I could imagine someone ordering the noodles after a night of drinking moonshine or paint-thinner (since that is your only excuse for eating skyline) then waking up the next morning to use the toilet and thinking they suddenly have the worst cancer ever when they look at the bowl.

I bet that was a fun time trying to explain to the sharks about the concept of kickstarter and what it means. Part of me would say yes, those "pre-orders" on KS should count as full sales not projected, but as those are not legally binding contracts (and we are now going into uncharted territory for KS with a company…

Yep, the company has "sold" a bunch of units but hasn't (if I recall) actually shipped any consumer units yet. The technology works, but since it relies on studios and publishers to devote development recourses into integration it makes the odds of it happening very slim as well. It literally feels like the dot-com…

Well, now that EA has Origin (yes, people hate it just like they hated steam when it launched) and if they start publishing indie titles, then they might be able to facilitate niche games coming to market. That being said, they may be too late to the party anyway since Steam simply has more eyeballs on it each day.

Not even 20 years ago, remember they did publish games like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, both unusual, critically acclaimed, but not great sellers.

Check the site, it is a guy, and he would be right at home in a windowless van.

Not everything, but in the context of having a VPN service for work vs having to travel to the office makes it a luxury. Additionally, having that service makes you re-value work requests from "Can this wait until Monday or does it need to be done now?" to "I guess I could do this now". It doesn't necessarily impact…

It is a luxury in the sense that all those activities are not critical to your existence and if you suddenly were going to do without it wouldn't be the end of the world.

I kind of see the perspective of Time Warner and Comcast being luxuries, like a video game would be. But the whole point of the competition is how they treat the consumer. EA is bad with their customers, but Comcast (and TW) are so bad that people who aren't their customers feel the impact as well.

They were too focused on the apparently Jewish automatons

That was another odd thing with the game, the vigors and voxophones were presumably brand new (judging by the fair), so their proliferation (esp with the non-weapon item) doesn't make much sense. Also, since people weren't using vigors en masse, what exactly were the salt fountains used for?

It was sort of hinted at in the plot as a means of showing the connection... but I do agree, if the vigors were not a part of the early gameplay demo, I would swear that the idea was shoehorned in at the last minute.

I think it might depend on what industry or what type of meeting is going on. In meetings where I am, it isn't unusual to see people working on their tablets/phones in a meeting because they are either getting more information from their staff, trying out new builds, sending out action items, etc. since they may not…

What probably does not help them is that, if I recall, their founders (and much of their staff) are ex-Blizzard employees. So their game not only feels like a really beautiful (visually) clone of WoW, but their business model also is the same way.

Gotcha, since I can't really get the other kind out here (short of mail order) I always wonder what the fat content is. I have this same problem with Andouille sausage when making Cajun/Creole dishes. It has almost no fat in it so after rendering I still have to add oil or the next steps won't work.

I'm not sure, but want one in the office.

Yes to buttermilk, and you can do that with lard, but some find the texture is too crisp and do a 50/50 mix of butter and lard/shortening.

You can buy many types of sausage in bulk at the butcher counter. But if it comes in a case, just make a slit down the casing and peel it off.

EA is teaming with MS to bring you Halo: Mobile Combat Evolved. With all the drama of the timers, and the action of your MTX purchases.

Two critical steps are missing from this. 1) Load your gravy into your handy gravy dispenser and 2) Place your mouth under said dispenser and activate the machine with your forehead.