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[FoolKiller]

Does singstar have an actual music GUI? Like, written music on a staff.

It's just a karaoke game that measures pitch for scoring, so I am not quite sure how complex you are expecting.

This is the SingStar GUI. The blue and red lines are the pitch levels for players one and two.

 

[in.s@ne]

It's all relative... so that unmusical people can still play it and enjoy it.

 

[Touring Mars]

Seems only fair to update on my whine about Amazon...

I complained about some dodgy mp3s I bought from them, and Amazon have refunded me. So I now have three mp3s free gratis, which I can start trying to repair using Wavepad

Unfortunately, they have found that the master copies are infact damaged, so it isn't just my downloads, hence they are withdrawing the files from their store, which is a tragedy in itself, since one happens to be perhaps the best piece of comedy I have ever owned... still, let's hope they get them back up on the store soon, but without the glitches this time.

 

[Wingnut2]

My last purchase was the pictures. My gorgeous girlfriend bought me the course for my birthday.

 

[Omnis]

It's just a karaoke game that measures pitch for scoring, so I am not quite sure how complex you are expecting.

This is the SingStar GUI. The blue and red lines are the pitch levels for players one and two.

Yeah, I know. I just wasn't sure if there was some kind of advanced mode for music students or something like that. It would be a good tool for teaching people how to read music.

 

[FoolKiller]

Yeah, I know. I just wasn't sure if there was some kind of advanced mode for music students or something like that. It would be a good tool for teaching people how to read music.

No, nothing like that. Harder difficulties just make the picth line get very narrow so that you have to have very good voice control to be able to do it.

When I tried a song on Hard I unlocked the "At Least You Tried" trophy for scoring under 500 (out of 10,000) points. Like Jimmy Pop of Bloodhound Gang, "I can't hold a note, can't carry a tune. "

 

[Joey D]

Picked this up on the way to work this afternoon.

I'm fairly excited to get reading it tonight after I get home. Was on sale at Barnes & Noble too, only paid $21.00 for it.

 

[bergauk]

GT PSP

And a generic charger for my psp. I don't think you need to know what that looks like, but virtually everyone has one.

I haven't gotten to plat GT PSP yet as I'm waiting for my psp to charge so I can upgrade the firmware. I assume it's going to be awesome though.

 

[Gabkicks]

Logitech x-240 speakers

 

[Sureboss]

Seems only fair to update on my whine about Amazon...

I complained about some dodgy mp3s I bought from them, and Amazon have refunded me. So I now have three mp3s free gratis, which I can start trying to repair using Wavepad

Unfortunately, they have found that the master copies are infact damaged, so it isn't just my downloads, hence they are withdrawing the files from their store, which is a tragedy in itself, since one happens to be perhaps the best piece of comedy I have ever owned... still, let's hope they get them back up on the store soon, but without the glitches this time.

Welcome to QA!

 

[DKX]

$93 for those.

 

[Prosthetic]

Logitech x-240 speakers

I got the same ones 👍 Good quality speakers for not much money.

 

[Danny]

A new phone to replace the one that threw itself out of my hands on a night out.

GTP'ers who have my number, it's still the same.

 

[TB]

Nothing to show, per se, but I find this amusing. Others likely won't.

On top of our normal monthly medications we go through (most notably 400-500 (down from 900-1000!) Ultrase per month), in the last 2 days we've had 2 scripts for 30 Amoxicillin capsules, one for Amoxicillin liquid and an Amoxicillin shot (my son does not do well with any of the oral antibiotics we've tried so far) for the four of us for Strep. Not to be outdone, our dog got sick, too, and has a script for Metronidazole tablets and Albon liquid.

[ComicBookGuy]Worst $250 ever![/ComicBookGuy]

But at least we're all feeling better.

 

[FoolKiller]

Just the game, not the dog. We've had him for two years, although he was giving me that sad look all night because he suddenly wasn't allowed to sit in my lap.

The GameStop gift cards is because I traded in a bunch of games and got $23 in store credit after buying GT. So, I dumped off stuff I hadn't played in over a year and got a game that I won't put down for a good long while. I am thinking that in order to get around their silly store credit I will just buy a PSN card.

Now, story time: Once again, GameStop amazes me with their idiocy. I got a text yesterday telling me my preordered game would be ready Thursday morning. I went in after work last night and the same guy that rang up my preorder was working, as well as some other guy. So, I walk up and say that I want to pick up my preorder for Gran Turismo. "Gran Turismo for what" Gee, I don't know, the Wii. So when I say PSP he says, "Did that come out today?" SRSLY? I say yes, and he says, "Well, I think they only released it for the Go today. I don't know when the regular PSP version comes out." "Today" I say. At this point I whip out my cell phone and show them the text message sent by their computer when the game was scanned in to inventory. They look at it twice and then, and only then, did he actually try pulling up my info on the computer. "Yep, here it is. Let me find it."

At that point he wanders around the store for 30 minutes looking inside every locked cabinet he can find and in the storage room. As he checks multiple places repeatedly he attempts to explain, "Sorry about this. We remodeled and everything is moved." Yes, I know they remodeled, because they had just finished it when I bought The Beatles: Rock Band and preordered GT about three weeks ago. So, I know that my game did not get shuffled about in the remodel. Finally, he comes out of the back store room for his second time and holds the game up and proceeds to check me out.

They didn't have a single copy on a shelf anywhere in the store, while across the street Walmart had them out on Tuesday.

I hate GameStop. I shall enjoy filling out the survey on the receipt.

 

[Joey D]

I never have a problem with Gamestop, but I know the three guys at my local one so it's not really a problem. It's sort of a case they think we are friends but I just see them as guys I know. Whatever, it means I always get games on the release date whether I reserve them or not.

 

[TB]

I've been to GameStop 3 times. Once to pre-order GT4 (which went fine), once to snag a used copy of Uncharted (also fine) and the last time, and I might very well mean the last time was for a pre-order of MUA2 so I could have Juggernaut. Talk about a convoluted cluster that ended up being. First you had to register with GS. They then sent you an invite for Marvel's site so you could join their VIP section which then resulted in them sending you yet another email containing your Juggernaut code, not 2 days before release date like they said, but 4 days after. For the X360. I had to wait another few days for a return email for a PS3 code.

Apparently handing out codes when you pre-ordered seemed a bit too difficult. Naturally, GS is blaming Activision, which might very well be true, but you kill the messenger, right? Lame.

 

[FoolKiller]

Just to show how far my frustration goes with them I will requote myself from when I preorder GT.

And while I was in Gamestop (I wanted the Veyron) I was quickly reminded why I hate that place. The guy at the counter greeted me and asked if he could help me. I say that I want to get The Beatles: Rock Band, for the PS3. I figured they usually keep all but one copy of new games behind the counter, so this should be quick. He says, "OK, let me check," as he searches for it on his computer. As I am standing there I see it on the shelf behind him, with all the other new games. Then he sees it is in the system and starts to walk over to the PS3 section. When he is halfway there I say, "Isn't that..." while pointing, and he then goes, "Oh yeah."

At least it was still a sealed copy and when I pre-order GT PSP he didn't try to get me to pre-order GT5 for some random date too.

And then there is the time I witnessed the manager trying to convince a guy to not buy a PS3 (at $600) and instead get the 360. And upon talking to him I found out he got a free Elite for selling the most 360s in Kentucky at launch.

It might just be my local store now, but my hate started when I had preordered a game (Ninja Assault) from Funcoland in college and between the day I preordered and the game's launch GameStop bought Funcoland and fired the entire staff. When I went to pick up my preorder they had also dumped all their files and they had no record of the transacation, and my receipt and presell ticket that Funcoland handed out weren't good enough. The manager wouldn't even come out of the back to talk to me and multiple emails to the home office got zero response. I didn't use them for over five years after that.

I am thinking I might have to go back to that mentality, but I know GT5 will have some GameStop preorder bonus or exclusive collector's edition that I must have.

 

[bergauk]

FK, Gamestops can be hit and miss depending on when you go in. They have some of THE stupidest people employed there. When I went in to pick up my copy they had just opened and I walked in and asked the guy if they had GT PSP and he said "Oh, Gran Turismo? Let me go get it out of the back, we just opened." I asked him where the PSP Chargers were and he knew exactly where they were. It truly depends on what time you go into the store whether or not you have a complete idiot working or not. My experience was rather good though.

EDIT: Just arrived from Verizon.

It is awesome, I love it already.

 

[Northstar]

I have never had any problems the couple times I have gone to Gamestop. However I prefer Gamecrazy as they seem to have better customer service around here.

 

[Glanza-V]

Really Really like this trackie, the bottoms arent in the pic cus' im wearing them.
The shoes are reallllll comfy too .

 

[Loon]

Your next purchase should be some kind of better camera. I don't think I've seen one clear picture from you yet.

 

[Glanza-V]

Well, a burnt k610i isn't the best camera i'll admit, im getting a 5MP phone soon, so no more messy pictures.

 

[Jondot]

...would it be overly clichéd to assume you tried to smoke it?

 

[Glanza-V]

I don't even smoke ciggaretes, so phones are out of the question

 

[Eric.]

Thought I needed a new jacket for winter, one that's a little easier to move around in than a heavy Carhart one...Happened to see this when checking a daily deals site.

Oakley Bombastic Jacket, the only white one they had. $99, retail price of $324.95.

 

[Glanza-V]

I'd like that but it would get dirty.. I just have a coloumbia jacket.

 

[FoolKiller]

A few more purchases:

PSP UMD 8 case. Holds 8 UMD discs. My PSP carrying case holds two, plus I keep one in the drive, but I still have five other discs and intend to get MGS: Peace Walker and LittleBigPlanet when they come out too. And PSP Component cables. GT PSP on my TV is very nice.

Need for Speed: Shift. The demo seemed fun enough and Best Buy had it for $40. It hasn't been opened yet because I am too busy with GT PSP, but I figure by the time they patch the PS3 issues I will get around to it.

 

[Boffin]

Nikkor f1.8 50mm lens.

Read reviews and what Scaff and Moglet had to say about it, plus I need something to give me new angles on my work to try and scrape a portfolio together for applying to UNI courses.

 

[Zmann42087]

After five freaking months, I finally received my Sparco Strada steering wheel and the appropriate hub adapter for my Eclipse. It was on backorder for what felt like forever.