Video Games/Gaming/etc.

Jav_sol wrote:

You're dating yourself, those things are centuries old. :mrgreen:

Forgive the indiscretion. :P

Wynter wrote:Uh, I'm a gamer! :wave:

Watashi mo.

The only gaming I've ever done was Sports Car GT on my PC... I still have the steering wheel and pedals. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:The only gaming I've ever done was Sports Car GT on my PC... I still have the steering wheel and pedals. :beaten:

I can't wait until Gran Turismo 5 is released next month so I can fulfill my Stig fantasy.

Some say he can swim seven lengths under water, and he has webbed buttocks... all we know is, he's called the Stig.

Tu_triky wrote:I can't wait until Gran Turismo 5 is released next month so I can fulfill my Stig fantasy.

Have your helmet and Nomex suit ready? :mrgreen:

Some say he can swim seven lengths under water, and he has webbed buttocks... all we know is, he's called the Stig.

I thought that was Aquaman... Or is it his other alias?

bmwracer wrote:
Have your helmet and Nomex suit ready?

:hehe: Yeah the one with the polarized visor glass.

I sleep with racing shoes and gloves on.

I thought that was Aquaman... Or is it his other alias?

The Stig knows no limitation.

Anyone on here playing the Yakuza-games? They're called Ryū ga Gotoku in Japan... If not, I'll tell you they're AWESOME!

Aya_Man_1988 wrote:Anyone on here playing the Yakuza-games? They're called Ryū ga Gotoku in Japan... If not, I'll tell you they're AWESOME!

I played the first three, the US versions. I enjoyed playing them as well. The storyline is really engaging. Yakuza 1 and 2 were actually written by Hase Seishū, a well known Japanese crime novelist.

The fourth Yakuza title is coming out next March in the States I think.

Tu_triky wrote:
Some say he can swim seven lengths under water, and he has webbed buttocks... all we know is, he's called the Stig.

And here I was a simple Aquaman fan since childhood.

But having always been a web fan... :hot:


So he's left car racing for the oceans depths, huh?

Eve wrote:
So he's left car racing for the oceans depths, huh?

:hehe: :hehe:

Eve wrote:So he's left car racing for the oceans depths, huh?

His next challenge. :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:

I played the first three, the US versions. I enjoyed playing them as well. The storyline is really engaging. Yakuza 1 and 2 were actually written by Hase Seishū, a well known Japanese crime novelist.

The fourth Yakuza title is coming out next March in the States I think.

Most likely, yes. The fifth game, subtitled "Of the End" has been announced in Japan, as well. It will, and this is no joke, center around a zombie outbreak in Kamurocho, whereby Kazuma has to use weapons (such as a sniper rifle) to kill hundreds of thousands of zombies. It's a radical departure from the usual stories, but since it's Yakuza, I'll buy it anyway ;)

Hell, I have to! I even own the (in the US and EU) unreleased Kenzan!

Aya_Man_1988 wrote:
Most likely, yes. The fifth game, subtitled "Of the End" has been announced in Japan, as well. It will, and this is no joke, center around a zombie outbreak in Kamurocho, whereby Kazuma has to use weapons (such as a sniper rifle) to kill hundreds of thousands of zombies. It's a radical departure from the usual stories, but since it's Yakuza, I'll buy it anyway ;)

Hell, I have to! I even own the (in the US and EU) unreleased Kenzan!

Yeah I heard about the fifth title...zombies sound friekin' lame to me. How many zombie games do you need. I'll reserve judgment until later.

Looking forward to playing Gran Turismo 5 next month, but I'd also like to get Rock Band 3 as well. The only thing holding me back from getting that game is the cost of the instruments. $150 for the guitar, $80 for the keyboard and I don't know how much the drum set is.

For now I'm just playing Madden 11, which probably will be the last Madden I buy for a long while. :grumble:

deseipher wrote:Looking forward to playing Gran Turismo 5 next month, but I'd also like to get Rock Band 3 as well. The only thing holding me back from getting that game is the cost of the instruments. $150 for the guitar, $80 for the keyboard and I don't know how much the drum set is.

For now I'm just playing Madden 11, which probably will be the last Madden I buy for a long while. :grumble:

Just go with Gran Turismo 5. Kazunori Yamauchi has been working on that game for years! So, you'll know you have a good product. And hey, 1000 cars for so little money is a really great deal! :)

Aya_Man_1988 wrote:
Just go with Gran Turismo 5. Kazunori Yamauchi has been working on that game for years! So, you'll know you have a good product. And hey, 1000 cars for so little money is a really great deal! :)

All those cars for $60! :mrgreen:

I'm thinking of getting a steering wheel for that game. Hoping to find an older Logitech model that came out with GT4.

deseipher wrote:All those cars for $60! :mrgreen:

I'm thinking of getting a steering wheel for that game. Hoping to find an older Logitech model that came out with GT4.

Check eBay and Amazon... I saw a couple of used ones at both locations.

After all this SCGT talk, I pulled out my mothballed steering wheel and pedals, but I can't use 'em at the moment: I need a game port and I don't have one. :(

bmwracer wrote:
Check eBay and Amazon... I saw a couple of used ones at both locations.

After all this SCGT talk, I pulled out my mothballed steering wheel and pedals, but I can't use 'em at the moment: I need a game port and I don't have one. :(

I went ahead and checked out both sites, managed to find one going for $68 with shipping. Haven't pulled the trigger yet, but it's certainly a good price compared to the other sellers.

Game port, I sort of remember that :sweat: I had a Microsoft Sidewinder controller that required that port.

deseipher wrote:I went ahead and checked out both sites, managed to find one going for $68 with shipping. Haven't pulled the trigger yet, but it's certainly a good price compared to the other sellers.

I thought I saw a used Logitech one at Amazon for about $32...?

Game port, I sort of remember that :sweat: I had a Microsoft Sidewinder controller that required that port.[/i]

I went digging through my PC parts box and found a sound/gameport card, but it was an ISA card and my current PC only has PCI slots... :(

Fortunately, I found an eBay seller with a PCI card for under $4.00... And that includes shipping. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
I went digging through my PC parts box and found a sound/gameport card, but it was an ISA card and my current PC only has PCI slots... :(

Fortunately, I found an eBay seller with a PCI card for under $4.00... And that includes shipping. :victory:

That's nice, soon you'll be able to game again :victory: Game Port and ISA remind me of our old family computer my parents bough like 15 years ago. Doom and Quake took up a good chunk of time on that :mrgreen:

I did see a Logitech Wireless Driving Force in the $30 range, but the Driving Force Pro was what I had mind. I remembered trying that out at Fry's when GT4 first came out and I was hooked. I'll keep looking through Ebay as the GT version of the steering wheel looks to be around the same price.