gamingeek said:

robio said:

Wow that Monster Hunter pic is awesome! I really want this game... maybe next month.

In other news since I couldn't afford the real a real game I wanted, I went super hobo and visited one of the local Blockbusters that is closing down around here.  And for $3.75 I left with. . . LET'S TAP!!!

I honestly can't believe Sega ever thought this game would sell.  It's not horrible by any means, but after about 20 minutes I went through all of the mini games and my fingers were kind of sore from repeatedly tapping the box.  Out of the 5 games 2 are decent (the running one and the shooter), and everything else is just. . . meh.  This could have worked as WiiWare, but no way in hell was this ever going to be a success.

What happens when the box breaks? It's cardboard right?

You can use any box you want. You just need some kind of flat surface that vibrations can travel through. Even a DVD case works, though there's really not enough surface area in that case.  I'm actually using the box to my Guitar Hero game.

gamingeek said:

robio said:

You can use any box you want. You just need some kind of flat surface that vibrations can travel through. Even a DVD case works, though there's really not enough surface area in that case.  I'm actually using the box to my Guitar Hero game.

I thought this game was wiiware and that you got the box for free or something from a store for free. They tried to sell this as a full price release? What were they thinking? It got decent-ish reviews though.

No it was a real game, though it was always offered at a discount price. I think it entered market at around $30 though most places dropped it to $20 fairly quickly.  It is a fun game and it's got some ridiculously catchy music, but it doesn't take too long for the novelty to wear off.  Still for what I paid for it, I can't complain. Plus my son seems to like it, even if he hasn't quite figured it out.  

• July 27: Super Complete Pack (All 35 costumes)

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Gary Busey is also very pleased with the Bungie news.

angrymonkey said:

robio said:

W And for $3.75 I left with. . . LET'S TAP!!!

I honestly can't believe Sega ever thought this game would sell.  It's not horrible by any means, but after about 20 minutes I went through all of the mini games and my fingers were kind of sore from repeatedly tapping the box.  Out of the 5 games 2 are decent (the running one and the shooter), and everything else is just. . . meh.  This could have worked as WiiWare, but no way in hell was this ever going to be a success.

I was astounded at how much my (older) sister got into the screensaver 'game'. I started to think that there could be a popular piece of software with these basic controls somehow.

Yeah that screensaver game is the one my 3 year old likes.  That's sort of why I think Sega would have been better off releasing them individually on WiiWare and just let people pick and choose what they wanted.  I could easily see people pay a few bucks for one of two of those games, whereas they'd be turned off by dropping $30 for all of them.  

Those screensaver games would also work a lot better of the DS too I think.  Tapping on a screen is a lot easier to sell people on rather than doing it on a box that the controller sits on.

gamingeek said:

darthhomer said:

Also - WOW at that Bungie story. Talk about left field.

 10 year partnership. 

Has Bungie shown themselves to be great originators of successful IP? Other than Halo? I'm wondering what happens if their new IP flops. 

 Wow indeed.  Just woke up.

Bungie is very good at what they do, flop or not it will be interesting (like the guys at id, even their lesser games are still good).

phantom_leo said:

Errr... No. No, why do you ask?

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flying_phoenix said:

Thanks Geek. How bad is the crime in London though?

EDIT - Holy shit at that "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Street Fighter II" article!

Mind Blown!

EDIT 2 - That News Article about that Indian guy, holy shit!

 As long as you avoid south and east london, generally you're okay. North is safest, central is okay. Be a little wary around inner city areas. Try to avoid places like lambeth, brixton especially. Avoid getting the night bus and stick to tubes/subway which generally end service at midnight-5am