Microsoft is accusing Google of doing the exact same thing it is doing, only they are taking a pause to pimp their own product that does exactly the same evil that Google does.
The only difference is that Bing is absolute crap compared to Google. Of course, they don't want that fact to come out in the wash.... Can I switch to Apple now?
...that this is coming from some game designer I couldn't tell apart from Adam on a blog I never read, I must ask the value of this individual's opinion. He's a game designer? That doesn't make him an expert or the end-all-say-all of the topic.
What I really find hilarious if it wasn't so troubling is the fact he is defending EA. EA has done wrong, but you wouldn't know it based on Cliff Bleszinski's words. Maybe he is ignoring the fact that people are complaining loudly and EA is all but ignoring them. Maybe he wants to forget the fact EA "accidentally" banned members for complaining about microtransactions or the DRM scheme. Maybe he thinks EA is in the right with this "always on" DRM method and people that don't have internet at home (like myself) are SOL. Maybe he thinks it is totally in the right that EA puts microtransactions in games that are not at all Free to Play.
Frankly, I think he is an obscure game designer who has a terminal case of USI and is spewing his vitriol on an obscure blog nobody cares about (except for the poster of this article and Slashdot)...
Also: I'd really love to know where he came up with this "Free to spend 4 grand on it" because that sounds like hyperbole. So, how is spending $4,000 in an EA Microtransaction store any different from spending $4,000 on LotRO or STO? Is it ok because it is EA or is this something Mr. Bleszinski made up to justify EA's poor business practices? I say it is the latter...
in and of itself: Microtransactions aren't bad as long as there is some kind of system in place to prevent those who have $4,000 to spend to gain unfair and insurmountable advantages. EA of course doesn't have such a system in place because money is God. In fact: EA encourages such actions.
Frankly, I think Mr. Bleszinski's idea of "Don't like it, don't buy it" only works if people got that hint and quit being such fanboys of EA. Unfortunately, fanboys like Cliff Bleszinski don't want to openly acknowledge they are being raped by companies like EA. Like a rape victim, they think if they continue to support the rapist, then it will get better. Yet it never does. As long as this cycle continues, then no amount of complaining or boycotting will ever work.
Must be nice having ESP. Bet you seen my post coming on Saturday!
Meanwhile, I am going to sit back and wait to see what comes out before jumping on the Hateraide wagon destined to JJ Abrams's front door. Not to do that is just sheer overreacting and is far from intelligent.
Yes I know some here have raging e-boners against Abrams. Yes, I know about John Carter (voted least pirated movie because even pirates thought the movie wasn't worth it and have some modicum of decency) and how epic suck it was. Yes, I get some are 50 shades of RAGE-Hate over Star Trek's reboot and to them I say "Fuck you" because it got this long time reluctant person interested in the Star Trek franchise. Yes, I get Disney and Abrams could do things to tarnish Star Wars... but Jar Jar and Lucas has set that bar so high it may have to be a concerted effort on Disney and Abrams part to make the movie that bad, and even then it may fall way short.
However, the bottom line is that nobody knows anything concrete about what is going to happen with this movie. Basing it solely on Abrams and/or Disney is not just premature, it is closed minded and certainly not smart.
I'm glad you are not in charge because I strongly disagree.
That is YOUR opinion about JJ Abrams. JJ Abrams has produced some good films IMO and I'm a big Person of Interest watcher. Also: I have never got or understood all the Hater-Aide over his reboot of Star Trek. That JJ Abrams movie sucked me into Star Trek and for a good part of my life I couldn't care less about Star Trek.
The movie sucked? JJ Abrams sucks? That's your opinion and makes it no more fact than my own opinion.
Then lets make it clear about a Portal movie: Anybody see the script yet?
No?
Then why gripe about it already? Maybe it'll surprise you.... Personally, I'd like to see what comes out before jumping on the JJ Abrams Hate Wagon...
Oh I forgot: JJ Abrams is making it. So it sucks already according to your opinion.
JJ Abrams isn't perfect nor does every movie need him directing it. However, to bellyache and bitch about a movie that isn't even being filmed (and may not even have a script) yet just because a director you don't like is directing it makes zero sense.
The amount of coverage McAfee has received on Slashdot and other "news" sources rivals the bloat his software adds to a system. Nothing to see here, move along.
But... but... It's always fun to watch a train wreck in progress!
This is the price you pay for being immature.
You know you have done something wrong (1.drive drunk 2.smash a car and the incident is the effect of a cause that is you alone, in wrongdoing). You look around, make sure noone sees you and when this turns out to be positive, you keep your fucking mouth shut. QED.
Unfortunately, the teen in TFA was too stupid, drunk, and a know-it-all to have listened to this sage advice.
This is what happens when you let people who don't really know video games run a video game company.
Since when did Zynga "make" games? All I ever seen Zynga make is spamware disguised as blatant and brazenly obvious ripoffs of other games in order to make money off micro-transactions.
...and lets not forget how the CEO told staff this gem:
I don't fucking want innovation, you're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers. Source
Bloody Lucky or Prevent-it.ca? Those showed some rather graphic images posed as public service announcements? For a moment, I thought the article was about those and not some pervert with a snuff fetish.
I am a victim of the ruse that college will give you success. I have in my arsenal one AAS in Computer Systems/Networks, almost one in Computer Programming and 2 years for a BA in Game Design.
Where do I work? At a POS tree service as a "Computer tech" but in all reality I am just a gopher getting paid barely above minimum wage... and I got this job almost 10 years after graduating college and extensive shoot downs.Every day here is an exercise in patience because my boss thinks he is a genius because he knows how to break the law and not get caught.
So all my hard work in college and extensive searches in IT jobs netted me a shit job working for a crook and a defaulted student loan.
Yeah. A college degree really isn't a guarantee for success for anybody. Unless you work for the crap colleges or the Federal Student Loan offices of course.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes. A double helping of penis pills and Nigerian Princes wanting to move money.
Microsoft is accusing Google of doing the exact same thing it is doing, only they are taking a pause to pimp their own product that does exactly the same evil that Google does.
The only difference is that Bing is absolute crap compared to Google. Of course, they don't want that fact to come out in the wash.... Can I switch to Apple now?
...that this is coming from some game designer I couldn't tell apart from Adam on a blog I never read, I must ask the value of this individual's opinion. He's a game designer? That doesn't make him an expert or the end-all-say-all of the topic.
What I really find hilarious if it wasn't so troubling is the fact he is defending EA. EA has done wrong, but you wouldn't know it based on Cliff Bleszinski's words. Maybe he is ignoring the fact that people are complaining loudly and EA is all but ignoring them. Maybe he wants to forget the fact EA "accidentally" banned members for complaining about microtransactions or the DRM scheme. Maybe he thinks EA is in the right with this "always on" DRM method and people that don't have internet at home (like myself) are SOL. Maybe he thinks it is totally in the right that EA puts microtransactions in games that are not at all Free to Play.
Frankly, I think he is an obscure game designer who has a terminal case of USI and is spewing his vitriol on an obscure blog nobody cares about (except for the poster of this article and Slashdot)...
Also: I'd really love to know where he came up with this "Free to spend 4 grand on it" because that sounds like hyperbole. So, how is spending $4,000 in an EA Microtransaction store any different from spending $4,000 on LotRO or STO? Is it ok because it is EA or is this something Mr. Bleszinski made up to justify EA's poor business practices? I say it is the latter...
in and of itself: Microtransactions aren't bad as long as there is some kind of system in place to prevent those who have $4,000 to spend to gain unfair and insurmountable advantages. EA of course doesn't have such a system in place because money is God. In fact: EA encourages such actions.
Frankly, I think Mr. Bleszinski's idea of "Don't like it, don't buy it" only works if people got that hint and quit being such fanboys of EA. Unfortunately, fanboys like Cliff Bleszinski don't want to openly acknowledge they are being raped by companies like EA. Like a rape victim, they think if they continue to support the rapist, then it will get better. Yet it never does. As long as this cycle continues, then no amount of complaining or boycotting will ever work.
Wait... thought they were dead already? What happened? They become a zombie?
They don't want to give it to customers, and if they did they'd have a mandatory First Child and Soul clause for each subscriber.
I'd pay good money to point at it and scream "OH, THE HUMANITY!".
Then again, I did the same thing with that Texas Cowboy blow up statue and Big Butter Jesus, so I can probably say I already did it...
...been bought by Aperture Science? I can't help read this article without hearing Cave Johnson say it.
Foreshadowing? ESP? Something that Microsoft and Nintendo has been dying to tell us but has now accidentally come out?
You don't have to buy the new Xbox either, which will be equally restrictive.
The only difference is that the new Xbox probably won't cost $599 or 5 kidneys and two spleens.
Must be nice having ESP. Bet you seen my post coming on Saturday!
Meanwhile, I am going to sit back and wait to see what comes out before jumping on the Hateraide wagon destined to JJ Abrams's front door. Not to do that is just sheer overreacting and is far from intelligent.
Yes I know some here have raging e-boners against Abrams. Yes, I know about John Carter (voted least pirated movie because even pirates thought the movie wasn't worth it and have some modicum of decency) and how epic suck it was. Yes, I get some are 50 shades of RAGE-Hate over Star Trek's reboot and to them I say "Fuck you" because it got this long time reluctant person interested in the Star Trek franchise. Yes, I get Disney and Abrams could do things to tarnish Star Wars... but Jar Jar and Lucas has set that bar so high it may have to be a concerted effort on Disney and Abrams part to make the movie that bad, and even then it may fall way short.
However, the bottom line is that nobody knows anything concrete about what is going to happen with this movie. Basing it solely on Abrams and/or Disney is not just premature, it is closed minded and certainly not smart.
I'm glad you are not in charge because I strongly disagree.
That is YOUR opinion about JJ Abrams. JJ Abrams has produced some good films IMO and I'm a big Person of Interest watcher. Also: I have never got or understood all the Hater-Aide over his reboot of Star Trek. That JJ Abrams movie sucked me into Star Trek and for a good part of my life I couldn't care less about Star Trek.
The movie sucked? JJ Abrams sucks? That's your opinion and makes it no more fact than my own opinion.
Then lets make it clear about a Portal movie: Anybody see the script yet?
No?
Then why gripe about it already? Maybe it'll surprise you.... Personally, I'd like to see what comes out before jumping on the JJ Abrams Hate Wagon...
Oh I forgot: JJ Abrams is making it. So it sucks already according to your opinion.
JJ Abrams isn't perfect nor does every movie need him directing it. However, to bellyache and bitch about a movie that isn't even being filmed (and may not even have a script) yet just because a director you don't like is directing it makes zero sense.
It's called Orbis because the price will be measured in orbits.
This time around though Lex Luthor won't be here to save us.
Is that the rancid stench of morale I smell?
...Or is that just the butthurt of the powers that be?
Here is MS's problem: NOBODY WANTED THE MICROSOFT PHONE/TABLET OS INTERFACE AS AN OS INTERFACE FOR THEIR PC.
It is as obvious as the nose on Balmer's face. The fail of MS 8 could have been seen on Mars long before it's release.
The amount of coverage McAfee has received on Slashdot and other "news" sources rivals the bloat his software adds to a system. Nothing to see here, move along.
But... but... It's always fun to watch a train wreck in progress!
This is the price you pay for being immature. You know you have done something wrong (1.drive drunk 2.smash a car and the incident is the effect of a cause that is you alone, in wrongdoing). You look around, make sure noone sees you and when this turns out to be positive, you keep your fucking mouth shut. QED.
Unfortunately, the teen in TFA was too stupid, drunk, and a know-it-all to have listened to this sage advice.
This is what happens when you let people who don't really know video games run a video game company.
Since when did Zynga "make" games? All I ever seen Zynga make is spamware disguised as blatant and brazenly obvious ripoffs of other games in order to make money off micro-transactions.
...and lets not forget how the CEO told staff this gem:
I don't fucking want innovation, you're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.
Source
... 2013 should be even worse.
It is from the sounds of it...and 2013 hasn't really started yet!
Bloody Lucky or Prevent-it.ca? Those showed some rather graphic images posed as public service announcements? For a moment, I thought the article was about those and not some pervert with a snuff fetish.
Got the creepy crawlies now!
...that this will get laughed out of court long before it sees the courtroom.
Call of Duty: Duct Tape Ops
You know what they say: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
...because ISPs like Time Warner, Mediacom, and Windstream would lose their precious, money-making monopolies in areas like mine!
A competitor in my area that offers cheaper service and exponentially better customer service with even better quality of product? Heaven forbid!
...handle Crysis 3?
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nnnnnnooooooooo.
I am a victim of the ruse that college will give you success. I have in my arsenal one AAS in Computer Systems/Networks, almost one in Computer Programming and 2 years for a BA in Game Design.
Where do I work? At a POS tree service as a "Computer tech" but in all reality I am just a gopher getting paid barely above minimum wage... and I got this job almost 10 years after graduating college and extensive shoot downs.Every day here is an exercise in patience because my boss thinks he is a genius because he knows how to break the law and not get caught.
So all my hard work in college and extensive searches in IT jobs netted me a shit job working for a crook and a defaulted student loan.
Yeah. A college degree really isn't a guarantee for success for anybody. Unless you work for the crap colleges or the Federal Student Loan offices of course.