Gromnir

possibly the worst single game performance by a defensive back at Cal in the past 40 years belongs to yours truly. HA! Good Fun!

"where, in me entire post, did I say PS:T was a commercial success???..." don't be such a narcissist. we were not addressing your post specifically. nevertheless, if a game doesn't sell in the first two quarters it is a failure. if after a couple o' years has elapsed and your development money woulda' been better invested in mutual funds, then you is a colossal failure. if you finally manage to turn a profit after you has reduced sale cost to $9.99 and are selling the game bundled with soul caliber, then you is talking 'bout ps:t... and you is now trying to sprinkle powdered sugar on a big stinky pile o' crap. ps:t were a commercial failure... period. interplay could not stay in business making games like ps:t, and regardless how much some o' you folks really loved the game not make a bit o' difference to the investors who were looking at the quarterly report. blame on the evils o

that is a relief. for a second we thought our midwestern values might get the better of us... show respect for our elders in spite of our better judgment and all that crap. however, seeing as how Gromnir is almost 3 weeks older than you... go fetch Gromnir his slippers and newspaper, and fluff up our pillow too... junior. HA! Good Fun!

... what month? HA! Good Fun!

we suspect that pretty near 100% of the ones proclaiming its greatness played it... but as you know (and are wont to do often 'nuff,) folks often proclaim greatness of things just 'cause they likes it. HA! Good Fun!

ps:t did crap for interplay. sold well over time? at what percentage of original cost? over a substantial period of time, ps:t finally managed to break even. that is NOT a good business investment. for chrissakes, if you is better off having put the same money into a conservative mutual fund then you is not any kind of success. in the real world, games got 2 quarters to make an impact. if they don't, then they is a Commercial Failure. in spite of fergie number fumblings, ps:t were a dog... a major release for interplay that ended up hurting the company... which is why he kept making iwd stuff instead of doing a ps:t or fallout sequel. like ps:t or don

over = higher education under = the inclusion of elastic in underwear HA! Good Fun!

for the norsemen, we would much prefer led zeppelin's immigrant song... am showing our age again. *sigh* HA! Good Fun!

"I think a lot of the criticisms so far mentioned about K2 have been well founded. I think the principle problem with the game is in the core philosphical theme behind it. That theme is nihilism (nothingness; no moral truths). It's not a feel good philosophy and most people don't like supporting it. I would't willingly seek out a study in nihilism when looking for an enjoyable game. Basing a game on nothing just doesn't work. People leave the game feeling unsatisfied from the experience." your take on kotor2 seems a bit... shallow. in any event, we thinks that robert e. howard and the first conan movie and numerous recent fantasy novels has been quite successful BECAUSE of their worship at the altar o' nietzsche. frank miller is having a bit o' a renaissance too, no? The Dark Knight Returns crpg style? yum. matthew woodring stover and steven erikson is just a couple o' the newer fantasy/sci-fi authors that has embraced howard's legacy as 'posed the tolkienesque stuff that has been recycled so often over the past 6 decades, and while their works is hardly perfect, they has sold... very well. am not sure, but we thinks stover has actually done a star wars novelization. the hero who determines his own fate... what can be more optimistic than that?

doesn't seem any quiter to Gromnir, but we is also using louder stuff in the new case... is lots o' sonata ii reviews out there, and they all is pretty much compare & contrast to the original sonata. HA! Good Fun!

is the ps 380w or 450w? unless you changed ps, bigger is newer. HA! Good Fun!

I saw Gromnir posted in the song lyrics thread, and I figured it had to be good. I have to say, I'm a little dissapointed, but it was entertaining. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> weren't meant to be deep or anything... just posted for the chuckle value. have always had a soft spot for "i am the walrus" as it were a song written to belittle and berate folks like bob dylan and allen ginsberg... and others who string together nonsense images and calls it art. I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. I

http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar/ is boarderline as far as being kiddie safe... feel free to delete with our blessing... not that you need it. HA! Good Fun!

lesson learned from last few rig building experiences: pay $40 to some mom & pop computer service shop, and let them build your rig. HA! Good Fun!

a programmer is one of those guys at the baseball and football games, right? "Get yer programs! Get yer programs here!" *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

the same can be said of c0ckroaches. got a few of those as pets, do you? btw, canines can also be found virtually everywhere. cats is excellent pets, but they is not nearly as useful as is dogs

is first time we ever seen somebody use the artiste bit for Gromnir... add another to the list... and we suspect more folks would use ego for us if it were name changed to egomaniac. HA! Good Fun!

btw, the poll screwed us... were forced to go with 3rd option 'cause as 'posed to describing accurately our feelings 'bout sound, it described Gromnir best. HA! Good Fun!

for Gromnir, sound is right up there with smell as far as importance goes. am exagerating... but only barely. ever play a game w/o sound on? makes a difference, but it ain't crippling. turn off graphics? turn off gameplay? iwd had nice music, and that made game better, but am not sure how much better. with some games, if you gots a real spiffy speaker system, you gets real nice effect with enhanced sound. can hear the bad guys trying to sneak up behind you... and you can feel the explosions in your chest with bass turned up... and if music is good, the total may be greater than the sum o' the parts. but even so, sound is still a second tier aspect. more important than good manual, but far less than gameplay or visuals. HA! Good Fun!

little bits from column a & b & c... has seen this list lots of times, and each time somebody knows what category we fit in, it is different from the last time somebody successfully labeled us. btw, eldar has, in the past, lost his cool far too often for us to be willing to label him as a diplomat

the russian navy is cash-strapped in a big way... is the reason they got no viable rescue vehicles to speak of. now personally, given their relative poverty, we thinks that it is highly unlikely that the russian navy is working on super torpedo programs at the moment, and the notion that the krusk were testing such things not seem initially likely to Gromnir. however if they was, it is a sad commentary

baseball is a warm fuzzy sport. folks likes baseball 'cause they grew up playing baseball, and 'cause maybe the best memories of their childhood were going to wrigley or fenway for the firstest time with their old man. if you got a bat, a ball, and 9 gloves, you can has a baseball game at nearly any park in america... and on more than a few streets and vacant lots. the sport gots loads of history in this country, and you can mark pivotal national events and trends simply by reflecting on baseball games and players of the past. personally we prefer football... real american football, but we understands the appeal o' baseball. we can still recall our firstest home run in little league and we recall when thurman munson died, and we recall how much our grandfather loved baseball, a slightly dotty oglala man who lived 30 miles from nowhere who made sure that his grandson got to play little league. HA! Good Fun!

ds2 is kill the critter and collect the 1007. some folks really like that kinda thing. diablo were hugely popular offering little more than that, so right off the bat you can tell that Gromnir ain't the ds2 target audience. after playing the demo we concludes that the makers o' ds2 really had much like for diablo 2... 'course the only thing that Gromnir liked 'bout diablo 2 were the skill trees, and ds2 not have skill trees so much as skill saplings. nevertheless, if you liked ds1 and you liked diablo 2, then we sees no reason why you shouldn't be satisfied with ds2. also, visually uninspiring is ds2, though such things ain't all that important to Gromnir. HA! Good Fun!

am remembering an interview that josh did... said that dave m were one of the 2 designers he would most like to work with. ... dave must have a really cute arse or something. HA! Good Fun!