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Comment Re:Awesome. (Score 1) 168

Personally I would actually preffer MS's idea. Yes K&M players will take gamepad players to the cleaners every time, but sometimes you just want to relax and play the game on a comfortable couch, leaning back with a controller in your hand, in a closed ecosystem where players can only use gamepads, the controls being gimped isn't a huge flaw because the opponents controls are also gimped, you can still have a fair match with both sides being comfortable. You open up precision of a K&M, you take away the option to fairly compete while being comfortable. I don't really get the benefit of cross platform gaming, if you preffer K&M shouldn't you have the game on the PC anyway?

You're right. Why go outside and play football when I can play foosball inside? I'm too tubby to fit out the door anyways...

Comment Re:I think we've known this... (Score 1) 547

I don't understand why people fail to realize this. As an extension, abstinence prevents a world of problems from even happening.

Because many people don't like taking responsibility for their actions. For example : abortion. Sure, it's not in the baby's best interest to be born to a 16 year old high school drop out. So, let's kill it.

Comment Re:Cue the fun.... (Score 1) 547

You hate "religionists" and they hate you. The rest of us would rather you all shut the fuck up.

Can I get an amen from the non-hipster reasonable-atheists in the house? That's right, I'm talking to you, the people who don't go out of their way to be a-holes. Yup, that's right hipsters, everyone hates you and the fact that you hate everything else.

Comment Re:God fearing men... (Score 2) 340

It comes to the assumption or belief or whatever you want to call it that something without a brain is somehow human.

I see plenty of humans walking around (or posting on the internet) with no evidence that they have a brain.

So, you see plenty of non-breathing people who cannot independently control their bodies ... in the process of controlling their bodies?

Comment Re:Long term Id fan here... (Score 1) 172

SurvivorZero + Shameless plug for a game that only 4 people will play (and 3 of which are the creators) = laaaame.

I'm not developing this game and I have no affiliation with the team. You don't want to play a game where you are surrounded by zombies and you have to hack your way through it? It's gonna be fun! And I think it's gonna be free to download, but I could be mistaken.

I do. So I bought Left 4 Dead. And the second one. Do I want more competition in the zombie game arena? Sure. But ... well, it's got to be COMPETITION. Not just, you know, another team making another game.

Comment Re:iPad (Score 1) 172

Foxconn's factories are a mini-city. I'm sure if you compare US city suicide rates to Foxconn mini-city suicide rates, they'd be comparable. It's only really an outrage if their suicide rate was 3x or more higher than US suicide rates.

I dislike Apple software but as an electrical engineer, I'm a huge fan of their hardware.

... so, yeah, let's compare an industrial-park-turned-city to a ... regular city. I expect that a highly regulated, patrolled and enforced living arrangement would have less suicides because of the intense amount of oversight. Again, if you want to compare apples to oranges ... you've got another point. But if you'd like to join us in the real world ...

Comment Re:Long term Id fan here... (Score 1) 172

Meh... "silent story", to me, frequently means "blow lots of shit up first; we were too bored to make a story, so our fans will do that work for us". Not always, but frequently.

I tend to disagree. Some of the best games have no talking at all in them. Video game designers aren't that good at Hollywood scripts.

Dragon age : Origins + NO Hero talking = Awesome.
Dragon Age 2 + Hero who talks = Not as good as the original.
SurvivorZero + Shameless plug for a game that only 4 people will play (and 3 of which are the creators) = laaaame.

Comment Re:iPad (Score 1) 172

On the suicide note from your other troll post: the suicide rate at the Foxconn factories are less than the suicide rate at US universities.

Yeah, no nets to catch jumpers at US institutions. Or maybe it's because students at US institutions realize that there is no hope for them, since they weren't born wealthy, and the chinese aren't quite so dis-illusioned with their chances.

... or maybe paying someone for the privilege of wasting your time is more depressing than getting paid for it? No matter what, you're comparing apples to oranges... but nice try. You know there's a journal article being reported on that talks about fanbois taking criticism personally when people attack their company of choice?

Comment Re:iPad (Score 1) 172

You do realize that I said "version" and not "direct identical port" and that the AC is still wrong when he flat-out said "No" and that a "real computer" is required, because, in one form or another, Rage is available for iOS, right?

In the same way that the "full web browsing experience" is available on your iphone AND your computer... but only if your computer does NOT have flash installed.

wait, am I arguing with an AC? *doh!*

Comment Re:Spoiler, don't read this (Score 1) 79

I can tell a lot of work went into Borderlands, but I can't think of a game that was so well-made that I got tired of so quickly. Same thing over and over and over. No incentive at all to do the things you're supposed to do.

You're right, the hundreds of people who think it was an awesome mix of FPS and RPG are wrong, and your single, solitary idea is right. Even after YEARS of existence!

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