Considering that Google is an Ad company first and foremost, you're surprised that ads are loading instantly, why exactly? And keep in mind that on the Internet unless its something from a non-profit, if its free, you're probably a product to someone in some way, unless you take steps to prevent that. I suggest using…

Raid on Bungeling Bay is actually alot of fun, and since you mentioned it you probably played it on the NES or C64, if you realize what's going on, as in you gotta nail the zones and supply boats, and there's never quite enough time to do everything. Hard game, if only for the reason that it adapts to how you're…

2 really was hard as nails. I remember that even my Dad had trouble with it, I managed to beat it on an emulator a couple of years ago because I can't find my Genesis RF switch, my dog and/or cat chewed through it when I was a kid, but it was HARD. Kids nowadays would give up, even the Dark Souls superiority complex…

You're correct. And that's the only reason that Google has made any mention of the issue at all, as much of a pittance as it has been.

But realistically, even if the all of the gaming related content producers leave YouTube en masse, it barely affects them. They can afford to throw them away and the only people it…

That's because Google's too big to care. If they wont do something as simple as fix the broken application permissions and updating system in Android, as well as the OS' reliance on carriers to push updates, they probably don't give a fuck about some pissy YouTubers who are costing them money. They really don't give a…

I had a well written reply regarding how Google's not a trustworthy company because they don't ever answer user complaints, but it got screwed up, probably by me. But anyway, never trust anyone who refuses to acknowledge something as simple as where their datacenters are and categorically refuses to speak to users…

You just managed to make me feel very, very old.

Phantasy Star IV was the only one of the series that I ever really got into, I still remember Alys' measurements even, well the 36 and 20 she punches the Motavian selling them before he gets to her hips.

More than likely that's what I'll do, I'm sure I could repair it myself, electric motors that spin spindles are pretty easy to replace (I've repaired several DVD drives and a Bluray player) but its a chore. You have to be very careful with a soldering gun among other considerations, and since game consoles aren't…

I figured it would be like that, which sucks because programming D&D rules, even into an MMO, isn't very difficult. Same with endgame grindfests, I am gonna check it out but I know full well that its a Cryptic game.

So what the hell, I may as well try it since I wasn't cool enough to be an Elder Scrolls Online beta…

The only one of these systems I got at launch was the Dreamcast. Its also the last console I was really into. After it died out the magic kind of went away, I did buy a PS2 and I own a PS3 but I've never really quite had the same emotional investment in a console.

I do recall that Sega really went insane and did…

Cryptic's been at this game for a long time, so it should be pretty good. I hope.

Even if it isn't at release, at least Neverwinter players wont wind up dealing with an eight month content drought like Star Trek Online did while Atari had Cryptic on the sales block. And I hope their community doesn't wind up being as…

Wish I could afford either but as it stands, even my PS3 is in a pawn shop. I just got a new job and haven't started yet so money's too tight. I don't think I'm gonna be able to afford Christmas presents in general, it sucks but life does that sometimes.

Well since they're not reverse engineering Windows, its legal. It breaks Microsoft's EULA, but they're not concerned with a debatably extralegal document restricting a user's rights to software they have paid for.

If they were a shared source partner then it would be a different story.

But really, its an interesting…

Oh god yes. You are 100% correct there. And its my major criticism of Linux in general. Its not intuitive or user friendly to anyone but a UNIX user. I find it easy, but I have a background in Commercial UNIX and the BSDs. Its easier than they are, and much more forgiving, but that isnt saying much honestly.

In…

I agree, but unless Red Hat wants to hire him to work on GNOME, KDE hire him for Plasma, or Canonical put him to work on fixing Unity he'd never really get anywhere with it. Someone this talented could certainly do some good at any of these companies. MS never fully admit they're wrong, so they'd never hire him.

And…

So? Its a UI reskin. People do that all the time.

Its a pretty good UI reskin to an otherwise broken project admittedly
and we were doing this with hex editors (changing "Start" to "Bitch" and the like) when I was in high school so I guess this the age group most predisposed to UI hacking. Its still a hack though. And…

With the exception of the Navy SEALs EA somehow managed to fuck over with Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and some other consultants with real life Armed Forces experience as I know of a famous-ish Delta Operator that Ubisoft have used for instance, I bet dollars to donuts that no game designer aside from anyone that…

They're just too damned young, and like youth of any description think they know of things that they do not. That being said, I hope the new game is somewhat like an updated UT.

Your upfront hardware costs are higher, but the upgrades are modular and software is generally cheaper, especially for foreign software. No fucking around with the import grey market either.

But really, last I checked, an .exe (or .rpm, or .deb) works just fine whether it was compiled in Japan, Europe, the Moon, or…

Rottin' Eddie and Porn are two things that should never be mentioned in the same breath. My god though, Rule 34 means that Rottin' Eddie Porn exists.