eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 4, 2012, 14:53:
As harsh as it may be, something like that should apply to Steam and several other matchmaking systems (Battlelog, Autolog, etc..) and forums as well. There are surely a lot of female gamers around but due to the constant jerks on the web they appear a minority because they don't dare ever mentioning or revealing it.

So, kudos to 343 Industries, and in this case MS

kookaveetsa wrote on Oct 31, 2012, 20:31:
So in other words, you don't even use linux, you're just being an M$ troll.

Panickd wrote on Oct 31, 2012, 18:39:
I'd be shocked if they aren't already inundated with more signups than they can count. I can't wait for the "it doesn't work with open source drivers" bug reports to start hitting their lists. It'll be about then when they realize why porting anything commercial to Linux is a colossal pain in the ass. The zealots are always keen to ruin it for everyone.

I'll just wait for the regular release, which in Valve time could be anytime between tomorrow and several years from now.

nin wrote on Oct 31, 2012, 15:22:

Seriously though, this is a lot of hemming and hawing over nothing. The same kind of outcry was heard when Disney bought Marvel and what happened? They just let Marvel do it's own thing and got a gem of a film out of it.

Most folks generally seem to be in favor of the purchase.

fawker wrote on Oct 31, 2012, 15:06:
Lucas just had a great idea and sold it well. He can't direct, he has a horrible touch on the franchise. By far the best film was Empire Strikes Back, which benefited from a "real" director.

Disney couldn't do any worse.

LittleMe wrote on Oct 15, 2012, 14:56:
Yeah get them conditioned early for a slave life of being tracked & monitored. They forgot to call any students 'potential terrorists' for not wearing their RFID.

Mr. Tact wrote on Oct 11, 2012, 14:40:
The true winner of this suit:

"As part of the consent decree, Netflix will pay $755,000 to plaintiffs' lawyers who prosecuted the lawsuit"

SpectralMeat wrote on Oct 10, 2012, 11:22:

Beamer wrote on Oct 10, 2012, 11:11:
If you just want to put footage on YouTube and give tips, collecting money from YouTube's ads, then you can do that.

First sentence in that article:

Microsoft is tired of people earning money on YouTube clips of its games, so the company has decided to change the rules a bit

It is not very clear what do they consider videos that earns you money.

SpectralMeat wrote on Oct 9, 2012, 10:40:

nin wrote on Oct 9, 2012, 10:30:

I should just wait and grab Dishonored later

No! Grab it now!!!

The problem is if I buy too many games at the same time I feel pressured to play them, due to lack of free time to play games I become stressed, and I try to crunch as much gaming into the short amount of time as possible so I tend to rush through a game. From what I am hearing XCOM is not one of those games you want to rush at all.

As much as I'd love to take advantage of the 25% off GMG code and the $10 credit I got from them for XCOM I think I will lay low for a bit and grab Dishonored on the Christmas sale or something. I really want to play through Borderlands 2 also, it is such an awesome game.

Beamer wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 14:51:

Panickd wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 14:49:

Beamer wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 13:48:

Prez wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 12:37:
I absolutely loathe EA, so I am by no means defending them, but I would really view this as unethical only if there was a FIFA 12 on Wii and it was the same.

That's what happened, right?

It would be ok if it was released as a $20 roster update and not sold as a full game. For $50 it's questionable. For $50 and no notice on the box that it's just new rosters (and shoes) it's unbelievable.

Lets get real here: This is what EA does to all it's sports games late in a console's life. Sure they may mildly tweak a few features and change out the intro screens and annoying music to hide that fact, but essentially you're paying for last years game with an updated roster. The only thing they've done here is dropped the facade. None of the real changes are going to happen until the next gen releases because most of the development teams and money has already moved there.

Disagree - the usually at least add some new mechanics of some form. Or so I've been told, I haven't purchased an EA Sports game since NHL 2002.
I'd place this solely on them not valuing the Wii at all. I think this has nearly happened with them in the past.


edit - I stand corrected, NHL98 was the last EA Sports game I purchased. NHL 2002 came free in a box of Cheerios (no lie.) And the console interface made me go back and play NHL95.

Beamer wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 13:48:

Prez wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 12:37:
I absolutely loathe EA, so I am by no means defending them, but I would really view this as unethical only if there was a FIFA 12 on Wii and it was the same.

That's what happened, right?

It would be ok if it was released as a $20 roster update and not sold as a full game. For $50 it's questionable. For $50 and no notice on the box that it's just new rosters (and shoes) it's unbelievable.