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yeah, even if the writing and roleplaying is pretty shallow I'll be damned if the combat in ME2 isn't pretty fun. I never played the original but I think it's the polish that's keeping me around.

thanks dhex/isfet, I will try those fixes later.

On the topic of this thread, I am playing the hell out of Mirror's Edge right now thanks to that insane Steam sale.

Although I genuinely do find its kinetic FPS controls to be a joy on their own I'd say it's the presentation that keeps me coming back.  Even though the whole "Runner Vision" thing is sort of a lazy mechanic in some ways (yeah, I know you can turn it off) it really helps out the atmosphere, a lot.  Most of the world is a washed out sterile/oppressive steel jungle (see groan-worthy Big Brother comic book plot), but your character finds refuge in tracking down the features in the world that have warm, primary colors.  I think it really works in the game's favor.

The soundtrack is pretty great too. it's got a sci-fi bent, and it tends to give running-up-the-arm-of-the-crane-while-on-top-of-a-skyscraper the appropriate sense of wonder, instead of opting for some kind of empty bombast orchestral thing like so many other games do these days.

dhex I have the Fallout pack on Steam.  Do you know of anyway to play Fallout1/2 in Windows 7/XP and not have the visuals turn into a glitchy quilt? I've tried playing the game on two different setups now and while I can deal with the occasional rainbow of colors the really difficult bit is when the whole screen turns black until I scroll/mouse over it. any suggestions? I really want to play it!

And I am eternally fascinated by Japanese television...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQHxnsLbzw

this is kind of like the greatest hits of infomercials sans any actual products.

chinese painter "loses himself" in his work:
here

what?  that this would somehow tie in MMX, you mean?  yea, i don't think "X" was ever actually supposed to mean "10," but at this point i'd prefer they delay the tie-in game for as long as possible, considering that MMZX isn't as good as MMZ or X and there are no other halfway decent classic-style MM games on the horizon.

so uh, cheers to some new MM!

yeah, I doesn't bother me personally (I thought Mega Man 9 was great fun), although it's hard to deny the appeal of a hypothetical game that would bridge the gap, since such a game would be quite subversive on premise alone. Of course, I don't hold my breath, because it will never happen!

i don't think it'd be too hard, as dmauro tends to "preview" lots of Wii games.  but you'd have to ask him more about it.  how'd you softmod the Wii, btw?  been thinking of doing it myself.

I used this, which has since been refined to support the newest 4.2 update (apparently)

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Bannerbomb

all you need is an SD card and a way to transfer info from your computer. Just make sure that you follow the directions really carefully about where in the Wii Menu you should be running the exploit!

"* How to hook up with FOBs girls that don't speak english. Everything you need in..."

whoaaaa

I haven't messed with it much, but I performed a basic softmod on my Wii recently.  would it be extraordinarily difficult to either import S&P2 and play it out of the box or uh, "preview" it? It's definitely my most anticipated Wii title, like, ever.

yeah I guess it was a wasted opportunity. some people haven't given up hope that something dark potentially lurks in the game but, eh.

this is now the only appropriate context for the most ill-conceived running animation in fighting games.

I shouldn't be surprised to hear that there are still OS 9 loyalists, but yeah that is a pretty interesting argument. I still us OS 9 from time to time at work and I love how speedy it is, but the GUI has always seemed to be somewhat of an obstacle for me when I'm in a hurry.

it's actually nice that the snow leopard upgrade is so inexpensive but I think I will hold off until the itch really comes back.  I think I used up all of my good fortune with the successful (so far) Windows 7 upgrade on my desktop.

not sure if I'd be relieved or terrified to see Downtown LA that sparse.