LuckyTurner

Snoop in Rock Band is an interesting choice, but there's a few hip-hop (and hip-hop influenced) acts I'd rather see on Harmonix's music 'platform':
N*E*R*D
The Roots
Limp Bizkit

I DEFINITELY think that N*E*R*D's "She Wants to Move", "Maybe", "Anti-Matter", and "Spazz" would play great, have some fun basslines, cool guitar breaks, and give the drummers of the world some fun beats to play out.

Upon dropping Einhander on the PSN, Squenix is free to extract $10 from my wallet.

A beautifully designed shooter that my brother was somehow conned to trade for "Beyond the Beyond".

*edit* June 12

*cue facepalm*

My guess is that this is likely a long term (at least for the next 5 months) strategy. The game is one of the biggest lures to the PS3 platform and this bundle has been successfull in getting me to set aside some cash for May 12.

FES = Fanboy Eating Swampmonster

To try to demystify the whole BET/WET argument I've heard countless times in my 25 years:

The reason a group of investors got together to create a BET is because there wasn't a parity in representation for black people on other networks.

I can't stand what BET's become, but to suggest that there was a sepratist agenda as work is at best naive and at worst disingenuous.

The use of that is not only horribly out of context, but a juvenile stunt meant to get a rise out of someone.

I feel sorry for you.

That said, it's 40 years since King's death and I'm pretty sad this discussion of race (a reality) can't transpire without the namecalling and vitriol that's run through this thread.

To the gamer fandom,

I think Croal's assesment of this situation was fair and FAR from an inditment of Capcom or RE5. And it's the perfect opportunities for us, as fans/consumers/advocates of gaming to have a reasoned discussion on issues of representation in gaming.

We often cry about the way the game industry has been marginalized in the press, been blamed for instances of violence, and regarded for years by the mainstream press as a "diversion for children". And the breakout of the Wii and the explosive growth of the past 2 years have seen great strides in the perception of the industry. We're getting closer to seeing videogames regarded as a medium on par with film, television and music as popular artform.

That said, the cop-out "It's just a game excuse" won't fly if we're hailing a work like "Bioshock" for the artistic choices in aesthetic and its' exploration of objectivism, then a series like Resident Evil is subject to the same examination of artistic objectives.

Was the game maliciously constructed to plant the hatred of blacks? Most likely not.

But if we want others to regard the gaming industry as more than purveyors of smut and it's consumers as more than a swath of hyper-stimulated, violence prone basement dwellers, it'd probably do us some good to actively critique the industry and it's depictions of women, ethnic groups and GLBT.

Jeez....
I want this game so bad. I founds myself gasping at various points much the same way I did nearly 10 years ago in early '99 when I saw the killer whale sequence on an import copy of Sonic Adventure.

The level design seems to be devoid of the 'gotcha'-style gaps that were present in "Sonic Heroes" and what I could bear to play of Sonic 2006. If Sega can excersice some MUCH NEEDED restraint by keeping the laundry list of friends out (Knuckles can stay) and keep the experience about the speed and great setpieces, they may be able to shake 60 bucks out of this old fan.

Not to be the hyper-PC, super sensitive liberal (but I guess I'll be that), but what about Barack Obama says pimp?

I guess I must've dozed off during the CNN debates where he threatened to go upside Hillary's head if the next primary where that b*tch didn't have his money/delegates.