Yarrgh! It be fixed and I be a pirate!

There was a bug with some special characters. Fixoreddeeeded

Wow, RFGO! beat Podtoid to the punch.

Oh nevermind. I had brain lag.

This is the greatest Rev Rant ever.

lol ppl actually think VGs are sports... big lol

I see no download link...

OK, so I'm still listening, but Crackdown over GTA? Seriously? Crackdown was a horrible game. You can just download the demo and you'd get the experience of the entire game for free. Granted the time limit is capped, but still, the game is so short you might as well just play the demo a few times.

@Kif- 1 word. Multiplayer. :)

Out of a sense of good sportsmanship, I will refrain from entering the sound effects contest. Somebody step up to the plate though! Those were great choices.

On a completely unrelated note, on the topic of new games that are still hardcore, I really enjoyed the Maximo games as an extension of the Ghosts N' Goblins series. They were so deliciously difficult. I think it had been fifteen years since I last gave the middle finger to my screen and yelled, "Land on the damn cliff already!" I was also totally surprised by Devil May Cry 3. This comes from someone whose bread is buttered with 8-bit and 16-bit games. That game was extremely tough and a complete blast to actually succeed at. My fingers have never moved so fast, not even during the final levels of Ninja Gaiden or Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

Kif:
I restarted Earthbound, and I've gotten reasonably far in it, but scheduling horseshit (namely, school and BioShock) will probably prevent me from finishing it in the near future.

Given the game's sense of humor, though, I have to wonder: how is Mother 3 supposed to make anyone CRY? Based on what I've now seen, the series seems pretty damn surreal and nonsensical. Not so much with the tragedy.

Well fine, I'll post what I think I know

Pac-Man/Puck-Man (Pac-Man)
???
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
Mario/Jump Man (Donkey Kong)

It's really bugging the hell out of me I can't get the second one. It's obviously an old arcade sound effect, but I can't recall what for.

Have I mentioned the love yet?

I know the death that Wedge doesn't. I'll courteously abstain from the contest this week, though, since I winned last time and got the awesome shoutout right at the start.

Next week though, I will bring the hurt. I'm charging mah lazer at this very moment, in fact.

Death sounds:
1. Pacman
2. Arthur
3. Simon Belmont
4. Mario

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You're welcome

I have to say, I don't know why the only gameplay element you guys seem to care about in GTA games is beating on hookers.. I mean, I played through all of them, and I never once killed.. or even 'hired' a hooker. Well, I might have run one over from time to time, but that's just my crappy driving skills, not some intentional prostitute-ocide.

I really don't think Crackdown has more story than GTA games, though. Crackdown was what? "There are gangs, kill them please. Oh, and at the end, you're evil. But you didn't know." Whereas, in GTA games, the story is very simplistic in that it's the main character's rise to power in the underworld or desire for revenge against someone. Of course, the story is only present in the cut scenes and main missions, so if you don't play those or are watching someone who just likes to dick around, I can see people thinking there's no story there.

It depends on who's playing. If you just dick around and drive aimlessly, there's no point or story. Isn't that the point of non-linear games? That you're allowed to stray from the story?

Oh, and I have to say, Dyson.. do you really think you could go out and do all the stuff in a GTA game? That would mean you live in a world where all the car doors are unlocked, guns lay in the streets for you to pick up and use expertly instantly, you can fly a helicopter without training, and you can get away with any crime simply by getting a token pick-up that gets the cops off of your back. So even though GTA is set in modern day cities, it's obviously just as much of a fantasy as WoW or something else.

entrager wins! send you r info to the retrophone @ retroforce@gmail.com.

do i think that i could do everything that i can do in gta in real life, not really. but the main premise is the same: regular guy goes and does whatever he wants. at least in crackdown i get to be a super cop, who can do things normal people can't. regardless, i guess it just comes down to what type a person you are. i've never really felt compelled to just be a thug in real life, but i've certainly wished that i could pick up a car and whip it at some idiots head.

your delaying of the goodness of bioshock is awesome, your loyalty to the cause shall never be questioned ;)

entrager! sorry, i forgot that sometimes brain doesn't work. the email is:

retroforce@destructoid.com, not gmail :P

Jeese you guys sounded like the media pundits that are always bashing on GTA as the "hooker beating" game. I couldn't believe one of you actually said Crackdown had more story than GTA at one point. It was obvious none of you had ever really played any of the games. Their stories are one of their few high points actually, though the mission setup is a bit awkward for them.

Also that was the most moot Rev Rant ever. Games are not sports, but sports ARE games. I don't see how this elevates sports to anything more "serious" than video games. Obviously they are viewed this way by media, what with the huge retarded overpaying industry they are. However it's total bullshit, and it SHOULDN'T be that way.

And on that note... Chad is a Yankees fan? My whole world just came crumbling down. Go M's!