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I have played ALL the HalfLifes and love them all! I used to play HL online and used my same handle as here but hardly play at all since Xara came into my life.
I did just play (again) HL2 and Lost Coast tidbit.
I even just finished playing Mafia that a friend loaned me - another great game.
With all this recent game playing you can see why I haven't posted any drawings in a while. :)
In the past I have also played all of the Lara Croft Tombraider games, some on PS and some on PC. Another great series of games.
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BlueFlare -- My wife waited in line at Wal-Mart this morning for 3 hours. The lineup was waiting for the Wal-mart's mid-day courier delivery & the possibility of buying a Wii. My wife started out as eighth in line. Some of the people ahead of her had been there for more than two hours before her. As the wait progressed some folks ahead of my wife dropped out and she ended up fourth in line. Eventually the courier delivery was made and there were no Wii's in it. The first few people in line had waited more than five hours for nothing. Apparently this is happening frequently -- customers having to wait because of the first-come-first-serve policy without knowledge that there will even be any to buy. I find it hard to believe that Wal-mart don't have some delivery schedule to know what is on-route & where. They must be able to serve their customers better than that. I know they aren't responsible for the low supply or the high demand. Still they can manage things better than that.
Why don't they just let customers pre-purchase? You'd pay for a unit even though its officially back-ordered, and you pick it up as soon as they can fill the order. Wouldn't that be better? I wouldn't care if I was on a list with thousands of other customers -- at least I get the product when it is available without wasting my time. The amount of time we've spent waiting significantly exceeds the value of the actual product.
Zeller's raffle at least allows shoppers to do something other than wait in line. And they've been saving up their supply for weekly raffles so at least you know you can go in one day and have a shot.
Regards, Ross
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Xhris
Because nobody in their right mind would buy a console for any reason other than what games were available (although just looking around I question that). Consoles have games that a PC doesn't. And nobody would likely buy an expensive, fiddly PC for the sole purpose of gaming. It would be like buying a swiss army knife for just its knife just because you wanted to butter your bread.
I don't mean to be rude, but that's just silly. An analogy is to say a calculator is for kids because adults know how to do calculations by hand. In fact, Nintendo's Wii console is explicitly marketed and designed for families.
As far as I'm concerned, unless theres a specific title on some other console that you desperately want, the following has always applied: You need just two "consoles", a PC for games taking advantage of the latest technology and networking features etc, and a Nintendo console to play the finest most brilliantly conceived games available. That the Playstation is (or was) top dog is purely a marketing consequence; "playstation" is a buzz word that any old parent knows of, just as is "gameboy".
ROFL! :D
You sound like you work for them :rolleyes: ;)
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hehe, but I don't. They're just great at what they do, like Xara.
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I have a digital step counter and my only game is to see if I can increase the number of steps in a given time in my daily walk, (well, it’s a sort of computer)
My kids, (who are all old enough not to be called baby goats anymore) have largely abandoned the consoles and P.C.’s for more interesting pursuits than chasing pixels around a screen with the view to killing them, and thankfully, without any insistence by me, become involved in rather more interesting things such as boy friends, girl friends, socialising, swimming, running and university life generally.
Computers and offshoots have been around most of there lives and so hold little or no more interest for them than the television or the toaster.
Derek
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Ross Macintosh
Regards, Ross
Are you sure you want a wii?
http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/
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Update to my vote... Add a notch for Nintedo wii for me. Didn't get one yet - as they sell out faster than they can stack them. Will get one for the "kids" ;) as soon as I can get my hands on one... :) Lots of Playstation 3s piling up in Montreal... :p
My wife's nephew brought in his wii over Christmas and it's the most fun I have seen with a "video game" - ever! Grandma (74) bowling... Grandpa (82) golfing... Oh, my goodness that was fun!
Risto
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I didn't get my hands on a Playstation 3 at launch. I tried to stand in line for one, but I don't see the point any more in standing in line for 3 days. I guess I am just getting too old for that, so I planned on waiting several months later when there is more stock available. I am not a hardcore gamer or anything, but I do enjoy playing games from time to time. Since I was going to wait for the PS3 to come more available I decided to buy a 40 in. Sony Bravia XBR3 HD television 3 weeks before Christmas. The next week I went to Walmart to do some last minute Christmas shopping and I spotted the PS3. It was the last one they had and I immediately purchased it. :D I was supposed to get my television that day, but I am glad I didn't or I would of been messing around with the TV and never been shopping that day. I did own a PS2, but I sold it and bought another controller. I love the oneline gaming, watching Blu-ray movies and surfing the internet on the big screen. The picture quality is amazing! The Playstation 3 is just not for kids it's an all in one system for everyone. Christmas was good to me this year, but the down side was that I spent way to much money on myself. Man, I hate when that happens.:eek: I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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None of these. I play games on a computer (PC/laptop).
A computer is more multi-functional compared to the console. So why bother paying so much for a console, I reckon :)
The Alien has got it 100%. I can play anything from old Doom/Quake to mindless Bejeweled on my PC, plus everything else that I need to do for work.
Although, to be honest, I haven't actually played much in quite a while. Time marches on!
-Amazing Blair
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What is wrong with playstation 2?:mad:
Have to admit I don't play too often.
But the kids do!