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Comment: If true, the current gen is the last for me (Score 1) 393

by Kinwolf (#42944089) Attached to: The End Is Near for GameStop
I don't buy many games anymore, only 3 in the last years, but 90% of my purchase for this generation consoles have been used games. Be it through ebay/local ads website, or the local videostore getting rid of multiples copies of older games. So maybe it's less a sacrifice for me then others, but I will never buy a console that tries to remove my right of first sale, especially when new games clocks at 60$ and more for 10 hours of gameplay. It seems I'm one of the few left remembering games like Phantasy, Star Control 2, The Magic Candle, all the "X Quest" and SSI Gold boxes providing a solid 70 hours of gameplay or thinking for 25-30$. Those are the games that still come to mind when someone ask me about "fun" games. Anyway, boardgames and kickstarter projects that provide a DRM free game will continue to get my money in the coming years.

+ - Tiny, Hackable Quadcopter Drone Launches Pre-Orders->

Submitted by Kinwolf
Kinwolf writes ""A tiny new open source drone kit made by Bitcraze is buzzing its way to market this spring, targeted at hackers and modders who want to explore droning indoors as well as out."
Now I know what I'll do for the first 7 minutes of lunch break! The pre-order price is 173$ for the most avanced model, and some soldering is required. The telemetry being available is a pretty nice touch."
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+ - Ask Slashdot: Re-kickstarting our Kickstarter?-> 9

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "We are supporters of an old-school adventure game Kickstarter that is dealing with "Kickstarter fatigue". The project itself is a sarcastic/comedic, science-fiction adventure, with reknowned and proven talent behind it — now that Kickstarter's adventure game honeymoon period is seemingly over, the big gaming and news sites are not interested in the project, community sites are not interested in front paging articles about the project, and famous twitterers with sci-fi leanings have all but ignored our request for twitter help. Due to the reluctance of the big gaming sites in talking about Kickstarter projects, it is up to the fans to try and get this across the line in the next 8 days — what other avenues or sites can we use to get word about our project to a wider audience, without coming across as spammers?"
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+ - Space Quest creators reunite for a new game after a 20 year hiatus-> 1

Submitted by flyingmonkfish
flyingmonkfish writes ""Remember the old-school Sierra On-Line Space Questseries? Yes, back in the day before live Internet pr0n. With the original IP tied up in a giant Activision-Gordian-Knot, Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe ("The Two Guys from Andromeda"), the creators of SQ, have set up their own indie studio to invent a whole new hilarious universe, new characters, and puzzles; maybe respecting the style of art and comedy for which they are remembered. They sure aren't telling us what they'll do, so don't sue us if it turns out to be a space themed version of Animal Crossing! SpaceVenture is rumoured to lambaste sci-fi franchises, and the team claims that none are safe, including Doctor Who, Stargate, Avatar, and others. One thing is certain, they'll make fun of YOU. They've lined up an all-star voice-acting cast, including Rob Paulsen (off-camera voice on "Funniest Pets and People"), Ellen McLain (cut-scenes on Godzilla: Unleashed), and radio legend Gary Owens (pre-recorded station ID announcer for CHPQ-FM). It's being promoted with a blog, podcasts, videos, live chats,and fan efforts including SQ marathons,comics, and fan videos. Sex tape coming soon. Best of all, as funding milestones are reached the team releases Chrome Web Store exclusive prototypes; somewhat playable concept art demonstrating how l33t their HTML5 sk1lzz are! The Kickstarter project targets everything under the sun — PC/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android, none of them well — for release and includes expensive swag and rewards that can land you in the game itself — for the price of a nice car. So go on and look if you're a diehard fan of adventure games with sci-fi parody — yes, the two of you. Did we mention we're desperate? Funding has bottomed out so we're now down to desperate measures and running on fumes. WE NEED YOUR HELP!""
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NEWARK has been REZONED!! DES MOINES has been REZONED!!

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