

Go burn something. It'll be cathartic.

[caladein]

I wouldn't really wreck my stuff as long as it wasn't something I built. Gundam models and Lego stuff would slowly but surely get ripped apart though.

Kind of wished I had demolished random action figures and not the mildly cool stuff, but alas.

And no, no M80s here either, but that's because I'm weird.

[Signe]

I used to love to blow things up and burn things down when I was a kid.

[Yegolev]

Never owned a GI Joe. Never particularly liked the cartoon either

There was this great G.I. Joe where they were trying to get a thing away from Cobra, and the thing was called the McGuffin Device.  I cry for you.  Also, you probably don't think "porkchop sandwich" is funny.  Double cry.

Ants and a magnifying glass.  Anyone?

Shit, Signe, I still like to burn things.  It fills me with glee.

[Strazos]

Were you the same kids that used toads/frogs to play baseball with?

[Signe]

Nothing I ever blew up or burned down was alive.

[Typhon]

Model airplanes were for making, then blowing up.  It is a miscarriage of youth that they should be hung from ceilings with fishing line, no matter how well panted they were.

[CmdrSlack]

Were you the same kids that used toads/frogs to play baseball with?

Nope, those are the kids who were budding psychopaths and serial killers. I used to catch crayfish to keep as pets, but that's about it. Oh, and fireflies and crickets, etc.