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It could be fun. I'm not holding high expectations and, considering what it is, why the h3ll not?

If the term "douchebag" were added to a dictionary, it will be accompanied by a picture of his smug-ass face.

From Slate's article about the whole thing:

"...Don Mattrick, Microsoft's comically pompous president of 'interactive entertainment business,'..."

It makes me laugh.

Good to hear they're not completely deaf to reason, but it's funny that it took such a huge uproar to convince them they were trying to market an unsellable idea.

I doubt that they were/are deaf to reason. They obviously had this plan in place, but wanted to see how far they could push the customer. I mean, just last week Mattrick (sp?) quipped about how there was a solution for users who couldn't go online: the XB360. Now, I can imagine his sh!t-eating grin as he says that MS "listens" to the consumers, etc., etc.

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I think we all know where this would lead... Still, perchance to dream, eh?

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-...will feature an advance talking AI giving the Gundam life.

Kotaku is the Fox news of gaming

I don't know... at least they have the common decency to reference Macross instead of Robotech when discussing planes that turn into robots in this article:

http://kotaku.com/you-wont-believe-this-is-an-indie-combat-game-512755897

I find Microsoft's implosion to be funny, don't get me wrong. But if we do pick up a next gen console, it will probably be the PS4. I've just found that I like the exclusives more, and that the whole Xbox vibe both in the way MS operates and the community as a whole just puts me off.

Sony did really lay MS on the mat last night, though. Like I said, funny stuff.

Probably more like Fortress...

I'm a big fan of the storytelling in 0080, as well as the attempt to bridge 0079 with some of the later series (IMHO, it wasn't until 0080 that we really began to see a realistic and up-to-date RX-78 design).

As for designs, Sentinel is the crème de la crème, yet to be out-done. I really wish they had made an OAV series out of that rather than Unicorn.

Join the club.

and it really sucks ass;

Sure are hard on yourself, aren't you? Maybe you should draw a new one and post it here (hint hint)?

I come back here every now and then to see if anything is going on. I probably will keep returning till I'm old and grey.

Big smiles to Poli and Bake (thanks for the tattoos), and everyone else who's come and gone over the years.

The older I get, the more sentimental I become about the escapism of my youth.

Any new art guys?

I probably should put something together soon, although mine are never as good as the other guys... except for maybe the Petite Cola Girl.

I'm really torn about this one because Jesse Eisenberg (the Poor Man's Michael Cera) was only entertaining in one film: Zombieland. Everything else I've seen him in he plays that same character and, to be honest, that person is annoying to watch except in the world of Zombieland.

Having always thought the cockpit was just awfully done on these, I am glad someone finally put forth the effort to put the pilot and seat in the right place, proving that it CAN be done.

This is just too awesome.

I have yet to make it to one... About 6-7 years ago I was *almost* able to tie it in with a visit to a friend in California in which it would also have coincided with a Lagwagon concert and then a Gwar concert, but it didn't work...

Amazing that these things have a longer wingspan than a 737.

Indeed. Whenever the subject of 'drones' comes up, many of my friends are surprised when I tell them how large some of these are. It is a common misconception that a drone is a tiny piece of machinery.

You mean rather than them molding it in grey camo and then painting yellow over it?

Not to be a stick in the mud but shouldn't we limit the discussion here to real world aviation? Isn't there an AC thread.

What he said.

I mean, I like AC as much as the next person, but... yeah.

Yeah, that was a stupid ship design...maybe they beamed, haha!

That's what I thought.

I'm not as critical of the cutouts. They're just there to look cool, but aren't as nonsensical as other things we've seen in Trek. I mean, look at the Oberth class. How the heck did crewmembers get from the primary to the secondary hull. That is much more "WTF?!?" design than this.

Yes.. that's good design logic.. let's put a giant gaping hole right through the center of our main structure.

By that same logic, then the "Hey, let's connect the two important sections of our ship by a slim, little neck!" should be your next complaint.

I do think this looks like a very interesting and psycholigically compelling movie, my biggest gripe with it is that they use the space shuttle instead of one of the in development space craft that are to replace it. Maybe that was NASA and the other companies not giving their support if they used the next gen capsules/space busses. That being said why include a US spacecraft all, why not just use the soyuz alone? Also there must be a lot more to the movie than just the disaster and waiting to die as you see Bullock in a US and Russian space suit, plus someone else in some other suit I don't recognize, but that looks more like an old type launch suit.

I guess I don't see what the problem is with it being the shuttle. Maybe there is a time frame for the film that requires it be set during the shuttle era?

Yeah, read the non-fiction book Enemy at the Gates, in which the story of Vasily Zaytsev is just a small portion of an amazing historical account.

Still, this could be interesting. However, considering how difficult it is to go see movies with a 1-year-old, this one may have to wait until home release...

The guy with that contraption on his arm is, I believe just maneuvering the craft on the deck, as the flight computers won't be able to handle navigating a busy and unpredictable carrier deck. He's more a "remote aircraft handler" than a pilot. He won't be "flying" it once it's airborne.

Yep. He's like a wrangler, or something.

I just started a job at a school for children 7-18 years old, and overheard two of the students (probably around 13-14) refer to PS2 and Xbox as "retro gaming". I had to suppress a chuckle.