Posted in General Discussion / Life Talk (No post counts!.. / Entertainment / Movies, Theatre, Music enterta..
Author: velma Total-Replies: 0

I watched V for Vendetta recently and V's monologue got me all roar/grrr/ho yeah! and so on Does anyone have any movie dialogues they remember that got them all excited? Even funny ones would do.. Something that really awakened an extreme version of an emotion inside you.

Posted in General Discussion / Life Talk (No post counts!.. / Entertainment / Movies, Theatre, Music enterta..
Author: taoist Total-Replies: 41

My favourite one is X-men & Van Helsing .
Can u tell me yours?

Posted in Others / Gaming / Adventure and RPG Games
Author: Jeigh Total-Replies: 4

I do indeed remember Alice. Man that game was awesome! I can't remember everything about it but I loved it immensely. The sheer concept and darkness of it was awesome especially for the time it came out. It just took such an innocent concept and completely raped it making it into this dark, creepy, intensely gothic realm.

Not only that but the game itself actually played really well. The graphics were decent and the mechanics were tight. I like the puzzle solving and combat elements and the storyline tied in nicely.

I wish they made more games like this that took a very unique look at something fairly familiar. Sure other art forms can do this too (when they remake a movie in a new light for example) but games have such an immersion factor it bumps it up a notch. Hopefully they release something along this vein again soon.

Posted in Computers & Tech / How-To's and Tutorials / Internet / Internet Tools - Utilities - H..
Author: NgoThanhNgoc Total-Replies: 0

Sorry that the topic name is not correct (mIRC not Mric). I can not edit its name
Many people chat on mIRC and share their files (AstaHost also has mIRC channel). you can download files (movie, video, music, book, etc). I often use it to download manga (Japanese picturebooks). So the instruction and example below is to download manga from some manga channel, but it can be applied for other file types.
First, you have to download mIRC from http://www.mirc.com/, click Download mIRC
After that, you click its icon , a new window appears:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc1.jpg
Click Continue

This window displays:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc2.jpg

Type your information
Note: Your nickname may be not available, so choose a different nick name
Then, click DCC/Ignore:
http://home2.accvn.net/dieulinh/mirc5.JPG

Method: Choose Accept Only
FIle Type: type file type you will download, for ex, *.zip, *.rar and click Add. So, these types of file are in your accepted list.
Connect > Option: Click Advance, and tick on some square as below:
http://home2.accvn.net/dieulinh/mirc3.JPG ==>
http://home2.accvn.net/dieulinh/mirc4.JPG

Connect > Server, In mIRC Server, you see some servers like this:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc3.jpg

Choose server you like to visit.
For example, I need to download manga from Mangaproject (its mIRC channel is #mangaproject.irc.too.com) I choose IRCtoo: Random server

Then, click Connect to Server. mIRC will connect you to chat room of IRCtoo. It takes a few minutes. A dialogue box show, ask which channel (for ex, #mangaproject, #shoujomagic , etc.) you like to join:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc4.jpg

You may add #mangaproject to your favorite list by Click Add and see this:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc5.jpg

In Channel section, type #mangaproject and click Add. So, #mangaproject is in your list now, and the next time, you only have to select it from your list instead of typing.

After you choose #mangaproject and click Join, #mangaproject window will appear
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc6.jpg
If this is the first time you join this channel, please spend a little time to read its rule by typing: “!rule”. If you are familiar, no need to do that. But note not to break the rules or you will be kicked out of the channel, maybe some hour or worse, forever.
Now, you type “list”to see download address, and see a mass of data. It seems confused, but don’t worry, you’l get use to it soon.
Take a look and you will see some lines like this:
http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mirc7zx6.jpg

- Nick Name of person who offers you file: no need to remember but if they have lots of file and offer high download speed, it’s better to remember their name.
- Trigger: it is important. It’s the download source.
- Sends (sometimes S): maximum number of people who download at the same time. The more the better.
- Queues (sometimes Q): Number of people who are waiting to download their files. If it is lont, “Queues: 7/15” means you have to wait 7 people downloading their files before you start. If it is big, 10 or more queues, you should ignore it.
- Message: what fserve like to say. Sometimes, they says that they use firewall, sometimes it is an offer or advertising.

Now, let’s try with Yuna-chan. Type her name (right after “Trigger”), note that you have to type accurately. Or you may select the whole name (move the pointer from the first letter to the end), hold Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
Then, Enter, a new window shows up
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d.../mirc/mirc9.jpg
Type: “dir” to see all folders
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc10.jpg

Next, type “cd __” (__ is folder name). Here, I(nickname linh)like to see folder ##[COMPLETE]##, so I type: “cd ##[COMPLETE]##”
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc11.jpg
After you come into ##[COMPLETE]##, you type “dir” to see a list of files
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc12.jpg
Again, you see it has subfolders, type “cd __” (__ is the name of file you like to see). i.e., type “cd ANATOLIA STORY” to see what inside the file ANATOLIA STORY.
Next, type dir to see its subfolders:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc13.jpg
Now, I choose CHINESE, so I type “cd CHINESE (3-30) [C]” and type “dir”
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc14.jpg
Note: You have to type exactly its name.
Now, a list of files appears, and you can download the wanted file by command “get”
i.e, type “get anatolia25.zip”. Here I download file sora_ha_akai_kawa_no_hotori_14.zip, so I type “sora_ha_akai_kawa_no_hotori_14.zip”
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc15.jpg
Note: following each file is it size, i.e., 12.3Mb, don’t type this number!
And a new line appears in the dialogue box:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/d...mirc/mirc16.jpg
It means that you are the tenth in the queue, and you need to wait for 9 download competed before your download begin

After a few minutes, a red line : “DCC session closed” appear. Don’t worry, your file will be downloaded as normal unless you log out mIRC.
Now, your download ready, a dialogue box appear to ask your confirmation. Click OK. mIRC will send that file to your computer.


Additional information:
1. Only use command “get” for file, not folder. File is the one with its size (…MB, KB)followed.
2. You can join many channel at once by click Tools > Favourite.
3. After you complete command “get” to download, you can type “Sends” to check ones who are downloading and “Queues” to see lists of queues.
4. File downloaded will be saved at C://Program Files/MIRC/download. to change it, go to Options > DCC > Folder, click edit:
http://home2.accvn.net/dieulinh/mirc1.JPG --> http://home2.accvn.net/dieulinh/mirc2.JPG
Browse the destination you save your files
5. Some channel requires you to register your nick. It is simple like a piece of cake.
In dialogue Status, type “/ns register [password] [your email]
For ex,: /ns register 123456 linh@yahoo.com
And follow their instructions.

Posted in Others / Gaming / Game Discussions/Debates
Author: nakulgupta Total-Replies: 8



What i feel is a game should closely resemble well.... movies. Today some of he best games are based on movies. Because movies already have a well defined storyline it gives more time for the developer to give time to the graphics department.

I feel graphics need to be nice without being too demanding....Like Half Life..the graphics are very nice and the game can be run on old computers too. Doom 3 was a monster in terms of graphics requirement. The game looked good no doubt but it needed too much resources.

On the other hand games like Hitman with a solid storyline and good looking graphics are a pleasure to play...One of my all time favourites that one

Posted in Computers & Tech / How-To's and Tutorials / MISC (no matching category)
Author: dhanesh Total-Replies: 6

My second tutorial after the S60 Font Change. A 4.7GB DVD is capable of holding upto 6 movie files (700MB DVDRips), people with DIVX players dont have any problems playing such content but for some who have only DVD/VCD/MP3 etc players with no chance of playing DIVX content would find this tutorial helpful. Well, hopefully this should work for all.

Scene : You have 700MB DVDRips (.avi) of your favourite movies (Backed up from a DVD ofcourse lol) and you want to put them on a DVD making them a 3 in 1 DVD. Thats 700MB x 3 in ONE DVD.

Tools Required :

1. Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 (NOT FREE $39.99) >> LINK <<
   
2. DVDShrink (FREE) >> LINK <<
   
3. Atleast/Minimum 12 - 13 GB of free space in your hard-disk.
   
4. Lots of time !! lol
   

Procedure : Aight so lets get started ...

STEP 1 :

1. Open up Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 Launcher from your desktop and select under Video Disk > New Project.
   

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1. Under Create a Video Disk select DVD and hit OK.
   

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1. When the Software Opens up, select Start Project > New Project > DVD and click NEXT.
   

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1. In the next section do the following :
   

1. Add Video Files
   
2. UNTICK Create Menu.
   
3. SELECT the clip and CLICK Project Settings.
   

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1. Under Project Settings TICK - Do Not Convert MPEG complaint Files , TICK - Two-Pass Conversion , then CLICK Change MPEG Settings... > Customize ...
   

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1. Under Customize ..
   
   

1. Frame Size : Standard (720 x 480)
   
2. Display Aspect Ration 4:3
   
3. Under Compression Tab ... Quality : 100%
   
4. TICK : Two-Pass Encode.
   
5. Video Data Rate : Variable - 5500 kbps
   
6. Audio Format : Dolby Digital Audio
   
7. Bit Rate : 192 kbps
   

1. Then hit NEXT .. then again NEXT till you come to the BURN screen.
   
2. UNTICK : Create to Disk
   
3. TICK : Create DVD Folders.
   
4. Select a BLANK folder you want your files to be saved in (12 - 13GB Min Free)
   
5. HIT BURN ! (Bottom Right)
   

STEP 1 COMPLETE !
You will have to wait for like 7 - 8 Hrs depending on your PC Speed. But its worth. Please do take notice that during this time you PC will run slow ... HELL slow lol ... So its time for a nice nap !

STEP 2 :

1. After the Conversion is complete, CLOSE Ulead Movie Factory.
   
2. OPEN DVD Shrink 3.2.
   
   
3. CLICK Open Files , and select the MAIN folder that has the 2 folders (Audio and Video).
   
4. The software will analyse the frames etc and finally show you the main software screen.
   
5. Open up the Main Movie tree and select Title 1.
   
6. On the right side under Compression Settings > Select Custom Ratio.
   
7. Slide the bar left-wise to the LOWEST % it can go.
   
8. Hit Backup on the ToolBar.
   
9. Select Backup Target as Hard Disk Folder
   
10. Select a NEW Target folder.
    
11. Under Quality Settings TICK Compress video with high quality error ...blah blah (Default)
    
12. Hit OK..
    

STEP 2 COMPLETE !!

Your backup will now start and this time you can use your PC a little. DVD Shrink does not hang up ur system so much. This process takes say an Hr and a half to the MAX.

STEP 3 :

1. Now AGAIN Open up Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 Launcher from your desktop and select under Video Disk > New Project.
   
2. Under Create a Video Disk select DVD and hit OK.
   
3. When the Software Opens up, select Start Project > New Project > DVD and click NEXT.
   
4. In the next screen do the Following :
   

1. Click to Import DVD-Video from Hard Disk or File.
   
2. Click the Import DVD Folder button.
   
3. Select your folder from the list and hit OK.
   
4. In the next dialogue, Under disk label .. TICK Title 0 (Chapter 0 gets auto selected) and hit IMPORT.
   
5. After the import process .. it adds the file to the timeline. Do the same with the rest 2 folders you made from STEP 1 and STEP 2.
   
6. Let the Create Menu option remain TICKED this time.
   
7. Create the Menu as you want it to be shown on your DVD player.
   
   
8. And this time INSERT a blank DVD and select the dvd writer from the list
   
9. And BURN baby BURN !
   
   

You will now have a 3 in 1 DVD, fully playable in your DVD standalone player. Oh and just incase your DVD dosent fit into the DVD in step 3 ? I would suggest you lower the Video Bitrate to say 5200 and Re-Encode .. crazy i know .. but this seems to be the BEST way to preserve quality and stuff in 3 movies lol.

Hope this helps some of you, If you have any questions or suggestions, i'd be glad to hear them

Regards
Dhanesh.

Posted in General Discussion / Computer Talk
Author: SpartacusUSTASA Total-Replies: 24

Not video games made out of movies, the opposite. This could be interesting. They're gonna be or very good or very bad. I read on a Game Pro magazine that there's about more than 40 games that have been licensed to go on the big screen.
As I posted on a Halo Movie thread, here's some of the movies they're making out of video games.
BloodRayne
Doom(script completed. Starting The Rock O.o)
The Getaway
Hitman
Max Payne
Metriod
Resident Evil: Afterlife
House of the Dead: Dead Aim(first one sucked)
and lots more...We'll just have to see if it's really a good idea what they're doin
For more info go to gamepro.com

Posted in Computers & Tech / Internet and Websites
Author: moonwitch Total-Replies: 5

All bow to the power of Foamy, the lord and master of the universe! Or fear his squirrelly wrath!

So yep, I am a Foamy Fan LOL. I got the link to Foamy in my personal link bar in FireFox LOL My fave episode was the jiggle butt and the tech support one Foamy is actually the reason I started looking into Flash and how to make movies in it and then appz

Nice to see another Foamy fan!

Oh did you see Medicine Babies? Where Pilz-e decides to babysit to pay for his meds? It took me ages to actually understand Pilz-e LOL (I am not native English)

Posted in Others / Gaming / 3DAction and tactical games
Author: Herbert Total-Replies: 21

Just picked this game up last week in a bargain bin, but it's a very good game. I found it for Gamecube thinking it was another game a friend of mine was talking about, but I was plesantly surprised. I hooked the 'Cube up to my computer's TV Input so I could play it in peace, but the picture was blurry, so I bought a PC version off ebay that should be here any day now.

It starts off with the main character, John Vattic, waking up with all sorts of stitches and bandages, and generally looking like he just recovered from a train wreck. He wakes up in an isolation ward strapped to a bed, but quickly discovers that he seems to have some telepathic powers... and he's forgotten almost everything that has happened up to that point.

The game is a third person shooter/sneaker that reminds me a bit like Splinter Cell in some of the moves, such as hanging from beams and whatnot, but the extra element of psychic powers puts an interesting spin on the game.

The plot is actually really well thought out, and it has an interesting twist. The voice acting is pretty good. The characters are generally memorable. It only took me about 9 hours to beat, but overall I recommend this game for the price. You can download the full version for a 15 minute trial, and if you like it, you can buy the key from Codemasters' site to unlock it ($14.99 I believe... Well worth it.)

Ooh, another thing, if you've ever played Silent Scope in an arcade, this has a sniper rifle that reminds me of that, where you stay in Third Person, but the scope will look where you look with it... really well done:





http://www.gamershell.com/pc/second_sight/screenshots.html

Posted in Others / Gaming / Adventure and RPG Games
Author: ultimategamers Total-Replies: 6

I thought this game was alright. But, after you beat it once with every character, (which only took me about a day) I kind of got bored of the game. I maxed out all of the character in another day because all you have to do is skip the cut scenes and do the same cheap move over and over again.

Lol I loved the quote on the back of the box "Play the Action Movie" thats what I sort of fealt like it was. Playing a movie.

I sort of also fealt that this game was more or less of a graphics test for the FFX engine.

Anyways, I didn't completely hate it but its not worth owning because you can beat it in the few days of renting

Posted in Others / Gaming / Other Game types
Author: kgd2006 Total-Replies: 9

Visiting old games is definitely fun. There are many games that I enjoy playing that are more fun to play than some of the graphically intense games that are made for the next gen system right now. Games like tetris, legend of zelda, old school mario and various legendary games that durastically changed of their gameplay due to the evolution of games that our currently out right now. I liked the simple games because its less movie like, dont get me wrong watching cinematic of games are gorgeous like that one game Metal Gear Solid, but it stutters my rythm of gameplay experience. Games now a days are going for the play a little watch a long movie play a little watch another long movie. I rather play the game, and watch the GIANT MOVIE in the end. Its like yea I did all that work now reward me feeling, I kinda have a bitter taste for games that just interrupts my rythm of game play when I was getting in the mood and another movie pops up.

But then again, some of the movies that pops up gives the player a short break to rest his eyes and focus on things. So I guess the strategy if there is one, to make it healthier for a player that plays long games, is the correct strategy to take. But I prefer the short but sweet action games and puzzle games that you can casually play and have fun with friends with. THose are the games that lasts for awhile.

Posted in Others / Gaming / Adventure and RPG Games
Author: harriko Total-Replies: 16

i completed this game i thought this was the easiest game out of the final fantasy series. i beat everything striaght through the game, i didnt even see the game over screening in the game much. i had no training throughout the game just beat the monsters or "fiends" that came accross in my journey.

i found that my friends kinda struggled on the game trying to defeat the boss in the end. they even got the stratagy guide to help them through! and i didnt have anything to help myself. i didnt know there was any secret aeons or gaurdian forces (GF).

yes i agree that final fantasy ten was the most beautiful looking. all the video clips were a work of art. it was soo clear and defined, this what makes me want to be a graphics designer. creating 3d works like that.

the best final fantasy game was final fantasy 7 that had the best story line. even theyre making the movie sequel to the game. and making side stories of the game. i didnt complete that, thought it was hard. and the bad thing was my memory had been erased! so all that work to do it again! i wasnt bothered at all.!

Posted in Computers & Tech / Internet and Websites
Author: smyke Total-Replies: 12

well... i find Blizzard games in a totaly different category...

you see... it's not the game that makes the difference (altough i think nobondy can't say that the Warcraft and Diablo series are not huge successes in the game industry and that Starcraft is not among the best RTS in history...)...

the thing is that Blizzard give their games that "touch", that things that make you love the game... starting from the dialogues, the storylines and ending with the Hollywood-like movies... all of them are taken care of with detail-attention.... i find Blizzard as one of the best game-making production studio... and the best show and amazing experiences-making studio.... !

Posted in Others / Gaming / Simulator Games
Author: xerxes Total-Replies: 0





DEVELOPER: Massive Development GmbH
PUBLISHER: Blue Byte Studio GmbH
FIRST RELEASE: 1997
PLATFORM: PC/DOS; CD with CD-AUDIO tracks
ALTERNATIVE RELEASES: n/a
MINIMAL HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: DOS 5.0, 486 DX2/66 compatible CPU, 8MB RAM, 35MB free hard-drive space, x2 CD-ROM, Microsoft-compatible mouse
RECOMMENDED HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: Pentium 90, PCI graphics card with 16MB RAM, SoundBlaster 16 soundcard, joystick highly recommended
RELATED GAMES: AquaNox (sequel); AquaNox 2: Revelation (sequel)

Screenshots (courtesy of mobygames.com):


Earth. The future is now.

... Our only habitat is much different from the almost heavenly planet described by historical archives. That blue heaven was once a place full of life - a home also to humanity, it's evolution through science and time - it's technological miracles: exploration of space, exploration of the deepest seas... People were setting their foot where no man had lived before - first brave men and women created underwater settlements in the deepest regions of seas. In the name of science. In the name of military security...
While nations were making great leaps in the fields of culture - they were just that... nations. The planet was still covered with thick political boundaries. Not all men wanted those to disappear. And where a great political tension is created - a catharsis of even bigger volume will follow.
Now, we look with terror how easy it was for human to cover it's only home with nuclear fire. But even the hell stepping down to Earth was not the worst to come ...

And so begins the new masterpiece from the well known Origin. Famed for their original, creative and very entertaining productions like the Privateer or the Settlers series, now they strike again with perfectly crafted game, but with an unexpected theme as well. The action starts several hundred years after the great nuclear holocaust. A tragedy that resulted in melting of Earth's polar caps which flooded the planet with one, endless ocean. The last remnants of humanity have learned to exist deep under the surface, safe from the deadly radiation above. They have now created large communities, if not to say nations - each with it's own number of cities, settlements, it's own corporations and military power... Some rule with democratic protocol, others with a dictator's mighty hand. Science was not buried either - methods of relatively fast, large scale transport were developed initiating the evolution of trade.
All in all - people have learned that the most precious key to survival is balance. A balance that soon might be disturbed...

What we have here is of course an underwater sub-of-the-future simulator but there is much more to expect from the gameplay than a copy of SilentHunter routine. As you can see from the plot outlined above - the game takes us about 600 years into the future where we animate an experienced mercenary called Emerald "DeadEye" Flint. He is about to enter one of the greatest and most entertaining S-F stories ever encountered in a game. I won't say more, but rest assured that the plot-outline above is only the tip of the iceberg. An iceberg you are likely to fall off if you won't get your hands on the original book-size game-manual, where the whole history and geography of the future's world is laid out, without which you won't be able to fully appreciate the game. And there is plenty to appreciate - one of the most beautiful "underwater" 3D engines where big things a-r-e big; with hi-res textures and state of the art dynamic lighting, shading and perspective correction technologies; precisely recreated real-world physics like gravity, tides system and detailed hydro-dynamics; some of the greatest computer-animation sequences, easily blowing any Abyss movie stuff away; brilliant voice-casting; some of the most moody techno music you will ever hear; stunning armament of guns, torpedoes, turrets, software and other equipment for your boats; and above all - an unusually detailed and realistic world, where you can talk to people, choose your own dialogues and earn bonus missions in a non-linear fashion.

Definitely worth a shot!

Special notes:

1. Be sure to grab the newest patch for the game and an update making the game use some 3DFX cards' acceleration (both available at dlh.net). Read the documentation delivered with the updates before installing!
   
2. Analogue joystick strongly advised!
   
3. If you want to understand the complex plot - grab the manual at replacementdocs.com