Draugr wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 17:59:
So thanks for saying something I already said.
I think if we stacked the lists together sadly the List, ME/ME2, HL2, Mirror's Edge, Metroid is on would be dwarfed by the other list. this feeds into my point

Draugr wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 17:59:
Also, comparing men to women in the pin-up categories is a battle you've already lost. Just go to any gaming con. When I see the men being represented the way the women are then I'll say I was wrong.
If you're reffering to stereotypical characters, then once again the list of stereo type female characters to stereotyped male characters is, once again, much longer.

Draugr wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 16:27:

Right, because games like Bayonetta, DOA, and Lollipop chainsaw aren't all there just waiting to illustrate my point. They might not be offensive in the same fashion, but it does help illustrate Sexism/views of women in gaming culture.

Tanto Edge wrote on Sep 2, 2011, 00:06:
ipad development isn't limited by lack of Flash support. That's just something flash developers bitch about.
Frankly, you can export from Flash CS5 directly to iCrap, whereas on the Android side of things we have to ask the end user to install the Adobe AIR add on. Talk about bunk.
It's kinda like DirectX, insofar as needing directx where you could write an app in opengl.
I'm not trying to compare languages, just the fundamental idea of installing a third party software package.

DangerDog wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 16:55:
Okay, so they're actually going to release dedicated server files. What else can we bitch about, lack of mod support?

jacobvandy wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:42:
I would hope that adding Steamworks support means we won't have to use Gamespy for multiplayer anymore, but sadly none of these articles mention anything beyond Steam Cloud and data-mining.

raVen wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 16:30:
This is like tic-tac-toe from Wargames.
The only way to win, is to not play. Too bad it took me this long to figure that out.

At this point I'd rather play MW3 over BF3 due to origin. But due to the Infinity Ward fiasco I'm left with choosing neither. Guess I'll play Rage + Deus Ex + Fallout New Vegas (late to the party) + Skyrim.

Tumbler wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:55:
I'm confused. How is the CoD Elite subscription / plan thingy going to work with steam? I'm expecting the extra maps to be exclusive to that membership so does steam get a cut of that or no...?

elefunk wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:13:

briktal wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:10:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:06:
This should be interesting. CoD using Steamworks, BF3 using Origin. Both are large names but...

...MW2 and Black Ops also used Steamworks? Some people seem to be treating this as a big new development, especially with Steam vs Origin but it's more of an expected confirmation than anything.

Yeah, it's confusing how stories like these always turn out.

If anything, it blatantly exposes people who rant and rave on message boards about things they don't actually know anything about or even otherwise care about. Anyone who actually cares about this stuff would know that Call of Duty has used Steamworks for almost 3 years now, so this story isn't surprising in the least, and trying to paint this as a deliberate move specifically motivated to counter Battlefield 3 is pretty silly.

briktal wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:10:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 29, 2011, 15:06:
This should be interesting. CoD using Steamworks, BF3 using Origin. Both are large names but...

...MW2 and Black Ops also used Steamworks? Some people seem to be treating this as a big new development, especially with Steam vs Origin but it's more of an expected confirmation than anything.

Jensen wrote on Aug 25, 2011, 00:01:
Isn't the Palm Pilot a copy of the Apple Newton?

Jensen wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 23:31:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 23:00:
all while being unable to show where Apple was original.

Name a successful computer electronics device from another company that you consider to be original. I'm not sure what your criteria for originality are.

SirKnight wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 22:18:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 21:33:

wolve wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 21:31:

^Drag0n^ wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 20:03:
Godspeed, Steve. You're a better man than your critics give you credit for.

^D^

QFT. The man has done more for the computing/tech world than all the haters could ever do.

Oh? Name one good thing he did for the computer/tech world that wasn't a copy of someone else's work? Remember, OSX was a copy of BSD, NExt was a copy of the Mach Kernal, iPad was a copy of Android tablets from China made in 2009, ect...

Hah. The kernel of OSX, Darwin, is not a COPY of BSD but a derivative of it. Linux is more of a UNIX copy than Darwin is.

Second, there is no way the iPad is a copy of an android tablet. The iPad was in the works for many years long before android was anything at all. The timeline does not make sense at all to call the iPad a copy. Plus, Jobs said a year or so ago in an interview that they were working on the iPad before the iPhone, but decided the time was better to make the phone first.

You need to get your facts straight. As it stands, it's obvious you're just a blind apple hater.

Jensen wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 21:36:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 21:33:
iPad was a copy of Android tablets from China made in 2009, ect...

That's just silly.
By your standards, there is nothing that isn't a copy of something else.

wolve wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 21:31:

^Drag0n^ wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 20:03:
Godspeed, Steve. You're a better man than your critics give you credit for.

^D^

QFT. The man has done more for the computing/tech world than all the haters could ever do.

nin wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 20:20:
Like him or not, you can't argue the mark he's left in technology.

Talutha wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 00:31:

Kitkoan wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 00:00:

Dades wrote on Aug 23, 2011, 23:20:

ForgedReality wrote on Aug 23, 2011, 22:28:
SWEET!! Zero-day patches! Good job publishers! Way to push your devs so hard they can't even fucking QA their unfinished products!

It's possible to catch every single bug before release obviously

I remember the days before the internet. Games had to be as bug-free as possible since patching was almost impossible after the game was shipped. Now with the internet, buggy code is the normal for games since they can patch it up later (if ever...).

The games of today are also infinitely more complicated and running on many more hardware configurations then back in the day as well.

PHJF wrote on Aug 23, 2011, 23:36:
Game goes retail. Game bombs. Games goes retail again...?