Apple hasn't sold DRM protected music in years, and the quality is just as good as a CD. Maybe it's a region thing?

Indeed. I often judge the quality of something by its weight, especially firearms and handheld tools. If it feels heavy for its size, I equate that to quality and longevity. Light stuff is cheap, it is made of cheap material, and like all cheap things it breaks.

I like it! Who makes those kits? What do they fit?

Aww. No "Bleed." No "No Time to Explain." Still, been meaning to try The Stanley Parable, and NeoTokyo looks like a solid multiplayer FPS timesink. I shall wait patiently, my wallet by my side.

You try Blacklight: Retribution? It's a free-to-play multiplayer FPS that arrived on Steam this summer. Love it. Also futuristic. Only problem is it takes a good, long while to unlock the good stuff. Standard XP leveling system with an incentive to purchase stuff with real-world money.

I'm gonna have to remember that. Like Joom, I ended up finally using my copious supply of minigun and assault rifle ammo on that level.

So, what is wrong with Deus Ex? What exactly in that game turned you off? Just curious. They may be similar but are by no means completely the same. Also, are we taking about the original or the prequel that came out last year? I'm currently alternating between Dishonored and Borderlands 2. I'm finding…

Possession in this game is unlike possession in other games and popular culture. You aren't remotely piloting an individual. Rather, you become incorporal and enter the individual's mind. You essentially enter and drive the individual like a car. The obvious implications are that you can use a possessed individual…

As of 1:21 PM EST, it appears I and my friends are back online. Let's see how long it holds.

Tediore weapons. Excell at reload speed and not much else. Their missile launchers are something else. When the mag is empty or you hit reload, the launcher becomes a missile itself! They wander something awful, but that just makes a reload kill all that more satisfying.

I put him in the shield. Not only would he occasionally absorb bullets back into my inventory, he would also comment if we were hit by an elemental weapon, the shield fell, or the shield returned to full strength.

Is this worthy of an update or a whole new post?

I know you already have an idea as to graphics and motherboard, but I would like to share my build as potential inspiration for filling in the gaps.

In the unlikely event the US or another superpower invades China, that actually might be helpful. Break an oil pump in your M1 Abrams? Just salvage the pump from the Chinese Abrams clone you knocked out just that morning.

I don't know about cars, but I have heard of a technique for making bicycles less desirable to thieves. It's referred to as urban camouflage. A couple cans of brown, red, and black spray paint to give it the appearance of rust, a couple tacky bumper stickers or decals along the top, down, and seat tubes, and a piece…

Great! Fellow EV players. I gotta say I miss the old Ambrosia Software, publishing must-have Mac games well before OSX was a twinkle in Jobs's eyes. What can you do, though? Their productivity apps sell more than their games. Gotta buy parrot chow for the office overlord. Still, wish they had a couple people to…

Who, or what, said that?

"I'm a black Scottish cyclops. They got more [beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep] than they got the likes of me."

Don't have much to say about Runescape or about the theft itself, but I will say this about the title: if it shoots a projectile with sufficient force to pierce skin, it is a gun and should be treated with respect. A pneumatic BB gun loaded with copper-plated lead BBs can be just as lethal as a .22 rifle. So, not a…

Remember back in the day when all the work went into the single-player campaign and if they had time they tacked on a multiplayer all willy-nilly (Jedi Night II, the first Call of Duty, etc.)? I miss those days, especially after playing Homefront: multiplayer game with a 6 hour single player campaign tacked on all…