Even aside from the technical problems, there is still the philosophical issue of the copy problem: Given the ability to resurrect from backup or some such, there's no reason why you would need to wait until you're dead for the backup to be instantiated. Then there are two of you. Clearly you, the original, is not…

From what I have read about the management style of Dyack vs. Nintendo, they game was great despite Dyack, not because of him— Nintendo kept them on a short leash and didn't buy the BS he was selling.

I disagree in a variety of ways... first, that getting someone's back up deliberately is an effective strategy in persuasion. Perhaps in a classroom where the context is known and frequently the point of discussion is to challenge assumptions, but it a more public context, especially on the internet, I have never seen…

Why say "privileged" identities? That is such a loaded term, replete with condescension. (I don't get the sense that you meant it that way though) You can simply say "maginalized" and "not marginalized" and avoid getting someone's back up prematurely.

I second this completely. Slitherine games have some along these lines.

Hello may participants in this thread: You are conflating action/shooter games that take place in a the context of war (CoD, Modern Warfare) with a wargame, which is a bit more obscure and meant in the grognardian sense of the term. (see http://www.armchairgeneral.com/ or http://www.wargamer.com/ ) You will rarely if…

Matrix games is set to complete a Modern Wars expansion of the John Tiller's Campaign series, with Jason Pethos, a primary dev on the project, citing sometime around June as a possible release. (The current JTCS compilation from them is definitely a MUST for wargamers though)

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Data point 1 does not seem fully relevant given that this has long been the case, so it does not really point to a decline in console gaming dominance. Mobile devices are also often sold under cost, subsidized by future anticipated revenue.

Agreed... 9.99 for an rental is a bit steep, especially a 48-hour rental. If they think $10 is too cheap to let me keep it, charge a little more: 12.99 or 14.99 isn't unreasonable for a purchase, but 9.99 is too much for a rental, at least by most but the die-hard JDATE fans and such.

Facebook doesn't make you request permission, or have an option for that, so I guess facebook privacy isn't compatible with basic human decency. Or Randi has a piss poor justification for here outrage.

Yeah, this is the same guy who tried to lawsuit-bully a competitor out of business http://boingboing.net/2010/09/24/buckyballs-magnet-ma.html I think the ban here is over-reaching nanny-state stuff, but it does make me feel better about it knowing that the guy behind the product was an opportunistic attempted…

The assault rifle used by the shooter would probably have rendered this useless.

well done!

So, a sword (5yrs) a shield (10yrs) a ring (15yrs) and finally this @20... When are they going to raise the lvl cap to 30? Or even 25? And really, can't they do something about the end-game? AARP membership and partial pay via social security & pension is really not enticing. At least this helmet adds 500 dps.

Wait, you mean sword arms & no mouth is not canon?!?!

Considering the role that porn has played in the adoption of new technologies (VHS vs. Betamax, and of course the internet itself) I wonder if this is a good strategic move, or if they have just handed Bing a nice market share increase

Fair point! I still think it would sell more product to open things up a little more and let people try to set mapping & configurations for non "supported" games as well though.

In fairness to the poster in light of the comments, there is a distinction between console-quality games and hardware in phones that is comparable to console hardware.

Agree. You want to provide a nice sandbox for apps with your seal of approval and built-in support, that's fine. But using standards allows a much greater range of utility of broader possible market share. I think they got greedy here and wanted to try and make their own little walled-garden of gaming app purchases,…