1) The Spore Creature Creator.  Kim's been playing with it all week, and 
I've had about 2 hours of computer time all week because of her 
monopolizing the PC.

2) I finally broke down and bought an XBox :)  Been playing GTA IV, but 
we also have Forza Motorsport 2 (which is quite fun).

...Chambers

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Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> 1) The Spore Creature Creator.  Kim's been playing with it all week, and
> I've had about 2 hours of computer time all week because of her
> monopolizing the PC.
>
> 2) I finally broke down and bought an XBox :)  Been playing GTA IV, but
> we also have Forza Motorsport 2 (which is quite fun).
>
> ...Chambers

Well, at least you're still working with bytes and not hang gliding or anything
crazy like that...

"There is no spoon."

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Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> GTA IV

  Everybody talks about GTA IV. Is it any good?

  I once played, IIRC, some version of GTA III for a relatively short
period of time on a console, and I didn't find it all that great.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Chambers wrote:
> 1) The Spore Creature Creator. 

OK. This is getting silly.
http://www.venganza.org/2008/06/17/fsm-spore-creature.htm

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Helpful housekeeping hints:
   Check your feather pillows for holes
    before putting them in the washing machine.

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>  Everybody talks about GTA IV. Is it any good?

Sort of, but very frustrating. Missions have no save points, so when you die 
after 10 minutes of a mission, you have to do it all again, including a 
drive across the island to the place where the mission starts. This is 
compounded by the fact that half the time you die, it feels unfair - a 
random car t-bones you at the wrong time, or their mechanic where you drop a 
live grenade at your own feet if you're not holding the left trigger 
halfway.

All that aside, it's kind of fun. But I played through the whole thing and I 
wouldn't personally recommend it.

 - Slime
 [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]

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Warp wrote:
> Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>> GTA IV
> 
>   Everybody talks about GTA IV. Is it any good?
> 
>   I once played, IIRC, some version of GTA III for a relatively short
> period of time on a console, and I didn't find it all that great.
> 

After I played it with a friend, I tried the various versions of GTA 
III, and found the new one to be much better.  Still, I'd recommend 
trying it out with a friend or renting it before you buy it - the 
difficulty alone can be a buzz kill.

...Chambers

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Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> After I played it with a friend, I tried the various versions of GTA 
> III, and found the new one to be much better.  Still, I'd recommend 
> trying it out with a friend or renting it before you buy it - the 
> difficulty alone can be a buzz kill.

  No game rentals in Finland (well, at least not here where I live),
and I don't have any friends with GTA 4...

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                                                          - Warp

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> After I played it with a friend, I tried the various versions of GTA III, 
> and found the new one to be much better.  Still, I'd recommend trying it 
> out with a friend or renting it before you buy it - the difficulty alone 
> can be a buzz kill.

I played GTA III San Andreas right through twice on my PC because I enjoyed 
it so much.  It's not just the missions, but all the other details 
throughout the map that make it so enjoyable.

However, I've been hesitant to buy GTA IV for my PS3 because I never got on 
well with those sort of games using console controllers.  I wonder if the 
PS3 version allows you to use a keyboard and mouse?

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scott wrote:
>> After I played it with a friend, I tried the various versions of GTA 
>> III, and found the new one to be much better.  Still, I'd recommend 
>> trying it out with a friend or renting it before you buy it - the 
>> difficulty alone can be a buzz kill.
> 
> I played GTA III San Andreas right through twice on my PC because I 
> enjoyed it so much.  It's not just the missions, but all the other 
> details throughout the map that make it so enjoyable.

Ditto. When you finish the story missions, you've barely completed 45% 
according to the stats. With regard to difficulty, I used to play it 
with my flatmate - we'd alternate attempts on missions / escapades, 
turning over control upon death / being busted. This works very well 
because you tend not to get so bogged down and frustrated with missions, 
  and you get to learn from others' mistakes, see different strategies etc.

I've not played the new one though. I've heard it's 100% city-based, no 
countryside - that's one of the things I liked best about San Andreas, 
so we'll see...

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> Ditto. When you finish the story missions, you've barely completed 45% 
> according to the stats. With regard to difficulty, I used to play it with 
> my flatmate - we'd alternate attempts on missions / escapades, turning 
> over control upon death / being busted. This works very well because you 
> tend not to get so bogged down and frustrated with missions, and you get 
> to learn from others' mistakes, see different strategies etc.

I found most of the missions fairly easy to complete first time, but there 
were 3 or 4 IIRC that were real pains and I had to play them repeatedly many 
times.  It's even more frustrating when unrealistic things happen, like when 
I had boxed in some guy's car so he couldn't escape - I get out to fire a 
rocket at his car (while momentarily looking the other way) and when I turn 
around his car has magically shifted back onto the road and is driving off.

> I've not played the new one though. I've heard it's 100% city-based, no 
> countryside - that's one of the things I liked best about San Andreas, so 
> we'll see...

Oh yes, that was another thing that put me off, it said the map was actually 
smaller than SA.  I used to like being able to drive/fly all around outside 
the town.

Have you played Test Drive Unlimited?  It has a huge map to drive around, 
not as many non-driving parts as SA but it will take you at least an hour to 
drive around the outside of the island, let alone all the roads inside!

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