Comments on: MAP Episode 4: A Boob and His Blob http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/ Presenting the Sundry Opinions of Lusipurr and Friends Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: how to repair wii http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-5170 how to repair wii Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:11:41 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-5170 Hi, I just thought I would post a comment and inform you that your web site layout is really screwed up on the Firefox browser. Seems to work OK on IE though. Anyhow keep up the great work. Hi, I just thought I would post a comment and inform you that your web site layout is really screwed up on the Firefox browser. Seems to work OK on IE though. Anyhow keep up the great work.

]]> By: siliconnoob http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-293 siliconnoob Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:38:14 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-293 Ok now apparently Capcom are charging 5$ to unlock the RE5 vs mode. Ok now apparently Capcom are charging 5$ to unlock the RE5 vs mode.

]]> By: Siliconnoob http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-256 Siliconnoob Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:09:55 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-256 Lol I was only joking about the towel trick, as the fix is only supposed to work for about 10 mins before breaking again. I'm serious about the lead-free soldering though, it seems the EU have a raft of legislations against using lead also, along with China. Lol I was only joking about the towel trick, as the fix is only supposed to work for about 10 mins before breaking again. I’m serious about the lead-free soldering though, it seems the EU have a raft of legislations against using lead also, along with China.

]]> By: Oyashiro http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-254 Oyashiro Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:40:17 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-254 This is just making me not wanting to buy a 360 even more >_>... This is just making me not wanting to buy a 360 even more >_>…

]]> By: Master Chief http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-253 Master Chief Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:39:37 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-253 noob - It's not the first time that rumor has surfaced. I heard that one not long after launch. And of course the damn thing uses lead solder, that's mandatory for any circuit board not to have its chips pop off. God, people will believe anything. noob – It’s not the first time that rumor has surfaced. I heard that one not long after launch.

And of course the damn thing uses lead solder, that’s mandatory for any circuit board not to have its chips pop off.

God, people will believe anything.

]]> By: siliconnoob http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-252 siliconnoob Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:59:01 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-252 FYI anecdotal accounts have begun to surface indicating that M$’s 360 repair policy has changed, as they no longer provide you a coffin (read: box) gratis for shipping off your dead system. Instead Xbox owners must provide their own box and hope that no further damage is incurred on transit which could be construed by M$ as grounds for refusal to fulfil their obligations under warranty. This is truly perplexing seeing as M$ has already written off a couple of billion dollars in order to create the extended warranty repair fund, and so this service shouldn’t really be impacted upon by the recession seeing as it’s not exposed to their operating capital. Speculation leads me to two possible causes: a)They have already burnt through most of the repair fund, and so are penny pinching in an effort to prolong the available funds. Or: b)They intend to pilfer from this fund in order to avoid having to go through the capital raising process, and thus their repair department is having to make do with less. http://consumerist.com/5163106/microsoft-tells-broken-xbox-owners-to-find-their-own-shipping-boxes FYI anecdotal accounts have begun to surface indicating that M$’s 360 repair policy has changed, as they no longer provide you a coffin (read: box) gratis for shipping off your dead system. Instead Xbox owners must provide their own box and hope that no further damage is incurred on transit which could be construed by M$ as grounds for refusal to fulfil their obligations under warranty.

This is truly perplexing seeing as M$ has already written off a couple of billion dollars in order to create the extended warranty repair fund, and so this service shouldn’t really be impacted upon by the recession seeing as it’s not exposed to their operating capital. Speculation leads me to two possible causes:

a)They have already burnt through most of the repair fund, and so are penny pinching in an effort to prolong the available funds.

Or:

b)They intend to pilfer from this fund in order to avoid having to go through the capital raising process, and thus their repair department is having to make do with less.

http://consumerist.com/5163106/microsoft-tells-broken-xbox-owners-to-find-their-own-shipping-boxes

]]> By: siliconnoob http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-244 siliconnoob Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:18:49 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-244 Whoops I meant to say ON average lol. Whoops I meant to say ON average lol.

]]> By: siliconnoob http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-243 siliconnoob Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:11:34 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-243 @Reetin- They have indeed fixed the whole 360 dying problem. What you do is wrap it up in a towel and leave it running until it melts itself back together. The RRoD issue is not caused by faulty chips, but rather due to the fact they can't use lead soldering on it because its classified as a toy in the US. Subsequently as the machiene heats up an cools down the soldering (aluminium I think) holding the chip in place grows increasingly brittle until it snaps off. But please don't let that stop you from buying American. Oh an I'm just going to go out on a limb and say that one average the PS3 has nicer looking exclusives than the 360. Uncharted and Killzone come to mind. @Reetin- They have indeed fixed the whole 360 dying problem. What you do is wrap it up in a towel and leave it running until it melts itself back together. The RRoD issue is not caused by faulty chips, but rather due to the fact they can’t use lead soldering on it because its classified as a toy in the US. Subsequently as the machiene heats up an cools down the soldering (aluminium I think) holding the chip in place grows increasingly brittle until it snaps off. But please don’t let that stop you from buying American.

Oh an I’m just going to go out on a limb and say that one average the PS3 has nicer looking exclusives than the 360. Uncharted and Killzone come to mind.

]]> By: Oyashiro http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-239 Oyashiro Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:40:54 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-239 @Reetin: The RROD is not a thing of the past and probably wont be until MS stop production of the 360. I heard reports that the new model still gets RROD, one from a friend I know personally. @Lusipurr: I have no faults with the game on the 360, just the hardware itself. If its failure rate was at least a few digits around the PS3's failure rate. I would buy one. Lost Odyssey was indeed fantastic! @Ethos: Hopefully you got one of the good ones that won't give you any problems. @Siliconnoob: Upscaling makes only a small handful of PS2 games look slightly better, but not by much. @Master Chief: Grandia FTW! @Lee: Sup? @Thea: Hope ya feel better. @Evilpaul:Nippon Ichi are hit and miss with me. They may have interesting storys but most are not executed well. :) @Reetin: The RROD is not a thing of the past and probably wont be until MS stop production of the 360. I heard reports that the new model still gets RROD, one from a friend I know personally.

@Lusipurr: I have no faults with the game on the 360, just the hardware itself. If its failure rate was at least a few digits around the PS3′s failure rate. I would buy one. Lost Odyssey was indeed fantastic!

@Ethos: Hopefully you got one of the good ones that won’t give you any problems.

@Siliconnoob: Upscaling makes only a small handful of PS2 games look slightly better, but not by much.

@Master Chief: Grandia FTW!

@Lee: Sup?

@Thea: Hope ya feel better.

@Evilpaul:Nippon Ichi are hit and miss with me. They may have interesting storys but most are not executed well.

:)

]]> By: Master Chief http://lusipurr.com/2009/03/09/map-episode-4-a-boob-and-his-blob/#comment-238 Master Chief Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:27:06 +0000 http://lusipurr.com/?p=184#comment-238 I also have a 60GB PS3 (which I shoved a 300-gig hard drive into, but that's another post), and I also keep my PS2 and PS1 around for those games. Hell, on the PS3, half of level 3 in Medal of Honor for PS1 doesn't even render, making the game unplayable. This was, however, a lesson I learned all the way back when the PS2 came out. I'd sold off my PS1 to get that last bit of money to pay out my PS2 reservation. A whole two months went by with nothing by my N64 and Dreamcast to keep me company. Then I got the call from Babbage's (the was when they were still their own company) that my PS2 was ready for pickup. I got it, along with Eternal Ring and a DVD (Burn Up W!), and headed home. Anyway, some time later, I picked up Grandia for PS1, at a nice $19.99 price. The first disc was playable enough, even though there was a sound distortion during the after-battle music. Then I got to the second disc, and the game started freezing like crazy. Obviously, this was the PS2 not being nice to Grandia. So, I picked up a slim PS1, finished the game, and was back to being happy. The moral of this story is that, while BC is a nice thing to have, it shouldn't be relied upon. I'm no more likely to give up my PS2 than I am to give up my original Xbox (the 360's backward compatibility is also bunk), because it's the best way to play the games as they were meant to be played, at least until emulation for these systems is perfected the way we see with TurboGrafx, Genesis, SNES and PS1 now. I also have a 60GB PS3 (which I shoved a 300-gig hard drive into, but that’s another post), and I also keep my PS2 and PS1 around for those games. Hell, on the PS3, half of level 3 in Medal of Honor for PS1 doesn’t even render, making the game unplayable.

This was, however, a lesson I learned all the way back when the PS2 came out. I’d sold off my PS1 to get that last bit of money to pay out my PS2 reservation. A whole two months went by with nothing by my N64 and Dreamcast to keep me company. Then I got the call from Babbage’s (the was when they were still their own company) that my PS2 was ready for pickup. I got it, along with Eternal Ring and a DVD (Burn Up W!), and headed home. Anyway, some time later, I picked up Grandia for PS1, at a nice $19.99 price. The first disc was playable enough, even though there was a sound distortion during the after-battle music. Then I got to the second disc, and the game started freezing like crazy. Obviously, this was the PS2 not being nice to Grandia. So, I picked up a slim PS1, finished the game, and was back to being happy.

The moral of this story is that, while BC is a nice thing to have, it shouldn’t be relied upon. I’m no more likely to give up my PS2 than I am to give up my original Xbox (the 360′s backward compatibility is also bunk), because it’s the best way to play the games as they were meant to be played, at least until emulation for these systems is perfected the way we see with TurboGrafx, Genesis, SNES and PS1 now.

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