ravenprose said:

foolz said:

Hey, I've got a question for any Americans around here. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH AMERICAN EBAY?!

Is $100-$200 a realistic UPS international postage cost for something like a PS3? IS there a reason that an auction that is meant to end in 1 day and 1 hour ends in less than 20? And are PS3's really so rare that every auction needs to go above fucking RRP?!

I don't know what the international shipping costs are on a PS3, but I do know that there are a some bad ebay sellers that try and charge 2-3 times more than actual the shipping price; they do this to make their items appear to be cheaper. I personally never do business with those kinds of sellers.

I'm not sure about the auctions ending early. I've never seen that mysef.

PS3's are in abundance here in Colorado, so they shouldn't be going higher than RRP on ebay or anywhere else in America.

EDIT: Here's a link to the UPS International shipping calculator. This may help you figure out what your shipping costs should be. According to Amazon, a 40gig PS3 shipping weight is 27.5 lbs.

Yeah, I thought WTF when i checked my ebay this morning. Not only that but there were 5 bids when i checked it last night, 0 this morning. Really weird. I suppose there was just a glitch somewhere, I recently bought Canis Canem Edit for the PS2 and the postage was listed as higher than what it actually was when I paid now. :/

That Ghostbusters trailer looks great! I hope they show more of the Wii version this week. The latest Nintendo Power had a brief article and a few new pics which looked really cool. I like the cartoon look of that version a lot.  I may have to get both the Wii and 360 versions this Christmas.

dvader said:

I dont get why this place is so dead.

You're posting that at 5:30am GMT, so for our European patrons, that's a bit early to be talking games.  As for me, with no PS3 or 360, news on those games don't pique my--wait, Teddy Bear Launcher?

hai guys.

Ontario -- It's 2am right now, Nintendo's conference at noon.  Pfft, 1am

ravenprose said:

gamingeek said:

Weekly Extra!

Conduit Wii Screens

I'm quite busy today so don't expect a news explosion.

The second and third pics look fantastic; I really like how they show the detail in the aliens skin. The rest of the pics don't seem to have that same level of detail, though. But the game does look loads better than it did a few months ago. Hopefully, it'll be shown off at Nintendo's press conference tomarrow.

If it manages to look like those screens and maintain the fast and frenetic pace and frame rate in the recent gameplay video, coupled with what look like solid controls (from the video) than this will be pretty impressive to me. There is still a ton of development time left too.  

edgecrusher said:

FF13 on 360....I don't care. I have a PS3. Wow Megaton...you have a multi-platform game.

LOL

phantom_leo said:

Ok. I've been out today. What did I miss?

Something about XBox and a few games...?

You missed me putting down Galaga

ravenprose said:

Xbox full game install feature:

"Play from hard drive.  Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive.  Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well.  Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game. "

Hmm, I'm a little confused about this. Will it work with all 360 games, or just new ones?

WTF is the point of this? Isn't it just going to aid piracy? And who cares? People can't wait 30 seconds for a game to load?

steelattack said:

Who broke the GGD?

Your ass did. Where were you yesterday

dvader said:

GGD works fine for me Steel

Holy crap posting news during E3 sucks. I cant wait till its someone elses turn.

I just realised that the nintendo conference falls just outside Iga's last hour on shift. That means that HiRes has to cover both Nintendo's and Sony's conferences SteelAttack! Help him out you weekend lacky! Why don't one of you cover each company for the period? Again I think it would be around 13:00pm HiRes and Steel time.

punk rebel ecks said:

No Kid Icarus Tommarow - Good that means that Nintendo has another surprise under their sleeve. They'll probably due to Kid Icarus to what they did with Brawl at E3 '06.

WUT! Where is the link?

ravenprose said:

Damn, I was hoping to see Kid Icarus tomarrow with 1:1 sword controls! I guess I can wait a while longer.

I wonder what surprises Nintendo will be showing, though. Man, I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve!

EDIT: Whoa, everyone on NeoGaf is bashing Matt for this news. Yeah, like it's his fault when Nintendo decides not to show something.

Well it is basically Matt that has fuelled this whole rumor month on month in every IGN podcast. If he's wrong than I'm sorry but I could have done without the false expectation. As much as I like hime.

dvader said:

I dont get why this place is so dead.

Anyway impressions from a bunch of the videos I have seen on various games, you know my RE5 reaction. All videos can be found above.

Well we have only a handful of users to start with and then we are all on different time zones and some call this place home while for others it's a holiday home. I watched the resident evil 5 trailer, lots of explosions some cheesy dialogue, yep this is RE4 remixed. The one thing that looked remotely new was the desert jeep chase and that looked like it was just a turret gun section which we've been seeing since the good old medal of honour days. Or hell, was that in Mercs on genesis? I don't mean to be downbeat, I will buy this outright and enjoy it, but hell it just looks like they have no new ideas and are just frame for frame trying to copy Mikami's design change. I at least wanted something to mix things up.

Imagine if this game used this rumoured newtown controller and had elebits physics manipulation as well as guns?

iga_bobovic said:

GG could you post the scheduling of the updates again? So we all know who is going to update when!

Jeez you guys.

Yodariquo, could you get up our names on the right of the banner with our  days and times listed please buddy. Pretty please?

Steelo! Could you help out HiRes during his shift today? Pllllleeeeeeeeeeeease?

NEWS POSTING SCHEDULE

MONDAY

Gamingeek GMT - 9:00 -18:00

Dvader Miami Time 13:00 - 22:00

TUESDAY

Iga Holland time - 9:00 - 18:00

HiResDes YOUR time 13:00 - 21:00

WEDNESDAY

Ravenprose Colorado time 7:00 - 21:00

THURSDAY

Gamingeek GMT - 9:00 -18:00

Dvader Miami Time 13:00 - 22:00

FRIDAY

Iga Holland time - 9:00 - 18:00

HiResDes YOUR time 13:00 - 21:00

WEEKENDS

SteelAttack

Steelo you didn't give me your weekends times but since it's more relaxed and Rag hasn't got back to me it's not that important. HiRes finished his Friday evening stint at 9pm so make sure you post after that but preferably on Saturday itself.

RULES

It's very important to cut off at the times specified so there is no overlap. Even if there is a story you just HAVE to post because of its awesome nature, put it in the comments if your stint is over. That story belongs to the next person. It's also good because the gaps leave time for stories to build up for the next guy.

Any duplicate story should be deleted, the first update is the one that remains unless there is a better alternative source.

Ravenprose Wednesdays - because of world times, there will be a gap in the morning updates, hence I'm giving Iga or myself permission to post NO more than 3 morning updates each on Wednesday if required.

LOL I love the intro for Matt C's 360 Avatar article:

On Monday, Microsoft showcased at its E3 2008 press conference Xbox 360's new interface and Avatar system. We think two or three people in the audience clapped. Really, we're not sure why more attendees weren't blown out of their seats and directly into outer space. This is pioneering stuff, people! Get this. The system's newly designed front end features heavy implementation of "Avatars," or cartoony characters designed to look like caricatures of players. Are you reading what we're writing? Stop moving your eyes and soak it in. You'll be able to recreate yourself, albeit very stylized, in the game. Boom! That's how we do it in Vista Land, baby. But if that weren't enough to shake the very fabric of the universe, Microsoft had more revelations. Like a channels-esque interface for its system. And the ability to incorporate your Miis -- er, Avatars -- into games. This is true innovation, folks.

Wow, just saw the ghostbusters trailer. For every child of the 80s this is a nostalgia fest. One thing that weirded me out is the visuals, they are a little too realistic, it looks more detailed than the film.

Wow just as jeux-france changed to gamekyo, next-gen.biz has changed for edge magazine online:

http://www.edge-online.com/features/behind-move-why-we-changed

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Capcom's Christian Svensson answered my question on if they were going to use the Wii Motion Plus dongle. What a nice guy.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/thread/view/7371/1021408/Capcom_to_use_Nintendos_new_11_motion_add_on

"Unknown at this time. Seeing as today is the first I've seen of it, it might be nice to actually have some time to experiment with it and the SDK before making any sort of pronouncements."

darthhomer said:

Anyone want to predict that the Sony or Nintendo press conference will launch a thousand shitsorms?

I think the only things that would cause shitstorms would be companies switching support from one platform to another like Monster Hunter 3 switched. Or if Sony announce a motion controller similar to wii. Otherwise it seems like both consoles are so different it's almost like they aren't really in competition.

I expect some crowing from Sony, some sly digs at the other companies, a solid line up of titles and some home stuff and more online functionality.

Nintendo I expect crowing, this new motion plus thing to have a game attached to it, possibly punch out with the balance board. Definetly animal crossing, factor 5 are sure to show their tech pushing game - is it 2nd party? We've just heard that nintendo may be doing a motion add on for DS. MH3 wont show up. I want to see FFCC with a release this year.

Otherwise, hell knows.