If you're going to bust everyone who posts THOSE on Facebook, you're going to need a helluva lot more cops.
But, then, I never realized that posting inaccurate information was a jailable offense in the UK. But then, I guess if you piss off the powerful people in any given country, just about anything is a jailable offense, isn't it?
Someone has to stop the riots in the interest of all the people who dwell within Cairo. It is a REAL problem. Part of me would like to see the lot of you in made to go to the streets with riot shields to defend people's property.
There. Now you can sound like all those pro-Mubarak people who complained about the looting, burning, disruption, etc. of the Egyptian protests.
Remember also that Mubarak's secret torture chamber was built beneath the Egyptian Antiquities Museum.
Yeah, that must be why they stole a bunch of shit while they were there and never looked for any secret prison. They probably also thought that Laura Logan was in cahoots with Mubarak and that's why they gang-raped her. They weren't an out-of-control bunch of looting, raping thugs--they were just noble protesters.
First of all that's worldwide (my figures were for the U.S. only). Secondly, most of that is MMO subscriptions, not software purchases. WoW subscriptions alone account for $1 billion of that. But if you want to argue that subscriptions should count, would you like me to add in all the Xbox Live subscribers to that? There are about 12 million Xbox Live Gold subscribers worldwide. Multiply that by $60 a year and that's $700 million just there.
Here is an excellent article on the subject (one that isn't from the biased spin doctors of the "PC Gaming Alliance"). Relevant quote:
Between just 1998 and 2006 console software sales more than doubled, from $2.5 billion to $6.7 billion, while PC game sales dropped from $1.8 billion to $970 million.
Well, in terms of dollars, the console definitely reigns supreme. The PC game software market is about $700 million a year. Console game sales are over $5 billion a year.
That's so much bullshit. Real grues don't eat humans, they avoid them. You usually only get attacked if you get too close to a mother grue and her cubs.
Yeah, the difference is in who gets to define the terms. I'm pretty sure Mubarak would have pointed to the looting of the Egyptian Museum and shops in Cairo as evidence that the people in the streets were nothing more than criminals too. There were plenty of looters, arsonists, and even rapists in those Egyptian crowds too.
One man's freedom fighter is another man's criminal.
Egypt was completely different. You see, they were a government we that was *not us*. So when they did it, it was oppression. When *we* do it, it's a necessary step to maintaining public order. See the difference?
If the game gets hard in a place, I have nothing against cheating.
L.A. Noire did a pretty good job handling that, I thought. If you failed 3 times at a physical challenge (a car chase or whatever), it gave you the option of skipping that section. I tried to avoid it, but I did use it once--in that section where you're on the swaying platform of the movie set and have to balance it to get across. Fuck that noise, I'm playing L.A. Noire, not Uncharted.
Now some might complain that this makes it too easy. To them I say:
1) You don't HAVE to use it. Feel free to set the game to "Crazy Insane, ARE YOU MAD!?!? Hard" difficulty and play it without ever using this cheat feature. 2) Games are supposed to be FUN. Some of us appreciate that, and aren't in it for a frustrating contest of endurance. 3) Fuck off!!
Don't worry, by then we'll be too busy driving dune buggies and fighting mohawk-wearing mutants for gasoline to worry about videogames. And I, for one, welcome our new Humungus overlord.
I would like to believe that if the day comes that they stop supporting Diablo 3 that they may release a set of patches that would remove the DRM
Yeah, because when a studio enters bankruptcy, gets new management, or is sold, their #1 priority is to hire a bunch of programmers to patch their ancient games.
Do you really think that Apple, Sony, et. al. don't lay in bed at night dreaming of a day when every computing device is as walled-off and locked-down as iPhones, iPads, PS3's, etc.? There are some BIG names in the computer industry who are going to push for this. Personally, I think it's only a matter of time before Windows and OS X are every bit as locked down as iOS is now. People laugh at me every time I say that, but you mark my word. The day will come when all software installed on a modern PC (if it can even be called a PC) will have to go through the MS store or Apple store for approval first.
Apple has even started removing optical drives from their PC's. How long before they remove USB ports too, just like the iPad?
Now go ahead, laugh at my crazy ideas. Tell me about how that could never happen, how everyone would turn to Linux, etc.
Linux does not have a shot at the desktop and never will. That is some/. nerd fantasy.
Nonsense. There is always the possibility of a virus infecting humankind that turns everyone into an obsessive, tinkering computer geek. If that were to happen, it would at least be a possibility.
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Depends on the neighborhood.
Since a judge is very likely to be a great deal smarter than you
Obviously you haven't met many of them. Why, just this morning I was reading about one of these smart guys who know better than us.
If you're going to bust everyone who posts THOSE on Facebook, you're going to need a helluva lot more cops.
But, then, I never realized that posting inaccurate information was a jailable offense in the UK. But then, I guess if you piss off the powerful people in any given country, just about anything is a jailable offense, isn't it?
Someone has to stop the riots in the interest of all the people who dwell within Cairo. It is a REAL problem. Part of me would like to see the lot of you in made to go to the streets with riot shields to defend people's property.
There. Now you can sound like all those pro-Mubarak people who complained about the looting, burning, disruption, etc. of the Egyptian protests.
Remember also that Mubarak's secret torture chamber was built beneath the Egyptian Antiquities Museum.
Yeah, that must be why they stole a bunch of shit while they were there and never looked for any secret prison. They probably also thought that Laura Logan was in cahoots with Mubarak and that's why they gang-raped her. They weren't an out-of-control bunch of looting, raping thugs--they were just noble protesters.
First of all that's worldwide (my figures were for the U.S. only). Secondly, most of that is MMO subscriptions, not software purchases. WoW subscriptions alone account for $1 billion of that. But if you want to argue that subscriptions should count, would you like me to add in all the Xbox Live subscribers to that? There are about 12 million Xbox Live Gold subscribers worldwide. Multiply that by $60 a year and that's $700 million just there.
Here is an excellent article on the subject (one that isn't from the biased spin doctors of the "PC Gaming Alliance"). Relevant quote:
Between just 1998 and 2006 console software sales more than doubled, from $2.5 billion to $6.7 billion, while PC game sales dropped from $1.8 billion to $970 million.
$7 games
...or as iOS fans call it: "7 games."
Well, in terms of dollars, the console definitely reigns supreme. The PC game software market is about $700 million a year. Console game sales are over $5 billion a year.
Your argument would be sound, if PC gaming was more popular than XBox/PS3 gaming...
I don't have to carry around my 360, PC, Wii, and PS3 in my pocket.
It was the 80's. Things were different then, okay.
I entered all my info and now all it ever responds with is "Outlook not so good" every time I ask it for advice on improving my love life.
Lots of men experiment at bathhouses, Jenny! That doesn't make me gay.
That's so much bullshit. Real grues don't eat humans, they avoid them. You usually only get attacked if you get too close to a mother grue and her cubs.
Yeah, how are you going to route around all the ISP's in your area temporarily shutting down internet access? Carrier pigeon perhaps?
Yeah, the difference is in who gets to define the terms. I'm pretty sure Mubarak would have pointed to the looting of the Egyptian Museum and shops in Cairo as evidence that the people in the streets were nothing more than criminals too. There were plenty of looters, arsonists, and even rapists in those Egyptian crowds too.
One man's freedom fighter is another man's criminal.
The main difference, of course, as that the UK PM is discussing the action before just plain doing it without informing the public.
Yes, it's always so much better when the rapist let's you know he's going to rape you before he does it.
Egypt was completely different. You see, they were a government we that was *not us*. So when they did it, it was oppression. When *we* do it, it's a necessary step to maintaining public order. See the difference?
If the game gets hard in a place, I have nothing against cheating.
L.A. Noire did a pretty good job handling that, I thought. If you failed 3 times at a physical challenge (a car chase or whatever), it gave you the option of skipping that section. I tried to avoid it, but I did use it once--in that section where you're on the swaying platform of the movie set and have to balance it to get across. Fuck that noise, I'm playing L.A. Noire, not Uncharted.
Now some might complain that this makes it too easy. To them I say:
1) You don't HAVE to use it. Feel free to set the game to "Crazy Insane, ARE YOU MAD!?!? Hard" difficulty and play it without ever using this cheat feature.
2) Games are supposed to be FUN. Some of us appreciate that, and aren't in it for a frustrating contest of endurance.
3) Fuck off!!
No necessarily in that order.
Don't worry, by then we'll be too busy driving dune buggies and fighting mohawk-wearing mutants for gasoline to worry about videogames. And I, for one, welcome our new Humungus overlord.
I would like to believe that if the day comes that they stop supporting Diablo 3 that they may release a set of patches that would remove the DRM
Yeah, because when a studio enters bankruptcy, gets new management, or is sold, their #1 priority is to hire a bunch of programmers to patch their ancient games.
those shitheaded SOB's at Activision
Oh, come on, you didn't like Pitfall? Everyone liked Pitfall.
Do you really think that Apple, Sony, et. al. don't lay in bed at night dreaming of a day when every computing device is as walled-off and locked-down as iPhones, iPads, PS3's, etc.? There are some BIG names in the computer industry who are going to push for this. Personally, I think it's only a matter of time before Windows and OS X are every bit as locked down as iOS is now. People laugh at me every time I say that, but you mark my word. The day will come when all software installed on a modern PC (if it can even be called a PC) will have to go through the MS store or Apple store for approval first.
Apple has even started removing optical drives from their PC's. How long before they remove USB ports too, just like the iPad?
Now go ahead, laugh at my crazy ideas. Tell me about how that could never happen, how everyone would turn to Linux, etc.
Is that a euphemism for "cult"?
Wow, I really hope you're joking...or living on a desert island.
Linux does not have a shot at the desktop and never will. That is some /. nerd fantasy.
Nonsense. There is always the possibility of a virus infecting humankind that turns everyone into an obsessive, tinkering computer geek. If that were to happen, it would at least be a possibility.