The 1st of the new line of 4k TVs goes on sale this month:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20116433-1/toshibas-$12000-55-inch-4k-3d-tv-dazzling/

and there's lots more in the pipeline. We're on the edge of another jump in resolution for home media. (I hope.)

I don't know if Blu-Ray media has the bandwidth/throughput to stream 4k.... if not, we could be in for another format war again. (Or media would come on a disk, and have to be transferred to hard drive before it could be played.) Remember, both MS and Sony consoles were keen on being movie playing devices as well as gaming devices.... I doubt they will move away from that position.

What Microsoft needs to do is look at the upcoming tech and plan for it. If they make a device that's only capable of 1080p, and a year or two later Sony comes out with something that will do 4k.... it'll be ugly for Microsoft.

*They....
1st word should be "They..."

My typing skill aren't up to speed this morning. .....need more caffeine.....

The built the game for speed and competition only.

Multiplayer isn't fun. It's just a competition for execution of build orders, and speed in switching from one pre-determined build to another.

I liked SC1 a lot..... but after I finished the campaign in SC2, I tried a couple of games.... and never went back to it.

Interesting link, but it tells me: "Current predicted release time (Your Timezone): Wednesday, 31st December 1969 @ 19:00 GMT-5"

Wow! They must be doing portals through time in the new version! ;)

I upgraded the OS on my 3GS, and I can't get anything from the Exchange server now. It's just giving me "can't connect to server." (Interestingly, it pulls my list of Inbox folders but not my mail or calendar, and still tells me it can't connect.)

It worked fine before the OS upgrade to the phone, and nothing's changed on the Exchange environment. (I'm the Exchange admin.)

There seem to be lots of posts about this on Apple's site, but nothing I have tried has fixed this issue yet.

So if you have an iPhone and sync with an Exchange server.... WAIT to upgrade until they patch this.

Where's "Brought back to life" on the list?

I want to be immortal.

Ok, I know it's not a series, but it's awesome.

And I'll second the call for a new Mechwarrior. The closest thing we've had recently was Chromehounds on the 360.

First off, from what I saw both these models (OnLive and Gaikai) seem to be based on you buying the games through them.

If so, what about games I already own? I own games on physical media (like Spore) that are already on the catalog for Gaikai. I also own digital copies of games bought through Steam. Am I completely out of luck trying to use anything I already own with such a service?

What if I want to mod my game? It's incredibly common for people like WoW players to use addons for enhancing functions and features in the game. And I know there are lots of Spore mods out there.

Also, I see a lot of EA titles as listed games. Last time I bought a game as a digital download from EA (the Battlefield 2142 expansion), they would only allow me to download it for 6 months. If I needed to re-install after that time and needed the installer file, I'd have to buy it again. (Note: They may have changed this kind of policy...... I'm just speaking for what I experienced.)

I think most of us are going to be very cautious about purchasing games from small startups without some assurance that we'll still be able to play them if the company goes under. I'd think an agreement from EA and the other publishers that we would have full download rights to games purchased through one of these services ONLY if they go bankrupt/close down would be a big motivation for trying them out.

http://www.igniterealtime.org/ It's an excellent combo, and if you don't want it to connect with Yahoo and all, just don't turn the feature on for the server. We've had it up and running for about 3 years, and it's been flawless.

Midichlorians. After all, why not catch something that's beneficial?

Seconded. This is by far one of the best multiplayer old school games ever. My friends and I used to play this for hours upon hours. Awesome game.

The same thing happened to me with Spore, except it was the left-most character on the key. It was printed beyond the white part of the field for the CD Key, and was unreadable. EA support was no help, and I had to try guessing it. I got it eventually, but it was an amazing pain in the ass to go through for something I just bought.