I can accept that buggy video games can be good, since sometimes bugs are the result of ambition. But broken games, no. Simply no. Whether it’s a game that becomes unplayable beyond a certain point due to show-stopping bugs, or a game that deliberately contains frustrating, tedious gameplay to entice players to pay…

Someone filed a DMCA takedown on the entire site?

Definitely a valid choice there. Just a few years ago I finally pushed myself to actually play through System Shock 2. I had tried a couple of times back when it was new-ish, but was unable to push myself into playing long enough to move to other decks of the ship. In my recent playthrough I managed to finally push…

If Goldeneye is the penultimate example, what takes first place?

But if that’s the case, why is such a bright fireball not removing the shadow from beneath the rear bumper? A fireball of that size would be sticking out at least a couple of feet from the rear of the car, which means it should be able to illuminate the area directly below the bumper, especially given how brightly the…

Do you have a link? I’ve tried searching, and while I’ve found rentals for the MiG-29 and L-39, so far I see no evidence that an F-16 can be flown without joining the USAF or foreign equivalent.

I’m pretty sure that’s just bloom from the driver’s side taillight, caused by a low-light camera being exposed to a bright taillight. If that were really a drag or show car shooting exhaust like that, everyone would have heard the roar of thunder, and they probably wouldn’t need the picture, as they would just need to…

And in fact, some of the jets people fantasize about flying are no longer available for use, even for people willing to go to all the trouble to join the Navy or Air Force. Flying the F-14 these days requires being an Iranian fighter pilot, and it’s unlikely anyone will ever get another chance to fly an SR-71. Having…

I’d also like to see the registration include a URL for the stream wherever possible. If the police can see what’s actually going on at the site, that should go a long way toward helping deescalate the situation. 

I have to admit the driver is exceptionally well hidden, but believe it or not, they’re actually in the picture and sitting in the driver’s seat. If you click on the picture to enlarge it and look very carefully, the driver is just barely visible hidden in shadow. In the smaller version of the picture, it’s almost…

Why is the steering wheel on the left side?

I think you’ll find that even the most passionate runners tend to take a break when their knees start hurting. Having spent a lot of time driving a stick shift in LA traffic, my biggest problem is the physical discomfort caused by having to shift in and out of gear every 10-20 feet for an hour straight. Admittedly, I…

For what it’s worth, LA actually does have a (limited) subway system, so somebody had to determine the risk of digging tunnels under the city before Elon Musk came along.

Suzuki was right, which is why he was wrong. As a car Tada would have wanted to drive, he was already giving the Supra plenty of thought. Suzuki was in effect telling Tada to instead delevop the car he didn’t want, forcing Tada to ignore the customers he wanted to deliver to (which potentially included himself), in…

I agree that everyone’s criteria is different. I was just pointing out a credible situation where nationwide alerts could be of legitimate use, solely as a counterpoint to:

A coordinated terror attack seems like a good candidate for such an alert, and given that 9/11 had multiple targets, a coordinated terror attack isn’t out of the question, however unlikely. I realize that the specifics of 9/11 (planes as weapons) would have limited the usefulness such a system even if it had been in…

FTFY:

If the abductor is known to have ties to those areas, it would make sense to trigger alerts there, despite the distance. It’s also possible that maybe they don’t have local ties, but the city you live in is on a likely route to the place where they do have ties. I can understand wanting to turn off the notifications,…

Yep, the G-Man appears in another tram at that same point in the original game, so it makes sense for him to be there. As for the pyro sighting, that’s a worker in a hazmat suit. If you look carefully in the toxic spill area, you’ll see three of those workers. At 8:01, there’s a worker at the far left standing in the…

If it’s one of the worst, then it has plenty of company, because games that start with long cutscenes are not in short supply. When it comes to intros, a person could do a lot worse than the Half-Life tram ride. I’d rather have a realtime intro that allows at least limited player control than being locked into a…