I agree with what you're saying...the only thing I will add is that you should let the content providers know that you are looking to buy these shows that are currently unavailable. If they don't know that there's a market for them, they'll never release them.
I'd like to see a retailer grow some balls, tell the ESRB to shove off, and start carrying AO games on the shelves.
Retailers don't have to tell the ESRB to shove off in order to carry AO games. An ESRB rating of AO does not mean "cannot be sold because we at the ERSB say so". It means "contains content intended for adults only". It is 100% up to the retailer to decide whether or not they want to carry such product. Most major retailers have decided that they do not want to carry AO games as a matter of policy, probably to avoid being stigmatized as "that place that sells porn next to kids' games".
Retailers do, IMHO, need to grow some balls, and start selling this kind of product, but there's no risk of running afoul of the ESRB if they do so.
Stop tacking these 3rd grade essay questions on the end of each post!
And while we're on the subject, can we please stop tagging every story whose headline or summary poses a question with "yes" or "no"? Those have to be the least useful tags imaginable. We might as well be tagging stories with "story" or "words".
It's certainly among the best I've ever seen...unique and very evocative. It made me want to get the game, which should be a testament to its efficacy. I got a hi-def version at gametrailers.com, but I can't find the link right now.
[Homosexuals and pedophiles are] not in the same group except in the sense that it's not wise to allow either pedophiles or homosexuals to be boy scout leaders.
Why is it not wise to allow homosexuals to be boy scout leaders?
DIVX disks played on ordinary DVD players, were time-limited, and cost less than straight DVDs. And failed.
DIVX disks would not play on ordinary DVD players. You needed a DIVX player for that.
Amazon Unbox...is time-limited, and costs about the same as straight DVDs.
Unbox rentals are time-limited, and they cost a buck or two. Purchases are not time-limited, and cost about the same as straight DVDs (e.g. $9.99 for The Matrix).
I think it was because it would give the executive branch too much power. Not a bad reason, actually...although it would be nice to have a line-item veto that could only be used if the item being line-vetoed was demonstrably unrelated to the legislation.
You're talking the difference between 720x480 (and that's assuming the disc is anamorphic, otherwise it's more like 480x360) and 1920x1080.
Actually, all DVDs are 720x480, anamorphic or not. "Anamorphic" just means the 720x480 MPEG2 frame is intended for display on a 16:9 screen (that is, it needs to be stretched horizontally a little bit to look right), while non-anamorphic discs are intended for display on a 4:3 screen (they need to be compressed horizontally a little bit). Of course, in either case, some of that available resolution may be spent on black bars to preserve the content's aspect ratio.
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I call it calcuhol!
Pretty much every reason you cite is true in real life too!
I agree with what you're saying...the only thing I will add is that you should let the content providers know that you are looking to buy these shows that are currently unavailable. If they don't know that there's a market for them, they'll never release them.
Retailers don't have to tell the ESRB to shove off in order to carry AO games. An ESRB rating of AO does not mean "cannot be sold because we at the ERSB say so". It means "contains content intended for adults only". It is 100% up to the retailer to decide whether or not they want to carry such product. Most major retailers have decided that they do not want to carry AO games as a matter of policy, probably to avoid being stigmatized as "that place that sells porn next to kids' games".
Retailers do, IMHO, need to grow some balls, and start selling this kind of product, but there's no risk of running afoul of the ESRB if they do so.
I keep getting 09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0...
Curses! Beaten to the joke by an anonymous coward, and then modded redundant to add insult to injury! *shakes fist at AC*
Dude, you're gettin' a lawsuit.
It may affects grammar skills too.
Despite myself, I had to laugh at the fact that that article includes the phrase "Probably locked to Uranus".
So who's Gene Folding?
And while we're on the subject, can we please stop tagging every story whose headline or summary poses a question with "yes" or "no"? Those have to be the least useful tags imaginable. We might as well be tagging stories with "story" or "words".
So, does it run Linux?
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It's certainly among the best I've ever seen...unique and very evocative. It made me want to get the game, which should be a testament to its efficacy. I got a hi-def version at gametrailers.com, but I can't find the link right now.
Yes, if only there were some way to order a Wii online and have it shipped to you when it's in stock...
That would be your phone number.
I think I overdosed on Web 2.0 just from reading that summary.
DIVX disks would not play on ordinary DVD players. You needed a DIVX player for that.
Unbox rentals are time-limited, and they cost a buck or two. Purchases are not time-limited, and cost about the same as straight DVDs (e.g. $9.99 for The Matrix).
I use the command line, you insensitve clod!
...but can it transform? I only buy robots that are more than meets the eye.
I think it was because it would give the executive branch too much power. Not a bad reason, actually...although it would be nice to have a line-item veto that could only be used if the item being line-vetoed was demonstrably unrelated to the legislation.
...unfortunately indicating that outrage over the Sony rootkit was a tempest in a teacup.
Since when can "flaw" be a verb?
Actually, all DVDs are 720x480, anamorphic or not. "Anamorphic" just means the 720x480 MPEG2 frame is intended for display on a 16:9 screen (that is, it needs to be stretched horizontally a little bit to look right), while non-anamorphic discs are intended for display on a 4:3 screen (they need to be compressed horizontally a little bit). Of course, in either case, some of that available resolution may be spent on black bars to preserve the content's aspect ratio.