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Real Name Mike Fisk   
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Signed On Oct 31, 2002, 20:40
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News Comments > Evening Metaverse
7. Re: Evening Metaverse Sep 21, 2011, 15:35 killer_roach
 
Cutter wrote on Sep 21, 2011, 10:02:
Or maybe, corporations and the rich could start paying their fair share. You know, instead of ragging on the poor.

Highest corporate tax rate on Earth. Most progressive income tax system of the OECD member countries. Half of all income tax filers pay zero income tax.

Now, I realize it's not comprehensive (payroll tax is proportional to a certain point before becoming regressive due to how it was set up to work, and would continue to work that way until the government decides to drop all pretexts and makes Social Security and Medicare de jure welfare programs, not just de facto), and there are legitimate issues with loopholes (accrued interest dividends are probably the most egregious), but on balance the rich are paying their fair share in this country.

If you're going to get mad at the tax system shafting poor people, though, look at how government assistance benefits are calculated. At the rate many of them phase out, people living just above the poverty line can face marginal income tax rates of over 100% (due to losing benefits and paying more taxes).
 
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News Comments > New Via Digital Distribution
5. Re: New Via Digital Distribution Sep 21, 2011, 03:00 killer_roach
 
Prez wrote on Sep 21, 2011, 01:24:
It's the original Operation Flashpoint, and it is also the game with the best mission editor on the face of the planet. A complete mapping/editing neophyte can script an awesome large scale conflict anywhere on the islands in 2 minutes. And then play in it til their heart's content.

It is so intuitive, robust, and straightforward that I was able to set up a 20-on-20 city night battle, complete with tanks, apc's, and helicopters, in a remote town on an island of my choosing in about 3 minutes without looking at a manual. And I've never made a mission before in my life in any game.

Even if you never touch the campaign or the many missions available, you can lose weeks to this game just setting up nearly any battle scenario you can think of and playing them any way you want. This is truly a modern warfare sandbox, and it is sublime.

So true. I played the hell out of OFP back in the day. Will definitely have to pick this up.
 
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News Comments > PC Arkham City Delayed Until November
29. Re: PC Arkham City Delayed Until November Sep 20, 2011, 16:11 killer_roach
 
space captain wrote on Sep 20, 2011, 15:46:
just bought a 560 Ti and they gave me a coupon for this game for free... now its pushed back? wtf.. who cares there are like 20 bad ass games around the corner plus a bunch of recent releases i never got to

On the bright side, it'll be there waiting for you, and you'll be able to run it pretty well once you get it.
 
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News Comments > Morning Mobilization
3. Re: AT&T will launch LTE network Sep 16, 2011, 19:02 killer_roach
 
kanniballl wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 16:23:
Verizon beats the coverage by me and their 4G beats AT&T's 3G and current "4G." But AT&T's 3G beats Verizon's 3G.

That's also a function of network technology - CDMA carriers are going to have craptastic 3G service compared to GSM ones. It's the reason why Sprint and Verizon were the first ones to jump to 4G-class technologies (I say "4G-class" because Sprint's WiMax-based network, where available, can often be slower than the HSPA-based 3G networks that AT&T and T-Mobile currently have, much less their faux-4G HSPA+ networks).

In terms of AT&T's LTE rollout, it'll all be contingent on how much they've developed their backhaul, something that plagued their HSPA and HSPA+ networks for quite some time.
 
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News Comments > RAGE TV Spot
8. Re: RAGE TV Spot Sep 15, 2011, 17:28 killer_roach
 
This trailer was already on TV almost a week ago... the "Go Blue!" reference in the blog being for that it aired during the Michigan / Notre Dame game last Saturday (as the blog post mentions).

Personally indifferent to Michigan, but after what they did to my alma mater the week before, I'm hoping they have a good season. That one hurt.
 
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News Comments > Why the Syndicate Remake is a First-Person Shooter
57. Re: Why the Syndicate Remake is a First-Person Shooter Sep 13, 2011, 09:02 killer_roach
 
Fibrocyte wrote on Sep 13, 2011, 08:57:
I'll reserve judgment until I experience it first-hand. I also realize I stand alone in this.

I agree completely - while I think an FPS is a pretty easy way out design-wise, it could still have potential.

The problem is, however, that to stand out as an FPS is extremely difficult anymore, especially with the big franchises commanding the lions' share of attention. I don't know if setting alone would be enough to interest gamers too young to have spent much time in the original Syndicate.
 
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News Comments > Evening Consolidation
4. Re: Evening Consolidation Sep 10, 2011, 03:17 killer_roach
 
Honestly, 3D has applications for gaming... but the technology is still, in my personal opinion, woefully inadequate.

Better they try a 3D push in gaming than a 3D push in movies (which is a fad that should die sooner rather than later).
 
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News Comments > Borderlands BTest Patch on Steam
6. Re: Borderlands BTest Patch on Steam Sep 9, 2011, 19:40 killer_roach
 
Sempai wrote on Sep 9, 2011, 18:20:
It's going on two years with not one patch to fix the plethora of PC issues and you assholes want me to test your code for Borderlands 2?

Hey Gearbox, suck a dick.

Geezus, what fucking douche bags.

Let it be known that, in the PC gaming world, no good deed goes unpunished.
 
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News Comments > Avalanche Layoffs
2. Re: Avalanche Layoffs Sep 7, 2011, 12:06 killer_roach
 
Quboid wrote on Sep 7, 2011, 11:44:
That's what you get for not liking DRM!
- Ubisoft (in my imagination)

In reality:
"That's what you get for working with Disney!" - Disney
 
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News Comments > Ships Ahoy - Dead Island; Patch Coming; Steam has an Xbox Build?
32. Re: Ships Ahoy - Dead Island; Patch Coming; Steam has an Xbox Build? Sep 6, 2011, 13:19 killer_roach
 
fujiJuice wrote on Sep 6, 2011, 12:47:
Jerykk wrote on Sep 6, 2011, 12:19:
From what I can tell, this appears to be a debug build which is why debug commands like noclip work. All Techland needs to do is replace the .exe. to fix this issue.

I guess that explains how I went noclip for no reason whatsoever midgame last night, completely broke everything and I couldn't get out of it. I finally had to shut the game down.

From what I've been hearing, the noclip function is actually bound to the Y key.
 
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News Comments > Quoteworthy - Avalanche on DRM
7. Re: Quoteworthy - Avalanche on DRM Sep 6, 2011, 10:51 killer_roach
 
Verno wrote on Sep 6, 2011, 10:20:
Pretty much the entire industry is moving towards account based game ownership so I really shouldn't need to see DRM on games anymore.

Account-based game ownership is DRM. Plain and simple.

I get your point, however. If I tie a game to an account, then pretty much any DRM beyond that becomes overkill.
 
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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
2. Re: PSN has added 3 million users Sep 2, 2011, 19:39 killer_roach
 
Creston wrote on Sep 2, 2011, 16:49:
2,999,999 of them are people who just created a new account rather than deal with their old haxxored one anymore.

The other is the PSN CEO's mom.

Creston

The PS3 is handily outselling the 360 in Europe still... those user numbers don't surprise me one iota.
 
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News Comments > Free Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar on GOG.com
15. Re: Free Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar on GOG.com Sep 1, 2011, 12:18 killer_roach
 
Silicon Avatar wrote on Sep 1, 2011, 11:04:
Ultima 4 has been legally given away for free about 50 billion times now.

It's still a good game though, so no real complaints here.

That being said, GOG has their usual complement of extras to go along with the game, something that other releases haven't had...
 
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News Comments > The Witcher 2 Sales Approach One Million
24. Re: The Witcher 2 Sales Approach One Million Aug 30, 2011, 14:15 killer_roach
 
Kajetan wrote on Aug 30, 2011, 14:09:
I remember Eidos complaining about 1.5 million sales of Kane & Lynch, worldwide, all plattforms, as "not quite what they hoped for" and "dissapointing".

What in God's Allmighty Name did they spent on this game?

Eidos practically was the poster child for spendthrift development... and a bunch of that money, I'd wager, was on promotions (many of which backfired on them... see Gerstmann-gate).

Promotions and personnel can make or break a budget... do those things in a savvy way and you could make a AAA game on a mid-level budget, or a strong mid-level or downloadable title as a relatively unestablished indie; do them poorly, and you end up with a mid-tier game on a blockbuster budget.
 
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News Comments > The Witcher 2 Sales Approach One Million
21. Re: The Witcher 2 Sales Approach One Million Aug 30, 2011, 13:57 killer_roach
 
I'd also point out the difference between the likely costs of development for a studio in Eastern Europe versus one in the US or Canada... it's entirely possible that CD Projekt Red simply doesn't need as high of sales expectations on those grounds.  
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News Comments > Why Minecraft Isn't On Steam
11. Re: Why Minecraft Isn't On Steam Aug 29, 2011, 22:22 killer_roach
 
Asmo wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 21:53:
I'm curious though, Mass Effect 2 allowed you to purchase the add on's with points and bolt them directly to the game despite it being on Steam... Was there a big deal that Valve was kicking up over that that I missed?

Valve changed the terms for Steam relatively recently, which has been what has caused the dust-up.
 
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News Comments > Why Minecraft Isn't On Steam
9. Re: Why Minecraft Isn't On Steam Aug 29, 2011, 21:51 killer_roach
 
Sepharo wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 19:55:
commonperson wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 19:37:
So the exact same reason EA said... now who's going to start calling Notch a money grubbing maggot who doesn't make anything good? First person? Anyone? It's funny, when it's a "gaming darling" it's cool but when it's a big company all of a sudden it's a VAST conspiracy to promote their own product.

Is Minecraft going to be published by EA and require Origins?

Must have missed that part.

Non sequitur.
 
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News Comments > Valve on Steam Trade-Ins
29. Re: Valve on Steam Trade-Ins Aug 27, 2011, 13:45 killer_roach
 
Enahs wrote on Aug 27, 2011, 13:39:
This is just a silly concept, by name. The whole argument is flawed.

With a boxed copy, I own that box and game disc. I can break the game disc, use it to play the game, etc.

With digital distribution, you do not own the game; you have a license to use the game on your system.

The real name for "trading digitally distributed items" is actually called RENTING! And you do not need an economists to explain renting to you.....

All right, guys... who let Richard Stallman get online?

If you think you don't need economists to figure this one out, then coming up with a pricing model should be pretty simple, right?

(This oughta be fun)
 
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News Comments > Valve on Steam Trade-Ins
9. Re: Valve on Steam Trade-Ins Aug 26, 2011, 22:50 killer_roach
 
Somnambulator wrote on Aug 26, 2011, 21:56:
The World Bank is the last organization i'd want helping me understand economics, let alone creating a market exchange for digital goods.

Then who, pray tell, would you want helping you construct a theoretical economic framework?

(Personally, I'd cast my lot with the Behavioral Economics people at Princeton or University of Chicago, but the World Bank people are no slouches in terms of economic modeling.)
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
7. Re: Morning Tech Bits Aug 26, 2011, 14:03 killer_roach
 
Frijoles wrote on Aug 26, 2011, 13:17:
I didn't think the PC had ever lost it's rightful place.

I remember back in the day when PCs weren't really in the same league as consoles for gaming... that didn't really change until the proliferation of 3D hardware. The one that illustrated the PC's potential as a gaming powerhouse (the Amiga excepted) was the 3Dfx version of the original Tomb Raider. After you saw that, you couldn't go back to playing it on the PS1. Ever since, enterprising PC developers have been able to get bleeding-edge visuals that have humiliated the consoles (although there was that short period of time from 2000-2002 when the PS2 and Xbox were at least competitive from a performance standpoint).
 
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