Recent content by andago

To put it into context you were originally dismissive of someone because their work was in no way unique. I and whoever else went through the ABSM in the UK around the same time, learnt to play Mozart as a fledging pianist. The only difference between my performance and that of a concert pianist...

I'm confused about a whole section of a thread arguing she shouldn't be charged for what she said, when noone actually knows what she said to get actually charged. To reiterate: "The 28-year-old from Edmonton, north-east London, faces two charges. One is sending a communication conveying a...

My point is that neither are comparable to what a gun restriction would change in the US. The UK's statistics are provably unreliable with regards to homicide rates as I pointed out in my previous post, and using Chicago as a relevant statistic when discussing the potential effect of gun laws in...

Then how come you used the UK and a single city in America to prove your point that restrictive gun laws won't reduce homicide rates in America as a whole? I would think that a country with an already comparatively low amount of gun related homicides would be minimally affected by restrictive...

I'm not sure you really understand the law in the UK. Self defense is allowable even up to the death of the assailant, people are only prosecuted for continuing an assault on someone that no longer poses a threat (i.e. is unconscious or has made an escape). Notably a couple 3 years ago fired...

Also using xenophobic epithets doesn't really garner any sympathy

I'd say the MMO community would disagree with you on that one. What I think you mean is that it doesn't work for you, and for some other people. It does, however, work very well for a different group of people and they I'm presuming will continue to play and enjoy this game.

Not championing Uplay or anything, but as with steam, Uplay has an offline mode you can use to play games with. It's not an always-on rights launcher. EDIT: Fixed quote, my bad

Actually 2 points on this: Firstly that the only direct consequences was in young kids in school imitating it, causing incidents of deafening and broken jaws. Secondly, with regards to happy slapping, isn't that exactly the point? It's not that the advert made a whole generation of people...

Completely anecdotal, but to those using the comparison of influences in other media, such as advertising campaigns, does anyone remember the original Tango advertisement in the UK that was quickly withdrawn because of the many incidents caused by imitation? Also having the accolade as...

and the ps3 [https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/832/~/use-keyboard-or-mouse-with-ps3] and more expensively for the x360 [http://www.amazon.com/XIM3-mouse-keyboard-adapter-360-XBOX360/dp/B004RG5X3M], although that one also lets you use joysticks since you mention it...

Interestingly, in the same way you can play games with a controller on pc, playstations at least [https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5087/~/use-keyboard-and-mouse-with-ps4] are completely compatible with keyboard and mouse. There's no reason you can't plug your pc into...

Even worse was the streamer that got swatted and then promptly arrested for alleged possession of illegal substances [http://www.veridite.com/2014/08/17/whiteboy7thst-swatted-stream-developing/]

... and not by google. http://www.twitch.tv/p/thankyou http://online.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-buy-video-site-twitch-for-more-than-1-billion-1408988885 No idea what this could mean for twitch in the long run, possibly just an increase in funding and resources, but it will be...

Again I'm not sure I find that satisfactory. That would be like sayin a puzzle game is easy because you looked up all the solutions on gamefaqs. The gist of my argument is that difficulty comes first from establishing understanding of the game, so obviously looking up everything on a wiki will...