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Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic? 561

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 15, 2010 @12:46PM from the you-ever-see-the-back-of-a-$20-bill-on-sound? dept.

ehrichweiss writes "The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is warning parents and teachers of a new threat to our children: sounds. Apparently kids are now discovering binaural beats and using them to get 'physiological effects.' The report goes on with everyone suggesting that such aural experiences will act as a gateway to drug usage and even has one student claiming there are 'demons' involved. Anyone who has used one of those light/sound machines knows all about the effects that these sounds will give and to state that they will lead kids to do drugs is nonsense at best. It seems the trend in scaring the citizens with a made-up problem has gone to the next level."

Comment Re-made is not just re-made. (Score 1) 381

by minus23 on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @06:48AM (#26266569) Attached to: Resurrecting Old Games, What Works?

The remake of Bionic Commando did it perfectly. It didn't *just* have improved graphics. The developers kept the "vibe" of the game and deviated from the original in some important ways. - You could shoot bullets in neutral zones, you didn't have to fight pink enemies dropping through cave walls via parachutes. It gave the ability to shoot your arm straight ahead while in the air even! This was done at the same time the developers were counting the pixels of the old NES game on pause. It keeps the vibe, and improves on awesome mechanics.

I think keeping the vibe is the harder part - but there is no lack of re-makes not achieving vibe *or* mechanic.

We know a re-make isn't going to use a save system that requires a 24 digit case sensitive password that require you yourself to create a new language to interpret your own writing better. =)

That said:
Blaster Master
Ninja Gaiden (orig)

Blaster Master *especially* needs a remake and it would be *awesome* if the studio that made BC Rearmed did it.

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