Recent content by esplode

Small Soldiers: Squad Commander on the PC. It's what got me from consoles onto computer games. Well that and Roller Coaster Tycoon, but I think that might've been first. I wonder how it would be now... That's something to try out when I'm bored.

I've heard people complain about easy achievements before, but this just seems silly.

It's a good thing I read the whole article. At first, I thought Queen Elizabeth was the mythical creature on the coins. /stupid joke =D

It depends on the games. I recently bought Duke Nukem 3D (before playing the DNF demo and deciding against buying that) and it was awesome. Similarly, when I pull out my SNES and play Super Mario World or Super Metroid, it's still fun. It's all about how they're built that determines whether or...

Glad I bought mine on Steam. But more on topic, this definitely has legal issues. It'd be like if Gamestop removed Online Passes from games and charged separately for them or doing the same thing with parts of a collector's edition. It may suck to be giving customers to your opponents...

Well this is a crappy submarine ride I thought I'd see a Kraken If this boat's a-rockin, call the coast guard The Hindenboat

Seriously, I was still thinking of buying BF3 even though it needs Origin and isn't on Steam. Not sure after this. And while I agree that CoD needs to be knocked down a few pegs, essentially yelling insults from across the room doesn't help EA do that. Making BF3 awesome will though.

I used to work at Subway. I was a 'Sandwich Artist'. I think they already tried to make it sound better, so I'll leave it as their version.

Sounds like Dwarf Fortress. But (I'd assume) without the ascii graphics.

I told my friend a few days ago that "If it's not a pain in the ass and incredibly annoying, it's not fun." Although, if it gets to where it's just plain frustrating, then I turn it down to something reasonable, but still moderately difficult. No shame in playing easy if it's not fun to play on...

Anyone who played the older games remember how well EA 'supported' their players with updates and DLC for previous Battlefield games. Support for them seems to mean incredibly slow first party downloads that can't be done conveniently ingame.

Does anyone else see it as ironic that a computer scientist that went to MIT wants to save physical books despite them being saved digitally? It does sound like a good idea though.

Not that I've had a lot of experience with development, but is the creation of an individual account really that huge of a hit after you've got the basic system down?

This sounds like EA is basically trying to make Valve look like the bad guy in this when it seems like they're doing all of this for some reason. I envy you guys some times. =D

I understand that they may be trying to balance out the digital distribution field to allow for more competition, but this all sounds like they're getting sort of some exclusivity deal with Origin. I know they're not moving solely to Origin, but I'd imagine they're getting a deal just for not...