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Yeah I know, and they all pretty much suck too after the sega/snes era. I figured since they teamed up with namco they would put out a superior product, but i guess it hasn't happened yet. From what I read, the game is pretty buggy. I'm pretty disappointed.

Indeed. If states plan on passing such laws, then they might as well pass the same exact type of laws on rated R movies. I guess they are too stupid to even think about something like that.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/748/748434p1.html

November 30, 2006 - In yet another victory for digital freedom of expression, a Louisiana district court today struck down a law targeting the sale of violent video games. The court granted a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the law which would have banned the sale of violent games to minors. The act was deemed unconstitutional and a violation of the video game makers' and retailers' rights to free speech.

This latest injunction came hot on the heels of a preliminary one this August, halting the progress of the law, which was set to criminalize the sale of violent video games to minors. Violators would have been subject to prison terms and/or fines of up to two thousand dollars.

Law firm Jenner & Block has been defended video game makers in challenging similar laws since 2003 on constitutional rights grounds. Since March, laws in Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Michigan have been successfully defeated. The firm also convinced courts in California and Illinois to strike down comparable laws last year. In 2003, Jenner & Block successfully challenged laws in Washington State and St. Louis.

When striking down the act in Louisiana, the court ruled that the law regulated free speech, protected under the constitution. The fact that the Statute only applies to video games which graphically "depict violence" makes no difference as a matter of First Amendment scrutiny.

In the August injunction, the court had ruled that the state had no real right to enforce a law based merely on conjecture. The court stated that the government has no authority to limit minors' access to creative works based on the general belief that those works might be "psychologically harmful." Proponents of the law had submitted social science evidence in support of their claim, which the court deemed "sparse" and not "in any sense reliable."

"All video game content is entitled to the same free speech protection as movies, books and music," said Partner Paul M. Smith, a Co-Chair of the Firm's Media and First Amendment Practice. Mr. Smith has been in charge of representing the video game industry in these cases.

"Our clients believe that the government shouldn't be in the business of deciding for the parents what games their kids can or cannot play," added Partner Katherine A. Fallow, also in charge of Jenner & Block's role in the case.

Crossfire got an Abysmal rating, how do you like it?

Thats odd. Its done it ever since I had FF2 beta.

Its just automatic. I don't think there is a setting for it. Its just a memory recovery type thing. If you have to end process because some video plugin froze FF up, the next time you start up FF it will ask you if you wish to restore the previous session that was lost or start a new one. Its very nice.

Killer Instinct was the best fighting game ever.

They also have the Restore Session. Not sure if the new IE has this. but I love it. If the power goes out unexpectedly or the computer freezes up. Next time you boot up firefox it will ask you if you want to restore the last session that ended abruptly.

wow Sakura has become a real hottie.

Yeah thats the big thing, tying it down kinda limits what you can do.

One of my friends has one, he loves Zelda, and says Wii Sports is pretty cool. But he says the wifi is really weak and he cant pick up the signal from his room. I really hope this isn't an issue when i get one. He says there isn't an ethernet port in the back, but he wasnt sure.

I like firefox, simply because the favorites toolbar, and i've noticed ever since i used it that spybot doesn't seem to have to work as hard. clearing out the temp memory is more user friendly also.

I have a 20inch, and its really nice. Im not accustomed to a HDTV, although I want one. I kinda wish I could hook it up to this monitor. The graphics are still great. But even as the graphics improve, the gameplay is what this system is all about believe it or not. despite whether blu-ray succeeds or not, it will for the game industry. Or sony at least, HD-DVD can only hold half the information and DVDs hold less than 1/5th of what a blu-ray disk can handle. I'm still blown away about the AI.

I cant wait until Warhawk comes out to put the sixaxis to the real test.

EDIT: btw, I know what you mean, when it comes to retail chain's and there demo consoles. they put the tv to where you have to look straight up into the sky almost. its painful to the neck. but i guess they do that so people wont hog the machine... also why they no longer put real games on them. just demo's that normally reset in 5-10 minutes.

Resistance is an unbelievable FPS. The weapons are just sweet. The interesting thing about this game is that there is no useless handgun that most FPS. The weapons are all balanced nicely, each with there strong points and weaknesses that leave you with plenty of options. Its really the first game I've played in which all the weapons are pretty equal if usefulness. Their ammo capacity and availability also makes sure you cant stick with one weapon the entire game. You have to become familiar with them all.

No plot spoils, but just incase you don't want to know anything at all, I made it a spoiler tag.

So far I have these Weapons:

M5A2 Carbine You start with this, its strenghts is that it has a sight giving you the best shot in the sight view. Its the most accurate and has the most readily available ammo. Its secondary weapon is a 40mm RPG, its range isn't reliable, but it gets the job done. Capacity: 300 bullets (50 at a time) 3 RPGs.

BullsEye this is a rapid fire weapon that shoots out light orbs. Its powerful but very VERY inaccurate, its spread is very big, but its excellent for fanning wildly into large groups, you will hit them all because of its fast fire rate... so whats with the name? Its secondary weapon is a bullseye tag that allows the primary fire to home in on the target. very useful for against an enemy that is unaware. Capacity (forgot primary, its around 250), 6 bullseye tags

Rossmore 236 Whats a shooter without a Shotgun? This thing is a beast. Instant kill at close range, pretty good damage from medium range. secondary fire is a double barrel blast. capacity: 24 (8 at a time)

Auger This is a monster. It shoots out energy projectiles that pass through walls.. you cannot take cover from this weapon. In fact its better to get hit directly. For every object the projectile passes through, it gets stronger. Its secondary weapon fires out a impregnable shield that will only allow Auger fire through it, if an enemy touches it, it dies. Capacity: 80 (20 at a time), 5 shields... anyone that knows my RPGs on this forum, especially Strider, already knows that this is my FAVORITE gun, because of the secondary weapon alone

From what i have read, there are a few more in the game, and even more when you beat it once. I've only played 4-5 hours tops.

The AI is amazing.. they aren't stupid repetitive drones. they dodge your fire, they take cover, they come after you if you camp, they are very accurate with their fire. And you can catch them unaware like a real person.

No one will ever be satisfied with anime dubs for the same reasons.

1. Companies responsible for dubbing try to use western animation voices in an eastern animated product. These vary in four types. Goofy, Serious, Monotone, Cute

2. In the west, background music is important. Dub's tend to have that added. sometimes this is awfully done.

3. Anime dub VA's are heavily recycled because there aren't many out there that do it. Ex: Spike (bebop), Roger (Big O), Mugen (Champloo).

4. Some people are purists, and will hate the dub even if it was better than the original.

Good to hear it's working great for ya DX. I'm still glad I'm waiting to get one though. I'm disappointed with its backwards compatibility problems, maybe they'll be remedied in a few months.

They actually have an official site for that. http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/CompatibleStatus

you can check up on your games and see if they have problems and what problems you could expect.

Edit: dammit, i wish we could edit post titles. Initial Thoughts

Its shiney, it heavy, and its expensive. Finally I have the PS3 in my grasp.

The Console:

It sure doesn't feel very sony-like... or anything else for that matter. The thing turned on with the touch of a finger.. thats right, touch sensitive power button... not that I will ever use it seeing that i much rather use the wireless blue tooth controller to do that operation. The wifi picked up my router right away... but as with all new wireless things, my router has to be an ass about it so I will fiddle with that later. The interface is nice and simplistic, you can play mp3s you put on the hard drive, play movies, blah blah. Its pretty interesting. I havent looked at it all yet however because I am going out of town tomorrow for thanksgiving. The system is surprisingly quiet... more so than my PS2 was. I played it for 4-5 hours nonstop and no sign of getting hot.. just the usual warmth.

The Controller:

The controller is twice as light as the PS2 controller... does it feel cheap? No, infact its very nice. As I played Resistances, I realized how unimportant rumble really is, and didn't really miss as much as I thought I would, but a future addition of it wouldn't hurt. The L2 and R2 trigger buttons aren't as well designed as the 360's, but it is an improvement over the PS2s model. Otherwise the controller is basically the same. The directional pad is a bit more coarse, and its a welcomed change. The Tilt functionality I haven't had much chance to use, but what i have utilized so far is pretty cool. It charged fully in about 2 hours.

Resistance: Fall of Man

Killer game. I am having a blast with it. It doesn't utilized the full power of PS3 graphics, but neither do any launch titles eh? In the graphics department its superior to Half-Life 2. The violent shaking of the controller to shake enemies off you is awesome. I just love it... a hell of alot better than button mashing or wearing down your analog stick in mad rotation mode. I haven't gotten too far into it yet, but the story is pretty good and the weapons are sweet. I'll definitely be doing a review on this when I am done.

Well that is all for now.

I've heard mixed feelings about the PS3 from people who were lucky enough to get one and it's making me wonder.

For one it's not fully backwards compatible like it was supposed to be (people are having problems playing PS2 games on it), it likes to overheat itself, etc. I'm beginning to think my idea of waiting for one was a good one. Have to wait and see what others say about it first (and get DX's impression of it).

Indeed the PS3 has had reported overheating issues... however all of these that I have read, had the PS3 in a cramp or enclosed area. I have not seen any major reports from any of the big sites however. And while that is an issue, i don't plan on keeping mine in an inclosed area anyways.

As far as blueray goes, I really dont care too much for the movies, my real interest is the data transfer and capacities of the discs. 2-3 disc games can now easily fit into one with room to spare. The size of actual games can spread to a whole new level.

As for games. Once i get my tracking number im going to gamestop to pick up Resistance, a second controller, and perhaps another game. over the course of the next 6-10 months i plan on getting:

Sonic

MGS4

Assassin's Creed

Dark Sector

Lair

Heavenly Sword

Warhawk

Armored Core 4

Ratchet & Clank

Gradius PS3

And in between that I must obtain a Wii before May when Smash Bros. Brawl comes out... other than that all i want for it currently is Zelda and Mario Galaxy.

Fell in love last night.

If you have time and dedication they are still doing it at sonystyle.com Sony is smart and they are not allowing tens of thousands of people to crash their site's store by trying to buy them. You just have to press the "put in cart" button over and over again until it appears. Its really random, I went there about 20-40 times and finally hit gold at 1:30am. You also have to type your info very fast. Amazon is rumored to sell them close to midnight tonight, they haven't sold any yet. Screw EBay sellers.

I will take some pics I gotta go to gamestop and use my store credit to get Resistance and an extra controller.

Whoa congrats man ! How soon before they can ship it to you / you collect it from the store ?!

estimated to ship the 22nd. hopefully it ships Monday insted.

YES!! BOOYA!! I GOT MY PS3. Sonystyle.com has been slowly making them available at random. I clicked it at the right time and got my 60gig PS3! woot!

Dude, you do know MSG: Crossfire was a launch title right? That is so worth a PS3 (imo). That and Resistance looks like a sweet ass game.

Meh, I'll probably head the same route and buy a 360. Really want to get my hands on Mobile Ops when it's released and get a couple of games I like for the system (Enchanted Arms, Perfect Dark Zero, etc).

Yeah I want Resistance.

nope, amazon didn't even get any. I tired to camp out over night, and as soon as i went to bed in the earily hours of this morning they all went on sale at places like KBtoys.com and Sonystyle.com. pisses me off.

Heh, told you anti-sony fanboys.

PS3 > Everyone