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I could play it without headaches as well. There was something cool about putting in your headphones and playing the game for a while, it really cut you off from the outside world... kind of a cool feeling. Pull yourself out and it was like, "whoah." The games were subpar, I think it was one of those systems where developers didn't know what to do with it. I think the DS might suffer the same fate; cool technology and an opportunity for a lot of new games but most developers won't bother testing the limits of the technology and churning out the same old crap. The surgery game (forget the same) seems to be one of the first games to take advantage of the touch screen/stylus, but it's still a game about surgery. Not really gonna bring in the kids. The PSP looks promising, certainly the most promising system Sony has done.. but we'll see what happens. Most of the games look to just be boring ports. Either way, I doubt I'll be picking up either anytime soon. I bought a JP PS2 this summer which I'm kinda scratching my head with and asking, "what the hell am I gonna do with this?"

It's not quite a new thing, Ghost in the Shell was co-produced by Manga Video. Not to mention the fact that anime is taking off in the U.S. whereas the aniem market is shrinking in Japan.

First I've heard that tidbit. Can anyone confirm this and/or provide a source? Kawamori has been saying that he has no intention of continuing the Hikaru/Lisa/Minmay story for quite a while, seems doubtful to me.

Amazing weathering and battle damage, just the right amount too. Very well done piece!

Eh, every franchise has it's on-and-off series, no franchise is flawlessly perfect. For the love of god, please don't turn this into another Macross 7 thread.

I'll pass, thanks.

Don't know the details, but from what I remember it's a Bubblegum Crisis story without actually be set in the Bubblegum Crisis continuity. BGC2040, the new AD Police series and Parasite Dolls all use places and names from BGC, don't the continuity doesn't mesh up... they're seperate series.

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Pretty cool, I haven't seen many Phantasy Star Online-derived kits.

It's a fun game, but not worth much more than $20. You can beat it in a night. Still cool though!

There's probably some truth to that, as the original development of Macross was filled with puns.

Expensive is an understatement when it comes to Games Workshop games. I was never a big 40k fan, always a bigger fan of Fantasy (well, mostly just Fantasy Roleplay) but from what I've heard this game might actually be better than the usual Warhemmer-based crap games that we see.

Or a nearly identical intro (with very similar music, IIRC), but yeah, BGC handled it's homages must more discretely.

It was their attempt at a cyberpunk story as well. I remember reading in an old interview that a lot of the main characters names were based off famous cyberpunk novelists; Gibson, Rucker, Sterling, etc.

Actually, I think Macross II was the better Macross arcade game compared to the SDF Macross and the Macross Plus game. Based on the inferior anime, yes, but in terms of gameplay I found it a lot more enjoyable than the other two and spent a lot more time with it in MAME than I spent with the other two.

Where us Macross Purists kick it? Where are we? In a bad rap video from 1989? Word! Funky fresh Macross purists reprazent! HOLLA! I read all those books back in the day, years ago. Haven't touched them in ages and honestly doubt I will anytime soon, maybe keep them around because I loved them so much as a youth.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are generally pretty bi-partisan when it comes to politics. There's a lot of political commentary in South Park, but looking at all the thinsg you've said you can't really pin them down to being overly left or right.

If it's that big of a deal to you, why not make your own?

News to me, but I'm about 9000miles away from my boxed sets so I can't double check. Horrendous what TokyoPop did to Initial D, almost makes me glad I stopped caring about/watching Initial D...

Not to mention they're stealing and the original creators get none of the money!

The latest movie was ALMOST half decent, aside from killing off Connor in favor for that pussy Duncan. I can't help but imagine how horribly terrible this movie will be, but then again it's not as though the Highlander franchise hasn't been slogged through the mud enough as it is so... whatever.

I was trying to quote you but I pressed the report button... now that I think about it, I don't think that was such a bad mistake after all... Some friend you are, calling to fuzz on me. Now I'm definately not buying that Real Doll you wanted here in Japan. Did I say that out loud?

My Toynami MPC Veritechs. Hands down.

That sucks, I've got family down in Florida and they're getting pounded... seems like everyone is. I've been in Tokyo for the last month and we've been getting earthquakes and typhoons, but nothing really damaging. Good luck to all you Floridians, hope you guys are okay.

Those toys are looking nice, but that price seems a bit steep. The face sculpt on Chirico's face is pretty bad as well, doesn't look much like him, IMO. The Scopedog rocks in terms of that gritty realistic tank feeling that we don't see anymore. Votoms has always been a pretty underated show and given how many people have never heard of it or seen it, I'm surprised how much merchandise the U.S. got for it a few years back.