Too many people get stuck on statistics. Statistics are a way to avoid discussing real issues.

People who obtain paid content for free are always trying to bring moral and ideological justification to their actions. Just admit you pirate because you want stuff for free, you are not an activist or a rebel. If you truly believe in causes such as ending DRM or take down the recording industry's business model, get your ass out of your chair and do something real about it.

Sadly all the technology in the world did not stop James from making one of the worst movies ever. Film is not about the medium. Upload 99.99% of youtube videos in 4k, and you still have crap.

General statements/headlines about a comparison between "VP8 to h.264" are absurd. One can compare aspects of each standard or how the standard performs in a single field, but not the standards themselves. H.264 will always come out ahead if you do that, because, as a standard, it is clearly better and I do not think many people would argue otherwise.

Grammar errors are less distressing than blatantly subjective writing.

For an extra challenge, Portal Prelude is also pretty fun but the voice acting is horrible and some of the puzzles border on unfair. It does not have those extra touches that made Portal great, but I still feel it is worth playing and the levels themselves are really well designed.

Test chambers 18 and 19 are insane.

The journalist is only writing to their audience. Just because you do not fit into this audience does not make the article any less valid. The target audience does not want to hear about the technical details of the process, they just want an overview, concentrating on the human side of the issue. (The sense of superiority among some people with technical knowledge is really astounding.)

I always enjoy trying to beat a shooting game's campaign without ever firing a weapon. Most often I will try to only use melee, but other times I will use grenades as well. On easy, this method of play is completely possible but the higher difficulties require some real skill. (I do make exceptions when gameplay requires it, such as in vehicle/turret scenes where there is no real alternative) The one game that comes to mind is Medal of Honor: Rising Sun. It is a pretty shitty game but when playing with a friend, only using melee is a lot of fun. The enemies just stand there and take it while you take out entire platoons (only loosing half your health in the process). Another memorable game for this method of play was the first Halo. For Battlefield 1942 online play, I would sometimes only use vehicles to hit other players or get them with car bombs. Hitting players on the ground in a plane took some real skill, but it always pissed of the victim. Also, tying to land a plane at ridiculous locations, on top of the enemy hanger or on enemy battleship, or using the planes as ground assault vehicles was always very entertaining.

Since most of these comments seem to just be stale jokes about the now legendary "clippy", let me just say that an intelligent virtual assistant ( what this article refers to) is not the same as a extended, graphical help interface for Office (What clippy was supposed to be). ***

People these days seem to blame everything and everyone except themselves. In this case, they bemoan the system, the artists, the producers, the prices, ect but they do not offer alternatives and they do not work to directly change things. Either standup and take real measures to bring about change or stop crying about everything that you think is wrong. Just sitting around and pirating digital content accomplishes nothing on its own.