The big problem right now, is that it is often more profitable to keep the locations vacant than to offer them at a lower rental cost. Why? Because the owner of those spaces can deduct the “loss of revenue” from his income tax bill. At least in some places in Canada, they can. What used to be known commercial streets…

This is also one of my big thing against them. No, it’s opened, it is thus NOT NEW. Then they go on about them telling me they were never played, so they’re new, but then I always tell them that all my games at home are also “never played” you know, because you can’t f-ing tell just by looking at them. Those “new”…

...but still, my hope is that when these giants collapse, it creates maybe a little bit of space for specialist mom ‘n’ pop shops to exist again

Like others are saying, physical disks still offer superior performance to streaming. An average Netflix FullHD stream runs in between 2 and 5Mbps. A regular Blu-Ray disc can have a bitrate up to 40Mbps or about.

Like others are saying, physical disks still offer superior performance to streaming. An average Netflix FullHD…

The more I see comparison videos like these, the less I care about the new generation of consoles, to be honest. I mean, with the constant challenge of getting one still in place, comparisons like these makes it really hard to justify the energy it’d take and the time spent in tracking down one of these new units,…

Still, is it worth harassing somebody—especially a voice actor—over? No.

The amount of projects and things Google launched and just abandonned is impressively large. I mean, when people make an official website to document all the things you started and abandoned (with now TONS of entries), it kind of tells a lot. Google is an expert at abandoning anything as soon as it doesn’t live up to…

“Wow. I didn’t see that coming.”
Said no one ever.

If you can, I recommend you buy the “Atari 2600/7800 visual compendium” from bitmap books. Got it over the holidays, and this book is super awesome. Super high production value, hardcover book comes in a case with lenticular print on top, super interesting articles and bits of info, interviews and inside stories about…

I was about 9 when the crash happened. I remember when games started to not sell anymore in stores, and then going there with my parents, and buying games for about a buck each, or about $5 for the “better” ones. That was insane.

I remember actually finishing the game back then. While I would never say that it was a particularly good game, I never get all the people saying that it was “unplayable” or even the “worst game ever”. Sure, the pits were sometimes a bit harder to get out of, but nothing anyone with basic gaming skills would have big…

I think the problem here is that companies don’t always have complete control over the situation. I mean, sure, they have control over who they hire (duh!) but if you post a job offering and almost all the candidates that contact you end up falling into a specific category (i.e. white dudes), then there’s not much you…

They do lose money if you take into account marketing and R&D budgets. In many countries out there, companies aren’t allowed to have a regular selling price that’s lower than the actual manufacturing cost (competition laws). So in reality the whole “they lose money on every unit sold” is something no manufacturer will…

It’s funny to think that the first episode (in the SW Skywalker chronology) is a cool movie that ended up ruined by a horrible character, and the last one is horrible movie that ended up “less bad” because of a cool character.

Both have very wildly different strategies. Sony believes it will make money by forcing people onto their platform (by way of exclusive titles), and Microsoft believes it will make money by selling its content to as many people as possible trough distribution on multiple devices.

They won’t stop this crap. So don’t get your hopes up. They won’t stop because people will continue to pay for this. You want to play online on your Xbox? There’s no way around it. Pay up, buddy.

I can relate. I always loved consoles, but the last generation kind of pushed me halfway through the exit door. I always loved retro gaming (and there are TONS of games I missed) and I have an desperately large backlog on PC (thanks to Humble Bundle and Steam sales). So basically, while I still play on consoles, I…

And I hope you’re ready to say “Fuck you Sony” too, as those two giants are often aligning their stuff when they see the other one doing it. If there was something to gain for Sony in NOT following up, it would be slightly different, but since they’re selling better than MS, they’ll surely take the opportunity to…

According to the article:

I find it really cool when companies do things like these. Especially during these times. Sure, it’s an interactive advert, but like others said, I’ll take that over a bland video presentation.