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[quote who="Raven X" reply="46" id="2587345"] Personally, I disagree. Not saying your point here isn't valid, it is. Also though a DvD player you buy to watch a movie doesn't $400 or $500 to purchase. Also, movies, rented or otherwise, are only two or three hour "experiences" at best. They don't last for days or weeks like most games do. You also don't have companies with Billions of Dollars wrapped up in making sure you have a Powerful enough DvD player to watch a movie. Your examp

[quote who="Raven X" reply="44" id="2587263"] I don't want to be the "Thread Police" , but, I think some of you are still missing the point. This discussion Is Not about "If" the technology works or even "How" it works. This is about "How the market and industry will change When it works". Believe me the time is coming when it will. Even if OnLive doesn't work as promised up front, it won't take long until it does and a big part of me wants to say that the people behind OnLive woul

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="26" id="2586596"] Quoting Pfizzyhead, reply 18..The ideas are there, and they are solid...but the money isn't there yet and neither is the hardware. I don't think you quite understand how the Cloud Servers would, and will, work. It isn't having a single computer for a single customer - and it's not having a single graphics card for a single customer, either. Batch, or Hive, Processing is far more cost effective, and is available today.&nbs

[quote who="Jafo" reply="100" id="2585395"] Also, I assume you meant "Netbooks are moot now," which, unfortunately, also makes no sense. Actually it does make sense. ID says that the subject/idea/reason for Netbooks is 'moot' meaning it is a subject on which different people have different opinions. [/quote] "People really need to stop comparing it to a Laptop, it's not designed to replace one, but has rendered the Netbook category pretty

Cloud storage for preferences and saved games: Steam does it, and does it well. Cloud for actually running games a la OnLive: Not yet possible because of lack of internet density (to stream the games), in addition to physical capabilities. There is no cloud computing for GPUs yet. Unless gaming moves away from GPU architecture, or a gaming centric cloud GPU solution is developed, you need one GPU for every session. Gaming can easily tie up 1-3 whole CPUs, making cloud

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="86" id="2584839"] I disagree. Netbooks have USB and Firewire ports along with other input and out put devices. The Ipad does not. Of course you disagree. A USB port is not a requirement for functionality for me, especially when most things can be accessed via the cloud through means like Dropbox, etc. I have a netbook, I have an iPad......Netbooks are mute now. Netbooks are actually computers capable of r

[quote who="PurrBall" reply="27" id="2582082"]It's the perfect form factor to help replace print. Books, comics, and newspaper apps have already been shown and they're even better than their paper counterparts.[/quote] Except for the fact that it's an LED screen, which is still not good in sunlight and will tire your eyes out like any other computer screen. The reason the Kindle is so popular is because it uses e-ink, which relies on the refleciton of light rather than emitting

I can't wait until this game is $10. I admit I've been badmouthing the game a lot, but it deserves to be badmouthed for what they gave you during release. By the time it's $10, however, I think it'll actually be a decent deal.

I might be the only one who thinks this, but that box is very "meh" to me. The goods inside are definitely great, but the box... I don't know. You go for the simple and clean look, which I love, don't get me wrong, but then you stamp 2-3 logos on it, which basically destroys that sense of clean you were going for.

I'm having a great time so far. The single player is so so, but the multiplayer is everything the beta was and more (more than one map, really, really helps). If any of you want, you can check out my clan server: [-Ex-] Exodus Jagerbombs. It's Los Angeles based, so sorry if you're east coast or in Europe. Look for me on there as [-Ex-] aTomato

[quote who="DoomBringer90" reply="11" id="2547155"]there's one benefit to having it through a service, you don't need to have the disks to install the game, so if, for instance, you lose the disks in a move or they get scratched to the point of unreadability you can still download the game.[/quote] Pretty much all MMOs allow you to download the game directly from the official website if you already have an account.

First of all, hold off on buying STO. It dropped $10 3 weeks after launch. By summer, it'll be $20. As for Steam vs Impulse: Impulse is much less intrusive, while Steam has the better community features. Steam also has many more, and much better, sales than Impulse does. I use Steam way more than Impulse because of the community features. I recognize that Steam is much more intrusive, but because my main gaming group is TF2 based, I'm on Steam anyway. Also, both custom

This will be the most easily circumvented DRM in recent years. Their validation servers will be DDoSed, causing the company to release the failsafe they've already made to allow the game to play without an internet connection.

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="18" id="2530494"] Quoting Cerevox, reply 15My favorite is if you don't join the game at startup and everyone else had level 1000 toons with weapons of lolwtfbbqPWN +1000 and your the level 1 dupe who can't do anything. Or when there are like 4 expansions out and your have to but the original game for 50, then 4 expansions at 25 each, just so you can be the lvl 1 dupe. And pay 15 a month for the privilege. MMOs are a raw deal. And if you get in

Currently just Feds and Klingon (though you can have different races within the faction). Klingon is not actually a full faction, though, and are more akin to monsters a la PvMP in LOTRO. They say they are adding factions down the line, such as the Romulans, but you might as well buy the game down the line, too.

It's the Champions Online game engine in the Star Trek universe. The beginning missions are actually pretty interesting and fun. However, it eventually devolves into combat mission after combat mission. You will be able to take out entire fleets of ships as a Miranda class cruiser (the same level based system every other MMO uses). You'll have lots of fun with this game for a week. Depending on how many MMOs you've played before, this may last up to 3 weeks. By then, you'll be out of

The Stone Prisoner comes with EVERY new copy of Dragon Age, for free.

Regular download exactly equals regular retail edition. There are no "online bonus items." What you are talking about is the preorder bonus item, of which every retailer gets their own one (amazon, impulse, gamestop, etc). Impulse's memory band is the same as EA Store's. Impulse is the superior delivery system, though. There has been conflicting information that the memory band is actually included with all preorders, meaning impulse wouldn't have any exclusive in game item. D

All new copies of the game get the dragon armor and the stone prisoner for free. All collector editions will get 3 additional in game items. Digital collector editions will get warden's keep ($7 value) for free to make up for the lack of cloth map and tin case. This means you're paying $8 for the aforementioned 3 in game items. Every store also gets their own crappy preorder item for preordering the game, which is separate from everything mentioned above.

Had sovereign + one unit selected. Was doing nothing else but right click on spiders to move/attack, and ending my turn after I did so. Edit: I guess I should note that this was after loading a saved game. debug: http://pastebin.com/m5e742b18 dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/m3141f2d4 Fogbugz ticket: <a href="http://fogbugz.stardock.com/defau

I've linked this post to every major gaming blog and news site. Let's hope they love these new screenies.

I think both NWN 1 and 2 campaigns were the greatest single player RPGs of all time, surpassing those of Baldur's Gate, and even Planescape: Torment. [e digicons]O:)[/e] But back on topic, Dragon Age: Origins I'm actually pretty reserved about. It could either be really good, or really bad. No way of finding out until the game comes out, though.

I pre-ordered this game, tried a whole beta weekend and decided to cancel my preorder. It's not that this game is bad. It's far from it. The graphics are beautiful and the interfaced is polished. It's just that this game is really, really bland. It fails to break from the trope of Kill X and fetch quests (WAR at least tried something new with PQs, LOTRO had great storylines attach to their quest lines). Flying actually REMOVES an element of tactics in PvP, which is the terrain. Boss f

I can't believe we have a three page thread about nipples, haha.

There really is no discussion necessary. If it gets released as a fan mod, the ESRB won't care. Google adult Oblivion mods or adult Fallout mods if you don't believe me. We need to get our facts straight here: 1) Elemental is not going to be a AAA title like Rockstar's GTA series. Elemental might be a better game, but it's simply not going to get as much exposure. 2) ESRB doesn't care about fan mods. The whole GTA fiasco was because the sex minigame was ON THE DISC.</p