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Re: XBox Live... |
Nov 19, 2008, 11:16 |
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I've been playing online PC games since almost the very beginning, 2400 baud modem style. You know, back when online games didn't even have graphics. "You attack goblin shaman for 4 physical damage". And back when the internet wasn't what it was today, when we were at the mercy of 3rd parties such as Compuserve and Prodigy.
That being said, I have never played a fighting game online multiplayer, nor a sport's game for that matter. *although I have been tempted by Madden 09* And whether I'm a PC gaming fanatic or not, I'm still not a biased fanboi...I admit there are some games that the console systems are simply better for playing.
But you are right, I'd throw a fit the first time I got a "red ring of death", although I hear the newer model 360s have come a long ways from the ones released two years ago. That is one piece of hardware I'd definitely be getting an extended warranty for; if the time comes. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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XBox Live... |
Nov 19, 2008, 10:08 |
JohnBirshire |
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Everyday that goes by I am more and more tempted to buy a console system for the first time in 15 years by getting a 360. XBox Live just seems like a lot of fun; playing fighting and sports games multiplayer. *pretty much the only two genres I refuse to play on a PC*
We'll see.. |
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| News Comments > Game Reviews |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Nov 13, 2008, 13:45 |
JohnBirshire |
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So being unable to refute my evidence you resort to base ad hominem attacks.
Your evidence? "Saying" you beat it in 35 hours is evidence?! Maybe you should join the same debate team "or something" as myself, we'd make an excellent team!
Post a Youtube video of your 35 hours of Fallout 3, or it didn't happen. :-P
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Oh, I forgot something...the quote you left earlier today before accusing someone else of resorting to attacks:
And how stupid are you idiots?
Phsst, looks like we can add hypocrite to your resume, under "High School Dropout" while we're at it.
This comment was edited on Nov 13, 2008, 13:48. |
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Re: Game Reviews |
Nov 13, 2008, 13:34 |
JohnBirshire |
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I've beaten the game twice.
You've beaten Fallout 3 twice already since it came out? I think we just found 1 of our 4 out of 10 High School dropouts!
You sure do have a lot of animosity towards a game you managed to play through twice, it must have really sucked. |
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Re: Better job security for the rest of us.. |
Nov 13, 2008, 11:11 |
JohnBirshire |
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apparently you've never played the game because it takes 30-40 hours to complete... everything... in the game.
Go post that on any Fallout 3 forum and get flamed to death and back.
You are simply wrong. |
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| News Comments > Game Reviews |
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Better job security for the rest of us.. |
Nov 13, 2008, 10:44 |
JohnBirshire |
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I recently read that 4 out of 10 High School students drop out. That is unbelievable. Oh well, makes my college education that much more valuable.
P.S. Boomtown's Fallout 3 review is asinine. 7's, are you kidding?!? And 40 hours? What did the reviewer do, fly through the main quest as fast as he could, not seeing 1/4 of the game, and then write the review? |
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| News Comments > Wrath of the Lich King Early at 7-Eleven |
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Re: Wrath of the Lich King Early at 7-Eleven |
Nov 12, 2008, 12:03 |
JohnBirshire |
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If I remember correctly, it is illegal to sell products of this nature early. *books, movies, games, etc*
I remember a friend who managed a video store bringing home new releases like a week before they could rent them out, allowing us to play games/watch movies before anyone else.
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| News Comments > Meet Bill Roper |
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Bill Roper was the janitor... |
Nov 12, 2008, 09:50 |
JohnBirshire |
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Inflating his resume with lines like; "CEO, Grand Chancellor, Supreme Commander, Lord of the 7th Layer of the Abyss, and The Second Coming".
With only 1/3rd of employers on average even checking references, you can eventually find employment with schmuck crews like Cryptic.
WTF is Champions Online anyways?! That game is going to be extinct faster than Fury and Earth & Beyond. |
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| News Comments > Richard Garriott Leaves NCsoft |
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Why would he still create games anyways? |
Nov 11, 2008, 21:40 |
JohnBirshire |
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1 guy in his garage is what Richard Garriot excelled at.
Nowadays it's 100 people spending 5 years.
I would still play games or have a slight hand in some random game's development, but I'd certainly not devote my life to it. *especially when you're flying around in space, live in a castle, etc*
Ultima 10 or bust! |
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| News Comments > Left 4 Dead Public Demo |
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Can you play this 2 player Co-Op? |
Nov 11, 2008, 15:33 |
JohnBirshire |
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| Everything I read says 4 player. Doesn't make sense, why would you make a game Co-Op and force 4 players? Can you play with just 2, or does it make the other 2 AI controlled, or what? |
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| News Comments > Red Alert 3 Dev: PC Piracy a "Huge Concern" |
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He did make a decent point... |
Nov 5, 2008, 18:01 |
JohnBirshire |
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Although I don't agree with much of what he said. For example, I did not buy Red Alert 3 ONLY because of it's anti-piracy extremes, even though I was a tremendous fan of the first Red Alert. I remember playing it on "Westwood Chat", or whatever their online system was called, for months after it came out back in the day. It is a huge dissapointment to me that I can't buy many new PC games because of their piracy fighting measures. Ironic, in a way. *maybe I'll buy an XBox 360*
As for a decent point I think he made, is his analogy regarding the music industry. After all, at least they aren't taking 9 year olds to court over game piracy at this time. It could be worse. |
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| News Comments > Street Fighter IV in February, Resident Evil 5 on PCs |
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Multiplayer games of this nature on PC? |
Nov 4, 2008, 16:46 |
JohnBirshire |
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Playing Street Fighter against others online from my PC actually sounds like a lot of fun. *like when we spent hours playing against each other in arcades*
However, how is the lag? I'd have to imagine any lag whatsoever, even like 50-100ms of it, would completely and utterly destroy a game of this nature during multiplayer. ie Throwing/Blocking multimove combos with a half second delay in between moves...ouch!
What about XBox Live? Is it have seemless multiplayer with fighting games, or do they lag slightly too? |
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| News Comments > Belgium Outlaws Game Rentals |
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Re: Belgium Outlaws Game Rentals |
Nov 1, 2008, 00:21 |
JohnBirshire |
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I never understood people's desire to sell old games. It's not worth the effort and personally I like to keep games I buy, that's why I've been fine buying my games off Steam for a long while now.
What?! I've probably played 2,000 games in my life, 1,900 of them I never played again after finishing them. *for example, just finished Star Wars: Force Unleashed, absolutely no reason whatsoever to keep it, will never touch it again* I couldn't conceivably think of a reason to keep them all, unless I was a serious collector. I buy games for $50 when they are brand new, finish them in a couple days, then throw them on Ebay for $45. *if you sell them in the first week or two, they sell for almost full retail value* A few I keep, mainly the ones that are fun multiplayer, or if I consider it to be a classic. However, the vast majority I sell right away. 10 games at $5 each or 1 game at $50...not a hard decision to make.
I'm actually doing the gaming industry a huge favor too, because I'm buying 10 times more games than I normally would. And the people I'm selling them to on Ebay most commonly would not have bought them at a retail outlet anyways, so it isn't a negative sales contribution to the industry either.
As for renting, in 2008 alone I've probably bought 7-10 games that I rented first because I wasn't quite sure about them, but liked enough to end up buying. Also, video stores don't go down to Wal-Mart and buy their games, they pay substantially more for each copy of the games/movies they rent out. I remember 15 years ago or so when in High School I worked at Blockbuster, we were paying almost $100 per copy of each new movie release, when they were a fraction of that at retail. *although I couldn't tell you what they pay today* So it isn't like they are buying games at retail price, renting them out to 10 people who would have bought them if they couldn't rent them instead, therefore making the industry lose money. That simply isn't the case, whatsoever.
All in all, I'm sure the Belgium case will ultimately fail, in the same way that banning video games in Greece did. |
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