Pie Pants

Surprised nobody mentioned this.. good old UBRS...

(upon a party member dying)

Warchief Rend Blackhand: WOOT!
Warchief Rend Blackhand: I want those boots! Nobody touch that corpse!

Hahaha, gold!

Hmm, let's think about this for a second.

Port of Duke 3D with improved graphics and DS-specific controls. Online co-op and deathmatch (the original Duke3D featured modem co-op, for those who remember :P). Custom level editor (original Duke 3D had this as well).

Y'know, that could be a pretty damn good game.

I realise there's already a homebrew port of GP2x to the DS, but it's pretty much just a port - no online play and no control changes iirc.

"Star Power is activated by yelling."

*sigh* more tacky use of the microphone.

I guess that wipes what little interest I had in the game.

"We wonder if Nintendo minds the jab to its customers ..."

I don't think so. Imagine the reaction they'd get from the community if they started picking on the Red Cross, of all organisations.

I think it's a pretty clever ad anyway. The D-pad similarity never occured to me either.

That's exactly what I'm saying. :)

"But how can the Wii tell, or do they consider the Wiil just the Wiimote w/ nothing?"

The two Wiimote options are the wheel or with a nunchuck. If you don't have the nunchuck plugged in, it assumes you're using the wheel.

"Any further relation to FMA, though?"

The anime is produced by the same studio (BONES).

I've gotta say though, I watched the first episode of the anime yesterday. This show is *completely awesome*.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zRFCTwVaqJY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tgVDxWSIjnM

There's a few videos.

Mario Kart is a single layer disc.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: US consoles have IOS37. IOS37 is not used by the system menu. When the system menu is updated to 3.3U, *that* will probably stop the Freeloader working.

Until then, stop panicking. Mario Kart has no way of blocking Freeloader.

The big problem with these "busts" is they always assume each game is a lost sale.

I've got a R4DS with a few downloaded games on it, for instance. Most of them I'd probably never have bought anyway, and those are the ones I've played once or twice then given up.

The ones I do play and enjoy, I usually buy as well.

Part of the problem where I'm from (Australia) is that retailers here are pretty much getting away with theft themselves. Take something recent, like Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for instance. It's listed on the US EB Games site for $39.99, or about $43 australian dollars. The same game from a local store is $70.

Now I know shipping and import taxes will always add a bit, but $27? Come on.