I agree. When hasn't EA taken a good game company and utterly nuked it from orbit with it's shenanigans? I would have thought Pop Cap would have seen EA in action with other game companies (Maxis, Origin Systems, etc.) and told EA a polite "Fuck you, NO!"...
...but I guess $1.3 billion will make the best man weak. What is sad is that Pop Cap has helped draw in casual gamers. Now their games will be on EA's Origin or POGO. Ultimately, I hope that Pop Cap staff does not look back on this and regret making this sale. Provided they don't get replaced by EA bots or become assimilated.
What does Atheism got to do with... well, ANYTHING about the flooding or the Army Corp of Engineers? More specifically, this topic in general? Smells like a shameless plug for yours or somebody else blog....
The cause of all this flooding has to do with the massive amounts of snow and rain had over last winter. Nobody had the ability to foresee that much water coming when these dams and levees were made many years ago. Atheist, Bible-thumper, or not. The Corp. could only make a guess and try to strike a cord between the environment and the developers.
The TL;DR: This was an unforeseen and not calculable event that even the best minds could have prevented back at the time these devices were made. There is nobody to blame but the ones trying to place blame.
That one thing is NCSoft. NCSoft has a penchant of taking a good idea and turning it into a train wreck. Remember Tablua Rasa? Also, they have not created a F2P model that works well. Exteel and Dungeon Runner anybody?
I really hope that they get their act together with this F2P of CoH because it is a good game. However, I don't think they will have much luck if they pretty much force gamers to pay for the normal operations of the game. I would rather they avoid the F2P model altogether if that is the way they want to play.
Most Republicans' contributors are the very companies that were against that bill. The same is true with the Iowa bill: The companies don't want possible whistle blowers hired or undercover amature PIs. So who will stand up for them in government? The big business friendly GOP.
That is not to say the Democrats are not the same way. Dems are more prone to be the ones getting money from tree huggers and radical vegetarians who are wanting to get all the cams they can into cattle companies. The rule of thumb is: Big Business == Republican. Hippie BS == Democrats.
The reason why you never hear about porn sites getting cracked is because it is fucking easy. Most porn sites are vulnerable as hell and almost anyone with some technical proficiency can exploit them. They are run by low budget companies who often just cant afford to secure their sites. Cracking porn sites are for pathetic script kiddies with little to no skill what so ever. Also what's up with trying to shame owners of porn site memberships? Fucking puritans.
I have seen Sci-Fi shows that would easily rival movie grade FX. Long story short: Lucas knows the cash cow on Star Wars is running dry and starting to curdle.
Or maybe the cheaters were just working up a movie script idea. Do a few months in the slammer, sell the rights, then buy a really good test tutor for next time.
The name of the movie would be Dr. Bozo and Captain Idiot Do Hard Time In Pound Me Hard In The Ass Prison.
Then again, maybe they should give you the XBox 360 version. Better yet, let you decide what version you want since most the game consoles that were around during development no longer exist.
Bottom line it comes down to this: 3D Games, Movies, and TV are just a gimmick and a passing fad.
Ever since I began hearing about all this 3D stuff making its way to TV and games, my first thought was "Here we go again....". This resurgence in 3D is just an excuse to cover up bad development. That is why most of the "new" movies and games, when you strip away the 3D, are poor in story and entertainment.
What Nintendo doesn't understand and never fully understood is that consumers don't follow Nintendo like a game deity. Nintendo has failed before and can fail again. Also, maybe Nintendo doesn't realize this, the world economy sucks right now. People can't shell out $250 for something that offers what the regular DS does, but only adds the 3D gimmick.
My biggest concern, besides not getting any mod points for this post, is that the 3DS will give Nintendo a green light to take shortcuts in game development. If this happens the 3DS will have a ton of craptacular games with its major selling point being "It is crap, but in 3D!!!"
I say this: Tough shit to the guy going to lose his comic book collection. I hate tweekers with a passion and glad to see this inferior non-human get his justice served.
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I agree. When hasn't EA taken a good game company and utterly nuked it from orbit with it's shenanigans? I would have thought Pop Cap would have seen EA in action with other game companies (Maxis, Origin Systems, etc.) and told EA a polite "Fuck you, NO!"...
...but I guess $1.3 billion will make the best man weak. What is sad is that Pop Cap has helped draw in casual gamers. Now their games will be on EA's Origin or POGO. Ultimately, I hope that Pop Cap staff does not look back on this and regret making this sale. Provided they don't get replaced by EA bots or become assimilated.
I'd mod you up if I could
Jack Thompson would cry for a few hours before having another tantrum. Although a fat load of good that would do him since he is disbarred.
This will make the game pretty much a failure of epic proportions. If anything, it will be a shining example to all game companies on what NOT to do.
Thanks Capcom for showing everybody with this failure-in-the-making that there are worse DRM schemes than what EA creates!
...Disbarred Lawyer Jack Thompson is crying uncontrollably.
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What does Atheism got to do with... well, ANYTHING about the flooding or the Army Corp of Engineers? More specifically, this topic in general? Smells like a shameless plug for yours or somebody else blog....
The cause of all this flooding has to do with the massive amounts of snow and rain had over last winter. Nobody had the ability to foresee that much water coming when these dams and levees were made many years ago. Atheist, Bible-thumper, or not. The Corp. could only make a guess and try to strike a cord between the environment and the developers.
The TL;DR: This was an unforeseen and not calculable event that even the best minds could have prevented back at the time these devices were made. There is nobody to blame but the ones trying to place blame.
That one thing is NCSoft. NCSoft has a penchant of taking a good idea and turning it into a train wreck. Remember Tablua Rasa? Also, they have not created a F2P model that works well. Exteel and Dungeon Runner anybody?
I really hope that they get their act together with this F2P of CoH because it is a good game. However, I don't think they will have much luck if they pretty much force gamers to pay for the normal operations of the game. I would rather they avoid the F2P model altogether if that is the way they want to play.
Get killdisk and reformat at least 10 times. Then reinstall everything. Redownload your legal music and RIAA won't be looking your way!
One Word: Money.
Most Republicans' contributors are the very companies that were against that bill. The same is true with the Iowa bill: The companies don't want possible whistle blowers hired or undercover amature PIs. So who will stand up for them in government? The big business friendly GOP.
That is not to say the Democrats are not the same way. Dems are more prone to be the ones getting money from tree huggers and radical vegetarians who are wanting to get all the cams they can into cattle companies. The rule of thumb is: Big Business == Republican. Hippie BS == Democrats.
...telling somebody to eat shit and die.
The reason why you never hear about porn sites getting cracked is because it is fucking easy. Most porn sites are vulnerable as hell and almost anyone with some technical proficiency can exploit them. They are run by low budget companies who often just cant afford to secure their sites. Cracking porn sites are for pathetic script kiddies with little to no skill what so ever. Also what's up with trying to shame owners of porn site memberships? Fucking puritans.
My cat can hack into it.
...They have comments on the video disabled. Otherwise they would have gotten an eyeful of criticism.
Outside has Skin Cancer, Bears, Spiders, Abductors, Michael Jackson,.Spiders, Lyme Disease, Pedophiles, Fleas, Spiders, Wolves, Broken Bones, Cuts, Scrapes, and of course: Spiders.
Also, Outside doesn't drop any loot.
But our data is in another castle!
I have seen Sci-Fi shows that would easily rival movie grade FX. Long story short: Lucas knows the cash cow on Star Wars is running dry and starting to curdle.
You know, I have never had a problem with Apple till now. At this rate, Apple could exceed Microsoft's and Facebook's level of evil...
Oh wait, too late...
Or maybe the cheaters were just working up a movie script idea. Do a few months in the slammer, sell the rights, then buy a really good test tutor for next time.
The name of the movie would be Dr. Bozo and Captain Idiot Do Hard Time In Pound Me Hard In The Ass Prison.
I don't think it would be a blockbuster.
I wonder when the US will declare war on that Nigerian Prince that offers to share his wealth... or is that where all the money is going?
I wonder if they played this music while they were plucking out the plants?
Then you are FSOL. In a big way.
Then again, maybe they should give you the XBox 360 version. Better yet, let you decide what version you want since most the game consoles that were around during development no longer exist.
Iowa is so technologically behind the times, I am surprised they even have a microscope!
What would be real bad would be NASA would wait 21 years and get this video or this picture.
Bottom line it comes down to this: 3D Games, Movies, and TV are just a gimmick and a passing fad.
Ever since I began hearing about all this 3D stuff making its way to TV and games, my first thought was "Here we go again....". This resurgence in 3D is just an excuse to cover up bad development. That is why most of the "new" movies and games, when you strip away the 3D, are poor in story and entertainment.
What Nintendo doesn't understand and never fully understood is that consumers don't follow Nintendo like a game deity. Nintendo has failed before and can fail again. Also, maybe Nintendo doesn't realize this, the world economy sucks right now. People can't shell out $250 for something that offers what the regular DS does, but only adds the 3D gimmick.
My biggest concern, besides not getting any mod points for this post, is that the 3DS will give Nintendo a green light to take shortcuts in game development. If this happens the 3DS will have a ton of craptacular games with its major selling point being "It is crap, but in 3D!!!"
The world hears that Duke Nukem Forever is delayed again. Millions die from non-surprise.
I guess when somebody said they should delay it for old time sake, somebody producing this game took that seriously!
I say this: Tough shit to the guy going to lose his comic book collection. I hate tweekers with a passion and glad to see this inferior non-human get his justice served.