Recent content by BoilingLeadBath

As the people above say, sorting games by some sort of expected audience is going to be very difficult, controversial, and will probably drive down sales. Giving some standardized package information about control complexity might be possible; perhaps a split rating indicating the typical...

We seem to have a lack of stories from people who suddenly moved to a _whole_new_level_ of game complexity, so I'll add mine before I continue: I had prior experience with FPSs on the computer, but my friends wanted to do their LAN parties on x-boxes (for simplicity of networking reasons), so...

So, I was sitting there, bored stiff, and had a PC-compatible Xbox 360 controller and a copy of autohot key, so I was like "lolz, let's use it as a keyboard". So, long story short, I've typed only a couple paragraphs (of nonsense - bits and pieces of text I found strewn about the room) and I...

To paraphrase some things, and then address them: 1) "Sedentary recreational activities, in excess, cause obesity" In theory, yes, in practice, no; exercise does increase metabolic needs (both directly and through the requirements needed to support the increased muscle mass)... yet, though...

"Do you ever say nerdy things?" All the time - because that's what I know, and nothing is awesome like a good reference. That, and someone sold me a convincing argument for verbalizing "lol" (instead of laughing) once. To provide my most common statements: "lol" "reflex save!" when...

The replies to this thread are more effective at demolishing my faith in humanity than the topic of discussion. Ya know, things like "one of the kids is going to end up with a handgun and a PSP". Makes me wonder how big of a homicide spike there would be if I suggested that you kill "that...

Never. If the situation doesn't warrant kicking the side of their knee with intent to break, or other action of similar magnitude, it isn't worth worrying about. Tactical considerations notwithstanding.

First off, voyager is small, lightweight, off in the middle of nowhere, and only has a low powered (couldn't even be as much as 420 W, on average) and narrow radio beam. Considering that it is, and always will be, close to earth (it takes what, about 20,000 years to move 1 lightyear?)...

Well, #1, let's stop with the "jack finally won something" jokes. Getting out of committee is significant, but the bill has a way to go yet. Anyways, it is important to recognize that there is a significant difference between the current system - in which vendors voluntarily withhold access...

Ah, good job, Malygris. It's nice to see people putting links to the actual paper in these articles. Anyways, to start my actual response, I have to admit that their data does seem to support their overall claim. I'd appreciate it if you guys would stop pretending that they faked their data -...

"If Wikipedia becomes completely credible... won't need... Britannica." Eh... Britannica is an encyclopedia, and so isn't meant to be an authoritative reference. (nor is it actually much more accurate than Wikipedia) ******* Back on topic, though: I don't suspect this will make much of...

"First Person" is a way of viewing an interaction with an environment, "Puzzle" describes that interaction, "Role Playing Game" is a description of various aspects of the game (generally outside the core game play experience), And "Real Time Strategy" purports that a certain non-turn-based...

Well, I don't like the concept of denying developers tools, so I don't know about "wipe", but... In general, I don't like cutscenes; it bothers me when I should have control of the character, but don't. There are admittedly, times when it is suitable to put one in - to explain backstory, I...

Probably the only thing wrong with the design is that they tried to make the laptop too thin, and as such had to stick an underpowered fan and heatsink unit(s) in there. The high temperature of the internals thus causes part failures. You aren't covering the cooling ports, are you? The...

The wars in the middle east isn't to blame for the high cost of oil. 1) The countries you mention don't produce a significant fraction of the oil. 2) Their production is still considerable. 3) IF the other countries could increase their production, the oil prices would not skyrocket. Oil...