The dashing pose does look authentic, but I'd rather the statue had Tails at rest with his bushy tails showing. Just not a pose I would have went with, but then F4F seems to like action poses and lights.

Hmm. Microsoft has good (local) call centers and bad (outsourced) ones from my experience. Let me see what I can do.

That's why people love him. Fez is the distilled essence of hipster indie. Once it's available to the public, it'll be mainstream. His indie cred will drop like a rock. Fish knows this, hence the game lingers in unreleased beta love.

Portal was produced internally... after Valve hired all of the students who created Narbacular Drop on which the game is based. DotA 2 is produced internally... after Valve hired the guys who created the original concept and MOD. Team Fortess 2 is produced internally... after Valve hired the guys who made the original…

Because Valve has primarily bought other developers who are capable of making games consistently under the company banner while Valve proper has become more of a business minded entity, managing the properties its acquires and running Steam. That at least seems to be answer enough for me.

I'm curious to know if that's what's wrong there. The "Indie Game" file is 27 MB. I tried looking it up on the xbox.com website to provide a direct link, but I can't find it listed.

That's interesting. I do have PSN purchases that were not taxed though, and I've always paid with a credit card. It would make sense though that by getting a card, you could avoid paying taxes since I don't believe you're forced to enter an address for your PSN profile (and what's to stop one from making up an address…

I have seven more stages left. Trying to ensure I hit the finish line with at least 350 lums definitely slows things down.

You can download anything you've purchased. Go to your download history to do so.

I usually don't see PSN cards going for more than their face value. The standard rate is their face value.

Amazon has $20 points for $18.99. This is not a special sale. If you ever want to buy something, an on-line code via Amazon is the way to do it. You can always hit Bing to grab free 100 point codes as well, which is easier than it may initially seem. For the really good deals, you'll just have to monitor sites like…

I'm going through my purchase logs, and my initial assumption looks to be that PSN charges tax for UMD games based on this:

It's the best kind of rumor. The kind which generates the originator traffic yet will not have to be held accountable due to the basis being on an unnamed (and potentially incorrect) source and the stated change occurring a year down the road, far too long for anyone to remember what was written and by whom.

PSN charges tax in the US. That's just the thing — points are cheaper than cash. People whine about MS points, but it saves them money. Now, games will cost more, and XBL loses an advantage it had over PSN.

Yep, this is exactly why I like them. Between free Bing points and card discounts, I never understood why people hated them so much. I just bought 1600 ($20) in points for $18.99. Look up a PSN card on-line, and you'll see the $20 cards selling for $21 or so, not including tax, too. PSN charges tax; XBL does not. I…

First time I've ever heard that. Care to explain what happens when you try to launch them? I'll assume you already know you need to be connected to Live to boot the game (but the connection does not have to be maintained to play the games). There is a separate container required to play XBLIG called "XNA Indie Player…

But as for purchasing, the only thing I've every bought was a mw3 hat because I had 200 MS Points that I couldn't use because of how MS sells points and how they game DLC crap.

It's a joke. HBO by default means more nudity. Very few indie developers meet premium cable's prerequisite for T&A.

Giants 34 - Brady 17

The picture doesn't capture the cardboard OJ tree off to the right.