YouTuber here ... this is definitely a fine line that can be treacherous to walk. Yes, the IP owner owns the copyright, but let’s players do provide additional value to the IP through exposure, sales, and so forth.

OS X is certified Unix (with all the power that comes with it) so it should really share the same photo as Linux. Once you get under the hood, you will see that. My company exclusively use Macs for both server and game development. Personally, I find OS X much easier to user than the latest versions of Windows, but…

That's exactly what I was thinking. The character puts a big fat blind spot in the left hand side of the screen. That will old pretty fast when the map is filled with baddies.

As the old saying goes ... wisdom comes from experience and experience comes from lack of wisdom. Needless to say, the purchaser won't be making that error again.

Nice review of the system. Just one big question for me ... is there a feature available when you don't want to be social? For instance, maybe an offline mode and set your status as offline?

Looks cool and if it ever gets released, I may put money down for it. But as is, there's a few issues.

I like Steam and every once in a long while, I will buy something from it, but I do understand why the service can rub people the wrong way.

Is this an experiment on how to destroy your traffic numbers? I get that the user experience is important to you guys but it keeps getting in the way of the content. Your tech department should support your editorial staff, not the other way around. If you want to fix your commenting system then fire your tech…

So you deliberately shorted the register, avoided doing your job, watched your co-workers steal stuff, threw your boss under the bus to her boss, and then demanded a promotion? I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Have you thought about going into politics?

There really is no prior warning. That's pretty much standard procedure. I've been laid off and I've survived lay-offs and I'll tell you, the last thing you want to hear about is looming layoffs. It creates paranoia.

There Was a Ton of Stuff Cut From Fallout: New Vegas That You Can Play Right Now

I've read that the console will employ some sort of always-on drm. Is this true?

Download the android sdk on your computer, install, download some android packages, and play on the provided emulator. That's what it will do except you won't be using an emulator.

When I was thirteen, I stayed at my aunt's house (bless her departed soul) with my brand new Nintendo system. The eight bit one. I remember cursing to high hell after each loss in Duck Hunt or Trojan (yes, the game - not the other one). Man, I ran a whole list of obscenities. At the end of vacation, I remember…

If it's a choice between cheaters and pirates, I'll take pirates any day of the week. Cheating is pure toxic waste. It can really ruin a game's multiplayer.

meh ... IE9 is a tolerable browser. It's still behind in supporting web standards although thankfully developers don't have to resort to javascript to get their html5 pages to render in it like past iterations.

A good developer innovates around their limitations. A poor one blames their customers.

This one always makes me laugh

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That's all good and everything, but can you dance in the game?