edgecrusher said:

travo said:

edgecrusher said:

Is that Best Buy deal for online only, or can you do in-store?

It was in their flyer, so you can get it in the store.

I don't really need any games right now, but I have a hard time passing up these deals.

I'm piss broke, so it's not that hard to do.

Agnates said:

The ending. It was absolute shit. I like the AC story alright but they're overdoing it with Ezio. AC1's story was the best, imo. The setting was better. Also had cooler boss deaths. But the other two are alright too. Except for the shitty Brotherhood ending. And they're stretching Ezio's story, the next game is with him also, meh.

Why was the ending s***?

Pfft I've pondered that many a time GfuckingG.

I think it would take me years to replay all my games. I mean if I had nothing to do BUT play games 24 hours a day, then I could blast through them pretty quick, maybe in less than a year. But considering, you know, life and shit...and assuming you'd want to enjoy them and not just blast through them at full speed, yeah, years. Games are very time consuming. Moreso than any other form of entertainment.

lol, Criterion's reason for not including Crash mode in Burnout doesn't make a lick of sense.  Oh yeah, it does! Ka-Ching!

gamingeek said:

edgecrusher said:

Pfft I've pondered that many a time GfuckingG.

I think it would take me years to replay all my games. I mean if I had nothing to do BUT play games 24 hours a day, then I could blast through them pretty quick, maybe in less than a year. But considering, you know, life and shit...and assuming you'd want to enjoy them and not just blast through them at full speed, yeah, years. Games are very time consuming. Moreso than any other form of entertainment.

So what game in your collection (open question to anybody) did you always say you would replay but never seem to get around to?

Majora's Mask?

There's tons man. Mostly games that have come out since the PS2 era began, because there's so much more to keep up with since then. Final Fantasy 10 is definitely one of those games. The game really made a mark on me when it 1st came out and I always said I would replay it, but I never have. I still remember clearly walking into Electronics Boutique the day after Xmas, with a line of people returning shit that took me 45 minutes to get through. I picked up FF10 on the PS2, and a brand new Xbox with Halo on the same day. I played all the way through FF 10 before ever turning the Xbox on.

Agnates said:

I thought you only played 2, do you want the ending of brotherhood spoiled?

It's almost a year old. He's had his chance to play it. I think it's your responsability to post the entire plotline in great detail with no spoiler warning, making sure to put the main spoiler at the very beginning so that it shows up in recent comments.

Agnates said:

I thought you only played 2, do you want the ending of brotherhood spoiled?

Nothing I've seen in Assasins Creed makes sense anyway.

gamingeek said:

Nothing I've seen in Assasins Creed makes sense anyway.

The Assassins are, throughout the ages, fighting the Templars who want to control the world using the Pieces of Eden, powerful artifacts that can even control minds, originally created by those who created mankind in their image, a highly advanced civilization that has now perished. The games explain every major religion and what not as being tied into that civilization or their objects of power that resurface through the ages, usually to be used by the pesky Templars. Desmond and pals are part of the modern Assassins and are on the run. They are using the Animus to relive the memories of Desmond's ancestors that is embedded in his DNA, in search for clues for the current whereabouts of the Apple of Eden, the device Ezio's story involves. Before AC2, the Templars had kidnapped an unaware of his past Desmond and tried to use him in the same way (at the time seeing the life of Altair, another ancestor during the 11th-12th century rather than the Renaissance), but he escaped with the help of Veronica Mars, an undercover Assassin. So that's the gist of it. The Matrix time travel.

It's some Metal Gear Solid level crazy shit, but it's fun. I liked the setting of the first game more. And of course Desmond's ancestors happen to be the most badass Assassins of the past, nearly from the order's beginning. And through some kind of whatever effect, the more Desmond uses the Animus the more he takes on the abilities of his ancestors (hence you can use them when playing as Desmond in some parts). And also has had messages from that civilization left for him as you saw in AC2 when Ezio reached the Apple of Eden (before losing it again) that alien bitch referred to Desmond rather than Ezio by name so I guess they had foretold he would be there, at this time, doing this looking for the Apple or whatever else through his ancestors' memories. I wonder how much Kojima helped, it's like when Liquid Snake lived through Revolver Ocelot via arm transplant.

Agnates said:

The Assassins are, throughout the ages, fighting the Templars who want to control the world using the Pieces of Eden, powerful artifacts that can even control minds, originally created by those who created mankind in their image, a highly advanced civilization that has now perished. The games explain every major religion and what not as being tied into that civilization or their objects of power that resurface through the ages, usually to be used by the pesky Templars. Desmond and pals are part of the modern Assassins and are on the run. They are using the Animus to relive the memories of Desmond's ancestors that is embedded in his DNA, in search for clues for the current whereabouts of the Apple of Eden, the device Ezio's story involves. Before AC2, the Templars had kidnapped an unaware of his past Desmond and tried to use him in the same way (at the time seeing the life of Altair, another ancestor during the 11th-12th century rather than the Renaissance), but he escaped with the help of Veronica Mars, an undercover Assassin. So that's the gist of it. The Matrix time travel.

It's some Metal Gear Solid level crazy shit, but it's fun. I liked the setting of the first game more. And of course Desmond's ancestors happen to be the most badass Assassins of the past, nearly from the order's beginning. And through some kind of whatever effect, the more Desmond uses the Animus the more he takes on the abilities of his ancestors (hence you can use them when playing as Desmond in some parts). And also has had messages from that civilization left for him as you saw in AC2 when Ezio reached the Apple of Eden (before losing it again) that alien bitch referred to Desmond rather than Ezio by name so I guess they had foretold he would be there, at this time, doing this looking for the Apple or whatever else through his ancestors' memories. I wonder how much Kojima helped, it's like when Liquid Snake lived through Revolver Ocelot via arm transplant.

Nice write up,  it is bat shit crazy at times. Matrix time travel is a good way to explain it. I kept wondering during Ass creed 2 whether they would have a sequel eventually set in the present, but I don't see how that would work.

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Nintendo Video is a service that allows 3DS users to watch video content on their 3DS systems. This service - available starting from July 13th - includes cartoons, documentaries, among others. Nintendo Video is freely available as a download in the Nintendo eShop and provides access to new and exclusive videos in both 2D and 3D.


Nintendo Video is able to automatically download content via SpotPass. Videos will then be shown in the HOME menu of the console. Saved for a limited period of time, the video content can be watched as often as the user wants to. To ensure SpotPass access, Nintendo teamed up with various European HotSpot providers, but even local WLAN networks can be used.

Content includes:

- selected episodes of Oscar's Oasis (TeamTO & TUBA) - for the first time completely in 3D

- Magic Tricks (D4D)

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Coming soon:

- movie trailers

- classic concerts

- animations for children

What the hell is Oscars Oasis and Magic tricks? Animations? They do 3D animations or are they just talking about the cgi ones?