David Hingtgen

I kinda fail to see the point, when it looks so similar to the HD remake of SF2. "But it's 3D---that looks and plays 2D".

French news: 1st Rafale crash. Libya wants to buy lots of stuff from France. Airbuses, Rafales, and nuclear reactors.

Frankly, the OVA isn't considered that "canon" for M+ valks, at least as far as Yamato is concerned. Yamato follows the Hasegawa kits, for shape, details, and markings. And the Hase YF-21 has those triangles red. Also, the OVA's aren't that detailed. If you went by the OVA, none would ever have any markings but the US Spacy logo.

Dante--I assume you've never had any of the other YF-21's? Basically, the "outer forearm" slides down over the wrist (and if it was human, over the radius and ulna). The fists do not retract in like many transforming robots. The wrist/fist stay in place, the forearm slides down over them, extending the length of the arm. On the old YF-21, this left a long exposed "sliding track" where the forearm used to be. The new one has much better belly plates that cover up the area. What you think is a "lengthened arm" is actually the forearm slid to the rear, and belly plates folded up into the space to where the forearm used to be.

Guld has thumbs! There's one notable marking missing though. Just to the side of the intakes, in the yellow area, there's a triangle engraved. That should be red.

Is that really different than casting a French guy as a Russian, etc?

Both trailing edge and leading edge can be reshaped on a plane, though usually easier and more common to alter the trailing edge. (Since basically getting new flaps and ailerons will accomplish that)

We could talk about anhedral, but adjustable anhedral is part of the YF-21's transformation, so it's required. (Plus, there are very good sketches perfectly head-on of the -21 showing its anhedral, unlike the -19 where it's left up to animator interpretation)

Initial thought: Same problem as Van Helsing. It's half serious, and half cartoony. (I mean that in every sense of the word)

I swear I have a VHS or two that actually look better than the DVD I bought later--due to really sucky encoding and someone apparently not understanding "framing" and "widescreen".

Well, Malaysia just took delivery of their Su-30MKM's. Not exactly a threat or anything (I'm unaware of Malaysia being aggressive to anyone, much less Australia) but it is "yet another nation in the area with really advanced fighters".

He doesn't launch off the Aigiaon, he just shows up. Near the end. Can be miles out, but by that point, he's probably the only enemy fighter.

Really, I'd rather have a new, good, Escaflowne than just about any valk.

That's the reason that if I ever have to sell my 360, I'm either going to have to buy another controller solely to sell along with it, or find someone/somewhere willing to buy it sans controller----as I spent much careful time sanding out the D-pad area, and test-fitting various thickness pieces, to get the D-pad to actually work. (In all likelyhood, I will be selling it to Gamestop, when the 65nm GPU comes out---360's should be even cheaper by then, and the total "cost of upgrading" won't be all that much) Also, the trigger and shoulder buttons don't hold up. My R-trigger and R-button are noticeably weaker than the L ones. R-trigger is the attack button in Oblivion, and with my setup, R-button is "max thrust" in Ace Combat. 2 games shouldn't wear out a controller. They still work fine, and should for years--but they are not what they were when new. "Newness" in a controller should last for a long time, not mush down after the first game that uses them as a main button. (Actually, someday I'd like to buy a new controller, maybe black, and swap my modified D-pad and modified front half of the casing--then I'd have new internals/buttons, a cool color scheme, and be able to keep my working D-pad) PS---the infamous "sanding out the D-pad circle" mod HELPS, but does not SOLVE the "it doesn't always respond" problem. You have to modify the D-pad itself as well. I'll explain more if people need to know. There is no one mod to fix it, it takes both in combination. But I do have a perfectly responsive 360 D-pad now. I still wouldn't want to play SF3 Third Strike with it, but it is certainly "suitable for selecting things on a menu" now, and Pac-Man.

Heck, where does Elle get enough power for her lightning balls? We just heard HRG indirectly say she could generate enough power to run a city.

Anyone else see that ads are likely to have sound and music now? Anyone encountered one yet? (because one of the new options is "disable sound in ads"---but it might not be permanent, and thus you'll have to do it every time you log on, etc)

Nosegear strut's still backwards. (And based on vertical positioning of the link, there's got to be something else really off) Other than that, they did quite well. (Always amazes me that companies can get little things like the 2 different type of under-intake ECM antennas right, but fail to notice the landing gear's on backwards)

That's because it doesn't exist. Photoshopped proposal. (And it also shows well why no matter how awesome a camoflage scheme you may have---if you don't paint the missiles and drop tanks too, it's kinda pointless----which is why pale grey is still #1) Plus you can't paint an F-16's nose like that. You could eventually mold it in all brown or all tan, but an actual "pattern" is impossible with current materials.

Ok, you caught me there. **darn online-only missions**

It'll totally mess up AC6 online. Namco has 1 plane free with each DLC release (that includes the new texture maps for all the new planes) so that everyone can see the new planes properly online when other people use them without having to BUY all the new planes. If there's a 1-week delay in the free plane pack, then things get weird. I experienced it myself as I didn't download the latest free pack immediately, and the new Flankers wouldn't show up properly in-game, and it especially messed up the new missiles. (Because Namco expects everyone to get them immediately, because they're FREE)

Well THAT sucks: http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/12...r-accounts.aspx Silver memberships have to wait at least a week before being allowed to download any new free demos etc.

Oblivion. If you have no hard drive--fine. But if you do have one---enjoy the texture cache! And that's one of the earlier 360 games. It can't be that hard to do.

Gross but relevant: Once, Wolverine was trapped in a glacier. For 6 months (until it melted enough to free him) he'd eat off some of his own flesh from his arm. It'd grow back overnight, then he'd eat some more arm meat the next day. There could be plenty of discussion over consevation of energy, and if he could actually "come out ahead" energy-wise from eating what he'd just expended energy to regrow. Of course, Wolverine has also regenerated from being blasted down to a skeleton, from which there's no way he had enough food/energy remaining to sustain the regrowth of that much tissue. Part of this was explained by mutant powers simply drawing from "an unknown source", independent of their "host". Thus, Storm doesn't expend massive calories calling forth gigawatts of lightning, etc.

::blames EXO for digging up old discussion::

F-35's been grounded since May, may fly again soon: http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/337508.html Also, the second F-35, first F-35B, will be rolled out Dec 18. Anyone taking bets on if it'll actually hover? Australia's asking for the F-22 again: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/sto...onsider%20F-22s New USAF tanker will be designated the KC-45A, regardless of who wins.