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Consoles have been in many shapes and sizes but the best shape for a console today has to be Nintendo 64. They havnt just made a box with just plain corners which are idintical to a cardboard box, they had rounded edges and looked the biz.
Nintendo's next console - Gamecube is a bit too basic dont you think? Its just... well... a cube! Come on nintendo. Do a fancy shape next time!
Sony and sega are a bit on the boring side. They just do box shaped consoles.
Microsoft should have kept to making their console in the shape of a X. At least it would have been something new, but now it looks like a Sega Saturn.
But what did happen to Sega Saturn? Did it dissapear along with its bad looking controller?
You may all say the shape doesnt matter but it does. You still have to put it somewhere so you can play it. You still have to look at it and if it is not very pleasing it may give you the impression that the games look too boring.
Will sony start to make better looking consoles? Will Microsoft change their console shape to look more like an X? Will nintendo Try to make more good shaped consoles, not just a cube? We may only find out next year...
Nintendo's next console - Gamecube is a bit too basic dont you think? Its just... well... a cube! Come on nintendo. Do a fancy shape next time!
Sony and sega are a bit on the boring side. They just do box shaped consoles.
Microsoft should have kept to making their console in the shape of a X. At least it would have been something new, but now it looks like a Sega Saturn.
But what did happen to Sega Saturn? Did it dissapear along with its bad looking controller?
You may all say the shape doesnt matter but it does. You still have to put it somewhere so you can play it. You still have to look at it and if it is not very pleasing it may give you the impression that the games look too boring.
Will sony start to make better looking consoles? Will Microsoft change their console shape to look more like an X? Will nintendo Try to make more good shaped consoles, not just a cube? We may only find out next year...
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Lights in the Dusk a Film of Long Silent Stares and Monosyllabic Discussions - 2008
Montage Film Reviews freelancer Essi Viitanen BA (Hons) has written a review of the film 'Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot)' 2006 (dir. Aki Kaurismäki).
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Montage Film Reviews freelancer Essi Viitanen BA (Hons) has written a review of the film 'Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot)' 2006 (dir. Aki Kaurismäki).
To read the review see here!
Edgy: "Pokémon (although invented in 1982-before GB) was only released recently (when compared to the likes of Super Mario Land and Tetris)."
I said it was a part of its longevity, not the only one. I'd say it mostly lasted as long as it did and sold as well, because it didn't have much in the way of competition. It kept besting other handhelds, for one reason or another, and they'd disappear of the map. If there isn't a war, technological evolution is slow.
"It still has a smaller surface area. "
True, but I didn't argue that: I said it was vertically taller than the others, which it is. Fitting one of the others atop your VCR in your entertainment center would likely be far easier, since the Gamecube won't fit in any vertically small spaces.
"The Gameboy (like many of Nintendo's older consoles) wasn't designed for it's looks."
I'd argue the same about more modern ones actually. I'd say a console's look isn't nearly as high on the priority list as many other things.
"In surveys that I've seen on the web (when PS2 was released in Jap.) most people said they bought it for the DVD."
Color me shocked: They've always had the more hardcore gaming perspective.
"I prefer my gaming to run at optimum levels and game developers tend to create games which need high specifications just so that they can run over the net. My PC can't handle many of these games."
This isn't a very good criticism of online gaming though. Most anyone who's ever tried online gaming would likely agree that online gaming is where the future is; it simply opens up too many options to ignore.
I said it was a part of its longevity, not the only one. I'd say it mostly lasted as long as it did and sold as well, because it didn't have much in the way of competition. It kept besting other handhelds, for one reason or another, and they'd disappear of the map. If there isn't a war, technological evolution is slow.
"It still has a smaller surface area. "
True, but I didn't argue that: I said it was vertically taller than the others, which it is. Fitting one of the others atop your VCR in your entertainment center would likely be far easier, since the Gamecube won't fit in any vertically small spaces.
"The Gameboy (like many of Nintendo's older consoles) wasn't designed for it's looks."
I'd argue the same about more modern ones actually. I'd say a console's look isn't nearly as high on the priority list as many other things.
"In surveys that I've seen on the web (when PS2 was released in Jap.) most people said they bought it for the DVD."
Color me shocked: They've always had the more hardcore gaming perspective.
"I prefer my gaming to run at optimum levels and game developers tend to create games which need high specifications just so that they can run over the net. My PC can't handle many of these games."
This isn't a very good criticism of online gaming though. Most anyone who's ever tried online gaming would likely agree that online gaming is where the future is; it simply opens up too many options to ignore.
OH yeah black. :p
SNIPER wrote:
> N64 colour edition is really class, i wish i could trade my old grey
> one in!
You must have a one-of-a-kind N64 to have a grey one!
The original N64's were black!
> N64 colour edition is really class, i wish i could trade my old grey
> one in!
You must have a one-of-a-kind N64 to have a grey one!
The original N64's were black!
N64 colour edition is really class, i wish i could trade my old grey one in!
I don't like the look of the GC compered to the N64, I mean the Gamecube is a block, my 10 year old brother could incorporate a couple into building a new block tower...it really does look like a childs building block, and an expensive one at that!
I prefer the N64, shape wise anyway, I love the curve on the top and the way it sloped backwards, but those days have gone and now with the Gamecube you have to put the disc practically into the middle of the console, it is really deep down and there are about 4 levels until the dics rests on the pin, or whatever it is.
Anyhoo, it wass the 64 for me
The Game
Oh...by the way, I won Pokémon Snap for Ł12.00 in an auction..:P I'll review it AGAIN later! :D
I prefer the N64, shape wise anyway, I love the curve on the top and the way it sloped backwards, but those days have gone and now with the Gamecube you have to put the disc practically into the middle of the console, it is really deep down and there are about 4 levels until the dics rests on the pin, or whatever it is.
Anyhoo, it wass the 64 for me
The Game
Oh...by the way, I won Pokémon Snap for Ł12.00 in an auction..:P I'll review it AGAIN later! :D
PseudoSavant wrote:
This is
> true, though I think there are many reasons why GameBoy has survived
> this long and sold so well. One, if I may hazard to say it, is
> Pokemon; I couldn't believe how GameBoy suddenly became the hottest
> selling thing around once those things came out.
Pokémon (although invented in 1982-before GB) was only released recently (when compared to the likes of Super Mario Land and Tetris)
That depends on
> what you mean by 'small.' Vertically, it's bigger than the other
> systems.
It still has a smaller surface area.
"The Playstation 2 was Sony's attempt to be too
> clever! It has style but not in a good way! It may go nicely with a
> few Stephen King novels on a bookshelf or maybe as a tray to eat
> food off but it just doesn't look like a games console to
> me!"
Then again, from your comments, neither did the
> GameBoy.
The Gameboy (like many of Nintendo's older consoles) wasn't designed for it's looks.
"I haven't actually seen a picture of the X-box
> since it's X-shaped design so I can't comment on that, however the
> X-shape did look cool! It may not have been practical but it would
> have stood out from all the other consoles!"
From what I've
> seen, it's pretty much the same as the average console; the X is
> just visible along its top now.
"The Playstation's original
> design fitted nicely underneath a SNES as it was intended
> originally."
You had your SNES sitting on top of it? How on
> earth did you get the games in?
I didn't have an original Playstation (no one other than Nintendo have) but I've seen pictures of it. I'll try to find one for you to see....
"The only reason I buy a
> console is for it's games and I'm sure that's what most people do
> (other than the Japs who bought it as a DVD player)."
Whoa,
> whoa, are you kidding me? I sincerely doubt Sony added the DVD
> capabilities of the PS2 for the Japanese. I think there's some
> confusion here, in terms of culture. The Japanese take videogames
> more seriously than any other group on the planet. Frankly I think
> this would be more an incentive for Westerners, who consider films
> more important than games.
In surveys that I've seen on the web (when PS2 was released in Jap.) most people said they bought it for the DVD.
"I don't care about net
> functions either, I think they spoil a game!"
I don't see
> how Half-Life is harmed by allowing for multiplayer gaming over the
> net. In fact, it's hard for me to imagine the game without it. If I
> could, I'd make nearly every game have the option for online play;
> it adds a vast amount to the replay value.
I prefer my gaming to run at optimum levels and game developers tend to create games which need high specifications just so that they can run over the net. My PC can't handle many of these games.
This is
> true, though I think there are many reasons why GameBoy has survived
> this long and sold so well. One, if I may hazard to say it, is
> Pokemon; I couldn't believe how GameBoy suddenly became the hottest
> selling thing around once those things came out.
Pokémon (although invented in 1982-before GB) was only released recently (when compared to the likes of Super Mario Land and Tetris)
That depends on
> what you mean by 'small.' Vertically, it's bigger than the other
> systems.
It still has a smaller surface area.
"The Playstation 2 was Sony's attempt to be too
> clever! It has style but not in a good way! It may go nicely with a
> few Stephen King novels on a bookshelf or maybe as a tray to eat
> food off but it just doesn't look like a games console to
> me!"
Then again, from your comments, neither did the
> GameBoy.
The Gameboy (like many of Nintendo's older consoles) wasn't designed for it's looks.
"I haven't actually seen a picture of the X-box
> since it's X-shaped design so I can't comment on that, however the
> X-shape did look cool! It may not have been practical but it would
> have stood out from all the other consoles!"
From what I've
> seen, it's pretty much the same as the average console; the X is
> just visible along its top now.
"The Playstation's original
> design fitted nicely underneath a SNES as it was intended
> originally."
You had your SNES sitting on top of it? How on
> earth did you get the games in?
I didn't have an original Playstation (no one other than Nintendo have) but I've seen pictures of it. I'll try to find one for you to see....
"The only reason I buy a
> console is for it's games and I'm sure that's what most people do
> (other than the Japs who bought it as a DVD player)."
Whoa,
> whoa, are you kidding me? I sincerely doubt Sony added the DVD
> capabilities of the PS2 for the Japanese. I think there's some
> confusion here, in terms of culture. The Japanese take videogames
> more seriously than any other group on the planet. Frankly I think
> this would be more an incentive for Westerners, who consider films
> more important than games.
In surveys that I've seen on the web (when PS2 was released in Jap.) most people said they bought it for the DVD.
"I don't care about net
> functions either, I think they spoil a game!"
I don't see
> how Half-Life is harmed by allowing for multiplayer gaming over the
> net. In fact, it's hard for me to imagine the game without it. If I
> could, I'd make nearly every game have the option for online play;
> it adds a vast amount to the replay value.
I prefer my gaming to run at optimum levels and game developers tend to create games which need high specifications just so that they can run over the net. My PC can't handle many of these games.
The PS2 on its side I think makes it look like a mid 90's PC... when tower cases where trenydy and people btought these holders to allow them to stick their desktop cases on their sides...?
Sorry... dont mean to be too offensive to PS2 owners... honest! :)
Sorry... dont mean to be too offensive to PS2 owners... honest! :)
The GameCube looks by far the best the PS2 a vertical box thingy that stands on it's side, the DC a chunky looking console and the X-Box having to have a giant X on top of the box! you think the GC looks childish and rubbish? Well look at it now and you'll understand it's cool and really nice.
I quite like the cube shape...
Thge PS2 is little more than a large rectangle...
And I've been lead to believe than the GCis quite small, which I think will look pretty good once its been released...
Having missed the Dreamcast/PS2 gen consoles... Its recently taken over the X-Box for 'my console I'm gonna get' :)
Thge PS2 is little more than a large rectangle...
And I've been lead to believe than the GCis quite small, which I think will look pretty good once its been released...
Having missed the Dreamcast/PS2 gen consoles... Its recently taken over the X-Box for 'my console I'm gonna get' :)
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