Unfortunately, we have to wait until 2007 for Halo 3.

Of course, SOCOM online play was destroyed by some of the most annoying assponies on planet earth exploting map bugs, something which could easily be fixed with a Live update for the game…

Anyway.

Of course, this comes from Carl who lets Steve Jobs use his chin for a ball rest now.

Love ya buddy!!

Monopolies are good because they create standards. See Ford Motor Company and early oil barons of the 20th century, not to mention the central banking system of the United States. Without a monopoly, you end up with 80 different currencies, widely varying engine types and fuels, and so on.

As long as monopolies are periodically broken apart, innovation and standards can be preserved. And there is a time when innovation itself winds down (like now), and we are forced into something like the upcoming format war over HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.

My belief is that a monopoly would be good right now. For say… the next 5 years or so. Just long enough to create a standard.

And if I really wanted to taunt yeti, I’d say something about the hairy baloon floating atop his neck that appears to have been designed solely to suck the balls of anything with the Sony brand on it.

I’m not sure which side of this I’m on, but it seems like an interesting discussion.

Microsoft = King of the Monopolies. Always has been. Why do you think they had a federal suit placed against them for it.

It isn’t Microsoft’s fault that Sony has lacked any vision for innovation since the Walkman. Besides, mergers and acquisitions are how big business work. And who are they monopolizing the console market from? If they bought Sony, they’d only tear it to pieces and use the choicest bits from both the 360 and the PS3 for the next console. But this doesn’t stop Nintendo, or even Sega (it is rumored they may step back into the console market).

You want to talk monopoly? How many developers did Sony (and Nintendo before them) strongarm into exclusive deals for their consoles? Microsoft is a latecomer, and currently #2 in the console market. If gobbling up Sony makes them #1… how is that bad business?

GRAW: I was never in tactical shooters, plus this is a rip off of SOCOM
Ranbow Six: see the comment for GRAW

No, his comments were for both, and were wrong on both since both titles predate SOCOM.

But besides that, Remy, what do you think of the speculation that Sony is ripe for takeover… perhaps even by your arch-nemesis Microsoft? *grins evilly*

Wht will you do, oh Yeti, when your vaunted Sony has become Microsoft’s f**kpuppet?

As for SOCOM, What?. Rainbow Six came out 4 years before SOCOM.

Take a reading class as well.

And if you think Metal Gear even minutely resembles any of the UbiSoft titles (Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, etc) in gameplay or graphics, you are smoking some of your own research shite.

In the near corner:
“Xbox and new Apple Fanboy extraordinaire: Carl”

In the far corner:
“Wants to have Solid Snake’s lovechild: Remy”

Now, touch controllers and let’s have a clean fight.

Oblivion: I’ll give you this one

PGR3: Never huge into racing games, but Gran Turismo is better

Ranbow Six: see the comment for GRAW

Splinter Cell: Complete rip off of MGS, and Solid Snake could kick the guys ass. Hell, I could kick his ass with a popsicle stick

F.E.A.R.: Oh boy, its Ghostbuster but with advanced weaponry, and its also coming out for the PS3 so no win for you on that one either.

And anyone who still writes in l33t needs to go take an English class and learn to use a keyboard.

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I don’t think I got through the first level in Ocarina of Time. There’s something about it I just didn’t like. Then again, RPGs haven’t been the same for me since FF VII. Kind of like, well, once you’re done with that, why bother with anything else?

According to the official XBox site there were 18 titles at launch, 4 of which I would have considered buying if I had bought an XBox, and yet people went out and bought the system didn’t they? Did you buy all 18 games? I highly doubt it. Tell me how that is different than me getting excited by one launch title (MGS4) and one soon to come title (White Kinght) as well as some of the other 30 confirmed launch games, nearly twice as many as the XBox had you’ll notice.

I reiterate, I don’t care about wireless or online play. To me those are both window dressing, especially the wireless. I’m more interested in the games. And from what I’ve read so far, Dead Rising aside (though I can see getting bored with that after a while), I’d much rather play the games the PS3 has lined up.

[5:30] It only took them a week to paint your whole building? Man, those guys work fast. Also, what the hell color is it now, again?

[6:20] JUMP. RIGHT. IN. Every time. I like it so much better — and BTW, the intro music for the top 3 was a little on the quiet side.

[7:13] Richard Branson. Do you guys need an official fact-checker, or what? Maybe you can get John Hodgman to do it?

[9:00] The worst part about taking a battery out of a macbook is when you have your laptop suspended! You have to shut the machine down to remove the battery. I almost never shut my laptop down. Grrrrr!

[20:43] Colin is referring to when a trademarked term falls into common usage, but I don’t know that there’s a specific term of art for that. I’m sure that Apple was trying to defend their (potential) trademark of the term podcasting. Of course, their application for a mark was rejected anyway.

[24:02] I’ve heard that the Zune will be pretty good, but of couse, you can’t take your iTMS files with you if you decide to switch…

[39:50] I am totally getting a Wii. Twilight Princess and Metriod Prime 3? Sign me the hell up! Add the whole “download classic NES games thing” and I am fucking sold, kids.

[43:58] Wow! Carl missed the last few “iterations” of Zelda? You mean the best two Zelda games ever, Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker? Seriously, Carl, you should play those games. Forget your shiny new xbox 360 for a month — crack out that ‘cube and play some Zelda. If you’re a Zelda fan, you will not regret it.

Can I borrow $500 from you and in exchange give you a solid kick in the balls? Because, that will have about the same effect.

I just want my Metal Gear Solid 4 and White Knight from Level 5