Bucky wrote on May 15, 2012, 10:52:

nin wrote on May 15, 2012, 10:46:
Woot - mine should be here this afternoon...

Mine too, and then I'll have to go to work. I'm seriously considering getting sick....

InBlack wrote on May 10, 2012, 10:26:
What the fuck? Is it just me or are these numbers that these big corporations throw around waaay out of proportion.

How the fuck can anyone lose 2.8 Billion dollars and not go bankrupt RIGHT IN THAT FUCKING SECOND???

Price cuts? Really? Price cuts are to blame? So why did they fucking CUT THE PRICE then?

nin wrote on May 9, 2012, 12:09:

Honestly, getting tired of hearing this "Bethesda" name in relation to some epic titles from id Software.

Not to mention, it's a poor name. You can't even pronounce it.

Really? How hard have you tried?

rist3903 wrote on May 7, 2012, 15:15:

So to steer the discussion away from flamebait, what's everyone playing?

I'm psyched to play a Demon Hunter with all the homing rocket abilities I can pick. Games need more homing rockets/missiles, IMO.

Creston wrote on May 7, 2012, 11:46:
If not having coffee for a few hours gives you a huge headache, you have some serious, serious caffeine-addiction issues, Blue. I know, because I was in the exact same position.

I would recommend just cutting that final cup of coffee out, suffer through the misery for a week, and be free of that shit. You'll feel a ton better if you do.

Creston

RollinThundr wrote on May 5, 2012, 16:17:
While I don't doubt it happens. And at that happens often. Why would a publisher put money towards a project, especially in LA's case a core franchise involving starwars, and want it to fail? Why would the not want to put out quality software and continue to build on an already strong brand name despite some truly awful Starwars games and movies over the years.

You would think they would want to put out quality titles that sell well and make a profit because they're quality.

I honestly believe another 84' type games industry crash in coming, between the out of control budgets and cutting content to sell as DLC this industry really needs a wake the fuck up call.

HorrorScope wrote on May 5, 2012, 14:08:

deqer wrote on May 5, 2012, 13:45:

HorrorScope wrote on May 5, 2012, 13:25:
If it's good I'll buy it, if it sucks, I won't.

How are you going to know if an MMO sucks or not before you buy it? lol...

Not even a trial account would answer all your questions.

You'd need to play 500 hours first--and hopefully by the 100 hour mark, you'll be able to figure out how much of a fucking grind/timesink it is for your $/month.; you need to play it a lot longer than a trial to get a feel for if this game, get to end-game, and see if there's anything in the game that is going to suddenly stab you in the back and make you think to yourself "why did I get into this." and then you'll be ruined because you'll be like "welp, i already gone this far, I might as well keep going..."

Sad.

How would I know? Hmmm... Jeeze that's a tough one. Hmmm....

I guess if my fear levels are that high, then how would I ever know... about much anything?

nin wrote on May 4, 2012, 23:52:

This should reduce the cost of a Windows license

I haven't had an optical drive in any of my PCs for years, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same applies to more of you. Just ask yourself: when was the last time you really used your optical drive?

Let's face it - it's never been a particularly good storage medium, in terms of capacity, reliability, and speed.

Goddamn that fucker is high on the kool aide.

Beamer wrote on May 4, 2012, 12:47:

ASeven wrote on May 4, 2012, 12:26:

Beamer wrote on May 4, 2012, 11:07:

ASeven wrote on May 4, 2012, 10:10:
Well, seems it's becoming official though we knew it all along, Windows 8 is terrible. And having to pay for Media Center? Holy shit, the DLC concept finally hit Windows itself.

Think I'll stick with Win7 for a long, long time by the looks of it.

Didn't they do this with Win95 or 98 or Me or whichever? I'm pretty sure one of those had some kind of add-on pack that allowed DVD playback, which makes some degree of sense - DVD playback costs them money but isn't used by too many people. It wasn't used by too many back in the day and it's falling back to not being used by too many again now.


As for that review, take it with a grain of salt as it's from a huge Linux nut, but I don't think this surprises anyone:

Oh yes the Linux bias there is very strong, still some of the stuff he says makes sense to what I've been hearing from other people testing Win8, that it's a disaster for a desktop or laptop PC, it seems to have been made with a focus more on mobile and tablet experience rather than desktop.

I expect Win8 to be the new Vista and to follow the usual pattern of Microsoft Windows releases, good, bad, good, bad. Win7 was the Good one, Windows8 seems to be on target to be again one of the Bad Windows.

Vista wasn't that bad. Intel was the one dropping the ball there.
But yeah, for a strong Linux bias it was a pretty fair analysis, or seemed to me. I haven't used Windows 8 and am not planning to anytime soon, outside of a phone and tablet, where I think the OS not only makes sense but could be great.

pnag wrote on May 4, 2012, 11:37:
I use Media Center (not Media player, there is a difference) for watching all my media (blu-ray, Avi's, Mkv's, live satellite tv etc)

Tried all the alternatives (MythTV, XBMC etc) and in terms of overall functionality? Nothing came close.

I think it's a mistake to remove it, as I doubt the codec licensing savings will be passed on to the end user.

Surprised at blue to hear him say he'd pay to *not* have it?!?