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  1. Re:Well...maybe on WoW Helping or Hurting the Industry? · · Score: 1

    You want to check out Laser Squad Nemesis. Made by the Gollops!

    http://www.lasersquadnemesis.com/
    http://www.boringbutgood.com/LSN.htm for more info and http://www.boringbutgood.com/blog for some game writeups

  2. Re:Their lives are too stressful to pay attention! on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1

    Again, I agree with her there. Tonk Hawks is obviously based in the 'real' world and so could potentially encourage an admittadle foolish child to attampt to immitate the tricks inside.

    Perhaps their parent was concerned that their child had trouble telling reality from fiction and so opten for the more fantastical game setting.

    Besides, was Diablo really that violent...? No more than a Tom and Jerry cartoon in my opinion.

  3. Re:Their lives are too stressful to pay attention! on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1

    Hmmph. I've seen worse. I've seen the store owner stop the kid, talk to his mom, explain to his mom how the game includes picking up prostitutes and shooting cops and is really aimed at college students.... and she still bought it for him.

    Maybe this is one of those occasions that is frequently called for here on /. ..... A parent actually understanding their child and realising that they can tell the difference between reality and fiction.

    People are often calling for parents to become more involved with the things their child gets up to. Maybe this parent understood their child well and so overruled the imposed rating.

  4. Re:This is getting out of hand! on Massive Inc. Advertising Takes Off · · Score: 1

    Man, I HATE it when cinemas force me to buy their food and drink before I can watch the film.....

  5. Re:Whats the climate on your planet? on Selling Virtual Gold for Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    If only I had some mod points... You would be getting them right now.

  6. Re:Exploding Barrels on Top Ten Game Cliches · · Score: 1

    Even adventure games have been ruined by Box pushing puzzles.

    The latest Broken Sword game was a brilliant adventure, but it had annoying box pushing puzzles interspersed thoughout it.

  7. Re:The Pirate Bay on Windows Vista & IE7 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sure all the linux devotees will have something to say about your 'no competition' comment.

  8. Mod Parent Flamebait on Free Web Hosting a Fount of Malware · · Score: 1

    No Text

  9. Re:What are you gonna do? on Free Web Hosting a Fount of Malware · · Score: 1

    That means you're saying people only have a valuable opinion or can provide useful information if they're willing to pay you to listen to them.

    No.

    You're saying that you value your PC safety too much to visit sites in a bad neighbourhood.

  10. Re:I used to play video games... on A Portrait of the UK Game Pirate · · Score: 1

    There are many more options that you seem to have forgotten.

    4. Rent the game.
    5. Borrow a friends copy when they are finished.
    6. Look for an alternative job with higher pay
    7. Re-evaluate your current expenses to leave more disposable income

    I'm sure there are still more that are left uncovered.

    Just because you can't afford it doesnt justify you pirating it. In fact, I'd wager that you'd still pirate it if the game was half price.

  11. Re:Okay Slashdot! on You Must Love Katamari Damacy · · Score: 1

    I _would_ buy it if I didnt have to mod my PS2 in order to play an import.

    Release it in the UK and I'll be first in line.

  12. Re:It's a good game, but... on Review: Battlefield 2 · · Score: 1

    I've seen people doing something that looks like the do some kind of forward roll into a prone position. Is that what you mean?

  13. Re:Hopfully the guy was inocent. on Using Google Maps to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket · · Score: 1

    Yes, the same way people who were born in and continue to live in Northern Canada have *chosen* to live in a place that's cold as hell, and have *brought upon themselves* the requirement for having a heater going 24/7 and dogsleds to get from point A to point B.

    Its the 'continue to live' part that lets you down. They have chosen to continue living there rather than move elsewhere.

  14. No longer the only distributor... on American Anime Localization Company Tries Torrents · · Score: 1

    I wonder how this wold work out legally, since by using BT as a distribution method they are now no longer the only distributor of the product. Anyone on the torrent is also a distributor.

  15. Re:WoW = World of Waiting on 2 Million Azeroth Citizens · · Score: 1

    People seriously wait 8-15 hours just to play this?

  16. Re:Illegal content with my IP? on Is Rodi BitTorrent's Replacement? · · Score: 1

    Thank you :)

  17. Re:Illegal content with my IP? on Is Rodi BitTorrent's Replacement? · · Score: 1

    Havent they already done exactly that with the suits filed against BT Hubs? Those sites didnt host copywritten (?) content themselves, only provided people with access to information about those files.

  18. Re:Illegal content with my IP? on Is Rodi BitTorrent's Replacement? · · Score: 1

    I tend to agree.

    Given the state of some of the suits filed by the *IA I dont think they'd make the distinction.

    They captured YOUR IP as being part of the download transaction, so its YOUR IP they'd file suit against.

  19. Had this in the UK for some time on New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs · · Score: 1

    Dial 2580 from any phone, hold it near the speaker and it texts you back with the song title and artist in a few moments.

    Not sure of the prices, I think 50p per track. I think its run by a company called Kazam.

  20. Re:I'm not a Californian on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It'll be your business when no-one wants to buy your house due to the wacky paintjob of your neighbours.

  21. Re:Oh phuleeesee on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 1

    Which 'cissy movies' in particular are you referring to?

  22. Re:well not being a killjoy or anything but.. on UK Ministry of Defense Broken by Spoof Video · · Score: 1

    or Redundancy, of course... :p

    (Doh!)

  23. Re:well not being a killjoy or anything but.. on UK Ministry of Defense Broken by Spoof Video · · Score: 1

    I think its called Reduncancy.

  24. Re:NO ONE CARES on Puzzle Pirates Reviewed · · Score: 1

    You must HATE being forced to read this site every day.

  25. Re:voicecontrol on Unreal Tournament 2007 Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    I thought you linux nuts already knew how to do everything better than Windows.....?