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Robyn
10-10-2007, 04:31 PM
Blast em' full of grapeshot before they send you sinkin' to the briny depths first! The Treasure of Cutlass Reef (http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/treasure) will be yours for the taking, click here to take command (http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/treasure)!

Futurama is one series that was cut tragically short, though it has a large and vocal fanbase even now. Well, consider this a blow struck for internet geeks, science fiction fans and anyone with a real sense of humor: Futurama is coming back! Well, kind of. It's continuing through a series of full-length movies being brought straight to DVD. Hopes are high that good sales might bring the show back to the air, so be sure to grab a copy. Here's the trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYtLJsUOAk) for the first in the series.

Sony isn't pulling punches. The lackluster response to the PS3 is not being taken lightly, and they hope to re-invigorate their ill-received console by cutting some fat (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/10/05/sony-announces-new-40gb-ps3-to-launch-at-399/). The new version will have 40GB of storage (down from 60GB), lose some USB ports, and have zero backwards compatibility with PS2 games. They justify these cuts by reducing the price by about 1/3rd. Could this be the turning point...?

Orange Box (http://orange.half-life2.com/) launched last night. This includes Half Life 2 - Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26205.html?type=flv). I myself waited eagerly for the release and found myself sucked into the devious and addictive world of Portal. The gameplay centers around the ability to create and use dimensional rips that you can place in the environment. Looking through a portal, watching yourself looking at yourself... looking at yourself... is a little unnerving and very original feeling. Here's a Gameplay Video (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26205.html?type=flv).

Joest
10-10-2007, 04:33 PM
Cool! Thanks for mentioning the Orange Box.

Mr. Anderson
10-10-2007, 05:57 PM
Good post.

PS3 is doomed. Doooooooooooooooooomed!

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Jonanin
10-10-2007, 06:30 PM
Wow. That pirate game is really hard, but it's fun too. I knew the ps3 was doomed! I knew it! Knew it all along!

Sub0
10-10-2007, 06:35 PM
Good post.

PS3 is doomed. Doooooooooooooooooomed!

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Actually, no.

The game looks awesome by the way!

Meek
10-10-2007, 07:00 PM
Sony needs a punch in the face. No backwards compatibility. Completely retarded.

Blastedt
10-10-2007, 08:09 PM
Hahaha, hope this will quell some idiots obsession about the PS3.

In other news, my mom's laptop's touchpad is overly responsive and the keyboard overly annoying.

Spartanwarrior3
10-10-2007, 09:33 PM
This game is pretty sweet, thanks.

Donkey2008
10-10-2007, 10:36 PM
Game is pretty good. Judging by the first stage.

CrazyJay
10-11-2007, 02:37 PM
The Pirate game is really good thers just some thing about it that is fun!:D
Keep up da good work Xgen. Poor PS3 it is so DOOOMMMEEEEDDDDD!!!!

DarkReality
10-12-2007, 06:05 PM
Possibly the most elaborate variation of space invaders I have seen to date. Very nice and suprisingly addicting. Despite that, I keep dying in the last level. Fully upgraded as well, so I just suck :-(

The PS3 never had any backwards compatibility in Europe anyway, at least not hardware compatibility. I believe there's some software emulator Sony released which sort of plays some PS2/PS games at mediocre quality. Not allowing backwards compatibility was probably one of the dumber things Sony did, considering that the PS2 probably has the largest assortment of games available to any one specific console (or at least ranks at the top) and the PS3 has around... 3 exclusives that are actually worth playing?

Fabian920
10-12-2007, 07:42 PM
I played it on kongregate enough, agree, it's really addicting game.