Games your playing

[Bster]

What game or games are you playing now. I am d/l America's Army again as I type this.

[tinsmith]

I just play with myself. I can usually win.:D

[Meat]

But lately his interest is waining. :sad:

[tinsmith]

:cry:

[Meat]

Hey, old timer, it's just the passages of time.

Go with the flow.

:D

[tinsmith]

Naw....I still do the hokey-pokie.

Like in the pool & we still have to christen the new bed.

[Meat]

Oh, you got a new work bench.

You didn't tell us about the furniture!!! :trout:

[tinsmith]

King size. :goodnight

Pat's are ahead 27-3 so.....zzzzzzzzzzz

[Bster]

:shifty:

[MiNd_tRiP]

midnight club 3 dub edition
gta san andreas
fightnight 2004 and 2005
tiger woods 2005
defjam fight for new york (beating the shit out of famous rappers is so much fun)
getting darkwatch tommorrow

[Meat]

Hey tRiP, try this one out. From yesterday's Sun.

I'm sure you can make it do truly ugly things.


PUPPY LOVE

You'll fall in love with the little doggies in the DS' dual windows

STEVE TILLEY Sun Media

REMEMBER those old­school Tamagotchi digital pets? Fast-forward the evolutionary videotape to 2005 and you've got Nintendogs, a pet simulator that swaps those pixely whatever-the-hell-they­were for astonishingly lifelike virtual puppies. And who doesn't love puppies? Adorable, widdle puppy­wuppies, awwwww!

Having taken Japan by storm last year - Nintendo mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto told me in May that Japanese women in their 20s and 30s were buying Nintendo DSes by the truckload just for Nintendogs - the digi-pups now arrive on these shores. And dang if they aren't the cutest things ever.

The concept is relatively simple. You start the, uh, simulation, for lack of a better word, with $1,000 to buy a puppy and supplies. You then bring your canine charge home to love it and pet it and squeeze it and name it George. Or Rover or Lassie or Killer or whatever. And that's it in a nutshell. Nintendogs is perfectly mated to the DS's unique features, as you use the touch screen to pat your dog, throw Frisbees, play tug of war with pull toys, bathe it and brush it and take it for walks around the neighbourhood.

Using the DS's built-in micro phone, you'll teach your dog its name, and it will come when called, unless it's distracted by something more interesting than you. You can also teach it tricks ranging from begging to break­dancing (seriously), using whatever words you see fit. So you could assign the voice command, "Die, mangy cur!" to rolling over. Weirdo.

The voice recognition is pretty decent, or at least better than the tragically flawed virtual pet simulator Seaman on the old Dreamcast. And the dogs' mannerisms are amazingly realistic, even showing the behaviour tendencies of their real-world counterpart breeds.

Nintendogs comes in three versions, each with six different breeds of puppies, so you need to check the box to make sure you're getting the one with your favourite type of pooch. But it's possible to unlock all 18 breeds with enough work and interaction with other Nintendogs owners, through the game's wireless communication mode. (Your DS will bark out loud when another Nintendogs owner is nearby and also searching for friends.)

For my puppy-raising adventure, I picked a female golden retriever and named her Bailey, after my Mom's beloved late pooch. Thus far, Bailey has been a very even­tempered pup. She knows how to sit, lie down, shake a paw, and roll over, and she dutifully piddles and poops when I take her for walks. One time, I neglected to pick up her crap (by poking it with the stylus); and was scolded by a computer-controlled fellow dog-walker. Mind your own business, pal, or you'll find a flaming paper bag of Bailey leavings on your doorstep.

As you win prize money at competitions in Frisbee-catching, agility and obedience, you can buy more goodies for your pup (who will also occasionally present you with a wrapped-and-ribboned gift) and accumulate a giant collection of toys, ever-so precious doggie clothing and even useless junk like broken cameras and tissue boxes. You can also buy more dogs, keeping up to three in your house at a time.

Nintendogs' only real flaw is that the care and nurturing of your pooch gets a little repetitive after a while, and eventually the novelty will wear off and you'll cast your virtual pets aside like the forgotten Tamagotchis and Seamen (heh) of yesteryear. But unlike real puppies, your Nintendog will never grow old or die. Or chew your shoes, hump your leg; poo on the carpet or keep your neighbours awake with its barking.

All the joys of companionship, without any of the unpleasant hassles. Which is why I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a sequel. Called Nintenwomen.

BOTTOM LINES

While it's not a game so much as a pet simulator that you fiddle with for a few minutes every day, Nintendogs is ridiculously charming and cute. And virtual dog poop is a lot easier to clean up than the real stuff.

[MiNd_tRiP]

I was wondering what that was all about, saw an ad for nintendogs in yesterday's futureshop flyer.

oh well, don't own a nintendoDS, don't plan to either.
tamagotchi's were fun for a couple of weeks though.

[Barrett]

What game or games are you playing now. I am d/l America's Army again as I type this.


I'm playing that frequently now adays