I don;t know what it is with Rare games this weekend, I keep putting in games and finding out they are made by Rare.  So my Now Playing is Goldeneye 007 (N64) and Donkey Kong Country 3.

I put in a NES game -- Wheel of Fortune -- it's by Rare.  Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run? -- Rare.

The Wheel of Fortune game holds up extremely well, as does KGJWR -- too bad it doesn't include the Player's Association endorsement, so you get a ubnch of lame fake names.

I did not realize I had DKC3, it wasn't listed in my colellection.  Having beaten the first two, I can't see the problem with any of them.  This one and the last one were not as good as the first, but they are not that different.

Okay I have officially made an incredible score this weekend thanks to a kindly uninformed movie buff.  Long story short is I'm getting a barely used original 80 GB PS3, the last backward compatible model for $200.  The previous owner bought it for the Blu Ray player.  Remember back when Sony specifically went after that audience? Apparently this was the guy who bit.  Anyway a year after buying it he went after a superior player from Samsung that was attached to an HD TV and the PS3 has been sitting in its box since.  And this will be in my hands next week, just enough time to finish Epic Mickey.

Now to debate the morality of selling it for what I could actually get for it from someone else who'd want a BC system.

Wow, watching news at the moment, in Egypt 4 people were injured and now one german tourist killed by sharks. The authorities caught two great whites, watching the footage now. The boat is exactly the same boat that is in Endless Ocean 2, right down to the colour scheme. And I don't know if it's Zahab which is the area in the game, but yeah, that place is teeming with great whites in the game. Kinda freaky.

Serbia just won the Davis Cup.

They celebrate the victory by shaving their heads.

Novak Djokovic is the first one to be shaven

bugsonglass said:

I believe only the US 60 giger was backwards compatible.  The one vader had before it died.  I could be wrong but I think the later 40GB and 80GB models were not BC

Some 80GB models had software-based BC.

80GB PS3 Model CECHE01

I can easily see GT5 becoming a grindfest of epic proportions at higher levels. Both from what I can gather right now, and from a few opinions.

SteelAttack said:

I can easily see GT5 becoming a grindfest of epic proportions at higher levels. Both from what I can gather right now, and from a few opinions.

I agree with you, I get the same impression even from this early stage.  I played a good bit this week with a friend, taking turns using a single profile.  After what seemed like a lot of hard work we only got it to about Level 13 or so.  Events seem very scarce at present, and sometimes have silly restrictions (eg how can I enter the bloody level 0 pick-up truck race if none of the manufacturers has a truck to sell me nor am I awarded one).  Also what's with all the useless cars the game is awarding me?  Thank you for filling my garage with junk that's not competitive in any event ever.  It's starting to annoy me.  I hate having to repeat races I've already got a gold in just for experience and credits.  Maybe a week is not enough to fully appraise, nor am I being categorical but at this point Forza seems the much more rewarding and fun game of the two.  GT5 is a lot of hard work for a game which for me is just about driving cars, zoning out, relaxing and forgetting myself for a little while.

FM3 will be the first game I buy if/when I get a 360.  BTW it's already very cheap in Europe.  Around £13 for the standard edition and £18 for the Ultimate edition (which I think included DLC etc)

robio said:

I wanted to like Rogue Galaxy. I really did. For some reason I just couldn't get into it though. Still makes me sad. Maybe I'll get drunk one day and give it another go.

i understand.  sometimes how a game looks is enough for me to fall for it.  Level-5 do a certain kind of magic for me in their character designs and art.

edit: the exception i guess is white knight.  it looked like a car wreck long before it was released.  but Leo should have a more informed opinion on that as he actually played it

I want an online multiplayer heist game structured like Ocean's Eleven. A 4-6 player game where each player has a part, a job to do in order to complete the heist.