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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 28, 2008, 01:25:00 PM

Title: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 28, 2008, 01:25:00 PM: (http://i26.tinypic.com/5mclef.jpg)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/67-The-World-Ends-with-You

He actually kinda likes it!
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 28, 2008, 01:25:49 PM: :bow :bow fantasy-flavored spreadsheet gaming :bow2 :bow2
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: demi on May 28, 2008, 01:32:59 PM: :bow THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU :bow2
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 28, 2008, 01:33:49 PM: I completed WEWY ... while hanging out with the game's translator ... in Shibuya

I don't just play games, I live them

:bow me :bow2
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: disgruntled_jojo on May 28, 2008, 01:38:26 PM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on May 28, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
(http://i26.tinypic.com/5mclef.jpg)

:lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Fragamemnon on May 28, 2008, 02:21:39 PM: I love games that are really not too much more than spreadsheets with lots of fancy interface elements attached to them to both present calculated outputs and abstract the actual manner that inputs are run through formulae. Why can't MS let the Excel team make a video game? They'd rock at it.
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 28, 2008, 02:26:10 PM: Because Microsoft is in the business to make money, Frag. :P
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Eric P on May 28, 2008, 10:32:24 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on May 28, 2008, 02:21:39 PM
Why can't MS let the Excel team make a video game? They'd rock at it.

they have.

it's a sandbox game where you make your own fun.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: tiesto on May 28, 2008, 11:01:47 PM: Heh, not surprised this guy ain't an RPG fan... Most anti-RPG people tend to be from PAL regions I've noticed. Maybe it's b/c they're still bitter from getting fucked over by Square back in the SNES days?
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 29, 2008, 12:07:18 AM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on May 28, 2008, 02:21:39 PM
Why can't MS let the Excel team make a video game? They'd rock at it.

http://www.eggheaven.com/browse/software/en225
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: pilonv1 on May 29, 2008, 12:36:48 AM: if you like spreadsheet gaming then pick up Football Manager 2008!
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: theetrin on May 29, 2008, 04:12:11 AM: ZP entirely misses the point of yet another game. SURPRISE SURPRISE.
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 29, 2008, 12:00:30 PM: "entirely misses the point"? I thought it was pretty spot on. not to mention pretty darn positive!
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on May 29, 2008, 12:47:04 PM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on May 28, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
(http://i26.tinypic.com/5mclef.jpg)
:wtf
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: Tieno on May 29, 2008, 02:00:28 PM: I'm growing this fundamental distaste for JRPGs even though I've never touched one and scared to do so. Might play FF13 for the nice looking girl.
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: tiesto on May 29, 2008, 03:47:09 PM: Quote from: Tieno on May 29, 2008, 02:00:28 PM
I'm growing this fundamental distaste for JRPGs even though I've never touched one and scared to do so. Might play FF13 for the nice looking girl.

Why would you be scared to play one? They don't bite.
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: demi on May 29, 2008, 03:48:02 PM: Quote from: tiesto on May 29, 2008, 03:47:09 PM
Why would you be scared to play one? They don't bite.

Go play Etrian Odyssey, Tieno, that should scare you right off JRPGs for good

Only for men :flex
Title: Re: Frag and Drinky appear in this week's Zero Punctuation
Post by: jiji on May 29, 2008, 06:10:03 PM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on May 28, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
(http://i26.tinypic.com/5mclef.jpg)

speaking of which, i need to start that ps2 nobunaga's ambition that just came out in english. mmmm!