StarCraft: Ghost Comments by Tom Bramwell

Fix yer bloody front page image.

in the "new screenshots" frame on the right of the window.

-Razz

disappointed I am...!
Starcraft II this is not...

Peej

On the subject of fixing things, could you please put a previous/next button on each screenshot, that would avoid always come back to the main page to see them all.

PA

;-)

Must be broken image day :)

Yeeey! It's fixed! Please feel free to delete all my above comments.

the PA cartoon can be found here

fear my l33t h4x0ring ski11z ;)

Edit - the link worked, now it 404s. maybe it'll work again later. maybe not.

Nice one Tobz!

Am I the only one who can't see these images.

Nope.

Thank god.

/puts the bottle of pills back

He probably took down the comic to work on it some more or something.

It seems to happen quite a lot. Maybe his computer updates with or without his comic. :)

its back again, and works on the actual page as well now. but i still think my link is better :)

Is your computer really a viewer into the future because I can't see it.

I don't know what your wicked plan is, eviltobz, but we are not falling for it!! :)

well, my nick starts with the word evil, so what do u expect.

seriously tho, its fine from my box, either the site itself is doing a good impersonation of a yoyo, or some routes through the internet are being screwy today.

oh well, not my problem :)

works for me

otto agrees with me, hence i must be right.

That is so weird. It still doesn't work for me (404), but it works for a friend (who, incidently, uses the same ISP and lives in the same city). Anyway, he sent me the comic, I infriged some copyrights by upping it to my webspace for the people who get a 404 on PA. Enjoy.

Edit: Typo, oh and if it's slow well give me money so that I can afford real webspace. :)

I feel so bad for posting the link now. Sorry everyone.

it's nice to see people finally valuing the contribution I make to these discussions

:/

eviltobz's link works perfectly well, but yours doesn't, Moonbender ;-)

Strange, the "latest comments" list show me having posted before otto, but the actual comment is behind his.

I've seen it now, thanks Moon.

However, like a joke explained I have now ruined it for myself by hyping it up. :(

UncleLou: Damn, we broke the internet!

RTS come FPS?.. can't do much worse than westwood, i fear the licence might not be so lucrative nowdays as Starcraft is aging now and many console players would probably never heard of it, why not Warcraft which has been released on a few consoles if i recall..

..i actually installed Starcraft for the first time the other-day, heard nothing but good things.. but the graphics are to crude and zoomed in, i find it unplayable.. maybe all these fancy graphics are ruining our imaginations ?

"the graphics are to crude and zoomed in"

It is a few years old now, and it was hardly cutting edge even back then. ;)

Why do I feel as if this was announced for pc, the coments wouldn't be so negative ? The PA article on the subject is very good for all you people...

Heh - PC die-hards make me laugh. Like someone already said, if a new FPS based in the Starcraft universe had been announced as a PC exclusive, most PC owners would be creaming themselves in anticipation of "this great and groundbreaking title - what Starcraft owners have been waiting for!"
But announce that it's a (spit) "CONSOLE GAME" and the comments are along the lines of "Hopelessly unoriginal, only an FPS because that's about all consoles can handle. The dumbing down of a legend" etc etc.

I sit on the fence though. I think PC owners are just sore that Halo has been an EggsBox eclusive for ages, and "could've been so much better a game" if it'd been released for top-end PCs.

Answer one question though - who's the mug? Someone who spends 200 quid on a console and a game, or someone who spends nearly 2 grand to get a high end PC with a kick ass "obsolete the minute you get it home" graphics card?!

Peej

StarCraft: Ghost probably would be a revolution for PC games - seeing as they don't get this type of game often, if at all. Putting it on console adds to the long line of games of the genre.

sam: No sarcasam what-so-ever in that post ;)

-Razz

"I sit on the fence though. I think PC owners are just sore that Halo has been an EggsBox eclusive for ages, and "could've been so much better a game" if it'd been released for top-end PCs."

Wah Wah Wah, I hate you!!! :p I am actually entirely bored with single player FPS, there has been so little invention. Halo is just the same and what little I have played I was entirely bored with that too, it doesn't matter what platform it is on.

"Answer one question though - who's the mug? Someone who spends 200 quid on a console and a game, or someone who spends nearly 2 grand to get a high end PC with a kick ass "obsolete the minute you get it home" graphics card?!"

I think I have probably spent 2 grand on PC hardware over the course of about 8-10 years. Anyone who spends 2 grand on a new PC has got more money than sense. Although I agree the "obsolete the minute you get it home" thing is stupid.

Answer one question though - who's the mug? Someone who spends 200 quid on a console and a game, or someone who spends nearly 2 grand to get a high end PC with a kick ass "obsolete the minute you get it home" graphics card?!

depends on whether u can afford it, and if u get use out of it. better spend 2 grand on a pc that u use a lot, than 200 on a console that u play once, then bung in a cupboard and forget about.

all systems have their merits - except the xbox ;) as long as u r happy with what u got, then its all good.

"all systems have their merits - except the xbox ;)"

The X-Box does have its uses, scaring small children, foot rest and not forgetting a microsoft invention that will revolutionise console gaming ;)

"Anyone who spends 2 grand on a new PC has got more money than sense. Although I agree the "obsolete the minute you get it home" thing is stupid."
You fool. Its not all about power. I spend about 400-700 pounds a month on my PC, I see myself as a creative PC enthusiast.
Btw, consoles ARE OBSOLETE BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN MANUFACTURED.

-Razz

"The X-Box does have its uses,"
a) Door stop
b) Car engine replacement
c) budget PC
d) counter wieght in truck weighing facility
e) barbell weight
f) Mp3 player
g) Bathroom extraction fan
h) Iraqi military computer
i) muesem piece
j) an example of "how not to make a console"
k) Amy Tank plating
l) filling up unused shop space
m) holding up tall buildings in America
n) making Bill Gates lose some money :)
o) CD holder
p) Gynocoligist (spelling?)
q) Fart detection
r) Browsing and storing images of porn
s) Playing Porno DVDs
t) controllers giving Xbox fan boys hand cramp
u) crushing xbox fan boys
V) football practise (ouch!)
w) paper weight
x) using as a coffee table
y) frying chicken
z) ...oooh and I heard u can play games on it.

-Razz
;P

r) Browsing and storing images of porn
s) Playing Porno DVDs
t) giving Xbox fan boys hand cramp

Why do I feel these three are connected? ;)

ROFLMAO Connection not intented... but welcome. :)

-Razz

Unintentional jokes are often the best :)

lol - much better pro-xbox arguments than the typical xboxen fanboi manages.

Can someone do a-z list containing brief reasons why its a good idea to own a (an?) XBOX?

-Razz

It doubles as a shelter in the event of a nuclear attack?

LOL! Can be used an alien planet colliding doomsday device!

-Razz

It can be used a a stand to keep good consoles off the floor

You *can* harm small irritating children with it.

Pop on shelf with loose cable in reach and ba-boom xbox falls off shelf & X logo branded on forehead.

Nem: Stop! You'll give Bill Gates' PR dept ideas... ;)

-Razz

edit: Considering the XBOX pre-release hype TV adverts, it would be viable.

It can happen.

great link Sam!

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