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News Comments > Defense Grid 2 Announced
27. Re: Defense Grid 2 Announced Apr 26, 2013, 15:32 Creston
 
Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 13:14:
Creston wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 12:01:
but they set the funding goal at 250K for just an expansion to the original.
They did and it is out.

I know, but that's not what I wanted to fund. I wanted to fund the sequel, but in their kickstarter, there was never any guarantee that if it funded 250K, the sequel would ever get made. (other than their "Oh, we'll find a way!" half-hearted reassurances.)

It just felt a little shady to me. I'm glad to see I was wrong, and they're going to get the game made, but at the time I was very doubtful, hence I didn't back it.

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News Comments > Evening Consolidation
5. Re: Evening Consolidation Apr 26, 2013, 12:33 Creston
 
500 bucks? Hahahaha.

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News Comments > Defense Grid 2 Announced
25. Re: Defense Grid 2 Announced Apr 26, 2013, 12:05 Creston
 
Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 10:12:
Oh and extra points for them having a good sense of humor:

Wait! I thought we didn’t raise enough Kickstarter money to make DG2. What happened?

You happened. The support and enthusiasm of the DG community got the attention of an investor who made up the funding gap. Now we’ve got enough money to make DG2.

Who is this awesome investor?

It’s a secret for now. We’ll tell that story a bit later.

Whoa. Is it Batman?

No. It isn’t Batman.

Is it…?

It’s not Bruce Wayne, either. Or Tony Stark.

My money's on Steven Dengler (aka Dracogen Strategic Investments). And if that's true, the man deserves to be nominated for Sainthood.

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News Comments > Defense Grid 2 Announced
24. Re: Defense Grid 2 Announced Apr 26, 2013, 12:02 Creston
 
Slashman wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 23:42:
Where the hell is my DG nemesis? Crestoooooooon!!!!

Did you beat any of my scores yet, young Padawan?

El Pit wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 23:50:
YES! Awesome. Time to check Creston's scores and break those that are better than mine.

Mwuhahahahahahaaa! Foolish one! My scores are unbreakable!

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News Comments > Defense Grid 2 Announced
23. Re: Defense Grid 2 Announced Apr 26, 2013, 12:01 Creston
 
AWE.SOME.

I didn't back the Kickstarter because I didn't like the way they were doing it. All I was interested in was the sequel game, but they set the funding goal at 250K for just an expansion to the original. I thought it was a pretty underhanded way to run a Kickstarter, and I'm glad that tactic hasn't had many attempts since then.

That said, I LOVE Defense Grid, according to Steam I have 248 some hours in it, so I'm definitely excited for DG2, and I'll gladly pay full price for it.

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News Comments > XCOM Now The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a TPS Due in August
10. Re: XCOM Now The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a TPS Due in August Apr 26, 2013, 11:56 Creston
 
nin wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 09:33:

Sounds interesting, but I'll be waiting on a number of positive reviews...


Yeah, really about the only thing that the original idea for this game had going for it was the whole "you only have so much time before alien reinforcements overwhelm a level" thing. Well, that and the stylish 50's look.

Also, if this game actually sucks, they'd be fucking stupid to release it. XCOM currently has good name value again due to the excellent Enemy Unknown, if they now release Yet Another Shitty Shooter, that good name goes right down the crapper again.

Of course, we're talking about game publishers, so odds are good that the latter scenario seems just absolutely fantastic to them.

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News Comments > Out of the Blue
10. Re: Out of the Blue Apr 25, 2013, 16:44 Creston
 
1badmf wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 12:13:
on the other hand, you'll never catch me complaining about a hot blonde with a tramp stamp. classy? hell-fuckin-no, but she's probly down as hell to get her groove on.

Get down now and get Free Clap(tm)!

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News Comments > GTA5 Trailers Next Week
17. Re: GTA5 Trailers Next Week Apr 25, 2013, 16:39 Creston
 
jacobvandy wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 15:54:
Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 15:37:
Frags4Fun wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 15:33:
Is this even coming to PC? I thought it was console only. Did something change since the last time I read about this game last year?
Oh they'll probably release it, a year and half later for the PC.

Try 6-8 months, if that.

The fact the new consoles will basically be PCs is a good omen for GTAV on PC, because Rockstar will already have to port it to PC architecture to get it to work on the Orthbox and PS4. At that point there's little reason to NOT release it on the PC.

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News Comments > Darkfall Unholy Wars Launches Using New Steam Subscription Service
2. Re: Darkfall Unholy Wars Launches Using New Steam Subscription Service Apr 25, 2013, 16:38 Creston
 
You know, this might be an excellent thing, as there have been plenty of horror stories about shitty-ass MMOs that simply have NO unsubscribe options, or the unsubscribe doesn't work, etc.

Putting that in the hands of a third party should mean that when you unsubscribe, you're actually done getting billed.


In other news, a sandbox MMORPG with a 15 buck monthly fee? I PREDICT GREAT THINGS!! Rolleyes

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News Comments > EA Cuts Staff
10. Re: EA Cuts Staff Apr 25, 2013, 16:35 Creston
 
Kajetan wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 15:49:
EA switches to Sim City mode. People with no jobs and no income make happy citizens.

Hehehehe. Giggle

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News Comments > EA Cuts Staff
9. Re: EA Cuts Staff Apr 25, 2013, 16:34 Creston
 
nin wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 16:32:
Still, 10% is a huge amount of people, so it sucks for those losing their jobs solely because EA is run by fucktards who can't figure out how to make some actual money in the #1 entertainment industry in the world.

I wonder if there's actually people that took a job at EA and didn't expect to get fucked over at some point?


That's true to an extent, but EA employs a huge amount of fresh college graduates who probably don't know anything more about EA than "Biggest publisher and they make Madden, bro!"

I think expecting to get fucked over is a realistic attitude to have for probably 98% or so of all corporations in the US...

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News Comments > EA Partners to Close?
25. Re: EA Partners to Close? Apr 25, 2013, 16:31 Creston
 
Beamer wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 13:18:
At this point, the only thing that probably would make sense for EA to do is find a way to go private.

Is that even feasible for them, though? I doubt they have anywhere near enough cash to buy themselves into the majority, and otherwise it just means they'd have to get a major investment venture to buy their majority stake and they just become beholden to said investment capitalists rather than the shareholders at large.

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News Comments > EA Cuts Staff
7. Re: EA Cuts Staff Apr 25, 2013, 16:29 Creston
 
showing players around the world why to spend their time with us.

I think SimCity will have shown people why NOT to do so, and your 2.0 patch only reinforced it.

Still, 10% is a huge amount of people, so it sucks for those losing their jobs solely because EA is run by fucktards who can't figure out how to make some actual money in the #1 entertainment industry in the world. EA's execs make Hollywood look like Mensa in comparison.

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News Comments > Ships Ahoy - Monaco
12. Re: Ships Ahoy - Monaco Apr 25, 2013, 14:51 Creston
 
PCGamer has a glowing review up. They seemed to really enjoy it, barring a few minor niggles.

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News Comments > Evening Interviews
10. Re: Evening Interviews Apr 25, 2013, 13:04 Creston
 
NKD wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 22:39:
I don't really see people going "I've gotten slightly raped for $15 once in a while doing these Kickstarter type projects, might as well go back to getting brutally violated for $60 from the mainstream publishers."

You, sir, have a way with words.

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News Comments > EA Partners to Close?
18. Re: EA Partners to Close? Apr 25, 2013, 11:58 Creston
 
nin wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 11:40:
They know they're in trouble, and they're circling the wagons. The question is how much they'll admit...


They'll never admit to anything, because that will send what few investors they have left fleeing for the hills. But you'd think that at least internally they realize they need to change something? I guess not, though. Nothing but deluded fools in that office, it seems.

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News Comments > Out of the Blue
8. Re: Out of the Blue Apr 25, 2013, 11:48 Creston
 
It's hard to argue that geeking out over the draft isn't even dorkier than following the sport during the season

It's about 1000% more dorky.

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News Comments > EA Partners to Close?
17. Re: EA Partners to Close? Apr 25, 2013, 11:46 Creston
 
Beamer wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 11:35:
No one should expect anything else. Riticiello had his issues, but the guy before him did way more damage.

Also, the guy now is the guy before him. And had been on the board, if not the chair.

Really, this whole thing is his failure.

Agreed. I wonder why he's never been canned yet. Steve Ballmer Musk?

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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
5. Re: Morning Consolidation Apr 25, 2013, 11:37 Creston
 
Sony is making a profit??? If I'm not mistaken, that's been awhile? Good to see, though. I'd hate for them to disappear out of the console field, leaving the Orthbox and Nintendo as the only players.

Edit : That inside the PS4 article is pretty interesting.

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News Comments > EA Partners to Close?
14. Re: EA Partners to Close? Apr 25, 2013, 11:34 Creston
 
So the one part of EA that actually was doing well, actually cared somewhat about customer service, and which was making money gets closed?

New CEO, same insanity. Ca plus ce change, etc.

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