Apollo Leader

It'll have a big "Mission Accomplished" banner on the island all of the time!!!

Kind of like a hypothetical USS Jimmy Carter which would have a white flag on the island all of the time!!!

The mission was "accomplied" in that Saddam's government was overthrown and that his military was defeated.

I thought the senator looked familiar... seems like 24 is becoming a Robocop reunion show! At least the guy who played Methos on Highlander has some work.

As I've said before, since the show is no longer pigeon-holed to Los Angeles, I think that's going to help the show immensely.

Last night I managed to beat Gears of War 2 all by myself on Insane. Like with the first game, persistance pays off and it also helps that I've been playing this series for 2 years now. The only spots that really got tough for me was where you find Maria and in Jacinto where there's a spot in the one courtyard where you take on a number of Locust Drones, Boomers (the ones with the exploding maces), and 2 Bloodmounts.

Speaking of game achievements or accomplishments, Activision released these stats about Call of Duty 4 (these are the 360's stats):

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/08/cod-4-ov...ane-on-veteran/

71.1%, or 7,111,508 people have completed F.N.G.

68.8%, or 6,886,509 people have completed Cargo Ship.

46.5%, or 5,654,643 people have beaten the game on any difficulty.

2.8%, or 283,632 people have completed Airplane on Veteran difficulty.

So I'm among the less then 3 percent that have beaten the final stage on Veteran? Cool. The stage is pretty rough and it took me about 4 hours of straight through play to do it.

Hopefully this will all be straightened out, but once again this is further evidence that nanny state, big government does not work.

I don't think they knew. But...

"The January 2009 issue of EGM, shown above, is reported to be the last one to see print. The February issue is complete, and its content is slated to be distributed digitally, either in PDF format or in the form of articles on 1UP.com."

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/01/magwea..._reportedly.php

I'll be interested to see how that goes. Especially with 1UP being sold and everyone getting fired.

Right from the source:

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=897783...cUserId=4549175

Too bad about EGM..one of the few magazines I read..I'm a current subscriber too..long time reader ..

Not only is the magazine gone but now the same people who (more or less) worked for EGM at 1up.com have been fired too..terrible

http://kotaku.com/5125034/mass-firings-at-1up-after-sale

In the most recent issue (January) was there any indication that this was going to be the final issue? If they put out one final issue as a goodbye to its readers and/or something to commemorate the magazine almost turning 20, I would definitely pick it up.

I was planning on seeing this around Christmas and even my dad expressed interest in seeing this, but it disappeared so quickly I never had the chance to go see it.

Really wish a definitive, first class Punisher movie could be made. Guess this one was strike three.

Yeah, but my nostalgia for the Genesis/SNES era is tempered by the realization that, for every one great game you got, you got five shmups or Final Fight-style beat 'em ups.

Hey, I love shmups and Final Fight type games! A great source of stress relief AND stress.

No sh!t, that's crazy. While I haven't bought the mag since well before sushi-x left, I still read it of of magazine racks from time to time. What will become of Seanbaby!

Well, there's still Seanbaby's website, but it doesn't look like he's updated it in a while.

I saw the news about EGM yesterday. Very sad to see it go as it was just reaching it's 20th anniversary; yikes, another sign of getting old. Furthermore, it's sad that they didn't get to have one final tribute/20th anniversary issue since the rug was pulled under their feet. But the harsh reality is that a lot of gamers these days are getting their video game news and information from Internet gaming websites and blogs. Why wait a month for something you have to pay for when you can get that information online instantly and free?

I originally became a full time reader of EGM in the fall of 1991 as I started my senior year of high school. In the spring of 1992, I started my subscription which I constantly maintained for the next 15 years. When I let my subscription expired, I started getting a bunch of nasty letters from the EGM subscription people basically threatening legal action for letting my subscription expire and I ended up having to call them up to see why I was being harassed like that.

A few years ago I sold off my entire video game magazine collection to a local collector store. I estimated I loaded up in my pickup something like 400-500 pounds of gaming magazines. This not only included all my EGM's, but nearly every issue of Gamefan, every issue of Next Generation, Nintendo Power, and a bunch of others. Especially with EGM's demise, part of me wishes I had kept some of those magazines. I'm tempted to go check to see if that collector still has them.

RIP EGM! Steve Harris should be proud of what he contributed to the realm of video game journalism.

For those remotely interested, Konami's Rock Revolution is down to $20 at Best Buy. That sure dropped in price pretty quick. I know a lot of the covers suck (at least in the vocal department), but if I got the game it would be for Megadeth's Holy Wars... The Punishment Due.

I got through GHWT on Hard (Guitar) about two weeks back. The only song I ran into troubles with was the song by Muse. A lot of rapid strumming that was hard for me to time. The rest of the songs I didn't have much problems completing.

Now if I could only beat GHIII on hard...

Anyone know the current trade-in value for a 360 (console/cables only, I want to keep my HD and controller) at Gamestop, EB etc?

Mine's disc drive is really acting up lately, and I'd rather sell it and get a new one than to spend 2 hours on the phone to India just to have them say "it's normal".

Or if anyone wants to buy a "working, but I'm not happy with the noises its making" 360 let me know...

When my first 360 went kaput, all my phone calls were definitely with Americans and not with those in India. Just call the stores up and see what they have to offer.

"Canon" as in being the true, real deal. Not the "Macross Cannon" of Macross II.

Considering some of the venom some of you guys put in Astrobunny's comment box, I'm really suprised he decided to sign up on Macross World. All you had to do was point out that Macross Frontier is a sequel to the original Japanese Macross series (which was used as the first third of Robotech), that it has nothing to do with either Southern Cross/Robotech Masters or Mospeada/New Generation, and steer him to sites/forums such as Macross World or the Macross Compendium. The other stuff is going to drive people away and not win any arguments.

This one's actually kind of interesting, because zentradi regulds appeared briefly in the small portion of Sentinels that was animated, DESPITE it being in an era when HG wasn't fighting tooth and nail over everything(Macross 2, DYRL).

I've always wondered what the heck happened there, especially when tehy went out of their way to redesign Britai/hit him with the ugly stick.

The Regults seen in the Sentinels look considerably different then the ones you see in Macross. They almost look like a new mecha.

I don't think this was ever posted, so...

So anyone seen the trailer yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDVKLXX8d0

Jack: "So help me God, I will kill you and you will STAY dead this time." ==>

Yeah, that trailers been out for a few months now. Anyway, it's just a few more weeks until the Jack Bauer Power Hour is back on the air!

I gloat.

TOLD y'all there was nothing 360-ish in there.

I'm looking at my Dell's flat screen here at work and it utilizes a green power button just like in the new Metal Gear promotion so that gave me second thoughts about what was being hinted at. I wouldn't be surprised if MGS4 made the jump to the 360, though for me it's not a huge deal since I lost interest in the Metal Gear series after the first Solid game. Enough other great games coming out as it is.

Dood, GOW2 on insane alone is friggin hard!!! I'm barely on the last act and I can't seem to pass it. Insane is made to be played with someone else too. So I'm down to play insane with somebody or play horde. I'm done with horde so I don't mind playing it again. Let me know.

oh, I just bought left 4 dead, so if anybody wants to do a four player game on that, let me know too!

I'll definitely watch for you being on there. Just need to beat the last 12 levels of Horde. If you need help with GOW2 on Insane, I will gladly be of assisstance.

I beat Gears 2 on Normal a few days back. Make sure to stay through to the end of the credits... a possibly interesting development for Gears 3. I am now playing the game on Insane by myself.

BTW, still need to beat the last 12 levels of Horde mode, so if anyone wants to play, let me know.

I was wondering why this thread was brought back to life.

I haven't had the chance to read every post, but some things that differ between now and 2000-2002 is that Toynami is the one exercising its rights (instead of Harmony Gold) though it appears they are directly approaching retailers/distributors like BBTS instead of sending out lawyers with cease-and-desist orders like Harmony Gold did to Kevin Lam (Valkyrie Exchange) and Spideyjerusalem back in the day.

Interesting blurb in the BBTS e-mail suggesting that Joel and company have quite a bit MORE business planned with Toynami; obviously it's an enough of a business arrangement that they are valuing it over Yamato Macross imports. If memory serves me correctly, wasn't it announced last spring or summer that the arrangement where Toynami will be releasing Bandai 1/55th's also includes a lot of other licenses including Gundam (MSIA's FIX Figurations, etc.)? I wouldn't be surprised if Macross merchandise beyond the TV series and DYRL (such as Macross Frontier) is part of this; heck there's been those of us here on Macross World speculating that for months now.

I know a lot of you are upset at this development and definitely worried and concerned about how this will effect your ability to collect these fine toys from this series that we love, but I would recommend not getting worked up in a tizzy over it. It's not worth being stressed out about a bunch of stupid pieces of plastic; if the economy continues to tank further, we will have much bigger things to worry about. For all the worrying and agonizing that we did over 6-8 years ago, pretty much all of our favorite Macross importers continued to sell Japanese Macross merchandice and we were able to experience what can truly be described as a golden age for Macross collectors.

And when it comes to all these companies and businesses (Big West, Harmony Gold, Toynami, Bandai, Yamato, etc.) and the rights/stakes that they have in these properties and licences, we got to think things through with the minds of level-headed adults and not as some over obsessed fanboys.

To be honest, I haven't been all too impressed with the PS3. I have two games for it: Metal Gear Solid 4 and Resistance 2. I haven't played a whole lot of MGS4...but what I have played of R2...I haven't been all that impressed. The graphics aren't as good as GoW2 or CoD4 on my 360 (which is connected over component...unlike my PS3 via HDMI). The gameplay is alright...but again nothing like GoW and CoD. My first PSN experience was horrible; it was a pain in the ass to play one level of R2 with a friend. It simply isn't intuitive at all.

A lot of the games on the PS3 are also on the 360...so there's less incentive for me to pick up another title for it. The only other titles I'd even consider picking up for the PS3 would be Final Fantasy XIII and Killzone 2. Even though FFXIII is coming to the 360...a part of me thinks that it may play a little better on the PS3 than on the 360.

All in all, there are only two redeeming things going for the PS3 right now (in my opinion): the backwards compatibility and Blu-ray.

Which PS3 do you have? The PS3 no longer has backwards compatibility except for PS1 games. That was one of the deciding factors in why I went with a straight out Sony Blu Ray player instead of a PS3. But ultimately, having one game console these days is plenty for me. If I did have a PS3, I would definitely get the Resistance games, though pretty much any game that has appeared on both the 360 and PS3, I would pick the 360 versions of those games (Achievements!). I really think Sony should have stuck with the original 60GB PS3 from two years ago.

Got my Sony Blu-Ray player last night. I watched the first part of the Ed Norton Incredible Hulk movie. Now I just need to get a 1080P flat screen to more fully enjoy it, but still a great picture even in just 720P. Definitely a new concept in needing to hook a movie video system up online for updates, but considering all the fluxes DVD technology went through throughout the years, it would have been nice if DVD players could have been updated in the same fashion.

I noticed that the main option screen is set up pretty much set up the same as on the PS3 and PSP. I'm guessing a lot of Sony's home entertainment products are using a similar operating system? (It appears my player is Java based).

Ok, venting, having a bad day... anyway, I'll keep this simple, to direct all the Yamato hate to one place so other threads don't stray off topic

Considering Yamato as a company with more than a decade of experience with Macross; Revoltech and Bandai joining the Macross toy business with dedicated quality toys and Yamato's history of questionable releases with beautiful but completely flawed products with increasing costs for them

do you think they are too greedy with their prices? simple poll...you can post why or why not

Yamato, like any other manufacturer, has a lot of things to consider when it comes to the costs of their products. Things such as engineering, design, manufacture, production numbers, what kind of sales numbers they expect, shipping cost (ie. fuel prices), the current and projected economic state, and ultimately the profit margins they need to pay their employees their salaries and keep the company afloat.

Unlike Namco/Bandai, Yamato is a smaller company catering to a niche market. Their products are obviously going to be higher priced.

I hope my good friend Jon doesn't throw up when he watches this!

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