I suspect the real reasons behind it are that they want you BUYING their official DLC (not getting free mods from other players) and because routing the game through official servers only means that they can control piracy a lot easier (since you can't just route your pirated version into a private server somewhere).
Let's be honest. Fans of the series are going to bitch and moan about it--threatening boycotts, signing petitions, writing nasty emails. But, at the end of the day, most of them are still going to buy it anyway.
I've got to say that--for all the many, many other ways the Obama administration has disappointed me and failed to delivery--the recent changes at the FCC and it's new more pro-consumer bent has truly pleasantly surprised me. Between pro-consumer moves like this, their slap down of Apple/AT&T, and their support of net neutrality, they're taking a remarkably progressive (and sorely needed) approach to communications issues. It's too bad the telecommunications giants will probably just bring in their many whores in Congress to pass laws to override the FCC in the end.
Oh God, I just had a post-traumatic flashback to a time when I had two female bosses--both of whom were micro-mangers, changed their minds on any whim, had selective memory, disagreed with one another regularly, were completely ignorant of the technical aspects of my job, and were passive-aggressive to a degree that would have been comical in any other context. Imagine have Kate from "Jon and Kate Plus 8" as your boss, now imagine having *two* Kates who hated each other as your bosses. If I had to go through that again, I think I would just sign up for the army. There is no way Iraq could be worse.
Having to deal with everything I get via SMS/IM instead of email is pretty close to my idea of the lowest ring of hell. There is no way Dante could have ever dreamed up a torture so hideous and cruel.
I don't know where you live, but the last time I looked into it, a system installed here ran well over $20k. If there is a legitimate business that will install one for $7.5k, I'd love to hear about it.
My town has three Gamestops, all within a mile of each other on the same road. One is in the mall, one is across the street from the mall, and one is in a nearby shopping center.
When a guy is selling you crack, you don't complain that his apartment is dirty. He can pretty much slap you in the face and you'll still come back for more.
Seriously, it would be nice if my state had something like this. The crazy high upfront costs are the only thing keeping me from installing solar panels myself.
I remember sitting around with a bunch of college buddies and watching the premier episode of The Simpsons (the Christmas special in 1989) and being completely blown away. Back then, it was cutting edge (just the idea of showing a television cartoon character drinking in a bar was pretty radical in the Cosby era). But it stopped being anything close to cutting edge sometime around the time South Park premiered. The last ten years of the Simpsons has basically been on autopilot. I still watch it out of habit, and occasionally the writers will still manage a funny gag or two, but it's nowhere near what it used to be. Like poor Ozzy Osbourne, the Simpsons writers have long since moved from controversy and biting critiques into the mainstream and cliche.
Actually, I think the predominance of the English language in business around the world has a lot more to do with the British Empire and its historic spread than any American egocentrism.
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I suspect the real reasons behind it are that they want you BUYING their official DLC (not getting free mods from other players) and because routing the game through official servers only means that they can control piracy a lot easier (since you can't just route your pirated version into a private server somewhere).
Let's be honest. Fans of the series are going to bitch and moan about it--threatening boycotts, signing petitions, writing nasty emails. But, at the end of the day, most of them are still going to buy it anyway.
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the postal service is threatening industrial inaction over pay?
Are you daring to imply that Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't smart?!?!? The hell you say!
Except for one guy, who is apparently quite content with being locking in a small capsule in close quarters with several other men.
The "Sober American" is just a myth--much like the Loch Ness monster, the modest Frenchman, and the employed Briton.
A world filled entirely with James Bonds will be very elegant. But the world's casual clothing manufacturers will suffer greatly.
I've got to say that--for all the many, many other ways the Obama administration has disappointed me and failed to delivery--the recent changes at the FCC and it's new more pro-consumer bent has truly pleasantly surprised me. Between pro-consumer moves like this, their slap down of Apple/AT&T, and their support of net neutrality, they're taking a remarkably progressive (and sorely needed) approach to communications issues. It's too bad the telecommunications giants will probably just bring in their many whores in Congress to pass laws to override the FCC in the end.
Oh great, now that you've mentioned OCD I have to say it out loud exactly 15 times or something terrible will happen.
Hey, at least this fiasco took the heat off their crappy network for a while.
Yeah, and if you end up in court the lawyer fees there are going to be crazy expensive too.
As long as the dolphins are still here, we're safe.
Oh God, I just had a post-traumatic flashback to a time when I had two female bosses--both of whom were micro-mangers, changed their minds on any whim, had selective memory, disagreed with one another regularly, were completely ignorant of the technical aspects of my job, and were passive-aggressive to a degree that would have been comical in any other context. Imagine have Kate from "Jon and Kate Plus 8" as your boss, now imagine having *two* Kates who hated each other as your bosses. If I had to go through that again, I think I would just sign up for the army. There is no way Iraq could be worse.
Having to deal with everything I get via SMS/IM instead of email is pretty close to my idea of the lowest ring of hell. There is no way Dante could have ever dreamed up a torture so hideous and cruel.
Fuck that. I want to know how they eat and breathe, dammit!
Nonsense! Without wikipedia I would never have known that the worldwide population of elephants has tripled in the last decade.
I don't know where you live, but the last time I looked into it, a system installed here ran well over $20k. If there is a legitimate business that will install one for $7.5k, I'd love to hear about it.
My town has three Gamestops, all within a mile of each other on the same road. One is in the mall, one is across the street from the mall, and one is in a nearby shopping center.
Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
When a guy is selling you crack, you don't complain that his apartment is dirty. He can pretty much slap you in the face and you'll still come back for more.
But what shall become of my beloved ice man when this new "refrigeration" catches on? What of him!?!?!?
Seriously, it would be nice if my state had something like this. The crazy high upfront costs are the only thing keeping me from installing solar panels myself.
In this house, we use the English alphabet, young lady!
I remember sitting around with a bunch of college buddies and watching the premier episode of The Simpsons (the Christmas special in 1989) and being completely blown away. Back then, it was cutting edge (just the idea of showing a television cartoon character drinking in a bar was pretty radical in the Cosby era). But it stopped being anything close to cutting edge sometime around the time South Park premiered. The last ten years of the Simpsons has basically been on autopilot. I still watch it out of habit, and occasionally the writers will still manage a funny gag or two, but it's nowhere near what it used to be. Like poor Ozzy Osbourne, the Simpsons writers have long since moved from controversy and biting critiques into the mainstream and cliche.
Actually, I think the predominance of the English language in business around the world has a lot more to do with the British Empire and its historic spread than any American egocentrism.