The rational part of my brain says "yeah spamming is bad, but the punishment should fit the crime." On a greater level, this sort of behaviour should be discouraged as the dangers of vigilantism outweigh any benefits. Slippery slope and all that. That said, it's really tough to be sympathetic to the victims in these cases. If you piss off enough people, odds are good that one of them will come after you. My feelings are less "that poor man!" and more "probably not the best way to solve the problem".
Edmonton, too. The 2-floor HMV in "The Mall" is all video games and DVDs on the top floor and has been for a long time. I saw the ads on some Toronto channels about how they've recently added it, so I guess it must be an Eastern Canada thing.
Of course, I don't buy video games there either because they're overpriced. Superstore, Future Shop/Best Buy, and even EB Games usually either match or beat their prices by $10.
How was this modded insightful? Apparently neither the AC nor the mod RTFA. This case was about making copies of copyrighted articles and distributing them. Whether or not you consider that acceptable, it's not quite the same as allowing someone else to read a newspaper you bought. It's more like making a copy of that newspaper so that your friend doesn't need to buy his own.
I think it's worth noting that Seanbaby was supposed to fight Uwe, too, but Uwe pussied out when he found out that Seanbaby is a trained MMA fighter. He's a big toughguy when he's fighting your average internet dork but if someone actually knows how to fight, he's nowhere to be found.
So, because he's campaigning about video games, and not taking questions about movies, he's "not campaigning for a single issue"? Huh?
The two media are related. Your denial of that fact doesn't change it, and the arguments against video game violence are no different than the ones leveled against movies in the 80's and 90's. "You're watching the violence happen, it's not the same as reading it in a book!"
Yes but, the local video game store isn't enforcing the ESRB ratings the way a theater commonly does the MPAA ratings. So it is not a "blatant falsehood"; and perhaps you should consider such before resorting to "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!" as a reply.
Care to back up your claims? Because just stating them does not make them so. I've personally witnessed clerks at EBGames deny sales of M-rated games to minors, but I can't remember the last time I saw a kid get carded at the theatre.
Schwarzanegger isn't "campaigning for a single issue". He's campaigning against video game violence while deflecting questions about the violent movies he starred in. It's not quite the same as someone who is pro-gun control not campaigning for the environment.
And "Active Participation + Low Community Standards" is a blatant falsehood. This isn't 1993, the ESRB is arguably stricter and more consistent in its application of ratings than the MPAA, Hot Coffee not withstanding.
It's worth noting that the MPAA's rating system (and the enforcement thereof) is voluntary. If he were arguing for the MPAA's rating system to have legal enforcement as well, there would be no hypocrisy but he's not.
I'll vouch for the quality of the Java client. I used it for the short time I was a subscriber without any problems. It would be nice if it was officially supported, but this is the sort of thing you get used to as a Linux user.
The reason I cancelled, though, was the fact that your monthly downloads don't rollover when you don't use them all. If they did, I would probably still be a subscriber.
A friend of mine just bought one and he had a really difficult time finding one in most of the big electronics stores, game shops and department stores. He wound up going to Toys R Us and he said they had tons of them there. Apparently people don't think to go there for video games very often (I don't know why, every time I've gone they've had at least as large a selection as Best Buy), so if you want to pick one up, Toys R Us might be the place to check.
If you want an old school beat 'em up, you should pick up The Warriors for whatever platform (last gen) you have kicking around. It's in 3D, but it's the same sort of "beat the crap out of everyone" gameplay from Final Fight, Streets of Rage, etc. and if you like those games you'll probably enjoy it. It even made me dig out the movie and watch it again.
That sort of game is usually called "2.5D". It was a game with 3D graphics that gave the impression of a 3D playing field but only allowed 2 dimensional movement.It was a pretty fucking good game, though, and it's one of the reasons I keep my Sega CD kicking around.
For the record, he has a few songs that he performs live-only that aren't approved by the original artists. For example, Laundry Day (a parody of Come Out and Play) wasn't approved because The Offspring didn't think it was very funny, but it gets played in his live show from time to time.
Coincidentally, there's a Purple Onion where I live, too, and the drinks are around that price during "Power Hour". We would show up there, order a bunch of rye and coke triples and drink them as fast as we could, then move on to a more respectable bar when drink prices went back up. This place is kind of a shitty dance bar, though, and I'm guessing from the context of the GP's post that the one in MN isn't.
They expected to sell 12 million 360s by now too, and they just admitted they failed there (though not by that much). I'm not saying it's impossible for them to make a profit, but given the incompetence shown so far, I wouldn't bet on it.
A large percentage of those games are coming out for PC and PS3 as well, so technical issues are a valid reason not to buy a 360. People don't buy consoles just for the games, they buy them because it's supposed to be a hassle-free gaming experience. No wondering if you have the right video card for the game you just bought, no settings to muck around with to get the best framerate, no upgrade treadmill (or at least a severely reduced one), you just pop in the game and it works. If that ceases to be the case, then the lack of 360 exclusives really begins to work against it. I've wanted to get one for some time now, and I'm glad I held out considering all the technical issues and the high failure rate. When MS gets that all sorted out, I'll consider picking one up (assuming I don't have a PS3 by then).
I'm just stumped as to why these working poor can't take the bus. I know that this isn't an option for rural areas, but for those living in cities it's definitely an alternative. Even in the city I live in, the transit system is woefully underfunded and inefficient, but it will still get me just about anywhere in the city with connecting buses to the surrounding communities. If a $150/month car payment plus insurance and gas is too much money, it might be time to look at a bus pass. Bicycles are also cheap (my gf just bought a fairly nice one for $250 Canadian, new), though they're not practical in some places year round. I use mine all the time in the summer to offset the price of gas for my V8 muscle car, which is a fun ride but not terribly economic.
That was actually the reason behind the redesigned NES that came out towards the end of the console's life (that and milking it for everything it was worth). The original Famicom and the NES 2 were top-loaded and didn't suffer the same problems.
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The rational part of my brain says "yeah spamming is bad, but the punishment should fit the crime." On a greater level, this sort of behaviour should be discouraged as the dangers of vigilantism outweigh any benefits. Slippery slope and all that. That said, it's really tough to be sympathetic to the victims in these cases. If you piss off enough people, odds are good that one of them will come after you. My feelings are less "that poor man!" and more "probably not the best way to solve the problem".
They do if you select "Plain Old Text" from the dropdown below the comment textarea.
Though I prefer "HTML Formatted" myself, which requires html line breaks for newlines.
The geographic centre of Canada is in Manitoba. Toronto is just the centre of the universe.
Simultaneously the deadliest and most delicious of the weaponized legumes.
I thought the SNES/Genesis TNG game was pretty good, too, but I'm not sure how widespread that opinion is.
Edmonton, too. The 2-floor HMV in "The Mall" is all video games and DVDs on the top floor and has been for a long time. I saw the ads on some Toronto channels about how they've recently added it, so I guess it must be an Eastern Canada thing.
Of course, I don't buy video games there either because they're overpriced. Superstore, Future Shop/Best Buy, and even EB Games usually either match or beat their prices by $10.
How was this modded insightful? Apparently neither the AC nor the mod RTFA. This case was about making copies of copyrighted articles and distributing them. Whether or not you consider that acceptable, it's not quite the same as allowing someone else to read a newspaper you bought. It's more like making a copy of that newspaper so that your friend doesn't need to buy his own.
It's like the tagline for Alien vs. Predator: "Whoever wins... we lose"
This is more interesting, though.
How in the fuck was the parent post modded troll? It was a perfectly reasonable response to the GP.
I think it's worth noting that Seanbaby was supposed to fight Uwe, too, but Uwe pussied out when he found out that Seanbaby is a trained MMA fighter. He's a big toughguy when he's fighting your average internet dork but if someone actually knows how to fight, he's nowhere to be found.
The movies on MST3K were bad, but they were "ha ha" bad. Uwe can't even pull that off.
Care to back up your claims? Because just stating them does not make them so. I've personally witnessed clerks at EBGames deny sales of M-rated games to minors, but I can't remember the last time I saw a kid get carded at the theatre.
Schwarzanegger isn't "campaigning for a single issue". He's campaigning against video game violence while deflecting questions about the violent movies he starred in. It's not quite the same as someone who is pro-gun control not campaigning for the environment.
And "Active Participation + Low Community Standards" is a blatant falsehood. This isn't 1993, the ESRB is arguably stricter and more consistent in its application of ratings than the MPAA, Hot Coffee not withstanding.
It's worth noting that the MPAA's rating system (and the enforcement thereof) is voluntary. If he were arguing for the MPAA's rating system to have legal enforcement as well, there would be no hypocrisy but he's not.
I'll vouch for the quality of the Java client. I used it for the short time I was a subscriber without any problems. It would be nice if it was officially supported, but this is the sort of thing you get used to as a Linux user.
The reason I cancelled, though, was the fact that your monthly downloads don't rollover when you don't use them all. If they did, I would probably still be a subscriber.
A friend of mine just bought one and he had a really difficult time finding one in most of the big electronics stores, game shops and department stores. He wound up going to Toys R Us and he said they had tons of them there. Apparently people don't think to go there for video games very often (I don't know why, every time I've gone they've had at least as large a selection as Best Buy), so if you want to pick one up, Toys R Us might be the place to check.
If you want an old school beat 'em up, you should pick up The Warriors for whatever platform (last gen) you have kicking around. It's in 3D, but it's the same sort of "beat the crap out of everyone" gameplay from Final Fight, Streets of Rage, etc. and if you like those games you'll probably enjoy it. It even made me dig out the movie and watch it again.
That sort of game is usually called "2.5D". It was a game with 3D graphics that gave the impression of a 3D playing field but only allowed 2 dimensional movement.It was a pretty fucking good game, though, and it's one of the reasons I keep my Sega CD kicking around.
For the record, he has a few songs that he performs live-only that aren't approved by the original artists. For example, Laundry Day (a parody of Come Out and Play) wasn't approved because The Offspring didn't think it was very funny, but it gets played in his live show from time to time.
Coincidentally, there's a Purple Onion where I live, too, and the drinks are around that price during "Power Hour". We would show up there, order a bunch of rye and coke triples and drink them as fast as we could, then move on to a more respectable bar when drink prices went back up. This place is kind of a shitty dance bar, though, and I'm guessing from the context of the GP's post that the one in MN isn't.
They expected to sell 12 million 360s by now too, and they just admitted they failed there (though not by that much). I'm not saying it's impossible for them to make a profit, but given the incompetence shown so far, I wouldn't bet on it.
A large percentage of those games are coming out for PC and PS3 as well, so technical issues are a valid reason not to buy a 360. People don't buy consoles just for the games, they buy them because it's supposed to be a hassle-free gaming experience. No wondering if you have the right video card for the game you just bought, no settings to muck around with to get the best framerate, no upgrade treadmill (or at least a severely reduced one), you just pop in the game and it works. If that ceases to be the case, then the lack of 360 exclusives really begins to work against it. I've wanted to get one for some time now, and I'm glad I held out considering all the technical issues and the high failure rate. When MS gets that all sorted out, I'll consider picking one up (assuming I don't have a PS3 by then).
I'm just stumped as to why these working poor can't take the bus. I know that this isn't an option for rural areas, but for those living in cities it's definitely an alternative. Even in the city I live in, the transit system is woefully underfunded and inefficient, but it will still get me just about anywhere in the city with connecting buses to the surrounding communities. If a $150/month car payment plus insurance and gas is too much money, it might be time to look at a bus pass. Bicycles are also cheap (my gf just bought a fairly nice one for $250 Canadian, new), though they're not practical in some places year round. I use mine all the time in the summer to offset the price of gas for my V8 muscle car, which is a fun ride but not terribly economic.
That was actually the reason behind the redesigned NES that came out towards the end of the console's life (that and milking it for everything it was worth). The original Famicom and the NES 2 were top-loaded and didn't suffer the same problems.