Jeff's in the news

Kon-Tiki · Post by **Kon-Tiki** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:03 pm 0

Tepic wrote:I just had a random thought about the Sony pricing.

Could they have developed the same attitude as the makers of Stella? "We know our beer is crap, how can we make people think it isn't? I know lets make it expensive. After all, you get what you pay for. Right?" "Reasuringly expensive!"

I'll stick to my Â£1.60 a pink IPA thanks. Cheap and good

Odd. Stella's at a normal price here and is standard beer, along with Jupiler. If you want crappy beer, try Carlsberg, Crystal, Heineken, Bud, Maes, Hoegaerden, etc. (Although some people like Hoegaerden, but the white one tastes like rotten lemons and has way too much iron in. Gives my dad and me a headache, and not due to the booze in it, as that's neglectible)

Munky · Post by **Munky** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:06 pm 0

D.J.Fudge wrote:Is that a TIE he's wearing

Looks like an old Llamasoft shirt.

Yak in a tie - now that would be newsworthy.

mofobaru · Post by **mofobaru** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:07 pm 0

Tepic wrote:Could they have developed the same attitude as the makers of Stella?

If Stella sold beer like Sony are selling the PS3 then Stella would first sell you an empty pint glass for 50 quid. You'd then wait in the pub until eventually, maybe, if you're lucky, Sony fill your glass with the best beer ever.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:10 pm 0

mofobaru wrote:
Tepic wrote:Could they have developed the same attitude as the makers of Stella?
If Stella sold beer like Sony are selling the PS3 then Stella would first sell you an empty pint glass for 50 quid. You'd then wait in the pub until eventually, maybe, if you're lucky, Sony fill your glass with what they claim is the best beer ever.

Fixed that for you.

mofobaru · Post by **mofobaru** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:10 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Fixed that for you.

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Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:11 pm 0

mofobaru wrote:
Tepic wrote:Could they have developed the same attitude as the makers of Stella?
If Stella sold beer like Sony are selling the PS3 then Stella would first sell you an empty pint glass for 50 quid. You'd then wait in the pub until eventually, maybe, if you're lucky, Sony fill your glass with the best beer ever.

The glass would still be the wrong shape for the tipple though

DTB · Post by **DTB** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:46 pm 0

What sony need isn't just another rehash of wipeout(i am the biggest and best fanboy) but to take the quantum redshift team back into the wipeout fold and make a true online version(i've kicked everyones arse) so wipeout geeks can enjoy the online thrills that HALOites get every day.
Then try stopping me and others from throwing our hard earned wonga at sony

And jeffs not the messiah he's a naughty boy

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:57 pm 0

The other irritating thing about that "news" article is that they've very lazily done a cut and past job from the Edge article and stuck in a few bits of text from one of Sony's PS3 marketdroids.

As someone pointed out earlier, they left out Yak's plea for Wipeout PS3 - and also the bit about being in an enhanced mood whilst playing it with some "bangin' choons"

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:01 pm 0

What I don't understand is why the BBC decided to pick out an opinion piece from a specialist press magazine and stick it up as news?

No other site would've even mentioned it otherwise.

justinhj · Post by **justinhj** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:08 pm 0

Kon-Tiki wrote:
Tepic wrote:I just had a random thought about the Sony pricing.

Could they have developed the same attitude as the makers of Stella? "We know our beer is crap, how can we make people think it isn't? I know lets make it expensive. After all, you get what you pay for. Right?" "Reasuringly expensive!"

I'll stick to my Â£1.60 a pink IPA thanks. Cheap and good
Odd. Stella's at a normal price here and is standard beer, along with Jupiler. If you want crappy beer, try Carlsberg, Crystal, Heineken, Bud, Maes, Hoegaerden, etc. (Although some people like Hoegaerden, but the white one tastes like rotten lemons and has way too much iron in. Gives my dad and me a headache, and not due to the booze in it, as that's neglectible)

That's weird because I quite liked Stella when I was in England. I drink Heineken here in the US because it seems to be the best beer in the supermarket.

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:34 am 0

D.J.Fudge wrote:I have a K.K. plushie

http://www.animalxing.com/toys.php?mode=gallery

That was great news:

Animal Crossing: Wild World is now available in stores across North America!

DTB · Post by **DTB** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:41 am 0

lucky for us it isn't a K.K.K plushie

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:47 am 0

I want a Tipper plushie, and a Chevre plushie, and a Victoria plushie, and a Buck plushie

.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:59 am 0

Yak wrote:hehe, I just think it's funny people are making such a big deal out of it, after all I'm only voicing an opinion that quite a lot of people share at the moment - that Sony *do* seem to be a tad bit arrogant about the ps3, and not much has been seen to justify that attitude yet. And if you read the whole piece you'll see it was all done quite tongue in cheek with me stating that if they only did a decent version of Wipeout on it I'd be lining up to kiss their arse (i.e. tell us about games we want to play, not give us meaningless hype, and then we might be more enthusiastic).

If people want to call me "strange" for that, then yeah, I'm strange.

Absolutely nowt wrong with being strange. Wouldn't worry about such a comment at all.

Yak wrote:Wait for the next column and you'll see that I'm neither being an MS fanboi or simply anti-Sony for the sake of being anti-Sony; it's about the *games*, innit...

Not bothered, just stick down your honest opinions is all people want. (which is what I think you've been doing anyway)

Kon-Tiki · Post by **Kon-Tiki** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:12 am 0

Friend of mine once explained to me that if you go your own way, do your own thing, say your own opinion and own thoughts and generally live like yourself, others'll look oddly at you, will talk behind your back and'll do their best to give you as hard a time as possible. Said it was cause they wanted to live like that too, living like the people they actually are, but're afraid of it, cause of what the others'd say and do. Mind you, it was 5am and he was drunk off his tits when he said that. The media's reaction on that column reminded me of that.