Axis wrote on Aug 17, 2012, 16:03:

Wookiestick wrote on Aug 17, 2012, 15:51:
This will be an interesting digital experiment. I for one hope it doesn't happen, but think about it...

What would happen if Steam was to go out of business? Did you buy the game or rent it? Yeah they've said they would unlock the DRM on the games, but talk is cheap.

Every game on steam is owned unless its F2P -- It's a digital purchase, not a digital rental.

ASeven wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 23:52:
Grapevine is filled with rumors about this. No big name within and outside the industry have showed any sort of interest for the moment though and there's still no official word if EA is putting itself to sale though unofficially they pretty much have signaled they are for sale.

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 17:58:
So are the items you get in Mann Up mode just cosmetic, or are they weapons and such?

Bhruic wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 03:18:
Meh. I was going to check it out on my own server, until I found out that you must have 6 people, and bots on your team don't count. Very annoying. I prefer to play with people I know, and usually we get a small group together (2-3 people) and play vs bots. Was hoping to do that with this, but we'd have to play with 3-4 strangers to do it.

I guess it's nice that Valve is putting out new free content, but forcing group play isn't something I appreciate. Even in L4D(2), you can play with bots.

Matshock wrote on Aug 15, 2012, 17:03:
I was just pondering buying a nice upgrade kit from Newegg and changing out the guts in my desktop, getting Windows 7 and finally going 64 bit.

Then it occurred to me that Windows 8/ XBOX your PC is just around the corner and I could be wasting my time & money.

I wonder how HW manufacturers like MS now?

Cutter wrote on Aug 15, 2012, 12:15:
I'd actually like to see something like this a bit smaller scale as I'm learning about permaculture and looking to make the transition to subsistence/gentleman farming doing small rotations of crops, raising boar, bees, some dairy animals, possibly vines for wine grapes, etc.

StingingVelvet wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 16:58:

SXO wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 16:19:
So its the consumers' fault that developers that work for mega-publishers like EA have absolutely no idea how to control their spending? Why is it that CD Projekt can produce The Witcher and The Witcher 2, give away all the "DLC" for free, sell "only" 4 million copies combined (both games and across all platforms), and they're still profitable? Does The Witcher 2 look like a low-budget game to you? How about you stop and question why EA's budgets are so astronomical, and whether these incredible games really cost as much as they're claiming they do to make? It's all horsesh*t, the companies have just become bloated insatiably gluttonous monsters.

Another example is the original Crysis which cost $22 million to make according to CryTek, and they were still profitable after the first year. The truth is when your competitor is making $100 million in the same time frame, your shareholders start to cry foul. So what happens? Time to start squeezing every last drop of money from your customers so your earnings reports start to look sweeter.

US corporation has more overhead than a smaller Polish group, news at 11. Of course EA spends more money, on employees if nothing else.

None of that is relevant though. What is relevant is consumers have ALL the power. If people told EA to stick their DLC up their ass then EA would pretty much do so. Instead we say "more please" and EA is obliging.

Capitalism 101.

Beamer wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 16:56:

scratz wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 16:04:

J wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 12:40:
Have I been living in an alternate time stream? I could swear Counter-Strike was developed by Gooseman and co before being adopted by Valve later on?

Or does that count as being the creator?

Of course it counts. But if we are being truly fair, we need to recognize that it was built on a Valve platform, which gives them significant measures of contribution, and frankly wasn't perfected until Valve took over its development.

Disagree, was better before Valve.
That said, when you buy the company that invented it and incorporate the people that invented it you invented it.

ItBurn wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 16:22:

mag wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 16:18:

Creston wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 14:02:
Being upfront about something doesn't excuse pisspoor quality. Never has, never will. You can try to be upfront with your boss about why you're not going to do any work this week, and at the end of the week, your ass will still be fired.
Creston

Uh. If you're up front with your boss and tell him mid-way through the week that you underestimated the time/money you needed to do everything you said you'd do by the end of the week, you should be fired?

God I hate it when people do that to me. That's not what he said. You understand what he meant, don't be an ass.

Creston wrote on Aug 14, 2012, 14:02:
Being upfront about something doesn't excuse pisspoor quality. Never has, never will. You can try to be upfront with your boss about why you're not going to do any work this week, and at the end of the week, your ass will still be fired.
Creston

AnointedSword wrote on Aug 13, 2012, 14:11:
How is that change doing for you? More lay offs, stores fronts in the mall are empty...Worse president ever!

Cutter wrote on Aug 12, 2012, 20:16:

Axis wrote on Aug 12, 2012, 19:33:
I agree, doesn't make him any less respected as a leader on Linux and innovation.

I mean look at Bill Gates. Dude is smart and seems like a nice guy. But ya know what he's a dick. It's about what you do, not what you say...

Yeah, all those billions Gates has given to charity. What an asshole. And Linus does what again?

deqer wrote on Aug 10, 2012, 20:58:
Team A vs Team B vs Team C? not sure how that works. sounds like a messy Free For All experience; which doesn't help since teamplay usually already lacks team coordination anyways.

Team A vs Team C / Team B vs Team C? sure.

Team A/B vs Team C? sure.

Cutter wrote on Aug 10, 2012, 21:11:
There's really no need for that kind of juvenile behavior. Keep that sort of shit on Kotaku where it belongs.

Ratty wrote on Aug 9, 2012, 10:35:
For a time I was careful to say "data are" in my emails and documentations. Then I decided it was so artificial and a bit pretentious I gave it up. When I come across that construct elsewhere I always find it a bit distracting and that shouldn't happen in things you write.

I also insist on saying "id is" (as in id software) rather than "id are" (or any corporation for that matter). I find that pretentious and distracting too. Plus I note even John Carmack says "id is."