Trevellian wrote on Jan 15, 2013, 22:08:
Dead Island was a fucking terrible experience and myself and the 3 people I played coop with wanted a full refund after finishing the garbage ass game.

The fact that it was allowed to have a Game of the Year edition, because ONE online review site gave it game of the year, is appalling to me. They were allowed to release it right before christmas too so parents would see "Game of the Year" on the box and go "oh my kids like zombies maybe they'll like this" and sell more copies to unsuspecting victims.

The first game was the ONLY GAME I have actually felt I wasted 50 bucks on. Normally I love Zombie games, but the story was horrible, the combat was horrible, the animations were horrible, and it was just all in all awful.

How it made enough money to warrant a sequel is beyond me.

nin wrote on Jan 15, 2013, 14:22:

ldonyo wrote on Jan 15, 2013, 09:34:
Every time I see an article on games being 'lost' on XBLA it's always based on comments from a developer whose game isn't selling very well. Maybe it's the game and not XBLA.

It is a pain in the ass to navigate and find stuff, if you're not sure what you're after...

Dead Island Riptide's bloody torso statue sparks anger, confusion (Updated).

Prez wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 20:19:

StingingVelvet wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 20:07:

Prez wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 19:25:
Why do publishers do this crazy stuff?

Retailer agreements.

I should have been more specific... I know it's based on retail but why are games, digital or retail, sold for so much more overseas? Does it have something to do with exchange rates?

merc248 wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:41:
At the very least, we should look at how the system favors prosecutors too much.

PsychoMoggieBagpuss wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 09:50:
Anyone on the fence about Chivalry needs to watch the below video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1B9sHBbyhs

The game is awesome.

The Half Elf wrote on Jan 13, 2013, 13:47:
Is it bad that I've never finished a mission in ARMA 1 or 2 due to the crappy control's or horrible voice work?

sauron wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 13:29:

DG wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 12:57:
Was that Bill & Ted filming that BMW?

I thought they were driving it...

Facebook shares rise in buildup to mystery event, earnings.

Family blames US attorneys for death of Aaron Swartz.

Beamer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:36:

jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:33:
This is exactly what I was talking about the other day with Anon petitioning the WH for use of DDoS as a protest tool:
- Chain yourself to the door of Walmart and block people from shopping for a few hours = arrest and a day or so in jail.
- DDOS a site and block people from shopping for a few hours = arrest and FIVE YEARS in jail.

My general feeling is that we've become too much of a prison-oriented society in the US. When the laws for classic crimes (burglary, theft, etc.) were revised 50-100 years ago, they were harsh but reasonable: you can get 10 years for manslaughter or 5 years for assault, etc. But when cyber crime laws were written 10-15 years ago, we were so much about throwing people into jail (3 strikes laws, etc.) that the laws don't really fit the crimes. Lobbyists were able to push through much stricter penalties than should have been necessary to deter aberrant behavior: $5000 per illegal song downloaded, 5 years jail for a DDoS attack, 35 years jail for DL-ing JSTOR and throwing it on the web.

These laws really out of balance and need to be challenged under the eight amendment of the Constitution:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

You can't compare locking people out of one Walmart to locking people out of Walmart.com. Walmart.com's sales dwarf any individual store. Plus there's more of a trickle.

Sepharo wrote on Jan 13, 2013, 22:13:
Enthusiasms.

UConnBBall wrote on Jan 13, 2013, 09:15:
WOW THE IGNORANCE!!!!!

OK how about you get prosecuted for something that benefits all of you!!!

If you don't know the story and if you don't understand suicide SHUT UP!

This is a huge story about someone that has helped the world and yet you guys just ridicule someone that did a selfish act and killed himself and you guys belittle this "quasi-celebrity!" Learn about Aaron and stop being stupid.

Creston wrote on Jan 13, 2013, 01:27:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Jan 13, 2013, 01:23:
F the pack. He isn't "the best QB in the league".

Errr... by just about every measurable statistic he has been the best QB basically for the last three years.

Now, I have no problem saying that Brady has had a better career, and can thus be considered to be the better QB, but the past few years Rodgers has been playing better than Brady. (and Brees, and Manning etc.)

Creston

Cutter wrote on Jan 13, 2013, 01:21:
Well it's no fucking good if the best QB in the league doesn't have time to do his job. Fucking Green Bay O line! Will they ever get it together? When they're on they're great but they have no consistency. And how many times did they need to let Kapernack run before they fucking adjusted for it?!!?!?!?!? It was the same shit as Denver, first half was great then the collapse started into the 3rd. Oh well, looks like it's going to be Pats and 49ers - and I already called the Pats for the Superbowl a while back.