Comments on: Flop Shot http://tleaves.com/2006/07/26/flop-shot/ Creativity x Technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: dbs http://tleaves.com/2006/07/26/flop-shot/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 dbs Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:20:04 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=659#comment-3123 Oddly, I was just playing SSX3 on the Gamecube (not 10 minutes ago), and the menu structure was similar. do this, do that, yes/no, save, yes/no. I found it a little quirky, but manageable. The rest of the game, of course, is teh awesome (yes, i did just type 'teh awesome') cuz, really, it is. Even for a game now 3 years old (SSX3 came out in 2003. it's a gamecube, ferchrissake). Oddly, I was just playing SSX3 on the Gamecube (not 10 minutes ago), and the menu structure was similar. do this, do that, yes/no, save, yes/no. I found it a little quirky, but manageable. The rest of the game, of course, is teh awesome (yes, i did just type ‘teh awesome’) cuz, really, it is. Even for a game now 3 years old (SSX3 came out in 2003. it’s a gamecube, ferchrissake).

]]> By: Adam Rixey http://tleaves.com/2006/07/26/flop-shot/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Adam Rixey Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:40:08 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=659#comment-3122 That excessively crappy menu option problem seems to be showing up in all EA games. Burnout Revenge had the same problem. (Hit Start. Do You want to load a profile? Hit A. Select the only profile. Hit A. Hit A to confirm. Hit A to go back to menu. repeat forever...) Do they hold a patent on something, and get a nickel each time we press a button? That excessively crappy menu option problem seems to be showing up in all EA games. Burnout Revenge had the same problem. (Hit Start. Do You want to load a profile? Hit A. Select the only profile. Hit A. Hit A to confirm. Hit A to go back to menu. repeat forever…)

Do they hold a patent on something, and get a nickel each time we press a button?

]]> By: Chris Ryland http://tleaves.com/2006/07/26/flop-shot/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 Chris Ryland Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:54:23 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=659#comment-3121 I thought real-life golf (never thought about the virtual form) was boring until I read the Golf Omnibus by P G Wodehouse. Priceless. I thought real-life golf (never thought about the virtual form) was boring until I read the Golf Omnibus by P G Wodehouse. Priceless.

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