You should never play any game that's directly tied to a movie. Especially one that comes out the same time the actual movie comes out.

First you know they got a small budget. The game itself is categorized by the movie industry the same way a movie-themed lunch box is. Just as extra merchandise to turn a quick buck.

Second you know they don't have a realistic time frame to make these games good. There's no "When it's done" type speak. There's no "Hopefully we'll have it out by Q4 2009". It's out when the movie comes out, regardless of how much is fixed or broken.

Third, if you actually care about the stories in games, then you know movie games don't have very good stories. There's no imagination with it since you already know the plot-line. You already know what's going to happen since you've already seen the movie. Again this isn't a big deal to most people but it does matter to some.

Ok, I'm sleepy and I'm going to bed. I didn't even know there was a new terminator movie coming out until I heard an ad on the radio a few weeks ago.

"Offline" is one that bugs me. People say they downloaded it offline. When they talk about where they downloaded a music cd or a movie or something from. If you get something offline, that means you didn't get it on the internet. If you got it on the internet, then you got it online.

And yeah, the download thing, people say that too. Move a file to a USB drive? Well technically I guess you could say you downloaded file X to your thumb drive, though just saying you put file X or transfered file X would be more appropriate.

Jeeze you should be glad these people are admitting their faults. They're basically telling you what their level of understanding is with respect to computers.

People are used to crap breaking on them. I mean I am. People my age don't know what stuff was built like "in the good old days". Most of the junk is one-time use type stuff anyway, so nobody cares if it breaks after it does its job.

I got a waffle maker handed down to me from my grandmother. It's a GE waffle maker. Thing is heavy as hell. Feels like it's made out of solid steel.

Anyways it was probably made in the 50s or 60s, and it still works. But that's about it. It's pretty crappy. Apparently non-stick surfaces didn't exist back then so you have to spray an assload of pam on it every single time before you pour in the waffle mix. So if you're going to pour the mix in 3 or 4 times, you gotta spray first each time. Also as I said before, the entire thing is made out of some kind of metal. So the entire outer casing gets pretty damn hot and can burn you. Think of toasters today, you can touch the side while they're on without getting a damn burn! The handles have a plastic cover to them, but because of all the metal in them they get pretty hot. You have to open it up quick so you don't burn yourself. The temperature dial has the same problem. It's more of a lever than a dial. Anyways it's also just a metal stick that heats up while the waffle maker heats up. It's coated in that melted vinyl stuff but it doesn't dissipate the heat well. So that means again you have to move it quick so you don't burn yourself.

Now let's look at the cheap $10 disposable waffle maker you can get today. Nonstick surfaces are standard. The outer casing would be made out of some kind of plastic. The handles would definitely be completely made out of plastic, there would be no solid rods of metal inside of them carrying heat. The controls would be placed away from the heatsource and would probably be some kind of completely plastic knob that wouldn't get really hot when making waffles.

So anyways, you'd make waffles for a few months with the $10 maker, and then you'd get tired of it. A few years later you'll try making waffles again and you'll find your waffle maker doesn't work anymore. Big deal.

Sorry I'm not too familiar with how it works at gamestop. I've only been in one three times in my life, and I've known about the place since they've been called Funcoland. Two of those times were to buy something but they were out of it, so I just walked across the shopping center to Toys-R-Us and they had it. I was just trying to support a gaming store at the time.

I think the only used game I ever bought from there was Sega GT for the xbox for something like $3. That was an ok deal I think. Only new game I ever bought from there was C&C generals. That was more of an impulse buy when I was there with my friend. It was only $10, but wtf, he got a shiny new DVD case and I got an old beatup box. Normally I'd care, but since it was only $10 and more of an impulse thing it didn't matter to me.

Ok, just think for a minute people. How convenient is it to go to a GameStop? They're usually in malls, or sometimes in small shopping centers. Those are two places you only go to when you need to buy crap you don't really need.

Now with Walmart, they already have an entire store full of everything you could find at a strip mall but cheaper, plus groceries.

So this means there's a lot of people that go there on a weekly basis. Not just any people, but people that can't afford the rip offs at the mall. This new option will appeal to them, though I suspect maybe the system might be too complicated for them to figure out.

Anyways, walmart advantages:
1.) Convenient location
2.) 24 hour trade in ability
3.) Completely automated, no talking to people to do the trade in

Gamestop advantages:
1.) Maybe better quality control since the games have to be checked first? Though the walmart setup might have the games get checked by a human first before they get resold to consumers. Also it might be cheaper just to accept all games even if some are horribly scratched since they don't have to pay 1 or 2 people $7.25 per hour coming this July. So maybe this isn't really an advantage.

I don't even play console FPS game. I prefer PC ones and like you just mentioned, they are definitely superior. However, someone's gotta defend consoles so let me try:

Advantages of consoles:
1. No install process. Just stick your disc in the hole and have fun. That's what she said!
2. Universal hardware. This means no dealing with graphics settings. No spending 15 to 30 minutes tweaking the settings to get the perfect balance of good looks and good frame rate. Also for developers, this means they don't have to develop for the "average system". Instead they already know exactly what hardware they're building for. Lastly this also means for online play, the playing field is more even. Everyone has the same hardware, so they have the same frame rates. Only difference is the ping between them.
3. Universal control system. Everyone's stuck using the gamepad so everyone has the same controls. PC games, some people try to use a gamepad or joystick and fail horribly. All of us using mouse and keyboard, well some have more desk space for moving their mouse than others.
4. Ease of updates. I gotta say console games are insanely easier to update than pc games. Maybe not for the developer, but definitely for the end user. You try to get online with your console game, it says update needed, press X to download. Then you just sit there bored for 5 to 10 minutes and you're all done. Some PC games are that way. Some have the courtesy to at least tell you there's an update, but you still gotta go to the website, download the patch, and install it. Others don't even tell you. You just wonder why you can't connect to any servers.

That's it. I can't think of any more advantages a console has. As funny as this sounds, if anything I'd say a PC has more of an arcade feel than a console. Why? One you've got the screen 2 or 3 feet right in front of you, the other you're sitting on the couch with a screen on the other side of the room.

I agree paying for something like xbox live is retarded. That was my little brothers main reason for getting a PS3 over the 360. The PS3 comes out cheaper in the long run when you don't have to pay $50 or $60 per year for online play that you don't use very often. Once a week or two is about how often he does online play with his console.

Is that really so different from asking someone why don't they just go out and jack cars instead of playing gta?

I guess it is kind of since it's unreasonable to expect someone to go out and commit crimes, but playing an instrument is ok.

Yeah but I'm sure that increases your odds about as much as buying 20 lotto tickets instead of 1 does.

You know, that view actually is close to the way the restaurants works.

You go in, and the waiter gives you service for your whole meal, then at the end of it you decide if you'll tip them great, ok, or not at all.

Sadly though, this is illegal with software but perfectly legal in a restaurant. Also of note is that you pay for the food regardless, it's the service fee / tip that's optional.

I remember when I was a gamefly member, about 2 or 3 years ago, they started doing this thing where as soon as the post office received your game, gamefly would send out a new one.

The idea was that this would make the turnaround time shorter. Even then, it was put game in mailbox Monday after 2pm, receive a new game by Friday.

I think the best thing to do is buy a game, then either trade it on goozex, or sell it on Amazon and then use that money to buy another game.

You say it's theft but the courts say it's copyright infringement, which carries a much higher penalty.

I'd say Myspace has been a great thing for local bands. It's extremely easy to hear a few of their songs and sample their music, and it's also extremely easy to see when they'll be playing a show and where.

Myspace isn't really designed for them to hold a long boring biography or a history of their tour dates. It also doesn't have a nice section for them to sell their merchandise either like t-shirts and cd's. Also a forum / message board is missing for fans to talk with each other.

I think myspace is more like a sampler of the band, and if you want more info or want to buy stuff, then they're supposed to link you to their official website somewhere on there. But like you said, most of the time the myspace page is their only website.