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November 18, 2009
1:38 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Edition (Wii): Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex
@crumbdunky: As far as I can tell, there is no assisted aiming in COD multiplayer. If there is, and everyone else is using it while I've missed it, I must consider myself to be doing really well with my handicap.
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September 04, 2009
10:43 AM
pimlicosound commented on:
QOTW: What peripheral let you down the most?
Anything for the NES. The crappy infra-red joypads, the joypads with the octagonal trackpad thing in place of the D-pad and - God forgive me - that damn robot.
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June 19, 2009
6:34 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
95 game names turned into porno titles
"Sphincter Cell"!! That's superb!
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4:36 PM
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QOTW: What's the most you've geeked out over a game?
I transformed into a magical super-geek with Star Wars: KOTOR on PC. I played through it about 8 or 9 times, each time learning the best possible equipment and stats upgrades.

Now, under D&D3 rules, changes to character stats only count on even numbers. So, on my final playthrough, having memorized everything I needed, I was able set my starting stats - right at the beginning of the game - such that, with all the upgrades from equipment, leveling-up and Force alignment bonuses, with all the many combinations of even and odd numbers, all my stats ended up on even numbers by the end of the game! It was a feat of statistical perfection!

Sadly, the Statistical Perfection feat was not one of the available options upon levelling-up in the game.
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June 08, 2009
8:36 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
E3 09: Mario Galaxy 2 sums up Nintendo's wrongs
I don't understand the comparison to the iPod. Most people who buy iPods go on to buy other iPods and other Apple hardware. Apple fans are notoriously brand-loyal.

Furthermore, the iPod is synonymous with portable MP3 players, whereas the Wii is not synonymous with gaming.
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8:36 PM
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E3 09: 8 great uses for Microsoft's Project Natal system
The RTS control is something I hadn't thought of! That could be bloody brilliant! Finally, we could play RTS games on our consoles. No longer will I feel sneaky longings to return to my unloved PC in the office.
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8:32 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
E3 09: Top 10 things you need to know about today - Thursday edition
@Samael: I presume it refers only to player dialogue chosen in classic Bioware-style dialogue options, rather than to the illiterate junk written by Red Bull fuelled grind-whores.
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May 28, 2009
6:59 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360): 12 things you need to know about Red Dead Redemption
A truly great Western game is my dream. I hope this lives up to it.
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May 27, 2009
3:37 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Nintendo's worst-case scenario for E3 2009
Here's the link to the story about Art Academy:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/27/nintendo-trademarks-wii-fit-plus-and-art-academy/
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3:35 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Nintendo's worst-case scenario for E3 2009
Nintendo has just trademarked the name "Art Academy". You were right! Our worst fears will be realised.
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May 21, 2009
10:09 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
QOTW: What game are you most ashamed you never beat?
Tyler, I had the same thing with Link To The Past. I got it when I was 11, and I got to the final boss, Ganendorf in his true form. I was able to hit him with three silver arrows. I thought that would be enough (three is usually the magic number). I never found out how many hits it took to kill him.

I also picked it up years later on an emulator, and even with the advantage of save states I never finished it.

More recently, my most damning failure-to-finish is probably Lego Star Wars. I tried to play it through with my girlfriend, but we both got so tired of the annoying snowspeeder section in the Empire Strikes Back that we never persisted with it. How lame is that?
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May 20, 2009
1:36 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Terminator Salvation - The Videogame (Xbox 360): Terminator Salvation - The Videogame
This would have been more interesting if they'd given you a cyborg protector, like in the movies, for you to use as dynamic cover and remote offence.

It would have been a new sort of relationship in gaming, sort of like a reverse-escort mission, and it would have more accurately represented the movies and the fact that one human generally can't destroy countless machines.
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1:27 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Terminator through time
I had Terminator: Rampage on PC. It came on six 3.5" floppy disks. It wasn't worth it.
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May 15, 2009
4:25 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
LucasArts versus Sierra: Part One
Nice John Lee Hooker reference.
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May 14, 2009
12:29 PM
pimlicosound commented on:
Soundtracks you didn't know were stolen
What about artists who rip off game music? Janet Jackson's "Together Again" takes its main tune from Sonic on the Master System.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_Again_(Janet_Jackson_song)
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