I think it'll keep the riff-raff like Bob Pelloni and others like them out, that's a good thing.

Perhaps I haven't made this point clear. You don't need to relocate until you have the job. You can send resumes/portfolios/interviews while you're where you're at. You don't move until you have the offer, and you don't take the offer unless they offer to subsidize your relocation expenses.

Also there's nothing stopping you from Google Play...RIGHT NOW....got anything up there? No? Why not?

Yep, just an example though because Notch worked there and most wannabe-indies worship the guy.

A Cold winter is "localized weather", regional

Global warming is "global climate", meaning global averages.

You can have global warming and still have a cold winter in the US. We will just have fewer of them and they'll tend to be less and less cold. Which is what has been happening. Used to have winters like this more often. I'm old enough to remember when snow before Halloween wasn't uncommon.

Eventually over time, the localized climate shifts to the climate type that was to the south of you. Say Chicago becoming more like Louisville Kentucky, or worse.. Vicksburg Mississippi or even Worse...Mexico City. It'll still have lake effect, but it's averages will be more similar to Louisville, or Vicksburg, or Mexico City

This supposed bad winter was NOTHING compared to the ones of the late 70's.

Which is what you would expect, right? And the sort of games Slashdotters mention when talking about how much they love their keyboards and mice for gaming.

The truth is, I don't know how many console games have mouse/keyboard support because I haven't even tested all of mine. Support is often not listed on the game box or documentation, the PS2 port of Deus Ex is an example of that. Doesn't mention it at all. Support also sometimes exists where you don't expect it, the PSN Gauntlet II port is one, you can play it with a keyboard.

I've done that and it hasn't worked yet!

Bob's game is your reference? Bob Pelloni was a flake, you don't think Nintendo couldn't figure that out?

The day of a single guy in a basement is over. If you don't want to deal with the gatekeepers find another platform. If you want to do a game on a specific platform, you deal with the gatekeepers for it.

I can name 6 PS2 games off the top of my head that support both.

Unreal Tournament
FFXI
Deus Ex
Dirge of Cerberus
Half Life.
EQOA

There's more besides these.

More than 2, I have several within 10 feet of me that support one or the other, or both.

Every PS3 game that uses the standard PS3 text input widget for any reason supports USB keyboard for text input.

I agree on the chill, but the fake uber-nerd on NCIS is actually...a nerd. Pauley Perrette was a grad student in criminal science when she got into acting.

Now Kristen Vangsness (Garcia on Criminal Minds), as far as I know...is not a geek.

Hmmm, I wonder if there's any Abby/Penelope slash fic.

Why would they do that when the the DS and Vita are right on the shelves with better quality games. Hell the upcoming Vita version of Minecraft is utterly superior to the Android version because the Vita version is based on the console versions code, not the PE edition.

Fuck indies and fuck whiny wannabe developers. I'm tired of you grinding this axe. They are not the be-all of gaming any more than EA or Activision is. You want to be a game developer? Then DO THE FUCKING WORK and quit whining because you can't publish whatever puzzle game clone you want to do on the Wii because Nintendo doesn't want to let aspie wannabe's on their console without proven ability.

Go sign on with some phone game developer already, Gameloft, King, whatever. That's where Markus Persson got his start, working for hated King.

Ha ha, no. Because if you're a game maker, you go where the money is, where people are already willing to spend money on games. Consoles. And you simply can't beat the quality that's already there.

Ah but most indie games and developers suck. The best indie games can/will hit various consoles eventually, all you have to do is wait.

And you still focus WAY too much thought on the "kid market".

There are these things called USB ports, consoles have had them since 2000 for a reason.

once had a little discussion with some Gnome 3 advocates including Rahul Sundaram, either here or on the Fedora Forums about Gnome 3. They'd say install this or that add-on to restore the functionality that was in Gnome2. I said there was a reason that the CDE/Win9x+/XFCE/Gnome2 interface was fairly standard, it's not perfect but it just works to get stuff done and to quit copying mobile interfaces for desktop use.

Then ol Rahul said Gnome 3 wasn't inspired by tablet/mobile interfaces.

You actually use Gmail via the website and not via IMAP?

Traditionally in an ARPG, you don't cast your powerful spells all the time, you rely on your standard attacks You use spells like Meteor on Bosses/mini-bosses/elite mooks/overwhelming numbers only.

It'd be like a wizard not upgrading his weapon in D1 and relying on a Level 1 chain Lightning and having to go back to town every minute for mana potions.