Like the BF series. Ever spend half or a whole clip into a guys back at close range just to have him turn around and off you in one shot?

Fixed: “Blank Firing” weapon bugs

I think what would be fun for this video game commentary system is to include, much like DVD deleted scenes, some of the level/designs that they talked about but removed\changed for whatever reasons the play testers gave them.

Bought and played through HL2:Ep1 this evening. Took about 4 hours playing at usual pace.

The lack of mods both for HL2 and BF2 has been a big let down.

And you somehow think that this is going to make it easier for bands to noticed? The signal to noise ratio just went through the floor.

The OSS engines are used for how many games? If they're that great, why would a company pay id or Epic such large sums of money to license their engine instead of using the OSS ones? They're simply not on the same level of quality or developer support.

i would imagine simple economics would dictate that. Advertising costs money, beyond word of mouth, replacing your instruments, day to day expenses; all the stuff that goes with running a band.

I don't imagine they make professional game engines in their full time. If that engine hadn't come out, would the mod exist?

If you enjoy watching your friend read a book* then you need help and should legally be allowed to pirate anything to try and get a life!

*Unless you friend is a hot chick and it is a book that will make her touch herself.

It's the old book analogy -- if you have the book, he can't read it at the same time. If he photocopies the book, then that's no longer true.

With digital media, the cost of that photocopy is approximitely nothing.

That's more a matter of choice than most people give credit. If your band decides not "to sell out" to the big corps and be successful on the local circuit, they have every right to do so. But if they want to get their music out to a wider audience, there's the route you have to take for that, too. You don't have to, but it's nice to have that backing.

Yes. It is. The old adage of 95% of everything is crap applies here -- except that it's closer to 99%. No Britney Spears, sure, but no Pink Floyd, or NIN, or whatever band you like too. They might still exist, but the odds of them ever getting beyond a purely local phenomenon is exceptionally low.

You liked Red Orchestra, but do you think it ever would've come about without Unreal Tournament? Someone had to put in the massive amount of development time (and money) to create something that others could use to create Red Orchestra and other games. How are they going to be able to do that if nobody pays for the game?

Yeah, I'm (since I'm Swedish) seriously considering voting Pirate Party at the electioncoming this fall.

but week 4,6,19,23,26,42, are all good and "you'll be there!

It's funny how the only non-Valve games released on Steam are overhyped tech demos more deserving of the shareware bin or are just plain crap.

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