Lint

Mike..as was said earlier, Mike just had that sarcastic asshole humor about him which fits my sense of humor perfectly...

Dr. Forrester by a mile. The way he acted just had the campy B-movie mad scientist feel to it, so it fit the show great

I would LOVED to have TVs Frank and Brain Guy together as sidekicks. I didn't like Bobo at all and though, once Brain Guy was added, it filled an empty spot

Supposedly wasa drug overdose..heroine or something like that..

That show is great, one of my favorite Adult Swim cartoons. First time I saw it the episode was Shaggy and Scooby getting arrested for beign high..laughed my ass off and been a fan ever since

Anyone remember this show from back in 2000? Had Bruce Campbell as an american spy/The Daring Dragoon trying to stop French colonization? It gostared the beautiful Angela Dotchin as his partner Emilia. Just wondering..god what I'd give to see this once great show on DVD...

*goes back to listening to the mp3 of the theme*

Mos Def- New Danger

Mos Def & Talib Kweli- Blackstar

NoFX- The Decline

Atmosphere- Headshots: Se7en

Dropkick Murphys- Blackout

Live- Awake: The Best Of Live

NoFX and DKM were purchases to replace some that got stolen from me a few months ago...

Well..on the bright side, now we won't have to listen to Maddens insanity inducing commentary anymore...always prefered the ESPN style commentary to MAddens. Though this does have me veru mad..damn EA..

Electronic Arts buys stake in Ubisoft in "hostile" act

EA now owns almost 20 percent stake in competitor, says it intends to be "very good shareholders." Ubisoft sends mixed messages.

French game maker Ubisoft got an extra shot of espresso in its morning coffee today. In the early hours in New York, well before the markets in France had closed, Electronic Arts announced it had completed a transaction with European investment firm Talpa Beheer BV for a block of shares equivalent to 19.9 percent of Ubisoft Entertainment.

As a result, one of Ubisoft's chief competitors now owns the second most sizable voting block of its shares. The one larger block of voting shares is owned by the Guillemot family, Ubisoft's founders, who control 22.8 percent of the company.

"We intend to be very good shareholders, not necessarily activists," EA vice president of corporate communications Jeff Brown told GameSpot this morning. Brown also indicated that an SEC review of the transaction is required, as are subsequent filings in France.

Questions as to EA's goals are slowly coming into view, but for the time being, both parties are downplaying the news as business as usual. In an e-mail sent from Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot today to "Managers Worldwide," he said the deal "emphasizes the strategic importance of Ubisoft's position in the video game industry." Smoothing the shock further, he added: "Thanks to the strength of its studios and brands, Ubisoft is in the strongest position amidst all publishers to meet the challenge of the transition to next generation consoles. This is why we attract the active interest of our competitors."

However, Guillemot's e-mail differed sharply from statements a Ubisoft rep gave Reuters. The spokesman told the news service that "Pending further information, we consider this operation as hostile." He added, "We think this operation is aimed at securing the studios of Ubisoft that are ready to face the next generation of gaming consoles."

Sources told GameSpot today that Ubi officials learned of the stock acquisition only after reading about it online, although Brown said the two companies had addressed the possibility of such a purchase previously. "We have had discussions with them prior to today."

According to Brown, it was known that the block of shares were soon to be sold by Talpa Beheer. "Their shares were going to come on to the market. We knew Talpa was going to sell these, we knew there were a number of entities that were interested in purchasing the shares and we decided it would be best for us to have them." He further elaborated on the reasons behind the transaction, saying, "We think it's a good company and well-managed."

As for how EA may decide to use its newly acquired influence, Brown said, "We are preserving our options in the future."

"There's nothing here that calls for any cooperation in any of their publishing or development [activities]," Brown said. So, is EA going to enter the decision-making process for the next Prince of Persia, for example? Brown said that would be highly unlikely. "Of course, the answer is no. This is a financial transaction."

By Curt Feldman -- GameSpot

POSTED: 12/20/04 11:50 AM PST

Electronic Arts buys stake in Ubisoft in "hostile" act

Well, first they pay what was rumored to be between $300 million and $1 billion for the exclusive NFL and NFLPA rights, now they buy 20% in a competitor. I never had a problem with EA before, liked their NBA/NFL street and always been a huge fan of the Need For Speed series, but I think their going too far now. Owning the 2nd largest voting share of the company? Great, whats next...vetoing the next Splinter Cell game? On the opposite side, I read somewhere that now that they own the NFL videogame market, their considering dropping the Madden license

Is this game worth buying? Been a fan of all the old Smackdown games, think I should get it?

This movie is about the whole orgins of Batman right?

I've always been partial to the Oi! To The World album by the Vandals...the actual song Oi To The World was knocked down a peg by No Doubt, the horns just didn't work in it I feel. Otherwise there is the Ramones "Merry Christmas, I don't Wanna Fight Tonight", any of the wierd Bad Religion christmas songs like Leon, God Rest Ye Gerry Mentleman. Bouncing Souls and Weston got together and did a great cover of "Do They Know Its Christmas"...

On the more serious note, I also love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra..my sister asked me if I wanted to go see them play last year with her and my bro-in-law, but I couldnt' afford the ticket. Also a big fan of the "fall on your knees" part of silent night....

Ok..I'm an avid videogame player. Kinda had me ticked off that GTA:SA came out about 2 weeks ago, the new Smackdown came out last week, Halo 2 comes out tomorrow, NFS:U2 comes out in 2 weeks, Metroid Prime 2 comes out in about a week and MGS3 comes ot in like 3 weeks. All games I want (GTA I have and Halo 2 Im' getting), but with them all coming out relatively close to eachother I can't because I I wouldn't be able to decide what to play. Grrr

Can someone help me find this, because i want to 'chute out of it.

The plane where you get a cool cinematic when you're on it, right?

EDIT: Found the AT-400. That is one big motherfucker. Still want the plane where you get a cinematic tho

If your talking about the clip thats was in one of the trailers, thats from a mission. I don't think there is a cinematic for chuting out of any plane.

If the huge commercial plane is AKA the Leviathan. Then you can unlock it through pilot school I think.

No, the Leviathan is a helicopter...

After much searching, I think it's called the AT-400 or something like that. Except I STILL have no idea where to find it

I think tis only available in the Las Venturas airport, its the only place I've seen it. But the other guy is right, you can't actually fly it

Oh yea, that circling the airport mission took me many many many tries to pass, constant frustration. Worst part is theers another circling mission after that, though once you ace how to circle it gets very easy to do. Just keep your cool, don't get frustrated. I'll try to help a bit. To circle hold L2/R2. Then lightly tap both L/R on the analog stick while tapping square at the same time. This is a very frustrating mission, but once you figure out how to do it you'll feel like an idiot for not realizing it earlier. I know I did

Stuart by the Dead Milkmen

I saw them live a couple years ago and they were pretty great. I have some albums by them, I think their recent one of 300 Percent Density. TYheir a great mix of rap/metal/jazz..yea, odd mix I know but it comese out sounding amazing. The rythmn section also has a side project, Ghosts Of The Canal. The guitarist and everyone else from Candiria besides the singer are in it. Their album is called 5 Songs For The Subconscious or something like that. The songs are long as hell, all 5 tracks take up the full length of the album, but its a really good jazz album

Uhh, I thought that the PS2 worked better standing up.

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Hell no,

It doesn't run better in any position, Unless you have a first generation problem machine like I do.

Vertical and the one I have to do to make my games work most of the time, Upside down, damage the CDs easier then Horizontal playing.

I've always love the pop open loader on the PS1, And it's sexy that new PS2 model goes back to it.

I've had my PS2 since launch day and, aside frmo the few times I took it to a friends house, standing up all the time. I have yet to have a problem with my PS2 that was the result of my PS2 and not a faulty (IE rented or preowned) game. I heard everyone saying how their first generation PS2s have DREs or other problems, then I look at Old Faithful sitting there on the floor on my room, under my tv stand, standing upright, and think I must've gotten lucky

the red mohawk was Lars..and one of the girls playing dominos..was that...Kelly Osbourne? WTF is up with that? Anyway, my suggestions..

1993 Rancid CD

Adina

Hyena

Another Night

Outta My Mind

Whirlwind

Rejected

Unwritten Rules

Union Blood

1994 Lets Go

Nihilism

Radio

Sidekick

Salvation

Let's Go

I Am The One

Ghetto Box

St. Mary

Dope Sick Girl

Solidarity

1995 And Oyut Come The Wolves

Anything off the album is great

1998 Life Won't Wait

Bloodclot

Blacklung

New Dress

Leicester Square

The Wolf

Corazon De Oro

2000 Rancid

Don Giovani

Let ME Go

Blackhawk Down

Atennas

Reconciliation

2004 Indestrucatable

Indetructable

Red Hot Moon

David Courtney

Django

Memphis

Spirit of 87

Tropical London

Back Up Against The Wall

Stand Your Ground

Otherside

Other

Ben Zanotto

Blacklisted

Blast'Em

Brad Logan

I Wanna Riot featuring the Stubborn Allstars

Just A Feeling

Sabrina

Thats Entertainment

The Brothels