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When DLC Goes Wrong 261

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 11, 2010 @03:16AM from the horse-armor dept.

kube00 writes "Poorly done downloadable content is one of a gamer's worst nightmares right now. Where a publisher stands to make some money, gamers get screwed. Whether it's the overpriced extra maps/costumes DLC, on-the-disc-at-launch DLC, or DLC that is nothing more than a remake of other content, no game is safe from bad DLC. That includes Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock 2, Uncharted 2 and a host of many other popular games. Is there a chance to fix this system?"

Comment Re:Doomsday Machine (Score 1) 638

by Malchor on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @06:49PM (#29509747) Attached to: Soviets Built a Doomsday Machine; It's Still Alive

The Catholics vs Protestants don't count.
Mainly because the Protestants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation have only been around since the 16th Century.

Microsoft Asks Open Source Not to Focus On Price 461

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday April 20, 2009 @02:42PM from the please-don't-hurt-us dept.

Microsoft's supposed open-source guru Sam Ramji has asked open-source vendors to focus on "value" instead of "cost" with respect to competition with Microsoft products. This is especially funny given the Redmond giant's recent "Apple Tax" message. "While I'm sure Ramji meant well, I'm equally certain that Microsoft would like nothing more than to not be reminded of how expensive its products can be compared with open-source solutions. After all, Microsoft was the company that turned the software industry on its head by introducing lower-cost solutions years ago to undermine the Unix businesses of IBM and Hewlett-Packard, and the database businesses of Oracle and IBM."

Comment Re:Is this really surprising? (Score 1) 734

by Malchor on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @10:38AM (#22857068) Attached to: Someday You'll Hate Apple (And Google Too)

"slick user interface" is something that is subjective. It works for some people but not others.

This past weekend I was trying to set up an Ipod for my father in-law. When it came time to register his Ipod with Itunes it wouldn't work. Or more so he couldn't register it. It turns out the problem is that he has his resolution set to 800x600, and the continue button in Itunes to register is off screen for less than 1024x768. Sure 800x600 is pretty low but that's the way he likes it and it would be a waste of time to try and get him to change. Not being able to scroll in the window to register seems like a stupid idea to me. Many people still use 800x600 as a resolution.

My wife frequently complains about how menu system and volume controls on her Ipod Nano are difficult to work with.

These are 2 instances in which Apple's vaunted user interface just doesn't always work. They do have the 'cool' factor but that is a temporay thing. Microsoft once had some of that.

Feed ATI stops shipping CableCARD tuners due to bugs, will resume soon (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Thursday April 05, 2007 @12:52PM

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs

There are a lot of puzzled people out there wondering what the hell the holdup is with the CableCARD PCs that supposedly launched. We have, after all, been promised CableCARD media PCs since Vista's launch in January; a couple early units have made it into the hands of extreme early adopters, but where are all the rest? Well, we finally have some answers from a trusted source close to the situation: ATI's stopped shipping CableCARD tuners to OEMs, and put pressure on its partners to hold off on further sales until it can get some issues worked out. The unfortunate irony here is that the bugs holding untold numbers of potential users back are relatively minor, only affecting switching between digital and analog in a very small number of Scientific Atlanta networks -- in other words, definitely not a showstopper, just an inconvenience. ATI's apparently already got a firmware remedy for the issue and sent it off for certification weeks ago, but once CableLABS is involved you know things aren't going to be pretty (or expeditious). The good news is ATI is expected to resume shipping DCTs at the end of this month, meaning your wait -- which you recently resumed -- will once again be over for those who haven't already thrown their arms to the air and snagged a TiVo Series3.

[Thanks, Keith]

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