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#2001 bob_newman
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I was one of those that made Kevin Van-Ord cry after the Odin Sphere review. I didn't mean to make him cry, but as soon as I heard about it on "The Hotspot" I felt guilty about being harsh.

SirSpudly

Wait...why'd he cry?

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#2002 SirSpudly
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[QUOTE="SirSpudly"]

I was one of those that made Kevin Van-Ord cry after the Odin Sphere review. I didn't mean to make him cry, but as soon as I heard about it on "The Hotspot" I felt guilty about being harsh.

bob_newman

Wait...why'd he cry?

Long story short, it was billed the last great PS2 game, and it got a 7.6. I was critical of the review, but it got out of hand in a huge way with some other posters. I just attacked the graphics and slowdown, but I mean people were making post after post simply because the story wasn't a 10.

To put up with the sheer bs spread by people probably got to Kevin (who didn't even review the game). He was a mod before, but even the people on the podcast admitted that some days its just hard to keep explaining yourself. Ever since then, I've been pretty shy to talk about review scores.

I once dated a woman because she knew what Disgaea was. Worst night of my life.

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#2003 _BlueDuck_
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Well my summer is finally starting to look up. I fianlly found a job, as a security guard. Not the most glamorous of jobs but the pay is better than a retail store and the experience will probably be able to land me a government job next year. And now Nintendo has sent my Wii back to me after a short 5 day repair period, so I can start video gaming again. AND I don't have to start work until June so I have a good solid chunk of days to play some games, and I can go buy new games since I no longer have to be stingy with my money. Okami, Endless Ocean, and Mario Kart Wii, here I come. Huzzah!

Hows everyone else's summer/near end of school/etc. going?

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#2004 rcignoni
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Last day of school tomorrow, which is funny because we're out today for the preliminaries.

Bah, I'll be hanging out at my friend Amber's house, maybe playing some COD4 and GTAIV. This week though, I've rented Zack and Wiki, and I've gotta tell you, it's loads of fun. =D

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#2005 bob_newman
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Hey so a couple days ago I saw something that I never thought I'd see in my life: A mother preordering a game for herself.

Obviously, it was WiiFit. But the fact that she preordered it for herself is a HUGE deal. I mean, mothers are the last demographic I'd think would buy video games for themselves, let alone pay for one before it's out.

I just thought I'd share. Anyone else see anything crazy like that happen?

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#2006 Snyder_Trigger
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Hey so a couple days ago I saw something that I never thought I'd see in my life: A mother preordering a game for herself.

Obviously, it was WiiFit. But the fact that she preordered it for herself is a HUGE deal. I mean, mothers are the last demographic I'd think would buy video games for themselves, let alone pay for one before it's out.

I just thought I'd share. Anyone else see anything crazy like that happen?

bob_newman

That is exactly what makes nintendo brilliant. They may not have the most powerful system, but they are laughing all the way to the bank.

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#2007 Dutch_Mix
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Ugh, I'm involved with such a love/hate relationship with Final Fantasy XII. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game; fun gameplay, interesting story, and superb graphics. But why in heaven's name is there so much grinding? Argh! I've spent 20 hours playing it, and a quarter of that (at least!) has been grinding for XP and money. At this point, I know I'm going to get burned out soon. Maybe I'll take a break from it...

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#2008 haziqonfire
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Hey so a couple days ago I saw something that I never thought I'd see in my life: A mother preordering a game for herself.

Obviously, it was WiiFit. But the fact that she preordered it for herself is a HUGE deal. I mean, mothers are the last demographic I'd think would buy video games for themselves, let alone pay for one before it's out.

I just thought I'd share. Anyone else see anything crazy like that happen?

bob_newman

I haven't see that before. Honestly, if i ever saw that i'd probably stare at the lady, jaw dropped ... actually, probably not because id probably look like a creep.

however, you get it .. id be shocked/puzzled.

Looks like Nintendo's plan is in full effect though.
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#2009 SirSpudly
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For PeterPerson

I own Sonic the Hedgehog #0 factory sealed. It was a christmas present, but I saw the price tag on the wrapper...it was 2.50.

Why can't comics cost that much now?

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#2010 jharv
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Well my summer is finally starting to look up. I fianlly found a job, as a security guard. Not the most glamorous of jobs but the pay is better than a retail store and the experience will probably be able to land me a government job next year. And now Nintendo has sent my Wii back to me after a short 5 day repair period, so I can start video gaming again. AND I don't have to start work until June so I have a good solid chunk of days to play some games, and I can go buy new games since I no longer have to be stingy with my money. Okami, Endless Ocean, and Mario Kart Wii, here I come. Huzzah!

Hows everyone else's summer/near end of school/etc. going?

_BlueDuck_

What kind of government job you looking at? Anyway summer's goin fine it just started this week, already had a summer job lined up (working for the parks - mowing grass, weed wacking, etc.) Just graduated from the junior college (fire science AAS) and now commuting to the university but still livin at home

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#2011 Snyder_Trigger
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For PeterPerson

I own Sonic the Hedgehog #0 factory sealed. It was a christmas present, but I saw the price tag on the wrapper...it was 2.50.

Why can't comics cost that much now?

SirSpudly

Because of inflation? :D

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#2012 PeterPerson
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For PeterPerson

I own Sonic the Hedgehog #0 factory sealed. It was a christmas present, but I saw the price tag on the wrapper...it was 2.50.

Why can't comics cost that much now?

SirSpudly

omg jakey!

haha jk

but thats cool. i never played those games.

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#2013 _BlueDuck_
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[QUOTE="_BlueDuck_"]

Well my summer is finally starting to look up. I fianlly found a job, as a security guard. Not the most glamorous of jobs but the pay is better than a retail store and the experience will probably be able to land me a government job next year. And now Nintendo has sent my Wii back to me after a short 5 day repair period, so I can start video gaming again. AND I don't have to start work until June so I have a good solid chunk of days to play some games, and I can go buy new games since I no longer have to be stingy with my money. Okami, Endless Ocean, and Mario Kart Wii, here I come. Huzzah!

Hows everyone else's summer/near end of school/etc. going?

jharv

What kind of government job you looking at? Anyway summer's goin fine it just started this week, already had a summer job lined up (working for the parks - mowing grass, weed wacking, etc.) Just graduated from the junior college (fire science AAS) and now commuting to the university but still livin at home

It's a job at border customs, I live in a sea port town that has a ferry that travels between Canada and the States. It's pretty low end on the government job scale (they mostly hire students anyhow) but it'll be great to have on ye olde resume.

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#2014 AdRock92
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Hey everyone,

This might not be the right section to ask, but this has been bothering me. How can you put pictures into posts or messages here? I've tried copying and pasting, but nothing comes up. I've even tried to put the picture into Word first and hit the "paste from Word" button, but it didn't work. Help would be much appreciated.

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#2015 bob_newman
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Hey everyone,

This might not be the right section to ask, but this has been bothering me. How can you put pictures into posts or messages here? I've tried copying and pasting, but nothing comes up. I've even tried to put the picture into Word first and hit the "paste from Word" button, but it didn't work. Help would be much appreciated.

AdRock92

Here's what you do:

1) click "New Message" or "Quote" or whatever, just make it to the posting screen.

2) There should be a picture of a tree next to a smiley face on the icons above where you type the text. If you've ever posted a smiley, it's to the left of that.

3) Paste the URL of the pic into the option "Image URL". Note that the picture has to be from a website's URL. You can't just get it directly off of paint or your computer or whatever.

If you need to upload a picture somewhere, there's a place to upload them off your computer and onto Gamespot. Go to your profile, click "images" on those tabs there, and click either "create new album", or "upload pictures" or whatever it says there.

4) Press "Insert". It might ask you if you want to name your picture. Ignore that part and press ok or whatever.

I think that's about it.

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#2016 Snyder_Trigger
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Bob, are you the one that removed the watermark from that IGN pic from Okami?

If so, I wanna know how you did that, cause I'm slowly learning my way around photoshop.

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#2017 AdRock92
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[QUOTE="AdRock92"]

Hey everyone,

This might not be the right section to ask, but this has been bothering me. How can you put pictures into posts or messages here? I've tried copying and pasting, but nothing comes up. I've even tried to put the picture into Word first and hit the "paste from Word" button, but it didn't work. Help would be much appreciated.

bob_newman

Here's what you do:

1) click "New Message" or "Quote" or whatever, just make it to the posting screen.

2) There should be a picture of a tree next to a smiley face on the icons above where you type the text. If you've ever posted a smiley, it's to the left of that.

3) Paste the URL of the pic into the option "Image URL". Note that the picture has to be from a website's URL. You can't just get it directly off of paint or your computer or whatever.

If you need to upload a picture somewhere, there's a place to upload them off your computer and onto Gamespot. Go to your profile, click "images" on those tabs there, and click either "create new album", or "upload pictures" or whatever it says there.

4) Press "Insert". It might ask you if you want to name your picture. Ignore that part and press ok or whatever.

I think that's about it.

Thank you BobNewman

It is actually a picture for your blog thing. It's processing now, so hopefully I'll get it in soon.

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#2018 bob_newman
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Bob, are you the one that removed the watermark from that IGN pic from Okami?

If so, I wanna know how you did that, cause I'm slowly learning my way around photoshop.

Snyder_Trigger

Copy/Paste. Copy/Paste. Click on Eyedropper, choose color from around that area. Fill in the blanks with the brush. Copy/Paste. Copy/Paste. Oh, and lots of practice.

Practice on that Okami/IGN picture, if you want. Just zoom in real close (like 800-1200%) and try to match it all up. Don't be afraid of the fact that you're looking at what appears to be a bunch of pixels. The Magnifying lens is your best friend for minute details. Zoom in, do a few things, zoom out again to check how it looks, and zoom back in to continue. Rinse, repeat.

Also, here's a little tip on how to copy and paste only one piece of a picture that you want...ok that sounds confusing. Let me elaborate. Say you want one of those little willows in the Okami picture (Down by the water over there), but you don't want to cut out a piece of the original picture. Here's what you do: Right-click on the name of the picture (that little box that says "Layers", "Channels", and "Paths") and select "Duplicate Layer". Then, highlight the small piece of the picture that you want by using "Rectangular Marquee Tool" (The square with the dotted-lines). After that you just right-click the image and select "invert", then press "delete" on your keyboard. It should leave you with just that one little willow you highlighted, and you can move it all around the original picture. Quite useful.

Oh, and when your picture is all done, give it a light sweep with the blur tool. Make sure to set the strength really low though, like around 10%, otherwise it'll look too blurry. Basically, the blur tool will give the area you just shopped a cleaner, smoother look to it. I mean, you can't expect it to look perfect without a little help.

Wow, explaining how to edit that picture takes more time than actually editing the picture. Funny how that works.

Just practice a lot. That's the best advice I have. I learned all these things on my own, and I'm sure you will pick up little things along the way. I still have a lot to learn myself, but every time I do something in Photoshop I learn a little more.

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#2019 Niff_T
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Prolly been asked before, but... What are your most anticipated movies for the summer?

For me they are:

1. Hancock: Two words: Will Smith. Yeah, I'm a big fan, and what's even better is that I'm a sucker for super hero flics. Besides that it seems to have it's own style for the type of movie it is.

2. The Dark Knight: This is a no-brainer. This movie looks good, but not as mind-numbingly amazing as my friend is making it out to be. Seriously, he's taking his love for the joker to a new level. He constantly uses Joker quotes, he has a whole truck load of pictures of teh Joker, and he even cut his cheeks with a razor to get the joker-like face (just so you know, they're not bad cuts, but it looks stupid and gets on my nerves). I'll be happy when this movie comes out just so everyone can shut up about it...

3. Indy 4: I'm not a huge indy fan, as I've only seen Raiders of the lost Ark, but I a huge Harrison Ford fan and love the only Indy film I've seen, so I kow this will not disappoint.

4. You don't mess with the Zohan: Anyone who's seen the trailers for this film has to find it at least a little bit humorous. My friend and I, however, find this movie to be ridiculously funny, as we can't stop laughing at the trailer. Also, for those who don't know, it's and Adam Sandler movie.

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#2020 Jaysonguy
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I'm not a theater guy but I will own Zohan and Iron Man on DVD.

I like watching movies at home more but there's a lot of quality releases this summer for anyone who wants to go watch the film in the theater.

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#2021 JordanElek
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Prolly been asked before, but... What are your most anticipated movies for the summer?Niff_T

Narnia, Batman, Indiana Jones. That's it for now. It'll be a great summer for movies.

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#2022 Niff_T
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I'm not a theater guy but I will own Zohan and Iron Man on DVD.

I like watching movies at home more but there's a lot of quality releases this summer for anyone who wants to go watch the film in the theater.

Jaysonguy

That's cool.

If you ask me movies are best watched at home. There's no distractions and you can pause it if you need to hit the head.

Besides, it much better if you're rocking an HDTV and surround sound. ;)

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#2023 bob_newman
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[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

I'm not a theater guy but I will own Zohan and Iron Man on DVD.

I like watching movies at home more but there's a lot of quality releases this summer for anyone who wants to go watch the film in the theater.

Niff_T

That's cool.

If you ask me movies are best watched at home. There's no distractions and you can pause it if you need to hit the head.

Besides, it much better if you're rocking an HDTV and surround sound. ;)

Yeah, movies at home are nice and all, but I just can't resist the popcorn. You simply cannot duplicate it at home. :(

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#2024 haziqonfire
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Prolly been asked before, but... What are your most anticipated movies for the summer?


Niff_T

The Dark Knight
Indy 4 (Seeing it opening day)
You dont mess with the Zohan looks pretty funny, so ill probably see that too.
I've already seen Ironman and Harold and Kumar 2, both of which i enjoyed.

Im not sure about the love guru, first off i think it looks really stupid. Mike Myers always talked about how he wanted to make a movie about the maple leafs ... and he makes this.

It doesnt look too funny, really, it reminds me a lot of Austin Powers.

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#2025 haziqonfire
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[QUOTE="Niff_T"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

I'm not a theater guy but I will own Zohan and Iron Man on DVD.

I like watching movies at home more but there's a lot of quality releases this summer for anyone who wants to go watch the film in the theater.

bob_newman

That's cool.

If you ask me movies are best watched at home. There's no distractions and you can pause it if you need to hit the head.

Besides, it much better if you're rocking an HDTV and surround sound. ;)

Yeah, movies at home are nice and all, but I just can't resist the popcorn. You simply cannot duplicate it at home. :(


Mmm yes, the overly salty, yet so tasty popcorn of Famous Players/AMC.

The popcorn is really good, im not going to lie. I always get a large, but its so expensive, holy crap.

$10.50 CAD for the movie (Student ticket), $11.00+ for me, large popcorn + 2 large drinks, which i share w/ a friend.
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#2026 bob_newman
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[QUOTE="bob_newman"][QUOTE="Niff_T"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

I'm not a theater guy but I will own Zohan and Iron Man on DVD.

I like watching movies at home more but there's a lot of quality releases this summer for anyone who wants to go watch the film in the theater.

Haziqonfire

That's cool.

If you ask me movies are best watched at home. There's no distractions and you can pause it if you need to hit the head.

Besides, it much better if you're rocking an HDTV and surround sound. ;)

Yeah, movies at home are nice and all, but I just can't resist the popcorn. You simply cannot duplicate it at home. :(


Mmm yes, the overly salty, yet so tasty popcorn of Famous Players/AMC.

The popcorn is really good, im not going to lie. I always get a large, but its so expensive, holy crap.

$10.50 CAD for the movie (Student ticket), $11.00+ for me, large popcorn + 2 large drinks, which i share w/ a friend.

Ah, the 2 drinks, 1 popcorn deal. A cla.ssic. Does yours come with a candy too? When I get the combo, I usually get the red licorice. It seems to balance out the saltiness of the popco...I don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

But yeah, it's way too expensive. My friend used to work at a theatre, so we'd get to watch movies for free and get free popcorn and drinks. Good times.

Oh, and he told me that a large bag of popcorn costs them less than ten cents to make, and the drinks are somewhere in that ballpark as well. That makes it an even bigger ripoff.

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#2027 jharv
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Yeah I'm definently going to be spending some money at the theaters this summer (Iron man, Batman, Hulk, Indy, etc.) at my theater they have student discounts on Tuesday nights ($5 and free small bag of popcorn with refills)
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#2028 haziqonfire
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Ah, the 2 drinks, 1 popcorn deal. A cla.ssic. Does yours come with a candy too? When I get the combo, I usually get the red licorice. It seems to balance out the saltiness of the popco...I don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

But yeah, it's way too expensive. My friend used to work at a theatre, so we'd get to watch movies for free and get free popcorn and drinks. Good times.

Oh, and he told me that a large bag of popcorn costs them less than ten cents to make, and the drinks are somewhere in that ballpark as well. That makes it an even bigger ripoff.

bob_newman

Yeah i usually get the glossettes or whatever they're called. The ones with peanuts.. :)

You're lucky you knew someone working at a theatre. My brother used to work at one and he told me how he always watched movies like 5 times in a day lol.

As for the popcorn costing less than 10 cents to make, im not surprised. A McChicken from McDonalds only costs 5 cents to make, yet they sell it w/ the combo for like $6.99 CAD

Ah man, corporations are evil.
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Reese's pieces FTW
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#2030 JordanElek
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As for the popcorn costing less than 10 cents to make, im not surprised. A McChicken from McDonalds only costs 5 cents to make, yet they sell it w/ the combo for like $6.99 CAD

Ah man, corporations are evil.Haziqonfire

Not so much. That's how they pay their employees and for the general up-keep of the theater. They choose to raise the price of food rather than the actual movie tickets, which I prefer. I'd rather spend $7 for a movie and have the choice to spend money on food or not rather than be forced to spend $15 for a ticket.

It's the same at a lot of places, like McDonalds, as you mentioned. When I worked at Chick-fil-a, they told me that fries and drinks bring in the majority of profit, since those only cost around twenty-five cents or so to make. If they'd price everything at production value, they'd be non-profit and wouldn't even be able to pay their employees.

I have to be honest, though. I don't buy food or drinks at theaters, and I don't buy drinks at fast-food places if I'm taking the food home with me. Even though I know the purpose, I have a hard time paying for things that are so obviously overpriced, especially when I can buy them elsewhere for much cheaper.

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#2031 _BlueDuck_
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I rarely eat food at the theatres and when I do it's usually food I brought in myself (either because it was cheaper or it was something homemade). I think it's funny when people try to smuggle food into theatres , atleast in Canada anyways, when in fact theatres aren't allowed to stop you from bringing it in, due to fair business practice laws and such.
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#2032 bob_newman
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I think it's funny when people try to smuggle food into theatres , atleast in Canada anyways, when in fact theatres aren't allowed to stop you from bringing it in, due to fair business practice laws and such._BlueDuck_

I didn't know that. I always get my girlfriend to put stuff in her purse, and feel guilty when I do so. Now I don't have to! Hoorah!

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#2033 _BlueDuck_
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[QUOTE="_BlueDuck_"]I think it's funny when people try to smuggle food into theatres , atleast in Canada anyways, when in fact theatres aren't allowed to stop you from bringing it in, due to fair business practice laws and such.bob_newman

I didn't know that. I always get my girlfriend to put stuff in her purse, and feel guilty when I do so. Now I don't have to! Hoorah!

Well, don't take my word at 100%, I'm no lawyer. It's just what I heard from a few employees and someone working in law. Also, I'm sure a lot of places will still give you guff for it even if they aren't legally allowed to. But I spose you can always threaten them with a nice letter to the local news paper, or sue them if you're really ballsy :P

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#2034 Jaysonguy
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I rarely eat food at the theatres and when I do it's usually food I brought in myself (either because it was cheaper or it was something homemade). I think it's funny when people try to smuggle food into theatres , atleast in Canada anyways, when in fact theatres aren't allowed to stop you from bringing it in, due to fair business practice laws and such._BlueDuck_

In America we have it differently

Whatever a theater says you can't bring in you can't bring in

It's like that in airports too. If you bring food into the airport you're not allowed to bring it on the plane. On the other hand if you buy the same exact food once you're in the airport you're allowed to bring it on the plane and eat it there.

Things are odd sometimes.

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#2035 haziqonfire
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[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]As for the popcorn costing less than 10 cents to make, im not surprised. A McChicken from McDonalds only costs 5 cents to make, yet they sell it w/ the combo for like $6.99 CAD

Ah man, corporations are evil.JordanElek

Not so much. That's how they pay their employees and for the general up-keep of the theater. They choose to raise the price of food rather than the actual movie tickets, which I prefer. I'd rather spend $7 for a movie and have the choice to spend money on food or not rather than be forced to spend $15 for a ticket.

It's the same at a lot of places, like McDonalds, as you mentioned. When I worked at Chick-fil-a, they told me that fries and drinks bring in the majority of profit, since those only cost around twenty-five cents or so to make. If they'd price everything at production value, they'd be non-profit and wouldn't even be able to pay their employees.

I have to be honest, though. I don't buy food or drinks at theaters, and I don't buy drinks at fast-food places if I'm taking the food home with me. Even though I know the purpose, I have a hard time paying for things that are so obviously overpriced, especially when I can buy them elsewhere for much cheaper.


I know they wouldnt make profit if they sold them are production costs, however, they are really over charging a lot when you look at it, like you said.

They make a lot of profit.
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#2036 Snyder_Trigger
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[QUOTE="Snyder_Trigger"]

Bob, are you the one that removed the watermark from that IGN pic from Okami?

If so, I wanna know how you did that, cause I'm slowly learning my way around photoshop.

bob_newman

Copy/Paste. Copy/Paste. Click on Eyedropper, choose color from around that area. Fill in the blanks with the brush. Copy/Paste. Copy/Paste. Oh, and lots of practice.

Practice on that Okami/IGN picture, if you want. Just zoom in real close (like 800-1200%) and try to match it all up. Don't be afraid of the fact that you're looking at what appears to be a bunch of pixels. The Magnifying lens is your best friend for minute details. Zoom in, do a few things, zoom out again to check how it looks, and zoom back in to continue. Rinse, repeat.

Also, here's a little tip on how to copy and paste only one piece of a picture that you want...ok that sounds confusing. Let me elaborate. Say you want one of those little willows in the Okami picture (Down by the water over there), but you don't want to cut out a piece of the original picture. Here's what you do: Right-click on the name of the picture (that little box that says "Layers", "Channels", and "Paths") and select "Duplicate Layer". Then, highlight the small piece of the picture that you want by using "Rectangular Marquee Tool" (The square with the dotted-lines). After that you just right-click the image and select "invert", then press "delete" on your keyboard. It should leave you with just that one little willow you highlighted, and you can move it all around the original picture. Quite useful.

Oh, and when your picture is all done, give it a light sweep with the blur tool. Make sure to set the strength really low though, like around 10%, otherwise it'll look too blurry. Basically, the blur tool will give the area you just shopped a cleaner, smoother look to it. I mean, you can't expect it to look perfect without a little help.

Wow, explaining how to edit that picture takes more time than actually editing the picture. Funny how that works.

Just practice a lot. That's the best advice I have. I learned all these things on my own, and I'm sure you will pick up little things along the way. I still have a lot to learn myself, but every time I do something in Photoshop I learn a little more.

Thanks dude, I'll remember that. Haha, thanks for taking the time out to write that. ^.^"

Yeah I've been using photoshop since I was like 11 or 12. I've grown a lot in terms of skill with photoshop since then, I even opened up an online art shop! :P

But anything new I can learn, the better.

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#2037 bob_newman
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I don't know if anyone here is familiar enough with Neil Young, but I just realized that he sounds a lot like that old pedophile (Herbert) in Family Guy.

Now, every time I listen to some Young, I can't help but laugh.

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#2038 roboccs
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Anyone here in the US doing anything fun for the Memorial Day Weekend?

I'm going on a small 2 night weekend getaway with the wife; should be fun. Then on Monday I plan on watching the Pistons and the Red Wings dominate in their Playoff series'!

Also, since I rarely get much quality Wii time during the week as I would like to, I am going to stay up really late on Sunday when we get home and play MLB Power Pros, Super Metroid on the VC, and Lost Winds. Cannot wait for that time!

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#2039 alexh_99
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Anyone here in the US doing anything fun for the Memorial Day Weekend?

I'm going on a small 2 night weekend getaway with the wife; should be fun. Then on Monday I plan on watching the Pistons and the Red Wings dominate in their Playoff series'!

Also, since I rarely get much quality Wii time during the week as I would like to, I am going to stay up really late on Sunday when we get home and play MLB Power Pros, Super Metroid on the VC, and Lost Winds. Cannot wait for that time!

roboccs

Pitsburgh is going to own red wings!!!!

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#2040 haziqonfire
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Today is a big day for Mr.Haziqonfire.

Today is the day i accepted my offer for university.

I cant believe im already going to University, seems unreal.
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#2041 bob_newman
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Today is a big day for Mr.Haziqonfire.

Today is the day i accepted my offer for university.

I cant believe im already going to University, seems unreal.
Haziqonfire

Cool, where you heading?

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#2042 haziqonfire
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[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]Today is a big day for Mr.Haziqonfire.

Today is the day i accepted my offer for university.

I cant believe im already going to University, seems unreal.
bob_newman

Cool, where you heading?


Ryerson in Downtown Toronto.

I wanted to go to University of Toronto Mississauga campus, since its closer and the program was more suited to my liking, but i didnt get in. Ryerson was my 2nd choice though, so whatever :)
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#2043 _BlueDuck_
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So I recently purchased Okami and Endless Ocean, and today after finally beating No More Heroes, I popped in Endless Ocean for a quick try. At first I was kind of like "well, this is pretty lame.." ...and then suddenly it was 5 hours later and I was getting ready to track down a whale shark. Jumping Jesus Scuba-Diving Christ, this game really sucks you in. It's so immersive and addictive. And there really isn't anything particularily good about it technically. This game managed to scare me more than any other game I've ever played in the deep abyss section. Seriously, dark water and deep sea fish creep me out, and they were no different in this game. I had to hang out in the dolphin cave in an attempt to ease my fears a bit before I went out to check out the surrounding area.

I recommed everyone give this game atleast a rent.

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#2044 bob_newman
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So I recently purchased Okami and Endless Ocean, and today after finally beating No More Heroes, I popped in Endless Ocean for a quick try. At first I was kind of like "well, this is pretty lame.." ...and then suddenly it was 5 hours later and I was getting ready to track down a whale shark. Jumping Jesus Scuba-Diving Christ, this game really sucks you in. It's so immersive and addictive. And there really isn't anything particularily good about it technically. This game managed to scare me more than any other game I've ever played in the deep abyss section. Seriously, dark water and deep sea fish creep me out, and they were no different in this game. I had to hang out in the dolphin cave in an attempt to ease my fears a bit before I went out to check out the surrounding area.

I recommed everyone give this game atleast a rent.

_BlueDuck_

Haha, I remember that part. Going in there I was like, "please, no sharks, please no sharks", even though I fully knew they wouldn't bother me.

Man, if it were possible to die in that game, even if it was an extremely rare occurance, I think the game would've been 10 times better. Just that fear of "maybe this time" would be enough for me to always be on-edge.

But yeah, it's a good game, regardless of the fact that you can't die.

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#2045 _BlueDuck_
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[QUOTE="_BlueDuck_"]

So I recently purchased Okami and Endless Ocean, and today after finally beating No More Heroes, I popped in Endless Ocean for a quick try. At first I was kind of like "well, this is pretty lame.." ...and then suddenly it was 5 hours later and I was getting ready to track down a whale shark. Jumping Jesus Scuba-Diving Christ, this game really sucks you in. It's so immersive and addictive. And there really isn't anything particularily good about it technically. This game managed to scare me more than any other game I've ever played in the deep abyss section. Seriously, dark water and deep sea fish creep me out, and they were no different in this game. I had to hang out in the dolphin cave in an attempt to ease my fears a bit before I went out to check out the surrounding area.

I recommed everyone give this game atleast a rent.

bob_newman

Haha, I remember that part. Going in there I was like, "please, no sharks, please no sharks", even though I fully knew they wouldn't bother me.

Man, if it were possible to die in that game, even if it was an extremely rare occurance, I think the game would've been 10 times better. Just that fear of "maybe this time" would be enough for me to always be on-edge.

But yeah, it's a good game, regardless of the fact that you can't die.

The sharks didn't bother me too much, I just worried I was going to run into one of those really alien-like deep sea fish like an anglerfish or a viperfish. So far so good though.

I agree on the ability to die comment .. like lets say all the animals were still just as safe by default..but if you happen to poke them the wrong way or approach them the wrong way.. CHOMP. That would really put you on edge.

I'm scared to death of running into a giant squid... are there giant squids?

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#2046 bob_newman
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I'm scared to death of running into a giant squid... are there giant squids?

_BlueDuck_

I don't know...

*shifts eyes left to right*

Maybe, maybe not...find out and see.

There, that'll make the game more interesting.

TEH SESPENCE IZ KILLINGZ ME!!!

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#2047 haziqonfire
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Today was such a waste of a day.

This is what i did all day:
Woke up at 12 noon.
Went to take a shower.
Waited for something to happen.
Called people to see if they were free.
Found someone, went to bestbuy, looked around, came back to my place.
Played house of dead 2&3 and laughed at the voice acting.
Played Guitar Hero 3.
Laughed at John Pinette's stand up comedy.

Now here i am. Today.Was.So.Boring.

not to mention this the Wii Board is boring as of right now..
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#2048 GAMECAMILLER
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I can't wait for Dr. Mario RX...

even though I own dr. mario on various systems, playing online is that big of a draw for me. xD besides it's two dr. mario games in one!

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#2049 bob_newman
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Dr. Mario comes out tomorrow, right?

Does anyone know when World of Goo comes out?

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#2050 roboccs
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[QUOTE="roboccs"]

Anyone here in the US doing anything fun for the Memorial Day Weekend?

I'm going on a small 2 night weekend getaway with the wife; should be fun. Then on Monday I plan on watching the Pistons and the Red Wings dominate in their Playoff series'!

Also, since I rarely get much quality Wii time during the week as I would like to, I am going to stay up really late on Sunday when we get home and play MLB Power Pros, Super Metroid on the VC, and Lost Winds. Cannot wait for that time!

alexh_99

Pitsburgh is going to own red wings!!!!

Don't you have to score A SINGLE GOAL first to even have a CHANCE to win a hockey game? And for any haters out there you can't even say the Wings bought their championship this year. Ken Holland is the best GM is sports.