Slog - Comments on Games: Import Games for Outsiders http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders Further proof that I’m an aging geek: I call my DS a “Game Boy” from time to time. It wasn’t so long ago that I felt compelled by Lord Raiden to correct my mother’s every 16-bit slip (“Don’t call it ‘the Nintendo,’ it’s a SEGA GENESIS”), but I’ve got a soft spot for the old, green-and-black wonder. Yet in spite of my stunted adulthood, I somehow outpaced the Game Boy; its “Micro” redesign from 2004 didn’t take off, and its original heyday of fun pick-up-and-play games devolved when Pokemon and cartoon license games became top-sellers. Japan’s a different story--the Game... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:01:05 -0800 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:11:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe I feel really, really bad for those who read Mr. Machkovech's video game posts that have no 10+ years worth of knowledge in the gaming industry.

If I were to try to fathom what it's like, it would probably be somewhere around the lines of the person who attempts to read Adrian! Ryan's feats of lunatic daring with absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever.

"Hwhut?!"

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995486 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:13:32 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe And dude, I love you, don't get me wrong, but you're wayyyyyyyyy behind. Like, super behind. I wouldn't even bother reviewing DMC4. Everyone that would care has already beat it.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995489 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:16:04 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @2: What, games released in Japan in 2006 aren't recent enough for you?

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995501 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:25:07 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I am so waiting for your reviews of DMC4 and NG next week. Besides, our cell phones are Japan's cell phones from 2006 too, so it's not like we're missing anything ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995523 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:41:00 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @3

All of them?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995532 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:44:43 -0800 Comment by kid icarus There is nothing like playing Dotstream on the Gamecube GBA Player on a WEGA in 5.1 surround.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995537 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:46:02 -0800 Comment by apres_moi Sam, nihongo ga dekiru?

]]> apres_moi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995542 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:48:46 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Wakarimasen ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995579 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:14:43 -0800 Comment by stinkbug Minor point, but: The U.S. WiiWare supposedly will launch on May 12, not "in a few months."

(And then of course WiiFit launches here on May 19th.)

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995618 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:42:57 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @9: I'm still not used to it being April. Thanks.

@7: No.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995628 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:23 -0800 Comment by Peter F I call my son's DS a "Game Boy" all the time to blank looks, but that's because I worked on a few GBA titles (not to mention a couple SNES titles, back in the day).

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995634 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:06:09 -0800 Comment by Abby I call mine a Game Boy all the time. But I'm not a real gamer, I just like my Sonic and Kirby games.

It's pink!

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995681 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:26:19 -0800 Comment by MacJ Don't knock my Pokemans! I bought my girlfriend and I copies of Diamond and Pearl, we battle (wirelessly!) all the time.

]]> MacJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995767 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:02:22 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa It is a Gameboy. It was a Gameboy through nearly all of it's development until they decided to change it to it's own brand. And I'll continue to call any Nintendo handheld a Gameboy until the day I die.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995789 Tech Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:12:17 -0800 Comment by Greg You can have my Gameboy when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995946 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_import_games_for_outsiders#c995946 Tech Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:11:50 -0800