<![CDATA[Comments from Northernsky]]> <![CDATA[Comments from Northernsky]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Maserati Gran Turismo Wrecked, We Cry]]> Crap! I fear I may have brought this on. I was looking at the GranTurismo configurator on the Maserati site just now.

They must have thought I was planning on buying a new one and organised a hit on this one to maintain the balance of exclusivity...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented]]> Crap! I fear I may have brought this on. I was looking at the GranTurismo configurator on the Maserati site just now.

They must have thought I was planning on buying a new one and organised a hit on this one to maintain the balance of exclusivity...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Jumpgate Evolution Demands Your Attention]]> If the flying/fighting is half as good as X-Wing Alliance, I'm sold.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on How Much Did It Cost To Fill Up For Gas Today?]]> So for my little 42 litre/11 US gallon tank, it cost just under £50/$100.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on How Much Did It Cost To Fill Up For Gas Today?]]> $9/US gallon today.

Well, 119.9p/litre.

Hooray for England...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Things We Wish We'd Seen At E3, But Didn't]]> @StorminNorman:

Forget 2008, if it had said "Shenmue III - SOMETIME BEFORE 2027" I'd have celebrated like a madman.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on First 2009 Corvette ZR1 Rolls Off Assembly Line To Thunderous Media Silence]]> @layabout:
Too true. The GT-R is stunningly well priced here, comparitively. My Dad's looking at buying a Porsche Cayman S sometime next year. I keep telling him that by the time he's put leather seats, metallic paint and decent looking wheels on it, he's into GT-R territory, price wise. And the GT-R doesn't have any extra-price options, at the moment anyway. I like the Corvette, but I've not understood the GT-R vs ZR1 fanboyism, when one is twice the price of the other (at least here in the UK)

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on A Tatra T87 History Lesson From Professor Leno]]> Argh, hamsters!

*okay, so maybe it was me...*

I was going to say, I love the idea of viciously attacking passers by with my trafficators.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on A Tatra T87 History Lesson From Professor Leno]]> Great video, and a fantastic car]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Japan's Bullet Train Gets Its Pokemon On (Pika! Pika!)]]> I landed at Nagoya airport last year, and they had Pokemon trains then, to celebrate the new movie. Not Shinkansen, but they were much more pokemon'd up. The insides were covered with posters and pictures of the tree Diamond and Pearl starters, and I seem to remember a lot of Darkrai on the outside...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on What Are You Playing This Weekend?]]> Shenmue II... again.
Maybe some ChuChu Rocket and Jet Set Radio if I can co-erce my Dreamcast into working again.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Fist Pumping Through Major Minor's Majestic March]]> Quick, someone make a dumbbell peripheral for the Wii and I can work on my biceps while playing this.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Sega: No Plans For Shenmue III, Seaman 2]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: Shenmue I sold 1.2m copies worldwide, on a console with a fraction of the install base current gen consoles have. I see no reason why it wouldn't be possible.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Sega: No Plans For Shenmue III, Seaman 2]]> I'm pretty gutted by this. I had a tiny bit of hope for Shenmue III at E3 this year (although I knew it to be impossible, it never hurts to have a little faith, right?)

Thing now is that I don't think I want Sega to make it. It could never live up to my own expectations (and the expectations of Shenmue fans worldwide) and in my opinion, a disappointingly bad Shenmue III would be worse than no Shenmue III at all.

All I'd want would be for Yu Suzuki to get the 16 chapter plot summary he wrote and hand it over to a competent author, so we could at least get a decent novel and know how the story ends.

Guess I'll go back to Yokosuka sometime and pour a 40oz out for Ryo :P

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Nintendo E3 08 Press Conference Liveblog]]> Shenmue on Wii, Shenmue on Wii, Shenmue on Wii.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Nintendo E3 08 Press Conference Liveblog]]> Hooray!

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on E3 Roundup Day 1: Everything Else]]> It's okay, don't worry. Shenmue 3 will be announced tomorrow, you'll see. The nice man from Sega will come, and he'll show you all... and Ryo will be there... and Ren... I... I'm not crazy... I'm perfectly sane...

*rocks back and forth*

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on 2009 Ford Fiesta Engine Specs Announced, Top-Of-The-Line Duratec Hits 118 HP]]> Come on Ford, turn this into a new Puma...

You did it with the Mk. 3 Fiesta, and that worked well for you, right?

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Microsoft Releasing LE Red, Green 360 Controllers]]> See, these are all... too nice.

Where I live, a major store is STILL trying to shift all it's pink controllers, at £15 ($30) less than the price of white ones. Great for guys who don't find their sexuality threatened by a colour, and people who love a bargain.

If that green gets the same treatment, I'll add to my hideously coloured 360 controller collection.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Ubisoft Serves Up Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game]]> @You Cannot Untoast:
Well you can never have too many stalkers...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Ubisoft Serves Up Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game]]> @PGGB:
If you want proof of this, just look at this video. Censoring stuff makes it funnier.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Village Person Gets Postal III Appearance]]> Aww, I read "Joseph and the Amazing Techincolor Dreamcast" and got all excited...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Ubisoft Serves Up Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game]]> @Mike Fahey:
I saw him with his family at the British Grand Prix last weekend. They obviously had VIP treatment from Honda, but they seemed to be having a great time. He's a nice guy, and so passionate about cooking (as others have said) that even though I can't cook to save my life, I find it infectious.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Ubisoft Serves Up Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game]]> The other thing I was thinking is that, I know while it's not really going to be possible with ambient noise and stuff, but using voice-clips of him ranting and raving at people from the show is likely to be more... realistic (?) than him ranting and swearing at a microphone that's done nothing wrong.

Maybe they should put him in a soundproof box full of silent people trying to annoy him, to get some real reaction from him.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Ubisoft Serves Up Hell's Kitchen: The Video Game]]> Hell's Kitchen is cool, but I preferred the Kitchen Nightmares show he did, especially the USA version. Some of the guys he met were completely crazy, like Sebastian (was it?) who owned a pizza restaurant in LA?

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on See James Bond In Quantum Of Solace]]> Shenmue used them well, in my opinion.* The long choreographed fight scenes were great and there was only one case of "Press A or die" (where Gui Zhang and Ryo nearly get smacked by Terry and his concrete/lead pipe concoction) but even then, if you fail, it just reloads it.

*said opinion belonging to a diehard Shenmue fanboy.

Now, if Sega announce Shenmue III at E3, or (who am I kidding?) mention the word Shenmue, I will dance around my house naked for at least 36 hours.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Making Friends At The Japanese Police Station]]> About 90% of the cars I see in Japan are white anyway... Seems odd to me...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Guide To F1 Victory Champagne: An Innuendo-Laden List Of How It's Done]]> Mumm Cordon Rouge again this year, isn't it?

Except, of course, in Bahrain.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Hands-On The Force Unleashed Impressions]]> Yeah, yeah, but when are they going to make a proper sequel to X-Wing Alliance?

You'd think that these days it'd be possible to make an absolutely epic simulation along those lines...

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on E3: Dud or a Blast?]]> I'll be hoping for the same thing I've been hoping for for most of this century, some news about Shenmue III.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Blizzard Worldwide Invitational: How Much Is Your Goody Bag Worth?]]> @Ashurahori: Monopoly money has always been worth more than regular monies, comparatively.
I can buy Park Lane for £400? Like... the entire street?

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on And Now, Onto Penny Arcade Episode II]]> While I enjoyed the game, I was playing it more for the dialogue than the gameplay, so I ended up editing my save file to give me 999999 hit points and attack power.

Old school cheating, how I love thee.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Samba De Amigo Wii Maraca Controllers Appear]]> @Kiriphii: You know, looking at the photo of the box above, you might get a better idea of how they work, and how unless you're gripping the front of the wiimote with your fingertips, they aren't going to fly off.

As others have said, £34.99 is about the same as a normal game anyway, they won't be charging extra in the US either.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Nobody Knows Good Pasta Like Stephen Totilo Does (Photo Proof!)]]> Do you think it'd take much to steal Totilo from the grip of his MTV overlords? I've enjoyed reading his stuff this week. I'll check out Multiplayer more often now, I guess.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Guitar Hero Spreading, Spawning Action Figures]]> @StephenTotilo:
If you want to clean it up any more, I don't think "Gutar Hero" is a real franchise :P

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on How Sony Plans For 2008 Financial Profit]]> Sony would make...

...so much money.

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on No, This Is Not A Photoshop, And Yes, It Is Staring Into Your Soul]]> What. The. Fuck...?

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Hands on with Smash Court Tennis 3]]> @Candlejack:

No way! Pen-pen was the best penguin racing simulator ever!

]]> <![CDATA[Northernsky commented on Be the King of Kotaku Commenters]]> Does the winner get a hall monitor sash? I bet I'd look rather fetching wielding a banhammer...

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