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I'll take a Rock Band with my Snickers [photo]
Savant | 9:10 AM on 01.24.2008 24 comments




The above photo was taken last night using my cell phone at a local Blockbuster Video. I was there to return Clerks and rent Mallrats when I took a look at the candy aisle. Granted, I had done this many times before, but something just didn't seem right...

They're friggin' selling Rock Band in the candy aisle these days? Are you fucking kidding me?

Need I say anymore? Discuss.

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I think I fixed my Guitar Hero lag issue. Here's how:
Savant | 7:54 AM on 12.06.2007 8 comments




As some of you may or may not know, I have been having a hell of a time trying to calibrate the lag with GH3. Constant tweaking, recalibrating, tweaking some more was yielding no consistent result. So, just for the hell of it, I tried playing on Hyperspeed 2 and 3, and believe it or not, I finally hit the sweet spot.

Granted, this won't help me in Online play at all, or anyone else that comes over to the house, but it really made a huge difference in my timing and it actually synced things up rather nicely.

It's strange, I know. It's not 100% perfect, but I'm able to get about 85% on TTFaF on Hard, so I think it is as good as it can be for now. :)

I have my offset set to 25ms and use Hyper 3 for Hard and Hyper 2 for Expert.

For those who don't know, to enable Hypserspeed, do the following
- Go to Options
- Go to Cheats
- Go to Enter Cheat
- Strum the following notes : O, B, O, Y, O, B, O Y

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NIERO / WORKMAN in '08!
Savant | 8:25 AM on 11.30.2007 15 comments




In a time of need. In a time of war. In a time of poverty. America needs someone they can turn to to right the wrongs of our current El Presidente. Yes, I am indeed talking about Niero and Ron "Various Nicknames" Workman.

America needs a Cuban wearing a metal helmet made from air-conditioning parts and a backwater genius who sold lemons as a young, black child.

The economy is in the crapper, this we know. But with GONZALES and WORKMAN at the helm, we can rest assured that they will turn this ship around and put it on the right direction for a better tomorrow! (laden with hookers, beer, and also, cocks.)

So I am asking YOU Destructoid community! Vote Destructoid, and you'll vote with your balls for the first time.

NIERO / WORKMAN IN 2008 - THEY DO WHAT AMERICAN'T.

(Not paid for by the committee to get Niero and Ron Workman elected to office. They have not approved nor endorsed this message in any way. I just feel that America would be better with them... or maybe a sock puppet, or something. Is anyone even reading this?)

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WTF?! GH3 "Calibrate Lag" option only calibrates my frustration.
Savant | 9:20 AM on 11.29.2007 16 comments




Yep. I'm still screwed when it comes to fixing the lag issues with GH3 on my new set. I own two LG LCDs, and both of them have lag issues with my Elite and GH. I've run the calibrate lag tool a multitude of times, both strumming with the video and with the sound, and I can't get it to a happy median.

Does anyone else in the community have this issue? Does anyone have any honest tips on how to fix the problem?

I'm running a 360 Elite with HDMI into the set I just spoke about, if that helps any. (Though I'm sure it doesn't.)

Any help would be appreciated.

In other news, I can pass TTFaF on Hard everytime now. :) (Horribly.)

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Oh, hai! Is it can it be HDTV time now, plz?
Savant | 9:17 AM on 11.27.2007 19 comments




Yep. I took the plunge and picked up a sweet 32" LCD HDTV by LG for a cool $599 at Boscov's (LINK)

I was a bit worried when we first unpacked and hooked up the badboy, because the sucker's speakers were crackling. Turns out, my 360 Elite defaulted to Dolby 5.1 sound when I used the HDMI input. I switched it to Digital Stereo and it sounds great. :) (I nearly had a heart attack prior to this, though. It was an adventure and a half to actually get the damn thing.)

I highly recommend this HDTV right now. It's a $1,200 set (Boscov's site is incorrect, check others.) going for $599, and the sale ends today!

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Question: What game isn't repetitive? All games are.
Savant | 7:22 AM on 11.21.2007 24 comments



(LOLCats image is not in relation to below text. I just think it is funny.)

I gots me a question for you, folks. We all hear in game reviews "This game is reptitive. It sux0rz." This was touched on slightly by our own Rev. Tony in his recent Assassin's Creed review about how repetitive the game becomes. But I got to thinking -- I honestly love Assassin's Creed. I'm hooked on that shit like a junkie. It's repetitive, yes. But my question is simple; what game isn't repetitive?

In all games there is one specific core gameplay element or elements that the rest of the title is built around. These core elements are used over and over and over, but sometimes we fail to take notice because they are presented to us in fresh and varying fashions throughout the gaming experience.

I am looking for some open discussion on this one. Perhaps this would've been something better suited for the forum, but I'd like to see the community response here first. Thoughts?

(The main reason I'm asking this question is simple. If all games are repetitive in some sense, why even state so in a review if it is common knowledge?)

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