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  1. James Zos

    Anyone nervous about Brute Force???

    There has been a lot of hype about this game, maybe too much, and it has been a long time coming, two things that do not always bode well for games on the Xbox (Blinx, anyone?) or anywhere else for that matter. I'm glad it uses Halo's aiming system however, as that has never been rivaled on the...
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    Apocalypse now

    Would someone please answer Jeff Adams' question about whether the sound in redux is improved over the original? I would like the answer to this too. WARNING: CRANKY OPINIONS AHEAD... I own Redux and wish I owned the original instead. From my limited experience, "directors' cuts" often...
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    Any thoughts on Indiana Jones on X-Box?

    "If you are going to say that, make it a long story by all means." I can see your point, Dean, if you mean to say that I should take care to back up such a negative assesment. I also agree with James T's statement that "Renting the game is different from playing a demo." By all means, rent...
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    Any thoughts on Indiana Jones on X-Box?

    I haven't played the full game but I have played the demo. I was really looking forward to it, but to make a long story short, it sucked bad, even though it was one of those games I wanted to like, I just couldn't get into it. It is using an "improved" version of the Buffy engine, but it didn't...
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    Wrap up and 'winners' of E3...

    I don't think you are going to hear much about Team Fortress 2, at least not until after Half Life 2 comes out...
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    Wrap up and 'winners' of E3...

    No matter which system you prefer, and to be honest, for me it is the Xbox, it is hard not to see bias in this Gaming Age write up. The games I'm most interested in are Half Life 2, Halo 2 and Doom 3. I don't think I'm the only one excited to see those games, and yet the reviewer doesn't even...
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    Fable E3 Trailer!!!!

    http://www.gamershell.com/news_BFabl...3Trailer.shtml
  8. James Zos

    NFL Fever plays itself? WTF?!?

    "If I wish to stand there then let me be I say." That's EXACTLY how I feel, Chad. Couldn't agree more. Can anyone imagine a FPS where the charachter you're supposed to be controling runs around by himself? I think most people would find that very strange. Then again, I don't like auto...
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    NFL Fever plays itself? WTF?!?

    "Sega seems to want the user to play the game rather than watch the game play itself." What an odd idea. Guess I'll have to check out NFL2K3 then.
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    NFL Fever plays itself? WTF?!?

    "If Im not mistaken, Madden will do that too." Rob I could have sworn I played a Madden game back on the old PSX, and it didn't do that, but if it does then that's a shame. "The solution is: as soon as you hike the ball, use the joystick to move the QB back into the pocket. Your motion on...
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    Translation Please? Xbox....

    Glad you guys got the joke, Joel and Jay. I was afraid people wouldn't get my sense of humor. I don't want to hijack this thread, however. So can anyone help answer Mark bk's question? I don't speak French or I'd take a shot at it.
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    NFL Fever plays itself? WTF?!?

    Thanks for the quick reply, JustinT. I tried that, I mean I was moving the onscreen controler icon right or left to pick a team. When you don't do that, it gives you a little warning, telling you you haven't picked a team to control, so I don't think that is what is going on. Even when I pick...
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    Translation Please? Xbox....

    I don't think you're crazy. My Xbox talks to me all the time. For instance, just yesterday it told me to kill my next door neighbor because she is the antichrist. I knew this was wrong, though. It isn't my neighbor who is the antichrist, it's her ten-year-old son who is. Good thing I figured...
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    NFL Fever plays itself? WTF?!?

    So I checked out this used game/CD store today and found a copy of NFL Fever 2002 used for $5. I remember playing the demo and enjoying it so I thought - what the hell, for $5 how can I go wrong? So I started up a single game and noticed that I didn't seem to have much control over my player...
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    Why why WHY can't you save in Xbox two player split screen?

    "I played Halo co-op with a friend at a party once (it was around 2 AM and we played through until dawn) and I didn't find anything wrong with the setup." But that's exactly my point, Morgan. With my schedule, I wouldn't have the time to play "until dawn." And why should I have to do that...
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    Why why WHY can't you save in Xbox two player split screen?

    I don't know if it is, Morgan. I know that you can start any level in Halo co-op, but you can't SAVE during a level, so unless you have the time to play a level all the way through from start to finish, you end up starting from the begining each and every time, which just sucks, IMO. I think...
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    Why why WHY can't you save in Xbox two player split screen?

    I've been looking forward to the co-op two-player split screen in Wolfenstein since it was first announced the game would have this feature. Stuck with a 56k modem I can't use Xbox Live, so this is a big deal for me. I loved co-op play on Halo but was always frustrated that there was no way to...
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    Quiet Home Theater in Duplex...Is That Even Possible?

    Thanks to all of you for responding! For now I've decided to keep my HT in the back room, but tonight I tried a slightly different setup, which seems to have improved things somewhat... I had always thought that putting your TV diagonally in a corner was a bad idea when it came to HT, but...
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    *** Official HD support, 5.1 & 16:9 Game Survey Thread

    "What's this squeeze mode you're talking about?" Fred, with some 4:3 non-HD TVs you can literally "squeeze" the picture vertically into a 16:9 shape for viewing anamorphic material, essentialy turning a 4:3 set into a 16:9 set for free (best tweak those of us stuck with 4:3 sets can make!)...
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    Quiet Home Theater in Duplex...Is That Even Possible?

    In a year or so I plan to buy a house, but for now I've just moved into a duplex. This is the first time I've ever lived in a duplex and I'm not sure what to do with my HT. Out of concern for the guy living in the other half of the duplex, I set my HT (Klipsch ref series and KSW12 sub) into a...
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    *** Official HD support, 5.1 & 16:9 Game Survey Thread

    "Backing up James, no 16:9 support." I knew the Wolfenstein demo didn't have it, but I was hoping the full version of the game would. There probably aren't too many people here like me who have to MANUALLY go into the service menu to use the squeeze trick every time they want to watch...
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    Newbie question on how to treat room acoustics cheaply

    Kevin, Tim, Joe - thanks a lot for your responses. I've been finding this problem very frustrating and your replies were all very helpful... I have been considering building my own panels for the walls, but my girlfriend insists that panels on the walls will look too ugly...(sigh). So it...
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    Newbie question on how to treat room acoustics cheaply

    The good news for me is that my girlfriend has finally allowed me to use an entire room dedicated only to HT in the new duplex we just rented. The BAD news is how my previously decent sounding HT, sounds INSIDE the new room. I knew that room acoustics played a large part in overall sound...
  24. James Zos

    Looking for the best sub at $650 or less...

    Thanks for the advice, Dean. I'll check it out.
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    Looking for the best sub at $650 or less...

    Thanks Frank and Brian for your advice! Does anyone know how the Shiva kit http://www.creativesound.ca/details....l=EZSUB14SHIVA would stack up against the Klipsch KSW12? For me the Klipsch sub seems to lack both punch and clarity. It sounds too distorted at higher volumes. Would the...
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    Looking for the best sub at $650 or less...

    Thanks for your detailed response, Frank. I still find it hard to believe that no skill is involved, for the simple reason that it seems like everyone would then be buying these kits and gaining quality while saving money. Maybe some people don't like building their own gear. Personally I'm...
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    Why does the spoken "S" sound bad through live broadcasts?

    It seems strange that it would only be happening to you on live broadcasts, if that is in fact the case, but if it is, it could simply be pointing to the quality of your reception. As a Klipsch user (Klipsch is known for ssss-sibilance) I occasionally get this problem myself on specific DVDS...
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    Down firing subwoofer on carpet on cement

    I have a downword firing 12-inch KSW Klipsch sub (I now wish I had been smarter and done my homework and bought a better sub for the price.) Anyway, on the Klipsch forums, several posters suggested that if you have carpet, like I do, to put a large ceramic tile underneath the sub. I did so and...
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    Looking for the best sub at $650 or less...

    What skills are required to build a sub from one of these kits? I myself have no skills, but my girlfriend actually builds things (tables, chairs, etc) out of wood. Are electrical skills required, or just woodworking skills? What are the steps involved in putting one of these subs together?
  30. James Zos

    Rouge Squadron III-Rebel Strike

    I'm always surprised at how often people write "Rouge" instead of "Rogue." It happened with "Rouge Spear" a lot too. Don't get me wrong, I am a terrible speller myself, I just happen to know how to spell this particular word. When ever I see it as "Rouge this-or-that," I can't help wondering if...
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