chris w

count me in

could you imagine being the arresting officer?!? lol, so many questions to ask:
"get out of the car, sir!"
"Can you get out of the car?!?!"
"How'd you get in the car?!"
"How'd you drive like this?"
"WHY did you drive if you are like this!?!?"
"Are you crazy!!??"
"Am I crazy?"

heres your answer:

http://www.oppodigital.com

I don't know all the specs for the helios, but I can assuredly say that these products are extremely solid. If you are unsure about the Oppo, just check out what multitudes of people at the definitive source say: http://www.avsforum.com

If you want peace, you ALWAYS prepare for war. It's been proven throughout the millennia. If you don't understand that basic principle, then God help you because no one else will be able to.

Jeez, talk about bad humor. Take your poor taste and infantile mockery elsewhere...

is it just me, or does the meta reviews crop up on this site way too early to get a true verdict?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking on castlevania, it just seems like every time a game comes out, less than 24 hours, Joystiq "selects" metareviews based on the writers choice.

I believe to eliminate bias, and show true metascores either take an average of all and post it, or post them all; stop cherry picking the ones that are favorable to the writer of the post.

if you compare the strategies from MS and Nintendo, they are polar opposites on how they acquire your money.

Nintendo "gives" you a free online gameplay service, IN HOPES OF you buying virtual games and content. online Wii gameplay is there, but it's not going to be touted as much as everyone would like because it costs Nintendo money for the service/network traffic etc.... (it would be interesting to see the metrics on how much they hope/expect an average Wii owner to spend on VC content) also, this is why old games probably won't ever have online capabilities attached to them; due to the cost prohibitve nature of the purchase (again, because it's a single transaction, not a garaunteed monthly expense, Nintendo isn't really willing to gamble on something that wont sell)

But MS spreads out the costs by wanting the consumer to pony up the money up front and thereby garaunteeing a revenue stream. (this is why they "penalize" you for buying the cheap 1-month subs. cards) by allowing the service to be "paid for" by the consumer, they focus on actively creating new content (argueably this could be their crutch because they take too long :) ) But MS knows they need to keep consumers happy by actively envisioning more products to the live service. IMO, this is why they are the "Gold" standard of online service, they offer a cheap product, well.

hopefully Nintendo can address some of the issues with making the VC much more appealing with price points, demos, portability, and longevity. Right now, they are slowly but surely standing in online quicksand. They need to realize it before it reaches that point of no return and are rejected by the public.

are we going to set rules, like, no snaking throughout the levels? whenever i play a wifi game against people like that, its no fun. thats not skill at racing, that skill at using an exploit.

Jackson Pritt,

I point you to take Big Reubs's advice because apparently you won't listen to mine.

"that's so gay" is not synonymous to actually "being" gay. It has been relegated to calling something "retarded"; the item is obviously not retarded, it just has been labeled dumb. Same way with calling something gay...

You want tolerance? stop being SO fucking sensitive.

- The only way you can enjoy your life is to open a bottle of draino and drink your way to oblivion.

Jackson Pritt,

Stop being so damn sensitive about someone making a gay remark. You're such a heterophobe. get off your lover's dick and grow a pair of balls of tolerance you pansy. If you can't enjoy others derogatory comments, then stop coming here...it will always be here, get over it.

-You want to change the world? Then go get a gun and pull the trigger next to your head. Enjoy the other side.