I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
called Phase.  Has anyone played it?

deKay
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:55:22 +0000, deKay 
wrote:

>I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
>called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
>
>deKay


I sense a purchase coming on :)

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:57:30 +0000, Lister 
wrote:

>On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:55:22 +0000, deKay 
>wrote:
>
>>I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
>>called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
>>
>>deKay
>
>
>I sense a purchase coming on :)

he would buy games for his toaster if someone made one.
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:00:36 +0000, Chris F
 wrote:

>On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:57:30 +0000, Lister 
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:55:22 +0000, deKay 
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
>>>called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
>>>
>>>deKay
>>
>>
>>I sense a purchase coming on :)
>
>he would buy games for his toaster if someone made one.


Did somebody  mention toast?

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 06 Nov
2007 19:00:36 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Chris F
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>>I sense a purchase coming on :)
>
>he would buy games for his toaster if someone made one.

To be fair, anyone buying a game-playing toaster would be a bit stupid if they
*didn't* buy any games for it.

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 06 Nov
> 2007 19:00:36 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Chris F
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> 
>>> I sense a purchase coming on :)
>> he would buy games for his toaster if someone made one.
> 
> To be fair, anyone buying a game-playing toaster would be a bit stupid if they
> *didn't* buy any games for it.
> 

So to come back to the reason of the post, are you saying 99.9% of ipod 
buyers (low estimate) stupid because they don't buy any games for it?

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On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:49:01 +0100, "[ste parker]"
 wrote:

>deKay wrote:
>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 06 Nov
>> 2007 19:00:36 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Chris F
>>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> 
>>>> I sense a purchase coming on :)
>>> he would buy games for his toaster if someone made one.
>> 
>> To be fair, anyone buying a game-playing toaster would be a bit stupid if they
>> *didn't* buy any games for it.
>> 
>
>So to come back to the reason of the post, are you saying 99.9% of ipod 
>buyers (low estimate) stupid because they don't buy any games for it?

whereas i'm saying the 0.1% who do are stupid, because it's an mp3
player.
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Wed, 07 Nov
2007 20:49:01 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>> To be fair, anyone buying a game-playing toaster would be a bit stupid if they
>> *didn't* buy any games for it.
>
>So to come back to the reason of the post, are you saying 99.9% of ipod 
>buyers (low estimate) stupid because they don't buy any games for it?

No.

Why would you buy a toaster that plays games if you have no intention of
playing games on it, when game-player-free toasters are available (and, in
this hypothetical situation, no doubt more expensive)?

Since you can't buy an iPod nano that *doesn't* play games (unless you buy an
old one), then you have no choice in the matter.

deKay
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"deKay" <andyk@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Wed, 07 
> Nov
> 2007 20:49:01 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> To be fair, anyone buying a game-playing toaster would be a bit stupid 
>>> if they
>>> *didn't* buy any games for it.
>>
>>So to come back to the reason of the post, are you saying 99.9% of ipod
>>buyers (low estimate) stupid because they don't buy any games for it?
>
> No.
>
> Why would you buy a toaster that plays games if you have no intention of
> playing games on it, when game-player-free toasters are available (and, in
> this hypothetical situation, no doubt more expensive)?

Becuase it makes toast well and the fact that it plays games is incidental. 
You know, like an iPod.

> Since you can't buy an iPod nano that *doesn't* play games (unless you buy 
> an
> old one), then you have no choice in the matter.

You have to buy games for it cos it runs them? I honestly thought you were 
trolling with the toaster analogy...

Shak

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 8 Nov
2007 09:49:36 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "Shak"  fornis
do marikano es bono tan el:

>Becuase it makes toast well and the fact that it plays games is incidental. 
>You know, like an iPod.

You are totally missing the point, or are totally stupid.

Why would you buy a toaster that plays games (as I said, at probably increased
cost) if you have no intention of playing games, when perfectly serviceable
toasters that don't play games are available for less money?

>> Since you can't buy an iPod nano that *doesn't* play games (unless you buy 
>> an
>> old one), then you have no choice in the matter.
>
>You have to buy games for it cos it runs them? 

What?  I didn't say you *had* to buy games for them.  I said that if you buy a
nano you have no choice in whether they do or don't play games, so you
wouldn't have the option of a cheaper non-games-playing nano if you didn't
want to buy games for it.

>I honestly thought you were 
>trolling with the toaster analogy...

It wasn't my analogy.

This has to be the most ridiculous argument ever.  And the fact remains that
yes, if my toaster could play games I would play games on it.  I defy anyone
else to suggest they wouldn't play games on a game-playing toaster too - I
mean, Jesus, it's TOASTER that plays GAMES and therefore must be the best
thing ever.

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Why would you buy a toaster that plays games (as I said, at probably increased
> cost)[...]

Actually, you said:
> [...] when game-player-free toasters are available (and, in
> this hypothetical situation, no doubt more expensive)?

Which reads as "game-player-free toasters are available and no doubt 
more expensive [than game-playing toasters]."

Just sayin', is all.  How d'you think I *got* this Pedants-Are-We badge?

> This has to be the most ridiculous argument ever.

I concur.

> mean, Jesus, it's TOASTER that plays GAMES and therefore must be the best
> thing ever.

Only if it connects to Xbox Live and uses a variable mask to burn a 
high-score table into the toast so I can check my ranking each morning.

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"deKay"  wrote in message 
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> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 8 
> Nov
> 2007 09:49:36 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "Shak"  
> fornis
> do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Becuase it makes toast well and the fact that it plays games is 
>>incidental.
>>You know, like an iPod.
>
> You are totally missing the point, or are totally stupid.
>
> Why would you buy a toaster that plays games (as I said, at probably 
> increased
> cost) if you have no intention of playing games, when perfectly 
> serviceable
> toasters that don't play games are available for less money?
>

Because it makes toast well and the fact that it plays games is incidental.
You know, like an iPod does.

Why didn't you buy a Shuffle? Or one of the other many trillions of MP3 
players that don't play games yet are cheaper and "perfectly servicable" 
music players? Was it 'cos the nano plays games? I'm assuming not. If it 
was, then you're stupid like the OP said.

Shak

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 8 Nov
2007 10:49:21 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "Shak"  fornis
do marikano es bono tan el:

>Because it makes toast well and the fact that it plays games is incidental.
>You know, like an iPod does.

You're still missing the point.  You wouldn't pay a premium for a toaster that
plays games over one that doesn't if you have no intention of playing games on
it, would you?  You *don't* pay a premium for a nano that plays games over one
that doesn't, because they all (well, all the 3rd gen ones) do.

>Why didn't you buy a Shuffle? 

Several reasons, none of which are due to it playing or not playing games.  It
won't play films.  It has no screen.  The storage space is much lower. It
wasn't incorrectly marked up in HMV to get £20 off like the nano was.

>Or one of the other many trillions of MP3 
>players that don't play games yet are cheaper and "perfectly servicable" 
>music players? Was it 'cos the nano plays games? I'm assuming not. If it 
>was, then you're stupid like the OP said.

I didn't even know it *did* play games (well, aside from the Music Quiz that
pretty much all iPods come with) until I got it.

deKay
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
2007 10:31:39 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Gareth Robert Halfacree
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>deKay wrote:
>> Why would you buy a toaster that plays games (as I said, at probably increased
>> cost)[...]
>
>Actually, you said:
>> [...] when game-player-free toasters are available (and, in
>> this hypothetical situation, no doubt more expensive)?
>
>Which reads as "game-player-free toasters are available and no doubt 
>more expensive [than game-playing toasters]."

Yes, word order mixup.

>> mean, Jesus, it's TOASTER that plays GAMES and therefore must be the best
>> thing ever.
>
>Only if it connects to Xbox Live and uses a variable mask to burn a 
>high-score table into the toast so I can check my ranking each morning.

That would be amazing.

deKay
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:31:39 +0000, Gareth Robert Halfacree
 wrote:

>deKay wrote:
>> Why would you buy a toaster that plays games (as I said, at probably increased
>> cost)[...]
>
>Actually, you said:
>> [...] when game-player-free toasters are available (and, in
>> this hypothetical situation, no doubt more expensive)?
>
>Which reads as "game-player-free toasters are available and no doubt 
>more expensive [than game-playing toasters]."
>
>Just sayin', is all.  How d'you think I *got* this Pedants-Are-We badge?
>
>> This has to be the most ridiculous argument ever.
>
>I concur.


Would you like some toast?

deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
> 2007 10:31:39 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Gareth Robert Halfacree
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> deKay wrote:
>>> I mean, Jesus, it's TOASTER that plays GAMES and therefore must be the best
>>> thing ever.
>> Only if it connects to Xbox Live and uses a variable mask to burn a 
>> high-score table into the toast so I can check my ranking each morning.
> That would be amazing.

None too difficult, I would imagine.  Replace the heating elements with 
a series of metal rods in a matrix horizontal to the toast.  Heat the 
rods as you would the element of a typical toaster - this step will, by 
necessity, take longer and require more electricity due to the volume of 
metal you are required to heat - and wait until the toast is at the 
desired level of 'doneness' - possibly by measuring the albedo of the 
toast against a known baseline taken before the elements were activated, 
although wholemeal bread may require using a traditional timer - then 
move the red-hot rods forward to contact the toast as with a traditional 
dot-matrix impact printer.  By only moving some rods forward you would 
be able to burn graphics onto the toast with a resolution equal to the 
size of the matrix.

Great.  Another pointless project for me to put next to my incomplete 
quinine laser.

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Lister wrote:
> Would you like some toast?

We want no muffins, no toast, no tea cakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or 
bagels. No croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes, and no 
hot cross buns. And definitely no smegging flapjacks.

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"deKay"  wrote in message 
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> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 8 
> Nov
> 2007 10:49:21 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "Shak"  
> fornis
> do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Because it makes toast well and the fact that it plays games is 
>>incidental.
>>You know, like an iPod does.
>
> You're still missing the point.

Nope, it's still you. The nature of the analogy is that you'd buy the 
toaster for the same reasons that you did the nano - not necessarily to play 
games on it (even though they may do).

Shak

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 8 Nov
2007 12:04:38 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "Shak"  fornis
do marikano es bono tan el:

>> You're still missing the point.
>
>Nope, it's still you. The nature of the analogy is that you'd buy the 
>toaster for the same reasons that you did the nano - not necessarily to play 
>games on it (even though they may do).

Then the analogy is flawed, as you can buy toasters without games playing
facilities.

deKay
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:43:00 +0000, Gareth Robert Halfacree
 wrote:

>Lister wrote:
>> Would you like some toast?
>
>We want no muffins, no toast, no tea cakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or 
>bagels. No croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes, and no 
>hot cross buns. And definitely no smegging flapjacks.


Heh, played for and got :)

Lister wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:43:00 +0000, Gareth Robert Halfacree
>  wrote:
>> Lister wrote:
>>> Would you like some toast?
>> We want no muffins, no toast, no tea cakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or 
>> bagels. No croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes, and no 
>> hot cross buns. And definitely no smegging flapjacks.
> 
> Heh, played for and got :)

Kryten: Surely not, sir?
Cat:  Are you trying to say that was a trick shot?

:P

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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:46:16 +0000, deKay
<andyk@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Wed, 07 Nov
>2007 20:49:01 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> To be fair, anyone buying a game-playing toaster would be a bit stupid if they
>>> *didn't* buy any games for it.
>>
>>So to come back to the reason of the post, are you saying 99.9% of ipod 
>>buyers (low estimate) stupid because they don't buy any games for it?
>
>No.
>
>Why would you buy a toaster that plays games if you have no intention of
>playing games on it, when game-player-free toasters are available (and, in
>this hypothetical situation, no doubt more expensive)?
>
>Since you can't buy an iPod nano that *doesn't* play games (unless you buy an
>old one), then you have no choice in the matter.
>
>deKay

yes, but my point is that if such a toaster existed (that played
games) you would buy it without a second thought, because you are a
bit of a games-buying compulsive tit. 

:)
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
2007 13:58:20 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Chris F
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>yes, but my point is that if such a toaster existed (that played
>games) you would buy it without a second thought, because you are a
>bit of a games-buying compulsive tit. 

That is true.

However, in the last 4 weeks, I have bought only three games.  And one of
those was an XBLA game, and the other a VC game.  This is somewhat amazing for
me.

deKay
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:32:57 +0000, deKay 
wrote:

>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
>2007 13:58:20 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Chris F
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>yes, but my point is that if such a toaster existed (that played
>>games) you would buy it without a second thought, because you are a
>>bit of a games-buying compulsive tit. 
>
>That is true.
>
>However, in the last 4 weeks, I have bought only three games.  And one of
>those was an XBLA game, and the other a VC game.  This is somewhat amazing for
>me.
>
>deKay

are you dying?
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
2007 15:08:26 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk Chris F
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>>>yes, but my point is that if such a toaster existed (that played
>>>games) you would buy it without a second thought, because you are a
>>>bit of a games-buying compulsive tit. 
>>
>>That is true.
>>
>>However, in the last 4 weeks, I have bought only three games.  And one of
>>those was an XBLA game, and the other a VC game.  This is somewhat amazing for
>>me.
>>
>>deKay
>
>are you dying?

I think so.

I am, however, about to buy another game as the less-than-£25 version of The
Orange Box has just come back into stock at Play Asia :)

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
> called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
> 

If it turns out to be half as fun/bizarre as this thread then it's got 
to be worth a punt!

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[ste parker] wrote:
> deKay wrote:
>> I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
>> called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
> 
> If it turns out to be half as fun/bizarre as this thread then it's got 
> to be worth a punt!

Half-past banana.  Tuesday.

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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
2007 19:27:00 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>deKay wrote:
>> I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
>> called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
>
>If it turns out to be half as fun/bizarre as this thread then it's got 
>to be worth a punt!

Well, it is under £25 so... :)

deKay
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deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Nov
> 2007 19:27:00 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> 
>> deKay wrote:
>>> I see Harmonix have released a Guitar Hero-like rhythm game for the iPod
>>> called Phase.  Has anyone played it?
>> If it turns out to be half as fun/bizarre as this thread then it's got 
>> to be worth a punt!
> 
> Well, it is under £25 so... :)
> 

I've bought it.  Only played it with the included music so far, but it 
does seem to be a pretty competent portable Guitar Hero.  Ace!