Who would have ever thought that Spam would save a life?

I don't acknowledge the existence of . . . what were you talking about again? :-)

Very true. Perhaps I should have elaborated that portable console-derived gaming units tend to be of the pocket-size variety.

It's great and all, but the thing looks HUGE. How can you call it portable if you can't even fit it into a pocket? Even the largest smartphones tend to fit in a pocket (the only one I've seen personally that you can't is the one I keep seeing at Best Buy manufactured by Dell, even that might be able to fit).

Also, we're getting rid of the XMB? The interface presented looks a lot like the one from that fruit company.

And there is more than one type of cop in the world. Some go after murderers, some go after embezzlers and some go after cybercriminals.

Unfortunately they all get funneled through the same overworked legal system. So, even if there are separate people doing the investigating and arresting, the paperwork goes through the same channels amd the cases are heard by the same judges. Meanwhile, the perps are held in the same prisons, further taxing the system. It's all the same.

I'd say remove. They aren't censoring the search, they're just removing it from the autocomplete queue. Alarmist alarmism is alarming.

I bet the Bittorent guys are F'ing pissed right now. It sucks that a great technology like Bittorrent immediately gets the spotlight on it's seedier uses as opposed to the really good ones (like legitimate releases of software that take the load off of individual servers).

/in before the google hate?

of my gaming childhood was playing some of the second-rate graphic adventure games that usually came in the giant 10-15-20 CD packs of software, or the CDs that were usually included with new PCs. You'd have your standard Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia, productivity software and whatnot. Then you'd have some FMV gems like MegaRace. However, the ones I really remember are the Tsunami graphic adventure games, notably Police Quest clone Blue Force.

I was very disappointed to see just a small name drop for Full Throttle (and then even only mentioning the cancelled sequel). I understand Tim Schafer is know for a more milestone game, but FT was definitey one of the best of that genre IMO. Seeing the screens from Deja Vu and Maniac Mansion made me smile as well. That Phantasmagoria was mentioned made me chuckle. One of my friends bought the game and had to give it up due to parental issues. I remember getting that massive 7-CD wallet that the game came with and slowly working my way through it.

Link is blocked at work/Link was slashdotted at home, mind summarizing what he did that was cheating?

to gain access to the submission page? Not sure how the paywall would work on that one.

Once B&L takes over, you won't mind the wording as much.

If you are a subscriber, you're a consumer.

I'm not sure that I'd classify WoW as a violent video game. Here's some other games that would be required to carry this label (taken from the ESRB website:

Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 1: It's About Time
The Sims 3
Full House Poker
Magic: The Gathering - Tactics
Scrabble Tour
Test Drive Unlimited 2


How about Congress let the ESRB do it's job. Compared to similar rating boards, it's a pretty decent one IMO. At least we're not in Austrailia (sorry Aussies, your ratings system is overly opressive!)

Granted, I'm at work and this is an annoyance over here only (checked site at home before coming to work, everything there is peachy (Win7x64, Chrome). Here at work, all of the links destined for the left side and center of the page all stack under the infobar on the right. Articles are displaying properly, but site navigation is pretty much a no-go for me. (XP SP3, IE7 v7.0.5730.13)

What (I imagine) happens most of the time with intentionally leaked broken software:
"Man, this DRM is so restrictive! I'm just going to pirate it!"
"HEY! This game is broken! Forget this!"
Result: Lost Sale

I'm a fan of companies attempting creative ways to ensure they get paid (online pass type restrictors excluded) but why would you even gamble against the bad PR. All it takes is one legitimate site running the issue (game breaks halfway through) with some of the info omitted and you could tank sales for weeks.

BSG won a Peabody which is FAR more prestigous than any Emmy nomination.

all the surrounding land that wasn't already incorporated just to call itself big? It's barely urban, some parts are decidedly rural. It's werid.