So how plausible is this "people won't go see Iron Man because they're too busy playing GTA4" bullshit?
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.
Polter-Cow - May 01, 2008 9:22:03 am PDT #322 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Gudanov - May 01, 2008 9:28:47 am PDT #323 of 26132
Coding and Sleeping
Not very. If someone wants to go to the theater to see Iron Man, they're going to go. Maybe the opening numbers might be a bit lower, but that's the only thing that seems even somewhat plausible to me.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 01, 2008 10:50:27 am PDT #324 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
I might actually delay going by a week, but that might have happened anyway.
Kevin - May 01, 2008 11:54:30 am PDT #325 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Let's face it, GTA4's cost compared to theatre = fractional. Can't see it having a huge impact.
Tom Scola - May 01, 2008 12:00:02 pm PDT #326 of 26132
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
GTA IV may be most expensive game ever made
Although he wasn't sure on the exact figures, Benzies told the Times Online that, over the three and a half years the game was in development, the 1000-plus people working on it probably cost Rockstar around $100 million.
Kevin - May 01, 2008 12:32:24 pm PDT #327 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I'm not surprised. I've just been playing it for several hours, and can say without a doubt the level of attention to detail is simply staggering.
ThomasW - May 01, 2008 5:00:40 pm PDT #328 of 26132
Anything for a weird life.
I pretty much never remember that I'm a member of these here forums, but I popped in here to say that I just went on summer break from college and can definitely see hours of my summer wasted on the new Super Smash Bros. If I get my grubby mitts on a copy (for cheap), probably Kart as well.
This past semester was very much a "disregard the homework and play Oblivion on my roommate's 360" time, I've pretty much done all the quests and was just having fun fortifying my speed/athletics/acrobatics to insane levels (600+ speed, 350 acrobatics, etc.) and jumping over city walls.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 02, 2008 9:49:20 am PDT #329 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
After a few days of playing GTA IV I find that the experience is less like playing a game, and more like blowing through a DVD season box set of a favorite show. It's just that damn good.
And the combat is tough. Body armor won't save you if you didn't notice the one enemy waiting just inside the door who then unloads on you when you think you're in cover.
ETA: Tom, where would your place roughly be on the GTA map?
Tom Scola - May 02, 2008 9:57:43 am PDT #330 of 26132
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I'm near the entrance to the Broker Bridge.
Polter-Cow - May 02, 2008 10:03:44 am PDT #331 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
After a few days of playing GTA IV I find that the experience is less like playing a game, and more like blowing through a DVD season box set of a favorite show. It's just that damn good.
So it has a really good story? Awesome. The story for Vice City was good but pretty basic, if I recall.