nin wrote on Dec 10, 2012, 20:24:
So you got nothin then?

Verno wrote on Dec 10, 2012, 19:22:

Quboid wrote on Dec 10, 2012, 16:41:
Are you guys talking about a different PopCap? Maybe confusing them with PopTop? The PopCap I am familiar with were hated here for raping PC gaming and turning a generation of gamers into casual gaming lovers.

Funny how quickly things change when there's a hint of conflict with EA. Not even a hint, a theory. If that. EA are doing what they want with an organisation who voluntarily agreed to let them do this? Ohh, evil EA. Ohh, poor little PopCap. Oh, poor Peggle, remember how we loved this game?

No, no we didn't, we hated that game and we hated that developer. "Popcap's fantastic reputation"?! Are you kidding me? To be fair, maybe you did like them and PvZ is popular here (despite being the sort of casual game that we're supposed to be too cool to enjoy), but their reputation here was dismal.

Half - being generous - the posts here are just contrary EA bashing based on zero facts.

There's nothing wrong with enjoyable games that don't pander too much and still have enough depth to attract a wide variety of players. Plenty of people here like Popcap and play their games with family members.

You seem like you need a vacation or something, every time I see you post lately it's a generalized rant about some aspect of the community you don't like. You talk about contrary bashing but you're doing exactly the same thing.

SpectralMeat wrote on Dec 10, 2012, 15:05:
I think people should have at the very least have a general idea of where they are going with or without a GPS. If you don't know that your destination is 200 or 300 km away then that is your own fault.
People were able to get around before there were any GPS. On the paper map you don't get a blinking point where your current location is.
So no I don't feel sorry for the idiots getting lost because they have no clue where they are going the begin with.

Dev wrote on Dec 8, 2012, 06:58:

Quboid wrote on Dec 7, 2012, 14:55:
How good is Windows 8? I'm building a PC for my mum and I'll need to buy an OS; she's used to Windows and won't fancy switching.

Specifically, how good is Windows 8 without Metro.

I know Metro is appalling for keyboard/mouse users and I would be disabling that. However, Metro's received so much attention that I've no idea if the rest of the OS is any good. Is Windows 8 - Metro better than Windows 7?

Remember that you won't be able to disable metro at boot without a 3rd party tool, MS disabled all the registry ways to disable metro on boot when they did the final release version. Also, you will still be missing a start menu, again a 3rd party tool will take care of that.

Without a 3rd party tool you will have to enter desktop mode on every bootup and be without a start menu. MS really really wanted to force people into metro.

You can still get win 8 for $15 (details are on slickdeals). So fortunately its cheap enough you can still pay for the 3rd party tool without too much issue.

Alternatively one can generally downgrade as well. Not sure how the details of that are handled.

Techie714 © wrote on Nov 25, 2012, 12:48:
I ordered Dishonored from Amazon on black Friday (physical copy) for 29.99. I'm really looking forward to playing it. Right now I'm playing Hitman and it's "ok" but REALLY tough on some parts. Playing "Hard" mode.

Cutter wrote on Nov 23, 2012, 16:25:
What liberties are they taking with the history?

J wrote on Nov 21, 2012, 09:18:
Please note that they are not technically "bugs" as they do not prevent the user from completing the game and at this moment we do not know if a fix will be available at a later date.

Their definition of "bugs" concerns me there.

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TL;DR version: It's trying to be Hitman

Beamer wrote on Nov 21, 2012, 09:55:

InBlack wrote on Nov 21, 2012, 03:20:
Definitely a hard game to get into, not for the "ME ME ME ME!" generation. Very steep learning curve. If you were born after 1990 then this game is probably not for you....

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You really think the average CoD player is under 22?

Some people can be seriously demented in their own superiority complex. I guess you get that in every hobby. Somewhere out there some guy thinks he's special because he thinks his decision to collect only stamps from Burma makes him more intellectual.