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Comment Free/99 vs. Production Games + a similar question (Score 1) 343

Value.
These cheep games are great, for 5 - 10 min at a time. They have no story. No intrigue. No production value.

Compare Agree Birds to Mass Effect.

AB = Fun no brainer game that keeps you coming back for more... but really its the same thing over and over.

ME = A Story, a movie, voice actors, interaction, PLOT...

A similar question might be

Why aren't Production Games Killing Movies?

At 5 times the cost of going to a movie by yourself, (or renting a movie), that is 1.5 – 3hrs you can buy a game and get 1 - 3hrs of cinematic scenes + 50 – 100hrs of play.

Comment Re:Am I the only person... (Score 1) 286

you'll find it is often faster to find what you are looking for in a site through google.

try searching for a youtube video in youtube or google, sometimes its easier in google, just have youtube in the search.

in your case, try looking for what you need... if you don't find it in the first pass, add ehow to the end of your quarry.

Comment List (Score 1) 1162

In no particular order.

1. Price for disc.
2. Upsampling for DVD
3. Firmware updates
4. Load times
5. Stream services
6. USB ports
7. too many people just don't SEE the Difference
8. 99% of people just won't HEAR the Difference

Comment Re:I'm sure it's coming eventually (Score 1) 154

<quote>
1. Will it support backwards compatibility with the Wii? (I expect it will.)
2. Will it allow save games to be copied off the Wii onto the new console? (AFAIK, this only applies to games with online components, but some game saves are locked to the console.)
3. Will it allow Virtual Console and WiiWare purchases to be transferred?</quote>

1. I had better, or they will see a quick and painful death of the Wii.
2. interesting request. I'm sure it can be done... though im not sure thats a big deal.
3. I'm with you on that. I bought the Wii so i could Buy all my old NES games. I'm not buying them again.

I like the MS online world. N should go for something like this. It's not geeky, kids and parents get how to use it. and its quite powerful.

What i would like to see, is a media console.
Something that will play all my music and/or videos. Something that can compete with the Apple TV or Boxee.

Comment Re:Sci-Fi is dead (Score 1) 373

I don't think that ghost related shows are too much of a stretch for Sci-Fi, (not that i watch them or know anyone who does for that matter)... Th Fact that they chose Wrestling tells us they have no clue.

In Canada we only have Space Network, and it sticks mostly to that. unfortunatly it doesn't have the budget to help shows like Stargate to stay on the air. So SyFy drops them and picks up shows that other networks already have thinning out the profit for everyone.

Comment Appless Apps (Score 1) 643

I don't see the tablet being a Fad in anyway, it is possible however that Apps may see a dip in popularity in the future.

If the competitors to the iPad can get just enough of a strong hold on the market to live more then a year, App developers may choose not to develop their app for 1 or more platforms, rather just make their App web based, or built into into the product.

Comment Candu Reactors & West Coast vs East (Score 1) 964

While there will always be dangers in nuclear energy, the Fukushima reactors are not CANDU. This catastrophe would not have happened if they were... or at least the damage would be far less... and would 'likely' not ever got to this point.

That's not to say the CANDU system is not perfect. there are lots of down times and accidents happen.

What is strange though are the places in which these plants are located. Understandably they are often located on the edge of a large body of water. But why did Japan decide that the east coast was better then the west coast?

The west coast has less effects by earthquakes, and hardy would be hit by a tsunami. Also, If there ever were a meltdown and it made its way to the water, it would be better off on the west coast so as to have less of an effect on the rest of the Pacific Ocean.

What are the advantages of the East?

Comment shutting down limewire isn't the only/main reason (Score 1) 369

Streaming Stations. While previously on a decline&mdash;due to the RIAA in ability to think&mdash;are getting better. Groove Shark and stations? like it make downloading needless.

affordable good quality music for $1 or less from countless sources

Free music DLs from popular artist and underground a like...

Who needs to steel?

Besides, the stigma now is that what ever you pay for the music helps the artist... so people are paying even if it is free.

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