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	dark_puck 2005-05-18 06:16 am UTC (link)
	There is wank without Charlemange? Is that even possible? (Reply to this)

	morgyne 2005-05-18 07:38 am UTC (link)
	What? The poster is my age and he's too old for a gameboy? WHATEVER. GAMEBOYS ARE TIMELESS. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dawnswalker 2005-05-18 09:39 am UTC (link)
	There's a cutoff age for Gameboying now? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	birene 2005-05-18 01:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, damn. It's almost red already. (I'll be thirty in eight and a half month.) Must make the best of it and play with the Gameboy so long. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	morgyne 2005-05-18 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	And all this time I thought it was my Gameboy SP telling me to recharge its batteries....... (heeee! Logan's Run!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shun_mcdaddy 2005-05-18 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	My early 40's year old mom still plays Gameboy occasionally since when it came out in the 1980's. What is this guy smoking?! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nekoneko 2005-05-18 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. My mom tried playing Mario, and walked him into a Goomba, because she said it was cute and looked friendly. My dad, on the other hand, pwnz at games, and he's in his late forties. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	morgyne 2005-05-18 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	I can't play with my dad because he is a big trashtalker. But then again, he doesn't play gameboy, because the mean girls from high school made fun of him~! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nekoneko 2005-05-18 06:31 pm UTC (link)

Heh. My dad and I try to beat each other... like when Grandia II came out for the Dreamcast (I still love my Dreamcast. Best system ever.) My dad and I would run upstairs, where it lived, and try to get further than each other on it. I'd run up after doing homework and he'd be there already, playing. Then I'd have to stay up late to get farther than he got. I probably inherited at least some of my geekiness from my dad, I'll admit that right now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rowan 2005-05-18 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	My dad has an Xbox (okay, it's technically my sister's, but he plays it way more) and he is an utter completionist freak. And way over 40, mind - he's been a gamer of SOME kind since computer games were invented. Viva oldtime gamers. I need to get him to play an RPG. He might go crazy with all the sidequests, and that would be entertaining. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ahiru 2005-05-19 12:05 am UTC (link)
	My mom bought a Gameboy Advance for her 50th birthday a while back (and then traded it in for an XP back at Christmas). She's also thinking of getting a DS. And I'm happy that she likes Gameboy because if she buys a game and ends up not playing it, it becomes mine,, all mine! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	plazmah 2005-05-18 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Word! I love playing 4-way Bond: Rogue Agent battles between me, my younger brother and sister, and my dad :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	aerobot 2005-05-18 11:01 am UTC (link)
	Ahh, console wank! Another thing from my old fandom. Oi. And 2D is banned my ASS. Since when? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	radiotrash 2005-05-18 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	HAHA, honestly. I looked at it, scratched my head, and instantly thought of a bunch of titles that are 2D. Sounds like Fanboy had his favoritestest game evar!!111 canceled and now he has a stick up his ass. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	memii 2005-05-19 07:08 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, he rants on about how Goemon never got a sequel. I think we've figured out why fanboy here is so mad at Sony. *snerk* (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shun_mcdaddy 2005-05-18 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	This reminds me of a time when I went to go buy a PS2 from GameStop, one of the employers(Fanboy) tried to persuade me into buying an XBox instead of a PS2 because all the games and the system sucked and XBox was the greatest system EVAR! Please! I know what games are on there and I don't care if they suck, so STFU! (Reply to this)(Thread)

radiotrash 2005-05-18 04:25 pm UTC (link)

(I work at Gamestop). AHH. I constantly have fanboys (non-employee) asking me what console(s) I have and then launching into pro-Xbox rants. Their two biggest arguements seem to be "IT HAS A HARD DRIVE!!!!11" (don't care) and "XBOX LIVE OMG!" (don't play online games on my consoles). We really don't give two shits what kinda systems customers buy, more the fact that they want to buy from US. :P (This probably only applies to the two stores I've worked at though. Other Gamestop employees scare me sometimes.) /rant (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ymfaery 2005-05-19 12:58 am UTC (link)
	Didn't Sony also release a hard drive for the PS2? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	radiotrash 2005-05-19 07:36 am UTC (link)
	Yes but see Xbox's harddrive is intergrated and you can put MUSIC on it and you don't need memory cards and some games you can like put your custom music on and !!!!!!11111 (Also the ps2 harddrive was only sold packaged with ff11 and cost 100$+) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mistressrenet 2005-05-18 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	Hubby bought an XBox and now he wants a PS2 'cause he can play more games on it. I'm all, "well, DUH." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ymfaery 2005-05-19 12:53 am UTC (link)
	*snicker* What part of "older system has more games available for it" did he not get? XD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mistressrenet 2005-05-19 03:14 am UTC (link)
	"But honey, we can get DBZ games on a PS2!" "But the XBox has better graphics and I can play Knights of the Old Republic!" I don't play the games much so he has final say though. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

Do I smell statistics? dragonscholar 2005-05-18 04:26 pm UTC (link)

Ah, statistics. I love them, but I also prefer a link to know where they came from, which Mr. Saturn doesn't seem to provide. The snarky part of me notes: 1) Maybe more broken playstations mean more people use them longer. 2) His statistics post also has a "Sony's PS2 sucks except for the stuff made by 3rd party people", followed by a rant on its technological limits. So, it sucks . . . except when it doesn't. And its technical limits are bad . . . but what if people like the games available? I expect more gamewank as E3 continues. I'm already hearing enough over the PS3 controller. (Reply to this)

oxydosic 2005-05-18 06:14 pm UTC (link)

Console wankers make my OT3 cry. Anyway, i own all 3 consoles and am upgrading my GBA to a DS this summer. I'm 30. Oh my god, i so need to grow up. And this whole 'my console is better than yours' crap - why can people just not accept not everyone's looking for the same thing in a console they are? The XBox was the very last console i got. I didn't care about online play, or the hard drive, or its fancy features. I want games i actually like to play on it! Am i the only person who isn't completely blinded by teh shiny and actually looks for, you know, gameplay? /wank (Reply to this)(Thread)

	morgyne 2005-05-18 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently not only is Xenosaga slated to come out for the DS, they have this really really cute game called Nintendogs I have the major consoles (Gamecube/Ps2/X-box) and I play the X-box the least, not because I am intimidated by it's 'manly' hardware, its just I am not as impressed with the game selection (I am a big RPG fan). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	Is the RPG selection good for Gamecube? I've been thinking about getting one but I was not sure if I would enjoy the games enough for it to be worth it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

morgyne 2005-05-18 06:56 pm UTC (link)

Well, I haven't picked up a lot, but the ones they are coming out with now are great. I love Baten Kaitos and Fire Emblem. I've also played Skies of Arcadia (when it was on the Dream Cast) and Phantasy Star. All good games. I know there are more, but those are just the ones I have experience with. I also like Animal Crossing XD I liked Kingdom Hearts and LOVE Final Fantasy, so I think there is a higher amount of RPGs on the PS2, but I think the Game Cube is getting up and running with some awesome games. (Highly recommend Baten Kaitos! Its got some Namco-age, who does Xenosaga, so I think that explains some of the awesome :)) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! I'll definitely look into those. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ianthefira 2005-05-19 07:32 am UTC (link)
	Yaaay, Baten Kaitos pimpage! Definately one of my latest favorites. <3 and i'm totally not biased because i play kalas elsewhere, no sir (Reply to this)(Parent)

	oxydosic 2005-05-18 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	I'm waiting to get the DS when Animal Crossing for it comes out. I bought a refurbished XBox for my birthday last year. I waited so long because i really was not interested in nearly all of their titles but they've finally started to come out with some decent platformers/RPGs (Psychonauts OMG!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 06:39 pm UTC (link)

Tell me about it. I get so sick of people telling me how much my PS2 sucks and how much better XBox is, and they just look at me stupidly when I say things like: "But... You can't play Final Fantasy on the XBox, and you can't play Kingdom hearts those are my favorite games ever." And I would just like to know why liking final fantasy seems to be some kind of cardinal sin to people... If you don't like FF that is fine with me. Just don't bitch at me because I do. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragonscholar 2005-05-18 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	The vibe I get on this is that to some people, its somehow automatically cool to NOT like something that is (A) popular, and (B) not new. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah that could be part of it... I also get really irritated by the fan boys who go nuts if you don't like FF they can be just as bad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dragonscholar 2005-05-18 06:55 pm UTC (link)

My take is that FF is basically a loose series of games with some vague elements shared between them. It has its good and bad, its experimental moments and its stereotype moments. People like and dislike things for different reasons. I mean in the end, its about what entertains people. Fanboys getting worked up over it is a useless waste of energy, at least until we create wank-powered generators. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	at least until we create wank-powered generators. When that happens we will never have power shortages again... I've though some FF games were weaker that others but over all I really enjoy the series. I can see why it would not be for everyone though. The random encounters get to me sometimes.(Then I put something like Kingdom Hearts or Katamari Damatchi in.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

oxydosic 2005-05-18 07:06 pm UTC (link)

Exactly, i don't care how cool the graphics are on a certain console, i care about the console carrying the games i love. I get people getting on me about owning a Gamecube all the time. 'It's for kids!' Screw you, i love Mario and Animal Crossing! And we got Resident evil 4, so nyah (though it's coming out for the PS2 also) I think some people just hate FF because they see people who are fans of it as just following some trend. Because you know, liking anything popular automatically makes you less intelligent or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	That reminds me of when KH first came out and all the XBox fan boys said it was going to suck because "If it were on XBox it would be rated Y." I kind of wondered why they even cared as none of them seemed to even have a PS2. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	plazmah 2005-05-18 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	Because you know, liking anything popular automatically makes you less intelligent or something. Argh, that's the exact same reasoning my sister uses for why she won't touch Harry Potter. She fears and loathes the fandom with a passion. I keep telling her she can get into HP without dealing with crazy fen, but she just doesn't believe it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragonscholar 2005-05-18 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	I'm guilty of the very same thing. And glad I read them in the end. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	plazmah 2005-05-18 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	See?! There's hope after all! ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rowan 2005-05-18 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, when I was buying my PS2, my dad kept trying me to buy an Xbox... hell no. I wanted me some Kingdom Hearts. ... and from there it was into Final Fantasy and it was all downhill from there. DAMN YOU, SQUEENIX!! *drools on the new E3 trailers again* godsoshiny. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	I started out with FF and then when I saw the KH commercial I let out the loudest and most horrific fangirl shriek of glee anyone had ever heard. (Scared the crap out of my parents.) They put two of my favorite things together in one game and they did it so right. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pantyless_angel 2005-05-18 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	I don't buy handhelds at all because I think I'm too old for them. ...My mother is 47 and she has a GBA... She bought the GBA before I bought the GBA... (Reply to this)

	elemcee 2005-05-18 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	'I don't buy handhelds at all because I think I'm too old for them. 8-\ The screens on all of them are too small and give me big headaches. I emulate them' He emulates handhelds? I'm quite sure that is far stranger than merely playing with one. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2007-11-21 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	I totally have an emulator and the Red/Blue Pokemon because my computer screen is easier to see than the little Gameboy screen (and it's the only gameboy game I play... and I own the cartridges from way back when...) Not that this doesn't put my geekiness higher, or his, what with knowing ABOUT emulation and putting the effort into finding it... (Reply to this)(Parent)