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Gamespot's updated coverage of Ace Combat 5.

Okay, I stared playing Asuka's disc yesterday at work (I didn't have time to play Ice, the other girl's disc). And I have to go on record as saying a ridiculous control scheme ruins any change Cy Girls had of being a good game. Basically what it boils down to is that, instead of pushing the analog stick in a direction and having Asuka move in that direction, you move a cursor with the analog stick, and Asuka moves toward the cursor. Add to that counter-intuitive mapping of the face buttons, and you have a game that's kinda like the N-Gage... looks good on paper, but fails terribly on the execution.

This is just my personal thought, but why should a game with multiplayer online be considered so hot? Project Gotham Racing 2 was the same way... a lot of magazines even gave it higher review scores than Need for Speed Underground, because they loved the frickin' online mode, nevermind the sloppy engine PGR2 uses, or the fact that NFSU was a lot prettier. As far as I'm concered, a game could have the most brilliant online multiplayer mode ever, but if it sucks in the single player area, it just sucks.

I would only consider playing Splinter Cell 2 if they give you a lot more ammo. Sure, I get that it's supposed to be about stealth and not killing, but the original Splinter Cell had me wasting what little ammo I had on lightbulbs. Not cool. The hottest game on the Xbox until Halo 2? Try Fable. And for a really hot Xbox game that came out awhile ago, try Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I skipped that game for awhile, since I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but my friends eventually talked me into playing it. Man, was it good!

It was sorta like Burton said "Hey, I'm going to make a Batman movie that's like the comic books!" It does well, spawns a weird sequel and a good cartoon, so WB Pictures is like, "Hey, let's make another Batman movie! If Burton doesn't want to do it, we'll give it to someone else." And they (the people who did Forever and Batman and Robin, sorry, I don't remember their names) were like "Batman? Oh, you mean that old show with Adam West!" The name on the list that catches my attention the most there, though, is Ken Watanabe as Ra's Al Ghul. I thought he was the real star in The Last Samurai, and if Batman Begins does well, Watanabe could be the next Asian start to make it big here in the US.

Oh, get off it already. Sure, she's a slurmty skanky hoe. But if she wasn't, most of you guys would think she's hot as hell. The only reason you want to call her ugly or what not is because of her slurmness. Having made that point, I'll go on record as saying that all the soap in the world couldn't get me to touch something that dirty... but I can think of a lot of so-called "attractive" celebs that are a lot less attractive.

First, I really enjoyed both the book and the original 50's movie. Second, I would like to see a well-made remake. Moreso than a sequel to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Third, Hollywood churns out a busload of movies every month. I'm sure the number of those movies that are remakes of older movies is actually a low percent... much lower, in fact, than the percentage that is all the low-brow toilet-humor "comedies" targeted at the teenage audience. Fourth, Minority Report was a good film, so we don't need to start going "Aw man, Speilburg and Cruise?!" Moreover, Minority Report was an adaptation of a short story by Philip K. Dick, so we don't need to go "Aw, man, a movie based on a book?" either.

Extremely so, since FFXI is the only game that supports it. Unlike the Xbox hard drive, the HDD that comes bundled with FFXI cannot be used for saving games, because the software is only programmed to recognized the memory card.

It's not possible. The hospital ship going down is a scripted event.

Seems like it had the reverse effect then.... A0 seems to be more pissed at the ppl who made the commercial then the ppl who file share. I think most people will have that reaction.

Kunio Okawara designed many more G Gundam mechs than that. Katoki designed the Nobel Gundam (a girlified version of his Gundam ver Ka.), the Master Gundam, the Devil Gundam, and a bunch of those Death Army guys, if I recall. Please note that I never said Okawara didn't design more than the hero mecha. Actually, the only reason why I mentioned that he did the hero mecha was to point out that he probably did a lot more that Katoki, but that it was Katoki who designed the particular MS in question.

Real commercials I didn't mind so much. Some of the Coke commercials (I'm thinking of the one where the terrorists come out because they're hot and thirsty) were kind of funny. But having the grunts whine at me that people are stealing movies that I paid to see is ridiculous. It's more ridiculous when you figure that, even with piracy, movies still probably make a lot for the studio, and definately make a lot for the no-talent hacks that pass for actors and actresses today (I'm looking your way, Keanu). So you're not convincing me that Joe Stunt Guy is going to be out of work because some nerd fanboy downloaded Lord of the Rings a the day before it's theatrical release (because he'll probably see it three or four times in the theater anyway, then buy the regular and special editions of the DVDs, and the boxed set if that comes out too). Putting the grunts out of work would mean an end to the film industry (which is probably what they want you to think will happen if you download a movie), which means an end to money for the big wigs and and burger flipping for Keanu. But what's more likely to happen if the studio really is loosing that much money is that the studio wants to pay Keanu less, he refuses, they get one of those kids on the WB, pay them half what they'd pay Keanu, and make the film anyway.

Who designed the mobile fighters of G Gundam? Gonna love that guy.... Kunio Okawara did the hero mecha (Shining and God Gundams), but Katoki designed your Nobel Gundam.

The reason Macross 7 doesn't get a seperate treatment is because it's part of Macross canon. Having seperate areas like "This section is for discussions of UC Gundam" and "This section is for discussions of After Colony Gundam" etc would work fine, because there's not much of a need to discuss Z Gundam in the same context as Gundam W, outside of the ignorant "Zechs would beat Char's a$$!" styled topics. Seperate areas on the same forum are different than different forums for different shows. A registered member would be free to explore and post in all the areas. In this case, new fans introduced through Seed or Wing would be able to learn about the older works, and longtime fans who happen to enjoy the AU stuff can still discuss the newer works. Forcing the two groups to mix and hoping that they'll get along is a pipe dream. There are too many immature youths on the AU side, and too many elitists on the UC side. The two sides are just too different. It'd be like starting a music forum and expecting Kiss fans to get along with N*Sync fans. For every one person you find that's willing to have mature discussions on both, you'll find 10 older people who want to ignore the younger ones, 10 older people who want to flame the younger ones for their ignorance, and 50 younger people flaming the older people with topics like "What is this crap? Kiss sucks! Did they rip off ICP?" A mailing list is a poor alternative for a forum. I'm not knocking mailing lists... they help to keep groups informed and provide a lot of useful news and information. But a forum is a place for discussion.

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I agree. I find both Egan's and Nanashi's sites to be invaluable resources to the Macross community.

That's too bad because the 3rd season has really been the strongest so far. It's too bad that the suits at CBS are THIS close to axing Enterprise. I can't live without MY baby. (She's mine MW'ers....stay away) Woof, man. You can have her.

I'm a fan of both. I've always prefered Macross, because Kawamori's designs are just incredible. I'm starting to lean more toward Gundam these days, though, just for the sheer ammount of material. I mean, if you watch one episode of Macross everyday, it doesn't take you too long to watch all of it. But Gundam... I tend to enjoy the AU Gundam series (I was especially impressed with Seed) as well as the AU, so at one episode a day it would take over a year to get through it all. By then, I'm ready to start over without feeling burnt out on it. And I usually do end up watching stuff over again, because I'm not really an anime fan (my collection consists of Gundam, Macross, Escaflowne, and Marmalade Boy, and that's basically everything I want), or a fan of TV in general (I watch Simpsons reruns on the WB all the time, and I'm collecting the South Park DVDs by seasons), and that's it for me. I've kind of wished for a place to hang out and discuss Gundam stuff that's like Macross World. But I think it'd be hard for the older UC fans to get along with the pre-teen Wing fans. Maybe if the admins set it up like the Megaman Network forums? There, they have seperate areas for the seperate series. Maybe if they set up one area for UC discussions, and then an area for AU discussions or even seperate areas for each of the AU series...?

Ah yes, the VG-winged F-117 designed for carrier use. Never stood a chance of being bought, though... by the time Lockheed was ready to start pitching it to the Navy, seemed stealth technology had progressed to the point where it really wasn't necessary to have such an un-aerodynamic plane.

The idea that the 'Pheyos Valkyrie' has Brain Control System was something that Dave Deitrich made up and it not true. Nor was it designated the Fz-150. There is no such thing as an Fz-150. The Fz prefrix was used by the Varuata/Protodeviln for their fighters. The proper/officiial identification for the 'Pheyos Valkyre' is simply "Variable Machine" and it is a hostile Zjentohlauedy design. It is inaccurate to say that it is official. "Variable Machine" was a preliminary name for the mecha, despite what has been written. The official name for its debut in Macross Digital Mission VF-X is Variable Device. http://www.anime.net/macross/mecha/zentrad...ariable_device/ Isn't "Pheyos" or "Feios" official? When I got VF-X-2, it had a page with all the mecha, and I'm pretty sure it was on there listed as "Feios." And what about EVA, or Enemy Valkyrie?

That very well could be. But at the very least, one of the Destroids was supposedly developed on board the Macross.

Well spoken.

I hate to be harsh, but you should stop there while you're ahead. Why should he? Oh, I'm not saying that armed open conflict between the US and the EU is in the cards, but look at the politics of the last decade. France and Germany are the two dominant powers in the EU (Britain could be, but they're more interested in being Britain than in being the EU). They are, as most countries are, deeply resentful of the power that the US wields as the world's only remaining super-power (China is a LONG way off from being a super-power, as there's more to being a super-power than GDP growth). Germany and France, despite their traditional animousity towards each other, have been using the EU as a forum to act out as a world power, and as such they've opposed and criticized (both rightly and wrongly) the US at every turn. Nominally we may be allies, but we're definately rivals in their eyes

I'll do myself a favor and disregard your entire post based on this simple quote. If you had really watched both series extensively enough... you wouldn't have said that. After the 3rd or so defeat.... Jerid becomes Asuka after being bested by Shinji. And Uso didn't? And Amuro didn't have a reasont to complain? Have you even watched the original Gundam? You are saying that being thrust into the role of "ray of hope" of the Federation, and practically being forced to kill.... is not enough reason to act like he did? Just because Camille had a reason to be a loser, doesn't make him a likeable character. Oh yeah, Asuka did have a similar personality. Too bad Jerrid did it first. And sure, he was a jock jerk like someone you knew in high school, but that is personality, whether it's a likeable personality or not. Sure did watch Gundam. The original TV series, not the movies. And no, Amuro wasn't dark. He was a damn baby. "Boo hoo, they think I'm a kid, so I'll run away... and take the Gundam with me!" And he was still a baby in Zeta! "Boo hoo, I'm afraid to fight again!" As for Uso, yeah, he had a hell of a lot to complain about. I'll give you that. But he didn't really complain at all. He was just boring. Sorry, like Camille or not, at least he was interesting.

While I can't deny that the F/A-22 is a rather expensive plane (with fewer and fewer to be ordered, each fighter gets more and more expensive), unnecessary? While we could probably upgrade a bunch of F-15s for the price of an F/A-22, it's better to have a few of the best than a lot of the second best. With upgrades, the F-15 is a very capable dogfighter, and for that reason, will probably remain in service along with the F/A-22. However, the F-15 is outmatched by some of the newer fighters, including the Eurofighter and the Rafale. And like I pointed out before, France/Dassault seems less selective about who they sell fighters too. It is not unreasonable to assume that US fighters could tangle with Rafale's. The F/A-22 is supposed to be able to take on all comers... if it couldn't, we'd be talking about the F/A-23 Black Widow II today. As for the F-35, in terms of speed and agility, last I heard it DOES beat the F-16, but not by a whole lot. And since it will have a gun, it can carry fewer larger pieces of ordinance, and the STOVL version seems to work fine (not the mention that adding a fuel tank in the A and C where the lift fan is in a B gives the F-35 a high fuel/weight ratio), it will perform the roles it was designed to do. No, it won't be lightyears ahead of what it's replacing, but I do feel that the F-35 is at least a small improvement.