This Week in Downloadable Content 56
Both the Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade have some interesting offerings this week, and Microsoft has released word of a lot of new things to come via their community service. The day before yesterday saw the release of Punch-Out!!, Virtua Fighter 2, and Bonk's Revenge for the Wii's download service. No Mike Tyson in this version of Punch-Out!!, but it's still (as Kohler puts it) one of the 'best videogames of all time.' On the Xbox side, today sees the release of a 'double header' of games: Gyruss and 3D Ultra MiniGolf Adventures . Gyruss is a Konami arcade port, while Minigolf includes a course editor to distract you from the simple gameplay. As far as new XBLA content goes: The Daily show is already available on the service, along with The Colbert Report, Carcossonne will join Settlers of Catan and (apparently) Talisman in boardgame-to-Xbox ports, and Microsoft is looking for pitches for a television show to be shown exclusively on Xbox live. If you win the TV contest, you get to make it for them.
Punch-Out without Mike Tyson (Score:4, Funny)
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And what makes it even more amusing is that it was actually a simile!
Why, no, I'm not a card carrying member of the pedant's society. (It's actually made out of plastic...)
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To be sure, I believe in pedantry for the
Settlers of Catan online makes me tingle (Score:2)
I own a copy of the board game, but haven't played it for years, mainly because nobody I know anymore knows how to play it and I'd teach my wife but that still leaves us at least one player short, and two players short for a decent game.
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Besides, you don't know anyone who knows how to play anymore, and you are only interested in teaching your wife? How about some non-wife people you know as well?
OK, was it real? (Score:2)
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Eventually got to fight a noncitizen? (Score:4, Funny)
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Settlers may be cheaper than board counterpart. (Score:3, Insightful)
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"I had no doubts that Brian Reynolds would do a great job, and the first version of the game exceeded my highest expectations. The AI is so clever that I even lost several games in a row! Hands down, this game for the Xbox Live Arcade is an amazing achievement."
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Carcasonne? Catan? Talisman? Sweet! (Score:2, Interesting)
Online play would mean I could play whenever I want.
One thing I'm wondering though is will they put in the random endings for when you reach the middle of the board in Talisman?
After surviving the wandering dragons, ghouls, giants, trolls and a devil... after surviving your friends many assassination attempts and finishing the qu
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Wii Boardgames (Score:2, Interesting)
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The screen thing could be kinda cool though...maybe have the DS as an interface. Or a PSP (then I'd actually get use out of it). Players could hand that off when it's their turn so you'd only need one. Somehow I think that requiring two consoles to play one game might not go over so well though! Maybe have the Wii host a webserver so you could use a laptop to see your cards...who knows. I'll stop rambling...good call
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The DS would be perfect (as discussed on IGN) for Scrabble or
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Awsome. Do you remember what it was called, or who made it? I was searching under key works of 'global, conflict, territory, etc..' and didn't find it.
Thanks in advance.
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What? You want him to actually research what's new on Sony's platform also?
That would be HARD to find. Heck I mean its stickied at the top of the Forums even.
In summary, MKII was just released last thursday, either Super Rub-A-Dub (addictive puzzle game) or Calling All Cars (from Al Jaffe) is expected tomorrow.
For a minute I had forgotten about Zonk's slant on gaming news. Go
Daily Show and Colbert report at 2 bucks a pop. (Score:4, Interesting)
2 dollars an episode for at least 20 episodes a month is 40 dollars. My cable bill is 40 dollars a month, I also get many more channels than comedy central and with an extra 5 bucks I get a DVR which means I can get all these shows already.
Personally the Video service Microsoft is offering needs to figure out a way to market the tv shows (unskipable advertisements at the beginning would be acceptable to me) because as it stands now it's less than a novelty, it's an insult.
Hell the Movies you only get for a couple days, the tv shows you are overcharged for. It's just not right.
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That's an ignorant thing to say. Did you see Stewart's interview with John Bolton? They had a very serious, relevant, and *polite* debate on the nature of the executive branch. You'd be hard-pressed to find that kind of in-depth political discussion on CNN or Fox News.
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If you're a fan of the liberal humor on the Daily Show its better to keep your mouth shut about such things. As a "comedy program" they are allowed to bring in whatever guests (read political candidates) they want. As a "news program" they'd be required by law to give equal time to both Democratic and Republican candidates.
Meh, not that an Anonymous Coward posting on slashdot is going to change that but stil
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Sure I'd like consoles themselves to be cheaper, I think $500 for a ps3 as you say "is less than a novelty, its an insult." So I don't buy it. I wish my new house cost half the price. Gas is too high. Cigarette prices keep going up. Coffee from Starbucks is $4. And you're complaining about a downloadable TV show... that you've already seen... on cable... ooooo-kay.
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I couldn't, thats why I won't do it. I'm sorry that Microsoft and NetFlix and the networks aren't making it possible for you to do EXACTLY what you want for the price that you want... my point was that this occurs everywhere, to everyone, with just about every product.
The cost of a single show *cannot* be the same as the cost of an entire cable subscription.
And yet it is. Mind-boggling...
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So do the sensible thing and don't buy them. Its not that hard to ignore the stuff shoveled at you.
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I was simply pointing out that for the same price they are charging you can get something else easily worth more (aka a whole month of basic cable versus 20 shows that are available on basic cable). If Microsoft or Apple wants to find a business model for this situation then they have to cha
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I actually picked up the Guitar Hero packs (I thought it was worth the money). But for TV I actually got a DVR for the exact reason you mention, I want to have a copy of it on my drive if I want to rewatch it. I just find the prices for their tv selection and movie selection to be more expen
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In PS3-land (Score:2)
Bring me this and I'll buy a 360 (Score:1)