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@  TM2-Megatron : (03 March 2021 - 11:59 AM)

I mean, it's not all bad. Disney's releasing Speed remastered on 4K
@  wonko the sane? : (03 March 2021 - 08:48 AM)

And now the fridge has died. So far 2021 has been WONDERFUL.
@  Hg Dragon : (01 March 2021 - 08:49 PM)

I'm upset I can't "Like" a shout...
@  TheMightyMol... : (28 February 2021 - 09:39 AM)

The US election? *rimshot*
@  Paladin : (28 February 2021 - 09:19 AM)

WHICH 2016 clown panic?
@  NotVeryKnightly : (28 February 2021 - 07:22 AM)

Didn't that come right after the 2016 clown panic? No way to make clowns not disturbing at the time, surely.
@  PlutoniumBoss : (28 February 2021 - 04:26 AM)

The clown guise is supposed to lure kids in, it's no good if it looks sus in one glance.
@  PlutoniumBoss : (28 February 2021 - 04:15 AM)

The new one tries too hard to be unsettling from the start. Curry's look is just a plain old clown, until he very much is not.
@  PlutoniumBoss : (28 February 2021 - 04:14 AM)

And Curry has a far more disturbing look at times than the newbie.
@  Sabrblade : (28 February 2021 - 02:22 AM)

And the original was a showcase of Tim Curry's delightfulness as an actor. 'Nuff said.
@  unluckiness : (27 February 2021 - 10:19 PM)

first one was a decent horror flick but the second was a mess plotwise and even the scares were worse
@  tigerhawk : (27 February 2021 - 04:57 PM)

Never understood the hype for the IT movies, too many floppy zombie chases, They're not in the least unsettling.
@  Maruten : (25 February 2021 - 06:00 PM)

It's better than the last one!
@  Steevy Maximus : (25 February 2021 - 11:30 AM)

The new Wizards of the Coast logo looks stupid
@  Steevy Maximus : (25 February 2021 - 11:29 AM)

It's really rather shocking watching the Investor Day presentation and seeing how much Hasbro actually owns now.
@  -LittleAutob... : (25 February 2021 - 10:26 AM)

If everyone had COMMON SENSE, then things would maybe go a little better-
@  repowers : (24 February 2021 - 05:33 PM)

If everyone would just have the exact same opinions as me then we wouldn't have this problem
@  Kalidor : (24 February 2021 - 01:49 PM)

It just depends on what it is. It is preferable to take it to P&R though. But sometimes current news as it's happening is less restrictive.
@  fourteenwings : (24 February 2021 - 12:18 AM)

Huh, good point (x3)
@  ▲ndrusi : (23 February 2021 - 11:46 AM)

Yeah. 1. People treat it like Twitter. 2. There's no "take it to P&R" since there's no P&R for the Shoutbox. 3. There's similarly no way to avoid either subjects or people in the Shoutbox since there's no division and it doesn't respect the ignore function, so people end up engaging when they normally wouldn't.
@  fourteenwings : (23 February 2021 - 10:56 AM)

Is there something about the Shoutbox that just means we get politics taking over the thing at least once a week?
@  wonko the sane? : (23 February 2021 - 08:26 AM)

At least your government is willing to talk about the collapsing medicare system. In quebec, their ignoring it in favour of talking about language again! Oh, and unconstitutionally denying access to eduction.
@  Shockwave 75 : (23 February 2021 - 07:52 AM)

At least here in my home province of Ontario we have a conservative gov't who doesn't want to cuz $$$$, but the argument is that they'll end up paying in medical care anyways for those sick people so why not?
@  Shockwave 75 : (23 February 2021 - 07:51 AM)

We have paid sick leave here in Canada too, but it's not very much and not everyone has it. So we're trying to get the gov't to extend it, and give it to everyone.
@  Nevermore : (23 February 2021 - 02:23 AM)

The only reason people still go to work despite being sick is because they feel emotionally obliged to serve their employer.
@  Nevermore : (23 February 2021 - 02:20 AM)

Some people abuse the system by somehow getting sick with a different plague every five weeks.
@  Nevermore : (23 February 2021 - 02:20 AM)

Those six weeks are out of the employer's pocket by legal mandate. If you're still sick after those six weeks, the health insurance company takes over the payment.
@  Nevermore : (23 February 2021 - 02:19 AM)

That's the good thing in Germany - we have legally mandated paid sick days. Six weeks (!) for a single cause (consecutive or recurring, as long as it's the same cause; reinfections long after the fact don't count), Everytime the employee gets sick with a new cause, another six weeks start.
@  tigerhawk : (22 February 2021 - 04:48 PM)

That's how my family got sick, my brothers a teacher, he has a class for expelled students, they gave full attendance these past few lockdowns out of sheer boredom, they can turn in sick and break isolation and he nor the other staff, who also got sick, couldn't do anything about it.
@  TM2-Megatron : (22 February 2021 - 03:03 PM)

Yeah, pretty sure the only reason people don't stay home when they're sick is that the vast majority of society lives paycheque to paycheque, and they can't afford even one missed day of work.
@  -LittleAutob... : (22 February 2021 - 11:27 AM)

That's unfortunate... I know masks can be annoying, but I think not being able to breath comfortably for a while is better than actually having the virus and not being able to breath at all. bUt Oh, pEoPLe dOn'T bELiVe ThE dAmN vIrUs Is rEaL
@  wonko the sane? : (22 February 2021 - 08:28 AM)

Hahahaha! Oh, you're serious. Yeah, no one is going to do that. Far too many are in positions where they simply cannot afford the time off, and most of the rest are the kind who won't wear the mask in a global pandemic, never mind when they alone have the sniffles.
@  Shockwave 75 : (22 February 2021 - 08:20 AM)

I just hope a take-away from this will be for people to stay home when they're sick, and if they have to go out, wear a mask so as not to spread their illness.
@  TM2-Megatron : (21 February 2021 - 08:25 PM)

I think it's mostly the masking that's kept the flu season down so much, and that's unlikely to be kept up for that long. I'm sure there'll be some people who keep wearing masks for years after this, but I suspect a larger number are anticipating people able to toss them once vaccinations are complete.
@  wonko the sane? : (21 February 2021 - 05:27 PM)

Same in canada. Doctors report it to be basically non-existant. I kinda hope they keep some stuff up after everyone is vaccinated. Like hand sanitizer at store entrances, and actually cleaning the shopping carts.
@  tigerhawk : (21 February 2021 - 05:17 PM)

On the plus side cold and flu cases are down 80% this winter thanks to lockdowns, or at least that's the case in the UK.
@  Hg Dragon : (21 February 2021 - 04:37 PM)

This is quite possibly the most miserable i have ever felt.
@  Hg Dragon : (21 February 2021 - 04:37 PM)

i'll be nice and not bypass the cupcake monkey, but COVID can *bleep* itself in the *bleeping* *bleeper* with a *bleeping* cactus.
@  tigerhawk : (21 February 2021 - 02:39 AM)

He only appeared the once in the US comics and got one follow up in the UK comic. He never suffered badass decay like Omega Supreme and the combiners.
@  Rycochet : (19 February 2021 - 05:15 PM)

Trypticon's debut issues in the marvel comic were the absolute best 'To sell a toy' comics of the book.
@  tigerhawk : (19 February 2021 - 03:04 AM)

Then the audience goes "This was a stealth Transformers film wannit!"
@  tigerhawk : (19 February 2021 - 03:03 AM)

Godzilla vs Trypticon, co written by Christina Hobson and Max Borenstein.
@  Bass X0 : (19 February 2021 - 01:36 AM)

I now want G1 Grimlock to transform into Mecha Godzilla.
@  Steevy Maximus : (17 February 2021 - 04:23 PM)

I preferred Rush when Midway made it.
@  Bass X0 : (17 February 2021 - 03:13 PM)

The best Rush comes from Canada.
@  ▲ndrusi : (17 February 2021 - 02:54 PM)

In *other* wonderful and fantastic news, guess whose Kingdom Cheetor and Paleotrex FINALLY arrived today?
@  Bass X0 : (16 February 2021 - 03:07 PM)

yeah, its a good show. watch as much as you can.
@  tigerhawk : (16 February 2021 - 04:58 AM)

Goodnight Sweethearts turned out to be a gem, I only knew Nicholas Lyndhurst in Only Fools and Horses but never saw this show before.
@  Bass X0 : (15 February 2021 - 04:07 PM)

Then we got Ultra Magnus, Fortress Maximus, Dai Atlas, Megatron, Galvatron, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp and Banzai-Tron in Alternity...
@  Sabrblade : (15 February 2021 - 12:04 PM)

Heh, that new Binaltech comic that Ichikawa wrote for one of the Japanese Generations books even had the other Dinobots make fun of Grimlock for his "Autobot Car" body.

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#41 Maxx Blast

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:23 PM

QUOTE(Crazy Drummer? @ Jul 18 2008, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
im curious what you mean by this "I just said they gave up on the gamer market"

whats the "gamer market"?


Late teens to 20something males. Most disposable income, most time, least responsibility, easiest to appeal to.

Basically, the group that makes the truly good M rated games into the juggernauts of the industry.
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:41 PM

QUOTE(Invincible M @ Jul 18 2008, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(Crazy Drummer? @ Jul 18 2008, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
im curious what you mean by this "I just said they gave up on the gamer market"

whats the "gamer market"?


Late teens to 20something males. Most disposable income, most time, least responsibility, easiest to appeal to.

Basically, the group that makes the truly good M rated games into the juggernauts of the industry.

If anything they are trying to widen the gamer market by not selling to one specific demographic. I know most of you guys see the gamer market is limited to what Invincible said, but Nintendo was smart enough business wise to realize that targeting the larger market could get more cash. Thats what the threads about, not which systems better, what games better, or even what internet services they offer.

Sure I'm not saying it's a great move towards our demographic, it sucks cause Nintendo is more about pleasing everyone than focusing on a awesome title ap to keep us 20 somethings thrilled. But it was a smart business move despite how you look at it. It's essentially the same move Square-Enix just did with FF XIII. Why focus on one market when there is another part of the market that is willing to try my product out that we haven't exploited yet.

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:49 PM

It's a broad term, I'll grant you that, so let me redefine what I meant.

Nintendo has given up trying to compete for the demographic of Males aged 14-30. They have focused on a larger broader appeal, and you can tell from the numbers, it's working for them. They are trying to go after the casual gamer by focusing on mini-game games, light gun games, and exercise/sport games. Sure, they still have Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Brawl, but what else? What else is coming? They seem to be more focused on getting out Wiiresort and WiiMusic rather than develop a new IP(or revive an older one) to target the traditional Gamer market.

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 03:30 PM

Pikmin 3 is coming to Wii, for a revival IP. And MS is starting to follow Nintendo's lead by expanding into more casual gaming; getting into Avatars and their game channel with 1 vs 100, being able to share pictures with friends, and watching Netflix from your Xbox as well. Then they is stuff like You're in the Movies, Scene it, Lips, and other such titles. "Hey, We can do Casual too!" is the big thing I got from MS's E3 presentation.

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 03:37 PM

QUOTE(Database @ Jul 18 2008, 03:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Pikmin 3 is coming to Wii, for a revival IP. And MS is starting to follow Nintendo's lead by expanding into more casual gaming; getting into Avatars and their game channel with 1 vs 100, being able to share pictures with friends, and watching Netflix from your Xbox as well. Then they is stuff like You're in the Movies, Scene it, Lips, and other such titles. "Hey, We can do Casual too!" is the big thing I got from MS's E3 presentation.


Yeah, but meanwhile, Soul Caliber 4, Too Human, Halo Wars, Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, Star Wars Force Unleashed, and Gears of War 2 coming on the 360 in the next 9 months.

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 03:58 PM

I wouldn't count Force Unleashed, as its coming to Wii as well. And only three of these did they give any time to in their presentation, before going into and spending the rest of the time, about how they are going Casual. Ending with an almost boring Squeenix presentation until the announcement of FF13 for 360.

Also for Wii, there is Dead Rising (Which someone mentioned Wii'd never get), Mad World, Deadly Creatures, Star Wars Force Unleashed, and Star Wars Clone Wars. Which people seem to over look just so they can say "HA HA Nintendo's got nothing coming!"

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 04:12 PM

QUOTE(Database @ Jul 18 2008, 03:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I wouldn't count Force Unleashed, as its coming to Wii as well. And only three of these did they give any time to in their presentation, before going into and spending the rest of the time, about how they are going Casual. Ending with an almost boring Squeenix presentation until the announcement of FF13 for 360.

Also for Wii, there is Dead Rising (Which someone mentioned Wii'd never get), Mad World, Deadly Creatures, Star Wars Force Unleashed, and Star Wars Clone Wars. Which people seem to over look just so they can say "HA HA Nintendo's got nothing coming!"


I actually enjoyed the other SE games, I'll definitely be checking up on them later on.

Force Unleashed, IIRC, is a scaled down version of what the game truly is. Dead Rising looks like it could be fun, depending on how they pull it off. I haven't seen or head anything about Mad world or Deadly Creatures, and Clone wars looked like another movie tie game to me.

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