Re: The Wings of Honneamise [Blu-ray]

On Thu, 22 May 2008 23:23:39 -0700 (PDT), 8-Bit Star
<nesstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 22, 11:20 pm, Abraham Evangelista <da...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 22 May 2008 16:36:50 -0700 (PDT), 8-Bit Star

<ness...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 22, 3:04 pm, afedakendragon <afeda...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Try this with a theatrical live
action movie, and you should be able to see the difference.

Local comic book guy ran Star Wars (not sure which edition)
on an HDTV he had in the store. It looked... well I could see
very minor pixellation, but I'm not sure if that's normal or not.
I assume it was a regular DVD since to my knowledge SW
isn't out in Hi-Def yet.

SO you've not really seen HD live action either then. This isn't
helping your case.

Think the only true HD I've seen is XB360s and Playstation 3s
in action. I've got to admit the graphics were pretty impressive.

Doesn't matter, next time I buy a new laptop I'm going to get one
capable of HD with a built-in BR drive. I'm just not a sucker for
new technology.

Well, have YOU ever retrieved the Amulet of Yendor? ;-)

Three times. And that's not counting Nethack ascensions.

... and here my quest was to find and activate the
armor of Vay...

Umm, okay, can you beat....

Ecco the Dolphin?
Battletoads?

This was a PITA!

Bubsy?
Hydlide?

3 of 4. Never played Bubsy. Any good?

(Big yes to myself for all four ;-))

More to the point, I get more than a bit resentful when folks other
than me claim to know what I want, what I should want, and what I
should be willing to pay.

So am I, really. "Why you still playin' that old junk?
Why don't you get with the times and get a MAN'S
system like the [whatever modern console they prefer]?
So what if it costs $600? Whaddya mean you're not
interested in Halo? You backwards sleazebag!" has

You're right, and I'm not saying that you have to "get with the times"
either...

already formed enough reason for me to carry a can
of mace into any place I'm likely to meet gamers.

....but that's just paranoia. :-)

When a game with lovely graphics fails to live up to reasonable
gameplay standards (Assassin's Creed, I'm looking at YOU) that's a
failure of the development team, not necessarily a valid condemnation
of the platform, and for damn sure not an excuse to condemn users of
the platform.

Oh, I ain't condemning gamers because of any fault of the GAMES.
That would be completely silly and [spock voice]totally illogical[/
spock].
I'm condemning gamers because in my experience the vast majority
of gamers are ignorant (both of their own fecking hobby and of
everything else), prone to hostility, and extremely given to sheepherd
mentality.

That's a damn broad brush you're using there. If you're not busy,
I've got a house that needs painting... :-p

And you honestly DO have to be pretty dim to spend $600 on a
game console that you KNOW is going to be put away four years
from now.

And why is that? I want to play those games, and to do so I need the
right hardware.

It's a little like buying a lightbulb that is garunteed to
burn out tomorrow.

What? So suddenly picking somethink you know isn't going to last is a
bad decision? Are you saying that people who buy products with
expiration dates are idiots?

I don't really CARE if they're going to obsolete it 4 years from now.
(And given the PS2's run, I'm not sure you're right.) The only thing
I care about is whether the console in question does what I want,
right now.

It would be different if you payed that $600
while honestly believing that this console is "the last console I'll
ever buy and they'll never make a better one," but I don' think any
gamer today can do that while maintaining their grip on reality.

Oh, so you're saying it's only worth $600 if it's the last one I'll
ever buy? I see.

So you're saying you know better than I do what I ought to be willing
to buy with my money. I see.

I know I have some matches around here somewhere... :-)
--
Abraham Evangelista
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