General gaming news

[Alina]

Called MS up, and while they couldn't give any specific details about my console, they did say their people were working doubletime to get 360's fixed and back to people in time for Halo 3. Whether true or not, who knows, but I'm hoping

[Exoduso]

Got Blue Dragon in the mail just now from gamefly... such a ghetto setup for the 3 dvds heh.

[Epical]

Wow, they're really going all-out on the marketing for this thing... however, I must admit, that was damn cool. One of the best flash apps ever.

[Alina]

yeah, the "Believe" campaign is really cool. I can't wait for this, just a little over a week!

And thankfully, my 360 has went to "no pending repair" with a new serial number. I hope to god it's not a refurb, though.

[izembo]

it will be

[Shuemue]

So I risked it and bought a 360 today. Need For Speed: Carbon and Ghost Recon came with it, and I nabbed Blue Dragon half price.

What other games would you guys suggest? No sports games, I'll end up buying Pro Evolution Soccer to cover that department.

[Exoduso]

Don't buy it, last year's sucked... just wait for the new one.

And get Gears of War and Bioshock...

[Milks]

So...I thought they fixed the issue with PS3s not upscaling 720p games to 1080i for TVs that don't support 720p. My TV is in this boat, and the Folklore demo plays in 480p. I am sad.

[fantasticdan]

Bioshock is awesome but I wouldn't recommend buying it at full retail price, the game is like a 6-10 hour play through on your first try. Not much replay value other than playing it through on hard mode or getting the bad ending. No extra modes, no multiplayer, etc. Rent or burrow imo.

[Exoduso]

Yup, I actually forked the money over for it and it really isn't worth the retail price... but no reason selling it now.

[Kazen]

So...I thought they fixed the issue with PS3s not upscaling 720p games to 1080i for TVs that don't support 720p. My TV is in this boat, and the Folklore demo plays in 480p. I am sad.

Mine works, do you have the ps3 updated and setup right?

[Exoduso]

So...I thought they fixed the issue with PS3s not upscaling 720p games to 1080i for TVs that don't support 720p. My TV is in this boat, and the Folklore demo plays in 480p. I am sad.

Mine works, do you have the ps3 updated and setup right?

You might've missed the upscaling options in the XMB settings...

[Milks]

Uh, the only upscaling feature I found was for PS/PS2 games. The Folklore demo plays at 480p for me because my TV does not support 720p, but it supports 1080i.

[Falconblade]

http://www.psu.com/4d-grapics--a-realit ... 063-p0.php

4D, from a developer’s point of view, is is the progression of Life in time. It is where every tangible object in your game is living and constantly changing. As a result, change becomes an integral part of 4D graphics.

ARE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS READY TO WATCH GRASS GROW?

Seriously, sounds good, but its practically useless.
Who stares at a texture long enough to actually notice this shit?

Rain hits a lightbulb.
3 months later, the lightbulb breaks.

Life takes too long for shit to happen, and if they don't implement this right, games would either be the same, or worse for objectives being blocked because shit is collapsing.

[Epical]

Guitar Hero 3 setlist leaked:

Tier 1:
Foghat- Slow Ride
Poison- Talk Dirty to Me
Pat Benatar- Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Social Distortion- Story of My Life

Encore: Kiss- Rock and Roll All Nite
Co-op Encore: Beastie Boys- Sabotage

Tier 2:
Mountain- Mississippi Queen
Alice Cooper- School’s Out
Cream- Sunshine of Your Life
Heart- Barracuda

Boss: Tom Morello- Guitar Battle
Encore: Rage Against the Machine- Bull’s on Parade
Co-op Encore: The Strokes- Reptilia

Tier 3:
The Killers- When You Were Young
AFI- Miss Murder
The Who- The Seeker
Priestess- Lay Down

Encore: Rolling Stones- Paint It Black
Co-op Encore: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Suck My Kiss

Tier 4:
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
The Sex Pistols- Anarchy in the UK
Sonic Youth- Kool Thing
Weezer- My Name Is Jonas

Encore: Pearl Jam- Evenflow
Co-op Encore: Blue Oyster Cult- Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

Tier 5:
The Dead Kennedy’s- Holiday in Cambodia
Scorpions- Rock You Like a Hurricane
Aerosmith- Same Old Song and Dance
ZZ Top- La Grange

Boss: Slash- Guitar Battle
Encore: Guns N Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
Co-op Encore: Bloc Party- Hellicopter

Tier 6:
Santana- Black Magic Woman
Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
White Zombie- Black Sunshine
Tenacious D- The Metal

Encore: Stevie Ray Vaughn- Pride and Joy
Co-op Encore: Matchbook Romance- Monsters

Tier 7:
Slipknot- Before I Forget
Disturbed- Stricken
Queens of the Stone Age- 3’s and 7’s
Muse- Knights of Cydonia

Encore: Living Colour- Cult of Personality

Tier 8:
Slayer- Raining Blood
Eric Johnson- Cliffs of Dover
Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast
Metallica- One

Boss: Lou- Guitar Battle
Encore: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Bonus Tracks:

An Endless Sporadic- Impulse
Backyard Babies- Minus Celsius
Bret Michaels Band- Go That Far
Die Toten Hosen- Hier Kommit Alex
Dragonforce- Through the Fire and the Flames
Fall of Troy- FCP Remix
Gallows- In the Belly of a Shark
The Hellacopters- I’m in the Band
Heroes del Silencio- Avalancha
In Flames- Take This Life
Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby
Killswitch Engage- My Curse
LA Slum Lords- Dow
Dave says:
LA Slum Lords- Down N Dirty
Lacuna Coil- Closer
Lions- Metal Heavy Lady
NAAST- Mauvis Garcon
Prototype- The Way It Ends
Revolverhead- Generation Rock
Rise Against- Prayer of the Refugee
Scouts of St. Sebastian- In Love
Senses Fail- Can’t Be Saved
The Sleeping- Don’t Hold Back
The Stone Roses- She Bangs the Drums
Superbus- Radio Song

Fuck YES @ some of the songs on there. God this is going to be awesome.

[thestalkmore]

That's a really nice song list. I may actually pick this one up.

[Headspace]

Devil Went Down to Georgia as the last encore? What the fuck...

[izembo]

what's wrong with that?

[Headspace]

what's wrong with that?

It's a boring song? I couldn't stand playing career mode in GH2 because I'd have to play through War Pigs which was absurdly boring (and now there's Paranoid, wake me when it's over).

[izembo]

then dont play and take your bad taste in music elsewhere