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Yeah, I end up doing a lot of this, too. Especially since there seem to be a lot of songs which are much more note-heavy on the higher buttons. That, and most people are much more dexterous with their index fingers than their pinkies. I guess one of the biggest things about the higher...

O rly? That's pretty interesting. I've never heard of anybody doing that. Doesn't it get uncomfortable after a while? :confused:

That is correct. It's easy to find at any Radio Shack or equivalent. I've done similar with my laptop into my PC for the better speakers, and it works like a charm.

I'm sooo glad I picked up a 360 this weekend. I loved KOTOR, and I'm hoping for great things from this game. I don't really expect to be disappointed. And it's just so pretty. :D

I know how you feel, stepping up in difficulty can be frustrating when you're too good at one, but not good enough for the next. For the transition from easy to medium, here's my suggestion: since medium uses only the first four buttons, keep your four fingers each to their own button. This way...

Well I took my defective guitar back to GameStop last night, and they exchanged it for me without any hassle. I warned the guy in there that he might be seeing more, and he seemed pretty surprised. Luckily for me, this one seems to work pretty well, and I haven't had any issues with buttons...

I'm having problems with mine. Whenever I hold green and red and strum down, it registers as green red and yellow. The same problem doesn't exist when doing the same and strumming upwards. It's extremely frustrating. I need a replacement.

Yes, this is true, but over the years, many have distorted the meaning of Moore's Law into performance doubling. While not the original intent, it has been used so much that it's practically another accepted meaning of Moore's Law. In fact, if you ask a lot of people for the definition, I'm...

Yeah, I'm very familiar with the concept of Moore's Law, I was merely pointing out the amazing presumption Intel is making. Basically since they can't keep scaling clock speed to follow Moore's Law like they used to, they're telling software devs that it's their job to keep up the pace by...

So yeah, did Intel basically just call out the software industry and tell them it's now mostly their responsibility to see that Moore's Law continues? Awesome.

Hey all, My girlfriend has a few year old e-machines desktop that has a motherboard by FIC in it, model AU31. It's an nForce2 chipset. Recently after she rebooted her computer, it came up with no video signal, while all of the lights still came on and the computer appeared to boot normally...

I think the fact that 4 player becomes "the great equalizer" is something that makes the Smash Brothers games perfect for a very wide audience. I've played a lot of games with people of mixed skill sets, and as long as you can grasp the concept of the controls, you can reasonably compete with...

I'd much rather have quality than quantity. One thing that just makes a game drag is constant back-and-forth through certain areas just to make the game take more time. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, even though I love it, has a lot of this. You'll go across a particular town, grab a key...

Heh, that's precisely what I did. :p So yeah, definitely get a copy of Zelda: Twilight Princess, too.

Well you definitely have to pick up Super Smash Brothers for the GC. In my mind, there's no need to make a decision there, just buy it. As for other fun single player games, I'd recommend Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (which I'm currently rocking through right now), Super Mario Sunshine...

I'll definitely have to pick Secret of Mana as my favorite video game story. A close second would be the American FFIII (Japanese FFVI), followed by Chrono Trigger. Those SNES RPGs are the ultimate, IMO. Another random game I just thought of that had a fun story was Interstate 76. Has anyone...

I would buy a 360 just for this game if it turns out to be even half as cool as it looks in the video. I'm very impressed by the whole thought process surrounding this game. It's nice to see a development studio who doesn't want to only produce a "more of the same" type sequel, even though I did...

The story is a good point. That's one of the things that makes the single player much more enjoyable for me. To be honest, though, both titles were rushed. The original was rush ported to the Xbox when Microsoft bought Bungie. The overall quality suffered a bit, most obviously in the "cookie...

I think Halo one was a great game in its own way, but definitely not the OMFG gaming revolution that a lot of people seem to think it is. IMO, it's a fun, solid console shooter with a great co-op mode. Halo 2 was really like Halo 1.5 in my eyes (especially with not having played multi online...

Yeah, to basically back up what was said, since these shapes use polygons, a perfect circle isn't attainable. You'd need an infinite number of sides to create a perfect circle. That said, many games come "close enough" now, and there are various graphical tricks to make it that way. If you...

Well the manufacturer's specs here say otherwise. It has both an analog (NTSC) and a digital (ATSC) tuner. It also lists a program guide for DTV. I know it can only display at standard definitions, but it should be able to tune to digital channels, no? The digial tuner feature was also...

Hey guys, I hope this is the right subforum for this, if not, I'm sorry. :( My roommates and I are trying to purchase a TV for the living room in our apartment. We're interested in this tv from Circuit City (namely for the low price, I know it's not super duper). It has a digital TV tuner...

Heh, well played. ;) Hopefully this spurs on more independent development of video games for the Xbox. It never hurts to get fresh ideas from enthusiastic new developers.

QFT, I even forget this game is even in development until someone mentions it. I've given up hope on it being released any time soon. Anyway, I second the call about the Mario and Luigi game. The GBA one was lots of fun, and the DS one is even better.

Hopefully there's a full storyline in this one. KOTOR II had one of the worst endings I've ever seen in a video game. It just stopped with no resolution or further explanation. It was a terrible experience after how great the rest of the game was. My friend who was playing through it just a...

I'm quite sure you'll be happing doing it. I did basically the same thing just now with the GC by getting a Wii. Used titles can be had for very little, and there are tons of fun games to pick up. Right now, I'm making my way through Metroid Prime, and having a blast doing so. Enjoy! :)

Yeah, I'm hoping Nintendo uses it for feedback, which could be great for both them and their users. My ideal would be to have a voting system for VC releases, which is probably very unlikely, but hey, a guy can dream, right? :p

You have to download it from the Wii Shop Channel, just like you have to do for the Internet Channel.

I just got it running, it's kinda a fun channel where you vote on random topics, and you can also guess what everyone else will think. I'm not sure what else the update does, but it preps the system for the new channel. Hopefully Ninty uses this for Wii-related polls. But hey, this is still a...

Yay! Blue light! Nintendo just pushed the update for the "Everybody Votes" channel. Hopefully this will be a good way to leave feedback. Downloading now. :D

Thanks for the warning, although I do know this. I suppose my genre comment confused things a bit, but just on the general feel, style and mood of Thousand Year Door, I'm still excited. Although I wonder how many fans of PM2 know about it... :confused:

I think for its genre, Super Paper Mario is a AAA title. Although that does sound like a cop out... Anyways, I'm playing through Paper Mario 2 for the first time, and I'm loving it. I'm definitely excited about getting to play SPM. :)

Well, Super Paper Mario is coming out April 9th. Could this be the one? (I can't read 1up at work)

QFT. I got the same message. It's not an update, just another reminder about the replacement straps. I was all excited, too. :(

Yeah, I've experienced a similar sound corruption in Zelda. For mine, it sounds like the datastream for the sound files isn't 100%, and some slight corruption occurs when the sound can't be streamed fast enough to play. This isn't really a big deal for me, as I've turned the sound almost...

I just watched the video, and wow, that looks like a lot of fun. I'll definitely have to pick that up once I finally break down and get a 360.

Oh yeah, there's no doubt about it, the DS Lite is prettier and smaller. My roommate has a white one, and it's very nice. I just wasn't nearly as impressed with it in comparison to my DS as I thought I would be. I find the original screens to be perfectly fine (and actually think the Lite...

RLY? I dunno what's up, but I own an original DS, and I have never had issues viewing the screen. Actually, I wasn't super impressed by the brightness of the DS Lite. The DS Lite screen is definitely brighter, but as for contrast, I'd say it mostly just looks much more saturated in the color...

Whew, that drove me nuts! It was mostly in the cinema scenes, but every time the camera angle changed, it would take a second for the texture to snap on. I guess it was just a result of them caching too slowly or whatever, but I found it to be extremely distracting.

According to Wikipedia, Uniracers will be coming to the Wii Virtual Console! :eek: OMG, I really hope this is true, I'll snap it up the second it's available. :p link