Beamer wrote on Jun 12, 2013, 15:03:

Panickd wrote on Jun 12, 2013, 14:44:
Not sure whatever happened to the whole idea of Free Speech. You know, "I don't support what you say but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it!"? Remember? So important that they made it number 1 on the bill of rights in a country where everyone loves their gun but guns got second billing!

People really need to stop believing that they have the God given right to not be offended. You don't. In fact the whole idea of free speech inherently means that you probably will be offended quite regularly. And the anonymity of the Internet assures that.

No one is saying anything against Free Speech here, except for you, ironically.

Verno wrote on Jun 10, 2013, 10:47:
I know people will label him a traitor for disclosing classified information but when the NSA is literally lying to Congress, what else can be done?

born2expire wrote on Jun 2, 2013, 22:18:
I don't understand the fuss about used games, I mean we (PC gamers) haven't had used games since the 90's.

nin wrote on Jun 2, 2013, 15:49:
Still skeptical, still hoping...

E3 should be interesting this year...

eRe4s3r wrote on May 28, 2013, 19:25:
Point being that just because COOP is on the tin, most games are not really Cooperative, they are broken by design and only work when you play with friends. A good coop game works with random people

Acleacius wrote on May 28, 2013, 18:41:
Not really sure what you mean by "zombie mode in shooters" and I don't play BL2. However for an example Techlands previous Coop title I do play, Dead Island XP is divided among team members based on damage done and as AOE for group fights. So if you hit a mob and/or participating in a group fight you get additional XP.

As others have mentioned as well, I also always give up loot I can't use. Probably from playing mmogs for so long as 'Need Before Greed', even with Exotics. Then if there is loot more than one wants we'll usually come up with a way to assign it fairly.

I actually see this new system as a problem on Steam with VAC. There was lots of concern with Dead Island, since we were editing files for better loot and more bullets...ect. These were real design flaws which they seemed to try to address in Riptide. Since it was Coop (i.e. NOT competition) there was no real issue/possibly of technically 'cheating', since it involves 'causing harm to another'.

However now there's an issue of 'Competition IN Coop', which could create the 'possibility' of cheating and VAC Bans.

Parias wrote on May 28, 2013, 16:59:

Panickd wrote on May 28, 2013, 16:32:
Even in "true" co-op games like the Borderlands series everyone ends up competing to get the best weapons.

Not from where I sit - we're always gracious about what we pick up and tend to coordinate pretty carefully what kind of weapons each player wants to use so we're not doubling-up, trading weapons around as needed.

I only play with a specific circle of friends however - co-op with random strangers just feels like the wrong way to do it.

Acleacius wrote on May 28, 2013, 11:15:

In co-operation tension rises when you struggle to achieve mission goals while competing with your friends for points granted for each kill

Here I was thinking Coop was working together. Now I know it's a competition against my own team.

Not only are they making up their own genre but they are redefining language too!

Prez wrote on May 16, 2013, 22:01:
TBS, TNT to Stream Live TV
...If You're an Existing Cable TV Subcriber

Redmask wrote on May 11, 2013, 08:51:

HoSpanky wrote on May 10, 2013, 19:56:
Ala carte programming can't happen. Well, not unless you're happy with there being only 20 channels to choose from.

That's perfectly fine, there are about 20 channels worth of quality programming anyway and about 380 channels of infomercials, advertisements and crap you would only watch if you died while napping on your couch.

The whole reason people are choosing downloading and a la carte is to avoid those sorts of things. You mention some dreary future with more reality TV but I have news for you the future came and went, we're there already. It can't really get worse and I don't care if it means 80% of the TV market implodes, we obviously need a big shake up.

Optional Nickname! wrote on May 4, 2013, 11:28:
Nothing comes close to a real table for that authentic pinball experience anyways.

False. I suggest you look at Future Pinball (.com) Not only is it free and has a large number of user created tables, they include the very best tables that real pinball ever offered.

Were I more inclined I would turn my large screen TV on its side and stick controllers on the edge to use as flipper buttons. A large flat pinball table!

With future pinball's superior physics, infinite customization, LEDwiz add on for stunning eye candy and such tables as ST:TNG, The Addams Family and Jurassic Park you get a virtual pinball experience that is arguably better than the real thing.

All the drops and kicks and bumpers and lights work, the slope and number of balls can be edited, the audio is high quality and there are extras that the real tables could not have such as multi monitor support.

"Thank you Mr. Data" +10,000,000 Million