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  1. Re:Starcraft 2 ? Diablo 3? on More WoW, Major 2007 Announcement for Blizzard · · Score: 1

    Don't tease me. I miss good platforming/adventure games like this, Flashback, and Prince of Persia.

    By the way, everyone knows it's a toss up between Lost Vikings 3 and Rock & Roll Racing Online.

  2. Re:well, on Windows vs Mac Security · · Score: 1

    For real. I'd much rather steal the password to some 14-year-old do-nothing's myspace page.

  3. Re:which side of the what? on Linux Hardware Looks at Core 2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give them a little bit of credit. Maybe they live on a small island, and the only computer shops are on either side of the isle.

  4. Re:More likely on Stuart Cohen Predicts Office for Linux · · Score: 1

    If it's compressed after creation, it's not going to be readable in any text editor without jumping through a few hoops, like decompressing the file.

    And if I recall correctly, ODF is just a zip file containing a few XML files and possibly a few more zip files inside. Or I may be thinking of the previous OpenOffice format. Or I may be thinking of another type of file completely.

  5. Re:Curse you EA on Molyneux Talks Reviving Classic Games · · Score: 1

    My best guess would be 1992, when they first made a sequel to John Madden Football.

  6. Re:Remakes in General would do well on Molyneux Talks Reviving Classic Games · · Score: 0

    I'm sure someone could do it as a mod, but might get smacked down like these guys.

  7. And? on New 'No Military Use' GPL For GPU · · Score: 1

    Who exactly is going to enforce that the military can not use it? Who will make sure that it's not in use in the thousands of military compounds throughout the world? Is somebody going to sue whichever military decides to use it?

  8. Re:Cool! on The 27 Known Wii Launch Titles · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    1. The penis joke is very old. Get over it.
    2. ^H is the backspace character. What you've just printed is equivalent to 'They got 27 W Wii titles...' Good luck next time.

  9. Re:Translation on The Indie Game Commandments · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I interpreted #2 as "We will not let a publisher run our intellectual property into the ground with a series mind-numbing sequels."

  10. Re:What a story ... on Terror Plot, NASA, DHS Patch Alert · · Score: 1

    from the around-these-parts-we-call-that-a-grandparent dept.

  11. Re:They're onto me! on Terror Plot, NASA, DHS Patch Alert · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope you didn't install the latest Windows patches, because now they can easily link your IP to your /. UID, and they'll be at your house and place of business shortly.

  12. Re:I'd love to try it out on First Impressions of Sabayon Linux · · Score: 1

    Understandable. I was just commenting on the comment saying it would take days to get it running. I think I've gotten it running in less than 24 hours on my old 1.5GHz celeron a long time ago.

    And not that I'm anti-Ubuntu, but I've learned a ton more using Gentoo than I have using any other easy-to-use distro (Ubuntu,SUSE,Fedora,Mandrake).

  13. Re:I'd love to try it out on First Impressions of Sabayon Linux · · Score: 1

    On my modern T2500 Core Duo, my latest Gentoo install took me less than 6 hours from CD boot, to X up and running.

  14. Re:The Report is NOT Colbert's best work! on Stephen Colbert vs The Hungarian Government · · Score: 1

    I prefer Phil Ken Sebben.

  15. Re:Umm no on First Impressions of Freespire 1.0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I turn my desktop off to save on power and to try to keep my room cooler. Plus it dual-boots between Windows (for games) and Linux (for work). My laptop goes with me many times I leave the house. So to answer your question, I boot my machines quite often.

  16. Re:Boycott on Just what has Microsoft been doing for IE 7? · · Score: 2

    Perhaps supporters of W3C standards should start sending out installers in email to our non-tech friends/family under the pretense that if they don't blindly run the executable and pass it along to all of their friends, bad things will surely happen to them.

  17. Re:About this game: BUY IT NOW. on Why Beyond Good and Evil Tanked · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How much did Ubisoft pay you for that post? I liked the game, but I definitely don't see it as one of the best games of all time.

  18. Re:I never understood... on Why Beyond Good and Evil Tanked · · Score: 1

    I second that. The story was mostly suitable for children, and the gameplay was almost exactly the same (except Link never drove a hoverboat). If anything, the cool tween gamers would likely put down this game, as opposed to Zelda, since you play as a girl. By their logic, it has to be either a girl's game, or a gay game.

  19. SPOILER on Why Beyond Good and Evil Tanked · · Score: 1

    From what I remember, the Pig sidekick gets infected with the alien virus or whatever is afflicting the population. Left in a very cliffhanger, we-hope-to-make-a-sequel-one-day fashion.

  20. Re:Today? on More Worst Videogame Ads · · Score: 4, Funny

    HEAD ON! Apply directly to your forehead!
    HEAD ON! Apply directly to your forehead!
    HEAD ON! Apply directly to your forehead!

    Oh wait.. you were referring to annoying game advertisements.

  21. Re:bad off topic joke on 'Hot Coffee' Scandal Officially Resolved · · Score: 1

    Funny joke. I snickered. Although Clapton was pretty good with the Yardbirds and Derek and the Dominos, too.

  22. they do that best? on 'Hot Coffee' Scandal Officially Resolved · · Score: 4, Funny
    'We look forward to putting this behind us and focusing on what we do best - creating videogames'
    I thought what they did best was create controversy.
  23. Re:But what about socialising? on Teachers Union Opposes Virtual K-8 Charter School · · Score: 1

    When I was in high school, the smart kids actually got punished more seriously than the screwups. The advisors "expected more from us," while the screwups were always in the advisors' offices and built up a friendly relationship, resulting in slaps on the wrist when they broke the rules every week.

  24. Re:They're all dead. on Whatever Happened to the Gaming Mascot? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Final Fantasy XIII, also.

  25. Re:So it looks like on Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Merge IM Networks · · Score: 0

    Can I use Yahoo or MSN messengers through a webpage? That's how I use Gtalk at work. I can hide my conversations in a browser tab, and all the information is just being seen as normal web browsing traffic.