jdreyer wrote on Sep 10, 2012, 23:19:
Okay, that cracked me up pretty good.

Jerykk wrote on Sep 10, 2012, 23:02:
This is probably the Wheel of Time game that they were rumored to be working on a while back.

RailWizard wrote on Sep 9, 2012, 23:03:
Can you honestly tell me what it is that makes Valve so great?

Sure, they have made some great games in the past. They may even make 1 or 2 in the future.

Now beyond that, they have become a publisher, and as such, are seemingly not immune to the temptations of that role.

I am merely trying to predict the future here....

Soon they will roll out their app store(which no one asked for), as well as all this other gimmicky crap referenced in this article.

All I want is a decent online game store. I can get all that other crap from elsewhere, I don't need it from Valve.

edit: "special." That's right. Don't forget it.

Cutter wrote on Sep 10, 2012, 00:42:

mag wrote on Sep 9, 2012, 23:59:
How about that Broncos/Steelers game! Damn close 'til those last 2 minutes.

Lol! Funny as hell but absolutely true. At the bar wit a few Steelers fans. I say Ben is going to throw a pick - it's what happens in the last 2 minutes with him under pressure. First play...nothing. Second down...I say, 'Here comes the pick.'. Denver grabs it and wins the game. They're all giving me the hairy eyeball at first and then relax into laughter. 'What are you psychic?' Me...'Well I haven't won the lottery so no. Just going on Big Ben's past performances.'

Still the officiating has been pretty brutal around the league today. Just goes to show how much people get pissed off with the "pros" it shows there is a very distinct difference. Hope the Seahawks enjoyed their 4th timeout. Regardless it was a surprising day all around. Should make for an interesting season.

mch wrote on Sep 5, 2012, 16:52:
I'm completely fine with the $100 fee, and good for them to donate it Child's Play.

I was surprised by an op-ed I read earlier ("The $100 fee for Steam Greenlight submissions is exclusionary, and wrong"). I enjoy Ben's reviews (moreso when he was with Ars), but I can't agree with him here.

Sure, maybe the fee might still serve its purpose if it was slightly lower (personally I think the $10 number thrown around is too low), but $100 isn't too high. I certainly wouldn't call it 'exclusionary' or 'wrong'. Like I've seen some others say, isn't $100 just a tiny Kickstarter away?

Julio wrote on Aug 31, 2012, 15:59:
"for cool stuff for gaming, you've got to go to Gamestop"

ROFL - that's about the last place to go. Wonder if they'll try to pass off their vintage inventory as 'new', just like they sell used games as 'new'.

Jerykk wrote on Aug 29, 2012, 23:57:
I think they listed D3 as an example because it sold like 6 million units in a week and is the fastest selling PC game of all time.

TheEmissary wrote on Aug 28, 2012, 21:54:
I would love for AMD to take the performance crown from Intel like they did early 2000's with the Athlon. It would be great for a consumer standpoint for Intel to have real competition.

That said I don't know if I could trust AMD claims after all the hype around the Bulldozer and the APU which both sort of flop and plagued with issues.

Creston wrote on Aug 28, 2012, 17:00:

NegaDeath wrote on Aug 28, 2012, 15:44:

nin wrote on Aug 28, 2012, 15:38:
I was amazed Last stand rated so bad, while X-Men Origins: Wolverine was 30...I remember laughing out loud, in a bad way, during one of the more unbelievable parts of Wolverine...

And speaking of shitty Jackman movies, I don't see redacted on this list, so it's clearly incorrect...

Mankind as a whole decided to erase all knowledge of the aformentioned Hugh Jackman movie that cannot be named. You must have missed the meeting.

The Fountain was infinitely more shitty than Van Helsing. Mankind should probably go and have another meeting...

Creston

Creston wrote on Aug 27, 2012, 13:56:
Also, Katrina was already a Cat 5 hurricane when it was about to hit land, and it was one of the most powerful C5s ever witnessed. Isaac is a Tropical Storm that may turn into a Cat 1. Quite different scales of destruction there.

Creston

dj LiTh wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 04:44:
A blueray disk doesnt hold enough data to be able to push an hour n half movie at 4k, not even close. Rumor fail.

Prez wrote on Aug 21, 2012, 17:00:

The reason nothing has matched MOO2 is simple: designers honestly felt the best way to improve the genre is add real-time elements.

Hello? The Galactic Civilization series? They are the equal of the MOO series, and arguably better in many respects.

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 21, 2012, 02:58:
I would be curious to know how strong the sender signal had to be and what bandwidth it had. I am always shocked how little REAL technical information these pseudo science articles have. Even though it'd be extremely interesting to read how exactly it was done. In the end, I am not sure why they don't shot a com satellite into mars orbit first.... surely I am not the first to think that? Wouldn't that make communication far easier? And wouldn't that be mandatory for communication of huge data volumes (ie, light based burst communication?). Or are they seriously sending this data over a long band radio frequency?

briktal wrote on Aug 20, 2012, 16:36:

Creston wrote on Aug 20, 2012, 16:03:
So the new endgame is... grind 100 more levels?

Creston

Isn't this what many people were asking for?

DG wrote on Aug 18, 2012, 17:37:
Matchmaking, matchmaking, matchmaking

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