What day is it? Who am I? What is the meaning of life? I play PC games a lot and listen to bad music on iTunes a lot too, so I don't know the answers to these questions sadly.
All I know is, I enjoy being lost in my virtual worlds as often as possible and I get the news and stuff that matters right here. I see no problem with this myself.
Oh, and I do not know what the temperature is outside but I do know its cold. I know oil costs too much money. I know we ought to be working a whole lot harder on energy alternatives and I know I don't agree with sending our kids to die so we can try to make sure that we get our share of what isn't ours to begin with. In fact I know plenty for a guy who spends a lot of time playing PC games, listening to iTunes and reading News for Nerds just like most of my contemporaries do.
No wonder I like spending as much time as I can in virtual worlds. It's jerks like this guy that drive me to them. Now if only I could find him on some UT2k4 server and kill him over and over and over...
I know my original remark was overstated but it was based on the fact that well over half of the games offered there and by similar services such as my ISP Verizon's own online games service, are all junk. There's no denying there are some gems in the mix but the problem is there is so much filler with games you would never want to waste your time on and that's what I object to. I think this sort of thing could be great if it featured a far better and richer selection of current and even classic games such as the ones you mentioned. At some point maybe someone will be able to provide this but my guess is that for now, most publishers are not willing to make new content available in this way and I suspect that is the reason it isn't there. If console video games can be rented I don't see why PC games cannot also be via a service like this but it seems that it is not currently possible or I am sure Gametap and others like it would have the latest greatest games available and higher subscription price probably as well.
Ah yes, the sweet guilty pleasure of surfing an ever growing heap of crappy games that were crappy when they were new and somehow seem to stink even more as they age and decay. Such the deal. Sign me up where? I'll pass thanks. I think I am much more likely to enjoy surfing my collection of Steam games that are actually worth spending 90 minutes of my valuable time playing.:-)
Are you serious? Phishing is news! This is important stuff! This IS news that matters! omg!
I don't care if it was made up or not. It was pretty damned funny. I can hack a little entertainment with my news that matters. Having fun sometimes matters too. Lighten up man. Life is way too short to get uptight about a funny story on the hallowed site with the news that matters. LOL!
Love that ownage! oh ya!
These clowns are still in business? LOL! They will eventually go the way of such big hits as the PCJr, etc. eventually. Why anyone would pay them all outdoors and then wait for a prepaid system is absolutely beyond me. When its time for a new gaming rig, I simply buy a current model HP retail box off the shelf that suits my needs for processor speed, storage and has the appropriate upgrade options available. Then I immediately buy the RAM it lacks, an Nvidia video card and a current model soundblaster. I take this stuff home, spend about a 1/2 hour installing it, etc. and I am gtg for another few years. Simple, cost effective and decent value for the dollar. How can you go wrong? This costs little if anything more than building from scratch and I have had great experience doing my PC hardware this way for several generations of systems now.
Alienware is teh suck and nobody should buy that crap. I once called them up when they were advertising Alienware recommends Windows XP Professional and I asked them, why? I wanted to know EXACTLY what the benefit is to a gamer in a home setting. I wanted to know exactly how a few extra utilities and support for domain names, etc. was going to be useful to a gamer in thier home. Of course, they couldn't answer me. So then I put it to them again, so where do you get off telling gamers they should buy this more expensive OS for home use? No reply. I hung up and resolved to never, ever blow a penny on anything bearing the Alienware name.
Credit where it is due though, they did a fine job of alienating me permanently.
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What day is it? Who am I? What is the meaning of life? I play PC games a lot and listen to bad music on iTunes a lot too, so I don't know the answers to these questions sadly. All I know is, I enjoy being lost in my virtual worlds as often as possible and I get the news and stuff that matters right here. I see no problem with this myself. Oh, and I do not know what the temperature is outside but I do know its cold. I know oil costs too much money. I know we ought to be working a whole lot harder on energy alternatives and I know I don't agree with sending our kids to die so we can try to make sure that we get our share of what isn't ours to begin with. In fact I know plenty for a guy who spends a lot of time playing PC games, listening to iTunes and reading News for Nerds just like most of my contemporaries do. No wonder I like spending as much time as I can in virtual worlds. It's jerks like this guy that drive me to them. Now if only I could find him on some UT2k4 server and kill him over and over and over...
I know my original remark was overstated but it was based on the fact that well over half of the games offered there and by similar services such as my ISP Verizon's own online games service, are all junk. There's no denying there are some gems in the mix but the problem is there is so much filler with games you would never want to waste your time on and that's what I object to. I think this sort of thing could be great if it featured a far better and richer selection of current and even classic games such as the ones you mentioned. At some point maybe someone will be able to provide this but my guess is that for now, most publishers are not willing to make new content available in this way and I suspect that is the reason it isn't there. If console video games can be rented I don't see why PC games cannot also be via a service like this but it seems that it is not currently possible or I am sure Gametap and others like it would have the latest greatest games available and higher subscription price probably as well.
Hurt Me Plenty! Does valuable to me count? Naw, not here I'm sure.
Ah yes, the sweet guilty pleasure of surfing an ever growing heap of crappy games that were crappy when they were new and somehow seem to stink even more as they age and decay. Such the deal. Sign me up where? I'll pass thanks. I think I am much more likely to enjoy surfing my collection of Steam games that are actually worth spending 90 minutes of my valuable time playing. :-)
Are you serious? Phishing is news! This is important stuff! This IS news that matters! omg! I don't care if it was made up or not. It was pretty damned funny. I can hack a little entertainment with my news that matters. Having fun sometimes matters too. Lighten up man. Life is way too short to get uptight about a funny story on the hallowed site with the news that matters. LOL! Love that ownage! oh ya!
These clowns are still in business? LOL! They will eventually go the way of such big hits as the PCJr, etc. eventually. Why anyone would pay them all outdoors and then wait for a prepaid system is absolutely beyond me. When its time for a new gaming rig, I simply buy a current model HP retail box off the shelf that suits my needs for processor speed, storage and has the appropriate upgrade options available. Then I immediately buy the RAM it lacks, an Nvidia video card and a current model soundblaster. I take this stuff home, spend about a 1/2 hour installing it, etc. and I am gtg for another few years. Simple, cost effective and decent value for the dollar. How can you go wrong? This costs little if anything more than building from scratch and I have had great experience doing my PC hardware this way for several generations of systems now. Alienware is teh suck and nobody should buy that crap. I once called them up when they were advertising Alienware recommends Windows XP Professional and I asked them, why? I wanted to know EXACTLY what the benefit is to a gamer in a home setting. I wanted to know exactly how a few extra utilities and support for domain names, etc. was going to be useful to a gamer in thier home. Of course, they couldn't answer me. So then I put it to them again, so where do you get off telling gamers they should buy this more expensive OS for home use? No reply. I hung up and resolved to never, ever blow a penny on anything bearing the Alienware name. Credit where it is due though, they did a fine job of alienating me permanently.