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[quote who="Aexrael" reply="23" id="3345356"] ... that and http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation as they are the least biased and have the most concise reviews. ... [/quote] Heh.. I'd say that zero-punctuation has very high bias, in the sense that he's actively looking for the worst in the games he's reviewing. But I also consider that some of the best methods of determining value pre-purchase, by asking myself

Well, for me personally, here's the reason I don't like Windows 8: 1. It's not how I'd change the UI to make things more efficient. Now, understand that in Win7 I've "removed" the start button and have my own organizational method for UI via various programs. I understand that it'd not necessarily be efficient for anyone else to use, and it really is just a "fits just me" thing. However, that doesn't mea

I'm going to preface this with a note that I really don't like Windows 8. And while my own personal experience has been poor with Windows 8 (basically fighting through the new UI to get things going how I or those I'm helping want it), I have to say that article and the claim is pushing things a little. I mean, the very article itself mentions a pile of other legit reasons why the numbers are down: "Increased demand for mobile devices such as smartphone

[quote who="cardinaldirection" reply="1" id="3344730"] Watch em all *Looks over at his son watching Totoro while typing this* Indeed. Indeed. I found I like the stories and animation of the Studio Ghibli group over the Disney fare. Seems my children are more captivated by them as well. Although, I believe Disney really only kind of "repackaged" the Ghibli stuff for north american release (getting well known v

Well for one thing, future Directx seems to be heading towards Win8 only. http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/13/microsoft-warns-gamers-directx-11-1-is-windows-8-only/ While 11.1 isn't pushing out too much that's necessary, it's kind of telling about how the future looks. Some big update down the road will be Win8 or later only, and any gaming that needs it will be Win8 exclusive at that point. Depending on your future gaming habits, that could influence

Oooh boy.. I'll have to pare down this list. Best probably to stick to the ones that I'd only play again without batting an eye (the ones that survive nostalgia and are actually still fun to play despite graphics), or that took up so much of my life in the past. Vintage (DOS, Console, no particular order): Master of Magic Master of Orion II Final Fantasy Tactics Tactics Ogre (Ogre Battle series) ( You could turn a character into a LIC

There was a show on Discovery called "The Colony". While it was an example of how even highly intelligent people can succumb to stupid issues like intersocial drama, the one thing going for it was to show how people could survive in a post apocalyptic world. I mean, they made a wood gassifier, practically from scratch. As long as all the smart people didn't die out, and not all of the texts and other forms of knowledge were completely lost, then some knowledge should come back fai

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes - If I'm looking at two competing games (both scratching a particular itch), and one uses 64bit while the other is only 32 bit... it's a no brainer. A game built for 64bit will take advantage of what current technology uses. Nothing upsets me more than buying decent hardware and getting brand spanking new games only to see choppy framerate, and only a single CPU core maxing out while the others, and my GPU are practically idle*.

I loved this back when it was just factions... Really appreciate and amazed with all the work you've done with the After the War project! Thanks!

So they made a test that is based on the things that IE9 can do? Really, this site tells us only how much like IE9 other browsers are...

Well, finite writes isn't a major factor in storage.. since storage is something you typically write once and then read over and over later (like installing games or storing video/picture data. The read errors on SSD are typically very, very low. Mean Time Between Failures are theoretically somewhere in the 100+ years range, and the actual real world rate of failure on SSD is very low (Intel's drives are reported at 0.5% a year, which is decades of fairly safe storage). Standa

Considering solid state drives can have somewhere between ~230-4000+ years "between failures", I'd say Blu Ray probably won't be replacing hard drives for outright storage anytime soon. I mean, the entirety of the data is exposed on a disc. At some point in time, you have to move it from storage to player, and something can happen (or a 3 yo can simply walk by and it becomes a new coaster). Regarding 3D... it's always seemed like the movies are doing it to d

Actually, I'm the least worried about Shaw's internet. Their internet packages are turning into unlimited and extremely high bandwidth packages. In the upcoming changes, the cheapest/most restricted packages will have 7.5megs download with unlimited bandwidth, or 50megs download with 400gigs bandwidth (this one is already here). When a network upgrade goes through my area, there will be the option for 250 megs download with unlimited bandwidth too. Also, from what I&#

Coming from a person who can spend an entire day (between work and recreation) looking at computer screens without any appreciable eye strain: E-ink is a LOT better for reading than an LED screen. I don't really know why, maybe there is some "hidden" eye strain I just don't notice with normal laptop/led screen viewing that I'm not getting with my ereader. There's something about reading from normal light that backlit technology can't emulate. I just like it a lot b

Sounds a lot like Countdown Vampires , but that was a playstation game, no mouse. Also, I don't remember the weaponry on that one, so no idea if you had two guns with laser sights. More questions on the game. Was it a roleplaying game (ie, levels for your character)? Pure FPS shoot'em'up (Doom, Duke Nukem, or Blood 3d style) or did it have puzzles (Silent Hill, Vampire: The Masquerade, etc). <

[quote who="Phylast57" reply="5" id="2934790"]Isn't that what the Romans/barbarians experienced/? I don't think that it is a diminishing of humanity as much as it is a caveat on the consequences of arrogance v. "mother nature." The US interceded in Vietnam where the French were humiliated.They fared no better. M-5--Daystrom's creation in the original Trek turned on his creator---Terminator? Shelly's Frankenstein? Are you suggesting that humans posses a level o

Giving the option of clicking "disable this popup" and ANY of the popups could make things run smoother, and totally at the discretion of the player. Sounds like a good idea.

The question was why BSG was good, but BSG 1980 was crap. The second "old" series, not the Moore one. I contend that the premise was horrible. I mean... this line right here (from the wiki): "After an initial, epic time travel adventure to Nazi Germany in the 1940s (to stop rebel Galactican Commander Xavier, trying to change the future to improve Earth's technology level), the three friends devise ways to help Earth's scientists and outwit the Cylons in the present

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="15" id="2934267"] You can have your vision for the game, and if the investor wants to dump a bunch of cash on your lap but make a totally different game, you can say "No" and wait for another one. You lose time, but otherwise it's not necessarily a big deal. [/quote] The thing is, time can be a really big deal. I look at the game "The Opera", originally a mod for the original Half Life engine, but it was going to be redone as it's own full

I dunno, it was pretty obvious to me the first time I saw it. Short term gain/long-term loss (most of the time). However, if it means keeping the city, or having a major unit early in the game (that lets you get access to an area before someone else), then it can still have long-term game ramifications. I think it's a perfect option alongside the others. I tend to play the "improve my cities" approach, and so I pick one of the % options most of the time. But

I find that, for the most part, people don't really know what they want. An individual person "might" understand some basic elements of what he likes. The problem is when you apply this to a wider set of individuals. Like they said in Men in Black, "A person is smart, people are dumb, panicky dangerous animals." It's bad enough on your own. Anyone else remember the first time you played a game in God-mode? I remember. It literally killed the game for me. I could not pl

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="27" id="2917570"] All will be solved by Google's newest TiSP: [/quote] Okay, now I know you are joking... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes#Google_TiSP

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="28" id="2917618"]This is about shackling the internet to prevent it from competing with these services, plain and simple.[/quote] I'm not sure about every company, but the ones I've had any experience with have had data caps since before 2000, and have only been increasing them this entire time. For what you are saying to be true, data caps would have to have been introduced when Netflix came out , and had been going in the direction

[quote who="Alstein" reply="23" id="2917120"]let's see. Local cable monopoly owns the ISP. People start cancelling cable due to Netflix being a better alternative. See a conflict of interest here? I certainly do. [/quote] Thank you for providing some input. Netflix gives movies and tv series if they've been out on DVD. Cable gives you the latest episode of that show you wanted to watch, as it airs. Or onDemand or pay-per-view movies before</

Hmm. I give examples, logic and reasoned responses, based on personal experience in this field, all in a light tone of open conversation. What I get back is alarmist parrotry, with no examples, proof or even explanation backing it as "rebuttal". Might as well say "Nuh-uh!". Your statement, Alstein, about "burying businesses" sounds like you care more about destroying and taking down "the man", than wanting a company to change or move forward. I have anti (current) establishment friend