Bonus: if we just suck in a bunch of seawater, put it on a rocket, and shoot it at debris to clean it up, there's a possibility that we will accidentally shoot a scuba diver out into space. Which would tickle my sick sense of humor at least.
Btw the parent comment is a lot funnier when you read it in a comic book guy voice.
In fairness, that goes for pretty much everything. Every post here, Lincoln's second inagural adress, love letters you wrote back in high school...
I'm sure the whining of 'you cant play fps/rts without a keyboard and mouse wtfbbq' are generally drowned out by the ringing of millions of tills.
I've wondered this too before. People who crow about the mouse and keyboard being far superior often seem to hate console gamers, even if we are playing it with an inferior control scheme, why do they care so much that we get the best? I don't come into their houses and yell at them for eating cheetos and taco bell rather than steak.
/. least popular game ever?
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Review: Halo Wars
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· Score: -1, Troll
Microsoft brand: check Console game *: check DRM: check Halo: check Positive review that is not 100% undisputable**: check Game is not perfect**: check
Yup, this is a perfect storm.
*Why is that an issue? Because of the control scheme. PC gamers just want their console-playing peers to see the light and understand that if you're not using a mouse and keyboard, you're basically torturing yourself, and you make Baby Jesus cry. It has nothing to do with paranoia about their gaming medium being endangered, or silly elitism. **some say that's impossible, I say we have higher standards here
Yes, because making a rocket go a few extra thousand miles is such a challenge compared to developing a nuclear bomb.
I am litterally not a rocket scientist, so I can't really tell if that was sarcasm, genuine agreement, or meant to be sarcasm but actually is true. Seems to me we had nukes before we had ICBMs. I guess it's possible that we just didn't have much of a reason to develop ICBMs before nuclear warheads. Anyway, sarcasm is a bit silly when talking about secret technology. Neither you nor I nor apparently the US government knows much about what it takes to make them.
"In the current global climate, there's no point in having nuclear missiles"
Right, because russia isn't being beligerant, Iran isn't keeping up its worn out Death to the USA rhetoric and hasn't just developed a ballistic missle capable of carrying nuclear missiles, various islamic groups arn't trying to obtain fissile material etc etc.
Right, because the only way to deal with any of those things is by getting right back into mutually assured destruction mode. Not diplomacy or nothing like that, it has to be MAD. Russia can take Georgia, we thought they were still crumbling, but clearly they are capable of taking over OTHER powerhouses. What's next, Estonia? Maybe after that they'll take Luxembourge! And then it would just be a hop, skip, and a jump to... the federated states of Micronesia. And it's game over if that happens.
Iran on the other hand is a valid reason to keep nukes around, although they're so crazy over there that it may not do anything. I know the GP was advocating getting rid of all nukes, which is dumb, but TFA is specifically dealing with trident submarine based missiles unless I'm skimming poorly, which I think we don't need for Iran or much of anything these days, if we ever did.
Anyone cleaning an already infected machine would start with malwarebytes or combofix before wasting their time with symantec's stuff.
I was going to say, is he complaining that tech support used a product that works but was not their own? They knew their product wouldn't work, so they went with something that did? I guess if he were working for symantech, that would be annoying, but otherwise, malwarebytes is a good solution.
you should easily accept that at least 1 in 2 Americans are drooling morons. For Christ's sake, we have *cooking directions* on POPTARTS. We have chain saws with explicit warning labels to keep you from touching the flying blades with your fingers.
See, to me that doesn't say anything about how stupid we are, that only speaks to how litigious we are.
Although, they do have stupid warnings in other countries that don't sue as much. On japanese subways they had little stickers on some of the windows. They say "Warning: this window does not open." I guess it's so that no one will break their fingers trying to get a fixed window open?
So recent news has taught me that if you post something anonymously, someone can sue to get you revealed. If a doctor has a "no negative review" in their contract, and they see a negative review online by anonymous, is that enough grounds to sue the website into revealing their identities?
And how far do these clauses go? Can I not review online or can I not even talk to friends who might post my negative comments online? If I complain about a doctor to a friend, and they post those comments anonymously, would the website be sued to get my friend's info, then my friend sued to get my info, then me sued for breach of contract? Seems illogical, and certainly stupid (streisand effect and all), but these are lawsuits we're talking about, it's not like rules of logic apply in any way.
currently the cost of the new game is $60, used is $50
Uh... not sure where you're getting those numbers, but that's innacurate. If you were to buy a game on release day for $60, open it, and then sell it right back, they'd put it on the shelf for $55. If you were to buy the game on release, wait two months, and then sell it back, they might put it at $50 if it was a good game that still had demand, $30 if it were an average game. A game that is 2 years old that is good, more like $20. If it's average (like madden,) it will be more like $5.
The quality of the game factors into its used price.
Maybe they're not morons, maybe it's just that the entire state is on the cutting edge of the latest trolling fads? Like, it's so good at trolling that I can't think of how the joke is on everyone, so...
Not sure why you took "several things" as refering to adaptation vs evolution. It was specifically 1. your attitude, which was pointlessly offensive. 2. "didn't have legs, now I do after "evolution" takes place." An individual can't evolve, populations do over time. 3. You are splitting hairs. This is not an evolutionary biology board, and "adaptation" and "evolution" are commonly used by people who are not evolutionary biologists to mean the same thing. In fact, they're used interchangeably by biologists, me for one. 4. This isn't even "adaptation" since it's not adapting to the natural environment, this is more akin to artificial selection. I'm no expert (and neither are you) but I'd say it's arguable that evolution is the more correct term.
It takes money from game publishers every time you sell a used game. And forces them to charge even more for their games to make up the loss. It's about time we turn this problem around with an economic stimulus package for the game industry.
It's a real testament to the lack of imagination or intelligence in detroit that they didn't think to use this argument, blaming used car sales, when they were asking for a bailout.
I bet that the next generation of consoles will have something to limit used game sales, and will push digital downloads much more than a physical media that can be easily traded.
That is definitely a safe bet. I would also guess that older gamers are going to be more dissatisfied with that, are going to buy less games because we can't buy used, but kids are going to continue buying just as much, leading to a focus on kids games and mediocre games we're already seeing on the wii.
Protect their revenue? They've already been payed.
Exactly, let's not couch this in their semantics. This is not "hurting their revenue" any more than the used car industry "hurts" the new car industry. What the used game industry does hurt is their ability to sell as many mediocre games as they want, at the price they want. And only slightly.
... I meant to say "moves all to digital downloads for consoles." Way to complain about speaking as if PC gaming doesn't exist and then apperantly do it myself in the same post...
They don't need to make the argument if they can prevent me from doing it by technical means instead.
Thus far, they haven't done so with console games. Gamestop has only dealt in used console games for years, and a quick glance at amazon page shows they only appear to be reselling console games as well. TFS fails to mention this. Why do people constantly act as if PC gaming doesn't exist?
It would be a real shame if next gen, devs get their way and it moves all to digital downloads, specifically because then there's no way to buy a game used, and they will have effectively moved us to a leasing system.
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Bonus: if we just suck in a bunch of seawater, put it on a rocket, and shoot it at debris to clean it up, there's a possibility that we will accidentally shoot a scuba diver out into space. Which would tickle my sick sense of humor at least.
She is only the second woman to receive the honor, which carries a $250,000 purse and is often described as the 'Nobel Prize in computing
Did they give $250,000 wallets to the men who won previously?
Btw the parent comment is a lot funnier when you read it in a comic book guy voice.
In fairness, that goes for pretty much everything. Every post here, Lincoln's second inagural adress, love letters you wrote back in high school...
I'm sure the whining of 'you cant play fps/rts without a keyboard and mouse wtfbbq' are generally drowned out by the ringing of millions of tills.
I've wondered this too before. People who crow about the mouse and keyboard being far superior often seem to hate console gamers, even if we are playing it with an inferior control scheme, why do they care so much that we get the best? I don't come into their houses and yell at them for eating cheetos and taco bell rather than steak.
Microsoft brand: check
Console game *: check
DRM: check
Halo: check
Positive review that is not 100% undisputable**: check
Game is not perfect**: check
Yup, this is a perfect storm.
*Why is that an issue? Because of the control scheme. PC gamers just want their console-playing peers to see the light and understand that if you're not using a mouse and keyboard, you're basically torturing yourself, and you make Baby Jesus cry. It has nothing to do with paranoia about their gaming medium being endangered, or silly elitism.
**some say that's impossible, I say we have higher standards here
Sure, it doesn't have the professed capabilities of the LHC, but then neither does the LHC right now.
Exploding and releasing a lot of gas? Fermilab should go for Del Taco, they'd get right back in the game.
It's going to be hard to top that one. And... uh... my bottom hurts.
(that last one was a stretch I know)
That's only specific street corners in New York, you insensitive clod!
From the rest of my comment
I mean, if it's a matter of not being able to read more than 5 words of a post without getting distracted, they have pills for that.
...although I guess for that to be effective, I should have mentioned that within the first 5 words :(
when did people get so squeamish about being 'under water' or upside down in a loan
When the loan is from the mafia. That's when I'm afraid of being underwater from a loan.
What does Skyy vodka have to do with newspapers, and why did you mess up the spelling?
Plus, you know, THE SUN. (I know the summary was more specific, but the title was not.)
Please, just do not let it drop into the river, lake or ocean!!!
My God, if the terrorists got ahold of it...
I presume politicians are corrupt until proven honest.
I presume CEOs aren't really politicians, although they usually own a few ;-P
Yes, because making a rocket go a few extra thousand miles is such a challenge compared to developing a nuclear bomb.
I am litterally not a rocket scientist, so I can't really tell if that was sarcasm, genuine agreement, or meant to be sarcasm but actually is true. Seems to me we had nukes before we had ICBMs. I guess it's possible that we just didn't have much of a reason to develop ICBMs before nuclear warheads. Anyway, sarcasm is a bit silly when talking about secret technology. Neither you nor I nor apparently the US government knows much about what it takes to make them.
"In the current global climate, there's no point in having nuclear missiles"
Right, because russia isn't being beligerant, Iran isn't keeping up its worn out Death to the USA rhetoric and hasn't just developed a ballistic missle capable of carrying nuclear missiles, various islamic groups arn't trying to obtain fissile material etc etc.
Right, because the only way to deal with any of those things is by getting right back into mutually assured destruction mode. Not diplomacy or nothing like that, it has to be MAD. Russia can take Georgia, we thought they were still crumbling, but clearly they are capable of taking over OTHER powerhouses. What's next, Estonia? Maybe after that they'll take Luxembourge! And then it would just be a hop, skip, and a jump to... the federated states of Micronesia. And it's game over if that happens.
Iran on the other hand is a valid reason to keep nukes around, although they're so crazy over there that it may not do anything. I know the GP was advocating getting rid of all nukes, which is dumb, but TFA is specifically dealing with trident submarine based missiles unless I'm skimming poorly, which I think we don't need for Iran or much of anything these days, if we ever did.
Anyone cleaning an already infected machine would start with malwarebytes or combofix before wasting their time with symantec's stuff.
I was going to say, is he complaining that tech support used a product that works but was not their own? They knew their product wouldn't work, so they went with something that did? I guess if he were working for symantech, that would be annoying, but otherwise, malwarebytes is a good solution.
you should easily accept that at least 1 in 2 Americans are drooling morons. For Christ's sake, we have *cooking directions* on POPTARTS. We have chain saws with explicit warning labels to keep you from touching the flying blades with your fingers.
See, to me that doesn't say anything about how stupid we are, that only speaks to how litigious we are.
Although, they do have stupid warnings in other countries that don't sue as much. On japanese subways they had little stickers on some of the windows. They say "Warning: this window does not open." I guess it's so that no one will break their fingers trying to get a fixed window open?
So recent news has taught me that if you post something anonymously, someone can sue to get you revealed. If a doctor has a "no negative review" in their contract, and they see a negative review online by anonymous, is that enough grounds to sue the website into revealing their identities?
And how far do these clauses go? Can I not review online or can I not even talk to friends who might post my negative comments online? If I complain about a doctor to a friend, and they post those comments anonymously, would the website be sued to get my friend's info, then my friend sued to get my info, then me sued for breach of contract? Seems illogical, and certainly stupid (streisand effect and all), but these are lawsuits we're talking about, it's not like rules of logic apply in any way.
currently the cost of the new game is $60, used is $50
Uh... not sure where you're getting those numbers, but that's innacurate. If you were to buy a game on release day for $60, open it, and then sell it right back, they'd put it on the shelf for $55. If you were to buy the game on release, wait two months, and then sell it back, they might put it at $50 if it was a good game that still had demand, $30 if it were an average game. A game that is 2 years old that is good, more like $20. If it's average (like madden,) it will be more like $5.
The quality of the game factors into its used price.
Maybe they're not morons, maybe it's just that the entire state is on the cutting edge of the latest trolling fads? Like, it's so good at trolling that I can't think of how the joke is on everyone, so...
My head hurts, colorado wins again...
Not sure why you took "several things" as refering to adaptation vs evolution. It was specifically
1. your attitude, which was pointlessly offensive.
2. "didn't have legs, now I do after "evolution" takes place." An individual can't evolve, populations do over time.
3. You are splitting hairs. This is not an evolutionary biology board, and "adaptation" and "evolution" are commonly used by people who are not evolutionary biologists to mean the same thing. In fact, they're used interchangeably by biologists, me for one.
4. This isn't even "adaptation" since it's not adapting to the natural environment, this is more akin to artificial selection. I'm no expert (and neither are you) but I'd say it's arguable that evolution is the more correct term.
It takes money from game publishers every time you sell a used game. And forces them to charge even more for their games to make up the loss. It's about time we turn this problem around with an economic stimulus package for the game industry.
It's a real testament to the lack of imagination or intelligence in detroit that they didn't think to use this argument, blaming used car sales, when they were asking for a bailout.
I bet that the next generation of consoles will have something to limit used game sales, and will push digital downloads much more than a physical media that can be easily traded.
That is definitely a safe bet. I would also guess that older gamers are going to be more dissatisfied with that, are going to buy less games because we can't buy used, but kids are going to continue buying just as much, leading to a focus on kids games and mediocre games we're already seeing on the wii.
Protect their revenue? They've already been payed.
Exactly, let's not couch this in their semantics. This is not "hurting their revenue" any more than the used car industry "hurts" the new car industry. What the used game industry does hurt is their ability to sell as many mediocre games as they want, at the price they want. And only slightly.
... I meant to say "moves all to digital downloads for consoles." Way to complain about speaking as if PC gaming doesn't exist and then apperantly do it myself in the same post...
They don't need to make the argument if they can prevent me from doing it by technical means instead.
Thus far, they haven't done so with console games. Gamestop has only dealt in used console games for years, and a quick glance at amazon page shows they only appear to be reselling console games as well. TFS fails to mention this. Why do people constantly act as if PC gaming doesn't exist?
It would be a real shame if next gen, devs get their way and it moves all to digital downloads, specifically because then there's no way to buy a game used, and they will have effectively moved us to a leasing system.