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News Comments > Out of the Blue
9. Re: Out of the Blue May 6, 2013, 11:37 Creston
 
That is an incredible pic of a Mesocyclone cell. If you ever see something like that anywhere near you, fucking HIDE. Preferably about 30 feet underground. :O

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News Comments > Out of the Blue
8. Re: Out of the Blue May 6, 2013, 11:34 Creston
 
Ugh, Google just warned me that some fucking cuntrag from China has been trying to hack my various Google accounts. How about we just cut China off from the fucking internet altogether? Then those fucking drooltards can hack each other to their hearts' content.

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News Comments > etc.
1. Re: etc. May 6, 2013, 10:47 Creston
 
Very cool Mass Effect article. I don't really agree with the conclusion that the ending doesn't matter because the journey has been awesome. It's precisely because the journey has been so awesome that the ending is disappointing. A great story deserves a great ending, definitely a far better one than Bioware originally delivered.

The extended cut at least fixes the most heinous problem with the ending (that all 3 were in essence exactly the same) by giving each a unique voice over and slant, but even so it's still not where it should have been. After giving Mass Effect 2 an end-mission that's probably still (one of) the best ever created, not giving ME3 the same treatment was plainly the wrong decision.

However, all in all, it doesn't ruin the series for me, like it apparently has done for so many other people. I'm still enjoying playing it (especially now that the Citadel DLC can easily be viewed as the real ending, if you can ignore the 3 references they make to the war still going on), and I've been planning on doing another 1-3 playthrough.

Ending put aside, the ME series definitely ranks as one of the greatest game trilogies ever made in my book.

Also, pah to the Ars Technica dude. 369 hours in total? I've got more hours in all three games individually

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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
3. Re: Morning Tech Bits May 6, 2013, 10:31 Creston
 
Trashy wrote on May 6, 2013, 09:52:
[i]With No Cash for Upgrades, Local Government to Disconnect Some PCs from Net and Tape up Ethernet Ports.[/i]

only if there was some kind of free Operating system..

They likely don't have the support staff nor the infrastructure in place to be able to seamlessly switch to Linux. But yeah, I agree that this is really a ridiculous step to take.

I do like this quote from the article, though: “Why should we have to replace our computers at the convenience of the software manufacturer?”

Why indeed? Simply put a law in place that states it's illegal for a software manufacturer to end support for old software in Japan. Problem solved. Microsoft will scream to the ends of the earth that you can't do that retroactively, but since they happily change their own EULAs retroactively, they won't have a leg to stand on.

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News Comments > Op Ed
5. Re: Op Ed May 6, 2013, 10:29 Creston
 
InBlack wrote on May 6, 2013, 10:01:
There are a number of F2P games that are successful and dont gouge the player, so the monetization schemes that F2P games offer dont all fall in the same boat.


I think those are mostly cooperative though? Are there any F2P competitive games that don't have this exact problem?

It's basically the reason I don't play things like Planetside 2 etc. (well, this and the rampant cheating that typically pervades those games.)

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News Comments > Out of the Blue
20. Re: Out of the Blue May 4, 2013, 18:55 Creston
 
Fantaz wrote on May 3, 2013, 21:18:
Creston wrote on May 3, 2013, 14:57:
Hit the vines with some lightly diluted Spectracide. They'll be dead in two days. That shit kills anything down to the root.

Creston

Murderer!!

Fuck vines.

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News Comments > Evening Previews
6. Re: Evening Previews May 4, 2013, 18:54 Creston
 
Slashman wrote on May 3, 2013, 22:06:
Cutter wrote on May 3, 2013, 20:14:
“At the beginning he was really scared. You could see that on his face,” Mateusz laughs. “There have been attempts at Cyberpunk games in the past and each of them was bad, and he was scared it would be the same again.

Really? Deus Ex/(HR) and System Shock 1/2 were bad were they?

I think they meant specifically games based on the Cyberpunk PnP world. Not cyberpunk in general.

Plus Pondsmith has said in earlier interviews that he doesn't really consider Deus Ex and System Shock to be true cyberpunk games. (for whatever reason.)

Definitely looking forward to this game, but shit it's still so far off...

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News Comments > Dishonored Void Walker's Arsenal DLC This Month
14. Re: Dishonored Void Walker's Arsenal DLC This Month May 4, 2013, 18:50 Creston
 
Just started playing it again, because I kinda felt bad that I haven't even finished it yet. Just finished the bridge level, and it was pretty damn awesome.

That said, I fail to see what the point of this DLC pack is at this point in time. They should have released this two weeks after the game came out.

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News Comments > Out of the Blue
11. Re: Out of the Blue May 3, 2013, 14:57 Creston
 
Hit the vines with some lightly diluted Spectracide. They'll be dead in two days. That shit kills anything down to the root.

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News Comments > Borderlands 2 "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" DLC in June
9. Re: Borderlands 2 May 3, 2013, 00:15 Creston
 
Narf2029 wrote on May 3, 2013, 00:12:
Dagnamit wrote on May 2, 2013, 23:30:
call me when single player mode isn't so damn tedious.

No shit. Multiplayer is a blast but in single player I'm just the guy who hides behind stuff until his turret recharges.

May I suggest changing your build.

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News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs
15. Re: Morning Legal Briefs May 3, 2013, 00:10 Creston
 
Julio wrote on May 2, 2013, 17:58:
I'm up with paying 3.4% more on my current internet bill for free music, ebooks, movies and TV forever. Sure would be a lot less than I spend today.

What on earth gives you the idea that content would become free? Music didn't become free after they put the surcharge on blank cassette tapes, and video content didn't become free after they put a surcharge on blank video cassettes either.

Nothing else would change, they would just charge 3.4%, and continue to charge the same they charge for everything, AND they would still keep complaining how piracy is absolutely killing their business.

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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
16. Re: Morning Consolidation May 3, 2013, 00:06 Creston
 
Verno wrote on May 2, 2013, 11:11:
Creston wrote on May 2, 2013, 10:56:
Yeah, that reeks of some big-time arrogance there. I'm stunned that Amazon would actively link a competitor's product rather than the one you were looking at. They must be really pissed at Nintendo.

Yeah I was surprised. I was trying to get back to the same page so I could screen shot it for you but stumbled onto some dude at Kotaku who did an article about it and saved me the trouble.

Apparently they're doing it with the Wii U as well. Nintendo must have really pissed in Amazons cornflakes, they usually do not do stuff like that.


Whoa doggie. Here's a hint, Nintendo: Don't piss off the company that will be the biggest freaking retailer in the entire world in 5 years.

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News Comments > Evening Previews
5. Re: Evening Previews May 3, 2013, 00:02 Creston
 
Please please please please please release GTA V for PCs, or at least the PS4, and not just for these 97 year old pieces of shit that are still considered gaming machines....

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News Comments > Borderlands 2 "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" DLC in June
7. Re: Borderlands 2 May 2, 2013, 23:59 Creston
 
I was really hoping to go to the Hyperion station orbiting the moon, but I guess not.

Finished all 3 DLCs, and so far they're a very mixed bag. The pirate queen is okay, I liked the Badass Crater one, but the Hammerlock one is just plain boring and irritating.

Hopefully this one will be good, as otherwise overall I'd say it's been a poor series of DLC.

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News Comments > GRID 2 Trailer
12. Re: GRID 2 Trailer May 2, 2013, 11:09 Creston
 
SpectralMeat wrote on May 2, 2013, 09:06:
Creston wrote on May 1, 2013, 23:43:
SpectralMeat wrote on May 1, 2013, 22:58:
Videos I have seen make it look loke this will be a lot twitchier gameplay wise then the first one was.

In what way?
In a way that you have to start turn into corners before you can even see them, the car is going so fast the rewind feature is a must, you need to know when and where the turns are coming up or you either crash your car or you slow down so much the other cars will just blow right by you.

Okay, I see what you're saying, but that was really the same in Grid 1, imo. Like you said, the city tracks were literally about memorizing every turn in order to get a decent lap, especially on the higher difficulty levels.

My big nightmare was always Le Mans at night. WHY DO I HAVE NO HIGH BEAMS??!

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News Comments > Out of the Blue
6. Re: Out of the Blue May 2, 2013, 11:01 Creston
 
Thanks for always fixing this stuff so quickly, Blue!


And yes, we do need another reality-tv show. After all, it's apparently the only thing the 137 year old fossils in the fucking Nielsen families watch... :\

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News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs
1. Re: Morning Legal Briefs May 2, 2013, 10:59 Creston
 
So, sabam, if you get 3.4% of every Belgian's internet bill, are you then going to stop fucking whining about piracy?

Giggle

What a bunch of fucking toolbags these organizations are.

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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
5. Re: Morning Consolidation May 2, 2013, 10:56 Creston
 
Verno wrote on May 2, 2013, 09:40:
Anyway Nintendo has always been arrogant and they can't keep getting away with that in their newfound underdog role. You can't piss off the second largest potential source of sales for your systems/titles and the worlds largest publisher at the same time.

Yeah, that reeks of some big-time arrogance there. I'm stunned that Amazon would actively link a competitor's product rather than the one you were looking at. They must be really pissed at Nintendo.

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News Comments > Morning Screenshots
1. Re: Morning Screenshots May 2, 2013, 10:51 Creston
 
Never heard of this before. Anyone know what this is?

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News Comments > GRID 2 Trailer
5. Re: GRID 2 Trailer May 1, 2013, 23:43 Creston
 
SpectralMeat wrote on May 1, 2013, 22:58:
Videos I have seen make it look loke this will be a lot twitchier gameplay wise then the first one was.

In what way? It looks basically the same as Grid to me, to be honest.

Also some people that have the preview built were saying the game was hard to play with steering wheels, it is more of a gamepad type game.

That could very well be. I found the first one played fine with a gamepad, but it's not the same experience as playing with a wheel, obviously.

I might get it but I am not all that excited about it tbh. Loved the first one but this game just sort of more of the same by the looks of it.

That's kind of what I like about it. I'd love more cars and more courses with the same awesome gameplay

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