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Signed On Dec 22, 2010, 04:28
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News Comments > Evening Safety Dance
3. Re: Evening Safety Dance Nov 30, 2011, 01:30 Kitkoan
 
^Drag0n^ wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 23:15:
I'm gping to try and not worry about this too much, as I never sit on my router.

^D^

Hope you also don't put a wifi enabled smartphone in your pants pocket, and a laptop on your lap either...
 
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News Comments > New Via Digital Distribution
1. Re: New Via Digital Distribution Nov 30, 2011, 01:27 Kitkoan
 
Another DLC pack for Magicka? How many DLC's does a game need? And I thought only the major publishers were bad for milking  
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News Comments > Borderlands 2 Casting Call
3. Re: Borderlands 2 Casting Call Nov 30, 2011, 01:25 Kitkoan
 
So, honestly, does this picture make Lilith look like she's wearing the girdle from hell and would the actress be required to wear the same?  
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News Comments > Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle
14. Re: Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle Nov 29, 2011, 21:38 Kitkoan
 
Dev wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 21:24:
Flatline wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 17:11:
This is seriously like the 7th indie bundle offered in the last couple months.

I'm all down for indie games, but I've been so saturated lately with bundle announcements that I just hit "delete" when they show up in my inbox.
Thats because there's another company now. Used to be just humble bundle (and of course the steam indie bundles). I'm guessing this new company saw how that was and wanted to cash in on it.

There are 3 to be honest.
http://www.humblebundle.com/ The Humble Indie Bundle
http://www.indieroyale.com/ The Indie Royale
http://theindiebundle.com/ The Indie Bundle
 
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News Comments > Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle
11. Re: Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle Nov 29, 2011, 21:10 Kitkoan
 
Alamar wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 21:03:
Kitkoan wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 19:37:
Wetworks wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 19:30:
The bundle is worth it for Runespell Overture alone. It's like Puzzle Quest lite with solitaire/poker based combat. Game is short, around 5-10 hrs long but worth the price.

Is it just me but does the main character from Runespell Overture look exactly like Raziel from the Legacy of Kain series?

This made me finally click on the bundle to check it out, and I looked at the vid for Runespell, and my initial reaction was 'holy fuck' (aka 'yes')... But it's also not exactly a unique look... rags... hidey face... claws... blue/purple skin..

I'm a big fan of the Soul Reaver series (and a few Kain ones aren't bad)... I'd always hoped that Silicon Knights got a big fat cheque for starting that, even if I liked it much better after the first.

-Alamar

In the way its done is still a little too close to me. Here is a better picture of the Runespell Overture guy and here is Raziel to help better compare.
 
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News Comments > Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle
9. Re: Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle Nov 29, 2011, 19:37 Kitkoan
 
Wetworks wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 19:30:
The bundle is worth it for Runespell Overture alone. It's like Puzzle Quest lite with solitaire/poker based combat. Game is short, around 5-10 hrs long but worth the price.

Is it just me but does the main character from Runespell Overture look exactly like Raziel from the Legacy of Kain series?
 
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News Comments > Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle
8. Re: Indie Royale's Really Big Bundle Nov 29, 2011, 19:31 Kitkoan
 
Bought the bundle myself. Granted won't play all the games and all, but with the price and whatnot of where money goes, can't really help myself... and the Steam list gets a little larger (along with Desura)  
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
21. Re: Black Friday Mobilization Nov 27, 2011, 17:31 Kitkoan
 
space captain wrote on Nov 27, 2011, 01:47:
its not really "trolling" if i make you sound like an idiot because you are one

sorry kids

No, but showing yourself to be the idiot in front of evidence and everyone while refusing to even acknowledge that you might just be wrong is trolling.

Now please, go back under your bridge, the adults are talking.
 
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
17. Re: Wes Craven's Nov 26, 2011, 18:01 Kitkoan
 
Pankin wrote on Nov 26, 2011, 10:46:

I don't think anyone here is defending Siri as being the first of anything. At least, I'm not. I'm more amused by Microsoft's reaction to Siri. To me, that reaction tells me pretty much all I need to know about Microsoft and their weird ad-hoc marketing machine.

Yeah, I'll admit, Microsoft sucks at marketing. I think a part of it is just because they got quite used to be the only thought in peoples minds with computers and they never really needed to make ads for that part. Now that they have really started to branch out technologically, they need to advertise their new stuff but have no idea on how to go about it since for what, 20 years, they never needed to make ads for the public? This has of course hurt them.

And thank you for the warning about space caption, Tanto Edge. I forgot until a little while after my last post that this wasn't the first time I've dealt with his trolling. He did the same thing about Macs in the work place and I pointed out that of the 30 Windows boxes and 2 Macs on our network, the only problems only happen with the Macs (they crap off the network at least once a week and our go-to Mac guy is just tired of having to re-fix them all the time.
 
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
13. Re: Wes Craven's Nov 25, 2011, 23:51 Kitkoan
 
space captain wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 23:34:
actual reality is the sticks and stones that will break your bones - not the bullshit you use to hide from it, whatever you want to call it

you see, actual reality does not depend on your subjective interpretation... that is the point

you can describe it however you like, and you can be as wildly inaccurate as you wish - yet the actual reality remains unchanged, and continues to control your every movement


So even though I've shown you about how a full access voice controlled co-developed by Microsoft has existed for years before Siri (with a starting to point so you may continue to review and learn of this technology), you still believe that Siri was the first to do this?

Fascinating. I've of course heard of the the whole concept of Apple/Steve Jobs reality distortion field effect people to ignore the facts and accept what they say, but you sir, you are it in full form. And not only have you accepted what they said was fact, but you've gone as far as blocking and ignoring any and all facts that say otherswise... just... wow.... And you wish to project your blindness on me. Now that is the full potential of marketing.
 
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News Comments > On Sale
24. Re: On Sale Nov 25, 2011, 23:07 Kitkoan
 
Darks wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 22:48:
Rattlehead wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 22:14:
Does Arkham City require Origin to play???

I wanted to know this answer too.

According to Steam, no it doesn't. But does need Games for Windows Live to play online.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/57400/
 
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
9. Re: Wes Craven's Nov 25, 2011, 23:06 Kitkoan
 
space captain wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 22:50:
Kitkoan wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 22:40:
Not as much clueless about actual reality, but that they base actual reality on marketing and not the truth.

interesting that actual reality is not the truth for you

Facts are actual reality to me. Some pretty marketing campaign paid to someone to make me believe otherwise is not.
 
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
7. Re: Wes Craven's Nov 25, 2011, 22:40 Kitkoan
 
space captain wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 22:08:

are you saying people are clueless about actual reality?

SHOCKER!

Not as much clueless about actual reality, but that they base actual reality on marketing and not the truth.
 
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News Comments > On Sale
18. Re: On Sale Nov 25, 2011, 20:57 Kitkoan
 
Jerykk wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 20:49:
Picked up Arkham City, despite it being on Origin. $25 was too good to pass up. Now we'll see how Origin holds up.

Ahhhhh..... fresh victims of the ever growing army of the Origin undead....
 
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News Comments > On Sale
14. Re: On Sale Nov 25, 2011, 20:06 Kitkoan
 
xXBatmanXx wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 19:54:
Jerykk wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 19:49:
Amazon is offering digital downloads of DX3 for $20: Amazon

Is it Steamworks?

Yes it is, just under the System Requirements it says:
* A Steam account is required for game activation.

... to bad you need a US billing address... Would buy this
 
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News Comments > Black Friday Mobilization
4. Re: Black Friday Mobilization Nov 25, 2011, 19:35 Kitkoan
 
Pankin wrote on Nov 25, 2011, 19:07:
Oh that's hysterical.

Microsoft's like an aging dog: it spends most of it's time sleeping by the fireplace while all the other younger dogs jump over it & play.

To be honest, Microsoft tends to be a lot further in innovation and technology fields then people want to give them credit for.
Siri-like technology has been with Microsoft technology (built also with companies like Ford and other third parties) in Sync. Granted, being a huge part of Ford no doubt prevents them from being used beyond its current form.
The iPad being the "future of how we interact with our computers" really looks like a portable version of Windows Surface, granted the iPad has less function (can't respond to object put on top of it) and more portability. Here's a video of the Windows Surface from 2008, a working model.
Also other aspects like the Kinect with being able to render video input into functions and soon you will be able to control Windows with just motion from the Kinect.
These are the tech other companies are marketing as their own unique tech, but in reality, they are first R&D'ed by Microsoft (as they mentioned in the article, they just really need to learn to market this tech a lot better). This is because people, even if they don't want to admit it, learn and associate what came first and whatever on marketing, and not always on the reality.
 
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News Comments > On Sale
9. Re: On Sale Nov 25, 2011, 19:12 Kitkoan
 
Just bought the Indie Music Bundle and was surprised to see there is a download limit on how many times you can download each album. While I admit its 20 which is quite a few times, but still was surprised to see a limit when they are DRM-free.  
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News Comments > Thanksgiving Consolidation
3. Re: Thanksgiving Consolidation Nov 25, 2011, 00:55 Kitkoan
 
Crustacean Soup wrote on Nov 24, 2011, 23:35:
So one Xbox-proper, and one AppleTV-alike dealie on the same basic platform. I don't think that's a bad idea at all. If they do that, I want to see how the handle the branding to avoid customer confusion.

If history is any indication, Apple will sue because "it looks too much like ours".
 
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News Comments > Morning Mobilization
1. Re: Morning Mobilization Nov 23, 2011, 19:55 Kitkoan
 
"Should Tablets and Smartphones be Considered "PCs"?

Depends which ones we are talking about.

iOS devices, no, they should be more considered "consoles" then "PCs". The reason being is an iOS device is limited to functions pre-dictated by the manufacturers limitations and choices. The devices are only allowed to perform an action that the manufacturer has deemed is acceptable and only those limited options (exactly like any console, regardless of it being the Wii, XBox 360 or PS3). While you could say that you could "jailbreak" the device to perform others actions, this is an exception, not the rule. To perform this you are required to bypass certain built in "locks" and override limitations.

Same could be said of all consoles though. The Sega Dreamcast was able to run Linux, as well as the Nintendo DS. Other functions have been made to alter other consoles to do things that they weren't built for but this suddenly didn't make these devices "PCs" even though they ran a "PC" OS. The whole concept of a "console" is it a limited device that is designed to perform, and only perform, set actions and options that the manufacturer deemed was acceptable be it to play games, surf the web or watch movies.

Android devices I would be more willing to label as a "PC" more because it is built to allow you to alter what it can do at a software level by default (while yes, you have to check a box to do this, it is an option allowed by default, not something you have to bypass "locks" of the main system to allow). Due to this option you can do many more functions that the manufacturer didn't consider and tamper with, things from the gyroscope to the cameras and whatever else you feel like altering. You can also share and obtain software from the internet if the Android Market doesn't allow it, thats fine, you are allowed to do this which shows you are allowed to perform functions on the device as you choose. While you typically can't install custom ROM's by default (again the whole "Jailbreak" concept), it holds very little control over the system (more akin to installing a custom BIOS on your PC so to speak).

As long as you are allowed to alter the device to whatever you choice from a basic off-the-shelf state, then I would feel it could be called a "PC". If you can't do this without the need to bypass "locks" or obtain permission from the companies servers (iOS Developer Tools) which have to be obtained from beyond an off-the-shelf state (and paid extra fee's) then I feel it should be referred to as a "console".
 
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News Comments > The Humble Introversion Bundle
1. Re: The Humble Introversion Bundle Nov 22, 2011, 22:57 Kitkoan
 
Do you speak Austrilian?

LOL. Just asked the help line that (upside down with help from http://www.typeupsidedown.com/ didn't work on here though), and... well... lets just say you should try it... (but don't flood them)
 
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