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Comment I can't believe it! (Score 1) 1521

After all these years, it will be bizarre to think of Slashdot and not think of CmdrTaco.

Thank you for creating this site and seeing it through its first 14 years. Although I don't post much any more, I do appreciate all you did and I still read the new stories posted to the site several times a day.

May your future be filled with all the happiness and fulfillment you've earned.

Comment Replayability (Score 1) 637

Setting aside the issue of how many games are actually entertaining all the way through...

If a game has high replayability (which essentially means well-implemented, well-thought-out randomization), a 10-hour game would be fine for $50.

The problem is most video games play nearly the same every time through, in which case $50 for 10 hours of entertainment isn't as much of a bargain.

Comment Re:Poll is to vague - Define "microprocessor" (Score 1) 559

Exactly. I collect classic game and computer systems, so in addition to the usual modern stuff with microprocessores in them, I have:

1) Atari 2600
2) Atari 5200
3) Atari 7800
4) Atari Lynx
5) Atari Jaguar
6) Magnavox Odyssey^2
7) Mattel Intellivision
8) ColecoVision
9) Atari 1200XL (8-bit computer)
A) NES
B) SNES
C) N64
D) Sega Genesis
E) NEC Turbografx-16
F) GCC Vectrex

And I have multiples of most of the above, stored away in the basement.

So I have way, way more than 20 microprocessors in my home, once you add in the TVs, Blu-Ray players, Rokus, routers, printers, modern computers, cell phones, and all the other stuff.

PlayStation (Games)

Split Screen Co-op Is Dying 362

kube00 writes "Split-screen co-op and local multiplayer are becoming things of the past. What happened to cramming a bunch of gamers into a room with two TVs and doing a system link match in Halo? Where have the all-night GoldenEye matches gone? Like the arcades of gamers' youth, the local multiplayer and co-op bonding experience has been replaced with individual gamers and a network."

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