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Name: Andrew Cathie
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If you could only own one gaming system what would it be?
» PS1
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» Wild Arms
What is your favourite gaming genre?
» RPG
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» PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, Gameboy Pocket, GBC, GBA, NDSL, Wii, Xbox 360 and PC
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» General Forums, General PAL Talk
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Interests: Anime, Games, Music and Books
 
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Biography
Hey guys my name is Andrew.

I've been a player of the games since I was a young age and can remember more points in life holding a master system or NES controller in my hand then without. I'm also very much a lover of just about anything Japanese.
Andrew Cathie's Recent Forum Posts
Kyle Clarthy wrote
When Zero told me about Yggdra Union, I was pretty interested. Now, I know this would be an American only thing usually, but I'm sure there's ways around it.
Well since it's a digital download I'd assume you would be able to get it as long as you have a US PSN account on your PSP (Which I do) or create one for it. Just means the whole swapping between regions if you also use an AU PSN account.
James Varoutsos wrote
Welcome Macka, I hope you enjoy your stay. Standard procedure, shoes at the door & jetpacks equipped with paintball guns in the back. Have at it.
I think what he'll be more interested in is the Pokemon cosplaying strippers in the east wing. They're on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday every second week.


Congratulations to the both of you.
Passa wrote
VODAFONE SUCK IMO
Surprisingly my dealings with Vodafone this week were the complete opposite.

Went into the store to get a new phone after being **** around by both Optus and Three. Supposedly both of them had the phone I was ordering "in stock" and yet a month later for each one and no phone, an order number that doesn't work and customer service lying to me about what the **** is going on.

Go in, ask the girl if they have the Xperia X10 in stock. Yep they've got it, they ask me all the details and crap, (yes the medicare card is for points of ID and also because it's a more reliable source of ID), and goes through the whole process. Gets to the end and it comes up as being "referred" on the credit check, so she gets me to sign the contract and everything and says it will be 30 minutes for it to go through.

Come back 30 minutes later and I've been declined, with no reason given. She tells me she'll challenge it and get a manager to try and put it through and said she'd call me the next day about it.

I show up after work the next day, I haven't had a mobile for 2 months so I didn't know if she called home or not (turns out she actually did call back and everything), she just looks at me and goes, "I just need to see your student card. I got you put through as a student."

Done and done. Some of the better customer service I've gotten from a telco. Now I have an Xperia X10 and it only took 2 months after the other telco's dicked me around constantly. icon_annoyed.gif
James wrote
Happy birthday!

I'm actually in Melb this Fri, Sat & Sun. While I've got stuff on all nights, if this meet happens I'll show up for a bit.
Well if you're down with watching some guys play with miniature armies than you can feel free to meet up with myself, FeralOni, Nvus and Jellyfish in the city on Saturday.
Australian Gaming Bargains - 09/09/10 by Andrew
PALGN Feature: A week of massive bargains.
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Massive **** props go out to theory for mentioning the Threadless sale. I've been needing a few more t-shirts recently and this worked out perfectly for me. Got myself 4 t-shirts and also grabbed one for NVus.

What I got myself:




My personal favourite of the lot is the first one. It's special order only though, so it has to be sent seperately to the rest. Meant another $9 for postage, but so worth it.

For NVus:



That one glows in the dark. :O

Cost me a grand total of $77.28 AUD for the lot. Means I don't need to buy any more t-shirts before I go to Sydney.
Would I be able to grab the white Wii lan adaptor?
Well then my guesses become:

8, 12, 13 and 20
Yeah, I reckon it's kind Raw that someone who has previously produced solid work for other competitions wasn't given a prize in a competition that is based on random selection...

Also, my avatar is Wonderboy. Obviously I'm the most deserving of everyone.
Re: My 22nd B'day! (3 days ago)
I'll be there. Might be late depending on my work roster, but since I already have plans for that Saturday it works fairly well for me.
Pagan's Mind wrote
+1 Andrew Cathie for Haunting Ground.
+1 to Pagan's Mind for buying the above. Also;

+1 to TheAnswer for the World of Warcraft battlechest
+1 to AXIS of reality for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
+1 to Fyuusii for payment for Metal Gear Solid 2
+1 to netbies for payment for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
+1 to The Truth for payment for Mass Effect
Fetidchimp wrote
Vanquish is 21 October.
f1 2010 is 23 september
Two Worlds 2 is 17 september
Castlevania : Lords of Shadow is 7 october
Fable III is 26 October
All fixed. I was the one that screwed up the Fable 3 date though. I obviously clicked on November by accident and just followed through.


Fetidchimp wrote
Enslaved is 7 October
Fifa 11 is 30 september
Pro Evolution soccer 2011 is 7 october
Can't add new games in under dvd feeds system.


Fetidchimp wrote
yay for dvd feed
My sentiments exactly.


light487 wrote
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
11th September 2010
(Steam has 10% pre-order discount)
As I said to Fetid, can't add new games in under dvdfeeds system. Which is incredibly weak and very, very annoying considering I used to be able to.
Updated Australian Release List - 05/09/10 by Andrew
PALGN Feature: Return of the Keyblade.
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Australian Gaming Bargains - 02/09/10 by Andrew
PALGN Feature: Samus' reign of blood begins, in a fighter jet.
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+1 to Jedi_Amara for LittleBigPlanet
+1 to genxevo for Prototype
+1 to mantra79 for Disgaea
+1 to shadowslord for a bunch of freebie PS2 games
Kyle Clarthy wrote
Hmm ... what does this mean?
Absolutely nothing. Just means the seperate stock exchange listing for Atlus will be removed and placed under the Index corporate flag.

They will still release/develop/publish games as Atlus, just now they aren't seperately listed on the stock exchange.
a) How to Train Your Dragon (I saw that one twice)
Updated Australian Release List - 22/08/10 by Andrew
PALGN Feature: A bottomless hole of nothing.
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Benza wrote
How many friends do people have that they have had since they were three?
I can't even remember the friends I had when I was three.
I have a few friends that I've been friends with since I was 2 and 3 years old.
SONY wrote
I will get a mod to update/edit my opening post with the following details.
Done, first post has been edited for you.
My guesses, in the hope that I win this most awesome of giveaways (especially considering I need a GBA Micro/SP so I can play Pokemon Yellow with a backlit screen):

Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Warhawk
Street Fighter IV
Resistance
Resistance 2
LittleBigPlanet
Grand Theft Auto IV
Gizmocreative wrote
how can they tell if its a preowned or a new game? will every game have to punch in a code now?
That's exactly it, they'll just be copying the new method EA have started.

Personally, while not liking it, I can see why they're doing it. The cost of developing mid to hig end high def games is much higher than costs to develop previous generation games and we're still paying the stock standard $120 odd max for a standard edition that we've been paying since the Mega Drive days. They're having to sell more games to make back their money and so they're looking to make an extra buck any way they can and if they don't their shareholders are going to go down on their arses.
ZeroX03 wrote
I wonder when Persona 3 will come on the AUS PSN Store....
Never I'm guessing. Atlus have no plans whatsoever to release Persona 3 Portable outside of Japan or the US. Which is why I got Lapzod to pick me up a copy while he was in the US.
My god this article has taken what Miyazaki was saying COMPLETELY out of context.

They're not shutting down Ghibli if their latest film goes badly, they've already got another film from Isao Takahata in the works at the moment as well as working on Ni no Kuni with Level 5. What they're currently doing is trying to bring through some of their newer writers and directors to see what they can do.

All it is, is that Toshio Suzuki (Ghibli President and main producer) and Miyazaki have created dissolution plans for if they HAVE to shut Ghibli down.
Australian Gaming Bargains - 26/08/10 by Andrew
PALGN Feature: ModNation Auto IV: Episodes from Panau.
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Re: WTB PSN Card (2 weeks ago)
shiraj wrote
Just curious - wouldn't Palgn know the IP addresses for this scammer and just report to the police - if Palgn wanted to do that ?? What say you Verv?
Being nothing but a lowly writer and part time mod, that's something I can't comment on. That sort of thing would be up to the owner of the site I'd think.
Re: WTB PSN Card (2 weeks ago)
matt404au wrote
Post his e-mail, I'll find him icon_smile.gif
Scammer or not, you're not allowed to post other peoples personal details on the forum. Anyone that does will be issued with a warning and repeat offenders will be banned.
ANDYBALLINA wrote
Exaclty and while its not as in depth as playing the original, there will be re cap and over view of the first game on the disc anyway.

At least PS3 owners get to enjoy this awesome game.
It's not really the same though. Sure you'll get a recap of the main plot points, but most likely the side quests and various other smaller things will be completely ignored. It's like getting a 50 page recap of a 500 page novel. Sure you'll get the basics but you'll miss a lot of stuff that can make you love the characters and adds that extra depth to the world. Also you miss out on the emotion induced from taking your own Sheppard through the full 2 games.

I agree with the last point though. Definitely great to see the game going out to a wider audience.
Re: WTB PSN Card (2 weeks ago)
VMan87 wrote
Yeh but everyone has to start somewhere, how is someone who is completely honest and fair able to start trading if no one ever buys or sells to them if they don't have feedback - game exchange would never have got off the ground.
Then do what others have suggested and ask them to post the item first. You can also offer them your contact details so they can also feel secure in the knowledge that they can contact you if they're unsure of what's going on.

That one was actually FeralOni's idea.