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Originally posted by Porky i waited in line for WoW: The Burning Crusade.

yup.
outside the scarborough town centre Best buy. in the fucking blizzard.

I passed by the same location last night after coming back from a bar, I was suprised to see that the line-up kinda short. When the WoW expac dropped, there were 350+ in line at that one location

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Originally posted by exstasie I got NHL 2008 last week and love it. The graphics seem to be a bit better, but the game is SOO much smoother. I think its runs at 60fps like the other EA 2008 games which is definitely noticeable. Other than that, there isn't much difference from 07, except that in Dynasty, you can actually play all NHL & AHL games and customize all AHL lines as well. Pretty neat stuff for hardcore NHL fans. The new deke function is alright, but nothing spectacular. I still haven't mastered the controls and pretty much end up loosing the puck all the time. The only negative difference from last year is the fights SUCK! It's pretty much like an arcade fight where there are about 500 punches thrown in like 5 seconds. Definitely not as good as last years.

the game is definately more realistic then past NHL games....actual plays are needed to score goals...not just the same little moves over and over again. I won't start my Dynasty league until the season begins....I play game for game with my NHL team

are you guys talking about nhl08 on the xbox360? cause i loved the 07!

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Originally posted by Porky i waited in line for WoW: The Burning Crusade.

Me too lol

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Originally posted by malek are you guys talking about nhl08 on the xbox360? cause i loved the 07!

yeah, i never got a chance to play 07 but i heard it was really good, if 07 is the same as 08 i will just save myself some money and buy 07 instead

I played it at the Xbox 360 Tech Support Center Today I say it's a very nice looking game ... looks liek it's gonna be a god one

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Originally posted by teufel-man yeah, i never got a chance to play 07 but i heard it was really good, if 07 is the same as 08 i will just save myself some money and buy 07 instead

I'll sell you mine

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur It's no worse than waiting in line for the iPhone/PS3/Wii/next Harry Potter book. I'd rather wait a week or two at home, and then just buy it without any hassles. But hey, everyone's got an addiction to something I guess. Off topic, but is the PS3 considered a complete failure yet, or is Sony still claiming it'll come out on top? It's been a while since it was released, and I still don't see/hear of any really good games for it. Besides Blu-Ray movies, what are the chumps who bought the PS3 playing on it?

The truth is that it's too early to tell. If you're looking strictly at sales figures then the PS3 is seriously behind the 360 and Wii. The thing is though, Sony released the PS3 with the intention of it having a longer than average lifespan so naturally the first year to 2 years would show a slower adoption rate than a mass-market priced console like the Wii.

In my opinion though, the PS3 will be nowhere near as successful as the PS2 or even the PS1 for that matter. The Wii just has too much momentum to let the PS3 explode onto the market.

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Originally posted by jennypie I think my bf was ready to go to Future Shop at midnight, until I made fun of people that play into the marketing schemes and consumerism of it all.

You did a good deed for the humanity.

Give yourself a pat on the back. Just one only! Otherwise you're being greedy

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Originally posted by Orko Maybe that's the point? You don't play them, so you don't get it. Video games are like any other type of fantasy, whether its a sporting event, piece of literature, concert, album...etc.People just want the maximum time to get into the fantasy and fully experience it. Fact is, life can be boring, and this is an easy/cheap form of escapism. Humans are a point in history where they can create immursive 3-D worlds with rich characters, story lines, great music, and ACTION, which just connot be experienced through any other conventional means.

I don't get them, because I don't play them, you're right, and that's exactly what I said. Thanks on pointing out exactly what I said in case no one else read it lol.

How is a sporting event, a piece of literature, a concert, or an album a "fantasy"? lol

Life can be boring you're right, so go out and do something, instead of barracading yourself inside playing a video game for hours on end, pretending.

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Originally posted by Orko Wrong. That's exactly what it means. Common now, count with me. Thats seven more days you have to play the game vs if you had waited to buy it. That's seven more days to get better at the game, for those who are going to play online and keep track of their stats. I hate to make the comparison, but it could be a like an athelete who gets a peice of equipment before anybody else, and has time do use it, to better their skills.

Lol, wow.

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Originally posted by DigitalMP Read a book, go for a run, play with your nephew, take your girl out.

+1
Exactly.

i never got to finish halo 2 cuz my xbox fried (i had one of the originals with the faulty power cable)... and i never got around to fixing it cuz.. well i guess tje 360 is out. someone wanna fill me in (via pm in case others dont want to know) on how the last half of halo 2 goes so that when i play halo 3 at my friends 60 inch sxrd sony widescreen with 1000 watts of surround sound, i know what to expect

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Originally posted by DigitalMP Read a book, go for a run, play with your nephew, take your girl out.

i like how you think !

yes Dima, IMO PS3 = fail, i think we've had 27 of them sitting on a skid at my work for the past 3 months now...everyone wants a Wii or a DS, i rather have a shiny new pair of K2/Salomon Rollerblades *mouthwatering*

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Originally posted by Orko Wrong. That's exactly what it means. Common now, count with me. Thats seven more days you have to play the game vs if you had waited to buy it.

That's only true if the game had infinite replay value.

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Originally posted by Orko That's seven more days to get better at the game, for those who are going to play online and keep track of their stats.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur I think it's all for bragging rights among nerds.

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Originally posted by Playa24_7 Life can be boring you're right, so go out and do something, instead of barracading yourself inside playing a video game for hours on end, pretending. Lol, wow.

if you read, you're still reading (if you read fiction of any sort) about pretend worlds.

in a game you play in the pretend world (great interactivity, and thats what makes it so much fun. it is all visualized in awesome detail and richness, which is awesome!)

in a book you have to have the pretend world in your head, which isnt as glamourous.


theres so much hostility towards video game playing. i read books constantly and i dont even play video games and i cant believe how much shit certain ppl give other ppl for enjoying video games.

baffles me. dont see why one cant enjoy a mixture of all those things digital MP suggested, or just focus on one, if thats what he or she wants.


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what if also you are playing the video game w/ friends... are you still considered "baracading urself inside" in a negative context?? because you are now effectively hanging out w/ your friends too. and would you use the term "baracading urself inside" (which does seem to me to carry a negative inference or tone) in reference to someone reading a novel by him or herself in a room??

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar if you read, you're still reading (if you read fiction of any sort) about pretend worlds. in a game you play in the pretend world (great interactivity, and thats what makes it so much fun. it is all visualized in awesome detail and richness, which is awesome!) in a book you have to have the pretend world in your head, which isnt as glamourous. theres so much hostility towards video game playing. i read books constantly and i dont even play video games and i cant believe how much shit certain ppl give other ppl for enjoying video games. baffles me. dont see why one cant enjoy a mixture of all those things digital MP suggested, or just focus on one, if thats what he or she wants. EDIT: what if also you are playing the video game w/ friends... are you still considered "baracading urself inside" in a negative context?? because you are now effectively hanging out w/ your friends too. and would you use the term "baracading urself inside" (which does seem to me to carry a negative inference or tone) in reference to someone reading a novel by him or herself in a room??

+1

Thank you for defending a gamer's honor i happen to read, go out, see my friends, and anything else on top of playing.

video games are awesome, i don't see ever growing out of them... final fantasy 2 on snes basically taught me to read before anyone else my age ... and skipping school to play counter-strike at internet cafes through high school was fuckin intense... i'm sad i kind of lost interest in keeping up to date with systems these days though, my snes emulator keeps me satisfied though

i see the negative stigma fading in the recent future. the amount of adult gamers is obviously growing, just look at the new mountain dew drink, they don't target a market just because the makers of it personally think video games are cool. but to all the haters who would rather people go play ultimate frisbee or something instead, i just say "you do you, imma do me" :P

and that south park was classic.... k-10 the robot dog, and cocka-3 the robot bird haha

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Originally posted by loca +1 Thank you for defending a gamer's honor i happen to read, go out, see my friends, and anything else on top of playing.

haha..I'll second that!

I have everything imaginable!

PS3, Xbox360, Wii, PSP, DS...whatever else there is lol. But i still go out (probably too often) and work all day long lol.

Video games is just one way to help me relax and take my mind off things. I don't play an obscene amount of games, maybe like an hour or two every other day which i think is reasonable.



PS. I live to play my dynasty game for game as well, so i'm going to restart the dynastny next wednesday. Just playing around and learning how to score all over again as it requires 'different' skill than last year.

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Originally posted by DigitalMP take your girl out.

i know several (edit: hot) girls who are guitar hero fiends actually, lol

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Originally posted by DaRoZa i know several (edit: hot) girls who are guitar hero fiends actually, lol

+1 on that lol.

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Originally posted by Playa24_7 I don't get how people get so hyped up for it, or wait in LINE for it lol

its funny because i wonder the exact same thing about the retards who line up to see a shitty ass trance dj like armin van buuren and then get all excited when they play bad music.

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar if you read, you're still reading (if you read fiction of any sort) about pretend worlds. in a game you play in the pretend world (great interactivity, and thats what makes it so much fun. it is all visualized in awesome detail and richness, which is awesome!) in a book you have to have the pretend world in your head, which isnt as glamourous. theres so much hostility towards video game playing. i read books constantly and i dont even play video games and i cant believe how much shit certain ppl give other ppl for enjoying video games. baffles me. dont see why one cant enjoy a mixture of all those things digital MP suggested, or just focus on one, if thats what he or she wants. EDIT: what if also you are playing the video game w/ friends... are you still considered "baracading urself inside" in a negative context?? because you are now effectively hanging out w/ your friends too. and would you use the term "baracading urself inside" (which does seem to me to carry a negative inference or tone) in reference to someone reading a novel by him or herself in a room??

He said literature, not fiction novels, regardless of what he meant, he didn't say it.

I never said that you had to be alone when playing this game, you could be with a bunch of friends playing the game for hours and hours, it's still the same thing to me. Obviously not every single person that has this game plays for hours and hours on end, but I can make a good assumption that people who wait in line for the game do this.

Also, reading a book, fiction or not fiction, is far better than playing a video game. Instead of the visuals being on a screen which you look at, when reading, you have to make up the visuals in your head from what you're reading. It requires more brain power to make up visuals in your head, than to just look at a picture on a screen. Reading is far better than playing a video game.

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Not necessarily. I think it all depends.

Alot of video games out there require a lot of problem solving and more than simple move from point A -> point B.

There are a lot of simulated Strategy games which require a lot of thinking and planning. Think of games like Command & Conquer, or World or Warcraft.

Even games like The Sims and Sim City require a lot of creativity.

I don't think you can make a state saying reading is far better than playing video games.

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Originally posted by Playa24_7 Reading is far better than playing a video game.

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Originally posted by Playa24_7 Also, reading a book, fiction or not fiction, is far better than playing a video game.

That statement is not biased at all. LOL

Video games can require just as much, if not more brainpower than a book would. There's lots of mentally stimulating games out there that require a person think and/or develop strategies. Yes, video games aren't at the same level intellect as a good book but they do require a person to use their brains. Not every game out there is all about running forward with guns blazing.

its funny how some of you judge others about their leisure time and how some are better than others...

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