Hours of gameplay, on a good game, is the deciding factor on whether I will rent or buy the game.
If a game, like Max Payne 2, is a good game, but can be beaten in under 20 hours and has limited replay value. Why buy it for $50, when I can rent it for $6 and beat it in a weekend.
Professor drops the F-Ray into the hands of Fry and Bender, who giggle to each other, and then set out to the street to have some fun with their new toy. Fry volunteers to be the first test-subject, and when Bender shines the beam at his pelvis Fry bends forward in pain.
Fry: Ow, my sperm! Bender: Wow, neat. Mind if I try that again? [he does so] Fry: Huh! Didn't hurt that time.
Here let me help: A little enclosed private booth. A computer screen saying "Touch the person you would like to vote for." A quote in the article saying "I've never seen anything like this. I've been here since 5:30 this morning, and I'm ready to blow my stack."
Within an hour, you either: Feel like you are one with Quake -Or- You are crying at the fact that whenever you respawn you are aready dead, are 3 or more beers behind, it is Saturday and you are alone, drinking, and playing video games.
Nerd: I developed a program to download porn one million times faster. Marge: Does anyone really need that much porn? Homer: (salivating noise) Ahhhhhhhh million times faster.
I remembered seeing Transformers the Movie in the theatre and having a tear in my eye when Optimus died. It still bothers me to this day when I watch the video. It was hard to see my heros of many years die.
What was even worse was the episode they brought Optimus back and he was evil. I stopped watching the show after that.
Computer dumping is a problem that we need to find a solution for. Check out this article.
As the article states: The report suggested that as much as 80% of the America's electronic waste collected to be recycled is shipped out of the country.
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NY Times had an article today about how the game ratings are useless. Parents buy the games regardless of the ratings.
Hours of gameplay, on a good game, is the deciding factor on whether I will rent or buy the game.
If a game, like Max Payne 2, is a good game, but can be beaten in under 20 hours and has limited replay value. Why buy it for $50, when I can rent it for $6 and beat it in a weekend.
You must not watch Cinemax.
Day of the Tentacle is the sequal to Maniac Mansion. Here is a link to a review.
It will turn into popcorn.
Yeah, but is still behind GameCube and PlayStation 1 in Japan.
Arrr matey ... Free swag.
Nothing like pirate porn.
Of course he paid attention.
After all, Brin said "That's a battle I'd pay to see!"
Professor drops the F-Ray into the hands of Fry
and Bender, who giggle to each other, and then set out to the street to have some fun with their
new toy. Fry volunteers to be the first test-subject, and when Bender shines the beam at his pelvis Fry bends forward in pain.
Fry: Ow, my sperm!
Bender: Wow, neat. Mind if I try that again?
[he does so]
Fry: Huh! Didn't hurt that time.
Here, let me bend over and show you.
Here let me help:
A little enclosed private booth.
A computer screen saying "Touch the person you would like to vote for."
A quote in the article saying "I've never seen anything like this. I've been here since 5:30 this morning, and I'm ready to blow my stack."
Come on people, lets get it together here.
And I thought Sweden was the master of "Build it Yourself" furniture.
Watch out Sweden, here come the Swiss.
Take a drink everytime you kill someone.
Chug when you die.
Within an hour, you either:
Feel like you are one with Quake
-Or-
You are crying at the fact that whenever you respawn you are aready dead, are 3 or more beers behind, it is Saturday and you are alone, drinking, and playing video games.
Maybe I should reach for a Pepsi instead.
BBC article
ITC Grants Microsoft Request For Video Game Market Probe
Nerd: I developed a program to download porn one million times faster.
Marge: Does anyone really need that much porn?
Homer: (salivating noise) Ahhhhhhhh million times faster.
I see one problem with your theory.
Three+ Mouse Buttons are also used by gamers, and we know what their brains are like.
I run my code and it works.
I just went to WindowsUpdate to update IE. The installation of the security patch caused my computer to crash. No kidding.
I go back to the site to try again, but it says I have the patch already. The question is, did it finish installing before it crashed?
Next thing you know, he'll start railing off on the evils of DOOM.
That is already being taken care of by a US District Judge.
Salon on Video Games and Free Speech
I remembered seeing Transformers the Movie in the theatre and having a tear in my eye when Optimus died. It still bothers me to this day when I watch the video. It was hard to see my heros of many years die.
What was even worse was the episode they brought Optimus back and he was evil. I stopped watching the show after that.
I was just happy to see a horror movie nowadays with the cast of the WB in it.
Computer dumping is a problem that we need to find a solution for. Check out this article.
As the article states:
The report suggested that as much as 80% of the America's electronic waste collected to be recycled is shipped out of the country.
It has been done:
Somari.