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[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:

There are already two companies that are in the final development processes of providing streaming video games over the internet. Basically these companies would allow users to stream games from any console to their computers, without lag or graphics problems. By running the games on remote servers and simply streaming the games to a users computer (obviously there is much more advanced technology involved) users experience pristine game quality, zero lag, and don’t even have to own the console. Both companies will run as subscription services, and one was featured in last months issue of Fast Company (one of the leading magazines that focuses on tech/start-up companies). Does anybody have any more information on this? I think this could dramatically alter the landscape of this sector.

Also, anybody have any dates for the Starcraft 2 release? I’ll probably be married by the time it’s out, Blizzard is being ridiculous.[/quote]

I’m still a bit skeptical of the whole concept. It’s definitely an interesting idea, but I still like to own my game and be able to play independently of internet connectivity. I also doubt their claims to “zero lag”. Games like Halo 3 has lag problems. The environment is completely established on the individual’s console, while location, vectors, and actions are transmitted and received from a remote server. These guys are promising to stream the ENTIRE game with no latency, seeing will be believing.

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Ignoring Bujo’s post…

Games I’m waiting for:
Aliens vs Predator: SWEET
Star Wars MMORPG: SWEET, I get to pwn kids on a computer
White Wolf Online MMORPG: Sweet, I get to kill vampires
Mass Effect 2: SWEET, Alien whores.

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Uncharted 2 is amazing, best game I have played in a long while, I’d highly suggest giving it at least a rental so you can run through the story mode which is awesome(but maybe a tad on the short side? so don’t buy if you won’t play the online co-op/multiplayer stuff).

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It’s about fucking time:

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

[/quote]

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?

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[quote]RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?[/quote]

Yes, but I don’t know the specific format they are downloading in currently. I only know they seem to only play using windows media player. I need a way to convert the files into psp compatible MP4.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?

Yes, but I don’t know the specific format they are downloading in currently. I only know they seem to only play using windows media player. I need a way to convert the files into psp compatible MP4.[/quote]

You’re using a PC? If so, right click on the file → properties and it should tell you the file extension.

Either post it up here, or just google “free *** to mp4 converter” and you’re bound to find something that will work.

I have some software - TMPGEnc Xpress that converts many formats including MP4, but it isn’t free.

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[quote]WolBarret wrote:
Ignoring Bujo’s post…

Games I’m waiting for:
Aliens vs Predator: SWEET
Star Wars MMORPG: SWEET, I get to pwn kids on a computer
White Wolf Online MMORPG: Sweet, I get to kill vampires
Mass Effect 2: SWEET, Alien whores.
[/quote]

Are we going to have to hold another intervention?

“Sir, put down the controller and step away from the computer…”

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[quote]Bujo wrote:
WolBarret wrote:
Ignoring Bujo’s post…

Games I’m waiting for:
Aliens vs Predator: SWEET
Star Wars MMORPG: SWEET, I get to pwn kids on a computer
White Wolf Online MMORPG: Sweet, I get to kill vampires
Mass Effect 2: SWEET, Alien whores.

Are we going to have to hold another intervention?

“Sir, put down the controller and step away from the computer…”[/quote]

There are few video games I actually look forward. I’ll probably quit the Star wars game once I kill Angry Vader’s character. Mass Effect 2 will be beaten within a short time.

Now playing as a Predator…that’s gonna rock.

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[quote]RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?

Yes, but I don’t know the specific format they are downloading in currently. I only know they seem to only play using windows media player. I need a way to convert the files into psp compatible MP4.

You’re using a PC? If so, right click on the file → properties and it should tell you the file extension.

Either post it up here, or just google “free *** to mp4 converter” and you’re bound to find something that will work.

I have some software - TMPGEnc Xpress that converts many formats including MP4, but it isn’t free.[/quote]

I’ll look it up. I didn’t want to buy a converter without trying it first but the demo I downloaded for free doesn’t work.

The OJOsoft PSP video converter.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?

Yes, but I don’t know the specific format they are downloading in currently. I only know they seem to only play using windows media player. I need a way to convert the files into psp compatible MP4.[/quote]

FileHippo.com is your friend.

Try Any Video Converter 2.78

I use it mainly for FLV to AVI conversion, but it should work for MP4. Just make sure to adjust the resolution of the file you are converting to.

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[quote]Bujo wrote:
Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?

Yes, but I don’t know the specific format they are downloading in currently. I only know they seem to only play using windows media player. I need a way to convert the files into psp compatible MP4.

FileHippo.com is your friend.

Try Any Video Converter 2.78

I use it mainly for FLV to AVI conversion, but it should work for MP4. Just make sure to adjust the resolution of the file you are converting to.[/quote]

Thanks. I’ll look into it.

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Anyone else waiting on Stargate Worlds MMORPG?

Been forever!

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[quote]Bujo wrote:
AngryVader wrote:

Even though Lucas has said over and over that he’s not going to do any more films, he did say in an interview once that if he did do another film, he’d prefer to do a movie about the distant past of the Star Wars universe. Maybe he’d do something in the Sith War or KOTOR timeframes.

I’d actually prefer they just do another KOTOR game to this MMO, but I’m still interested to see how it turns out.

George Lucas needs to stop making films period. The variouus writing teams behind the The Force Unleashed, KOTOR, Star Wars: Clone Wars and the Star Wars comic books have all proven to be far more in touch with the Star Wars universe and the general public than Georgey has been in the last decade. Lucas needs to hang up his hat and turn the story over to hungry young bucks with the talent and imagination to keep driving Star Wars forward.[/quote]

Thing is, I don’t think he’s interested in that at all. I’ve heard interviews were he’s said ‘Star Wars dies with him’ and he’s shot down questions asking if he would turn over the franchise to a trusted friend. He’s had direct involvement in both The Force Unleashed and The Clone Wars (it’s the main reason why both are considered canon in the EU), so I just don’t see him giving up control at any point.

If I ever bump into him in San Rafael, I’ll try to convince him otherwise. Maybe turn over the keys to me. I’ll try to find some compromising pictures of him and use them as blackmail.

The other scary rumor going around now is that he’s actually thinking of remaking the original trilogy. Everyone knows what a disaster this would be, so I really, really hope this is just interweb nonsense.

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[quote]AngryVader wrote:
The other scary rumor going around now is that he’s actually thinking of remaking the original trilogy. Everyone knows what a disaster this would be, so I really, really hope this is just interweb nonsense.

[/quote]

That’s the sort of blasphemy that could get him tied up in a pit in someone’s basement.

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[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
The other scary rumor going around now is that he’s actually thinking of remaking the original trilogy. Everyone knows what a disaster this would be, so I really, really hope this is just interweb nonsense.

That’s the sort of blasphemy that could get him tied up in a pit in someone’s basement.[/quote]

…or getting hobbled, Misery-style.

There’s supposedly serious discussion about this though. Apparently, he’s never been wild about the fact that he didn’t direct ESB and ROTJ and doesn’t really feel like those are ‘his’ films (yet ESB will always remain the best of the entire saga).

Plus, he’s never felt the original trilogy was ‘finished’ due to the technology not existing for much of he wanted to do. He tried to correct some of this with the Special Editions, but I’ve heard other things like he originally wanted the final battle in ROTJ to be on Coruscant, not the second Death Star. Now that he’s got the technology to do this, he wants to go back and redo all of it. This means recasting everyone, etc.

Personally, I don’t see how he’d be able to find new people that could even compare to Ford, Williams, Guinness and Fisher. Hamill is the only one that’s replaceable to me and even that is a bit of a stretch. I just think a remake would have FAIL written all over it.

Scary…

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
It’s about fucking time:

Pity I still don’t own a PS3.

Do you still need help with your digital downloads?

Yes, but I don’t know the specific format they are downloading in currently. I only know they seem to only play using windows media player. I need a way to convert the files into psp compatible MP4.[/quote]

You should Use videora to convert the videos for your psp. Its free to fucken awesome http://www.pspvideo9.com/

Also Kratos is the most badass mother fucker ever.

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[quote]AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
The other scary rumor going around now is that he’s actually thinking of remaking the original trilogy. Everyone knows what a disaster this would be, so I really, really hope this is just interweb nonsense.

That’s the sort of blasphemy that could get him tied up in a pit in someone’s basement.

…or getting hobbled, Misery-style.

There’s supposedly serious discussion about this though. Apparently, he’s never been wild about the fact that he didn’t direct ESB and ROTJ and doesn’t really feel like those are ‘his’ films (yet ESB will always remain the best of the entire saga). Plus, he’s never felt the original trilogy was ‘finished’ due to the technology not existing for much of he wanted to do. He tried to correct some of this with the Special Editions, but I’ve heard other things like he originally wanted the final battle in ROTJ to be on Coruscant, not the second Death Star. Now that he’s got the technology to do this, he wants to go back and redo all of it. This means recasting everyone, etc.

Personally, I don’t see how he’d be able to find new people that could even compare to Ford, Williams, Guinness and Fisher. Hamill is the only one that’s replaceable to me and even that is a bit of a stretch. I just think a remake would have FAIL written all over it.

Scary…[/quote]

Impossible and scary…the very thought of those movies being remade is terrible.

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[quote]Backlash79 wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
The other scary rumor going around now is that he’s actually thinking of remaking the original trilogy. Everyone knows what a disaster this would be, so I really, really hope this is just interweb nonsense.

That’s the sort of blasphemy that could get him tied up in a pit in someone’s basement.

…or getting hobbled, Misery-style.

There’s supposedly serious discussion about this though. Apparently, he’s never been wild about the fact that he didn’t direct ESB and ROTJ and doesn’t really feel like those are ‘his’ films (yet ESB will always remain the best of the entire saga). Plus, he’s never felt the original trilogy was ‘finished’ due to the technology not existing for much of he wanted to do. He tried to correct some of this with the Special Editions, but I’ve heard other things like he originally wanted the final battle in ROTJ to be on Coruscant, not the second Death Star. Now that he’s got the technology to do this, he wants to go back and redo all of it. This means recasting everyone, etc.

Personally, I don’t see how he’d be able to find new people that could even compare to Ford, Williams, Guinness and Fisher. Hamill is the only one that’s replaceable to me and even that is a bit of a stretch. I just think a remake would have FAIL written all over it.

Scary…

Impossible and scary…the very thought of those movies being remade is terrible.[/quote]

…/sigh

I dont know what else there is to say.

Also Karen Traviss(one of the best writers to come along in a long time, for SW that is) has said 501st: An Imperial Commando Novel is going to be her last SW novel b/c they made her change elements of the story and more or less told her that none of her work is or has been cannon.

Lucas rules The SWU with an Iron fist and does not care who he pisses off and has more or less said so. If this does happen and he does remake The Holy Trilogy, the ONLY way I would watch them is if AV him self signs off on them and gives them the stamp of approval b/c I have no desire what so ever to see this done.

And I have always been a supporter of Lucas, film wouldnt be what it is w/o him but if “SW is to die with him” then I hope its long, slow and painful death.

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[quote]Himora22 wrote:
Backlash79 wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
The other scary rumor going around now is that he’s actually thinking of remaking the original trilogy. Everyone knows what a disaster this would be, so I really, really hope this is just interweb nonsense.

That’s the sort of blasphemy that could get him tied up in a pit in someone’s basement.

…or getting hobbled, Misery-style.

There’s supposedly serious discussion about this though. Apparently, he’s never been wild about the fact that he didn’t direct ESB and ROTJ and doesn’t really feel like those are ‘his’ films (yet ESB will always remain the best of the entire saga). Plus, he’s never felt the original trilogy was ‘finished’ due to the technology not existing for much of he wanted to do. He tried to correct some of this with the Special Editions, but I’ve heard other things like he originally wanted the final battle in ROTJ to be on Coruscant, not the second Death Star. Now that he’s got the technology to do this, he wants to go back and redo all of it. This means recasting everyone, etc.

Personally, I don’t see how he’d be able to find new people that could even compare to Ford, Williams, Guinness and Fisher. Hamill is the only one that’s replaceable to me and even that is a bit of a stretch. I just think a remake would have FAIL written all over it.

Scary…

Impossible and scary…the very thought of those movies being remade is terrible.

…/sigh

I dont know what else there is to say.

Also Karen Traviss(one of the best writers to come along in a long time, for SW that is) has said 501st: An Imperial Commando Novel is going to be her last SW novel b/c they made her change elements of the story and more or less told her that none of her work is or has been cannon.

Lucas rules The SWU with an Iron fist and does not care who he pisses off and has more or less said so. If this does happen and he does remake The Holy Trilogy, the ONLY way I would watch them is if AV him self signs off on them and gives them the stamp of approval b/c I have no desire what so ever to see this done.

And I have always been a supporter of Lucas, film wouldnt be what it is w/o him but if “SW is to die with him” then I hope its long, slow and painful death.[/quote]

That is horrible about the Karen Traviss, UGH.