The war is over!
Our friend Adam over at vgpundit chose not to continue our debate here, wishing instead to participate in a board war. I declined. Here's why:
1) The people who post on message boards rarely bother reading what previous posters have said. It results in annoyingly redundant posts, which invariably begin with "I didn't bother reading the 18 pages of discussion here, I just wanted to say what I think."
2) I cannot win a board war. When I stopped the doejo comics, three things happened. First, Jesus stopped weeping tears of blood. Second, the Pope died (coincidence? I think so!). And third, I lost my knack for homosexual jokes. Adam, however, retains a mastery of calling people 'gay.' As is common knowledge on the internet, you need to call your opponent 'gay' as many times as is possible if you want to win a board war. I would lose.
3) This blog is the only place I can guarantee posts will not be deleted, and that is only because I'm in charge here. If Adam doesn't like what you have to say at vgpundit, he just deletes your comments. Most message board mods are worse, deleting posts that violate the 'terms of service' in ways that no one really knows (but are irrefutable because discussing acts of moderation is a violation of the terms of service!).
If Adam wants to continue arguing, he'll do it here. Because I'm not about to go to a message board.
And while this post isn't really a refutation in any way of anything Adam has said, I think it only fair to point out that the only people besides Adam who would know the sales numbers of the PSP for the first 18 weeks of its retail cycle would be these guys. If that's what it takes to be a 'real gamer,' then I'd rather not be one, thank you.
Microsoft ain't such a big hit in Japan!
Looks like the Japanese aren't terribly impressed with the XBox 360. As it turns out, Japanese gamers prefer Japanese games to first person shooters! Astounding!
Whether Microsoft's campaign to bring Japan on board through strategic partnerships with Japanese game maker will succeed or not is anyone's guess. But one thing is certain: launching the system with a football game, several first person shooters and an 8 hour long action game was destined for failure among our little friends across the sea.
Now if Microsoft had only allocated those units gathering dust in Japanese boutiques to American retail outlets, they might have actually moved em!
More Revolution Rumors?!?!
Hey, they may not be reputable, but they give me something to talk about! According to an article by nintendo-revolution, the Big N holds a patent on a method of displacement mapping. Displacement mapping is basically an advanced form of bump mapping, allowing programmers to map textures to a polygonal object in such a way that it appears to contain a far higher poly count than it does. Ya, read the article if you want to know all about displacement mapping, along with pictures for people like Mark Kwon Doe.
Is it likely? Well, Nintendo holds a patent on a method of displacement mapping, but Nintendo also holds patents on lots of things that never turned out (like a hard drive/ modem add-on for the N64. And it's also important to note that displacement mapping is a CPU intensive process (as noted by the original article). Could a 750 Mhz-1.5 Ghz CPU actually handle it? We'll see.
9 comments:
you lose because you are gay.
It's true. I am a homosexual.
Adam
I do feel very sorry for you. I mean, you tried to hard to prove something to me, when all you had to do from the start was not lie about what I said. Perhaps one day, when you grow out of puberty and into the real world, an education will follow that will hopefully prevent you from sounding, acting and talking like an utter, and total moron.
me Hey, JCD, your masters degree clearly translates to an elementary education to someone whose claim to fame is a horridly biased sony blog! Sorry to hear you wasted all of your money on your education. Oh well, I guess your lucrative career, wife and child on the way will have to suffice in the wake of your crushing blow of illogic from the Canadian Crusader of Sony Justice. Sorry, JCD, I am going to have to say you lost this one because you won't go try to defend your thinking against a mob of like-minded sony fanboys.
OH! by the by, Adam, your blog is nine months old and only has ten articles (plus all your one to two paragraph reviews). People in glass houses and all. . .
Adam, I am not JCD, I am a seperate human being altogether, although I am related to him. As for the article count: my mistake, didn't click all the archive links. oops. but lets take a look at what you said:
"It would seem the only way to prove to you that you're a complete fuck-up, is by getting the rest of the world, who WILL side with me on this, to prove it to you as well. "
The internet has an odd effect on people. People are drawn to like-minded individuals, always have been, always will be. Before the internet many people would not be able to find many like-minded thinkers and just conclude that their ideas were not widely shared. but now we have messages boards with hundreds and thousands of people with the same ideals, and the suers begin to feel "the rest of the world" agrees with them because all the people who sought their company in the first place agree with them. Now, you seem to think "the rest of the world" agrees with you because your friends do.
You also seemt o think he has to prove he is not "a complete fuck-up" because he disagrees with you. You really have screwed up priorities if you think thinking one video game system is betyter than another makes one "a complete fuck-up."
So, in conclusion, you need to get your priorities right, and if you are going to make a personal attack against the poster of this (and I am sure you will), make it to me. I am not JCD, never have been, never will be. thanks.
-MKD
"The only reason you won't go onto a public board is because you know the argument "Sales is a direct translation of quality" won't hold outside of this shithole you call a blog."
So go post a link to this on a message board. I don't care. But I'm not arguing under the auspices of a message board.
"Maybe you should just give up. I mean, you've proven absolutely nothing, and if you truly believe you are right, then you would have no problem posting why you think you're right in the public eye. That is unless you know deep down inside that you are wrong, yet your pride prevents you from admitting to it. I'm inclined to believe the latter."
I'm going to quote an old friend here: "Change my mind on a matter as small as a video game would not cause me any epistomological angst." I don't mind being wrong, I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again.
This is a public place. Anyone who wants can see my blog. For that matter, anyone who wants can post on my blog--anonymous, if they so desire. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that my blog is MORE public than yours, since I don't care if people are registered users before they post.
"Not suprisingly, I bet your little blog here has reached an all time traffic high with me lurking."
Not surprising at all. I've only made what, 5 posts on it? If I linked it to my homepage I'd probably get a few more hits, but the N64 emu crowd has pretty much dissipated since the completion of several near-perfect emus and RealityMan's departure from the scene.
I'm a bit curious why you insist on talking about age. Are you an adult? Are you old enough to drink? I only ask because most people sorta stop caring how old they are between the ages of 22 (you've been drinking for a year, big deal) and 40 (OMFG now I'm teh old!).
Suffice it to say that I'm a married adult with an M.A. who disagrees with the way you rate systems as a matter of principle. I've found its oft difficult for most people to accept that intelligent people can disagree, but you would do well to accept this.
"OH! by the by, Adam, your blog is nine months old and only has ten articles (plus all your one to two paragraph reviews). People in glass houses and all."
It looks much bigger than that to me, though it is worth noting that the archives only go back to April--is your blog 9 months old Adam?
And yes, I and Mark Kwon are in fact two different people. We've both posted on your blog; check our IP addresses yourself. Unless I flew down to California from Montana just to trick you into thinking I'm two people, you're going to have to realize that we're different people.
In closing, I'd like to consider that it is always the candidate losing in the polls who demands a debate. Curious.
YOU ARE CURIOUS, JCD! YOUR POINTS ARE INVALID BECAUSE I AM WEARING GREY PANTS!
Sincerely,
MKD
-Veteran of the Cola Wars
-Participant in the Gordita Revolution
-Led the revolt to over throw the Burger King
-I got nothin. . .
Are you wearing grey pants? Or do you just say that to get attention?
I'm actually not wearing pants.
So then you did lie. To get attention.
So disappointed, MKD, so very disappointed.
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