Comment Re:Badly exploited franchise (Score 1) 82
A really awesome game that I thoroughly enjoyed - as much as I could despite it's bugs - was Dominion Wars. I think it had a lot that Starship Command lacked.
Nintendo Penalizing Homebrew Users? 95
An anonymous reader writes "Bricked your Wii? Not only will Nintendo charge you for the repair, they will now add an additional fee if they detect any homebrew software. 'Should Nintendo have to pay to repair hacked Wiis under warranty? Maybe not, but they have no (moral) right to gouge customers out of spite for having the HBC installed. This actually poses a technical dilemma for us with BootMii. As currently designed, BootMii looks for an SD card when you boot your Wii, and if it finds the card and the right file, it will execute that file. Otherwise, there's no way to tell it's installed.'"
Comment Re:First MMO with True PVP? (Score 0) 74
Try Eve. It's that ^2.
Comment Re:So much for pirate ethics (Score 2, Interesting) 613
You don't understand distribution or software. The perspective of a very, very tiny and childish mind.
It's a waste of money to have servers ready to go before people have the game.
And stores need time to distribute their stock to all their locations so they can start selling at the same time, otherwise some will have an advantage over others. If GS cant' distribute as fast as Best Buy, then Best Buy would have an advantage of being able to sell the game out and sell it first, and then GS would decide not to carry the game at all.
Release dates are for a reason.
Comment Re:Are we still talking about Braid? (Score 0) 44
It's not a 'mario clone.' It pays homage to Mario and is very different from every game out there. I'd encourage you to try the demo.
It's one of the most memorable and disturbing games I've ever played. Even Yahtzee liked it.
Comment Re:Of course (Score 0) 116
I think 1mil 16-25 yos would rather be PLAYING that WATCHING.
Comment Re:The price sealed the deal (Score 1) 234
Try QuakeLive. 100% free
Comment Meh (Score 0, Troll) 200
Forget about throwing 'Jack Thompson's name on this. It simply applies the same standard to 'adult' rated games as it does for all other media that's on sale.
What the bill is saying is that if a minor wants to buy an 'adult' rated game, they will have to go one step further than simply walking into a shop and buying it. Were I a parent, I wouldn't mind that the child would have to ask me to buy it for him rather than him having access to it directly himself.
Comment Re:In Defence of Sony... (Score 1) 616
I think it's equally as likely that the reporter botched the quote when he wrote it down.
Comment Re:Darkfail. (Score 1) 80
Perhaps you should write regularly for an online magazine somewhere. 40+ MMO betas in the last year? Wow.
Comment Re:Fair is fair (Score 1) 1182
This isn't discrimination since all sexual 'orientations' are treated equally.
Comment Re:Cool! (Score 1) 139
heheheh.
He will probably talk about pollution or CEO pay or starving pygmies or AIDS or whatever he last read about in the HuffPost.
Comment Re:CCA was a *good* thing! (Score 1) 214
nice reply. And you are right about the classics. That's all I've been getting from Netflix.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre was awesome. Going through Sgt. York, now.
Comment Re:Monopoly Mindset (Score 1) 842
Adobe. Yahoo. Real. Whoever made that game Crayon Physics.
It's software. It's easier to just turn a few internal settings off rather than creating a whole new lesser version is just easier.
Back to the nut house with you. H1Bs give worker more freedom, DRM prevents stealing, not 'freedom,' and MS has probably done more than any company to help individuals leverage their abilities without having to become a nerd in the process.
Comment Re:bah (Score 0, Troll) 66
Don't be such a pendantist. You know what he meant.
