Shenmue Dojo

^ You may want to try cleaning the PS2 disc reader lens with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab, some pesky dust particles can prevent it from reading discs. I thought my PS2 was dead after it wouldnt play PS2, PS1, or DVD, I cleaned the lens (after also adjusting the lens level gear that determines how far the lens is from the disc, because sometimes adjusting that is all it needs, but doing that is kind of advanced and I used a guide, but that wasnt even the issue with my PS2) and everything worked fine after that, it plays everything it used to now. That was for my PS2 fat, if its a slim it might be different.

I have a third-hand fat PS2 whose laser is on the verge of dying. I softmodded mine with Free McBoot. I play games off an IDE drive connected to the PS2 with a PS2 network adaptor, thus bypassing the laser entirely. There are also other Free McBoot apps you could use. There's an app where, if you can connect your PS2 to the internet, you can link it to your computer and play the ISOs of the games from there.

Calshot wrote: I have a third-hand fat PS2 whose laser is on the verge of dying. I softmodded mine with Free McBoot. I play games off an IDE drive connected to the PS2 with a PS2 network adaptor, thus bypassing the laser entirely. There are also other Free McBoot apps you could use. There's an app where, if you can connect your PS2 to the internet, you can link it to your computer and play the ISOs of the games from there.

Thanks I will look into that. It would read the disc but it just won't spin anymore, makes a whine like the drive motor went out again. I replaced it once, not worth the hassle of looking for parts again. So bypassing it altogether would be awesome. Just gota find my network adapter and see if we have an old hard drive at work somewhere.

We need more of these games. Beautiful, soul soothing and calming. A game for gamers with heart, indeed. No wonder it comes from two former Journey developers. ABZU.

Probably gonna have to pick this up, all the extra side stories about the formation of akatsuki is really tempting, and the sakimoto-san, the writer of the manga has wrote these stories himself, so its official storyline. Man, I havent even played the naruto games since the gamecube, but this one is looking pretty awesome.

And while we are on some anime games the new DBZ Xenoverse is looking pretty darn sweet too.

Really enjoying Black Flag, I am only %30 through the story but I am really taking my time, and have spent hours doing extra stuff, roaming the seas in my ship with my crew of cutthroats, destroying navy bases, hijacking merchant ships and navy vessels to grow my fleet and collect recources. hunting whales and sharks to create upgrades and outfits, collecting all the animus frangments, and collecting the shantys, so I can here my crew sing different songs whils traveling.
The story is pretty good, but there is something really satisfying about sailing the seas, listning to shantys ans destroying other ships in the midst of a storm, that distracts me for hours. Definitely my favorite game from the AC series.

Great video, about women as background decoration and as objects/tools/things/powerups in games.

UPDATE: I don't find it great anymore...

OL wrote:
Basically, she ignores anything that doesn't shout "videogames are misogynistic and terrible."

That's pretty much her entire schtick. She got nearly $160k out of a Kickstarter for her video series (the initial goal was $6k).

Wow, this actually doesnt look bad. Usually I dont like NIS stuff, but that looks like it has potential. Also, Uematsu composed for it, that almost in itself makes me curious about it, even if it was just because he put his name on it.

I dont mind the characters designs one bit, they look similar to tales series. they look like usual anime characters, i guess that could be taken in a bad way by some, but they seem fine to me.

Nah, it's not just you. It's developed by Compile Heart, who make really, really shitty JRPGs (some of their games are obviously aimed at pedos).

I dare either of you go type in "Compile Heart" into Google image search. Go on, I'm waiting.