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[gally99]

Anyone buy a PS3?
I wonder if my brother did... he's been incommunicundo lately, so it's possible he camped out to get the new system. But... I think I prefer the Nintendo Wii >D

On Tuesday I went to the Nintendo Wii pre-release play event, which started with a press conference followed by public play and a chance to win a Wii in a draw.

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[arctic_guy]

Ok, drop everything, and go get FFXII!!!! Now!!!! I'm 40 hours in, absolutely amazing And that's all I have to say.

[gally99]

WAAAAAAAAAAANT *________*

[d_kartoon]

I actually think ff12 is the most boring game ever, despite what other game reviews have said. Rent it. Seriously. The characters are weak, story line boring. And after a certain amount of battles, it's easily a drag.

If it's a FF game you want, wait for a ps3 and get ff13. If not, just buy what else you got interests for.

[gally99]

Really? Now, granted, I haven't read all the "official" reviews but I hear nothing but ravings OMGness from other gamers. The commercials make it look like FF and StarWars collide XD; I'm excited to play it, but I'll hold out on the squee until I actually play it :P

I miss the old school FF. I am totally looking forward to FFXIII.
I luv FF9.

[d_kartoon]

I can't remember if you got a NDS, but if you do, FFIII is actually as old school as it gets. I'm actually playing thru it now, and I'm not regretting any part of it. It's got the random battles, cute chibi characters all done with a new graphic twist.

FYI tho, FFXIII actually comes in 3 parts, as in 3 seperate games, one for mobile phones or so I'v heard. So not all parts of the game can be played on PS3. Bit of a bummer.

[gally99]

I DO have an nDS :D
I'm replaying FFII/IV right now too XD

re: FFXIII
ORLY?! Hmmm... I'm gonna have to start reading up on these things now. Everything I know has been second or third hand info XD Gotta get my game back on :P

[starrydynamo2]

Mmmm .... new camera ....

Mine is on the way soon :D

New flashy thing .... here's to gold points! Just waiting to see what Apple comes out with for the next rev of the iPod and/or iPhone and then make the choice of Apple or not [rubs hands together]

[gally99]

cam-u-raaaaaaaaaaaaa *____*

If the next rev of the iPod/Phone/Video has a serious design overhaul, then maybe I'll be interested. I don't like the design at all, and while the spin wheel is neat - it's not as ergo as it could be (not 3D, circular thumb movement has depth). It's all marketing and culture.

[starrydynamo2]

There are various little bits floating around about both the "new" ipod as well as the much rumored iPhone ...

Pretty much everything you can imagine has been speculated on, that's another reason I'm waiting to see as well. Apple has filed for some patents where the UI is just a touchscreen, no click/scroll wheel at all.

What I'm really interested to see (particularly after the ROCKR disaster) is Apple's take on a mobile device ... I'm thinking shades of Newton mixed with 3G smartphones ... But that could be me dreaming .... ;-)

As to the marketing and culture ... that is part of it, but the larger part is that it all just works. As in for my parents and sister, 5 minutes and it works for them. It's that "good enough" / "easy enough to use" for a massive part of the population that gives them the sales of devices.

[chu_baka]

I say go for something different, and buy a Wii. It'll be great for when friends are over, and everybody can enjoy it. Games like Rayman Raving Rabbids look like lots of fun :-D How could you go wrong with psychotic looking bunnies?

[gally99]

I'm all about the Wii. The only good games on PS3 aren't even out yet (Assassin's Creed) - and the ones coming out so far I'm not even good at playing (FPS).

Raving Rabbids was awesome to play XD It's all about the stupidly fun mini games like Warioware! The ones I got to try were launching the rabbid out a cannon (charge up by 'drumming' controller+remote), rabbid beats (think DDR but with controller+remote movement for 'steps') and pulling teeth-worms LOL. So much fun!!!