What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Fragems]

Just get Wii Fit and/or EA Sports Active. EA Sports Active will get you working up a nice sweat and Wii Fit will help you with balance and body control.

Plus Wii Fit will track your weight and BMI and will passively bitch at you by giving you a high "Wii Fit Age" and giving your Mii a beer gut if your overweight lol.

[dsheinem]

I am genuinely not too worried about exercise, guys. If my body or a physician tells me I need to seriously fix something/lose weight/build muscle/etc. then I will deal with that problem when it comes. Generally I am in good health and maintain a mostly reasonable diet.

Besides - I really don't like to exercise for the sake of exercising - I'd rather shoot some hoops, kayak, go for a hike, etc. I may run some if I feel like there's a goal other than "general health and fitness" attached to it. In any case, that all starts up when it gets warmer out.

[Luke]

My Sister posted this article to her Facebook page:

http://time.com/14953/parents-who-use-s ... -crankier/

So tempted to comment "Since your toddler has an iphone and an ipad, isn't she exempt from the entire 'Mommy and Daddy are always on their phone' blues?"

[noiseredux]

I am genuinely not too worried about exercise, guys. If my body or a physician tells me I need to seriously fix something/lose weight/build muscle/etc. then I will deal with that problem when it comes. Generally I am in good health and maintain a mostly reasonable diet.

I'm betting the suggestion was more because exercise releases endorphins that can help pull you out of whatever midlife crisis funk you might be in.

[aaron]

I am genuinely not too worried about exercise, guys. If my body or a physician tells me I need to seriously fix something/lose weight/build muscle/etc. then I will deal with that problem when it comes. Generally I am in good health and maintain a mostly reasonable diet.

I'm betting the suggestion was more because exercise releases endorphins that can help pull you out of whatever midlife crisis funk you might be in.

hard street drugs will also help pull you out of said funk.

[Fragems]

: Think I may have found my solution to testing discs . Imgburn has a disc verification option that I'm toying with. Seems to work for PS2 games will test out some other stuff.

: The ViewSonic NextVision HD12 I picked up on eBay is "out for delivery". Probably won't be here till 8pm tonight which is the usual UPS drop off time but I can't wait to try it out .

[aaron]

: Think I may have found my solution to testing discs . Imgburn has a disc verification option that I'm toying with. Seems to work for PS2 games will test out some other stuff.

in my experience this takes for-fucking-ever with most games, even with a pretty fast drive. not really worth it if you're trying to move a large volume of disc-based games. the visual check, a good buffer and a strong return policy should suffice; play-testing for 5-10 minutes is another option.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I generally try to confirm that my games work when I get them.

I used to test every disc game in its respective console. But now I just pop it in the PC and if the computer recognizes it I say "good enough!"

[Hobie-wan]

: Think I may have found my solution to testing discs . Imgburn has a disc verification option that I'm toying with. Seems to work for PS2 games will test out some other stuff.

A few things: Remember that some games like PS1 (and PS2 I believe) have intentional errors on discs that the system looks for since burning programs will try to correct them when making a copy. These may show up for certain scans. You'll be unable to check Dreamcast and Gamecube discs.

[prfsnl_gmr]

My practice is to: (1) conduct a visual inspection of the disc; (2) clean it; and (3) play-test it by watching the opening cinematics, starting each game mode, and playing the game for 10-15 minutes (or to the completion of the first level). When I list the game for sale, I state exactly what I did to test the game and state that, while I have no reason to think the game does not work, I cannot represent that the disc performs flawlessly. (Also, I am not sure I would take a game back because it stuttered during the closing credits. )