I'm pleased to see nintendo doing something weird enough that people are actually uncertain about whether it'll be good. Sony and MS have basically been been iterating on the dualshock for the last 10 years. I like the dualshock, but i don't think that's the only good controller archetype.

Yes, I have concerns about how this breaks controller standards for cross-platform games, battery life, and the inelegance of having two a buttons and two b buttons. 

The Revolution Controller makes my penis hard. 

Animated Doom movie, looks like a joke but I'm betting it's trying to be a decent attempt...

http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdoom/topic.asp?fid=4952&tid=1745934 

Phait, that trailer made every cell in my brain that ever contained knowledge of design or animation to spasmodically constrict in embarassment.

I'm going to go lie down. 

At first I cried at the Revolution controller.

Now I am grinning after thinking about it more.

For cross platform games it has been said a case will make it more like a wavebird type of shape, so there will be no problem there, and for fps games I can actually see it working.

The more I imagine holding it in my hand I can see it working, the thing is basically an evolution of the mouse. 

I don't think Nintendo is really that worried about cross platform games anyway. The best games on a given system, and the ones that sell the system, are the ones designed specifically for it. Plus, I think they relieze they're going to be 'the second console' for most gamers, so the need for cross platform isn't there. Nintendo seems content to not compete to be the #1, but to make great, fun games that will hold their fanbase and perhaps expand it. 

I have no desire to own a ps2 or xbox since I can play most cross platform games on pc, but have been tempted by a gamecube many times. 

Bler is a chav 

Ah, ummm...

* Paintingbler sets mode: -b *!*@69.210.38.231
* Paintingbler sets mode: -b *!*@adsl-69-210-38-231.dsl.milwwi.ameritech.net
<Paintingbler> hmmm whooops
<Paintingbler> it seems i forgot to unban him hours ago
* Paintingbler feels faintly guilty
<Paintingbler> ONLY FAINTLY THO 

Homebrew
http://www.grandtheftendo.com/ 

Fixed up the last few bugs and its ready for release.. this will be my last Q3 map, but I think it turned out to be my best map.

More info & Download links can be found here:
http://www.planetquake.com/shadowdane/maps/shad3dm2.htm

Some HUGE screenshots here:
http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/files/shad3dm2_pic1.jpg
http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/files/shad3dm2_pic2.jpg
http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/files/shad3dm2_pic3.jpg 

Please.

Also have you heard of these programs called names like "Paintshop" and "Photoshop" - they can be quite useful getting screenshots to a size that is visible for people who DON'T have an array of 4 monitors set up in a square... 

xnview or irfanview work just as well and are small, fast and free as in free beer. 

Will resize well and show thumbnails of images and allow a little quick editing and batch convert without the wait-load of big apps.

http://www.acdsystems.com
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acdsee 3.10 best version (anything too early won't have the editing abilities) 

anyone know whats going on with edgenetwork and quakepit.com?
they used to be my host, my files are still on the ftp but the address links to a domain snatcher type portal. :(

can someone recommend a good free web host? 

And wondered what Sega was up to, and dreamed a little...
http://phait-accompli.com/crap/ps/newsega.jpg 

http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgsmenu.html 

Dude you know sega doesn't make hardware anymore right? These days they just make games for other consoles and devices (including Nintendo hardware, believe it or not). 

back from vacation, ya'll :)

re: image resizing, handy doodad here as a shell extension for windows xp, right click to resize image file from within windows: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx 

Yeah I know, but I'm of a crowd who'd like to see them come back, even if all the wishful thinking won't make that happen. ;) 

I doubt Sega will ever return to the console market. Software is incredibly more profitable and they have a great name with some good titles. I hope they don't come back to hardware, just because it'd be sad to see them lose in the console race and die off. 

As much as I like Sega they are never going to return to the hardware market. Although I am dying to see what they come up with for the Revolution. The Revolution controller is definitely the type of thing I believe Sega would have made if they were still in the hardware biz. 

I will be so pissed off if Shenmue III is released on XBox 360 only. I was a huge fan of the first two games, and if the third comes out, I will buy it, whatever the platform. However, I have pretty much decided that I will buy a Revolution, but I don't want to blow 300 quid on another machine.

Sega are still making hardware for the arcade sector I think. I would prefer they didn't make another console, because there are already three main platforms out there - we don't need another one. I wish Sega decided to only make games for the Revolution and arcade in the future though - or at least no exclusive games for other platforms!

By the way, has anyone heard the rumours that the Revolution is actually going to be as powerful as PS3/Xbox360? There were some "leaked specs" revealed recently, and they sound pretty competetive. 

With the gamecube Nintendo gave very conservative estimates compared to Sony and Microsoft, I suspect the same thing is going on with the Revolution. The comments about how a controller shell is going to be available from cross platform games would at least suggest they expect some games to be released for all three platforms. 

played some outrun arcade game a week ago. Was quite crappy (it probably was a few years old) and boring for some reason. Wasn't realistic but wasn't arcadey either. I think it was sega software with mostly amd hardware.

It seems the format hasn't moved anywhere since the original sega rally.