I mean, I don’t understand how a guy who has been through what he went through, struggling so hard to get fair compensation and being weighed down by massive medical debt, can be so against “socialized medicine.”

I think, regarding the 30% cut, that Netflix and Spotify are going around the rules by making a subscription a prerequisite for making their app function. Like, you need an active, valid subscription, bought somewhere else beforehand, to use the apps.

So they’re apps are just providing “access” to something you…

Agree. This should be a case study in what NOT to do in terms of user interface. This is the complete opposite of “user friendly”. One quick look at this and my brain freezes from all this content all over the place without any form of definite logic. I literally can’t look at it without my brain telling me “stop, or…

Depends. Some people will buy into an ecosystem out of peer-pressure, for instance. Same as in the console world, most people who game online on their console will buy the same one their friends buy. And let’s say the downsides of entering the Apple ecosystem don’t affect you, as in, you don’t care that much about it,…

I know. But still, I’ll say what I say to most people out there looking to buy tablets/phones: Apple sell nice, well-built devices, as long as you’re ok only using them the way Apple intended you to use them. If somehow, the thing you want to do is not something Apple wants you to do, then you simply won’t be able to…

Yes. But if Steam says you can’t play the game (for whatever reason), that backup is useless, as it needs validation from Steam servers to be restored to your library (provided you still have access to your Stream account).

So those backups are good, provided your account haven’t been hacked, or blocked, and if Steam…

I think it would be hard to say, unless your house electricity network was really botched up or if you regularly leave your doors unlocked and windows wide open. Then yes, I’d say in that case, there may be greater chances for your discs to get stolen or destroyer in a house fire. Otherwise, I’m not entirely sure…

Made up by gamer imagination due to fear from change. Any games purchased are yours forever, no different than physical

This would be cool for anyone NOT having a data cap on their phones. Or for anyone having always access to good, reliable wifi on their phone or tablet.

I don’t know about you, but up here (Canada), mobile data plans prices are INSANE. And most come with a data cap. And those advertising unlimited data are actually…

Games aren’t the same as movies, I agree with you on that point.
And while I agree there is still advantage to owning your games, the problem is that even when you buy them on Stadia, you don’t own them, and Google can remove them from the service whenever they want for whatever reason (say, a game uses licenced music…

Seems no one consider tubitv.com free tv? Sure, it has commercials (like regular TV), but it also has a bunch of things to watch, some mentioned on this list, with not even a login required to watch.

Zelda for the NES (a commercial success during its days) ended up selling about 6 million units over its generation at a $50 (1986) price tag.

You cannot simultaneously demand wildly huge improvements over a previous generation while also demanding to have it at an infeasible low price point.

In all fairness, different people like different things. And while I do agree that most PCs that embrace the “gamer’s aesthetic” are looking bad (to me), I know some people do like these, otherwise manufacturers wouldn’t create these “overdesigned” cases.

And while I agree big black boxes are also boring, there is a…

In all fairness, different people like different things. And while I do agree that most PCs that embrace the…

I don’t think the film’s entirely bad though. Although that’s a personal opinion. But it’s definitely not great, that’s certain. Even completely bonkers in places. But I think there were nice ideas in there. They were simply poorly implemented in the movie/story and buried under tons of Hollywood crap. You can still…

About to say the same thing. This is a general trend that happened many times in cinema history. Cool (often foreign) director creates awesome pieces of cinema, then the big Hollywood moguls notice and try to reel that director in, and once cool director agrees to do a big american blockbuster, studio sends suits to…

Yup. If that’s the cost of new games on the next gen systems, well they can go f*ck themselves, these games and systems will stay on the shelves as far as I’m concerned. Anyway, I have a backlog so big it could last me for the rest of my life....

Also, the rumoured PS5 price... $499 US for the disc-based version...…

There was a newspaper article in La Presse (Montreal newspaper) this morning about harassment happening at Ubisoft Montreal and its toxic work environment (and how their HR department is worthless at best, or protecting the management at all costs at worst)

Another pair worth looking for is the Pioneer MS7BT (with Bluetooth) or the MS5T (without). It can often be had for less than $100 (BT version), is super comfortable, solidly built (IMO, better than many), and it has a nicely balanced, neutral sound. Bass is well defined, but far from overpowering, so probably not a…

Another pair worth looking for is the Pioneer MS7BT (with Bluetooth) or the MS5T (without). It can often be had for…

I get what you’re saying. But the Lion King looked a lot more realistic, and the director even included a completely non-CG shot in the movie to see if people would notice. Most didn’t and most don’t care because it’s so well made.