Ratty wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 14:39:

Beamer wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 13:33:
I remember that. Tim posted about how difficult the economic realities of running a studio are.
People flipped out and said he was an asshole because they didn't understand what he wrote.

I heard about the Looking Glass guys playing UT on their last day because they told that story in the context of that quote. As in this is a game we loved and admired so much this is what we chose to go out with. And then the quote. I guess they didn't understand what he wrote either because they were bitterly disappointed. Whatever truth there may have been it was still tasteless so soon after the closing.

Ratty wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 13:27:

Creston wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 12:29:
Approximately one week after the PS4/720 are out, Epic's monkeys will be back to their "TEH PC IS PIRATEZ! FUCK TEH PC!" rhetoric.

They're the most predictable clowns in gaming history.

Creston

I played Unreal Tournament for hours a day, just about every day, for YEARS. What an awesome game that was. I remember when Looking Glass Studios closed, the employees talked about spending their last day playing Unreal Tournament together. Then whatsisname at Epic, Tim something posted a comment on Looking Glass's closure deriding a company made up of "MIT grads" and saying basically oh well, sink or swim, survival of the fittest, if you can't turn a profit you shouldn't be in the business. Tasteless. Then they released Unreal Tournament 2 and the magic was truly gone.

Mad Max RW wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 10:26:

Beamer wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 09:39:
A whole bunch of retarded shit

Did she spend 6 years hyping the disgusting ice cream as the best thing your taste buds will ever experience? Was there a $100 special edition pre-order with sprinkles? Did she outsource the ice cream development to a lesser known disgusting ice cream shop?

Idiot.

ItBurn wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 09:52:
If it had full support for keyboard and mouse by sony and also by every developer, I might actually use a PS4.

Golwar wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 07:53:

Kajetan wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 04:55:
... why bother with such old crap only a few adventure fans from yesterday might be interested in?

I can tell you why: Because making a new Kings Quest is probably one of the most cost-effective ways to improve their reputation.
All that is required, is that Activision actually cares about its reputation.

Cyanotetyphas wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 02:05:
Yeah but should we really be supporting an industry that has higher gross than the movie industry but has no unions or network of any kind to support its employees?
David Fincher may stop receiving payment after he finishes Dragon Tattoo but he doesn't tell everyone who worked for him to take a long walk off a short bridge. Many of them are retained as part of his production company and come over to the next job.

Cutter wrote on Apr 2, 2013, 11:52:
Mike Bossy always said replace the goons with finesse players and the game would be so much better and he's right. That's why it was always a treat watching the Europeans play back in the day when there was none of that nonsense and it was really about speed and skill.

Anyway, as a girlfriend of mine put it today, "hashtagwhatthefuckspring?". Jaysus! It's supposed to snow out there later today, sigh, grumble, mumble. Funny thing is, it's like my brother always says - and he's right - there's always a last snowfall or two in April. Meh bleh, bring on the heat!

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 2, 2013, 11:39:
Removing fighting is dumbing it down? Look, if you fight in the NBA, NFL, or MLB you get thrown out of the game. Are their "scuffles" where players don't get ejected? Sure. But when it's a real fight someone is getting thrown out -- and probably fined and suspended. Why should the NHL be different?

In almost the same breath you say people don't go for the fights. But changing the rules will turn away the diehard fans. Which is it?

Like I said, I exaggerated. It's likely you can watch a dozen games without seeing a fight. My impression is they aren't doing enough when it does happen. You seem to think they have done it and fighting is way down and cheap shot are up because of it. I honestly don't know which of us is correct.

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 2, 2013, 10:58:
Yes, I admit it -- I exaggerated. May the gods forgive me!

But just one drop the gloves and fight it out prior to a game opening face-off is enough for me to ridicule this activity pretty much endlessly. Until the NHL decides to start handing out serious penalties for the fights that do occur, I have no interest in watching it.

Verno wrote on Apr 2, 2013, 10:38:

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 2, 2013, 09:55:
Hockey? Oh, you mean that boxing on ice. Yeah, I don't care for that either. Seems okay during the Olympics though..

Fighting is a very insignificant part of hockey overall, though obviously it represents some machismo appeal for certain fans. The overall increase in size of players and general thuggery is a bigger complaint IMHO but I don't watch very much anymore due to the constant strikes and expansion issues.

El Pit wrote on Apr 1, 2013, 13:23:

Beamer wrote on Apr 1, 2013, 12:10:

El Pit wrote on Apr 1, 2013, 12:08:
Or maybe the new consoles are jokes?

http://www.hartware.de/media/news/57000/57456_2b.jpg

The scale of that chart is idiotic.

I guess the scale is nVidia's idea.

Or in case of AMD providing the GPUs for the consoles they should call themselves envy-dia?

El Pit wrote on Apr 1, 2013, 12:08:
Or maybe the new consoles are jokes?

http://www.hartware.de/media/news/57000/57456_2b.jpg

Flak wrote on Mar 31, 2013, 21:27:
Who in the fuck cares? Seriously?

If it's his money, he should be able to spend it on magical space hookers that poop out rare earth metals if that's what he wants to do and that's what people who attend his party enjoy. As long as no one is being hurt or forced against their will, this really is a non-story. People need to grow up and stop trying to be a white knight at every opportunity.