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A lot of videogames have a famous name attached to them. Some have athletes (Frank Thomas: Big Hurt Baseball). Others have game designers (American McGee’s Alice). And some have musical groups (The Beatles: Rock Band). Today I want to hear about your favorite “name” games.
As for me…well, it’s a little embarrassing. I should say that it’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, but I’ll admit that it’s Britney’s Dance Beat. It has the same gameplay as the excellent Bust-a-Groove and was released before Britney lost her mind.
Now it’s your turn! Lay your favorite “name” game on me and enjoy these Britney Spears photos.
The Lord of the Rings Blu-rays are $7.99 on Amazon!
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that is a good deal, too bad they are not the extended editions. i’m waiting for those.
That's a good deal on blurays.
I honestly can't participate in the advertised topic. I'm drawing a blank on name games. Maybe I don't like them? I don't know.
@random tangent
I went to the Saints game on Sunday and while it was great they won, I think it is my last game to attend. Going to a game is such a poor way for me to watch it compared to my huge tv, surround, constant wifi for fantasy updates, etc. It could also be because I feel I am in church with all the standing up and sitting down. The shit is constant. "O the defense is on the field, let's stand up!" or "hey, it's third down for our offense so we need to stand up!" I wish people would just pick one or the other. Anyway, rant over. I'll still go to Hornets games but I'm done with NFL games. The cheap ass NFL can't even show Redzone inside of the stadiums. F their nickel and diming crap.
I was going to say Dave Mirra's XXX BMX but I just Googled it and his name was never actually on the box. But I did play the hell out of that game. My wife and I used to play it together.
Games I used to play:
Sid Meier's Pirates
Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6's
I used to like Tom Clancy games a lot. But Tony Hawk is probably what I have played the most of. If Ash Ketchem's or Prof. Oak's names were on the pokemon games then I would list those, haha. Madden also makes the list too, but that's about all I can think of.
I'm still waiting on The Monkees Rock Band though.
Pfft…
Mike Tyson's Punch Out.
Excellent choice, but I always liked the original arcade Punch-Out!! better. There's something cool about being a green, wire-framed guy.
Spector is just dumb. I heard an interview before healthcare overhaul was passed and he said "I don't like it, but nobody has a better idea" WTF? If he didn't like it why didn't he try to change what he disliked??? Isn't that what he is in position to do? Lol.
Lol and they say the people are dumb and out of touch.
I looked at new TVs on Saturday. I'm pretty sure my next will be an LED. I'll get a plasma if I can't get a good enough price on an LED. The color contrast is great on LED and plasma. Made me want to push my LCD out of a window lol.
@SG
I think either Walmart or Bestbuy is going to have a 42" Westinghouse LED on Black Friday for $649. Amazon carries it for $699 (all the time???)
You mean LED backlit, right? They’re still LCD televisions, as opposed to those super expensive OLED TVs Sony makes.
backlit. The Samsung LED (backlit) actually had better colors than the Samsung plasma it was next to. I adjusted the settings on both.
@Everyone
I am going to continue to use the reply system, but I am going to start putting my @'s back. I like being able to look at the recent column and see if anything is directed at me.
@slicky
Cool but I'm shooting for 55+ screen size
Its official theses senators suck
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101118/10291211924/the-19-senators-who-voted-to-censor-the-internet.shtml
Leahy!!!!!!
I can't believe it. He's trying to block on Rpad's site! I know it! (j/k)
I hate Dick Durbin. He's a tool but Democrats run the state of Illinois and people
wonder why we are experiencing deficits.
Arlen Spector has been on a list of shame for a very long time.It's no surprise he's on this list.
You know he's the same idiot that contrived the "magic bullet" theory in the JFK assassination. right?
I did not know that it was Spector.
Idiot asshole senators.
If this passes, you realize that GHM will change to GHIQ, right?
I hate this game but its the best example I can think of, Madden.
Disappointed that they changed the name of the 5th region for Pokemon Black/White from Isshu to Unova. Isshu sounded much better, flowed from the tongue, and sounded more like it belonged with the other four region names.
i’ve been looking at the black friday ads….so far nothing has jumped out at me. walmart has KZ2 for $10, but I don’t think I want to even get that.
Anyone else feel like this year is pretty meh?
i think Madden at $29 at wal-mart is ok to me. i think i'm leaning towards gamestop's buy 2 used games/acessories get 1 free.
Oh I might have to hit up gamestop if they are doing 2 used one free, thats how I usually stack up on games.
nevermind i think i’ll get it at toys r us. they will have madden as part of their buy 1 get 1 $5 deal.
I’ve felt it has been that way for the past few years. Target has a 42″ lcd for like $280 that my fiance was looking at, but that is the only good deal that I have seen.
I was looking at that one too but i don’t think it’s a 1080p/i tv, only 720.
I thought all 720p TVs could do 1080i. I maybe be wrong but I just always thought thats how it worked.
Walmart has a 50″ Sanyo 720 for $500 that I am going to go get. My PS3 does mostly 720 anyway.
My tv is 5 years old, so even if it is only 720p/i it is better than what I have now.
i was just sharing info. when i worked at comcast people would get mad at us for them not being able to view some channels more clearer than sports in HD. It turns out that most games and sports support 720p more because it's better for fast motion while 1080i/p are better for like soaps and programs that dont have a lot of motion. They would blame comcast but it's not an issue if you bough a tv that only supports up to 720p. Customer wouldn't listen, i wish common sense was more common.
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LMAO! you should win our Fantasy Football matchup based on that alone.
haha, if only it worked that way. besides, you will probably win by the biggest margin this week getting you an extra 3 trophy points, which you will need to stay neck and neck in our battle there.
@slicky
same
revenge of shinobi…..shinobi is real
tommy lasorda baseball
joe montana sportstalk football
mike tysons punch out (good one n8r)
rock band:pink floyd