Video Games/Gaming/etc.

Aya_Man_1988 wrote:Heads up, everyone! YAKUZA 4 will be released on March 15 in the US and March 18 in Europe! It's a PS3-exclusive and an amazing game! Buy it!

I will only buy it if they have Abe Hiroshi's yakuza character from Shiroi Haru

Sadly, I don't think he's in it. But hey, Kiryu Kazuma is a great alternative ;)

Check this guy's racing sim setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1EsN3-uG0&feature=related :victory: :applaud: :shocked:

Aya_Man_1988 wrote:Sadly, I don't think he's in it. But hey, Kiryu Kazuma is a great alternative ;)

Good point! I'll buy it then. :) I've played the first three titles in any case so I've been waiting to play Yakuza 4. :woot:

Guitar Hero Over: Iconic Video Game Gets The Ax

NEW YORK \ These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles of the new century.

Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the "Call of Duty" series, is ending the "Guitar Hero" franchise after a run of more than five years. The move follows Viacom Inc.'s decision in November to sell its money-losing unit behind the "Rock Band" video games. Harmonix was sold to an investment firm for an undisclosed sum. Harmonix, incidentally, was behind the first "Guitar Hero" game.

Game industry analysts have long lamented the "weakness in the music genre," as they call it – that is, the inability of game makers to drum up demand for the products after an initial surge in popularity in the mid-2000s. Music games are often more expensive than your typical shoot-'em-up game because they require guitars, microphones and other musical equipment. While extra songs can be purchased for download, this hasn't been enough to keep the games profitable.

bmwracer wrote:Guitar Hero Over: Iconic Video Game Gets The Ax

NEW YORK \ These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles of the new century.

Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the "Call of Duty" series, is ending the "Guitar Hero" franchise after a run of more than five years. The move follows Viacom Inc.'s decision in November to sell its money-losing unit behind the "Rock Band" video games. Harmonix was sold to an investment firm for an undisclosed sum. Harmonix, incidentally, was behind the first "Guitar Hero" game.

Game industry analysts have long lamented the "weakness in the music genre," as they call it – that is, the inability of game makers to drum up demand for the products after an initial surge in popularity in the mid-2000s. Music games are often more expensive than your typical shoot-'em-up game because they require guitars, microphones and other musical equipment. While extra songs can be purchased for download, this hasn't been enough to keep the games profitable.

The music genre of games has had a good, long run. Nothing lasts forever.

Tu_triky wrote:The music genre of games has had a good, long run. Nothing lasts forever.

Pong Lives!!! :woot:

bmwracer wrote:
Pong Lives!!! :woot:

Nice.

Playstation 3, eat your heart out. :hehe:

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bmwracer wrote:Playstation 3, eat your heart out. :hehe:

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Bleeding edge technology, even by today's standards. Multi-core processing with Solid State memory for quick data retrieval.

Tu_triky wrote:Bleeding edge technology, even by today's standards. Multi-core processing with Solid State memory for quick data retrieval.

And ease of use unmatched: two controllers, an on/off switch, and a game select.

Magnificent.

bmwracer wrote:
And ease of use unmatched: two controllers, an on/off switch, and a game select.

Magnificent.

Better yet no confusing games to choose from. More titles? Who needs 'em!

Tu_triky wrote:Better yet no confusing games to choose from. More titles? Who needs 'em!

Yes. :victory:

The only way to master a single game is to maintain focus.

bmwracer wrote:
Yes. :victory:

The only way to master a single game is to maintain focus.

So says the master. The Pong is strong in this one.

Boy bludgeons mom with hammer over PlayStation

If youfre not keen on hearing of video game related violence – particularly the especially grisly sort, I recommend you read no further. A quite obviously mental 16 year old boy has confessed to murdering his mother in a most gruesome manner.

Why? She took away his Playstation as means of punishment; a chastening that would prove to be fatal.

After a heated, 90 minute argument with his mother, Rashida Anderson, 16 year old Kendall Anderson snuck in to her bedroom and bludgeoned her with a a claw hammer in her sleep. When the 20 or so brutal strikes failed to kill her, he dragged her downstairs and tried to cremate her in the kitchen oven. When that too failed, he savagely beat her to death with a the leg of her chair. HE then tried to hide her broken body in an alley behind his house.

Philadelphia police homicide detective Thorsten Lucke, reading the boyfs confession said the boy showed some remorse, saying gIf I could, I would not do it again. I really miss my mom . . . she was the only person who cared for me."

Well, Ifm sure your cell mate bubbafs going to care for you plenty, kid. This is yet another senseless killing with only the most tenuous link to videogaming. While a games console may have been a catalyst, there is obviously something very wrong with this boy – and his violent tendencies would have been triggered by something else at some point. Like Rock en Roll music, reefer madness, or those dang-blasted comic books all the kids are reading!

Playstation. It only does everything. Like make psychotic loonies kill their moms.

Source : Philly.com (via Kotaku)

Source: http://www.lazygamer.net/boy-bludgeons-mom-with-hammer-over-playstation/#ixzz1EBrKMljD

^ Jeez. :shakehead:

Prison is way too lenient for this fool... But that's all he'll get.

bmwracer wrote:^ Jeez. :shakehead:

Prison is way too lenient for this fool... But that's all he'll get.

Absolutely nuckin' futs. It's disturbing that whether it's an inner city youth or a rural redneck, people are so utterly devoid of coping skills that deadly violence is often considered an appropriate response to the most menial of issues.

Tu_triky wrote:Absolutely nuckin' futs. It's disturbing that whether it's an inner city youth or a rural redneck, people are so utterly devoid of coping skills that deadly violence is often considered an appropriate response to the most menial of issues.

Alcatraz needs to be reopened... Or Devil's Island.

bmwracer wrote:
Alcatraz needs to be reopened... Or Devil's Island.

Send 'em to Gitmo. Help liven things up down there.

Tu_triky wrote:Send 'em to Gitmo. Help liven things up down there.

Heh.

Better yet, drop him into the middle of Afghanistan: Live Action PS3 gaming. :P