Comments on: Celebrating The Past https://fort90.com/celebrating-the-past/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-the-past The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Job https://fort90.com/celebrating-the-past/#comment-4081 Job Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:39:38 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=217#comment-4081 Matt... When it came down to it... I got a hold of one... and only one of the Katamari mousepads... I could not in fact keep it for myself... nor for a friend. That little item had to go to the Mrs. Its the least I could do... considering the 6 foot Prince she handmade for me. That and if I didn't get that to her... I'd be dead. I have plenty of Final Fantasy VII Before Crisis Mobile Screen Cleaners.... I'll keep your name on one. Matt…

When it came down to it…

I got a hold of one… and only one of the Katamari mousepads…
I could not in fact keep it for myself… nor for a friend.

That little item had to go to the Mrs.

Its the least I could do… considering the 6 foot Prince she handmade for me.

That and if I didn’t get that to her… I’d be dead.

I have plenty of Final Fantasy VII Before Crisis Mobile Screen Cleaners….

I’ll keep your name on one.

]]> By: Shapermc https://fort90.com/celebrating-the-past/#comment-4080 Shapermc Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:21:06 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=217#comment-4080 That Nausicca robot statue is awesome. I knew about that museum, but only because of word of mouth stuff, that site is awesome. Thanks That Nausicca robot statue is awesome. I knew about that museum, but only because of word of mouth stuff, that site is awesome. Thanks

]]> By: Matt https://fort90.com/celebrating-the-past/#comment-4079 Matt Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:09:07 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=217#comment-4079 Yeah, I had heard about Itagaki's bodyguards. I guess they were hard to miss. Anyway, you get me a Katamari mousepad or what? :) Yeah, I had heard about Itagaki’s bodyguards. I guess they were hard to miss.

Anyway, you get me a Katamari mousepad or what? :)

]]> By: Job https://fort90.com/celebrating-the-past/#comment-4077 Job Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:04:38 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=217#comment-4077 ya know... the more i thought about it... E3 really was kinda boring. sure zelda was great... and the handful of new stuff (ten or so games... New SMB, Shadow of the Colossus, Gunstar Super Heroes..) were all great to finally play... but there were no NEW surprises. none playable at least. the tennis game i played on the 360 couldnt hold a candle to classic DC Virtua tennis... The PS3 footage was a sham... i dunno. in all.. i went with one guy... Josh who was with me last year... and two E3 virgins.. George and Ian. It ended up being like we were the Mom and Dad at an amusement park. Sure Josh and I had fun... but 80% of the stuff was there last year... ...and were just weren't as enthused as our "two kids" running around like crazy as we took our time on the bench. In all.. at least we had Episode III. And I forgot to tell you, Matt... I pee'd should to shoulder... stream to stream in a trough-like urinal with... the shadebearing ninja rockstar himself... Itagaki. I didnt realize it was him... not until i left the restroom right behind him and saw his 7 foot tall cronies waiting for him.... big hawaiian mafioso types... long braids.. escorted him back to the tecmo booth. George told me he was jealous... I told George he was retarded. Good times. Good games. Lame Expo. ya know…
the more i thought about it…

E3 really was kinda boring.

sure zelda was great…
and the handful of new stuff (ten or so games… New SMB, Shadow of the Colossus, Gunstar Super Heroes..) were all great to finally play…

but there were no NEW surprises.
none playable at least.

the tennis game i played on the 360 couldnt hold a candle to classic DC Virtua tennis…

The PS3 footage was a sham…

i dunno.

in all.. i went with one guy… Josh who was with me last year… and two E3 virgins.. George and Ian.
It ended up being like we were the Mom and Dad at an amusement park.
Sure Josh and I had fun… but 80% of the stuff was there last year…
…and were just weren’t as enthused as our “two kids” running around like crazy as we took our time on the bench.

In all.. at least we had Episode III.

And I forgot to tell you, Matt…
I pee’d should to shoulder… stream to stream in a trough-like urinal with… the shadebearing ninja rockstar himself…
Itagaki.

I didnt realize it was him…
not until i left the restroom right behind him and saw his 7 foot tall cronies waiting for him…. big hawaiian mafioso types… long braids..
escorted him back to the tecmo booth.

George told me he was jealous…

I told George he was retarded.

Good times.
Good games.
Lame Expo.

]]> By: Westacular https://fort90.com/celebrating-the-past/#comment-4076 Westacular Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:51:28 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=217#comment-4076 I'll read the rest of this tomorrow, but the controllers bit caught my attention. That sort of timeline has been sitting in the back of my head for a while -- especially the sort of "critical path" of innovations that immediately get copied because they kick so much ass. In my mind: D-Pad (G&W) Auxillary buttons, i.e., start/select (NES) Shoulder buttons (SNES) The '4-face' (SNES) Double shoulders (PSX) Analog stick (N64) On-controller accessory port (N64) -- although this has mostly died out. Rumble (N64) Analog sholder triggers (Saturn) Dual analog sticks (PSX) Analog-ish buttons (PS2) -- although I'm still not sold on them. CLEAR primary/secondary button denotation (GC) Wireless (GC) Headsets (XBox, I think) Then there's the whole "handles" thing, starting from the NES MAX and the training-bras of SNES and Genesis, growing bigger and bigger and now culminating in the PS3 prototype's full, uhh, boomerang. I’ll read the rest of this tomorrow, but the controllers bit caught my attention. That sort of timeline has been sitting in the back of my head for a while — especially the sort of “critical path” of innovations that immediately get copied because they kick so much ass.

In my mind:

D-Pad (G&W)
Auxillary buttons, i.e., start/select (NES)
Shoulder buttons (SNES)
The ’4-face’ (SNES)
Double shoulders (PSX)
Analog stick (N64)
On-controller accessory port (N64) — although this has mostly died out.
Rumble (N64)
Analog sholder triggers (Saturn)
Dual analog sticks (PSX)
Analog-ish buttons (PS2) — although I’m still not sold on them.
CLEAR primary/secondary button denotation (GC)
Wireless (GC)
Headsets (XBox, I think)

Then there’s the whole “handles” thing, starting from the NES MAX and the training-bras of SNES and Genesis, growing bigger and bigger and now culminating in the PS3 prototype’s full, uhh, boomerang.

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