jdreyer wrote on Aug 9, 2016, 14:57:

As we've long noted that's something AT&T already does -- the company charging users $30 to $50 more per month if they want to opt out of the telco's "Internet Preferences," a deep packet inspection program that tracks your browsing behavior around the Internet.

Jesus Fuck, $30 to $50 PER MONTH for privacy options???

C'mon Tom, bring these fucking monopolies to heel.

HorrorScope wrote on Aug 9, 2016, 15:27:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Aug 9, 2016, 11:52:
The older I become, the more I am convinced that the US is becoming a corporate fascism.

I don't think any convincing is needed any more. While Europe is at least fighting against some of these fronts, the ole USA give zero fucks about the word freedom in practice. We're still great a lip servicing freedom though. There is still freedom out there, but it narrows vs expands these days.

Creston wrote on Aug 9, 2016, 13:11:

Cutter wrote on Aug 9, 2016, 11:15:
It says 'Creston get back to work!'

No.

So in other words stop playing until the game catches up.

LOL. Yeah, that's some solid programming there. FEEL TEH POWER OF TEH NEXT GEN CONSOLES.

God, Neo and Scorpio can't come soon enough.

CrimsonPaw wrote on Aug 1, 2016, 12:41:
I've always thought the Vita was a great machine; I just wish Sony shared that sentiment. I use the hell out of the PS4 remote play (though the wifi chip is a bit lacking on it) and really enjoy a lot of the early games (I'll still play Wipeout from time-to-time).

nin wrote on Jul 31, 2016, 13:07:
Couldn't care less about the S itself, but the new controllers supporting bluetooth is nice. Got one of those on order...

ForgedReality wrote on Jul 17, 2016, 02:16:
It's really kind of a shame. I really liked developing in ActionScript 3. It's object-oriented and surprisingly powerful.

Bundy wrote on Jul 15, 2016, 21:41:

Ecthelion wrote on Jul 15, 2016, 21:34:

Bundy wrote on Jul 15, 2016, 14:05:
I liked the first season of Walking Dead and hated the second. I was pretty disappointed in Wolf Among Us and thought Game of Thrones was, by far, their worst entry. Didn't bother with the Borderlands one. The quality trend is going the wrong way.

I agree about Walking Dead Season 2, the beginning and ending felt forced to me, like bad writing to create an artificial situation. Tales of the Borderlands was a lot of fun for me, it was really funny and didn't kill off people just because it could.

Why didn't you like Wolf Among Us? I really enjoyed that one, and it got me into the Fables comics to boot.

I enjoyed the story. It definitely lured me in. But I didn't like the way they kept presenting us with fake "choices". And forcing the desired outcome regardless. I remember that I finally got tired of the Tweedles fucking with me so I opted to kill them both. There must have been a half dozen characters all telling me to not do it. Telltale REAAAALLY didn't want me to even try. By the end I was just fed up. I'd rather it be a tv series on HBO, than a game. It was the same with game of thrones when they kept trying to get you to submit to the Whitehills. In the end I kept refusing to spite Telltale.

Bundy wrote on Jul 15, 2016, 23:18:
But I still want that Wolf Among Us TV series.

Bundy wrote on Jul 15, 2016, 14:05:
I liked the first season of Walking Dead and hated the second. I was pretty disappointed in Wolf Among Us and thought Game of Thrones was, by far, their worst entry. Didn't bother with the Borderlands one. The quality trend is going the wrong way.

nin wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 15:13:
And just think...it's running on x86 now...

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 30, 2016, 13:45:

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Jun 30, 2016, 11:25:

ViRGE wrote on Jun 30, 2016, 03:18:
You're my kind of people.

KA took some liberties with the size/agility of ships, but damn if it wasn't fun.

Thanks man. There's a whole mod community out there still dedicated to it. For those that can't get it to work on modern OS's including Win10 look for komat's patches. The game itself is ripe for a remake though, people would likely buy it up like no tomorrow but it wouldn't surprise me if it's one of those titles where no one knows who actually owns what, much like NOLF.

Man I still have the original CD's for KA box and all... what a game that was when it came out, FMV, proper story.. KLINGONS.. loved it. And not to forget, the, for the time, absolutely mind blowing damage model. (Modular destruction.. limited, but hey ;p)

PHJF wrote on Jun 29, 2016, 07:55:

And one part of the prophecy, which is only in the books, reads

SST After the finale with Jaime walking into the throne room, I'm convinced that's what's going to happen. The Kingslayer becomes The Queenslayer.

That prophecy could also refer to Tyrion, since he needs something to do when he flies into King's Landing on a dragon.

But yeah, Jamie doesn't look too pleased with the darker turn Cersei took. He planned to get Tommen back from the High Sparrow and Cersei had no interest in that. I wonder, if Tyrion hadn't killed Tywin would Cersei have done it herself the next time he messed up her plans?

In any case, things are certainly going to be interesting in King's Landing. If Cersei thought the citizens hated Joffrey, she is in for a whole new realm of unrest after killing hundreds of them in the bombing. Her zombie bodyguard can only fend off so many opponents before being overrun, if it comes to a mass uprising.

One interesting point though, by my estimation Cersei is the first legitimate ruler since Robert, since Joffrey and Tommen were both Lannisters with no blood or marital relation to Robert.

Also, I forgot one person, Stannis' wife (Shireen's mother) is probably a worse mother than Cersei. But only just barely.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 28, 2016, 01:17:

Ecthelion wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 22:58:
The rest of the episode was really enjoyable, but that first section in King's Landing, while fun to watch, just seemed so off.

Think about why she didn't want him buried properly.. the relationship was already busted when he invited the faith into the castle by inaction. By the time king proclaimed open support for the faith, she was out for brutal vengeance. She knew the consequences of him surviving... she made a gamble there and it turned out the best possible way. She gave him 1 !!! way out, as her son but king in name only. So to her, this was probably the most in character thing she has ever done. Remember she was out for blood after the "Walk of Shame"

Cersei was gunning for the throne, and she isn't the type of women you scorn more than once.

Fion wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 13:21:
Personally I've found this season to be thrilling but also poorly written in many ways. It's just really obvious the writers didn't have a book to fall back on this time, and unlike the intrigue and crazy unexpected events and deaths that made it so you never knew what would happen next or who's time was up next is utterly gone.

spoilers s6e10
I can see why they will only do a half season, they basically lined everything up to let Daenerys wipe the floor with westeros now that most of it's nobles are dead, King's Landing is largely burnt to the ground and the only remaining major noble houses with any weatlh and large armies are going to side with her before she even arrives. And Tyrian all but came out and said 'there's this dude named John Snow that'll be just your type, you'll see!'

I also disliked the final episode for many reasons - though the fan service was awesome, several notable characters did things completely out of character. I mean Dorn backing Daenerys? If you know your history that's the last thing they'd EVER do. I guess that's why the show killed the Prince and put women into power. And how exactly does the Queen of Thorns know her grandkids are dead already? Or those in Winterfell knows that Walder Frey is dead when the SEAT OF ALL KNOWLEDGE in the realms didn't know that the Old Bear and Maester Aemon had died what is now years ago. We know from the first season that it takes months - during the summer - to travel from King's Landing to these places. A bird is going to cut that time down but not to days. Ah.. sometimes it doesn't pay off to be a book reader.

Sorry for caps but.. CERCEI ISN'T SMART ENOUGH TO PULL OFF THAT WIN! In the books every time she tries something of intrigue or a complicated web of lies and the shear numbers involved, she'd get caught.

Anyway I really look forward to Book 6, it'll be no where near as obvious and strait forward as Season 6 has been, even if it's been a fun show and Ep10 was basically just fan service. I'm also disliking how many characters have been given plot protection at this point. I'm sure there'll be some shocking deaths in S7 but we all know a few that won't die, no matter how dire things may become.

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Jun 24, 2016, 16:19:
I don't care that they replaced the whole cast with women as the Ghost busters. Oh let me rewind that statement, I don't care as long as they don't put stupid female idioms into the movie like Screaming and Flailing arms when the going gets tough or "I'm just a girl, my make up is ruined now!"

Quboid wrote on Jun 21, 2016, 22:18:
Anyone watching the Copa America? It's getting a little Messi for the US men's soccer team.

Has Archer been good recently? I saw the episodes back when they were called ISIS but haven't seen after season ... 4? It ended in space, verging on jumping the shark.

Creston wrote on Jun 20, 2016, 12:57:
HBO Now down for GoT.

HOW COINCIDENTAL!

Cutter wrote on Jun 13, 2016, 13:33:

On May 31, ALA sent out an email to all affected employees, informing them of the incident. The Excel file held information such as real names, addresses and telephone numbers of 800+ ALA employees in various high school and college libraries across the state.

As usual, ISIS militants dumped the data online and asked supporters to carry out lone wolf operations against these targets. A few months earlier, the group did the same thing when they leaked the details of over 3,000 New Yorkers.

It's so long past due for the feds to get serious about IT security it's not funny.

Slashman wrote on Jun 3, 2016, 13:44:

ItBurn wrote on Jun 3, 2016, 13:25:
Why???

Played the original and didn't really like it. It felt like a student project at times.

Likely because a lot of other folks have differing tastes than yours (thankfully).

I'm going to enjoy trying out the new version myself. Bring on the new robot overlords so I can kick them in the nads! Wait...where would the nads on a killer robot be located?

nin wrote on May 10, 2016, 21:09:
Sorry for the folks that lost their jobs.

Also, selfishly, I hope this means Marvel and Star Wars end up in Lego Dimensions.