Popular Video Games Holy Moly!

hugechunkofmetal · Post by **hugechunkofmetal** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:23 am

Check this out if your into Video Game music!

Eminence Symphony Orchestra

http://www.eminenceonline.com/2006/

I do some work with this orchestra occasionally. Great music, especially when you know the games!

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:40 pm

It's only for PS2 and Xbox, but a relatively unknown game with a good mix of arcade action, puzzle solving, and role playing adventure is Beyond Good and Evil. Although the title suggests something ominous, the game is rather light. The PS2 version (don't know about the Xbox version) has a bug that happens on rare ocassions where one of your sidekick characters will fall off the game map and disappear. This will require you to restore from a save point to get the character back before continuing. Once, I had both sidekick characters disappear. In spite of that, I recommend the game.

You people who like to solve puzzles should check out Ico.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:17 am

I'm going to call a nearby store (thanks to the URL that Greg posted) tomorrow morning and see if they've still got a Wii in stock. If so, I'm in business.

greatk82 · Post by **greatk82** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:34 am

http://killeen.craigslist.org/ele/324390950.html

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Sun May 06, 2007 4:56 pm

I got my Wii yesterday! Turned out that a Gamestop just a few blocks from me had at least one in stock.

I want to send one to my mom & dad, too.

- posted from my Wii -

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:07 pm

Hmm; not sure. There are more Gamestop/EB Games stores than there are Wal-Marts, though.

Personally, I have an aversion to Wal-Mart, and I'm not sure I would have given them my money for a Wii anyway (even though the store's profit margin is supposed to be only 25 bucks or so).

TMurphy · Post by **TMurphy** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:24 am

Yeah...after much searching, I finally nabbed mine at Best Buy about a month ago. Unfortunately, I was locked into getting one from them, because I had gift cards. Probably could've had one sooner if I went elsewhere. Oh well...lesson learned.

The machine itself is fantastic. I am having a blast! I haven't had this much fun with a video game in a very, very long time.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:03 pm

cktuba wrote:How cool will this be????

http://www.mania.com/55188.html

It makes complete sense. The lightsaber is an unconventional (elegant

) weapon that needs unconventional control like what the Wiimote offers.

Funny that they mentioned Lego Star Wars, too, because that's been the easiest implementation of lightsaber control that I've seen so far.

sc_curtis · Post by **sc_curtis** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:12 pm

cktuba wrote:How cool will this be????

http://www.mania.com/55188.html

I am a XBOX 360 man myself, but I will buy a Wii if they develop a game like that.

I have been patiently awaiting the eventual release of Star Wars: Force Unleashed, which they seem to keep getting bumping back the release date. As of right now, GameStop has it listed as shipping on 2/1/08. It was originally hyped to be only for PS3, but it has been announced as a 360 title as well.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=200286

If interested, youtube has some game footage that looks really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBPYexEEoA

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:58 pm

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/ac ... gish_sales

So much for that idea... LOL

TMurphy · Post by **TMurphy** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:40 am

Greg wrote:I have grown tired/impatient waiting for guitar hero and ddr to come out on wii and I bought a PS2 and got guitar hero with it. My wife wants ddr so I'm sure we will have it within a week.

Guitar hero is awesome. In fact, I've been playing it about a half hour a day and getting pretty dangerous. I am finding that my sight reading skills on tuba are improving without devoting any attention to it! Fantastic, now maybe I can write the ps2 and guitar off as a job expense on my taxes........or maybe not.

Awesome!! Always glad to hear of another Guitar Hero junkie.

Guitar Hero 3 is due out on October, from what I hear. Looks like you'll be in the same boat I'm in...PS2, or Wii??? On the Wii, you'll have access to all the downloadable stuff (new songs, etc.), but on PS2, the issue for me is that I won't have to buy new controllers.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:02 pm

Greg wrote:I have grown tired/impatient waiting for guitar hero and ddr to come out on wii and I bought a PS2 and got guitar hero with it. My wife wants ddr so I'm sure we will have it within a week.

If it matters, DDR and GHIII are both out for the Wii. Super Mario Galaxies is imminent as well, along with several other must-have games. The Wii's finally hitting its stride, I'd say.

jbaylies · Post by **jbaylies** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:39 pm

I was extremely lucky and got a wii + 3 games off of the Facebook Marketplace for $120 !!!

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:53 pm

I'm a big fan of Donkey Kong!

I can set you up with it on a Vic 20 or a Commodore 64, your choice.
For a nominal fee, of course.