Recent content by debrox

The only thing I don't understand is how using rape as a metaphor is wrong. Should pretty much all metaphors that emphasize an unlikeable condition be off limits? Must we always speak in banal, literal speech with regards to any unpleasantry? E.g. "They played you like a fool." Is this...

Yes, you're right.

I am assuming something that is a necessity for his thoughts to be coherent: So his premise is lower amounts of religion correspond statistically (i.e. correlate with) lower amounts of violence. His second (implied) premise is that this correlation demonstrates causation, using the cum hoc...

The straw man fallacy does not equal a good argument.

Ad hominem tu quoque does not equal a good argument. But that was not part of my argument. It was just a conversational way to say whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ad hominem does not equal a good argument.

Correlation does not equal causation. Leave the use of statistical argument to the big boys who understand it. edit: Also, why are there so many people cracking unfunny jokes over this event? The internet always does this unfunny feat at the sight of legitimate tragedy. A follow up is how...

It's not even worth it for free, let alone really really cheap. I got to play it for free, and just stopped. It was the least fun game I've played in a good while. No... just no. I have an i7 920 and gtx280 (not brand new but still decent), and the game took FOREVER to load. Then, the game...

Everything you said can be refuted with what I just wrote. That has nothing to do with which is actually the better product or experience. It has to do with your limitations to reach a product.

That is like saying a $7 desert from a top restaurant is worse than a Snickers, because the Snickers is slightly more affordable. I don't think affordability (when the gap is so tiny -- only a few thousand dollars) should enter into the equation of supremacy. It can, however, enter into the...

The aspects you're talking about that are designed for PC, the availability of graphics options, makes transport to a console easy even in spite of the larger environments. All the developers need to do now is tweak the graphics options until it runs as smoothly as required and then edit the...

For price, I was thinking of the PS3, which sold for $600 in the US and $800 or more in other countries. There is no issue with what I said. New drivers for new games are released frequently, and any momentary issue, which technically is a minor negative, is washed away with the larger time...

First off, a good gaming computer (1 to 1.5 k USD) can last 5 years. You will, however, near the end need to start running some games on medium with compromised AA and AF. With that compromise, however, the PC will look better than the console and will reap all the other benefits still too...

Of course you can say master race since the PC is objectively better than any console. In that link under the section "Better Controls," the author should have mentioned that even if you prefer a horrible controller, you can buy one and hook it up to the PC. PC > console once again.